query
stringlengths 18
1.2k
| answer
stringlengths 41
4.1k
|
|---|---|
Featuring a pig named Napoleon! Who wrote 'Animal Farm? | Work : Summaries & Interpretations : Animal Farm // George Orwell // www.k-1.com/Orwell Symbolism / Interpretation Summary The story takes place on a farm somewhere in England. The story is told by an all-knowing narrator in the third person. The action of this novel starts when the oldest pig on the farm, Old Major, calls all animals to a secret meeting. He tells them about his dream of a revolution against the cruel Mr Jones. Three days later Major dies, but the speech gives the more intelligent animals a new outlook on life. The pigs, who are considered the most intelligent animals, instruct the other ones. During the period of preparation two pigs distinguish themselves, Napoleon and Snowball. Napoleon is big, and although he isn't a good speaker, he can assert himself. Snowball is a better speaker, he has a lot of ideas and he is very vivid. Together with another pig called Squealer, who is a very good speaker, they work out the theory of "Animalism". The rebellion starts some months later, when Mr Jones comes home drunk one night and forgets to feed the animals. They break out of the barns and run to the house, where the food is stored. When Mr Jones sees this he takes out his shotgun, but it is too late for him; all the animals fall over him and drive him off the farm. The animals destroy all whips, nose rings, reins, and all other instruments that have been used to suppress them. The same day the animals celebrate their victory with an extra ration of food. The pigs make up the seven commandments, and they write them above the door of the big barn. They run thus: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill another animal. All animals are equal. The animals also agree that no animal shall ever enter the farmhouse, and that no animal shall have contact with humans. This commandments are summarised in the simple phrase: "Four legs good, two legs bad". After some time, Jones comes back with some other men from the village to recapture the farm. The animals fight bravely, and they manage to defend the farm. Snowball and Boxer receive medals of honour for defending the farm so bravely. Also Napoleon, who had not fought at all, takes a medal. This is the reason why the two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, often argue. When Snowball presents his idea to build a windmill, to produce electricity for the other animals, Napoleon calls nine strong dogs. The dogs drive Snowball from the farm, and Napoleon explains that Snowball was in fact co-operating with Mr Jones. He also explains that Snowball in reality never had a medal of honour, that Snowball was always trying to cover up that he was fighting on the side of Mr Jones. The animals then start building the windmill, and as time passes the working-time goes up, whereas the food rations decline. Although the "common" animals have not enough food, the pigs grow fatter and fatter. They tell the other animals that they need more food, for they are managing the whole farm. Some time later, the pigs explain to the other animals that they have to trade with the neighbouring farms. The common animals are very upset, because since the revolution there has been a resolution that no animal shall trade with a human. But the pigs ensure them that there never has been such a resolution, and that this was an evil lie of Snowball. Shortly after this decision the pigs move to the farmhouse. The other animals remember that there is a commandment that forbids sleeping in beds, and so they go to the big barn to look at the commandments. When they arrive there they can't believe their eyes, the fourth commandment has been changed to: "No animal shall sleep in bed with sheets". And the other commandments have also been changed: "No animal shall kill another animal without reason", and "No animal shall drink alcohol in excess". Some months later a heavy storm destroys the windmill, |
Name the 1972 musical starring David Essex as Jesus Christ? | David Essex & Tim Rice; how we met | The Independent David Essex & Tim Rice; how we met Saturday 18 September 1999 23:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Culture David Essex, OBE, 52, is a prolific performer whose albums and singles have sold millions worldwide. His first big break was the musical `Godspell', in which he played Jesus. His new album, `I Still Believe', has just been released and he is beginning a UK tour next month. He lives in London with his wife Carlotta and their sons Sir Tim Rice, 54, is an Oscar-winning lyricist, writer and broadcaster. His partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber produced `Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat', `Jesus Christ Superstar', and `Evita'. He lives in London and Cornwall and has just published his autobiography, `Oh, What a Circus' DAVID ESSEX: I think the first time I met Tim was on a TV programme. The pitch of the programme was how we were going to disagree about the worth of each other's show, but we didn't. Showbiz is a strange business to be in: you have thousands of acquaintances but very few friends, and I've always thought of Tim as a real friend. I have a lot of time for him, not only as a lyricist but also as a person. He is a good mate. We've played cricket together - he can play well, he bats very solidly. We've had mad nights together, we've had serious discussions together. Tim's a public schoolboy and I'm from the East End, I went to state schools. I never really did anything academically. I got involved in music, as a drummer in blues bands, so we had completely different backgrounds, upbringings. I thought we wouldn't have anything in common, but we did. We met socially, at meetings of the Society of Distinguished Songwriters (Sods). You had to have sold over a million copies of a song to become part of the set-up. It was a kind of elite, semi-hellfire, all-male society. They held these swanky dinners in ritzy hotels a couple of times a year. It was great fun and used to get a bit out of hand. People used to turn up with labels: "Please send me to so-and-so's." Tim was King Sod for a period of time. He's very generous and a good listener, and even though we have differences of opinion he always seems open. With Tim, I've seen relationships come and go, but we're not the kind of blokes who talk openly too much about it. I don't go in the team changing room and say `Guess who I was with last night?" It's not my style! When we've talked about relationships, it's been on the right level, not "blokeish" talk. Tim's got a band and his singing - his attempt to mimic Elvis the Pelvis - is probably one of his weaknesses. But he enjoys it so much that it actually is heartening. He does it a little bit too often though. You'd never get me up at dodgy dos, but at the drop of a hat Tim's there and he's going through the repertoire: "All Shook Up", lots of Chuck Berry Stuff. I think I've seen him in a gold lame suit! If ever I want to call him, I do. That's the interesting thing: you think "Oh, I haven't called him for a year, I can't call him now", but when you do it's "Tim, what are you doing?" and away you go. Occasionally we'll go out for a drink or dinner. We always say we want to do it more often. I respect and admire him terrifically. TIM RICE: Although I've got lots of pals in showbiz, I haven't got that many close friends. Most of my friends tend to be people who I've known since I was at school. With David and I, it's been a bit of an exception. We've got on very well from day one. Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell appeared at about the same time, and David and I were simultaneously invited on to some religious television chat show. That was in 1972 or early 73. It was "God in Contemporary Music" or something, and Father Trevor Huddlestone was on as well. I remember Andrew [Lloyd Webber] and I were a bit worried when we heard about Godspell. We thought, "oh my God, someone's ripped us off", but the two appeared totally coincidentally. They are very different and complemented each other. I remember on this programme saying how good I thought it was, a |
Who starred in the 1933 comedy satire film 'Duck Soup'? | Duck Soup (1933) Pages: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) Background The Marx Brothers' greatest and funniest masterpiece - the classic comedy Duck Soup (1933) is a short, but brilliant satire and lampooning of blundering dictatorial leaders, Fascism and authoritarian government. The film, produced by Herman Mankiewicz, was prepared during the crisis period of the Depression. Some of its clever gags and routines were taken from Groucho's and Chico's early 1930s radio show Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel. Working titles for the film included Oo La La, Firecrackers, Grasshoppers, and Cracked Ice. It was the Marx Brothers' fifth film in a five-picture contract with Paramount Studios, before they went on to MGM. It was their last and best film with the studio. The film was directed by first-class veteran director Leo McCarey (who would go on to direct The Awful Truth (1937) , Love Affair (1939), Going My Way (1944), and An Affair to Remember (1957) - a remake of his 1939 film), and its screenplay was written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby (with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin). Originally, it was to have been directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film was devoid of any Academy Award nominations. The outrageous film was both a critical and commercial failure at the time of its release - audiences were taken aback by such preposterous political disrespect, buffoonery and cynicism at a time of political and economic crisis, with Roosevelt's struggle against Depression in the US amidst the rising power of Hitler in Germany. (This film quote, spoken by Groucho, was especially detested: "And remember while you're out there risking life and limb through shot and shell, we'll be in here thinking what a sucker you are.") Insulted by the film, fascist Italian dictator Mussolini banned the film in his country. Fortunately, the film was rediscovered by a generation of 1960s college students, and by revival film festivals and museum showings. As a result, the film has attained immortal status. This was the last of the Marx Brothers films to feature all four of the brothers. Their next film (without Zeppo), for MGM and its producer Irving Thalberg, Hollywood's most prestigious studio, was their landmark film A Night at the Opera (1935) , with a more developed and polished plot-line. The irrepressible comedians in this quintessential anarchic, satirical film simply but irreverently attack the pomposity of small-time governmental leaders (Firefly as President), the absurdity of government itself (the Cabinet meeting scene), governmental diplomacy (the Trentino-Firefly scenes), an arbitrary legal system (Chicolini's trial), and war fought over petty matters (the mobilization and war scenes). The non-stop, frenetic film is filled with a number of delightfully hilarious moments, gags, fast-moving acts, double entendres, comedy routines, puns, pure silliness, zany improvisations, quips and insult-spewed lines of dialogue - much of the comedy makes the obvious statement that war is indeed nonsensical and meaninglessly destructive, especially since the word 'upstart' was the insult word (Ambassador Trentino called Firefly an 'upstart') that led to war between the two countries. It also contains a few of their most famous sequences: the lemonade seller confrontation the mirror pantomime sequence The mirror routine, contributed by McCarey, had been used by Charlie Chaplin in The Floorwalker (1916) and by Max Linder in Seven Year's Bad Luck (1921). It was later replicated in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, re-enacted by Harpo with Lucille Ball on a 1950's "I Love Lucy" show episode, and also appeared as part of the opening credits for the 60s TV series "The Patty Duke Show". Actor/director Woody Allen paid homage to the film in his Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - with an excerpt from the musical number "The Country's Going to War." While attending an after |
What character was played by Gary Cooper in 'High Noon'? | High Noon (1952) - 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 marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him. Director: Carl Foreman (screenplay), John W. Cunningham (magazine story "The Tin Star") Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 46 titles created 18 May 2014 a list of 28 titles created 8 months ago a list of 25 titles created 5 months ago a list of 31 titles created 2 months ago a list of 34 titles created 2 weeks ago Search for " High Noon " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 10 nominations. See more awards » Videos A Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from an Indian tribe. Director: John Ford A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed. Director: John Ford Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Director: John Huston A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act. Director: George Stevens A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. Director: John Ford A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy. Director: Howard Hawks An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. Director: Sam Peckinpah An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses. Director: Elia Kazan A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them? Director: Alfred Hitchcock A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. Director: John Ford A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery. Director: Charles Laughton Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close. Director: George Roy Hill Edit Storyline On the day he gets married and hangs up his badge, lawman Will Kane is told that a man he sent to prison years before, Frank Miller, is returning on the noon train to exact his revenge. Having initially decided to leave with his new spouse, Will decides he must go back and face Miller. However, when he seeks the help of the townspeople he has protected for so long, they turn their backs on him. It seems Kane may have to face Miller alone, as well as the rest of Miller's gang, who are waiting for him at the station... Written by Man_With_No_Name_126 When these hands point straight up...the excitement starts! See more » Genres: Rated PG for some western violence, and smoking | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 30 July 1952 (USA) See more » Also Known As: A la hora señalada See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Gary Cooper , "B" movie producer Robert L. Lippert and screenwriter Carl Foreman were set to go into a production company together, after the success of this film. John Wayne and Ward Bond ordered Cooper to back out of the deal, as HUAC was preparing to "blacklist" Foreman. Shortly afterward, Lippert was made "persona non grata" by the Screen Actors Guild, which destroyed his independent production company. See more » Goofs In the two |
Which TV interviewer wrote 'Cricket Mad' and 'Football Daft'? | Michael Parkinson | Celebrity Net Worth Celebrity Net Worth Presenter, Journalist, Broadcaster, Writer, Actor, Author, Screenwriter Net Worth Submit a suggestion & help us add it! Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He is best known for presenting his long-running television talk show, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the UK and internationally. He is also known as a... Michael Parkinson Stats Nickname : Parky, The king of chat, Sir Michael Parkinson, The great British talkshow host, Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE Profession |
Which playwright did Marilyn Monroe marry? | Marilyn Monroe - Biography - IMDb Marilyn Monroe Biography Showing all 282 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (3) | Trade Mark (4) | Trivia (133) | Personal Quotes (116) | Salary (19) Overview (5) 5' 5½" (1.66 m) Mini Bio (2) Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson at the Los Angeles County Hospital on June 1, 1926. Her mother Gladys Pearl Baker was a film-cutter at Consolidated Film Industries. Marilyn's father's identity was never known. Because Gladys was mentally and financially unable to care for young Marilyn, Gladys placed her in the care of a foster family, The Bolenders. Although the Bolender family wanted to adopt Marilyn, Gladys was eventually able to stabilize her lifestyle and took Marilyn back in her care when Marilyn was 7 years old. However, shortly after regaining custody of Marilyn, Gladys had a complete mental breakdown and was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and was committed to a state mental hospital. Gladys spent the rest of her life going in and out of hospitals and did not have contact with Marilyn ever again. Gladys outlived her daughter, dying in 1984. Marilyn was then taken in by Gladys' best friend Grace Goddard, who, after a series of foster homes, placed Marilyn into the Los Angeles Orphan's Home in 1935. Marilyn was traumatized by her experience there despite the Orphan's Home being an adequate living facility. Grace Goddard eventually took Marilyn back to live with her in 1937 although this stay did not last long as Grace's husband began molesting Marilyn. Marilyn went to live with Grace's Aunt Ana after this incident, although due to Aunt Ana's advanced age she could not care properly for Marilyn. Marilyn once again for the third time had to return to live with the Goddard's. The Goddard's planned to relocated and according to law, could not take Marilyn with them. She only had two choices: return to the orphanage or get married. Marilyn was only 16 years old. She decided to marry a neighborhood friend named James Dougherty; he went into the military, she modeled, they divorced in 1946. She owned 200 books (including Tolstoy, Whitman, Milton), listened to Beethoven records, studied acting at the Actors' lab in Hollywood, and took literature courses at UCLA downtown. 20th Century Fox gave her a contract but let it lapse a year later. In 1948, Columbia gave her a six-month contract, turned her over to coach Natasha Lytess and featured her in the B movie Ladies of the Chorus (1948) in which she sang three numbers : "Every Baby Needs a Da Da Daddy", "Anyone Can Tell I Love You" and "The Ladies of the Chorus" with Adele Jergens (dubbed by Virginia Rees) and others. Joseph L. Mankiewicz saw her in a small part in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and put her in All About Eve (1950), resulting in 20th Century re-signing her to a seven-year contract. Niagara (1953) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) launched her as a sex symbol superstar. When she went to a supper honoring her in the The Seven Year Itch (1955), she arrived in a red chiffon gown borrowed from the studio (she had never owned a gown). That same year, she married and divorced baseball great Joe DiMaggio (their wedding night was spent in Paso Robles, California). After The Seven Year Itch (1955), she wanted serious acting to replace the sexpot image and went to New York's Actors Studio. She worked with director Lee Strasberg and also underwent psychoanalysis to learn more about herself. Critics praised her transformation in Bus Stop (1956) and the press was stunned by her marriage to playwright Arthur Miller . True to form, she had no veil to match her beige wedding dress so she dyed one in coffee; he wore one of the two suits he owned. They went to England that fall where she made The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) with Laurence Olivier , fighting with him and falling further prey to alcohol and pills. Two miscarriages and gynecological surgery followed. So did an affair with Yves Montand . Work on her last picture The Misfits (1961), written for her by departing husband Miller was interrupted by exhaust |
In which country will you find the Churchill; Pearce; Nelson and Mackenzie rivers? | What are 10 major rivers in Canada? | Reference.com What are 10 major rivers in Canada? A: Quick Answer Ten major rivers in Canada are the St. Lawrence, Columbia, Fraser, Mackenzie, Yukon, Saskatchewan, Nelson, Slave, Peace and Churchill Rivers. These rivers span the entire country, with two flowing through the United States as well. Full Answer The St. Lawrence River forms part of the border with the United States in the eastern portions of Canada. It connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. This river is approximately 1,900 miles long. The Columbia River starts in the Canadian Rockies and travels down across the border of the United States to the Pacific Ocean. It is about 1,100 miles long, and travels through two mountain systems before flowing into the ocean. It is fast and provides hydroelectric power to the region. The Mackenzie River is the longest river in Canada, and when combined with head streams, including the Peace River and the Slave River, is the second longest river system in North America. This river flows north to the Arctic Ocean. The river system is frozen for much of year, thawing only from May until October. The Yukon River lies half in Canada, half in Alaska. During the gold rush in the late 1800s, this river was the main source of transportation for people and gold. Over 1,200 miles long, it also is frozen for a portion of the year. The Saskatchewan River is about 340 miles long. It flows into Lake Winnipeg and is the main watershed for much of central Canada. It provides power through several hydroelectric plants built along its length. |
What nationality was Winston Churchill's mother? | Winston Churchill — Ethnicity of Celebs | What Nationality Ancestry Race by madman on March 27, 2016 Birth Name: Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill Date of Birth: 30 November, 1874 Place of Birth: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England Date of Death: 24 January, 1965 Place of Death: London, England Ethnicity: English, some Scottish, small amounts of Welsh, French Huguenot, Ulster-Scots, Irish, remote French Winston Churchill was a British politician, writer, historian, and artist. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , from 10 May, 1940 to 26 July, 1945, and again from 26 October, 1951 to 6 April, 1955. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 6 November, 1924 to 4 June, 1929, Minister of Defence, from 10 May, 1940 to 26 July, 1945, and again from 28 October, 1951 to 1 March, 1952, Leader of the Conservative Party, from 9 November, 1940 to 6 April, 1955, and Leader of the Opposition, from 26 July, 1945 to 26 October, 1951, among other duties. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. Prime Minister Churchill was the son of Lady Randolph Churchill (born Jeanette Jerome), a socialite, and Lord Randolph Churchill (Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill), a statesman. His father was English, from Belgravia, London. His mother was American, from Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Prime Minister Churchill is sometimes described on the internet as having had Jewish ancestry from his mother’s side, usually from her surname, “Jerome”. This is not accurate. The “Jerome” family of his mother was not of Jewish heritage. Prime Minister Churchill is also said to have had some degree of Native American ancestry from his mother’s side. It is not clear if his Native American ancestry has been verified/documented. Prime Minister Churchill’s paternal grandfather was John Winston Spencer-Churchill (the son of George Spencer-Churchill and Jane Stewart). George was the son of George Spencer-Churchill and Susan Stewart. Jane was the daughter of George Stewart and Jane Bailey Paget. Prime Minister Churchill’s great-grandparents George and Jane were first cousins, as George’s mother and Jane’s father were siblings. The Stewart siblings had a Scottish father and an English mother. Prime Minister Churchill’s paternal grandmother was Frances Anne Emily Vane (the daughter of Charles William Stewart and Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest). Charles was the son of Robert Stewart and Frances Pratt. Prime Minister Churchill’s great-grandmother Frances was the daughter of Henry Vane and Anne/Ann Catherine/Katherine MacDonnell. Prime Minister Churchill’s maternal grandfather was Leonard Walter Jerome (the son of Isaac Jerome and Aurora Murray). Isaac was the son of Aaron Jerome and Elizabeth Betsey Ball. Aurora was the daughter of Reuben Murray and Sarah Guthrie. Prime Minister Churchill’s maternal grandmother was Clarissa “Clara” Hall (the daughter of Ambrose Hall and Clarissa Wilcox). Ambrose was the son of Ambrose Hall and Mehitable Beach. Prime Minister Churchill’s great-grandmother Clarissa was the daughter of David Wilcox and Anna/Anne Baker, who was Canadian, born in Nova Scotia, Canada. Sources: Genealogies of Winston Churchill – https://www.geni.com |
In which American city will you find the 'Guggenheim Museum'? | Guggenheim Museum, New York City New York City - guggenheim.org The Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue is home to an important collection of modern art. Even if you're not into art, the building housing the art is worth a visit on its own. It was the last completed project by Frank Lloyd Wright before he died in 1959. The Building Guggenheim Museum The building was commissioned in 1943 by Solomon R. Guggenheim for his collection of modern art. Frank Lloyd Wright, America's most acclaimed architect, spent more than a decade tweaking his design for the museum until construction finally started in 1956. By that time Guggenheim had already passed away, but he had bequeathed two million dollar for the construction of the museum. The museum opened three years later, in 1959. The museum building is an eye-catching structure that completely ignores its urban context. Throughout his career, Frank Lloyd Wright's designs had been inspired by nature and this buildings was no exception. The organic spiral shape is said to embody the natural shapes found in Central Park across the street. Due to its unconventional shape the soft white colored building stands out and even in a landmark-filled city like New York, it continues to attract the attention of passersby. Interior Inside, the spiral rotunda is flooded with daylight thanks to a large glass dome. Wright intended visitors to take the elevator and start walking down the 400 meter long spiraling ramp, but you are free to walk up as well. In 1992 the museum was expanded with a nine story annex designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates based on Frank Lloyd Wright's original drawings. Art & Architecture The Great Rotunda Black Lines, Kandinsky Some see the museum as one of the less successful architectural realizations of Frank Lloyd Wright. The main criticism was that the shape of the building did not suit its purpose. Due to its organic shape, visitors walk through a part of the museum in an upward (or downward) spiral, which means the artwork is always viewed from an angle. The walls are also relatively low for a museum, which prevents some paintings from being properly displayed. Wright's own comment on this was that the paintings had to be cut in half!. The 1992 expansion partially solved this problem, since visitors can now leave the ramp on each floor and visit a room in the new building, where the floors are level. Collection The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum houses some fine collections of world famous painters like Picasso, Chagall, Kandinsky, and many other modern artists. The major part of the collection consists of paintings, but sculptures and photos are also on display in the museum. The collection was started by Solomon R. Guggenheim in the late 1920s. In 1937, he founded the Museum of Nonobjective painting, located on East 54th street. It later moved to its present location near Central Park . The collection was expanded several times. In 1976, an important collection of paintings from Gauguin, Picasso, van Gogh and many others were donated by Justin K. Thannhauser. In 1990, more than two hundred works of American Minimalist art were added to the collection. |
What's the capital of 'Monaco'? | What is the Capital of Monaco? - Capital-of.com Dates of religious and Civil holidays around the world. www.when-is.com Capital of Monaco The Capital City of Monaco (officially named Principality of Monaco) is the city of Monaco. The population of Monaco was . Monaco is a French speaking constitutional monarchy on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Additional Information |
Who scored the first snooker 147 on TV? | First Maximum Break on Television (by Steve Davis) - YouTube First Maximum Break on Television (by Steve Davis) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 25, 2006 Totally relaxed young Steve Davis makes first ever recorded maximum break. Category |
The 'Congo' river is now known as what? | Congo River | river, Africa | Britannica.com Congo River Livingstone Falls Congo River, formerly Zaire River, river in west-central Africa . With a length of 2,900 miles (4,700 km), it is the continent’s second longest river, after the Nile . It rises in the highlands of northeastern Zambia between Lakes Tanganyika and Nyasa (Malawi) as the Chambeshi River at an elevation of 5,760 feet (1,760 metres) above sea level and at a distance of about 430 miles (700 km) from the Indian Ocean . Its course then takes the form of a giant counterclockwise arc, flowing to the northwest, west, and southwest before draining into the Atlantic Ocean at Banana (Banane) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Its drainage basin , covering an area of 1,335,000 square miles (3,457,000 square km), takes in almost the entire territory of that country, as well as most of the Republic of the Congo , the Central African Republic , eastern Zambia , and northern Angola and parts of Cameroon and Tanzania . The Congo River basin and its drainage network. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. With its many tributaries, the Congo forms the continent’s largest network of navigable waterways. Navigability, however, is limited by an insurmountable obstacle: a series of 32 cataracts over the river’s lower course, including the famous Inga Falls . These cataracts render the Congo unnavigable between the seaport of Matadi , at the head of the Congo estuary, and Malebo Pool , a lakelike expansion of the river. It was on opposite banks of Malebo Pool—which represents the point of departure of inland navigation—that the capitals of the former states of the French Congo and the Belgian Congo were founded: on the left bank Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville), now the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and on the right bank Brazzaville , now the capital of the Republic of the Congo. The Amazon and the Congo are the two great rivers of the world that flow out of equatorial zones where heavy rainfall occurs throughout all or almost all of the year. Upstream from Malebo Pool, the Congo basin receives an average of about 60 inches (1,500 mm) of rain a year, of which more than one-fourth is discharged into the Atlantic. The drainage basin of the Congo is, however, only about half the size of that of the Amazon, and the Congo’s rate of flow—1,450,000 cubic feet (41,000 cubic metres) per second at its mouth—is considerably less than the Amazon’s flow of more than 6,180,000 cubic feet (175,000 cubic metres) per second. Similar Topics Niger River While the Chambeshi River, as the remotest source, may form the Congo’s original main stream in terms of the river’s length, it is another tributary—the Lualaba , which rises near Musofi in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo—that carries the greatest quantity of water and thus may be considered as forming the Congo’s original main stream in terms of water volume. When the river first became known to Europeans at the end of the 15th century, they called it the Zaire, a corruption of a word that is variously given as nzari, nzali, njali, nzaddi, and niadi and that simply means “river” in local African languages. It was only in the early years of the 18th century that the river was first called the “Rio Congo,” a name taken from the kingdom of Kongo that had been situated along the lower course of the river. During the period (1971–97) when the Democratic Republic of the Congo was called Zaire, the government also renamed the river the Zaire. Even during that time, however, the river continued to be known throughout the world as the Congo. To the literary-minded the river is evocative of the famous 1902 short story “ Heart of Darkness ” by Joseph Conrad . His book conjured up an atmosphere of foreboding, treachery, greed, and exploitation. Today, however, the Congo appears as the key to the economic development of the central African interior. Physical features Africa at Random: Fact or Fiction? Physiography The expression “ Congo basin ,” strictly speaking, refers to the hydrographic basin. This is not only vast but i |
Remember the song' Where Do You Go To My Lovely'? Who wrote it? | Where Do You Go To My Lovely Peter Sarstedt Acoustic Cover With Lyrics by Jonathan David - YouTube Where Do You Go To My Lovely Peter Sarstedt Acoustic Cover With Lyrics by Jonathan David Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 27, 2008 Free mp3 download for this and all my other tracks at: http://www.4shared.com/dir/21755036/4... This is my version of the great Peter Sarstedt song, Where do you go to my lovely. I hope you enjoy it. I've added the chords for those of you who want to play along! The same chords repeat for the whole song. Note: On the C and the Em there is a hammer-on on the D string Note 2: G? is a normal G chord but instead of putting your finger on the top (E) string 3rd fret, you place it on the 2nd (B) string 3rd fret. C You talk like Marlene Dietrich ................Dm7............................G7....G6 And you dance like Zizi Jean-Maire ............C.................................Em Your clothes are all made by Balmain ......................Dm7 And there's diamonds and pearls in your G....G7....G6....G?(see note 2) You live in a fancy apartment On the Boulevarde St. Michel Where you keep all your Rolling Stones records And your friends of Sacha Distel, yes you do... But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head I've seen all your qualifications That you got from the Sorbonne And the painting you stole from Picasso Your loveliness goes on and on, yes it does When you go on your summer vacation You go to Juan-les-Pins With your carefully-designed topless swimsuit You get an even suntan on your back and on your legs And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz With the others of the jet-set Where you sip your Napoleon Brandy But you never once get your lips wet But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do Your name is heard in high places You know the Aga Khan He sent you a racehorse for Christmas And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh hahaha They say that when you get married It'll be to a millionaire But they don't realize where you came from And I wonder if they really care, they give a damn But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head I remember the back streets of Naples Two children begging in rags Both touched with a burning ambition To shake off their lowly-born tags, and they try So look into my face Marie-Claire And remember just who you are Then go and forget me forever 'Cause I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do 'Cause I know where you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed I can see all the thoughts that surround you 'Cause I can see inside your head Category |
In what country would you find the 'Krishna River'? | Krishna River | river, India | Britannica.com Krishna River Krishna River, formerly Kistna, river of south-central India . One of India’s longest rivers, it has a total course of about 800 miles (1,290 km). Krishna River at Wai, Maharashtra state, India. David Channer-Nancy Palmer Agency Krishna River. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The river rises in western Maharashtra state in the Western Ghats range near the town of Mahabaleshwar , not far from the coast of the Arabian Sea . It flows east to Wai and then in a generally southeasterly direction past Sangli to the border of Karnataka state. There the river turns east and flows in an irregular course across north-central Karnataka and then to the southeast and into southwestern Telangana state. It then veers southeast and then northeast, forming a portion of the border with Andhra Pradesh state. Turning east it flows into Andhra Pradesh to its delta head at Vijayawada , and from there flows southeast and then south until it enters the Bay of Bengal . The Krishna has a large and highly fertile delta continuous with that of the Godavari River to the northeast. Although it is not navigable, the Krishna provides water for irrigation; a weir at Vijayawada controls the flow of water into a system of canals in the delta. Because it is fed by seasonal monsoon rains, the river’s flow undergoes great fluctuation during the year, limiting its usefulness for irrigation. The two largest tributaries are the Bhima (north) and the Tungabhadra (south). The latter has a dam at Hospet, completed in 1957, forming a reservoir and supplying hydroelectric power. Other hydroelectric installations along the river include those along the Telangana–Andhra Pradesh border at Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar. Prakasam Barrage on the Krishna River, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Subhash Chandra |
