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Who became the World Chess Champion after beating Boris Spassky in 1972? | Bobby Fischer - Chess Player Bobby Fischer Home Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer (1943 – 2008) became World Chess Champion in 1972, after beating the defending champion Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland. Taking place during a very chilling part of the Cold War, this match where a U.S. player challenged a Soviet Union one became highly publicized and was dubbed “Match of the Century”. Background Robert James Fischer was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on March 9, 1943. He learned to play chess when he was six years old, and eventually started playing at the Brooklyn Chess Club and Manhattan Chess Club. At the age of 14, he became the youngest player to win the U.S. Championships. At the age of 15, he became an International Grandmaster, breaking the old age record for youngest international Grandmaster. Chess career After becoming an International Grandmaster, Bobby