What colour is the female blackbird? | Red-winged Blackbird, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology Song Sparrow Regional Differences There’s subtle variation in Red-winged Blackbirds across the country. The most obvious race is the “bicolored blackbird” of coastal California, which shows no yellow border on the red shoulders. Backyard Tips Red-winged Blackbirds may come to your yard for mixed grains and seeds, particularly during migration. Spread grain or seed on the ground as well, since this is where Red-winged Blackbirds prefer to feed. Find out more about what this bird likes to eat and what feeder is best by using the Project FeederWatch Common Feeder Birds bird list . Find This Bird You can find Red-winged Blackbirds in the breeding season by visiting cattail marshes and other wetlands, or simply by watching telephone wires on a drive through the country. Where there’s standing water and vegetation, Red-winged Blackbirds are likely to be one of the most common birds you see and hear. Listen for the male’s conk-la-lee! song. In winter, search through mixed-species blackbird flocks and be careful not to overlook the streaky, brown females, which can sometimes resemble a sparrow. Get Involved How Red-wings Elude Eavesdroppers Have you seen Red-winged Blackbirds? Learn how to monitor their nests and report your observations to NestWatch Visit eBird to explore maps and charts showing where Red-winged Blackbirds are throughout the year. Contribute your sightings! You Might Also Like |
What was the former name of the famous ship 'The Golden Hind'? | The Golden Hind and the dread pirate Sir Francis Drake The Golden Hind The Ship that Sailed Around the World I've always loved pirate stories and I sort of grew up reading about the derring-do exploits of Sir Francis Drake and Sir Richard Grenville, of Frobisher and Sir Walter Raleigh. So it's clear that no trip to Devon would be complete without visiting the replica of Francis Drake's ship, The Golden Hind, which is moored in Brixham harbour. The Golden Hind is more than just a pirate ship, of course. It's a ship with a history of her very own - and a mysterious history at that. Between 1577 and 1580 Sir Francis Drake's ship The Golden Hind sailed right around the world - the first time in recorded history that a ship had done so. The Golden Hind replica in Brixham Harbour can be toured throughout spring and summer each year and gives a fascinating opportunity to imagine what it might have been like to travel on an Elizabethan ship. The Golden Hind began her known life as The Pelican - even though nobody really knows when, where and by whom she was built - and in 1577 she sailed from Plymouth, just down the Devon coast, to South America and around Cape Horn. Her captain was Sir Francis Drake: sailor, adventurer, businessman and - to be honest - pirate. As well as taking his ship on a voyage of discovery to the 'New World' of the Americas, Drake objective was to capture as many Spanish ships as possible during his travels. Spain was a major European power in those days; tremendously wealthy from the gold found in the Americas. And Catholic Spain had invaded the Protestant Netherlands, so with the balance of power leaning precariously, England's Queen Elizabeth declared war on Spain. Officially, the queen knew nothing of piracy, of course. But Elizabeth greatly approved of Drake's activities - not only did they keep the Spanish on their toes, but they brought literally tons of gold, spices and other valuable commodities to England, much of which ended up in the royal treasury. This in turn financed further expeditions and, ultimately, helped to defend England when the Spanish Armada attacked in 1588. From Cape Horn, Drake sailed up the east coast of South America and across the Pacific to the Philippines. Then The Golden Hind went on to Indonesia, gathering treasure as she went. From there she sailed across the Indian Ocean and around Africa, finally calling at Sierra Leone before arriving back at Plymouth three years after she left. Standing on the deack of the Golden Hind in Brixham Harbour, it seems a miracle that Drake and most of his crew could survive such a long and dangerous journey in such a very small, very primitive wooden ship. The Golden Hind is only about 120 feet long and 20 feet wide (36.5 x 6 metres). Four other ships had set out from Plymouth with Drake, but all four had either sunk or been damaged and cannibalised to outfit the Hind - a statistic that makes her success even more striking. On his return, Drake was knighted by the Queen on the deck of his ship (an event that has inspired many patriotic paintings and prints). Apparently, Drake then treated his Queen to a banquet on the same deck, which seems totally unlikely when you see the size of the ship. There's barely space to turn around, let alone set tables and chairs ... Later, Drake's ship was moored at Deptford as a permanent reminder of his achievement. The replica at Brixham, then, continues a four centuries old tradition of valuing and exhibiting great English ships. She has been there since 1963 and she is well worth a visit. The ship is moored beside the Quay - where there are shops, hotels, excellent fish restaurants, chippies and pubs - and she swims among the fishing boats and dinghies like a whale among minnows. Events linked to her include educational days, pirate re-enactments and sea shanty festivals. And if you go arrive early and have the place to yourself for a while, you can imagine yourself living the life of a pirate... Where to Stay in Brixham As in the rest of Devon, visitors are very well catered for in Brixham. Coup |
Which actor played the title roll in 'Dixon of Dock Green'? | Buckinghamshire Constabulary - Dixon of Dock Green Dixon of Dock Green Click on the image to view Farewell to famous 'ordinary copper' Jack Warner DIXON OF DOCK GREEN You may think what has Dixon of Dock Green and Jack Warner got to do with the Buckinghamshire Constabulary - well nothing actually! but all hopefully will become clear as you read on. The Metropolitan Police helmet you see below is on display at Milton Keynes Police Station and was actually used, by Jack Warner in the Television Series of ‘Dixon of Dock Green‘. Only one other helmet worn by him in the series is known to exist and that is in the Metropolitan Police Museum in London. The Television Series, which started in 1955, numbered 430 episodes ended in 1976. Jack Warner’s first appearance as Dixon of Dock Green started with the Film The Blue Lamp in 1949. The City of London Police Helmet contains George Dixon’s shoulder number and the (fictitious) Divisional Number ‘O’ of Dock Green. This helmet was presented to Jack Warner by Bishopsgate Police. These helmets were given to Ron Spendloff who served in the Metropolitan Police by Jack Warner’s Wife, Mollie. Ron patrolled the Beat where Jack and Mollie lived, for a number of years, and they became firm friends. After retirement Ron became the curator of the Newport Pagnell Police Museum. The casket, pictured below, and a Scroll was given to Ron by Jack Warner and it was displayed in the Newport Pagnell Police Museum for a number of years until the museum closed in 2004 after Ron’s death. In the Autobiography of Jack Warner ‘Jack of all Trades’ 1975 and ‘Evening All’ 1979 Jack wrote: “While I was immensely thrilled to be voted top British male star by the Motion Picture Herald, after The Blue Lamp, I received another award I treasured above everything ! It was a casket and scroll presented to me by officers of the Metropolitan Police ‘F’ Division and gave me ‘the freedom of police stations, the freedom of their tea, the freedom to criticise its quality and if he does, the freedom of the cells’. This tribute was made to me after the film’s premiere by Chief Superintendent F. H. Archer, of Hammersmith, who had taught me how to walk talk and salute like a policeman” Although the casket is intact the scroll went missing sometime in 2003/4 from the Newport Pagnell Police Museum ! The inscription reads: “ Presented to Jack Warner of London by members of ‘F’ Division Metropolitan Police as a token of their esteem. 4th December 1949.” These items have been kindly given by Ron's daughter on permanent loan to Milton Keynes Police and are on display in the canteen at Central Milton Keynes Police Station. The photographs of George Dixon are all signed by Jack Warner. The photograph of George Dixon and Jimmy Handley is from the 1949 film ‘The Blue lamp’ Presented to Jack Warner of London by members of ‘F’ Division Metropolitan Police as a token of their esteem. 4th December 1949 One of the helmets owned and used by Jack Warner in the television Series 'Dixon of Dock Green' a role he played for over 21 years City of London Helmet Badge with 'Dixons Special Number' presented by Bishopsgate Police. Taken from the Daily Mirror, Wednesday, April 14th 1976. Goodbye All TV’s Dixon bows out after 430 episodes. Whatever else people say about George Dixon, one thing is sure. He was a long, long time going. For he was supposed to have been gunned down by Dirk Bogarde in his first film - twenty-six years ago. Dixon made his debut in the film “The Blue Lamp,” providing Jack Warner with an incredibly durable and affectionate role. Lord (Ted) Willis, who created the part thought of Dixon when the BBC asked him to write a police series. It started with a six week trial run and was such a success that it went on for twenty-one years. Effective There have been 430 “Dixon of Dock Green” episodes attracting audiences of up to 15 million. And Jack said last night: “It has been a very good meal ticket for twenty-one years - although the taxman has never been far behind.” Jack provided the Police Force with its most effective public image. H |
Who was Bristol born Archibald Leach better known as? | Cary Grant (Leach) (1904 - 1986) - Genealogy Cary Grant Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Jan 18 1904 - Horfield, Bristol Death: Nov 29 1986 - Davenport, Iowa Parents: Elias James Leach, Elsie Maria Leach (born Kingdon) Brother: Samille (Dyan Cannon) Grant (Leach) (geb. Friesen) Daughter: Apr 2 1911 - 5. Seymour Avenue Bishopston Bristolseymour Avenue, Bishopston, Gloucestershire, England Parents: Jan 18 1904 - 15 Hughenden Road, Horfield, Bristol, England Death: Nov 29 1986 - Davenport, Iowa, U.S. Parents: Elias James Leach, Elsie Maria Leach Wife: Jan 18 1904 - Bristol, Inglaterra Death: Nov 29 1986 - Davenport, Iowa, EUA Wife: Jan 18 1904 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Death: Nov 29 1986 - Davenport, Iowa, U.S.A. Parents: Elias James Leach, Elsie Leach (o.s. Kingdom) Ex-partner: Jan 18 1904 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, UK Death: Nov 29 1986 - Davenport, Iowa, USA Parents: Elias Leach, Elsie Maria Leach Sibling: Barbara Von Cramm / Leach / Von Haugwitz-hardenberg-reventlow / Mdivani (geb. Woolworth Hutton) Wife: Virginia (Virginia Child-villiers Countess Of Jersey) Grant (Leach) (geb. Cherrill) Wife: Betsy (Betsy Drake Grant Ed.m.) Grant (Leach) (geb. Drake) Wife: Samille (Dyan Cannon) Grant (Leach) (geb. Friesen) Partner: <Private> Grant (Leach) (geb. Donaldson) Daughter: About Cary Grant CARY GRANT Archibald Alexander Leach, better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English–American actor. With his distinctive yet not quite placeable Mid-Atlantic accent, he was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man: handsome, virile, charismatic, and charming. He was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. His popular classic films include The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Gunga Din (1939), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Suspicion (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Notorious (1946), To Catch A Thief (1955), An Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959), and Charade (1963). At the 42nd Academy Awards the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored him with an Honorary Award "for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues". Early life and career: Archibald Alexander Leach was born in Horfield, Bristol, to Elsie Maria Kingdon (1877–1973) and Elias James Leach (1873–1935).An only child, he had an unhappy childhood, attending Bishop Road Primary School. His mother had suffered from depression since the death of a previous child. His father placed her in a mental institution, and told his nine-year-old son only that she had gone away on a "long holiday"; it was not until he was in his thirties that Grant discovered her alive, in an institutionalized care facility. He was expelled from the Fairfield Grammar School in Bristol in 1918. He subsequently joined the "Bob Pender stage troupe" and travelled with the group to the United States as a stilt walker in 1920 at the age of 16, on a two-year tour of the country. He was processed at Ellis Island on July 28, 1920. When the troupe returned to the UK, he decided to stay in the U.S. and continue his stage career. Still using his birth name, he performed on the stage at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri, in such shows as Irene (1931); Music in May (1931); Nina Rosa (1931); Rio Rita (1931); Street Singer (1931); The Three Musketeers (1931); and Wonderful Night (1931). Hollywood stardom: After some success in light Broadway comedies, he went to Hollywood in 1931, where he acquired the name Cary Lockwood. He chose the name Lockwood after the surname of his character in a recent play called Nikki. He signed with Paramount Pictures, but while studio bosses were impressed with him, they were less than impressed with his adopted stage name. They decided that the name Cary was acceptable, but Lockwood had to go due to a similarity with another actor's name. It was after browsing through a list of th |
Which English all-rounder announced his retirement from cricket in July 1993? | 10 Best Cricket All Rounders Ever - List Dose 10 Best Cricket All Rounders Ever Article by anitha , August 2, 2014 Hailing from a country that worships cricket, cricketers become our gods. All rounder cricketers are rare, they are a brilliant combination of grit, strength, confidence and most of all, great skills. Who doesn’t love a cricketer who can bowl and bat with the same ease and skill? Over the decades that the cricketing legacy spans through, once in a while an all rounder comes to the center to amaze and inspire the million plus audience that relishes and follows the game. For those of you that love cricket, here is a list of the ten most amazing and awe-inspiring cricket all rounders to have graced the world with their presence. 10.Tony Greig Born on 6th October 1946, he was an English test cricket all-rounder. He is often regarded by the cricketing community as one of England’s finest cricketing all-rounders. He hails from a family of a number of first-class level playing cricketers. His own brother, Ian Greig is also a well known test cricket playing cricketer. Towards the end of his career as a player, he turned commentator. He also captained the English team for a period of two years between the years 1975 to 1977. He also brought upon himself many controversies owing to statements made in what was considered to be in bad taste against the West Indian team. He passed away at the age of sixty-six in Sydney owing to lung cancer. 9. Shaun Pollock Shaun Pollock, a South African cricketer, is a right handed batsman and a right armed fast medium bowler. A line and length seam bowler, he has a cricketing legacy handed down to him from a family of fine cricketers. After playing three hundred and three One Day International cricket matches, he announced his retirement from all forma of the game in the year 2008. He made his test debut in the year 1995 against England. He is the first South African player to have taken 400 test wickets, and is the tenth player world over to have achieved the feat. 8. Jacques Kallis When we speak of all-rounders, there is no way one would forget the two words: Jacques Kallis. A South African cricketer, Kallis made his test debut in the year 1995 in a test match against England, and made his debut in One Day International cricket in the following year, also in a match against England. He is a right handed batsman and a right handed fast medium swing bowler. He holds the world record of being perhaps the only cricketer to have made 11,000 runs and taken 250 wickets in the two major formats of the game: Test and ODI. This year, 2013, Kallis was named one of Wisden cricketers of the year. 7. Richard Benaud Often referred to as Richie Benaud, he is one of the greatest test all rounders the sport has ever seen. He helped Australia gain the top spot, a legacy that continues even today. He helped bring back the ashes, which his team was able to do twice under his able captaincy. He was a vivacious and versatile batsman as well as a bowler and he managed pack his flexible skill set with a punch, effectively putting the opposite team in jeopardy, along with his able team-mates. He was described to be one of the most influential cricketers since the second world-war by Gideon Haigh. In 2009, ICC included him in their coveted ICC Cricket Hall of Fame and two years before that he was made part of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. He also holds the record for being the third cricketer in cricketing history to make the fastest century (38 minutes) in terms of time on pitch, not balls faced and the second Australian to have achieved this milestone. Richie Benaud is also the author of fourteen books, all of them about the glorious sport that he contributed so much too. His contributions to the sport are not limited to playing on field and writing about it, they are multi-faceted in nature. 6. Richard Hadlee Sir Richard Hadlee was knighted in the year 1990 for his services towards the sport of cricket. He is one of the most prominent all-rounders in cricketing history. He was a right arm pace bowler |
What attraction opened its gates for the first time in Mame-la-Vallee, Paris in 1992? | MK History A Brief History of The Magic Kingdom opened its gates for the first time on October 1, 1971. It was Walt Disney Productions second theme park and patterned after the successful Disneyland in California. Although it was Walt Disneys concept he did not live to see construction begin. On October 25, 1971 the park was dedicated by Walts brother and founding partner in Walt Disney Productions, Roy O Disney. Walt Disney World is a tribute to the philosophy and life of Walter Elias Disney... and to the talents, the dedication and the loyalty of the entire Disney organization that made Walt Disneys dream come true. May Walt Disney World bring Joy and Inspiration and new Knowledge to all who come to this happy place... a Magic Kingdom where the young at heart of all ages can laugh a play and learn - together. It is important to note that unlike any of the other Disneyland-style theme parks, The Magic Kingdom was not designed as a stand alone attraction. It was conceived of as only one part of the massive, continually evolving project that is the Walt Disney World Resort. When the park opened it had six lands ( Main Street U.S.A., Adventureland, Liberty Square, Frontierland, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland) and 23 attractions. Opening day attractions included the following. Main Street Vehicles, Walt Disney World Railroad, Main Street Cinema, Penny Arcade, Skyway, Mickey Mouse Review, Jungle Cruise, Sunshine Pavilion, Swiss Family Treehouse, Mike Fink Keel Boats, Diamond Horseshoe Review, Frontier Shooting Gallery, Country Bear Jamboree, Davey Crocketts Explorer Canoes, Haunted Mansion, Hall of Presidents, Snow Whites Adventures, Mr. Toads Wild Ride, Cinderellas Golden Carrousel, Dumbo, the Flying Elephant, Mad Tea Party, Its a Small World, and Grand Prix Raceway. Between opening day and dedication day, several other attractions were added to the park (Admiral Joe Fowler River Boat, Peter Pans Flight, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea etc.) By Thanksgiving 1971 Magic Kingdom visitors caused Central Floridas biggest traffic jam and proved that the Magic Kingdom was a huge success. Tomorrowland opened with almost no attractions up and running. Imagineers planned to open the area slowly with a completion date in 1975. The first new attraction to open was Circle-Vision in November 1971, followed by Flight to the Moon on Christmas Eve 1971, and in June 1972 If You Had Wings debuted. Over at the other end of the Park things were brewing. A plot of land next to the Rivers of America had been set aside for an attraction called the Western River Expedition. This attraction was intended to be a river journey past bandits and other Audio Animatronic characters. This would be an attraction unique to the Magic Kingdom and was intended to be installed in lue of the successful Disneyland attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean. But many guests came to the park expecting to see Pirates of the Caribbean, and were disappointed when it wasnt there. So, Disney decided to scrap the the Western River Expedition and build a second Pirates attraction in Adventureland. In 1973 Pirates of the Caribbean opened, along with a new area of Adventureland, Caribbean Plaza. Also that year, rafts began transporting guests to Tom Saywer Island and the Richard F. Irvine Riverboat had its maiden voyage. We go back to Tomorrowland for 1974. On January 15, Space Mountain opened. It is one of the most unique and exciting attractions ever developed by the Imagineers, and the first completely original major attraction designed for the Florida park. Although overshadowed by Space Mountain, other attractions opening in 1974 included the Circle Vision show, Magic Carpet 'Round the World, and the Star Jets. In 1975 a basic problem with Tomorrowland became obvious. The design of the Magic Kingdoms Tomorrowland was based on the Tomorrowland built at Disneyland in 1967. By 1975, it was already eight years out of date. The first example of this was the closing of Flight to the Moon on April 15, 1975. Even before the last of Tomorrowland attractions had come |
In what year did the National Lottery begin in Britain? | BBC ON THIS DAY | 19 | 1994: Britain braced for first lottery draw 1994: Britain braced for first lottery draw An estimated jackpot of �7m may be won tonight in Britain's first ever lottery draw. A �1 ticket gives you a one-in-14-million chance of striking lucky and guessing correctly the winning six out of 49 numbers. The lottery operator Camelot says around 15 million players have already bought some 35 million tickets from licensed retailers. The money raised from ticket sales will help fund the arts, sports, charities, national heritage and millennium celebrations. 'Everyone wins' Prime Minister John Major launched the ticket sales just under a week ago. He said, "The country will be a lot richer because of the lottery. It is in every sense the people's lottery." The game has certainly gripped the public's imagination. Around seven million tickets were sold within 12 hours of the launch and it is expected that final sales could reach �45m. Twenty five million people are expected to tune into BBC One's live lottery draw show hosted by Noel Edmonds, Anthea Turner and Gordon Kennedy tonight. Forty nine contestants - one for each lottery number -have been chosen from thousands to participate in an "It's a Knockout" style competition as part of the show. The victor gets the chance to press the button on the prize machine, launching Britain's first lottery draw since 1826. A �10m computer will randomly select the winning numbers that will roll down one by one into a display rack. The machine will then check for a winning combination and calculate the size of the jackpot. The computer will reveal whether there is a top prize winner within half an hour but cross-checking could take as long as four hours. Telephone staff will be waiting to get a call from the winner as soon as the numbers are picked. Once officials have established that a claim is genuine, a team will drive the winner to the nearest Camelot office. |
In what year was the first sub-surface atomic bomb detonated at Bikini Atoll? | The atomic history of Bikini atoll | Travel | The Guardian Close This article is 14 years old The atoll of Bikini, a necklace of 23 islands with sandy beaches and swaying palms that surround a tranquil, blue-green lagoon, presents a startling paradox for the nuclear age. How does a small coral atoll in the middle of the Pacific, which was once rocked violently by 23 atomic- and hydrogen-bomb blasts in the 1940s and 1950s, manage to appear so beautiful and abundant with nature's bounty just a half-century later? The remarkable legacy of these islands and their people began just after the second world war, in December 1945, when US President Harry S Truman issued a directive to army and navy officials that joint testing of nuclear weapons would be necessary "to determine the effect of atomic bombs on American warships". Because of its location away from regular air and sea routes, Bikini was chosen to be the new nuclear proving ground for the US government. The only hindrance for the US and its grand experiments was the small band of 167 Bikini islanders. Commodore Ben H Wyatt, the military governor of the Marshall Islands - to which Bikini belongs - travelled to Bikini to address this very dilemma in February 1946. On a quiet Sunday after church, he assembled the Bikinians to ask if they would be willing to leave their atoll temporarily so that the US could begin testing atomic bombs for "the good of mankind and to end all world wars". King Juda, then the leader of the Bikinians, after long deliberations among his people, stood before the American delegation and replied, "We will go believing that everything is in the hands of God." While the Bikinians were getting ready for their exodus, preparations for the Operation Crossroads nuclear testing programme advanced rapidly. Some 242 ships, 156 aircraft, 25,000 radiation recording devices and the Navy's 5,400 experimental rats, goats and pigs soon began to arrive for the tests. More than 42,000 US military and civilian personnel were involved in the testing programme at Bikini. In March 1946, to make way for the tests, the Bikinians were sent 125 miles eastward across the ocean on a US navy landing craft to the uninhabited, sparsely vegetated Rongerik Atoll. The administration left the Bikinians food for several weeks, but they soon discovered that the coconut trees and other local food crops produced very few fruits when compared to the yield of the trees on Bikini, and the fish in the lagoon were uneatable: the islanders began to starve. Within two months of their arrival they began to beg US officials to move them back to Bikini. In March 1948, when it was finally understood by US officials that the people on Rongerik were in danger of dying from lack of food, the Bikinians were transported to Kwajalein Atoll where they were housed in tents beside the massive cement airstrip used by the US military. In November 1948, after six months on Kwajalein, the now 184 Bikinians set sail once again. This time the destination was Kili Island, their third community relocation in two years. Kili is a single island with no lagoon and is surrounded by rough seas for most of the year. The Bikinians quickly found life on Kili very difficult as their lagoon-based culture essentially became obsolete; again, they began to starve because of the poor fishing and lack of locally grown food on the island. While the islanders struggled to cope with their exile, Bikini was in the process of being destroyed. In January 1954, the air force and army began preparations for Operation Castle. This was a series of tests that would include the first air-deliverable, and the most powerful hydrogen bomb ever detonated by the US [the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not hydrogen bombs], codenamed Bravo. Early in the morning on March 1 1954, the Bravo hydrogen bomb was detonated on the surface of the reef in the northwestern corner of Bikini Atoll. Millions of tons of sand, coral, plant and sea life from three islands, the reef and the surrounding lagoon waters were sent miles into the air by the |
Which world record did Jonathon Edwards smash in 1995? | Jonathan Edwards Breaks the Triple Jump World Record - YouTube Jonathan Edwards Breaks the Triple Jump World Record Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Dec 6, 2007 At the 1995 Goetenburg World Championships Jonathan Edwards enters the record breaking zone. This chap takes excellence to another level. Category |
Who was the author of 1990 novel 'House of Cards'? | Amazon.com: House of Cards (9780006176909): Michael Dobbs: Books House of Cards Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Page 1 of 1 Start over Sponsored Products are advertisements for products sold by merchants on Amazon.com. When you click on a Sponsored Product ad, you will be taken to an Amazon detail page where you can learn more about the product and purchase it. To learn more about Amazon Sponsored Products, click here . Carlos the Ant (Michael Gresham Legal Thrillers Book 4) John Ellsworth USA Today Bestseller John Ellsworth is burning up the Amazon charts. See why the Michael Gresham series made John Ellsworth a household name! The Law Partners (Michael Gresham Legal Thrillers Book 3) John Ellsworth USA Today Bestseller John Ellsworth is burning up the Amazon charts. See why the Michael Gresham series made John Ellsworth a household name! Man with Gun and The Sea of Ulysses John Ireland Killers, cops, movie stars, Jesus, Bella Darvi, a teenage boy's secret, reality and fiction all bend and blend into a psychological autobiography Marriage Can Be Murder (Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries Book 1) Emma Jameson First in a nostalgic cozy mystery series set in 1939 England. Handsome young Dr. Bones moves into a haunted house and must solve a murder. Descent Into Hell by Robert Thomas Robert Thomas Angelic Edward quickly becomes the family's nightmare.Once an innocent child, he is now a serial killer looking for his next thrill.Can he be stopped? Kindle Edition Ad feedback Special Offers and Product Promotions Editorial Reviews Review 'This blood-and-thunder tale, lifelike and thoroughly cynical, certainly carries the ring of authenticity... a great triumph.' Independent 'The exciting thriller that has Westminster buzzing. Here is a political thriller writer with a marvellous inside track knowledge of government. House of Cards is fast-moving, revelatory and brilliant.' Daily Express From the Publisher 'This blood-and-thunder tale, lifelike and thoroughly cynical, certainly carries the ring of authenticity ... a great triumph.' - Independent 'The exciting thriller that has Westminster buzzing. Here is a political thriller writer with a marvellous inside track knowledge of government.' - Daily Express 'It has pace, a beguiling authenticity and a cast of Achilles heels.' - Daily Telegraph 'What a brilliant creation F.U. is.' - Sunday Telegraph See all Editorial Reviews NO_CONTENT_IN_FEATURE Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . New York Times best sellers Browse the New York Times best sellers in popular categories like Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Books and more. See more Product Details Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Harper (1990) Product Dimensions: 7 x 1 x 4.4 inches Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces on June 2, 2016 Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase For once the BBC television adaptation is a thousand times better than the book. I have to be honest, I have watched the BBC trilogy more times than I care to admit because it is so riveting. Coming to the book post-watching has been a disappointment, but not surprisingly so. Michael Dobbs had a great character in FU, and the TV series made the most of him, thanks to Ian Richardson's amazing performance. The adapters cut through the dreadfully dull writing to get to the heart of the political intrigue and make it compelling. One of the best things ever on television, and doesn't date. The Netflix version is proof and more is not better. The Beeb told the story in a trilogy of twelve episodes, which had pace, suspense and terrific character development, while I only made it through the first series of the Kevin Spacey version by sheer willpower. It was dull, slow and hideously self-indulgent. I think British politics is far more interesting than the stagnant swamp we swim in here in the US. There is a signific |
Who married Elizabeth Taylor in 1991 to become her eighth husband? | Elizabeth Taylor's Last Husband Tells All About Their Marriage Elizabeth Taylor's Last Husband Tells All About Their Marriage Pinterest Kevin Mazur/Getty After years of silence, Larry Fortensky, the construction worker who met Elizabeth Taylor in rehab and became her eighth and final husband, has opened up about their years together – and their conversation just days before the screen legend died last month at 79. “She was going into hospital the next day,” Fortensky, 59, tells Britain’s Daily Mail of their final talk. “I thought she was going to be okay. I told her she would outlive me. She said, ‘Larry, I’m going to be okay.’ ” It was the coda to the most unlikely of romances between the most famous actress of her generation and a man 20 years her junior who couldn’t have been more anonymous. They met at the Betty Ford Clinic in 1998. “Elizabeth was in there for pills, I was in there for beer,” Fortensky says. “I knew who she was, of course, but I can’t tell you that I remember watching any of her films.” They bonded quickly. “She was funny and sweet, and the more I got to know her, the sweeter she became,” he says. “Of course, she was very pretty, and I wasn’t too bad looking in those days, either. We had an instant physical attraction.” Yearning to Be Free They were married in 1991 at a lavish ceremony at Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch. And they had several happy years together. Fortensky points to a picture of Taylor frolicking in the snow, taken in Switzerland in 1992. “We were in bed, and she sat up and said, ‘I want to make a snow angel.’ She grabbed a fur coat and put it over her nightdress,” he says. “That’s how I remember Elizabeth. She had a childishness about her. She was 20 years older than me, but I never felt she was old.” The spotlight on their marriage – and on them – placed a strain on the relationship. “Those cameras everywhere,” he says. “Elizabeth was used to it. I never got used to it.” They split in 1996 but would remain friends and – just as Taylor did with another husband , John Warner – they spoke regularly, right up until her death. “I have wonderful memories of my time with Elizabeth, and I will treasure her memory forever,” he says. “I love her. I always will. And I know she loved me, too.” Show Full Article |
At which racecourse will you find the grave of racehorse 'Red Rum? | Red Rum: The greatest Grand National racehorse of all time Red Rum: The greatest Grand National racehorse of all time Updated on December 12, 2013 When Red Rum and Tommy Stack came home alone in the 1977 Grand National, he established beyond all possible dispute his right to the title of the greatest chaser in Grand National history. In five successive years he had jumped the course five times without making a single serious mistake. No other horse had ever won three Nationals, no other horse ever covered those 4 miles as fast as Red Rum did to beat Crisp in 1973. Ever since he first went to Aintree in 1967, where he dead-heated in a two-year-old selling race, Red Rum always seemed to produce just that blend of cunning, foresight and agility that the great course demands. From his humble beginnings as an unwanted racehorse he went on to become arguably the greatest horse to have set his hooves upon the most famous race in the world. The incredible story of Red Rum is moving, romantic and inspirational and much, much more. Red Rum wins the 1977 Grand National Red Rum's path to National glory began with a lucky taxi ride. Donald 'Ginger' McCain, Rummy's trainer, had given up racing to set up a taxi and garage business in Southport in North West England. As business improved, he started to dabble in racing again and having a good eye for a jumper was able to buy horses that had broken down or that other trainers did not want, and managed to win races with them. Horse racing hubs The greatest racehorse trainers of all-time Fred Rimell, Vincent O'Brien and Fulke Walwyn are just some of the incredible trainers that have produced some of finest racehorses in history. One day, McCain's taxi was booked by a self-made millionaire, Noel le Mare. On the drive along the Lancashire coast, the conversation turned to horses, and by the end of the joumey, Mr. Le Mare had commissioned McCain to buy him a horse for the Liverpool Grand National. McCain spotted Red Rum when he ran second in the Scottish Grand National and finally bought him on behalf of Noel le Mare for 6,000 guineas. With his only training facilities the sands at Southport, Ginger McCain set about preparing what was for him a very expensive horse. Thirty-eight runners went to post in ideal conditions for the 1973Grand National, and the Fred Winter-trained, Richard Pitman-ridden Australian horse Crisp was top weight. Red Rum, offered in the betting market at nine-to-one, was set to carry a National ‘featherweight’ of 10 stone 5 lbs. Fred Winter’s charge Crisp made nearly all the running and on the second circuit he was still leading, and going at a tremendous pace. Going for the second last fence, Crisp was beginning to falter, and Brian Fletcher on Red Rum put on a spurt to catch up with him. At the last fence it looked as if Crisp might still hang on, but the long run-in was too much for the big Australian gelding. Calling on Red Rum’s still untapped reserves of stamina, Brian Fletcher and the eight-year-old hero of Southport stormed past Crisp, now barely cantering, to score Brian Fletcher`s second and Red Rum’s first Grand National win. In 1974, Red Rum returned to Aintree but this time he had to carry a much heavier weight: top-weight of 12 stone. Many people, knowing about his ‘dodgy’ feet and the crushing burden of a big weight over the daunting National course, had doubts about his ability to win the race again, and the Irish challenger L’Escargot was made favourite. But on the second circuit, having never put a foot wrong all the way round, Red Rum skipped safely over Becher’s Brook and he and Brian Fletcher went on to win with little difficulty. Red Rum cools down after a Grand National win Red Rum is exercised with other racehorses on the beach after he had retired The famous Red Rum statue at Aintree Racecourse In 1975, however L'Escargot turned the tables and prevented Red Rum from creating a National record by beating him into second place, a placing that Red Rum, this time in the hands of Tommy Stack, also had to accept in 1976. The biggest crowd seen at Aintr |
In what year did US airline 'Pan Am' fold? | Pan Am about to make its final exit - USATODAY.com Need help financing or refinancing a home? Click here PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS TIMELINE 1927 With Juan T. Trippe as chief, three companies merge to form the airline. Carries mail to Havana from Miami. 1937 Begins seaplane service between the USA and Europe. 1930s Adopts nautical-style uniforms to compete with ocean liners. Nov. 22, 1935 Makes first flight from San Francisco to Honolulu to Hong Kong to Auckland, New Zealand, in a Martin M-130 Flying Boat. 1943 President Franklin Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly abroad aboard Pan Am's Dixie Clipper. Oct. 26, 1958 Pan Am Boeing 707 makes the first jet-powered trans-Atlantic commercial flight. April 1966 Places initial order for 25 Boeing 747s, the world's first jumbo jet. Jan. 21, 1970 Pan Am's Clipper Victor makes first scheduled commercial trans-oceanic flight by a 747. 1973 Arab oil embargo causes Pan Am to suffer significant financial losses from high fuel costs. 1980 Pan Am acquires National Airlines to better compete in a newly deregulated U.S. industry. 1986 Pan Am sells its Pacific Division to United Airlines. Dec. 21, 1988 Flight 103 blows up over Lockerbie, Scotland, shortly after departing London for New York. 270 people killed. October 1990 Sells its London route rights to United. Jan. 8, 1991 Files for bankruptcy protection. Dec. 4, 1991 Shuts down. Jan. 31, 2001 Libyan intelligence agent Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi convicted of the Flight 103 bombing. Feb. 18, 2005 Pan Am, its insurers and Libyan negotiators settle a long-running civil lawsuit over the bombing of Flight 103. Libya agrees to pay an undisclosed sum to insurers and $33 million to Pan Am, of which about $30 million is to be split among ticket holders and former employees. December 2006 Final distribution checks to be mailed to about 15,000 former Pan Am employees, 8,000 ticket holders and 1,500 other creditors. SEARCHING FOR THOSE ELIGIBLE The Pan Am Liquidation Trust has been unable to find thousands of former employees, ticket holders and creditors owed money in the final payout. If those people don't come forward, their share of the final $30 million payout will be divided among those who are known. To notify the trust of your eligibility, or of the eligibility of someone you know, contact the trust's representative at Wells Fargo Bank at 866-631-0175. More information is available at the trust's Web site, http://www.panamliquidationtrust.com/ . Pan Am about to make its final exit Updated 10/31/2006 9:57 AM ET E-mail | Print | By Dan Reed, USA TODAY It's been nearly 15 years, but Jim Kane still dreams at night about his old company, Pan American World Airways. "They're vivid dreams," says the former maintenance contract manager at Pan Am's old hangar at New York John F. Kennedy Airport. "I see specific assignments I worked on, lots of details, specific people I worked with." Come December, maybe those dreams can stop. That's when Kane and about 15,000 other former employees of what was touted as "The World's Most Experienced Airline" will receive their final paychecks. An additional 8,000 people who held tickets on Pan Am at the time of its shutdown in December 1991 are also in line for payments, as are about 1,500 other creditors. The checks won't be large, probably only a few hundred dollars on average for former employees, says New York attorney Walter Curchack, head of the Pan Am Liquidation Trust. They will be about 5 or 6 cents on the dollar of what the recipients were owed when the company collapsed. The money, the first to be paid to creditors of the Pan Am estate in 10 years, is coming from a $30 million legal settlement with Libya in the long-running civil lawsuit over the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. In 2001, Libyan intelligence agent Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was convicted of the Flight 103 bombing. That permitted attention to turn to issues of civil law. It's taken an additional five years for Libya to settle the civil damages with the liquidation tr |
In what year did US singer Del Shannon die? | Del Shannon dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound - Feb 08, 1990 - HISTORY.com Del Shannon dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Share this: Del Shannon dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Author Del Shannon dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound URL Publisher A+E Networks Born Charles Westover in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1934, the singer/songwriter known as Del Shannon committed suicide on this day in 1990. In a period when the American pop charts were dominated by cookie-cutter teen idols and novelty acts, he stood out as an all-too-rare example of an American pop star whose work reflected real originality. His heyday as a chart-friendly star in the United States may have been brief, but on the strength of his biggest hit alone he deserves to be regarded as one of rock and roll’s greatest. Legend has it that while on stage one night at the Hi-Lo Lounge in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1960, the young and unknown Del Shannon stopped his band mid-song to have his organ player repeat, over and over, an unusual chord sequence he had just ad-libbed: A-minor to G. Charlie went to work the next day in his job as a carpet salesman with those chords stuck in his mind, and by the time he took the stage that night, he’d written a song called “Little Runaway” around them—(A-minor) As I walk along I (G) wonder, what went wrong…”. It would be three more months before Shannon and his band could make it to a New York recording studio to record the song that Shannon now saw as his best, and possibly last, shot at stardom. As he told Billboard magazine years later, “I just said to myself, if this record isn’t a hit, I’m going back into the carpet business.” Del Shannon sold his last carpet a few months later, as “Runaway” roared up the pop charts on its way to #1 in April 1961. “Hats Off To Larry” and “Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow The Sun)” were Shannon’s only other top-10 hits in the United States, but he enjoyed a much bigger career in the UK, where he placed five more songs in the top 10 over the next two years. Like most stars of his generation, Shannon was primarily regarded as an Oldies act through the 70s and 80s, but he was in the midst of a concerted comeback effort in early 1990, with a Jeff Lynne-produced album of original material already completed and rumors swirling of his taking the late Roy Orbison’s place in The Traveling Wilburys. This only added to the shock experienced by many when Shannon shot himself in his Santa Clarita, California, home on February 3, 1990. Shannon’s widow would later file a high-profile lawsuit against Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of the antidepressant Prozac, which Shannon had begun taking shortly before his suicide. That suit was eventually dropped, but the case brought early attention to the still-unresolved question of the possible connection between suicidal ideation and SSRIs, the class of drugs to which Prozac belongs. Related Videos |
Nicotine patches were introduced in which year (UK)? | Is The Nicotine Patch a Good Way to Stop Smoking? Is The Nicotine Patch a Good Way to Stop Smoking? Search the site By Terry Martin Updated November 16, 2016 One of the most popular NRTs (nicotine replacement therapies) available on the market today is the nicotine patch. First introduced in the U.S. by prescription only in 1992, the patch could be bought over-the-counter beginning in 1996. Is the Nicotine Patch Effective for Smoking Cessation? Studies have shown that using NRTs can be helpful in a person's quit program, and that using the nicotine patch can double the rate of success with smoking cessation . That said, it's important to note that the nicotine patch, or any other quit smoking aid for that matter, is not a cure-all. They are exactly what the name implies..aids. They are useful tools, but ultimately, success or failure with quitting tobacco depends on you, not your quit aid. Developing the Will to Quit Smoking Successfully What Do Nicotine Patches Look Like? The nicotine patch resembles a square tan or clear bandage. The size depends on the dosage and brand used, but generally is between one and two inches square. How Does the Nicotine Patch Work? The nicotine patch provides a steady, controlled dose of nicotine throughout the day, thereby reducing the effects of nicotine withdrawal. Patch strength is reduced over time, allowing the user to wean themselves off of nicotine gradually. How Do I Use the Nicotine Patch? Nicotine patches typically come in three different dosage strengths: 21mg, 14mg and 7mg, though this may vary between manufacturers slightly. These numbers refer to the amount of nicotine in the product. The 21mg patch is usually recommended as a starting point for people who smoke a pack of 20 cigarettes or more daily. From there, following package instructions, the user 'steps down' to lower dose patches until the final step down to no patch. The nicotine patch should be applied once a day to clean, dry, hairless skin. Manufacturers usually recommend wearing the patch between 16 and 24 hours a day, depending on what you're comfortable with. However, wearing the nicotine patch to bed at night can disrupt sleep and cause vivid dreams. If this becomes a concern, remove the patch before bed and put a fresh one on the next morning. Any Side Effects Associated with the Nicotine Patch? Side effects of nicotine patches may include: Itching, burning or tingling when the patch is applied. This usually goes away within an hour, and is a result of nicotine coming in contact with the skin. Redness or swelling at the patch site for up to 24 hours. Dizziness Vomiting Diarrhea weakness or fainting If you suspect an overdose, take the patch off and call your doctor immediately. The nicotine patch is a solid tool to help you quit smoking, but remember: the magic of success lies within you. Work on developing the resolve to do whatever it takes for however long it takes, and apply yourself daily to the task. Do this, and lasting release from nicotine addiction will be within your reach. Sources: Medline Plus - Drugs and Supplements - U.S. National Library of Medicine Silagy, C et al. Meta-analysis on efficacy of nicotine replacement therapies in smoking cessation Lancet 1994 Jan 15;343(8890):139-42. Continue Reading |
In what country will you find the 'Giants Causeway'? | Giant's Causeway | National Trust Giant's Causeway Next Previous Sunset on the horizon at the Giant's Causeway Brian Morrison Built in part underground, the basalt grey Visitor Centre mimics a fissure erupting from deep in the earth Art Ward See below for more information on the Clifftop Experience walks this summer Tourism Northern Ireland Tile mosaic spelling The Causeway Hotel National Trust Runkerry Trail is accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs Art Ward Giant's Causeway shop National Trust / Brian Morrison In the footsteps of giants... Recent news and stories from the Giant's Causeway and our site team. These stunning rock formations draw visitors from all over the world National Trust Images / Naomi Goggin Download our menu and wedding brochure and learn more about special occasions at the Causeway Hotel. Picture gallery Giant's Causeway Groups Our friendly staff are on hand to help at every step of the Visitor Experience National Trust / Art Ward Jobs Find our about our current vacancies Dr Cliff Henry with the rare meadowsweet gall he discovered at the Giant's Causeway National Trust / Jennifer Michael Learn about our conservation team's discoveries of 2016 Places nearby Pretty 17th-century 'Plantation' home with a significant costume collection Join General Interactive exhibition exploring the Giant's Causeway Outdoor audio guide availiable, providing information in nine languages. Audio guide for visually impaired visitors also available Grab-and-go coffee shop Local and unique gifts for sale in shop Tourist Information Centre Parking across three car parks and Park and Ride facility Family Pushchairs and baby back-carriers admitted Accessible path for pushchairs Visitor Centre is accessible Accessible toilets and Changing Places facilities (key on request) Grounds - partly accessible, grass, uneven, narrow, loose and hard gravel paths, steep slopes, steps, undulating terrain Some visitors may require assistance from their companion Accessible trail Close In the footsteps of giants... Flanked by the wild North Atlantic Ocean and a landscape of dramatic cliffs, for centuries the Giant’s Causeway has inspired artists, stirred scientific debate and captured the imagination of all who see it. Why not experience the Giant's Causeway for yourself? Visit the world-famous basalt columns with one of our knowledgeable tour guides, or pick up an audio guide and go at your own pace. Climb the Shepherd's Steps and hike along the cliff-top trail to get a bird's eye view of the beautiful causeway coast. Unlock the mystery and stories of the landscape in the exhibition area of our award-winning Visitor Centre, which comprises a café serving seasonal, regional fayre, and retail zone where you can pick up locally-sourced memories of your causeway trip in the form of beautiful souvenirs and handicrafts. Book tickets to the Giant's Causeway Visitor Experience Tickets to Tourist Information Centre within the Visitor Centre are free of charge 44 Causeway Road, Bushmills, County Antrim, BT57 8SU By cycle Route 93 of the National Cycle Network in Northern Ireland runs round the coast from Newry to Ballycastle via Bangor and Belfast. Visitors travelling this way receive a 'green discount' at admission to Visitor Centre Cycle route information On foot If you prefer to go by foot the Causeway Coast Way is a breathtaking 33-mile stretch of Ireland's most celebrated coastline. This route links to the Giant's Causeway trail network. Visitors travelling this way receive a 'green discount' at admission to Visitor Centre. Plan your walk along the Causeway Coast Way Park and Ride Operating between March and October, the Giant's Causeway park and ride service runs every 20 minutes from Bushmills village. Visitors travelling this way receive a 'green discount' at admission. For more information please call 028 2073 1855 and choose option 2. By train Regular train services operate from Belfast or Londonderry to Coleraine, then change to bus connection Ulsterbus Service 172. Visitors travelling this way receive a 'green discount' at admiss |
Up to 50 People would have been buried in an ancient Stone Age Tomb. What name is given to such a tomb? | Yours for £400, eternal rest in a Stone Age tomb ...newly built in a Wiltshire field by a farmer called Tim | Daily Mail Online Yours for £400, eternal rest in a Stone Age tomb ...newly built in a Wiltshire field by a farmer called Tim Farmer Tim Daw has built a long barrow burial site in a field on his farm The tombs were used to store the remains of loved ones 5,000 years ago Tim is selling spots for £400 - and 60 people have already reserved places The ashes of Carol Gray were the first to be moved into Tim's new tomb When the Neolithic long barrow is full it will contain 600 cremated remains |
I which country will you find the 'Great Victoria Desert'? | Great Victoria Desert, Australia - The Largest Desert In Australia Great Victoria Desert, Australia The Largest Desert In Australia Great Victoria Desert About the Great Victoria Desert Size and Location The Great Victoria is the largest Australian desert. Its size is 424,400 km2 (163,900 miles2) according to most sources (though I've seen anything between 348,750 km2/134,655 miles2 and 250,000 miles2). If the last number is correct then the Great Victoria Desert in Australia is the third largest desert in the world, after the Sahara and the Arabian Desert. If the first number is correct it would still make it to number eight on the list, followed by the Great Sandy Desert . Two Western Australian deserts in the top ten... I didn't go out and measure. Either way the Great Victoria Desert is the largest desert in Australia. It spans over 700 km/435 miles from west to east, with the western part of it belonging to Western Australia, and the eastern part extending into South Australia. It can take several days to cross this desert, but more about that later. On the borders of the Great Victoria Desert you find... more deserts. The Gibson in the north, the Little Sandy Desert to the north-west, the Nullarbor Plain in the South, and the Tirary and the Sturt Stony Desert to the east. Australia is a dry country once you leave the coasts. No wonder people always talk about "the Outback desert" (which I guess sums up all the Australian deserts...). Return to top History The Great Victoria Desert in Australia was first crossed by the European explorer Ernest Giles in 1875 and named after Queen Victoria. David Lindsey's expedition crossed the area from north to south in 1891. Lime Juice Camp is named to remind us of one of their mishaps: it was there that the party decided to have a celebration and open their supply of lime juice. It was mixed with whiskey and water in a galvanized tin, with the result that everybody became rather sick with zinc poisoning. Ah well... The next explorer to leave his mark was Frank Hann, who was looking for pastoral lands and for gold in the area between 1903 and 1908. He named a few more places and features. And last but not least there is the famous Len Beadell. He worked as a surveyor for the Australian army, and surveyed and build roads in the 1960s. If you read any of the many books he wrote about his time in the Great Victoria Desert then you can guess that the Anne Beadell Highway (named after his wife) is not exactly a highway... Return to top Climate The Great Victoria Desert receives only little rain, though not as little as one might suspect for a desert. The rainfall range is 200 - 250 mm a year, but the rain is unreliable. Southern parts receive some winter rainfall, further north the only water source are thunderstorms. And they are isolated and unpredictable. The days in summer are hot, anything between 30 and 40°C (90 - 105F), but the dry heat is not as uncomfortable as the humid swelter of tropical Australia. Winter temperatures range from a comfortable 20 to 25°C, but the nights can be freezing. And I do mean freezing, frosts are common. Return to top Environment Many people hear the word desert and expect endless sand dunes, or barren stony plains without vegetation. The Great Victoria Desert looks nothing like that. It's called a desert because there is little rain, not because it is dead or boring. The amount of vegetation may surprise you. Australia has always been a dry continent, and the plants are well adapted to living with very little water. Not only marble gums, mulga and spinifex grass thrive here. You will find a huge variety of shrubs and smaller plants. When it does rain the transformation is total. The desert bursts into bloom seemingly over night. Fields of wildflowers, accentuated with flowering grevilleas and acacias, yellows, whites and mauves against the red sands... I was lucky enough to cross the Great Victoria Desert after a big rain. The sight of the blooming desert is something I will never forget. (And the fact that I didn't have a camera on the trip is some |
In what year did cricketer Brian Lara score 501 runs (Not out!) in one innings? | Cricket: 501 not out: Lara becomes world's first batsman to score 500 runs | The Independent Cricket: 501 not out: Lara becomes world's first batsman to score 500 runs Monday 6 June 1994 23:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Online THE DURHAM scorer, Brian Hunt, said he had never worked as hard in his life but it had been worth it. He looked tired, but elated, just like Brian Lara himself. That same glazed, slightly awed look was on the faces of the 500-plus spectators patiently queueing for completed scorecards after the game. They had seen history made and they wanted to be able to prove it. In scoring an unbeaten 501 for Warwickshire against Durham yesterday, Lara added the most prized batting record in non-international cricket to the Test equivalent he garnered less than two months ago against England in Antigua. He has, at barely 25, cemented his position with the likes of Bradman, Hobbs and Grace in cricket's pantheon of greats. The previous record, held by Hanif Mohammad for 35 years, has always appeared as unattainable as Gary Sobers' Test record had. It was one of those statistics fans learn as schoolboys and never have to alter. Such is Lara's appetite for runs one wonders whether this record will last the season. After breaking the record, Lara said: 'I don't think I'm a great cricketer. It's nice to have records and be on top but I've still got a lot of cricket ahead of me and I need to be more consistent. 'Records are there to be broken and I'm happy to be the one doing it. If the records I have set are broken I hope I am the one doing it. It's hard to compare my Test 375 with 501 here. You just have to cherish both of them.' Of Lara's seven centuries in his last eight innings this was, ironically, the most fortunate. In its gestation, on Friday he was bowled off a no-ball for 10 and dropped by the wicketkeeper Chris Scott six runs later. Yesterday he gave a difficult chance at 238 and another at 413 - which was fortunately hit in the direction of his team-mate Michael Burns (fielding for Durham), who not surprisingly failed to reach it. With the game killed as a contest by Saturday's washout and a weakened Durham's understandable reluctance to set a target, Lara took a while to reach top gear yesterday, adding 27 runs to his overnight 111 in his first 41 balls. He then accelerated, adding 147 off the next 78 to be 285 at lunch. Suddenly the records appeared lined up before him and, having asked his captain, Dermot Reeve, not to declare, one by one he knocked them down. At 306 he passed Warwickshire's highest score, at 406 he passed the highest in England this century. Twenty runs later Archie MacLaren's 99-year-old record score in England had gone. A welter of other records went as well, including the most boundaries in an innings and most runs in a day, but by now all attention was on the big one, Hanif's 499. Having made 174 runs in the first session, including an enormous six off David Cox over deep midwicket, he added 133 in the second, leaving him 82 short at tea. At this stage, he was feeding the strike to Keith Piper, who went on to a century, although he did take 18 off a Phil Bainbridge over, including an all-run four. At 497, he played three balls from the occasional bowler John Morris defensively then was surprised to be cracked on the helmet by a bouncer off the fourth. At this stage, Piper reminded Lara that technically the game could be called off in two balls' time as there was no prospect of a result. The next ball was driven for four, Lara was engulfed by Piper, and play closed. Lara, who was strongest cutting and pulling or flicking off his legs, achieved most of the milestones with boundaries, including sixes to pass 200 and Hick's 405. Though the record was achieved with an off-driven four off Morris, it should be noted that throughout his innings Durham were trying, both by using proper bowlers and fielding seriously. Wayne Larkins and Morris did bowl 10.5 overs between them but, with David Graveney and Mark Saxelby both injured, Durham were reduced to four front-line bowlers. All |
What city is the capital of New Zealand? | Capital city – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand Coolest little capital The capital city is the location of a country’s major government institutions. New Zealand’s capital is Wellington. It is the base for Parliament, the offices of the cabinet and prime minister, the residences of the prime minister and governor-general, and the country’s highest courts. The first capital After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in February 1840, Governor Willliam Hobson established his official residence at Russell in the Bay of Islands. This was New Zealand’s first capital. The second capital Several Māori chiefs offered Hobson land at Tāmaki-makau-rau (Auckland) so he could establish a capital there. From March 1841 Auckland was the capital. After New Zealand became self-governing, the first General Assembly met in Auckland in May 1854. However, there was concern about the site, particularly because its northern location made it difficult to travel to – especially for MPs from the South Island. Choosing a third capital In the 1850s some MPs attempted to have the General Assembly meet in a more central location. Wellington hosted a session of the assembly in 1862, and in 1863 it was proposed that the capital be moved somewhere on the shores of Cook Strait. An independent tribunal of three Australians decided on the location. They visited a number of sites and chose Wellington – a decision that led to public protest in Auckland, and an unsuccessful bid by Auckland assembly members to separate from the rest of the country. Wellington, the third capital Wellington has been the capital since 1865. It gains economic benefits from jobs for public servants and government investment in infrastructure. National cultural organisations such as the Royal New Zealand Ballet, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa are in Wellington – as is the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. In 2011 travel publisher Lonely Planet described Wellington as the ‘coolest little capital in the world’. |
What is the largest eagle? | Top 10 Largest Eagles in the World | World Most The Most of things in the World Home » Largest » Top 10 Largest Eagles in the World Top 10 Largest Eagles in the World Monday, February 6th 2012. | Largest Here are the top 10 largest eagles in the world. Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 61 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species (the Bald and Golden Eagles) can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in Central and South America, and three in Australia. 10. African Martial Eagle – 76-83cm Largest Eagles African Martial Eagle Wing 2.1m and avg 5.1kg, up to 6.2kg Africa’s largest eagle, very powerful and attacks big prey for its size. The talons and legs r slim and long, a specialization for hunting birds, which r its main prey. 9. Verreaux’s Eagle – 72-90cm Largest Eagles Verreaux's Eagle Wing 2.1m and weight avg 5kg, up to 5.8kg Verreaux’s Eagle is a very striking jet-black eagle, not as big as most big eagles. 8. White tailed sea eagle – 70-92cm, 66-89cm Largest Eagles White tailed sea eagle Wing up to 2.4m, 2-2.45m, 183-239cm weight avg 5.5kg. 5.1kg, up to 7.5kg, range 3.1-7kg, 3.6-6.5kg The White-tailed Eagle also known as the Sea Eagle, Erne (sometimes Ern), or White-tailed Sea-eagle, is a large bird of preyin the family Accipitridae which includes other raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers. 7. African Crowned Eagle – 81-90cm Largest Eagles African Crowned Eagle Africa’s most powerful eagle, however it is very lightweight avg only 4kg+ for females, probably the 3rd most powerful eagle. Largest Eagles Bald Eagle Wing 178-229cm and avg 5.2kg, up to 6.3kg Bald Eagle is largest eagles, wingspan somehow not as impressive, while weaker talons compared to golden eagles. Largest Eagles Philippine Eagle Approx 2m wing Often clamied as the largest eagles but the bulk of its “size” (like the wedge-tailed eagle) actually derived from its long legs, giving a false impression of great size. The talons and claws r not the most powerful, but the beak is 2nd only to the stellars sea eagle among the eagles. Largest Eagles Harpy Eagle Wing approx 2m and 7.2-7.7kg, up to 9kg The Harpy Eagle, sometimes known as the American Harpy Eagle, is a Neotropical species of eagle. It is the largest and most powerful raptor found in the Americas, and among the largest extant species of eagles in the world. It usually inhabits tropical lowland rainforests in the upper (emergent) canopy layer. 3. Berkut Golden Eagle – 76-102cm Largest Eagles Berkut Golden Eagle Avg 6.5kg, record 12kg+ and wing 2.1m, record 2.8m, 203-224cm. One of the heaviest eagles, record up to 12kg wild specimen (unlike harpy’s record captive), also longest recorded wingspan at up to 2.8m 2. Stellars Sea Eagle – 85-105cm Largest Eagles Stellars Sea Eagle Wing 220-245cm, 221-244cm and weight 6.8-9kg World’s Biggest Eagles, one of two eagles that rivals the harpy eagle in weight…but, like other fish eagles, the talons and feet r weaker and smaller than booted eagles, such as the golden eagle 1. Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle 3.35m Largest Eagles Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle Once believed to posses the longest wingspan of all eagles, current data suggest about the same wingspan as other large eagles, length mainly due to long diamond-shaped tail, surprisngly lightweight for its size, very lanky. One of the longest wingspans, avg 2.3m in the past, records of up to 2.79, 2.84cm. Even 3.35m can be reach this largest eagles . |
Who was the first female tennis player to win $1 million for a match? | WTA | WTA Tennis English Shop About The WTA The WTA is the global leader in women's professional sport with more than 2,500 players representing 92 nations competing for $137 million in prize money. The 2016 WTA competitive season includes 57 events and four Grand Slams and the Olympic Games across 33 countries. In 2015, The WTA was watched by 395 million fans on television and digital channels around the world. The 2016 WTA competitive season concludes with the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global , from October 23-30, 2016 and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, China from November 1-6, 2016. Further information on the WTA can be found at www.wtatennis.com ; facebook.com/WTA and twitter.com/WTA . THE WTA STORY Billie Jean King and her group of eight other renegades were revolutionary by 1970s standards. A full two years ahead of the passage of Title IX in the United States, they envisioned a better future for women's tennis. In September 1970, the birth of women's professional tennis was launched when nine players signed $1 contracts with World Tennis publisher Gladys Heldman to compete in a new women's tour, the Virginia Slims Series. The Original 9, as they were called, included Billie Jean King , Rosie Casals , Nancy Richey , Kerry Melville, Peaches Bartkowicz, Kristy Pigeon, Judy Dalton, Valerie Ziegenfuss and Julie Heldman. Heldman, along with her friend Joe Cullman from Philip Morris and several others, provided women's professional tennis the opportunity the Original 9 and so many others sought. The inaugural $7,500 Virginia Slims of Houston was established on September 23, 1970 and it was the event that became the groundbreaker for all others. 1971 - The Virginia Slims Series debuts with 19 tournaments, with a total purse of $309,100 on offer in the United States. Billie Jean King becomes the first female athlete to cross the six-figure mark in season earnings. 1973 - Billie Jean King founds the Women's Tennis Association, uniting all of women's professional tennis in one tour. The WTA was born out of a meeting of more than 60 players held in a room at the Gloucester Hotel in London the week before Wimbledon . The US Open , for the first time, offered equal prize money to men and women. Weeks later, King stuns Bobby Riggs in The Battle of the Sexes at the Houston Astrodome. 1974 - The WTA signs the first television broadcast contract in the history of the organization, with US network CBS. 1975 - The computerized ranking era begins with Chris Evert installed as the WTA's first official world No.1 on November 3, 1975. 1976 - Colgate assumes sponsorship of tour events from April to November for four years, while Evert becomes the first female athlete to pass $1 million in career earnings. 1977 - New York's Madison Square Garden hosts the Virginia Slims Championships for the first time. 1979 - Avon, replacing Virginia Slims as winter circuit sponsor, offers a record $100,000 to the winner of the Avon Circuit Championship. 1980 - By now more than 250 women are playing professionally all over the world in a tour consisting of 47 global events, offering a total $7.2 million in prize money. 1982 - Martina Navratilova becomes the first woman to earn over $1 million in a season. 1983 - Virginia Slims returns, replacing Avon and Toyota, who replaced Colgate in 1981, to sponsor the first unified Circuit of more than $10 million. King brings an end to her illustrious singles career, but occasionally plays doubles until 1990. 1984 - Navratilova receives a $1 million bonus from the ITF for winning Roland Garros and thus holding all four Grand Slam singles crowns at the same time; she also crosses the $2 million mark in season earnings, more than men's No.1 John McEnroe. The Australian Open joined the US Open in offering the women's event equal prize money (temporarily did not between 1996-2000). 1986 - Navratilova passes $10 million in career earnings. 1988 - Steffi Graf becomes the second woman in the Open Era, after Margaret Court , to complete a calendar year Grand Slam - and makes it a 'Golden Grand Slam' |
Which 11 year old British actress had a part in the 1943 film 'Lassie Come Home'? | 1943 Academy Awards® Winners and History The Song of Bernadette (1943) Watch on the Rhine (1943) Actor: PAUL LUKAS in "Watch on the Rhine", Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca" , Gary Cooper in "For Whom the Bell Tolls", Walter Pidgeon in "Madame Curie", Mickey Rooney in "The Human Comedy" Actress: JENNIFER JONES in "The Song of Bernadette", Jean Arthur in "The More the Merrier" , Ingrid Bergman in "For Whom the Bell Tolls", Joan Fontaine in "The Constant Nymph", Greer Garson in "Madame Curie" Supporting Actor: CHARLES COBURN in "The More the Merrier" , Charles Bickford in "The Song of Bernadette", J. Carrol Naish in "Sahara", Claude Rains in "Casablanca" , Akim Tamiroff in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Supporting Actress: KATINA PAXINOU in "For Whom the Bell Tolls", Gladys Cooper in "The Song of Bernadette", Paulette Goddard in "So Proudly We Hail!", Anne Revere in "The Song of Bernadette", Lucile Watson in "Watch on the Rhine" Director: MICHAEL CURTIZ for "Casablanca" , Clarence Brown for "The Human Comedy", Henry King for "The Song of Bernadette", Ernst Lubitsch for "Heaven Can Wait", George Stevens for "The More the Merrier" This was the first year that Best Supporting Actors and Actresses received full-sized Oscar statuettes, rather than miniature Oscar plaques. Director Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (with eight nominations and three Oscar wins - Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay for Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch) - the melodramatic story of international intrigue, romance and politics in the Nazi-occupied exotic locale of French Morocco, is now considered one of filmdom's best pictures ever made. The classic masterpiece of sacrifice and comradeship deservedly won the Best Picture award for 1943, but it was a dark horse candidate. Actually, it should have competed against Mrs. Miniver (1942) (the Best Picture winner in the previous year), since it premiered in New York in November of that year. However, it didn't show in Los Angeles until its general release that January, so it competed in 1943. With an inspired cast, As Time Goes By, a great director, and unexpected wartime publicity, the superior film told the story of an aloof American owner (Bogart) of a bar in Casablanca who rescues his old girlfriend (Bergman) and her Resistance husband (Henreid) from the clutches of Axis authorities. During WWII's height, four of the Best Picture nominees in 1943 had war as their themes. In addition to the Best Picture winner, three of the other nine Best Picture nominees of 1943 were also war films with patriotic or sentimental themes: writer/co-director Noel Coward's outstanding production (with director David Lean) of the flag-waving British film In Which We Serve (with two nominations and no wins in 1943), about the lives of the crew of the torpedoed and sinking destroyer HMS Torrin during the Battle of Crete (based upon the true story of Lord Louis Mountbatten's destroyer HMS Kelly). This film had already received a Special Award in 1942 (for Coward's "outstanding production achievement") director Herman Shumlin's Watch on the Rhine (with four nominations and one win - Best Actor), a film adaptation of Lillia |
In what year did Arsene Wenger become manager at Arsenal? | The Managers | History | Arsenal.com The 'Great Innovator' Herbert Chapman The Managers From Sam Hollis to Arsène Wenger - know more about Arsenal's managers. Sam Hollis 1894 - 1897 Sam Hollis Sam Hollis was appointed ‘secretary-manager’ of Arsenal in 1894. He was the first individual to be placed in charge of team affairs. Prior to his appointment, the team had been managed by a committee of players and club members. Hollis spent three years at the club during which time the Club remained mid-table in the Second Division. He moved on to Bristol City in the summer of 1897. Thomas Brown Mitchell 1897 - 1898 Thomas Brown Mitchell (33 games as manager) Thomas Brown Mitchell was Arsenal’s first professional manager, joining the club in 1897. A Scotsman from the Dumfries area, Mitchell moved south of the border around 1867 and held the title of secretary at Blackburn Rovers for approximately 12 years. He spent less than a season at Arsenal but in that time, managed to guide the club through three FA Cup qualifying rounds before succumbing to Burnley in the first round proper. He also took the club from tenth to fifth place in the League before resigning in March 1898. Mitchell later rejoined Blackburn, where he passed away in August 1921, aged 78. William Elcoat 1898 - 1899 William Elcoat (25 games as manager) William Elcoat, like his predecessor Thomas Brown Mitchell, only remained at Arsenal for one season. Elcoat, who hailed from Stockton-on-Tees, showed a strong preference for players north of the border as illustrated by him having eight Scotsman in his first-team at one stage. Arsenal finished seventh under his leadership but as the League has been increased to 18 teams, it was on par with the previous season. Arsenal were heavily beaten by Derby in the first round proper of the FA Cup having been given a bye to that stage. He passed away in Stockton-on-Tees in 1929, aged 65. Harry Bradshaw 1899 - 1904 Harry Bradshaw (189 games as manager) Harry Bradshaw took over the reigns from George Elcoat and in the space of five years, had transformed the fortunes of the club. Regarded as Arsenal’s first successful manager, Bradshaw built his reputation at Burnley from 1891 to 1899 and was a clever tactician, guiding Arsenal to a top-three finish in the League in 1902/03. Bradshaw moved on to Fulham and later became secretary of the Southern League before his death in 1924. Phil Kelso 1904 - 1908 Phil Kelso (152 games as manager) Phil Kelso was a hard, rugged Scot who was a coach at Hibernian, before taking over as manager of newly-promoted Woolwich Arsenal from 1904 until 1908. Kelso guided the club to two consecutive last-four finishes in the FA Cup but did not make much progress in the League. After leaving Arsenal, he returned briefly to Scotland to run a hotel in Largs, before becoming manager of Fulham in 1909. He stayed with the West-London outfit for 15 years before his death in 1935, aged 64. George Morrell 1908 - 1915 George Morrell (291 games as manager) George Morrell was manager of Woolwich Arsenal from 1908 to 1915, and oversaw the club’s move from Plumstead in south east London, to it’s former home at Highbury in North London. Morrell was forced to sell many of his best players but still guided the team to sixth in the League in his first season. Unfortunately, he holds the distinction of being the only Arsenal manager to have experienced relegation; Woolwich Arsenal dropped from the First Division to the Second after finishing bottom in 1913. But Morrell's Arsenal finished 5th in the Second Division in 1915 - high enough to get them elected back into the First Division. Leslie Knighton 1919 - 1925 Leslie Knighton (268 games as manager) Leslie Knighton was appointed manager of Arsenal in 1919, following stints as an assistant manager at Huddersfield Town and Manchester City. He was manager for six years, but Arsenal never finished higher than 10th, coming 20th in 1924-25. Knighton was sacked at the end of that season, and was replaced by the now legendary, Herbert Chapman. After leaving the Gunners, Knighton w |
Which American President along with his Soviet Union counterpart signed the 1974 SALT Treaty? | SALT I Blog SALT I On January 20, 1969, the day of Richard M. Nixon 's first inauguration, the Soviet government offered to hold negotiations on the issues of nuclear arms control. Nixon immediately accepted and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, commonly known as SALT, were arranged. They took place in two phases: SALT I ran from 1969 to 1972 and resulted in the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the Interim Agreement Between The United States of America and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. SALT II, begun in late 1972, produced a treaty that was never ratified by the U.S. Senate. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan abandoned SALT and undertook the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty talks, commonly known as the START talks, instead. As the third decade of the atomic age began, the continued development of the technology of nuclear weapons and delivery systems led the United States and the Soviet Union to realize the futility of an unlimited arms race in those devices. In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that Soviet Premier Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin had agreed to meetings on the issue, but those talks never came about. When the Soviet Union reopened the matter in 1969, President Richard Nixon seized the opportunity, and the first meeting was held in Helsinki in November. With the help of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger , the United States negotiated the ABM Treaty and an interim agreement that essentially froze nuclear arsenals at their existing levels. Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the ABM Treaty and the interim agreement on May 26, 1972, at a summit meeting in Moscow. The interim agreement, commonly called the SALT I Treaty, froze the total number of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles, but allowed the replacement of old missiles with new ones. In the interests of achieving an actual reduction and preventing qualitative advances in destructive technology, the two nations began SALT II talks in November of the same year in Geneva. In a meeting in Vladivostok in November 1974, President Gerald Ford and Brezhnev agreed to a basic framework for a SALT II Treaty. However, international political considerations prevented the treaty from being completed until 1979. President Jimmy Carter sent the SALT II Treaty to the U.S. Senate for its advice and consent on June 22, 1979. Objections arose and the treaty had not been ratified when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, which chilled U.S. and Soviet relations. On January 3, 1980, Carter asked that the Senate delay further consideration of the treaty. The treaty was never ratified by the Senate, but was formally honored by the U.S. and the Soviet Union. In May 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared that the United States would not violate the provisions of the treaty if the Soviets agreed to do the same. The Soviets did agree, although Reagan declared in 1984 and 1985 that the Soviet Union had violated that pledge. A new round of talks, called the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START , replaced SALT beginning in 1983. The agreement would put a cap of 1,600 strategic nuclear delivery vehicles and 6,000 "accountable" warheads for each country, while enabling them to continue modernizing their weaponry. Off-site search results for "SALT I"... |
How many years would you have been married to celebrate your Crystal Wedding anniversary? | Wedding Anniversary List: Names by Years Married - Disabled World Wedding Anniversary List: Names by Years Married Print Published: 2011-06-27 (Rev. 2015-06-04) - Contact: Ian Langtree at Disabled World Synopsis: A list of wedding anniversaries by year that includes the names of materials symbols and flowers associated with the anniversary. About Wedding Anniversary A wedding anniversary is defined as the anniversary of the date a wedding took place. Traditional names exist for some of them: for instance, 50 years of marriage is called a "golden wedding anniversary" or simply a "golden anniversary" or "golden wedding". Main Document "In the United States, one can receive a greeting from the President for any wedding anniversary on or after the 50th." What is a Wedding Anniversary? A wedding anniversary is the anniversary of the date a wedding took place. On a wedding anniversary in many countries it is traditional to give a gift to your partner (or couples) that symbolize the number of years of marriage. The names of some wedding anniversaries provide guidance for appropriate or traditional gifts for the spouses to give each other; if there is a party to celebrate the wedding anniversary these gifts can be brought by the guests and/or influence the theme or decoration of the venue. Jump-To: Ring Size Chart Lists of wedding anniversary gifts vary by country. Listed below is a list of wedding anniversaries by year that includes materials, symbols, and flowers associated with the occasion. Wedding anniversary names common to most nations include: Wooden (5th), Tin (10th), Crystal (15th), China (20th), Silver (25th), Pearl (30th), Ruby (40th), Golden (50th), and Diamond (60th). Wedding Anniversary Gifts List 77.4 Facts: Wedding Anniversary The celebration of wedding anniversaries dates back to Roman times when husbands gave their wives a silver wreath for 25 years of marriage, and a gold wreath for 50. Today there are traditional and modern materials related to each wedding anniversary, usually progressing from the weakest to the strongest as the years go by, to symbolize the strengthening of the relationship. In the United States, one can receive a greeting from the President for any wedding anniversary on or after the 50th. In the British Commonwealth domains you may receive a message from the monarch for your 60th, 65th, and 70th wedding anniversaries, and any wedding anniversary after that by applying to Buckingham Palace in the U.K., or to the Governor-General's office in the other Commonwealth realms. An exception being Australia and Canada. The delivery of congratulatory messages marking 100th birthdays and 60th wedding anniversaries is arranged by the Anniversaries Office at Buckingham Palace. In Canada you may also receive a message from the Governor General for the 50th anniversary, and every 5th anniversary after that. In Australia may receive a letter of congratulations from the Governor General on the 50th and all subsequent wedding anniversaries; the Prime Minister, the federal Opposition leader, local members of parliament (both state and federal), and state Governors may also send salutations for the same anniversaries. Roman Catholics may apply for a Papal blessing through their local diocese for wedding anniversaries of a special nature such as their 25th, 50th, 60th, etc. anniversaries. |
The 1988 album 'First of a Million Kisses' was the first album by which group? | The First of a Million Kisses - Fairground Attraction | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic The First of a Million Kisses AllMusic Rating google+ AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann The skiffle craze threatened to make a comeback in England with the success of the irresistible single "Perfect" and Eddi Reader 's gorgeous singing. Alas, First turned out to be the last of Reader 's association with Fairground Attraction , though they managed to release a second album without her. Track Listing |
Which State became the 11th of the United States in 1788? | This Day in History: July 26 New York became the 11th state in the United States . 1847 Liberia became Africa's first republic. 1908 The Office of the Chief Examiner, which in 1935 became the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was created. |
Which fruit has the largest percentage of calories? | How Many Calories In Fruit Chart How many calories in fruit. Calories in fruits chart. We are often asked how many calories are in fruit. Of course the amount of calories between different fruit varies, but when compared to vegetables in general, fruit contains more calories because of the fructose (fruit sugar) that they contain. Fruit is a good source of energy and a high fiber food. We should all eat at least 1 to 3 pieces of fruit each day to maintain a healthy diet. Most fruit contains little, if any, fats, so make great building blocks for a healthy eating regime. (The exceptions to little fat being avocado and coconuts.) Eat more fruit, it really is a gift from the gods. How Many Calories in Fruit Table If you are on a low calorie diet, this calories in fruit chart will be a good source of information for you. Fruits do contain calories and if you are trying to maintain or lose weight, the calories fruits contain must be counted towards your overall eating program. Fruit and vegetables should make up more than 2 thirds of your daily allowance. Fruit is so plentiful, is delicious to eat and there is such a wide variety, surely there is more than one type that will suit everyone's taste. Full of vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, fruit is a great health food which can be utilized in many ways to suit a busy lifestyle. Make sure you add fruit to your diet. Your body will thank you are you will feel so much healthier. The table below contains the popular fruits and shows the relative calories and kilojoules that fruit contain. We have omitted some relative rare and exotic fruits for ease of webpage publication. This table is for calories in fresh fruits only and is reproduced here as a guide to average amount of calories. For calories in canned fruit, read the nutritional guides on the labels. |
Swimming; running and cycling are the three disciplines of what sport? | Beginner Triathlon - All You Need To KNow To Get Started Beginner Triathlon All You Need To Know To Get Started With Confidence So you’re a beginner to triathlon? Great, we're here to help you get started with ease! There are probably a few things you'd like to know if you're a beginner to triathlon – OK, maybe lots of things, but let’s start with these: How long is a triathlon What is involved in a race How much (and what) training do I need to do? Are you wondering whether you might be biting off more than you can chew? Well you’re not alone. Triathlon is a very fast growing sport, so if you go down to your local club or enter an event, chances are you won’t be the only beginner. Triathlon is a sport that you don’t have to be ‘super fit’ to take part in, and you don’t need to be great at all three disciplines. To find your local club trimapper.com is a great resource. The site also allows you to search for events to enter, and you might be able to find a triathlon for beginners. Get your free triathlon training planner by signing up for our newsletter at the top right of this page. This is a fantastic tool to help you plan your training in a logical manner. It walks you through profiling your swimming, cycling and running, and gets you to record your aims so that you can make sure your training is focussed on achieving your goals. You can also record all your workouts as well as race performances. So go on, sign up and get your own copy of that planner - an ideal tool for a beginner to triathlon! |
Who created the character 'Count Dracula'? | Dracula (Character) Dracula (Character) from Dracula (1931) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. There may be more photos available for this character. To select more photos to be displayed in this character's gallery, click the Edit Photos link. Overview The world's most famous vampire, Dracula was conceived... See more » Alternate Names: Alexander Grayson / Alexander Lucard / Baron / Baron Latos / Big Dracula Head / Comte Dracula / Conde Dr�cula / Conde R�cula / Conte Dracula / Count / Count Caldaur / Count Crackula / Count Dracul / Count Dracula / Count Dracula in 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein' / Count Dracula in 'count Dracula' / Count Drakula / Count Dr�cula / Count Fuckula / Count Hackula / Count Jackula / Count Karlstein / Count Mockula / Count Orlok / Count Rockula / Count Tom Dracula / Count Vlad Dracula / Count Vladimir Dracula / Count Vladislaus Dracula / Count Zoltan Dracula / Crazy Dracula / Daddy Dracula / Diddy Count Dracula / Dr. Acula / Dr. Alexander Sweet / Dr. Dracula / Dracula & Vlad / Dracula III / Dracula. / Draculetta / Draculette / Dragula / Drake / Drakula / Dr�cula / Dr�cula / Dr�kula / Dr�kula v nem�m filmu / Fake Dracula / General Targo / Graaf Dracula / Graf / Graf Dracula / Graf Orlok / Gr�f / Kid Count Dracula / Le comte Dracula / Mathias Cronqvist / Mircea Drakula / Movie Dracula / Mr. Dr�cula / Orlok / Prince of Darkness / Prof. Lugosi / Richter Belmont / The Count / Vlad / Vlad Dracula / Von Draculea / Zdrakula Filmography ... aka "Frankenpimp 2: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre" - Europe (English title) (alternative title), Jamaica (English title) (alternative title) ... aka "The Romeo and Juliet Massacre" - Australia (alternative title), Canada (English title) (original script title) ... aka "Dracula" - Canada (English title) (short title) ... aka "Dracula Sucks It!" - Canada (English title) (alternative title) ... aka "Frankenpimp's Revenge" - Hong Kong (English title) (alternative title) ... aka "Tex Watt's Frankenpimp 2: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre" - India (English title) (alternative title) ... aka "Tex Watt's Frakenpimp 2: Frakenpimp Goes Ape-Sh#T!" - Japan (English title) (alternative title) ... aka "Jarhead 3" - USA (short title) ... aka "Jarhead III" - USA (alternative title) ... aka "Jarhead III: The Siege" - USA (alternative title) ... aka "Jarhead: The Siegie" - USA (alternative title) ... aka "NBC's Saturday Night" - USA (complete title) ... aka "SNL" - USA (informal title) ... aka "SNL 25" - USA (alternative title) ... aka "Saturday Night" - USA (first season title) ... aka "Saturday Night Live '80" - USA (sixth season title) ... aka "Saturday Night Live 15" - USA (fifteenth season title) ... aka "Saturday Night Live 20" - USA (twentieth season title) ... aka "Saturday Night Live 25" - USA (twentyfifth season title) ... aka "Hotel Transylvania 2 3D" - USA (3-D version) ... aka "Monsters Hotel 2" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title) ... aka "Hulk and the Agents of Smash" - USA (informal alternative title) ... aka "Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H." - USA (complete title) ... aka "Marvel's Avengers Assemble" - USA (complete title) ... aka "Marvel's Avengers Ultron Revolution" - USA (third season title) ... aka "Ultimate Spider-Man vs the Sinister 6" - USA (fourth season title) ... aka "Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors" - USA (third season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness 3" - USA (third season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness 8" - USA (eighth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness 9" - USA (ninth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness X" - USA (tenth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: '80s-A-Thon" - USA (sixth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Camp Cult" - USA (fourth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Godzilla-Thon" - USA (second season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: History of Horror" - USA (first season title) ... aka "Cinemassac |
Who was the 28th president of the USA? | Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1856 - 1924) - Genealogy Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States Birthdate: in Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States Cause of death: stroke and heart related problems: apoplexy Immediate Family: stepchild About Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)[1] was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. A leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University and then became the Governor of New Jersey in 1910. With Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft dividing the Republican Party vote, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912. He proved highly successful in leading a Democratic Congress to pass major legislation that included the Federal Trade Commission, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act, America's first-ever federal progressive income tax in the Revenue Act of 1913 and most notably the Federal Reserve Act.[2][3] Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States. 28th President of the United States of America Woodrow Wilson helped establish both the Federal Reserve and Federal Trade Commission during his presidency. He was president during World War I and was the second president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856–February 3, 1924), was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. A devout Presbyterian and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as president of Princeton University then became the reform governor of New Jersey in 1910. With Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft dividing the Republican vote, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912. He proved highly successful in leading a Democratic Congress to pass major legislation including the Federal Trade Commission, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Underwood Tariff, the Federal Farm Loan Act and most notably the Federal Reserve System. Re-elected narrowly in 1916, his second term centered on World War I. He tried to negotiate a peace in Europe, but when Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare he wrote several notes to Germany. He called on Congress to declare war when the factors that would lead to a favorable decision to enter war built up. Ignoring military affairs, he focused on diplomacy and finance. On the home front he began the first effective draft in 1917, raised billions through Liberty loans, imposed an income tax, set up the War Industries Board, promoted labor union growth, supervised agriculture and food production through the Lever Act, took over control of the railroads, and suppressed anti-war movements. He paid surprisingly little attention to military affairs, but provided the funding and food supplies that helped to make Allied victory in 1918 possible. In the late stages of the war he took personal control of negotiations with Germany, especially with the Fourteen Points and the Armistice. He went to Paris in 1919 to create the League of Nations and shape the Treaty of Versailles, with special attention on creating new nations out of defunct empires. Wilson collapsed with a debilitating stroke in 1919, as the home front saw massive strikes and race riots, and wartime prosperity turn into postwar depression. He refused to compromise with the Republicans who controlled Congress after 1918, effectively destroying any chance for ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations went into operation anyway, but the U.S. never joined. Wilson's idealistic internationalism, whereby the U.S. enters the world arena to fight for democracy, progressiveness, and liberalism, has been a highly controversial position in American foreign policy, serving as a model for "idealists" to emulate or "realists" to reject for the following century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)[1][2] was the 28th President of the United States. A |
What nationality was the composer 'Chopin'? | Chopin : Biography biography Click here for Chopin's quotes and quotes of others about Chopin >>> Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, the Polish composer and pianist, was born on 1 March 1810, according to the statements of the artist himself and his family, but according to his baptismal certificate, which was written several weeks after his birth, the date was 22 February. His birthplace was the village of Zelazowa Wola near Sochaczew, in the region of Mazovia, which was part of the Duchy of Warsaw. The manor-house in Zelazowa Wola belonged to Count Skarbek and Chopin's father, Mikolaj (Nicolas) Chopin, a Polonized Frenchman, was employed there as a tutor. He had been born in 1771 in Marainville in the province of Lorraine in France, but already as a child he had established contacts with the Polish families of Count Michal Pac and the manager of his estate, Jan Adam Weydlich. At the age of 16, Mikolaj accompanied them to Poland where he settled down permanently. He never returned to France and did not retain contacts with his French family but brought up his children as Poles. In 1806, Mikolaj Chopin married Tekla Justyna Krzyzanowska, who was the housekeeper for the Skarbek family at Zelazowa Wola. They had four children: three daughters Ludwika, Izabela and Emilia, and a son Fryderyk, the second child. Several months after his birth, the whole family moved to Warsaw, where Mikolaj Chopin was offered the post of French language and literature lecturer in the Warsaw Lyceum. He also ran a boarding school for sons of the gentry. The musical talent of Fryderyk became apparent extremely early on, and it was compared with the childhood genius of Mozart. Already at the age of 7, Fryderyk was the author of two polonaises (in G minor and B flat major), the first being published in the engraving workshop of Father Cybulski. The prodigy was featured in the Warsaw newspapers, and "little Chopin" became the attraction and ornament of receptions given in the aristocratic salons of the capital. He also began giving public charity concerts. His first professional piano lessons, given to him by Wojciech Zywny (b. 1756 in Bohemia), lasted from 1816 to 1822, when the teacher was no longer able to give any more help to the pupil whose skills surpassed his own. The further development of Fryderyk's talent was supervised by Wilhelm W�rfel (b.1791 in Bohemia), the renowned pianist and professor at the Warsaw Conservatory who was to offer valuable, although irregular, advice as regards playing the piano and organ. From 1823 to 1826, Fryderyk attended the Warsaw Lyceum where his father was one of the professors. He spent his summer holidays in estates belonging to the parents of his school friends in various parts of the country. For example, he twice visited Szafarnia in the Kujawy region where he revealed a particular interest in folk music and country traditions. The young composer listened to and noted down the texts of folk songs, took part in peasant weddings and harvest festivities, danced, and played a folk instrument resembling a double bass with the village musicians; all of which he described in his letters. Chopin became well acquainted with the folk music of the Polish plains in its authentic form, with its distinct tonality, richness of rhythms and dance vigour. When composing his first mazurkas in 1825, as well as the later ones, he resorted to this source of inspiration which he kept in mind until the very end of his life. In the autumn of 1826, Chopin began studying the theory of music, figured bass and composition at the Warsaw High School of Music, which was both part of the Conservatory and, at the same time, connected with Warsaw University. Its head was the composer J�zef Elsner (b. 1769 in Silesia). Chopin, however, did not attend the piano class. Aware of the exceptional nature of Chopin's talent, Elsner allowed him, in accordance with his personality a |
What name is given to a male horse or pony that is less than 4 years old? | Horse Racing Glossary of Terms Horse Racing Glossary of Terms Accumulator - A bet involving more than one horse with the winnings from each selection going onto the next. Allowance - When a rider is inexperienced the horse is given a weight concession to compensate. All-Weather - The name given to the artificial surface tracks. These offer racing throughout the winter regardless of weather conditions. Ante-Post - placing a bet during a period in advance of the date of a race, although not including the date itself. Apprentice - Young jockey tied to a trainer whilst gaining race-riding experience. When racing against professional jockeys apprentices receive weight concessions to compensate for their relative inexperience. Banker - A selection that is fancied very, very strongly indeed. Will often be the cornerstone of combination bets. Bar - This shows what the lowest odds of the horses not mentioned in the betting forecast Birthday - All northern hemisphere thoroughbreds have their official birthday on January 1st regardless of their original day of birth. Board Prices - This refers to the currently available odds displayed on the boards of on-course bookmakers. It is from these that the starting price id derived. Bottle - The 'tic-tac' term for 2/1 Burlington Bertie - The 'tic-tac' term for 100-30. Bumper - The informal term for a flat race for jump horses, in which they gain racing experience before going hurdling or chasing. Carpet - The 'tic-tac' term for 3-1. Double carpet is 33-1. Claimer - Race where a horse is handicapped by its trainer, with the weight relating to the amount of money the horse would cost should someone claim it afterwards. Classics - The collective term for the 1,000 Guineas, 2,000 Guineas, Oaks, Derby and St Leger. These races are only open to three-year-olds, with the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks just for the female of the species. Clerk of the course - The person in overall charge of running the race Colours - Refers to the silk shirts worn by the jockeys. Each trainer/owner/jockey will have their own colours. Colt - Ungelded, male horse up to four years old. Conditional Jockey - Same as apprentice but it also allowed to jump. Co-favourit - A horse that share its position at the head of the market with at least two other horses. Connections - Usually refers to the owner and trainer of a horse, but also applies generally to anyone involved. Course Specialist - A horse which is used to a track, and has either won or made good time on previous races. C0ckle - The 'tic-tac' term for 10-1. Dam - The mother of a horse.. Distance - Can refer either to a) the length of a race; or b) the distance by which a horse has won or is beaten by a horse in front that has won. Draw - Refers to a horse's placing in the starting stalls. For flat racing only. Stall numbers are drawn at random. Drift - When the price of a selection gets bigger, due to a lack of support. That selection is said to be "on the drift". Ear'ole - The 'tic-tac' term for 6-4. Enin - The 'tic-tac' term for 9-1. Even Money or 1:1 bet - When your stake brings equal winnings. Filly - Female horse up to four years old. Foal - In racing the term foal is more complicated than simply a 'baby' horse. It usually refers to either a male or female horse from birth to January 1st of the following year. Furlong - 220 yards Gelding - A male horse that has been castrated. Going - Describes the condition of the racecourse. Ranks as: heavy - soft - good to soft - good - good to firm -firm. Green - Refers to an inexperienced horse. Guineas - Horses are still bought and sold at public auction in the UK in Guineas. A Guinea is the equivalent of �1.05. Hand - Unit in which a horse's height is measured, at the shoulder. A hand is four inches Handful - The 'tic-tac' term for 5-1. Handicap - A race where each horse is allocated a different weight to carry, the theory being all horses then run on a fair and equal basis Hunter Chase - A race restricted to horses that have hunted during the present hunting season. Not clear how this will evolve in a post-hunting world. |
Who would work in a workshop called a forge? | Artisans Workshop | RuneScape Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The fastest ways to get there are to use Falador teleport , South Falador Teleport , lodestone network, Clan vexillum to the Clan camp , Explorer's ring cabbage-port, or use the skills necklace to teleport to the Mining Guild . One can also use their modified blacksmith's helmet three times a day to teleport directly to the Artisans workshop. Ingots Edit Inside the workshop, the big machine built by Aksel in the centre All four of the training methods in the workshop require the use of ingots of metal, making them is essential to participate in the workshop. To create ingots, use some of your ores on the smelter in the centre of the ground floor's room ( noted ores work) to fill it up, then withdraw some ingots in exchange. You can store up to 4,000 of iron, mithril, adamantite, and rune ore each in the smelter, and up to 8,000 coal , so you can train at the workshop for a long time before needing to resupply. Any ingots you don't end up using can be deposited back into the smelter, and the ores can be withdrawn in return. Ingots range from Grade I to Grade IV, the IV variant being the purest and the I type being the least pure. The only exception are bronze ingots, which only exist as Bronze ingot I . Boosts can be used to make armours above the player's current ability. E.g. use the god banner boost to make adamant miners' pieces at 68 Smithing. To smelt IV ingots, use the west part of the smelter, with the water cooler. To smelt I to III ingots, use the east part, with armour chute. Free players are limited to smelting ingots of metals from iron to steel of Grades I to III, and to depositing 4,000 iron ore and 8,000 coal in smelter. The experience rates given for Grades I through III are the base rate for smithing burial armour . The initial bonus rate for following Suak's Instructions is +10% (including decimals), though this can be increased by spending points on certain rewards. Two experience rates are given for the smithing of ceremonial swords . The table gives rates for smithing 98% swords and perfect swords. Players should base their expected outcomes and costs based on the 98% number, as it is much more common to make a 98% sword instead of 100%. Once a player practices enough, 96-98% swords can consistently be made. If players are struggling hitting these numbers, they only need to practice more. Metal Edit A selection of tools can be found on a workbench located immediately inside the ground floor entrance to the Workshop, on the southern side of the wall, and in the cannon repair room in the basement. On free servers, only hammers can be found on the workbench but members can also get a pair of tongs . It is recommended to equip the hammer and tongs in your Tool belt . Otherwise players can bring a golden hammer (acquired for free from Diango in Draynor Village ) and wield it to save the extra inventory slot. Note that you cannot use a golden hammer if you are making ceremonial swords. These tools are essential for training in the Artisans Workshop. Wearing a Falador shield 4 provides a +5% XP and 'Respect' bonus in the Artisans Workshop. Wearing Varrock armour can occasionally reduce the amount of time it takes to smith an item. An Artisans' workshop respect enhancer in inventory will double respect earned. Ground floor Edit Smithing burial armour for dwarf ancestors can be done on anvils in the eastern section of the ground floor of the workshop. Any hammer is required, as well as iron, steel, mithril, adamant, or rune ingots. To learn how to do it, speak to Suak on the stage near the anvils; he will let Sten demonstrate the process in a repeatable cut-scene. Suak calls out which piece of armour to smith (which is also noted in a box at the top of your screen). Listening to him is highly advised, as it lets you gain extra experience if done correctly. To begin smithing, you must first withdraw your ingots. Select the type of ingot you'll want (I, II, or III) and click which metal you'll want. Grade I ingots require the same ores as bars of that |
Where in London will you find the Cenotaph memorial? | BBC - Remembrance - The Cenotaph About the Remembrance Wall The Cenotaph The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London has played host to the Remembrance Service for the past nine decades. But how did the monument become such an indelible part of the UK's commemoration of those who lost their lives in past conflicts? Originally intended as a small part of the Peace Day events of July 1919, The Cenotaph was designed and built by Edwin Lutyens at the request of the then Prime Minister Lloyd George The Cenotaph - which literally means Empty Tomb in Greek - was initially a wood and plaster construction intended for the first anniversary of the Armistice in 1919. At its unveiling the base of the monument was spontaneously covered in wreaths to the dead and missing from The Great War. Such was the extent of public enthusiasm for the construction it was decided that The Cenotaph should become a permanent and lasting memorial. The Cenotaph, made from Portland stone, was unveiled in 1920. The inscription reads simply "The Glorious Dead". Unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph in Whitehall by His Majesty King George V, 11 November 1920 © Copyright Imperial War Museum On the Sunday nearest to 11 November at 11am each year, a Remembrance Service is held at the Cenotaph to commemorate British and Commonwealth servicemen and women who died in the two World Wars and later conflicts. The monarch, religious leaders, politicians, representatives of state and the armed and auxiliary forces, gather to pay respect to those who gave their lives defending others. The service has changed little since it was first introduced in 1921, hymns are sung, prayers are said and a two minute silence is observed. Official wreaths are laid on the steps of The Cenotaph. The ceremony ends with a march past of war veterans; a poignant gesture of respect for their fallen comrades. Services of Remembrance are held at war memorials and cenotaphs throughout Britain and the Commonwealth nations. While the style and size of these memorials vary considerably from place to place, an exact replica of Lutyens' Cenotaph stands proudly in London, Canada. BBC Links: |
Which musical film soundtrack was in the charts for a staggering 382 weeks? | 50 Years Ago: 'The Sound of Music' Soundtrack Hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 50 Years Ago: 'The Sound of Music' Soundtrack Hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Tweet Share Fifty years ago this week, the charts were alive with The Sound of Music, as the film's soundtrack hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Nov. 13, 1965. The album -- led by the film’s star Julie Andrews -- spent two weeks at No. 1 on the weekly Billboard 200, and earned a staggering 109 weeks in the top 10. The album was so hot it was in the weekly top 10 from the May 1, 1965-dated chart through July 16, 1966. It was a regular (but not quite weekly) presence in the top 10 off and on through early 1968. The soundtrack was so successful on the chart, it was recently ranked as the No. 2 album on the all-time Billboard 200 chart. Julie Andrews Talks Phone Calls With Lady Gaga & 'Sound of Music' Memories The Sound of Music film soundtrack followed the chart-topping success of the Broadway stage musical's cast album, which spent 16 weeks at No. 1 earlier in the decade. Earlier in 2015, Andrews spoke to Billboard about the movie's half-century anniversary and its enduring appeal. "I don't think I could have possibly guessed, ever, that it was going to be iconic as it has become. If anyone had told me that 50 years after the fact I'd be still speaking to you about it and its magic, I could not have anticipated that or believed it." The film and stage show's popularity endures. The movie was celebrated on the Academy Awards earlier this year by Lady Gaga , while Carrie Underwood starred in NBC TV's live staging of the musical in 2013. [[{"fid":"577425","view_mode":"media_original","type":"media","attributes":{"height":501,"width":510,"alt":"The Sound of Music Soundtrack","class":"media-element file-media-original"}}]] The Sound of Music SoundtrackCourtesy |
What is the biggest selling copyright book ever? | Best-selling book of non-fiction | Guinness World Records Guinness World Records Where United Kingdom Although it is impossible to obtain exact figures, there is little doubt that the Bible is the world's best-selling and most widely distributed book. A survey by the Bible Society concluded that around 2.5 billion copies were printed between 1815 and 1975, but more recent estimates put the number at more than 5 billion. By the end of 1995, combined global sales of Today's English Version (Good News) New Testament and Bible (copyright for which is held by the Bible Societies) exceeded 17.75 million copies, and the whole Bible had been translated into 349 languages; 2,123 languages have at least one book of the Bible in that language. It has been reported that 800 million copies of the red-covered booklet Quotations from the Works of Mao Zedong (Tse-tung) were sold or distributed between June 1966, when possession became virtually mandatory in China, and September 1971, when its promoter Marshal Lin Biao died in an air crash. All records listed on our website are current and up-to-date. For a full list of record titles, please use our Record Application Search. (You will be need to register / login for access) |
How many noses does a slug have? | How many noses does a slug have? | Reference.com How many noses does a slug have? A: Quick Answer A slug does not have a traditional nose, but rather a pair of tentacles that it uses to smell. A slug also has two other tentacles that contain eyeballs on the tips. Full Answer The tentacles used for smelling are smaller than the pair used for sight. The tentacles for scent are on a slug's face, while the ones for sight are positioned on the top of the head. The tentacles designed for smelling each contain a pair of nostrils. A common misconception about slugs is that they have four noses. The number of tentacles is the underlying reason for this misconception. |
Which actress played Cathy Gale in 'The Avengers'? | The Avengers (TV Series 1961–1969) - 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 A quirky spy show of the adventures of an eccentricly suave British agent and his predominately female partners. Creator: The Avengers investigate a series of murders of Corporate men, who have all been bidding on a new circuit element. Each one of them seems to have been killed by a powerful Karate blow, so Mrs. Peel ... 8.5 On their way to a closing down party at an air base the Avengers' car crashes when they swerve to avoid hitting a dog. The air base proves to be deserted and Steed is knocked out. When he recovers he... 8.5 Steed has been having bad dreams involving Christmas trees and a man dressed as Santa Claus. At a party given by publisher and Dickens fan Brandon Storey, two telepathic spies attempt to read Steed's... 8.5 Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 29 titles created 09 Sep 2011 a list of 34 titles created 16 Nov 2011 a list of 34 titles created 19 Feb 2015 a list of 31 titles created 12 Jun 2015 a list of 40 titles created 6 months ago Search for " The Avengers " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: The Avengers (1961–1969) 8.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win. See more awards » Photos 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 Simon Templar, a wealthy adventurer known as The Saint, travels around the world in his white Volvo P1800S. Stars: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, Leslie Crawford 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 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 After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape. Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Angelo Muscat, Peter Swanwick 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 Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk are private detectives who specialize in divorce cases. Their long-running partnership seems to come to an abrupt end when Marty is killed by a hit-and-run, ... See full summary » Stars: Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope, Annette Andre 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 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 Edit Storyline John Steed works for British Intelligence and wor |
In which US state will you find Arlington, the national cemetery? | Find A Grave: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery Last Name Cemetery notes and/or description: Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia is a military cemetery in the United States, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Custis) Lee, a descendant of Martha Washington. The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. and near The Pentagon. It is served by the Arlington Cemetery station on the Blue Line of the Washington Metro system. More than 300,000 people are buried in an area of 624 acres (2.53 km2). Veterans and military casualties from every one of the nation's wars are interred in the cemetery, from the American Revolution through the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pre-Civil War dead were reinterred after 1900. There are many unknown burials as well. Arlington shares with Mill Springs National Cemetery, the only other open cemetery in the system, the distinction of being the oldest military burial ground in the United States. The first soldier to be buried in Arlington was Private William Henry Christman of Pennsylvania on May 13, 1864. Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery are administered by the Department of the Army. The other National Cemeteries are administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs or by the National Park Service. Arlington House (Custis-Lee Mansion) and its grounds are administered by the National Park Service as a memorial to Lee. (information courtesy of Wikipedia ) The Arlington National Cemetery website contains specific information about the history of the cemetery as well as in-depth visitor information. Links |
Mariah Carey was joined by which group on the 2000 single 'Against All Odds'? | Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Against All Odds Against All Odds 3.9 out of 5 stars 17 5 people found this helpful 5.0 out of 5 starsBEAUTIFUL COLLABORATION! ByDarius J.on October 16, 2000 MARIAH HAS DONE IT ONCE AGAIN. TEAMING UP WITH BOY BAND WESTLIFE TO DO ANOTHER VERSION OF PHIL COLLINS' AGAINST ALL ODDS. THIS SINGLE WILL BE INCLUDED ON HER SOUNDTRACK TO HER MOVIE "ALL THAT GLITTERS". WESTLIFE HELPS OUT ON THE TRACK TO ADD THAT BACKGROUND AND LEAD VOCAL ENCHANTMENT. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE MARIAH 16th #1. 3.0 out of 5 starsTHE MARIAH/WESTLIFE VERSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMIXED ByRamotControlon December 15, 2001 Mariah's version is great. The version she did with Westlife is excellent. I could go on and on about how great their voices are together, but enough of that has been done by the other reviewers. But why are all the remixes "Mariah only"? That's the problem with this single, and the only reason why I give it 3 stars. There are no remixes with Mariah and Westlife on this CD, and that would have been an extra incentive to purchase it. |
What country is the world’s largest tea producing nation? | Biggest tea producing countries in the world - Rediff.com Business Rediff.com » Business » Biggest tea producing countries in the world Biggest tea producing countries in the world Last updated on: March 13, 2012 10:46 IST Biggest tea producing countries in the world Next While almost all Indians drink tea, is India the biggest tea producer in the world? Let's take a look at the biggest tea producing countries in the world and see where India ranks. Click NEXT to see the biggest tea producers.... Image: Let's take a look at the biggest tea producing countries. Photographs: Courtesy, Wikipedia Commons |
Where was US President Barack Obama born? | About Barack Obama About Barack Obama Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. —President Obama President Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. He was born on August 4th, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a mother from Kansas, Stanley Ann Dunham, and a father from Kenya, Barack Obama Sr. He was also raised by his grandfather, who served in Patton’s army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to become vice president at a local bank. He worked his way through school—Occidental College in Los Angeles, Columbia University in New York, and later, Harvard Law School—with the help of scholarship money and student loans. In 1985, Barack Obama moved to Chicago, where he got his start in community organizing on the city’s South Side, working to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants. The President called that time in his life " the best education I ever had, better than anything I got at Harvard Law School ." He has credited that experience as crucial to finding his identity—something that shaped his path to the White House. Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. During his time in Springfield, he passed the first major ethics reform in 25 years, cut taxes for working families, and expanded health care for children and their parents. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, he reached across the aisle to pass the farthest-reaching lobbying reform in a generation, lock up the world’s most dangerous weapons, and bring transparency to government by tracking federal spending online. Barack Obama was sworn in as president on January 20th, 2009, in the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, at a time when our economy was losing 800,000 jobs a month . He acted immediately to get our economy back on track. Since then, the private sector has added back more than 10 million jobs during the longest, uninterrupted period of job growth in our nation’s history. In his first term, the President cut taxes for every American worker—putting $3,600 back in the pockets of the typical family. He passed historic Wall Street reform to make sure taxpayers never again have to bail out big banks. He passed the landmark Affordable Care Act, helping to put quality and affordable health care within reach for millions of Americans. He ended the war in Iraq and is working to responsibly end the war in Afghanistan. He’s the first sitting president to stand up for marriage equality , and is fighting for equal pay and a woman’s right to make her own health decisions . He’s made a college education more affordable for millions of students and their families. And he believes it’s time for a comprehensive solution to fix our broken immigration system. The President believes an economy that's built to last starts by growing and strengthening the middle class—that’s why he has a plan to create jobs and restore economic security to working families. He’s been driven by the basic values that make our country great: America prospers when we’re all in it together, when hard work pays off and responsibility is rewarded, and when everyone—from Main Street to Wall Street—does their fair share and plays by the same rules. INSPIRING A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT The President's legacy as a grassroots organizer inspired millions. Organizing for Action is proud to be built from the ground up by people who believe that real, lasting change only happens when you organize. |
is the atomic number of which metal? | List of elements by atomic number | Chemistry | Fandom powered by Wikia List of elements by atomic number 203pages on A table of chemical elements ordered by atomic number and color coded according to type of element. Given is each element's name, element symbol , group and period , and atomic mass (or most stable isotope ). {{element color legend}say your the highlite of my life ❤❤❤😜😜 ! Atomic number ! Name ! Symbol ! Period , Group ! Mass ( g / mol ) |-style="background-color:#a0ffa0" |1|| Hydrogen ||H||1, 1||1.00794(7) [1] [2] [3] |-style="background-color:#c0ffff" |2|| Helium ||He||1, 18||4.002602(2) [1] [3] |-style="background-color:#ff6666" |3|| Lithium ||Li||2, 1||6.941(2) [1] [2] [3] [4] |-style="background-color:#ffdead" |4|| Beryllium ||Be||2, 2||9.012182(3) |-style="background-color:#cccc99" |5|| Boron ||B||2, 13||10.811(7) [1] [2] [3] |-style="background-color:#a0ffa0" |6|| Carbon ||C||2, 14||12.0107(8) [1] [3] |-style="background-color:#a0ffa0" |7|| Nitrogen ||N||2, 15||14.0067(2) [1] [3] |-style="background-color:#a0ffa0" |8|| Oxygen ||O||2, 16||15.9994(3) [1] [3] |-style="background-color:#ffff99" |9|| Fluorine ||F||2, 17||18.9984032(5) |-style bgcolor="#c0ffff" |10|| Neon ||Ne||2, 18||20.1797(6) [1] [2] |-style="background-color:#ff6666" |11|| Sodium ||Na||3, 1||22.98976928(2) |-style="background-color:#ffdead" |12|| Magnesium ||Mg||3, 2||24.3050(6) |-style="background-color:#cccccc" |13|| Aluminium ||Al||3, 13||26.9815386(8) |-style="background-color:#cccc99" |14|| Silicon ||Si||3, 14||28.0855(3) [3] |-style="background-color:#a0ffa0" |15|| Phosphorus ||P||3, 15||30.973762(2) |-style="background-color:#a0ffa0" |16|| Sulfur ||S||3, 16||32.065(5) [1] [3] |-style="background-color:#ffff99" |17|| Chlorine ||Cl||3, 17||35.453(2) [1] [2] [3] |-style="background-color:#c0ffff" |18|| Argon ||Ar||3, 18||39.948(1) [1] [3] |-style="background-color:#ff6666" |19|| Potassium ||K||4, 1||39.0983(1) |-style="background-color:#ffdead" |20|| Calcium ||Ca||4, 2||40.078(4) [1] |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |21|| Scandium ||Sc||4, 3||44.955912(6) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |22|| Titanium ||Ti||4, 4||47.867(1) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |23|| Vanadium ||V||4, 5||50.9415(1) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |24|| Chromium ||Cr||4, 6||51.9961(6) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |25|| Manganese ||Mn||4, 7||54.938045(5) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |26|| Iron ||Fe||4, 8||55.845(2) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |27|| Cobalt ||Co||4, 9||58.933195(5) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |28|| Nickel ||Ni||4, 10||58.6934(2) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |29|| Copper ||Cu||4, 11||63.546(3) [3] |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |30|| Zinc ||Zn||4, 12||65.409(4) |-style="background-color:#cccccc" |31|| Gallium ||Ga||4, 13||69.723(1) |-style="background-color:#cccc99" |32|| Germanium ||Ge||4, 14||72.64(1) |-style="background-color:#cccc99" |33|| Arsenic ||As||4, 15||74.92160(2) |-style="background-color:#a0ffa0" |34|| Selenium ||Se||4, 16||78.96(3) [3] |-style="background-color:#ffff99" |35|| Bromine ||Br||4, 17||79.904(1) |-style="background-color:#c0ffff" |36|| Krypton ||Kr||4, 18||83.798(2) [1] [2] |-style="background-color:#ff6666" |37|| Rubidium ||Rb||5, 1||85.4678(3) [1] |-style="background-color:#ffdead" |38|| Strontium ||Sr||5, 2||87.62(1) [1] [3] |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |39|| Yttrium ||Y||5, 3||88.90585(2) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |40|| Zirconium ||Zr||5, 4||91.224(2) [1] |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |41|| Niobium ||Nb||5, 5||92.906 38(2) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |42|| Molybdenum ||Mo||5, 6||95.94(2) [1] |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |43|| Technetium ||Tc||5, 7||[98.9063] [5] |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |44|| Ruthenium ||Ru||5, 8||101.07(2) [1] |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |45|| Rhodium ||Rh||5, 9||102.90550(2) |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |46|| Palladium ||Pd||5, 10||106.42(1) [1] |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |47|| Silver ||Ag||5, 11||107.8682(2) [1] |-style="background-color:#ffc0c0" |48|| Cadmium ||Cd||5, 12||112.411(8) |
Which Australian writer won the Nobel prize for literature in 1973? | Nobel Prize in Literature 1973 - Press Release Press Release The Nobel Prize in Literature 1973 Patrick White The Nobel Prize in Literature 1973 Patrick White The Australian Patrick White has been awarded the 1973 Nobel Literature Prize "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature", as it says in the Swedish Academy's citation. White's growing fame is based chiefly on seven novels of which the earliest masterly work is The Aunt's Story, a portrayal imbued with remarkable feeling of a lonely, unmarried, Australian woman's life during experiences that extend also to Europe and America. The book with which White really made his name, however, was The Tree of Man, an epically broad and psychologically discerning account of a part of Australian social development in the form of two people's long life together, and struggle against outward and inward difficulties. Another aspect of Australia is shown in Voss, in which a fanatical explorer in the country's interior meets his fate: an intensive character study against the background of the fascinating Australian wilds. The writer displays yet another kind of art in Riders in the Chariot, with special emphasis on his cystic and symbolic tendencies: a sacrificial drama, tense, yet with an everyday setting, in the midst of current Australian reality. From contrasting viewpoints, The Solid Mandala gives a double portrait of two brothers, in which the sterilely rational brother is set against the fertilely intuitive one, who is almost a fool in the eyes of the world. White's last two books are among his greatest feats, both as to size and to frenzied building up of tension. The Vivisector is the imaginary biography of an artist, in which a whole life is disclosed in a relentless scrutiny of motives and springs of action: an artist's untiring battle to express the utmost while sacrificing both himself and his fellow-beings in the attempt. The Eye of the Storm places an old, dying woman in the centre of a narrative which revolves round, and encloses, the whole of her environment, past and present, until we have come to share an entire life panorama, in which everyone is on a decisive dramatic footing with the old lady. Particularly, these latest books show White's unbroken creative power, an ever deeper restlessness and seeking urge, an onslaught against vital problems that have never ceased to engage him, and a wrestling with the language in order to extract all its power and all its nuances, to the verge of the unattainable. White's literary production has failings that belong to great and bold writing, exceeding, as it does, different kinds of conventional limits. He is the one who, for the first time, has given the continent of Australia an authentic voice that carries across the world, at the same time as his achievement contributes to the development, both artistic and, as regards ideas, of contemporary literature. Share this: To cite this page MLA style: "Nobel Prize in Literature 1973 - Press Release". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2017. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1973/press.html> |
Who wrote the book Schindler's Ark which was also an (Oscar winning film)? | Thomas Keneally (Author of Schindler's List) edit data Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fiction. He is best known for writing Schindler's Ark, the Booker Prize-winning novel of 1982, which was inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. The book would later be adapted to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Often published under the name Tom Keneally in Australia. Life and Career: Born in Sydney, Keneally was educated at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, where a writing prize was named after him. He entered St Patrick's Seminary, Manly to train as a Catholic priest but left before his ordination. He worked as a Sydney schoolteacher before his succe Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fiction. He is best known for writing Schindler's Ark, the Booker Prize-winning novel of 1982, which was inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. The book would later be adapted to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Often published under the name Tom Keneally in Australia. Life and Career: Born in Sydney, Keneally was educated at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, where a writing prize was named after him. He entered St Patrick's Seminary, Manly to train as a Catholic priest but left before his ordination. He worked as a Sydney schoolteacher before his success as a novelist, and he was a lecturer at the University of New England (1968–70). He has also written screenplays, memoirs and non-fiction books. Keneally was known as "Mick" until 1964 but began using the name Thomas when he started publishing, after advice from his publisher to use what was really his first name. He is most famous for his Schindler's Ark (1982) (later republished as Schindler's List), which won the Booker Prize and is the basis of the film Schindler's List (1993). Many of his novels are reworkings of historical material, although modern in their psychology and style. Keneally has also acted in a handful of films. He had a small role in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (based on his novel) and played Father Marshall in the Fred Schepisi movie, The Devil's Playground (1976) (not to be confused with a similarly-titled documentary by Lucy Walker about the Amish rite of passage called rumspringa). In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). He is an Australian Living Treasure. He is a strong advocate of the Australian republic, meaning the severing of all ties with the British monarchy, and published a book on the subject in Our Republic (1993). Several of his Republican essays appear on the web site of the Australian Republican Movement. Keneally is a keen supporter of rugby league football, in particular the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles club of the NRL. He made an appearance in the rugby league drama film The Final Winter (2007). In March 2009, the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, gave an autographed copy of Keneally's Lincoln biography to President Barack Obama as a state gift. Most recently Thomas Keneally featured as a writer in the critically acclaimed Australian drama, Our Sunburnt Country. Thomas Keneally's nephew Ben is married to the former NSW Premier, Kristina Keneally. ...more |
George Stubbs, 1724 - 1806, famous English artist, is remembered mainly for painting what? | George Stubbs | artist | 1724 - 1806 | National Gallery, London London, National Portrait Gallery © By Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London George Stubbs was classified in his lifetime as a sporting painter, and as such was excluded from full membership of the Royal Academy . He is best remembered for his paintings of horses and his conversation pieces . Having studied anatomy, Stubbs's pictures of horses are among the most accurate ever painted, but his work is lyrical and transcends naturalism . Stubbs was born in Liverpool, the son of a leather worker, and he spent his early career in the north, painting portraits and developing his interest in anatomy. In the later 1740s he lived in York and supplied the illustrations for a treatise on midwifery. Following a brief visit to Rome in 1754 he settled in Lincolnshire, where he researched his major publication, 'The Anatomy of the Horse'. In about 1758 he moved to London, which remained his base. Early clients for his sporting and racing paintings included many of the noblemen who founded the Jockey Club. Like Gainsborough , he later painted scenes of peasant life, as well as studies of wild and exotic animals. He also became known as a printmaker and for his paintings in enamel on Wedgwood earthenware plaques. |
What is the real surname of actor Tom Cruise? | Celebs' Real Names Celebs' Real Names Celebs' Real Names - Reviewed by Kidzworld on Dec 27, 2006 ( Rating: ) Not all celebs are born with the perfect show-biz name. Some are too long, sound silly or just lack that certain Hollywood pizazz. Tom Cruise, Shaggy and Reese Witherspoon are just a few celebs who changed their names for stardom ... Not all celebrities are born with the perfect show biz name. Some names are too long, some sound silly, and some just lack that certain Hollywood pizzazz. Imagine if your name was Cornelius Hunchback? Don’t worry … none of these names are THAT bad! Check out the real names of some well-known actors, musicians and athletes. Actors Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus was so sweet playing Hannah Montana on the hit Disney Channel TV show. She may currently be trying to shed that “good-girl” image, but her REAL name is always gonna sound sweet as honey: Destiny Hope Cyrus. Tom Cruise Cruise is a pretty smooth-sounding last name, but Tom Cruise 's birth name was Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. We can see why he decided to drop the Mapother IV. It's not exactly catchy and sounds like the name of some stuffy old royal . Reese Witherspoon This Legally Blonde star didn't make up her name; she just altered her birth name. She was born Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon. Did you really think she'd make up the name Reese Witherspoon ? Winona Ryder Actress Winona Ryder wasn't born with this last name. Her birth name is Winona Laura Horowitz. We think Ryder was a nice steal . Speaking of which... Ashton Kutcher The womanizing hottie from That '70s Show was born Christopher Ashton Kutcher. Isn't Ashton a nice name? It's original, and has a nice ring to it. Demi Moore Ashton Kutcher's leading lady, Demi Moore , was born Demetria Guynes. Sounds more like a name from Greek mythology . Musicians Lady Gaga Lady G's music is definitely the hottest on the charts right now, but how much of that has to do with her creative stage name, which is definitely a lot more “in your face” than the name her mom gave her at birth: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. 50 Cent He’s a rapper whose real name seems kinda tame (and has nothing to do with all the money he talks about in his lyrics). No wonder 50 Cent changed his name from Curtis Jackson. Cher We’re thinking that maybe Cher chopped her real name - Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere - to match some of the teeny-tiny outfits she wears on stage (or the plastic surgery she’s received over the years). Eminem Here’s another rapper whose given name just doesn’t seem “bad” enough to go with his lyrics. Eminem's birth name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III. Alicia Keys Keys is a musical last name, but this piano-playin' songstress was born Alicia Augello Cook, which isn't nearly as elegant as the name Alicia Keys . Busta Rhymes This fly rapper wasn't actually busting rhymes when he was born. Busta Rhymes ' birth name is Trevor Tahiem Smith. Athletes As the best pro golfer in the entire world, it makes a lot of sense that Tiger Woods opts to use a nickname in place of his real name, which is Eldrick. Do you know of a celeb or singer who isn't going by their true identity? If ya do, leave your a comment below this story! Related Stories |
What sporting club is based at Smiths Lawn, in Windsor Great Park? | Smith's Lawn (Guards Polo Club) in Windsor, United Kingdom - Virtual Globetrotting Virtual Globetrotting Windsor , United Kingdom (GB) The Guards Polo Club is a polo club associated with the British Royal Family, based at Smiths Lawn, in Windsor Great Park. The Duke of Edinburgh has been President of the club since its formation in 1955. The name derives from the Guards Division of the British Army. Guards officers are exempt from the playing members' entrance fee, which is £15,000 as of 2007. The club has ten polo pitches on 130 acres (53 hectares) at Smiths Lawn, and stables, paddocks and training facilities four miles away at Flemish Farm. It claims on its website to have the largest membership of any polo club in Europe. |
Born Farrokh Bulsara on 24th of September 1946 and died in November 1991. Who do we remember him as? | Farrokh Bulsara (1946 - 1991) - Genealogy Farrokh Bulsara "" ફારોખ બલ્સારા"", ""Freddie Mercury"" Birthdate: Zanzibar, Urban, Zanzibar Urban/West, Tanzania Death: in Kensington, Greater London, UK Cause of death: Son of Bomi Rustomji Bulsara and <private> Bulsara Partner of <private> Austin and Jim Hutton Brother of <private> Cooke (Bulsara) Managed by: Sep 5 1946 - Zanzibar, Tanzania Death: Nov 24 1991 - London, England Parents: Sep 5 1946 - Zanzibar, Tanzania Death: Nov 24 1991 - London, England Death: Nov 25 1991 - Florida, United States Death: Nov 25 1991 - Raleigh, North Carolina, United States Death: Nov 25 1991 - Connecticut, United States Death: Nov 25 1991 - California, United States Death: Nov 25 1991 - Pennsylvania, United States Father: Nov 24 1991 - Zanzíbar, Tanzania Parents: Freddie Mercury - The Untold Story Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara (Gujarati: ફારોખ બલ્સારા), 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead vocalist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range. As a songwriter, Mercury composed many hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "We Are the Champions". In addition to his work with Queen, he led a solo career, penning hits such as "Barcelona", "I Was Born to Love You" and "Living on My Own". Mercury also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. He died of bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease. Mercury, who was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens, has been referred to as "Britain's first Asian rock star". In 2006, Time Asia named him as one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years,[8] and he continues to be voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. In 2005, a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Mercury voted the greatest male singer of all time.[9] In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 18 on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time.[6] In 2009, a Classic Rock poll saw him voted the greatest rock singer of all time. Allmusic has characterised Mercury as "one of rock's greatest all-time entertainers", who possessed "one of the greatest voices in all of music". Early life Mercury was born in the British protectorate of Zanzibar, East Africa (now part of Tanzania). His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara,[a] were Parsis from the Gujarat region of the then province of Bombay Presidency in British India. The family surname is derived from the town of Bulsar (also known as Valsad) in southern Gujarat. As Parsis, Mercury and his family practised the Zoroastrian religion.[13] The Bulsara family had moved to Zanzibar so that his father could continue his job as a cashier at the British Colonial Office. He had a younger sister, Kashmira. The house in Zanzibar where Mercury lived in his early years Mercury spent the bulk of his childhood in India and began taking piano lessons at the age of seven.[15] In 1954, at the age of eight, Mercury was sent to study at St. Peter's School, a British-style boarding school for boys in Panchgani near Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Aged 12, he formed a school band, The Hectics, and covered artists such as Cliff Richard and Little Richard. A friend from the time recalls that he had "an uncanny ability to listen to the radio and replay what he heard on piano". It was also at St. Peter's where he began to call himself "Freddie". Mercury remained in India, living with his grandmother and aunt until he completed his education at St. Mary's School, Bombay. At the age of 17, Mercury and his family fled from Zanzibar for safety reasons due to the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution. The family moved into a small house in Feltham, Middlesex, England. Mercury enrolled at Isleworth Polytechnic (now West Thames College) |
The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by which English author? | Amazon.com: The Jungle Book (9781503332546): Rudyard Kipling: Books The Jungle Book Why is ISBN important? ISBN This bar-code number lets you verify that you're getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work. Scan an ISBN with your phone Use the Amazon App to scan ISBNs and compare prices. Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon Add to List Sorry, there was a problem. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again. Sorry, there was a problem. List unavailable. In Stock. Sold by Jillhome1 Condition: Used: Very Good Comment: In very good condition, paperback, pages are bright white and clear of writing, has normal bookshelf wear to cover. Has sticker on back. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available. Want it Tuesday, Jan. 10? Order within and choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details Free Shipping for Prime Members | Fast, FREE Shipping with Amazon Prime Qty: The Jungle Book has been added to your Cart Add to Cart Please enter a valid US zip code. Please enter a valid US zip code. Shipping to a APO/FPO/DPO? Please add the address to your address book. Make sure you include the unit and box numbers (if assigned). or Buy the selected items together This item:The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Paperback $6.99 In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Details Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Details Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Page 1 of 1 Start over Sponsored Products are advertisements for products sold by merchants on Amazon.com. When you click on a Sponsored Product ad, you will be taken to an Amazon detail page where you can learn more about the product and purchase it. To learn more about Amazon Sponsored Products, click here . An Anthology of Short Stories: Winter 2016 Paul B Kohler From notable Author Paul B Kohler comes his latest collection of groundbreaking short stories. Each one eerily more fascinating than the last. Wake Not the Hangman Deborah Leigh 15-yr-old Thornton has one chance to flee his wicked father and save his mother: escape with three slaves. âNerve-wracking.ââSan Francisco Book Review Hollywood Intern: Love, Lust, and Laughs in the Film Capital of the World Greg Kerr A young woman moves to Hollywood, gets an internship at a movie studio, and wants to write hit movies. Everything goes wrong, with hilarious results. Kindle Edition Editorial Reviews About the Author Nobel prize-winning writer Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, but returned with his parents to England at the age of five. Influenced by experiences in both India and England, Kipling s stories celebrate British imperialism and the experience of the British soldier in India. Amongst Kipling s best-known works are The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, and the poems Mandalay and Gunga Din. Kipling was the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel prize for literature (1907) and was amongst the youngest to receive the award. Kipling died in 1936 and is interred in Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey. |
"Who wrote the book ""I'm a Stranger Here Myself: The Story of a Welsh Farm""?" | I'm a stranger here myself : the story of a Welsh farm (Book, 2011) [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/809543186 Title: I'm a stranger here myself : the story of a Welsh farm Author: John Seymour Publisher: Newport : Carningli Books, 2011. ISBN/ISSN: 9780954564629 0954564626 OCLC:809543186 The ReCaptcha terms you entered were incorrect. Please try to match the 2 words shown in the window, or try the audio version. |
The world's tallest grass can grow to 35 metres, what is it called? | Fastest growing plant | Guinness World Records Guinness World Records Where United Kingdom Bamboo plant The world record for the fastest growing plant belongs to certain species of the 45 genera of bamboo, which have been found to grow at up to 91 cm (35 in) per day or at a rate of 0.00003 km/h (0.00002 mph). According to the RHS Dictionary of Gardening, there are approximately 1,000 species of bamboos. The tallest recorded in the tropics was reportedly 40 m (130 ft), in Europe and the USA 20-30 m (65-98 ft) has been the tallest. Pic: Alamy All records listed on our website are current and up-to-date. For a full list of record titles, please use our Record Application Search. (You will be need to register / login for access) |
In what movie did Elvis Presley play a Red Indian? | The official website of ELVIS at the MOVIES "Elvis can act. So help me the boy's real good, even when he isn't singing." The Los Angeles Times Love Me Tender was Elvis Presley’s first motion picture. It was a typical Western that takes place just after the completion of the Civil War. It’s plot sets up a love triangle involving two brothers. Elvis' character Clint Reno marries his older brother's sweetheart when the elder sibling fails to return from the war, but brother Vince unexpectedly shows up and naturally is not happy about the state of affairs on the family farm. The rivalry brings about tragic consequences. In Love Me Tender, Elvis’s character dies. After the preview audiences reacted so badly to his character's fate, the film’s producers feared that this would cause a negative reaction on the films full release so re-wrote the ending showing a ghostly image of Elvis singing Love me Tender as the rest of the cast walk off into the Sunset. The songs featured in the film were: "LOVE ME TENDER" "POOR BOY" "WE'RE GONNA MOVE" Musicians: Elvis Presley (vocals), Vita Mumolo (guitar), Red Robinson (drums), Chuck Prescott (bass), Ken Darby Trio (accompaniment and vocals). A group of Hollywood session musicians backed Elvis for these four songs as it was thought that Elvis' real life backing musicians Scotty Moore, Bill Black and D.J. Fontana did not look like country musicians. Loving You "A furtive step on Presley's part in a screen career". The Los Angeles Times "Loving you" was Elvis Presley's second feature and first color film. It capitalized on the Elvis’ meteoric rise to superstardom by autobiographically depicting his real-life experiences. It shed light on a few of the darker aspects of being famous, such as rabid fans that rob Elvis of his privacy and, even more telling, the tenuous relationship with a manipulative manager. Loving You boasts beautiful color photography, excellent costuming, and a few of the Elvis’ outstanding performances. The songs featured in the film were: "GOT A LOT O'LIVIN' TO DO" "PARTY" "LOVING YOU" This time Elvis’s original band members were used in the movie: Guitars: Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana. Piano: Dudley Brooks, Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, George Fields and the Jordanaires. Dolores Hart made her film debut in "Loving You". She also appeared in Elvis' fourth movie, "King Creole". In 1963 she retired and became a nun. Delores Hart is now know as Mother Dolores at the convent of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut. Jailhouse Rock 1957 Elvis (Vince Everett) is sent to prison after being convicted of Manslaughter following a bar brawl over a girl. Whilst in prison Vince is taught guitar by his cellmate Hunk Houghton, (an ex small time country singer). When Vince is released he tries to get a job in a local nightclub and impresses Peggy Van Alden (Judy Tyler), a record promoter with his audition. After a series of failed attempts using the country style Hunk taught him, Vince adopts his own singing style and needless to say becomes rich and famous. Hunk is finally released from prison and comes to cash in on his old cellmates fame. Vince takes him on doing menial tasks after an attempt to give him a break on a TV show fails. Hunk frustrated by Vince's fame and bad attitude hits Vince in the throat and the singer is rushed to hospital. After recovering everyone rally’s round to see Vince get his voice back and realizes the error of his ways. The songs featured in the film were: "I WANT TO BE FREE" "YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL" "TREAT ME NICE" "BABY I DON'T CARE" Again Elvis was allowed to use his original band members for the movie. Musicians included: Elvis Presley (vocals & guitar), Scotty Moore, "Tiny" Timbrell (guitars), Bill Black (bass), D.J. Fontana (drums), Dudley Brookes, Mike Stoller (piano), the Jordinaires (vocals). King Creole 1958 “From the director of Casablanca” Taken from the Harold Robbins novel "A Stone for Danny Fisher", King Creole is considered to be without doubt Elvis' greates |
In what country will you finf the port of Frey Bentos? | Port of Fray Bentos, Uruguay - ports.com Ports.com Calculate distance and sea route ( more ) From:Port of Fray Bentos, Uruguay To: look for a city or a country, suggestions will show up as you type calculate! Clicking the button below will trigger our attention and we will investigate the accuracy of the records on the page. Thank you for helping us! Port of Fray Bentos, Uruguay: report as inaccurate! Location details |
Drakes ship the Golden Hind(e) was originally called what? | SIr Francis Drake's Ship "The Golden Hinde" London July 2016 - YouTube SIr Francis Drake's Ship "The Golden Hinde" London July 2016 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 Aug 4, 2016 The Golden Hinde- the Ship Sir Francis Drake Sailed Around the World In- London, Thames River, July 2016 Sir Francis Drake (c.1540-1596) was a famous English sailor, explorer, pirate, and slave trader in Elizabethan England. He was the 2nd person to sail around the world (after Ferdinand Magellan) from 1577 to 1580. He was the 1st captain to complete the entire voyage- the Portuguese-Spanish sea captain Magellan (c.1480-1521) died before his ships completed the voyage. The galleon ship that Drake used to sail around the world was the Golden Hinde (also spelled Golden Hind). This ship was originally called the Pelican, but Drake renamed it in 1578, in the middle of his voyage. The ship was renamed in honour of Drake's patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose crest was a golden "hind", or female deer. An exact replica of the Pelican/Golden Hind is permanently docked on the south bank of the Thames River in London, between the Southwark Bridge and the London Bridge. The ship is surprisingly small, especially considering the fact that it originally had a crew of more than 80 men. Besides sailing around the world, Drake was known for his role as a naval commander and a pirate or privateer under Queen Elizabeth I. He helped to command the English ships that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588, and he attacked many Spanish ships and settlements around the world. For example, he captured the Spanish town of Panama at one point, and captured several Spanish treasure ships during his career. Drake was at the Rathlin Island Massacre in Ireland in 1575, where English colonists killed 600 Scots and Irish men, women, and children after they surrendered. He accompanied some of the earliest English slave trading expeditions to West Africa with his relative Sir John Hawkins. During his voyage around the world, he executed his co-commander Thomas Doughty in 1578. Many saw Doughty's execution as unjust. Drake died from dysentery off the coast of Panama in 1595, after a failed attack on the Spanish Caribbean colony of Puerto Rico. Tags: London, Thames River, Sir Francis Drake, Elizabethan Era, Queen Elizabeth I, pirate, privateer, explorer, navigator, Golden Hind, Golden Hinde, Pelican, circumnavigation of the globe, Magellan, England, Spain, Portugal, France, Europe, Age of Exploration, Age of Expansion, slave trade, Atlantic Slave Trade, transatlantic slave trade, Africa, West Africa, Caribbean, Asia, West Indies, Panama, Puerto Rico, Spanish Main, treasure ship, galleon, buccaneers, Spanish Armada, Rathlin Island Massacre, Ireland, Sir John Hawkins, Thomas Doughty, dysentery, Sir Christopher Hatton, Southwark, Southwark Bridge, London Bridge Category |
The Salk vaccine is one of two vaccines used throughout the world to combat what disease? | Time for a Worldwide Shift from Oral Polio Vaccine to Inactivated Polio Vaccine Time for a Worldwide Shift from Oral Polio Vaccine to Inactivated Polio Vaccine Aamir Shahzad Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural Biology and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Reprints or correspondence: Dr Aamir Shahzad, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Dept of Structural Biology and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (aamir.shahzad{at}univie.ac.at). To the Editor—Poliomyelitis (often called polio ) is an acute viral infectious disease caused by poliovirus. Polio was one of the most lethal childhood diseases of the 20th century [ 1 ]. Two polio vaccines are commonly used throughout the world for poliomyelitis. The first was developed by Jonas Salk in 1952; the second was an oral vaccine developed by Albert Sabin. These 2 vaccines have eradicated polio from most countries and have reduced the worldwide incidence of polio from 350,000 cases in 1988 to just 1300 cases in 2007 [ 1 , 2 ]. The Salk vaccine, or inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), is based on 3 virulent reference strains—Mahoney, MEF-1, and Saukett. The Salk vaccine provides immunoglobulin G-mediated immunity in the bloodstream, which prevents infection from progressing to viremia and protects the neurons. The Salk vaccine is 60%–70% effective against poliovirus 1 and is 90% effective against both poliovirus 2 and 3 [ 1 ]. Oral polio vaccine (OPV) is a live attenuated vaccine: it is produced by passage of poliovirus through nonhuman cells at a subphysiological temperature, which causes spontaneous mutations in the viral genome. OPV is superior to IPV in ease of administration, and there is no need for sterile syringes, as with IPV. OPV also provides longer immunity than does the Salk vaccine. However, OPV has strict requirements for transport and storage, and this is a big problem in some hot or remote areas [ 2 , 3 ]. Table 1 summarizes the key differences between OPV and IPV. View larger version: Table 1 Comparison of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) and Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (IPV) A major concern about OPV is its ability to revert to a form that can cause paralysis. Outbreaks of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) have been reported in many countries of the world [ 2 , 4 ]. In 2005, it was reported that children in a small village in the United States had contracted vaccine-derived polio. In Nigeria, >70 cases have been reported. In 2006, ∼1600 cases of vaccine-induced polio occurred in India, according to the Indian Medical Association Sub-Committee on Immunisation's report on the Polio Eradication Initiative [ 3 ]. The point to be noted is that these cases were reported during repeated mass-immunization campaigns in which repeated doses of OPV were administered. In 2008, many cases of polio were reported in all provinces of Pakistan, where OPV is used for repeated mass-immunization campaigns. These vaccine-related cases are big challenge for the scientific community if the polio-eradication goal is to be achieved, and there is a need for prompt action to combat the issue [ 1 – 5 ]. According to the World Health Organization, routine immunization with OPV must cease after the eradication of poliovirus because of the danger of outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus and the risk of VAPP. In the regions of the world in which wild-type poliovirus has been eliminated, moving to an IPV or IPV/OPV sequential schedule will reduce or eliminate the risk of VAPP and outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, as well as increase the likelihood of countries agreeing to stop administering OPV after eradication is achieved. IPV could also be used |
For whom did King Edward VIII give up the throne to marry? | 5 Things You Didn't Know About Wallis Simpson | Mental Floss 5 Things You Didn't Know About Wallis Simpson Getty Images Like us on Facebook It takes quite a woman to get a man to give up the English throne just to marry her, but twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson pulled off the trick in 1936 when she married King Edward VIII. Here are five things you might not know about the woman for whom Edward abdicated the throne. 1. She Was the First 'Woman of the Year' Getty Images In 1936, Time honored Wallis Simpson's major coup of getting Edward to abdicate his throne by naming her "Woman of the Year," the first time the magazine had ever given its "Man of the Year" award to a woman. She didn't sneak past a field of slackers to get the honor, either; the other finalists included FDR, Mussolini, Eugene O'Neill, Chiang Kai-shek, British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, Lou Gehrig, Jesse Owens, and Margaret Mitchell. Why did the magazine choose to honor Wallis Simpson over so many people who changed the course of 20th century history? According to Time, "In the single year 1936 she became the most-talked-about, written-about, headlined and interest-compelling person in the world. In these respects no woman in history has ever equaled Mrs. Simpson, for no press or radio existed to spread the world news they made." 2. Their Wedding Cake Sold for Big Money—in 1998 Getty Images Remember the episode of Seinfeld where the fictional J. Peterman bought a slice of Edward and Wallis' 60-year-old wedding cake for $29,000? That little quirk didn't just spring from Jerry Seinfeld's head; it actually happened. In 1998, Sotheby's held a large auction of the duke and duchess' personal effects, including a slice of cake in a box marked ""A PIECE OF OUR WEDDING CAKE WE WE 3-VI-37." (The "WE" stood for "Wallis and Edward.") Sotheby's expected the cake curiosity to sell for $500-1000. The bidding for the slice of cake quickly became heated, though, and in the end California couple Benjamin and Amanda Yim forked over $29,000 for the well-aged baked good. Benjamin Yim explained his purchase by saying, "It is almost unimaginable to have such an item exist. It is something totally surreal. It represents the epitome of a great romance." 3. She Loved Pugs Getty Images As a fellow pug fancier, I had to include this one. The duke and duchess owned a pack of pugs with great names: Disraeli, Davey Crockett, Black Diamond, Imp, Trooper, and Ginseng. Wallis didn't just love live pugs, though; she also had 11 pug-shaped pillows arranged at the foot of her bed. The pillows were replicas of a needlepoint done by actress Sylvia Sidney and sold for $13,800 after the duchess' death. At least one funny story sprang from the duchess' lifelong love of pugs. Famed photographer Richard Avedon got an opportunity to photograph Edward and Wallis during a 1957 stay at the Waldorf Astoria. Avedon didn't want to take another bland, guarded picture of smiling members of the royal family, so he got creative. After remembering that the couple were dog lovers, he told a long, sad story about seeing a taxi run over a pup. He then snapped the picture right as their faces looked the most concerned. The photo, which now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, is one of Avedon's more memorable works. 4. She Stayed in Hitler's Guestroom Getty Images Wallis and Edward ran afoul of the rest of the royals (and much of the British government) during World War II. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor made a high-profile trip to Nazi Germany during 1937 to see how the German people lived under Hitler's regime; they even stayed with the Fuhrer as his personal guests. When tensions flared during the early days of World War II, the couple was still said to entertain fascist friends in their French home. Others thought that the Nazis were gleaning information about French defenses from the loose-lipped duchess. Some of the rumors were pretty steamy: people speculated that German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop had been Wallis' lover during the mid-1930s and sent her 17 carnatio |
To the nearest hour, how long is a day on the planet Uranus? | How long is one day on other planets? :: NASA Space Place How long is one day on other planets? Share: Tweet How long are days on other planets? One day is the time it takes a planet to spin around and make one full rotation. Here on Earth that takes 24 hours. How long are days on other planets in our solar system? And what is the best way to show the answer to this question? Let’s look at a few options. Option 1: A Paragraph We can write a paragraph about how long days last on other planets. On Mercury a day lasts 1,408 hours, and on Venus it lasts 5,832 hours. On Earth and Mars it’s very similar. Earth takes 24 hours to complete one spin, and Mars takes 25 hours. The gas giants rotate really fast. Jupiter takes just 10 hours to complete one rotation. Saturn takes 11 hours, Uranus takes 17 hours, and Neptune takes 16 hours. Reading that paragraph took a while, and it’s hard to find all the numbers. Let’s see how it looks if we put it in a table. Option 2: A Table Neptune 16 hours That’s a little bit better. We can look up and down at the numbers and can compare them more easily. But wouldn’t it be nice if we could see how big those differences are? Let’s make a graph with these numbers! Option 3: A Graph To start, make a number line that starts at 0 and goes to the highest number you need to include. This first graph will only have Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune on it. We’ll save Mercury and Venus for later. You'll see why in a minute. The longest day among those planets is 25 hours. That means our number line will go up to 25. Label the number line so you remember it represents hours. And write what information the graph will have at the top. Along the bottom, write the names of the planets. Make a dot above the name of the planet next to the number of hours its day takes. Our graph is coming together! What do we do now? Color in the area below the dot to make a bar graph. Now we can easily see which planet has the longest day, the shortest day, and everything in between. This is much easier that reading a list of numbers, don’t you think? < PREVIOUS NEXT > But what do we do about Mercury and Venus? Their days are thousands of hours long. How do we make a graph for those? We make a number line, but instead of numbers 1, 2, 3… we will use 1,000, 2,000, 3,000… Make a number line that goes all the way up to 6,000. Along the bottom, write Mercury and Venus. Above Mercury, mark a dot a little less than halfway between 1,000 and 2,000. It’s not going to be perfect, but that’s okay. Now make a dot a little under 6,000 for Venus. Do you think we can include Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune on here? Their dots would be so close to 0 it would be hard to tell the difference between them. Graphs work best when the numbers are similar in size, usually with the same number of digits. < PREVIOUS NEXT > Now that you know how to make a graph, you can show all kinds of information this way. You can graph the time it takes to get to school each day, the number of pieces of pizza your friends can eat, and how many people like the color blue or green. Go on and get graphing! article last updated December 1, 2016 |
What is the name of the passage of water between North and South Island, New Zealand? | About New Zealand - Travelling between the North and South Island | Wandering About New Zealand Travelling Between Islands Travelling in New Zealand between the North and South Island As you’ve probably figured out from looking at maps of New Zealand, most of the country is split into two big islands, literally named the North and South Islands. The body of water between the two islands is called Cook Strait. Cook Strait connects the Tasman Sea with the Pacific Ocean, and is located right next to Wellington, New Zealand’s capital. It’s known as one of the most dangerous and unpredictable bodies of water in the world, and is 22 kilometres wide at its narrowest point. It’s also famous for being one of the most beautiful ferry rides in the world, and is one of the highlights of a campervan rental holiday in New Zealand. You can fly between the islands (there are domestic airports located throughout both islands) or, if you’re renting a campervan, your best bet is to take the Inter island ferry. New Zealand Ferries Between The North and South Island Sooner or later (almost) everyone who rented his camper van in Auckland lines up at the ferry terminal in Wellington. Why? Because the South Island is definitely more scenic than the North Island ! The journey from Wellington (North Island) to Picton (South Island) is unbelievably beautiful; a great part of it takes you right through the Marlborough Sounds. If you don’t want to miss the spectacular views this journey offers, make sure you book a daylight sailing on one of the New Zealand ferries. They are more expensive than the sailings at night, but you’ll see so much more – you might even see dolphins! The main company that runs a ferry service between Wellington and Picton, is the Interislander . Actually, the Interislander operates three vessels, the Arahura, Aratere and Kaitaki. The journey covers 50 nautical miles (93 km or 58 miles) and takes about 3 hours to complete. There’s an interactive map of the ferry route available on the website of the Interislander, with information about the points of interest that you’ll pass. As you’ll see on this map, the New Zealand ferries first head northwards on their route from the North Island to the South Island! New Zealand ferries — Ferry terminals The terminals of the New Zealand ferries are easy to find. The Interislander Ferry Terminal in Wellington is located on Aotea Quay beside the motorway on State Highway One. When your depart is early in the morning, spend the night at the Top 10 Hutt Park Holiday Park in Lower Hutt. This campsite is situated not too far from the ferry terminal. Picton, on the South Island, is so small you cannot really miss the ferry terminals. The Interislander website offers detailed maps of the location of both terminals. Follow this link for timetables for the New Zealand interisland ferries. New Zealand ferries — Fares & bookings You will need to purchase a ticket for your motorhome and for the driver and passengers. The Interislander offers three different fare types to choose from: Easy Change, Saver Change and Web Saver. The most flexible ticket (but also the most expensive) is the Easy Change. This is the best option when you’re travelling by camper van. You can book these tickets online, you’re allowed to make changes until departure time, and the tickets are fully refundable if you wish to cancel your journey. Book well in advance when you’re travelling during peak season and prefer daylight sailings. Online booking is possible, as are bookings by telephone (+64 4 498 3302 from outside NZ or 0800 802 802 freephone from within NZ). Make sure you have at hand: travel dates and times, number of passengers, make, model and dimensions of your camper van, and credit card details. When you are spending more than just a few weeks in New Zealand, the Saver Change and the Web Saver fares are a cheaper option. Both have to be booked well in advance. Check out the Interislander website for full details of the fares. The Kaitaki and Aratere ferries also offer the option to add on a Premium Plus Lounge pass |
Which US entertainer had a nickname derived from the words 'satchel mouth'? | Jazz Nicknames Jazz Nicknames Next » Slang is definitely cool, but other non-musical aspects, like nicknames, have created a certain allure or attraction to Jazz, too. Nicknames, especially the stories behind them, are fun, sometimes funny, and other times fascinating. The immortal Louis Armstrong had at least three of them. Even before jazz was officially a musical form, forerunners of it, such as Charles "Buddy" Bolden, had nicknames. In fact, it seems that the bigger the artist, the quicker he or she gained a nickname. This list contains a few of those nicknames; if you know of any others or can expand upon the reasons for a given nickname, please send them to us . Adderley, Julian Edwin --- Cannonball Actually, Adderley's original nickname was "Cannibal" because of his eating habits. "Cannonball" is merely a bastardization of "Cannibal" and is still a good fit. Ammons, Gene --- Jug Not sure why the tenor saxophonist was called "Jug." If you know the source of this nickname, please let us know. A reader says that Gene was called "Jug" because he could drink anyone under the table. Armstrong, Louis --- Dipper Mouth, Satchel Mouth, Satchmo, Gate King Oliver and other early jazz musicians called Louis "Dipper Mouth" or "Satchel Mouth," presumably because of his large mouth. Early in the thirties, Louis visited England and was given his trademark handle "Satchmo" when British fans heard the "Satchel Mouth" tag incorrectly. Billie Holiday called him "Pops." Gate was also used to designate Armstrong at some point. According to Louis' own book "Satchmo, My Life In New Orleans" reprinted by Ace Books in 1957 (originally published 1955), "Dipper...(that was my nicknameshort for Dippermouth, from the piece called Dippermouth Blues)." It would appear that the name was given to him after the tune which he evidently liked when he was very young. -Bruce Barnett Baker, Chesney H. --- Chet Chet was probably just a derivation of the Cool trumpeter's first name. If his parents didn't bestow this nickname on Chet, he probably did himself at an early age. Basie, William --- Count In his autobiography, "Good Morning Blues," he writes that he wanted to become part of the "jazz royalty of the time"among them Duke Ellington, King Oliver, Earl Hines and Baron Leeso he took the name 'Count.' This was in the late 1920s. Beiderbecke, Leon --- Bix As an astute reader puts it, "Bix's real name was Leon Bismarck Beiderbecke. That is well documented in the Bix Beiderbecke "bible" by Sudhalter et al: "Bixman and legend." In that book there is a discussion of several pages and a photo of his death attest, where his real name is written. The name Bismarck came from his father, who somethimes was named Bix, perhaps that's the reason why Bix was christianed Bix." Berry, Leon --- Chu Chu Berry resembled a character from a musical called "Chu Chin Chow." Bertholoff, William Henry Joseph Berthol Bonaparte --- Willie "the Lion" Smith Willie Smith was probably used to shorten the extremely long name. "The Lion" was bestowed because of Willie's forceful manner. Or, as another reader puts it: he was called "The Lion" because of his devotion to Israel. Blakey, Art --- Bu Art Blakey was sometimes called "Bu," which was short for his Muslim name, Abdullah Ibn Buhaina. Bolden, Charles --- Buddy "Buddy" Bolden was reputed to be the first Jazz cornetist. If you know where this nickname came from, let us know. Breitenfeld, Paul --- Paul Desmond Desmond reportedly picked his name out of a phone book. Brown, Clarence --- Gatemouth Gatemouth was obviously derived from "Gator" mouth. "Alligator" was what jazz musicians called each other prior to adopting to "cat." "Hey Gate!" was a common salutation. Brown, Clifford --- Brownie . It is no great mystery why Clifford Brown was called "Brownie." Byrd, Henry Roeland --- Professor Longhair, Fess, Roy Not sure why this colorful New Orleans pre-rock pianist was called "Professor Longhair." "Fess" was a shortened form of "Professor Longhair" and "Roy" probably came from Roeland. Clayton, Wilbur --- Buck Clayton's nickname was |
In a Shakespeare play, who murders 'King Duncan'? | SparkNotes: Macbeth: Plot Overview Plot Overview Context Character List The play begins with the brief appearance of a trio of witches and then moves to a military camp, where the Scottish King Duncan hears the news that his generals, Macbeth and Banquo, have defeated two separate invading armies—one from Ireland, led by the rebel Macdonwald, and one from Norway. Following their pitched battle with these enemy forces, Macbeth and Banquo encounter the witches as they cross a moor. The witches prophesy that Macbeth will be made thane (a rank of Scottish nobility) of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland. They also prophesy that Macbeth’s companion, Banquo, will beget a line of Scottish kings, although Banquo will never be king himself. The witches vanish, and Macbeth and Banquo treat their prophecies skeptically until some of King Duncan’s men come to thank the two generals for their victories in battle and to tell Macbeth that he has indeed been named thane of Cawdor. The previous thane betrayed Scotland by fighting for the Norwegians and Duncan has condemned him to death. Macbeth is intrigued by the possibility that the remainder of the witches’ prophecy—that he will be crowned king—might be true, but he is uncertain what to expect. He visits with King Duncan, and they plan to dine together at Inverness, Macbeth’s castle, that night. Macbeth writes ahead to his wife, Lady Macbeth, telling her all that has happened. Lady Macbeth suffers none of her husband’s uncertainty. She desires the kingship for him and wants him to murder Duncan in order to obtain it. When Macbeth arrives at Inverness, she overrides all of her husband’s objections and persuades him to kill the king that very night. He and Lady Macbeth plan to get Duncan’s two chamberlains drunk so they will black out; the next morning they will blame the murder on the chamberlains, who will be defenseless, as they will remember nothing. While Duncan is asleep, Macbeth stabs him, despite his doubts and a number of supernatural portents, including a vision of a bloody dagger. When Duncan’s death is discovered the next morning, Macbeth kills the chamberlains—ostensibly out of rage at their crime—and easily assumes the kingship. Duncan’s sons Malcolm and Donalbain flee to England and Ireland, respectively, fearing that whoever killed Duncan desires their demise as well. Fearful of the witches’ prophecy that Banquo’s heirs will seize the throne, Macbeth hires a group of murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. They ambush Banquo on his way to a royal feast, but they fail to kill Fleance, who escapes into the night. Macbeth becomes furious: as long as Fleance is alive, he fears that his power remains insecure. At the feast that night, Banquo’s ghost visits Macbeth. When he sees the ghost, Macbeth raves fearfully, startling his guests, who include most of the great Scottish nobility. Lady Macbeth tries to neutralize the damage, but Macbeth’s kingship incites increasing resistance from his nobles and subjects. Frightened, Macbeth goes to visit the witches in their cavern. There, they show him a sequence of demons and spirits who present him with further prophecies: he must beware of Macduff, a Scottish nobleman who opposed Macbeth’s accession to the throne; he is incapable of being harmed by any man born of woman; and he will be safe until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Castle. Macbeth is relieved and feels secure, because he knows that all men are born of women and that forests cannot move. When he learns that Macduff has fled to England to join Malcolm, Macbeth orders that Macduff’s castle be seized and, most cruelly, that Lady Macduff and her children be murdered. When news of his family’s execution reaches Macduff in England, he is stricken with grief and vows revenge. Prince Malcolm, Duncan’s son, has succeeded in raising an army in England, and Macduff joins him as he rides to Scotland to challenge Macbeth’s forces. The invasion has the support of the Scottish nobles, who are appalled and frightened by Macbeth’s tyrannical and murderous behavior. Lady Macbeth, me |
A 'plant' in snooker involves a minimum of how many balls? | Glossary of Billiard Terms GLOSSARY OF BILLIARD TERMS From the 'Billiard Congress of America Official Rules and Records Book.' ANGLED. (Snooker, pocket games) When the corner of a pocket prevents a player shooting the cue ball directly at an object ball. (See corner-hooked) ANGLE SHOT. (Pocket games) A shot that requires the cue ball to drive the object ball other than straight ahead. (See cut shot) APEX OF TRIANGLE. (Pocket games) The position in the grouping of object balls that is on the foot spot; the front ball position of the pyramid or rack. AROUND THE TABLE. (Carom games) Describes shots in which the cue ball contacts three or more cushions, usually including the two short cushions, in an effort to score. BALANCE POINT. (General) The point on a cue at which it would remain level if held by a single support, usually about 18" from the butt end of the cue. BALL IN HAND. (Pocket games) See cue ball in hand. BALL ON. (Snooker) A colored (non-red) ball a player intends to legally pocket; same as on ball. BANK SHOT. (Pocket games) A shot in which the object ball is driven to one or more cushions before it is pocketed; incidental contact as a ball moves along and adjacent to a cushion does not qualify as a cushion or bank. It is not an obvious shot and must be called in games requiring called shots. (See kick shot) BAULK. (Snooker) The intervening space between the bottom cushion and the Baulk-line. BAULK-LINE. (Snooker) A straight line drawn 29" from the face of the bottom cushion and parallel to it. BED OF TABLE. (General) The flat, cloth-covered surface of the table within the cushions; the playing area exclusive of the cushions. BILLIARD. (Carom games) A count or score; a successful shot. BLIND DRAW. (General) A method used to determine pairings or bracketing of players in tournaments that assures totally random placement or pairing of contestants. BOTTLE. (Pocket games) A specially shaped leather or plastic container used in various games. (Also called the shake bottle) BOTTOM CUSHION. (Snooker) The cushion located at the head of a snooker table--closest to the D. BREAK. (Pocket games) See open break and opening break shot. BREAK. (Snooker) Total scored in one inning. BREAKING VIOLATION. (Pocket games) A violation of special rules which apply only to the opening break shot of certain games. Unless specified in individual game rules, a breaking violation is not a foul. BRIDGE. (General) The hand configuration that holds and guides the shaft-end of the cue during play. (See mechanical bridge) BURST. (Forty-One Pocket Billiards) Scoring a total of more than 41 points. BUTT OF CUE. (General) The larger end of a cue, opposite the tip. On a two-piece cue, the butt extends up to the joint. CALL SHOT. (Pocket games) Requirement that a player designate, in advance of each shot, the ball to be made and the pocket into which it will be made. In calling the shot, it is NEVER necessary to indicate details such as the number of cushions, banks, kisses, caroms, etc. The rules of "Bank Pool" are an exception. CALLED BALL. (Pocket games) The ball the player has designated to be pocketed on a shot. CALLED POCKET. (Pocket games) The pocket which a player has designated a ball to be shot. CAROM. (General) To bounce off or glance off an object ball or cushion; a shot in which the cue ball bounces off one ball into another is termed a carom. CAROM, SCORING. (General) Contact by the cue ball with object balls, the bottle or cushions in such a way that a legal score is made, according to specific game rules. CENTER SPOT. (General) The exact center point of a table's playing surface. CHALK. (General) A dry, slightly abrasive substance that is applied to the cue tip to help assure a non-slip contact between the cue tip and the cue ball. CHUCK NURSE. (Straight Rail Billiards) A scoring technique used when one object ball rests against the cushion and the second object ball is to one side of the first ball and away from the cushion. Cue ball strikes the object ball at the cushion so that the cue ball just comes back to touch (carom) the secon |
In the movie 'The Longest Day' who played the part of General Norman Cota? | PNG Military Museum World War II At the outbreak of World War II, he was the G-2 Officer (Intelligence) and then G-3 Officer (Plans and Training) of the 1st Infantry Division, in which he served from March 1941 until June 1942. In June, he was promoted to the division's Chief of Staff, a role he held until February 1943. In February 1943, right after his involvement and success in The North African Invasion Operation Torch, under the command of Major General, Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr., he proposed a report of an assault division on what would become part of Operation Husky, the allied invasion of Sicily. Having the leadership needed for the moment, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and was quickly sent to the United Kingdom where he served as the United States adviser to the Combined Operations Division of the European Theater of Operations. As an advisor, he helped to observe and supervise in the training of landing operations. Preparing to invade France As a major advisor in Operation Overlord, he was made Assistant Division commander of the 29th Infantry Division designated to land at Omaha Beach during the Battle of Normandy. During D-Day planning, he was opposed to daylight landings, believing pre-dawn landings would stand a better chance of success; he did not get his way. Cota was not alone in his opposition to daylight landings. General Leonard T. Gerow, commander of the entire V Corps, and Admiral John L. Hall, Jr., commander of Amphibious Force "O" (the naval force responsible for delivery of the US 1st Infantry Division to the beach), both fought to change the Operation Overlord plan, pleading for a night time assault. In spite his suggestions, with time running out and bad weather conditions at the designated invasion sites, prompt the high command little choice. A year before the invasion, at the Conference on Landing Assaults, Cota made his argument in favor of striving for tactical surprise: . . . It is granted that strategical surprise will be impossible to attain. Tactical surprise is another thing however... . tactical surprise is one of the most powerful factors in determining success. I therefore, favor the night landing. I do not believe the daylight assault can succeed. However, the high command concluded that naval and air bombardment would effectively neutralize (at least) or eradicate (at best) the enemy opposition. This reliance on technology, rather than maneuver and surprise, was a salient characteristic of the American approach to amphibious operations. By contrast the British historically had relied on surprise and flanking maneuver. The plan for Omaha, however, essentially called for hurling infantry directly into a prepared enemy position — a position that was enhanced by the concave shape of the beach (effectively promoting enemy crossfire into the "basin" of the concavity), by natural and man-made articles, by bad weather and other factors. The assumption was effectively that American technology would vitiate the need for surprise. Most D-Day commanders assured their men that the Germans would be annihilated by the Allies' pre-invasion firepower, and that the defenders were in any case outnumbered, inexperienced and demoralized. All of these assessments were revoltingly inaccurate. On the afternoon of June 5 Cota gave one of the few accurate assessments to the soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division: . . . The little discrepancies that we tried to correct [in the amphibious training center] are going to be magnified and are going to give way to incidents that you might at first view as chaotic. The air and naval bombardment and the artillery support are reassuring. But you're going to find confusion. The landing craft aren't going in on schedule and people are going to be landed in the wrong place. Some won't be landed at all. The enemy will [to some degree prevent] our gaining "lodgement." But we must improvise, carry on, not lose our heads. While Cota had a far less sanguine view of the plan than did the higher command, even he underrated the extent of the near-catast |
What is the name of the professor in the board game Cluedo? | Clue (board game) | Clue Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Genre Murder-Mystery Clue (Cluedo outside the U.S.) is a popular murder-mystery board game. It was originally published in Leeds, England in 1949. It was devised by Anthony E. Pratt, a so ly move around the game board (a mansion), as of one of the game's six suspects (or, collecting clues from which to deduce which suspect murdered the game's perpetual victim: Mr. Boddy ( Dr. Black , outside of U.S.), and with which weapon and in what room. Several games, books, and a film have been released as part of the Cluedo franchise. The board game forms a chronology. Overall, several spinoffs have been released, some featuring extra characters, and for some, different game play. More recent editions have restored the name Boddy Mansion to the mansion, and say the mansion is located in Boston, Massachusetts in the year 1954 (located in Hampshire, England outside of the U.S.). Contents Edit In 1944, Anthony E. Pratt, an English solicitor's clerk, filed for a patent of his invention of a murder/mystery-themed game, originally named "Murder!" The game was originally invented as a new game to play during sometimes lengthy air raid drills in underground bunkers. Shortly thereafter, Pratt and his wife presented the game to Waddingtons' executive, Norman Watson, who immediately purchased the game and provided its trademark name of "Cluedo" (a play on "clue" and "Ludo", which is Latin for "I play"). Though the patent was granted in 1947, due to post-war shortages, the game was not officially launched until 1949, at which time the game was simultaneously licensed to Parker Brothers in the United States for publication, where it was re-named "Clue" along with other minor changes. However, there were several differences between the original game concept and that initially published in 1949, In particular, Pratt's original design calls for ten characters, one of whom was to be designated the victim by random drawing prior to the start of the game. These ten included the eliminated Mr. Brown, Mr. Gold, Miss Grey, and Mrs. Silver, with Nurse White, and Colonel Yellow. The game allowed for play of up to eight remaining characters, providing for nine suspects in total. Originally there were eleven rooms, including the eliminated "gun room" and cellar. In addition there were nine weapons including the unused axe, bomb, syringe, poison, shillelagh (walking stick/cudgel), and fireplace poker. Some of these unused weapons and characters would appear in later spinoff versions of the game. Some gameplay aspects were different as well. Notably, the remaining playing cards were distributed into the rooms to be retrieved, rather than dealt directly to the players. Players also had to land on another player in order to make suggestions about that player's character through the use of special counter-tokens, and once exhausted, a player could no longer make suggestions. There were other minor differences, all of which would be updated by the game's initial release and remain essentially unchanged in the standard classic editions of the game. Equipment Edit The game's current equipment consists of a board which shows the rooms, corridors and secret passages of an English country house called Boddy Mansion, although previously named variously as Tudor Close or Tudor Hall, and in some editions Tudor Manor or Tudor Mansion). The game box also includes several colored playing pieces to represent characters, miniature murder weapon props, one or two six-sided dice, three sets of cards, each set describing the aforementioned rooms, characters and weapons, Solution Cards envelope to contain one card from each set of cards, and a Detective's Notes pad on which are printed lists of rooms, weapons and characters, so players can keep detailed notes during the game. Suspects Edit Depending on edition, the playing pieces are typically made of colored plastic, shaped like chess pawns, or character figurines. Occasionally they are made from wood or pewter. The standard edition of Cluedo comes with six basic tokens rep |
In golf, how many strokes are played on a par five hole to achieve an 'eagle'? | What Do Birdies, Bogeys and Pars Mean in Golf? By Brent Kelley Updated July 24, 2016. So you're new to the game of golf and you keep hearing references to birdies and bogeys , eagles and pars . What are those things, anyway? What do those golf scoring terms mean? Glad you asked. They are terms that describe different types of scores on an individual golf hole . Start With Par, Go From There Start with par, because all golf scoring terms are defined in relation to par. "Par" refers to the number of strokes an expert golfer is expected to need to complete the play of one hole on a golf course . Golf holes of different lengths will require more or fewer strokes by a golfer. And regardless of length, the par number of a hole always allows for two putts. So a 150-yard hole is one on which the expert is expected to hit the green with his tee shot , take two putts , and, therefore, require three strokes to finish that hole. Such a hole is therefore called a par-3 . A very good golfer - or a very lucky golfer - might complete a hole in fewer strokes than the par. continue reading below our video Golf Scoring Terms And of course, most of us aren't "experts" at golf, and so on most holes we'll need more strokes than the par. That's where those other terms - birdies, eagles, bogeys, et.al. - come into play. They describe a golfer's performance on a hole in relation to the hole's par: A birdie is 1-under par A bogey is 1-over par An eagle is 2-under par A triple bogey is 3-over par Given that a par-5 hole is the highest par most golfers will ever see, there is a limit to how far under par a golfer can go. But a hole-in-one - knocking the ball in the hole with your first shot - is also called an "ace." ( On a par-5 hole, making an ace means a golfer is 4-under on that hole and, yes, golfers have a term for that, too: condor.) Scores over par can keep going up, and you just keep adding to the prefix, as in quadruple bogey , quintuple bogey, and so on. Here's hoping that's knowledge you'll never need. The Actual Number of Strokes That Result in These Golf Scores Here's what these most-common golf scoring terms mean for holes with pars of 5, 4 and 3, in the actual number of strokes: |
In what card game would you see Stamen, Blackwood and Gerber? | Stayman Convention The origin of this conventional method is somewhat clouded. The initial concept was employed in the early days of the game of bridge by Mr. Ewart Kempson, 1895-1966, of England and was further developed by Mr. Seca Jascha Skidelsky, or Mr. S. J. Simon, or better known just as Skid, born 1904, in Harbin, Manchuria, and died in 1948, to exchange additional information about the holding of partner following an opening of 1 No Trump. In the following years the concept was devised independently by Mr. John C. H. Marx, aka Jack, 1907-1991, of England and Mr. George Rapee, 1915-1999, of New York, United States, around 1945, who was the regular bridge partner and friend of Mr. Samuel M. Stayman, 1909-1993. However, this newly devised concept was actively further developed by Mr. Samuel M. Stayman, who then first published and promoted this concept to and within the bridge community, and was henceforth known as the Stayman convention. Note: The first published article of Mr. Samuel M. Stayman appeared in The Bridge World issue of June 1945. This article appears in its full account in the following .pdf file format, which has only been preserved and archived on this site for future reference. History Summary It has been proposed that Mr. John C.H. Marx, of England was unable to publish his version of this conventional method until 1946 because all bridge publications were suspended due to a paper shortage in England at the time when the war demanded all resources. Source: Bridge's Strangest Hands written by Mr. Andrew Ward, page 217. Note: The Stayman convention was known for many years in the United Kingdom as Marx Two Clubs in the late 1940s and early 1950s since Mr. John C. H. Marx also developed the concept. However, this designation was eventually dropped in favor of the designation of Stayman, under which name it is now universally known. For those players, who continue to refer to this conventional method as Marx Two Clubs, the colloquial designation of Marxists has been created. For those, who refer to the conventional method as Stayman, the colloquial designation of Stayman-ites has been created. Note: In his publication The No Trump Zone, authored by Mr. Danny Klein, published by Master Point Press in the year 2004 (ISBN-10: 1-894154-70-3), Mr. Danny Kleinman writes (excerpt): Long before there were transfer bids, England's Jack Marx invented a 2 Clubs inquiry response to 1NT. Several years later, America's George Rapee reinvented it. Rapee's regular partner, Sam Stayman, wrote a Bridge World article describing it. Luckily for bridge players in that era, the heyday of the House Un-American Activities Committee, the convention became known as Stayman; had it been named for its British originator, those of us who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s might have been dragged before HUAC to swear loyalty. Non-Forcing Stayman Convention One form of the Stayman convention is known as the Non-Forcing Stayman Convention. Although this is somewhat of a misnomer, because the response of 2 Clubs to the No Trump Opening forces the 1 No Trump opener for one round. The non-forcing element of this version of the Stayman convention refers to the fact that if, after the No Trump opener responds to the 2 Club bid and the responder bids a new higher-ranking suit on the two level, the No Trump opener is not required to continue the bidding. The No Trump opener may pass as shown in the following example. Opener Forcing rebid. The opener may not pass below 2 No Trump. From the two illustrations above, the technical difference between Non-Forcing Stayman and Forcing Stayman should be clear. These two versions of the Stayman convention are still being played and if this is your partnership agreement, please adhere to this understanding. It must be noted, however, that the Jacoby Transfer has efficiently replaced any reasons for the responder to rebid a different suit on the two level, thereby rendering the use of the Non-Forcing or Forcing version of the Stayman convention unnecessary. The Stayman Convention A typi |
What breed was John Steinbeck's dog Charley? | John Steinbeck's Poodle, Charley - America Comes Alive World War II Welcome to America Comes Alive!, a site I created to share little-known stories of America's past. These stories are about Americans - people just like you - who have made a difference and changed the course of history. Look around the site and find what inspires you. Kate Kelly John Steinbeck’s Poodle, Charley By 1960 John Steinbeck (1902-1968) had achieved both fame and fortune. He and his third wife, Elaine, split their time primarily in New York City and Sag Harbor, and most of their trips were to Europe. Because Steinbeck had been ill the previous year, he began to re-consider how he wanted to spend the next few years. He decided he wanted to re-acquaint himself with his own country, and he planned to take several months to go on his own, criss-crossing the country “in search of America.” He took with him his ten-year-old standard poodle, Charley. The book that resulted was Travels with Charley: In Search of America. Charley was an eager traveler and loved road trips. At a time when camper trucks were a bit unusual, Steinbeck decided this was the ideal way for him to travel so he commissioned a specially-built truck that he then proceeded to outfit with necessary equipment and supplies. During the planning and packing, Steinbeck writes that Charley was in a state of mild hysteria, worrying that perhaps he wasn’t on the passenger manifest. “During the weeks of preparation he was underfoot the whole time and made a damned nuisance of himself. He took to hiding in the truck, creeping in and trying to make himself look small.” Of course, Charley was part of the plan all along. Steinbeck wanted him along, and Elaine felt that it was better that her husband have some type of companion along rather than traveling solo. Elaine planned to meet up with them at a couple of stops along the way. Travels with Charley: In Search of America Rocinante Before they departed, Steinbeck christened the truck “Rocinante,” after Don Quixote’s trusty horse. Charley rode shotgun in the truck, and his method for alerting Steinbeck that it was time for a rest stop was a “Ftt” sound that was generally effective. The two would stop and Charley would find an unsuspecting bush or tree to anoint, and Steinbeck would poke around a bit to see if anyone or anything interested him. While Charley is an ever-present companion, he does not participate in many activities that are described in the book. One passage in the book, however, is priceless for dog owners: Steinbeck’s description of how Charley wakes him in the morning. “Charley likes to get up early, and he likes me to get up early, too. And why shouldn’t he? Right after his breakfast he goes back to sleep. Over the years he has developed a number of innocent-appearing ways to get me up. He can shake himself and his collar loud enough to wake the dead. If that doesn’t work he gets a sneezing fit. But perhaps his most irritating method is to sit quietly beside the bed and stare into my face with a sweet and forgiving look on his face; I come out of deep sleep with the feeling of being looked at. But I have learned to keep my eyes tight shut. If I even blink he sneezes and stretches, and that night’s sleep is over for me. Often the war of wills goes on for quite a time, I squinching my eyes shut and he forgiving me, but he nearly always wins. He likes traveling so much he wanted to get started early, and early for Charley is the first tempering of darkness with the dawn.” Though Charley suffered two bouts of prostatitis that required vet care and a pause in the journey, Steinbeck makes it clear that Charley is an asset. When Steinbeck does get a conversation going it often begins with the dog. Most Memorable Trip Scene The most memorable and historic moments described in Travel with Charley occur near the end of the trip when Steinbeck visited New Orleans. He is there when protesters (white parents who became known as the Cheerleaders) showed up daily to shout their disapproval of school integration. Four African-A |
The male of what species explodes his internal genitalia on mating - then dies? | 30 Strangest Animal Mating Habits - Neatorama Neatorama • 54 Ah, sex. Birds do it, bees do it. Wait a minute! How exactly do they do it? The mating rituals of some animals are wonderfully bizarre. For example: did you know that some insects' genitals explode during sex? Or that some fish can change gender? Intrigued? Read on for 30 of the most bizarre animal mating habits. Honey Bee: Exploding Testicles. The reproductive cycle of bees is fascinating - and complex. But here's the short story: a queen is selectively bred in a special "queen cell" in the hive and fed royal jelly by worker bees to induce her to become sexually mature. A virgin queen that survives to adulthood without being killed by her rivals will take a mating flight with a dozen or so male drones (out of tens of thousands eligible bachelors in the colony). But don't call these drones lucky because during mating, their genitals explode and snap off inside the queen! Strange as it is, this actually makes evolutionary sense: the snapped-off penis acts as a genital plug to prevent other drones from fertilizing the queen. But tell that to the dead drone whose penis just exploded. [Note: this strategy is so successful that it is apparently employed by other species of animals, such as the male wasp spider ] (Image Credit: Veebl [Flickr]) Bonobo: Make Love Not War Bonobo, striking a pose (Image Credit: Kabirdas [Flickr]) Who said that violence is the only way to solve fights over food or territory? Instead of fighting, bonobos [wiki] have sex! Actually, their whole societal structure seems to revolve around sex. Bonobos use sex as greetings, a mean of solving disputes, making up for fights, and as a favors in exchange for food. They tongue kiss, engage in oral sex, mutual masturbations, have face-to-face genital sex and even have a strange "penis fencing" ritual! In their 1996 book titled Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence, Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson wrote: "Chimpanzees and Bonobos both evolved from the same ancestor that gave rise to humans, and yet the Bonobo is one of the most peaceful, unaggressive species of mammals living on the earth today. They have evolved ways to reduce violence that permeate their entire society. They show us that the evolutionary dance of violence is not inexorable". Flatworm: Make Love AND War. Penis fencing flatworms. (Image Credit: PBS/The Shape of Life ) If bonobos "penis fence" as foreplay, flatworms do it for real. For flatworms, sex is more like war than love. Like all sea slugs, flatworms are hermaphrodites (they have both male and female sexual organs). In this case, the male organ turns out to be two dagger-like penises that they use to hunt as well as mate. During mating, two flatworms fight (i.e. "penis fence") to stab each other, while avoiding getting stabed. The "loser" who gets stabbed will absorb the sperm through its skin and then scoots off to bear the burden of motherhood! ( Source , with a cool video you shouldn't miss.) Frigatebird: Fanciful Big Red Balloon. Hit play or go to Link [ YouTube ] Those fanciful male peacocks have nothing on frigatebirds! A male frigatebird has a throat sac that it can inflate with hard work - it takes over a period of twenty minutes - into a giant red, heart-shaped balloon. He then waggles his head from side to side, shakes his wings and calls the females to check him out. A female frigatebird will mate with the male with the biggest and shiniest balloon. During sex, the male bird will sweetly put his wings over her eyes to make sure she doesn't get distracted by other males with even nicer balloons! ( Source ) Red-Sided Garter Snake: An Annual Mating Ball Orgy Red-sided garter snake mating ball (Image Credit: Robert Mason , professor of Zoology at the Oregon State University, from News and Communications Service at OSU) Strange Fact 1. The annual mating of red-sided garter snakes is a tourist attraction in Manitoba, Canada. That's because when a female garter snake emerges from hibernation, she releases a pheromone that attracts hundreds of male snakes in |
Which country has the northernmost point of Africa? | Ras ben Sakka, the northernmost point of Africa in Morocco - Virtual Globetrotting Virtual Globetrotting Please log in if you don't want to post anonymously (anonymous users cannot post links) Your Name Please log in if you don't want to post anonymously (anonymous users cannot post links) Your Name Anonymous @ 2007-04-03 07:47:23 rogerbruton @ 2012-05-21 02:37:51 I think someone has just not checked this!!! It's pointing to the wrong country!!! But Cap Blanc is **NOT** the most northerly point - it is Ras Ben Sakka in TUNISIA!!!! |
Born Erik Weisz in Budapest Hungary. By what name did he become famous? | Harry Houdini - Magician - Biography.com Harry Houdini Harry Houdini's grand illusions and daring, spectacular escape acts made him one of the most famous magicians of all time. IN THESE GROUPS » quotes “I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life—all mystery and magic.” “No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.” “Look at love. How could we ever keep love a-burning day after day if it wasn't that we, and they, surrounded it with magic tricks...” Harry Houdini Harry Houdini - Water Torture Escapes (TV-14; 2:49) Get an inside look at Harry Houdini's many attempts and successes at one of his signature acts, the water torture escape. Synopsis Born Erich Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary, young Harry Houdini moved with his family to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he later claimed he was born. Fascinated with magic, he began performing and drew attention for his daring feats of escape. In 1893, he married Wilhelmina Rahner, who became his onstage partner as well. Houdini continued performing escape acts until his death, on October 31, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan. Early Life Famed magician/entertainer Harry Houdini was born Erich Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary. One of seven children born to a Jewish rabbi and his wife, Erich moved with his family as a child to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he later claimed he was born. When he was 13, Erich moved with his father to New York City, taking on odd jobs and living in a boarding house before the rest of the family joined them. It was there that he became interested in trapeze arts. In 1894, Erich launched his career as a professional magician and renamed himself Harry Houdini, the first name being a derivative of his childhood nickname, "Ehrie," and the last an homage to the great French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. (Although he later wrote The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin, a study that set out to debunk Houdin’s skill.) Though his magic met with little success, he soon drew attention for his feats of escape using handcuffs. In 1893, he married fellow performer Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner, who would serve as Houdini's lifelong stage assistant under the name Beatrice "Bess" Houdini. Commercial Success In 1899, Houdini's act caught the attention of Martin Beck, an entertainment manager who soon got him booked at some of the best vaudeville venues in the country, followed by a tour of Europe. Houdini's feats would involve the local police, who would strip search him, place him in shackles and lock him in their jails. The show was a huge sensation, and he soon became the highest-paid performer in American vaudeville. "No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth." - Harry Houdini Houdini continued his act in the United States in the early 1900s, constantly upping the ante from handcuffs and straightjackets to locked, water-filled tanks and nailed packing crates. He was able to escape because of both his uncanny strength and his equally uncanny ability to pick locks. In 1912, his act reached its pinnacle, the Chinese Water Torture Cell, which would be the hallmark of his career. In it, Houdini was suspended by his feet and lowered upside-down in a locked glass cabinet filled with water, requiring him to hold his breath for more than three minutes to escape. The performance was so daring and such a crowd-pleaser that it remained in his act until his death in 1926. Exploits Outside of Magic Houdini's wealth allowed him to indulge in other passions, such as aviation and film. He purchased his first plane in 1909 and set out to become the first person to man a controlled power flight over Australia in 1910. While he did it after a few failed attempts, it later was revealed that Houdini was likely beaten to the punch by just a few months by a Capt. Colin Defries, who made a short flight in December 1909. Houdini also launched a movie career, releasing his first film in 1901, Merveilleux Exploits du Célébre Houdini Paris, which documented his escapes. He starred in s |
In the novel 'Call of the Wild' by Jack London, what was the dogs name? | SparkNotes: The Call of the Wild: Character List The Call of the Wild Jack London Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Buck - A powerful dog, half St. Bernard and half sheepdog, who is stolen from a California estate and sold as a sled dog in the Arctic. Buck gradually evolves from a pampered pet into a fierce, masterful animal, able to hold his own in the cruel, kill-or-be-killed world of the North. Though he loves his final master, John Thornton, he feels the wild calling him away from civilization and longs to reconnect with the primitive roots of his species. Read an in-depth analysis of Buck. John Thornton - Buck’s final master, a gold hunter experienced in the ways of the Klondike. Thornton saves Buck from death at the hands of Hal, and Buck rewards Thornton with fierce loyalty. Thornton’s relationship to Buck is the ideal man-dog relationship: each guards the other’s back and is completely devoted to the other. The strength of their bond is enough to keep Buck from acting on the forces he feels are calling him into the wild. Read an in-depth analysis of John Thornton. Spitz - Buck’s archrival and the original leader of Francois’s dog team. Spitz is a fierce animal—a “devil-dog,” one man calls him—who is used to fighting with other dogs and winning. He meets his match in Buck, however, who is as strong as Spitz and possesses more cunning. Spitz is an amoral being who fights for survival with all of his might, disregarding what is right and wrong. Francois - A French Canadian mail driver who buys Buck and adds him to his team. Francois is an experienced man, accustomed to life in the North, and he impresses Buck with his fairness and good sense. Perrault - A French Canadian who, together with Francois, turns Buck into a sled dog for the Canadian government. Both Perrault and Francois speak in heavily accented English, which London distinguishes from the rest of the novel’s dialogue. Hal - An American gold seeker, Hal comes to Canada with his sister, Mercedes, and her husband, Charles, in search of adventure and riches. The three buy Buck and his team and try to drive them, but their inexperience makes them terrible masters, as they run out of food during the journey and bicker among themselves. Hal and his companions are meant to represent the weakness of overcivilized men and to embody the man-dog relationship at its worst. Read an in-depth analysis of Hal. Mercedes - Charles’s wife and Hal’s sister. Mercedes is spoiled and pampered, and her unreasonable demands slow her, Hal, and Charles on their journey and contribute to its disastrous ending. Her civilized manner, however, contrasts that of her unprepared brother and husband in that she initially feels sympathetic for the worn-out sled team. Her behavior, London suggests, demonstrates how civilized women are unsuited for life in the wild, having been spoiled and babied by the men around them. |
In what HG Wells book did we meet the Eoli and the Morlocks? | SparkNotes: The Time Machine: Study Questions The Time Machine Analysis Review Quiz The Time Traveller formulates three successive theories of how the society of the Eloi functions. What are they? First, he thinks that the Eloi are the sole descendents of humanity. He assumes that scientific progress continued to make life easier for humans, so much so that they lost their edge, becoming stupid and lazy. He implies that this fate is the result of communism, as if the lack of competition drove the human race to indolence. Second, after he discovers the Morlocks, he thinks that the Morlocks are the slaves of the Eloi. He still feels that the Eloi have devolved into frail creatures because their life is too easy, but he believes that the Morlocks, humanity's other descendent, have evolved into brute workers. He thinks that this is capitalism's division of labour taken to the extreme. Third, when he discovers that the Morlocks hunt and terrify the Eloi, he assumes that his second theory was once true, but that the Morlocks evolved to the point where they needed to prey on the Eloi. It is a theory of revenge of the working classes. These successive theories do not replace each other; rather, each one encompasses a broader view. Describe the lifestyle of the Morlocks. The Morlocks live below ground, in a system of tunnels. The tunnels can be entered through ventilation ducts that are scattered around the landscape. The ducts suck air inward and look like wells. Large underground engines keep the air flowing. The Morlocks seem to use the pedestal of the giant white Sphinx statue as a portal to the surface. Some Morlocks stay on the surface during the day, living in the shadow of ruins like the Palace of Green Porcelain. At night, the Morlocks emerge from below the ground to roam the surface. They hunt Eloi, which provide meat for the Morlocks' diet. The Morlocks are deeply afraid of light. Describe the astronomical imagery used in the latter chapters. What do we learn about the Time Traveller? What don't we learn? Why might Wells have decided not to flesh his protagonist? More Help |
Charles Bingley was a character in what classic Jane Austen novel? | Charles Bingley | The Jane Austen Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Bingley and his sisters hail originally from the north of England [1] , but they probably spend most of their time in London since there is still one sister to marry off. Bingley inherited £100,000 from his father, who had wished to purchase an estate [2] . Move to Netherfield Edit Bingley decided to rent Netherfield Park , an estate located in Hertfordshire near Longbourn , Lucas Lodge , and the town of Meryton . He had £5,000 a year, a huge sum. This made him an attractive marriage prospect for the Bennet girls, as proclaimed by Mrs. Bennet [1] , who had the news from Mrs. Long . Bingley was immediate called upon by members of the village who were most interested in marrying off daughters, like Mr. Bennet and Sir William Lucas [3] . Mr. Bingley brought his two sisters and brother-in-law to Netherfield, and was also joined by Mr. Darcy , his close friend. Bingley first made acquaintance with the Bennet sisters during a public ball at Meryton, and he was very taken with Jane. Bingley was rather aghast at the aloofness of his friend Mr. Darcy, and how he would refuse to dance with anyone but Bingley's sisters, Caroline and Louisa [4] . He was pleased with his neighbors, and he said he never met pleasanter people or prettier women in his life, and that there was a promising lack of stiffness and snobbery [2] . This is in direct contrast to Mr. Darcy, however, who saw a collection of people in whom there was little beauty, and no fashion. Both Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst agreed with him, but thought Jane a sweet girl, thinking nothing of it. Mr. Bingley saw this as encouragement and a commendation [2] . Anna Chancellor, Crispin Bonham-Carter, and Lucy Robinson as Miss Bingley, Mr. Bingley, and Mrs. Hurst in the 1995 mini-series Jane's Sickness When Jane caught cold due to riding through the rain for a visit with his sisters, Mr. Bingley generously gave her a room. He was very anxious about her health, and Elizabeth thought more of him for it [5] . Departure from Netherfield Edit Mr. Bingley had been fostering a tendresse' for Miss Bennet. His sisters, horrified at the thought of being connected to the Bennet family by marriage, convinced him to leave Hertfordshire. He had every intention of returning [6] , but Mr. Darcy did everything he could to dissuade his friend from such an engagement. He concealed information about Jane being in London. Mostly, Mr. Darcy did it because he believed Jane to be indifferent [6] . Notes and references |
15 Which city is the setting for Shakespeare's (comedy) play 'Measure for Measure'? | Untitled Document Shakespearean Morality in Measure for Measure Mary Ann Leone, 2006 I have begun, And now I give my sensual race the rein (2.4: 158-9). To the casual reader of Measure for Measure, the plot may seem to revolve around sexual conduct in Renaissance England and the legal consequences thereof. Nineteenth century critics, however, believed Shakespeare�s play to be a �study of mercy and forgiveness, rather than of justice and legal equity� (Lanzen 383). In the early 1800s critics of the play focused more on thematic and the psychological developments rather than passing judgment on the morals of the characters. � In his �Lectures on Dramatic Literature,�August Wilhelm Schlegel [German translator of Shakespeare] wrote, �The piece takes improperly its name from the punishment: the sense of the whole is properly the triumph of mercy over strict justice, no man being himself so secure from errors as to be entitled to deal it out amongst his equals� (Howe 5: 281). Two contemporaries of Schlegel, Ulrici and Gervinus, elaborate on this concept. Ulrici, who defines Measure for Measure as �a perfect comedy,� states that the play highlights the failure of human justice and the triumph of Christian mercy, � �that all of humanity exists in sin and that only through the grace of God can we hope to achieve a truly virtuous and moral life� (Lanzen, 383). � Gervinus notes character deficiencies. He declares the Duke and Angelo to be polar opposites in their leadership abilities, the former due to laxity and the latter because of his dogged determination to mete out justice with unbecoming zeal (Lanzen 383). Another early nineteenth century critic William Hazlitt describes the play �as full of genius,� but adds that �our sympathies are repulsed and defeated in all directions.� � He dismisses Angelo, who �seems to have a much greater passion for hypocrisy than for his mistress,� and decries Isabella�s �rigid chastity.� Only Claudio deserves our sympathy, �and yet he is placed in circumstances of distress which almost preclude the wish for his deliverance,� Hazlitt laments. � He calls Shakespeare�s alienation of audience sympathy a �principle of repugnance� (Howe 4: 345-6). Mid-century critics included Charles Knight, H. N. Hudson, and Frederick S. Boas. Knight sees Measure for Measure as a caveat against ineffectual government and society contaminated by a �corrupt state of manners� (Lanzen 384). � Hudson joined Knight in his criticism of what they perceived as Shakespeare�s lopsided treatment of justice and mercy at its finish. � Hudson also considered the playwright�s personal life and also the chaotic times in which he lived, proposing that at the time Shakespeare penned this play, he had become �fascinated by the appalling mystery of evil that haunts our fallen nature� (Lanzen 384). Boas, who coined the phrase, �problem-plays,� � proposed that Shakespeare�s departure from lighter fare to a more complex and perhaps more pessimistic view of the world was a direct result of the fate suffered by two of his friends. In 1601 (three years before the opening performance of Measure for Measure), the Earl of Essex was executed, and Lord Southampton was inprisoned, both due to allegations of their involvement in treasonous plots against Queen Elizabeth (Lanzen 384). In 1874 Walter Pater � revisits the problems presented in Measure for Measure and describes the setting of the play in his book, Appreciations, with an Essay on Style: It brings before us a group of persons, attractive, full of desire, vessels of thegenial, seed-bearing powers of nature, a gaudy existence flowering out over theold court and city of Vienna, a spectacle of the fulness and pride of life. � Thenwhat shall there be on this side of it�the spectators� side�? � What philosophy, what sort of equity? ( |
Vodka, Galliano and orange juice make up which cocktail? | Italian © Carey Jones If you have any Galliano, the sweet, herbal Italian liqueur, lurking in your liquor cabinet, you'll know. Because there's no way this tall, skinny bottle and its Day-Glo yellow contents can ever get lost. Wildly popular back in the '70s (yes, we know that's hardly an endorsement), Galliano has graced plenty of sub-par cocktails, but today's talented bartenders have started to redeem its reputation. Made from neutral alcohol steeped with a wide range of herbs and spices (juniper, anise, vanilla, and getting more obscure from there), Galliano has a distinctive vanilla sweetness that sets it apart from other herbal liqueurs, so when you're mixing with it, no simple syrup or other sweeteners are required. It's also full-throttle, at 42.5% ABV, a nudge higher than your standard spirit. It’s boozy like Sambuca, rather than gentler like an amaro. Easy: Galliano and Root Beer When we take a sniff of Galliano, the herbal-earthy-vanilla aroma has us thinking one thing: root beer. So if you're going for a simple mixer, try it out; the Galliano slides in seamlessly, just intensifying all those root beer flavors we already love. Instructions: Add an ounce and a half of Galliano to a tall glass with ice. Fill with four ounces of root beer (we like IBC). Garnish with a lemon wheel. Intermediate: Galliano Old-Fashioned Clocking in at over 40% alcohol, Galliano is as boozy as a spirit, which is why we envisioned it in the most classic of cocktails: the Old Fashioned. Since its herbal sweetness would be a little overwhelming on its own, we're pairing it with equal parts bourbon, which works nicely with Galliano's vanilla flavors while smoothing out its edges somewhat. Since Galliano is on the sweeter side, no sugar is necessary—but don't leave out the bitters, they're key to such a simple cocktail. Instructions: In a mixing glass with ice, combine an ounce of bourbon, an ounce of Galliano, 2 dashes of orange bitters and 2 dashes of Angostura. Give that a good, long stir, then strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with an orange and a lemon peel, twisting them on top of the glass to release their oils on the top. Advanced: Harvey Wallbanger The Harvey Wallbanger may win an award for the best-worst cocktail name in history. But it's a Galliano classic (inasmuch as any cocktail from the '70s is classic). Use good orange juice here—fresh-squeezed, if you can. Orange is the dominant flavor, with the Galliano sneaking around the edges and the result is something like an herbaceous Creamsicle. Instructions: In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine an ounce and a half of vodka, half an ounce of Galliano, and two ounces of orange juice. Dash in some orange bitters. Shake all that up and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with an orange wedge and/or brandied cherries. NOTE: You can also just stir together all ingredients in a tall glass with ice, no shaker required; we just like the elegance of this cocktail glass, and if you're going to serve it sans-ice, it needs an icy shake first. |
Sildenafil citrate is better known by what name? | Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate): Side Effects, Interactions, Warning, Dosage & Uses Patient Information DRUG DESCRIPTION VIAGRA (sildenafil citrate), an oral therapy for erectile dysfunction, is the citrate salt of sildenafil, a selective inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5). Sildenafil citrate is designated chemically as 1-[[3-(6,7-dihydro-1-methyl-7-oxo-3-propyl-1H-pyrazolo[4,3d]pyrimidin-5-yl)-4-ethoxyphenyl]sulfonyl]-4-methylpiperazine citrate and has the following structural formula: Sildenafil citrate is a white to off-white crystalline powder with a solubility of 3.5 mg/mL in water and a molecular weight of 666.7. VIAGRA is formulated as blue, film-coated rounded-diamond-shaped tablets equivalent to 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg of sildenafil for oral administration. In addition to the active ingredient, sildenafil citrate, each tablet contains the following inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, titanium dioxide, lactose, triacetin, and FD & C Blue #2 aluminum lake. What are the possible side effects of oral sildenafil (Revatio, Viagra)? Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. During sexual activity, if you become dizzy or nauseated, or have pain, numbness, or tingling in your chest, arms, neck, or jaw, stop and call your doctor right away. You could be having a serious side effect of sildenafil. Stop using sildenafil and call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as: sudden vision loss; |
Who stars as Princess Diana in the 2013 film Diana? | Diana (2013) - 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 Watch Now From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana embarks on a final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan. Director: Stephen Jeffreys , Kate Snell (inspired by the book 'Diana Her Last Love' by) Stars: a list of 39 titles created 25 Nov 2011 a list of 32 titles created 05 Apr 2014 a list of 22 titles created 21 Jan 2015 a list of 33 titles created 28 Nov 2015 a list of 25 images created 2 weeks ago Search for " Diana " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Storyline During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana embarks on a final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan. The legend is never the whole story See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sensuality and smoking | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 20 September 2013 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Caught in Flight See more » Filming Locations: $67,754 (USA) (1 November 2013) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Naomi Watts wore some of Diana's actual clothing and also donned a a prosthetic nose, according to Vanity Fair. See more » Goofs When Diana is alone playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", the notes she is playing do not match the pitches we are hearing, and one of the bars contains 5 beats, not the usual 4. See more » Quotes [first lines] Reporter: It is not the horror of landmines that is making the headlines back home, but reports of the Princess's romance with Dodi Fayed. Speculation fueled by the arrival last night of a car similar to that owned by the Princess. (Finland) – See all my reviews I went to see this movie almost without any expectations. Granted, in my mind, Naomi Watts's performance in "Mulholland Dr." was exceptional, but that was over ten years ago, so I made a deliberate effort not to compare the roles. I had not seen any reviews and did not know anything about the movie, except its title character. I knew the main outlines of Diana's life and had seen some of her interviews, although I was more familiar with her death. Thus I had no opinion of Diana herself, except that I had heard a little of her famous charity work. With these things in mind I went to the theater. To me the movie was excellent. The atmosphere was enchanting and at times haunting. Watts played Diana like a shape shifter, matching her every move when the character presented herself to the media, while breaking her facade in private. She portrayed tons of difficult emotion that had to convey an aristocratic filter created by the character's upbringing. Diana's life was presented as a complex mixture of personal and public, feelings and constraints, that lead to her being slowly crushed by the outside pressures she could not control. The movie's purpose was obviously apolitical and tried to convey Diana's driving force that was interpreted in the movie as love. It succeeded in this very convincingly. The credit for this goes not only to Watts, but also the director Oliver Hirschbiegel (who, I now notice, directed "Der Untergang", an exceptional film in its own right) and Naveen Andrews, who played his role with credibility and originality. Altogether I found the movie to be on-par with the best biographical dramatizations in film, even coming close to "King's Speech". Now that I had seen the film, and had been thoroughly impressed by it, imagine my surprise when I tuned in on IMDb. At this moment the score was 4.9. I immediately noticed a pattern. Of all the 2900 voters 446 (15.4 %) had voted 1. In fact the value 1 dominated the chart, being the most frequent vote of all the values. I interpreted this is a symptom of pure ignorance. Obvio |
The Great Blue Hole is a large submarine sinkhole off the coast of which Central American country? | Great Blue Hole Of Belize - Largest Sea Hole In The World Great Belize Blue Hole Belize Blue Hole The Great Blue Hole is a world-class destination for recreational scuba divers attracted by the opportunity to dive in crystal-clear waters and see myriad species of marine life including tropical fish and spectacular coral formations. The marine life in these areas includes nurse sharks, giant groupers, and several types of reef sharks such as the Caribbean reef shark and the Blacktip shark. Dive excursions to the Great Blue Hole are full-day trips, that usually consist of one dive in the Blue Hole and two additional dives in nearby reefs. The Great Blue Hole is in our list of Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Visit Belize . The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the mainland of Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, over 300 metres (984 ft.) across and 125 metres (410 ft.) deep. The world’s largest natural formation of its kind, the Great Blue Hole is part of the larger Barrier Reef Reserve System, a World Heritage Site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Glyn Collinson, a NASA scientist who recently dived the Great Blue Hole described it thus: “It was the deepest, deep blue hole imaginable; A chasm that fell away deep into the deep, dark blue. It had been forged out of solid rock as caverns, hundreds of thousands of years ago during the last ice age. For eons, water filtered through the rock and into these great stone cathedrals, breeding multicolored stalactites and stalagmites. Then, one by one they collapsed in on each other, creating a chasm four hundred feet deep. As Earth’s swollen polar ice-caps receded, the warm Caribbean ocean swept in to fill the chasm with boiling white hands, the last rays of sunlight struck the chasm’s floor. Then, as the limestone broke down, it began to rain tiny fragments of rock, which slowly began to fill the great Blue Hole.” “Alright,” the dive master said, jolting me back to reality. “Welcome to the Blue Hole. This one is real deep, starting with a drop off from forty feet that goes right the way down to the bottom past 400 feet.” The man held up a detailed custom drawn map of the site and pointed as he talked. “We will go down fast to one hundred and thirty feet where stalactites come down from this overhang. We will stay there for a maximum of twelve minutes, starting from the time that the first pair gets there. We all need to keep together and watch each other. To make sure that you all keep an eye on your depth, the dive pair who goes the deepest will buy a round of drinks for everyone back at the Island.” ‘Great’, I thought, ‘so much for pushing our depth limits.’ Noted SCUBA diver, writer and photographer Rick Frehsee wrote the following account of his research on the Great Blue Hole: Origin of the Belize Atolls “Lighthouse Reef, Glover’s Reef and the Turneffe Islands are all distinct anomalies in the Caribbean. Nothing else in the Western Hemisphere resembles a true coral atoll, except perhaps Chinchorro Reef, off Mexico’s southern Yucatan Peninsula (just above the Belize atolls). According to geologists they are even more unusual in that the origin of their formation does not seem to mirror the atolls of the Pacific Ocean, where rings of coral are better known. “The ancient processes contributing to Belize atoll development may have begun as many as 70 million years ago and the atolls did not develop around subsiding volcanoes. Instead, they originated atop giant fault blocks; limestone covered ridges that settled in steps, providing a series of offshore platforms for coral growth. After the last ice age, with the slow rise of sea level, coral growth continued upward, creating the precipitous outer walls and the shallow inside lagoon that typifies these distinct formations. Many drop-offs surrounding the Belize atolls are thousands of feet deep, while depths in the shallow lagoons average 10 to 30 feet.” Rece |
What was the operational name of the Battle of Iwo Jima? | Operation Detachment: The Battle for Iwo Jima February - March 1945 Operation Detachment: The Battle for Iwo Jima February - March 1945 Introduction "Victory was never in doubt. What was in doubt in all our minds was whether there would be any of us left to dedicate our cemetery at the end." Major General Graves B Erskine, Commander, 3rd Marine Division Towards the end of 1944, the Allied forces were successfully pushing the Japanese back from their earlier conquests. In Burma, the British 14th Army had advanced across the Burma-Indian border and was pushing the Japanese Army down the Irrawaddy River, while the American advance across the Pacific had brought it to the inner ring of Japanese defences before the mainland. General Douglas MacArthur had advanced across the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and had invaded Leyte in the Philippines in October. The US Navy and Marine Corps under Admiral Chester Nimitz had continued their 'island hopping' campaign that had begun at Guadalcanal in 1942 and continued through Tarawa (1943), the Mariana Islands (1944), Peleliu (1944) and was to reach its climax at Okinawa (1945). After the capture of the Mariana Islands, the US 20th Air Force could mount a large-scale campaign against the industrial centres of Japan. The only obstacle to this was the strategically important island of Iwo Jima that housed two airfields, with a third under construction, as well as a radar station that could give up to two hours warning of an impeding raid. The Air Force needed to eliminate the fighter threat to their bombers and neutralise the radar station there. The island would also be useful as a refuge for damaged aircraft returning from raids, as a base for air-sea rescue flying boats and for P-51 long-range fighters to escort the B-29 bombers. On 3rd October 1944, the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a directive to Admiral Nimitz to take Iwo Jima. The battle, which was described as the "most savage and costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps" (Lt Gen Holland M Smith), pitted three Marine divisions against 21,000 well-entrenched Japanese defenders. The Americans Prepare "It was an operation of one phase and one tactic . . . until the mission was completed it was a matter of frontal assault maintained with relentless pressure." Lt Gen Holland M Smith, Commander, Fleet Marine Force Pacific The US invasion force would consist of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions from the US V Amphibious Corps under Major General Harry Schmidt with over 70,000 men, many of whom were veterans of previous battles. The plan called for the Marines to land on a two-mile stretch of beach on the southeast coast of the island between Mount Suribachi and the East Boat Basin. The beaches were divided into seven sections, each of 550 yards (503 metres). The 3rd Marine Division sailed from Guam, which it had taken from the Japanese garrison in August 1944, while the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions sailed from Hawaii. While the invasion had been delayed twice by the huge requirements of General MacArthur's Philippines campaign, it had to be completed as quickly as possible to release resources for the invasion of Okinawa (Operation Iceberg), which was scheduled to begin on the 1st April 1945. On February 15th, the invasion force left Saipan and was soon spotted by Japanese naval patrol aircraft, which alerted the Iwo Jima garrison. The American landings would take place on a two-mile stretch of beach between Mount Suribachi and the East Boat Basin on the southeast coast. The beaches were divided into seven landing zones, each of 550 yards (503 metres). Moving northeast from Mount Suribachi the beaches and the initial assault forces were: Green Beach - 1st and 2nd Battalions, 28th Marine Regiment Red Beach 1 - 2nd Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment Red Beach 2 - 1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment Yellow Beach 1 - 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment Yellow Bach 2 - 2nd Battalion, 23rd Regiment Blue Beach 1 - 1st and 3rd Battalions, 25th Marine Regiment Blue Beach 2 - None As Blue Beach 2 lay directly under known enemy gun positions |
Who in books and films was the man of bronze? | Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) - 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 Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze ( 1975 ) G | Doc and the Amazing Five battle Captain Seas and "the green death" for control of a fabulous resource. Director: Lester Dent (novel) (as Kenneth Robeson), Joe Morheim (screenplay) (as Joe Morhaim) | 1 more credit » Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 36 titles created 02 Mar 2012 a list of 908 titles created 29 Jan 2013 a list of 272 titles created 03 Jan 2016 a list of 45 titles created 11 months ago a list of 32 images created 4 months ago Title: Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) 5.6/10 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. Tarzan (Lord Greystoke), already well educated and fed up with civilization, returns to the jungle and, more-or-less assisted by chimpanzee Cheetah and orphan boy Jai, wages war against poachers and other bad guys. Stars: Ron Ely, Manuel Padilla Jr., Rockne Tarkington The USA must join forces with the USSR in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth. Director: Ronald Neame A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders. Director: Daniel Haller Brash and crazed cigar-chomping network TV executive Clifford Bradley decides to push the boundaries of good taste and moral decency by broadcasting an extremely bawdy and explicit stag ... See full summary » Director: Henri Pachard Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile... See full summary » Director: Gordon Hessler A spaceship from Earth crash-lands on an Earth-like planet on which everything, including the human-like inhabitants, is twelve times the size of its counterpart on Earth. Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact scientist Dr. Russell Marvin as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth. Director: Fred F. Sears An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence. Director: Anthony Mann In this, the first Matt Helm movie, we see Matt Helm coaxed out of semi-retirement by an attractive ex-partner. It seems that the evil Big O organization has a nefarious plan called "... See full summary » Director: Phil Karlson During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion against foreigners in China, U.S. Marine Major Matt Lewis, aided by British Consul Sir Arthur Robertson, devises a strategy to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force arrives. Directors: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew. Director: Robert Wise Not yet released Doc Savage, the man of bronze, was raised from childhood by a team of scientists to become the original "super" hero of the 1930s. A man of great mental and physical strength, he went around the world battling larger than life villains. Director: Shane Black Edit Storyline In the Fabulous Thirties, Doc Savage and his five Amazing Adventurers are sucked into the mystery of Doc's father disappearing in the wilds of South America. The maniacal Captain Seas tries to thwart them at every turn as they travel to the country of Hidalgo to investigate Doc's father's death and uncover a vast horde of Incan gold. Written by <[email protected]> June 1975 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Doc Savage - Der Mann aus Bronze See more » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia To put out the fire in Doc's residen |
Who was Stan Laurels partner? | Stan Laurel - Biography - IMDb Stan Laurel Biography Showing all 75 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (5) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (42) | Personal Quotes (13) | Salary (4) Overview (4) 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Bio (2) Stan Laurel came from a theatrical family, his father was an actor and theatre manager, and he made his stage debut at the age of 16 at Pickard's Museum, Glasgow. He traveled with Fred Karno 's vaudeville company to the United States in 1910 and again in 1913. While with that company he was Charles Chaplin 's understudy, and he performed imitations of Chaplin. On a later trip he remained in the United States, having been cast in a two-reel comedy, Nuts in May (1917) (not released until 1918). There followed a number of shorts for Metro, Hal Roach Studios, then Universal, then back to Roach in 1926. His first two-reeler with Oliver Hardy was 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926). Their first release through MGM was Sugar Daddies (1927) and the first with star billing was From Soup to Nuts (1928). Their first feature-length starring roles were in Pardon Us (1931). Their work became more production-line and less popular during the war years, especially after they left Roach and MGM for Twentieth Century-Fox. Their last movie together was The Bullfighters (1945) except for a dismal failure made in France several years later ( Utopia (1951)). In 1960 he was given a special Oscar "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy". He died five years later. ( 23 August 1926 - 28 September 1935) (divorced) (2 children) Trade Mark (5) Usually played a childishly innocent man who always looked up to his good friend Oliver Hardy , whether it was deserved or not. Common schticks included crying in cases of great predicaments, taking instructions literally at all times and mixing up his lines. He and Hardy often had a scene in their films where they would get into a fight with another person that consisted solely of destroying property. The duo would destroy something the opponent values while the opponent ooks on and does not resist. When they are done, the opponent does the same to them, while they refrain from resisting, and so on. Wide, "hanger-in-my-mouth" smile, spiky hair sported in all of his films, and of course, the "whiny face" for which he is famous. Completely vacant stare into the camera, accentuated by white pancake makeup. Gaze into the camera with arms up and palms out in a "What now?" gesture. Subtle substitution of the word "me" for "my", as in the line from Way Out West: "Wait a minute while I spit on me hands." Trivia (42) His light blue eyes almost ended his movie career before it began. Until the early 1920s, filmmakers used black-and-white Orthochromatic film stock, which was "blue blind". Hal Roach cameraman George Stevens (the same George Stevens who would later become an acclaimed producer/director) knew of panchromatic film and was able to get a supply of it from Chicago. This new film was sensitive to blue and recorded Laurel's pale blue eyes in a more natural way. Stevens became Laurel's cameraman on his short films at Roach. When Laurel teamed with Oliver Hardy , the team made Stevens their cameraman of choice. Had two children with his first wife, Lois: a daughter, Lois Laurel ; and a son, Stanley Robert (born May 7, 1930; died May 16, 1930), who was born two months prematurely and died nine days later. Laurel first appeared with his future partner, Oliver Hardy , in The Lucky Dog (1921), which was filmed in 1919, but not released until 1921. He always thought that his "whining face" was humiliating, but the producers forced him to do it in most of his movies since the public loved it. Interred at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California, USA. Suffered a nervous breakdown on the death of his longtime film partner and friend, Oliver Hardy , and according to his friends, never fully recovered. Turned down a cameo role in Stanley Kramer 's gigantic farce It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). Had always been a huge fan of westerns, and after |
What kind of food is Cullen Skink? | BBC Food - Recipes - Cullen skink Cullen skink 30 mins to 1 hour Serves Serves 4 Cullen skink is a classic Scottish smoked fish soup with velvety leeks and potato. Perfectly warming for winter. 2 onions , peeled, roughly chopped 2 fennel bulbs, roughly chopped 500g/17½oz smoked haddock 750ml/1 pint 7fl oz water For the soup 2 shallots , peeled, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, peeled, crushed 300g/10½oz potatoes, peeled, chopped 500ml/17½fl oz double cream 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley pinch freshly grated nutmeg Method For the stock, heat the butter and vegetable oil in a large pan and gently fry the leeks, onions and fennel for 3-4 minutes, or until softened. Add the white wine to the pan and bring to the boil. Add the smoked haddock, pour in the water and bring back to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes, skimming off any scum that rises to the surface, until the haddock is cooked through. Strain the haddock, reserving the cooking stock. Chop the haddock into bite-sized pieces. For the soup, heat the butter with the vegetable oil and fry the leeks, shallots and garlic for 3-4 minutes, or until softened. Add the potatoes and the chopped smoked haddock to the pan. Add the reserved cooking stock and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Stir in the cream and briefly blend the soup with a stick blender. Serve the soup with crusty bread and sprinkle with the chopped fresh parsley and a sprinkling of freshly grated nutmeg. Find a recipe on BBC Food Quick & Easy |
What is classified by the A B O system? | ABO BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM by M. Schroeder and M. Jensen ABO BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM Definition: Blood group system A series of antigens exhibiting similar serological and physiological characteristics, and inherited according to a specific pattern. Importance of the ABO system: Most important (clinically significant) Blood Group System for transfusion practice Why? This is the only blood group system in which antibodies are consistently, predictably, and naturally present in the serum of people who lack the antigen. Therefore ABO compatibility between donor and recipient is crucial since these strong, naturally occurring A and B antibodies are IgM and can readily activate complement and cause agglutination. If ABO antibodies react with antigens in vivo, result is acute hemolysis and possibly death. Indications for ABO grouping: ABO grouping is required for all of the following individuals: Blood Donors-since it can be life threatening to give the wrong ABO group to the patient. Transfusion recipients-since we need to know the donor blood is ABO compatible. Transplant Candidates and Donors-ABO antigens are found in other tissues as well. Therefore the transplant candidates and donors must be compatible. Prenatal Patients-To determine whether the mothers may have babies who are suffering from ABO-HDN. It is also beneficial to know the ABO group should she start hemorrhaging. Newborns (sometimes) If the baby is demonstrating symptoms of Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn, the ABO group needs to be determined along with Rh and others. Paternity testing Since the inheritance of the ABO Blood Group System is very specific, this serves as one of the first methods to determine the likelihood that the accused father is the father or not. Discovery of the ABO system: In 1900 Karl Landsteiner reported a series of tests, which identified the ABO Blood Group System. In 1910 he won Nobel prize for medicine for this discovery. He mixed the serum and cells of all the researchers in his lab and found four different patterns of agglutination. From those studies he developed what we now know as Landsteiner's rules for the ABO Blood Group: A person does not have antibody to his own antigens Each person has antibody to the antigen he lacks (only in the ABO system) Below are the four blood groups and the antigens and the expected, naturally-occurring antibodies present. BLOOD GROUP Incidence (%) of ABO Blood Groups in the US Population ABO Group 4 ABO Typing ABO typing involves both antigen typing and antibody detection. The antigen typing is referred to as the forward typing and the antibody detection is the reverse typing The forward typing determines antigens on patient's or donor's cells a. Cells are tested with the antisera reagents anti-A, anti-B, (and in the case of donor cells anti-A,B) b. Reagents are either made from hyperimmunized human sources, or monoclonal antibodies. c. One advantages of the monoclonal antibodies are the antibody strength. d. Another advantage of monoclonals: human source reagents can transmit infectious disease (hepatitis). Reverse typing determines antibodies in patient's or donor's serum or plasma a. Serum tested with reagent A1 cells and B cells b. Reverse grouping is also known as backtyping or serum confirmation Routine ABO Typing Reaction of Cells Tested With Red Cell ABO Group Reaction of Serum Tested Against Reverse ABO Group AB Discrepancies in ABO typing Results of forward and reverse typing must agree before reporting out blood type as seen in the about table. If forward and reverse do not agree, must identify cause of discrepancy. If cannot resolve discrepancy, must report out blood type as UNKNOWN and give group O blood Characteristics of ABO antigens: ABO antigens are glycolipid in nature, meaning they are oligosaccharides attached directly to |
What plant does the Colorado beetle attack? | Control Colorado Potato Beetle with a Mix of Strategies - Vegetable Gardener Control Colorado Potato Beetle with a Mix of Strategies Unchecked, the Colorado potato beetle can munch its way through your potato, eggplant, and tomato plants. courtesy U.S. Department of Agriculture Colorado potato beetle eggs are laid on the underside of leaves. Boyd Hagen Colorado potato beetle larva. Boyd Hagen Unchecked, the Colorado potato beetle can munch its way through your potato, eggplant, and tomato plants. Photo: courtesy U.S. Department of Agriculture April 2000 from issue #26 The pretty yellow-and-black-striped Colorado potato beetle is native to wild Solanaceous plants of the semi-arid western United States. Our problem with it began when the beetle broadened its gustatory interests to include cultivated plants in the same family, such as potato, eggplant, and tomato. It has since expanded its range to include most of North America and Europe. Because the Colorado potato beetle has become resistant to a large number of conventional pesticides, researchers have pursued alternative methods of control. As a kitchen gardener, you can choose from physical, horticultural, or biological controls. Most likely, a mix of strategies will be your best policy. Rotation—the old standby In spring, adult Colorado potato beetles emerge from hibernation in the soil and search out food plants for feeding and egg-laying. The feeding beetles lay yellow-orange eggs clustered in groups, usually on the undersides of leaves. The larvae, which look like fat, globular, slow-moving caterpillars, change from brown to pink as they grow, developing two rows of black spots along each side of their abdomen (top right photo, below). When fully grown, in 20 to 24 days, the larvae burrow into the soil to pupate near the plants on which they were feeding. Emerging as adults, a week to two weeks later (depending on the temperature), they start the process again. The second generation of adults remains in the soil until the next spring. Colorado potato beetle eggs are laid on the underside of leaves. Fortunately, they're food to lady beetles. The yellow and black striped Colorado potato beetle overwinters near plantings it infested the previous year, so rotating crops may provide some protection against it. The adult beetles are poor flyers and cannot easily travel far. For this reason, the rotation of crops away from where Solanaceous plants have been planted before is a traditional means of controlling Colorado potato beetle. Unfortunately for the kitchen gardener, the new plantings ideally should be at least 200 feet away from the old site. Even in small gardens, however, it’s still a good idea to rotate each piece of ground to a different plant family, because other pests, including soil-borne pathogens, remain behind from each year’s plantings. Handpick, vacuum, or trap Physical controls satisfy the urge for immediate revenge on a pest for the damage it causes, and against the Colorado potato beetle, you have several choices. Handpicking may be all you need to protect a small plot of potatoes. Picking is easiest early in the day when the beetles are cold and slow to move. Collect the beetles in a wide-mouth jar, coffee can, or deep baking pan, half full of soapy water. Place the container below leaves with beetles or larvae and shake the plant. The insects will fall into the container and drown. Larvae and egg masses also can be squished on the leaves. Gloves make the job easier. Another physical control option is to vacuum up the beetles. Small, rechargeable hand-held vacuums can be quite effective with Colorado potato beetles and other large insect pests. We have also used a water vacuum, which sucks the beetles into a cylinder of soapy water, although its long power cord carries the danger of tripping us or decapitating a plant or two. To prevent the beetles from reaching early-sprouting tubers, especially in large plantings, you might want to dig a barrier ditch around your potato bed. The early colonizers walk to their first food sources. A near- |
Subsets and Splits
No saved queries yet
Save your SQL queries to embed, download, and access them later. Queries will appear here once saved.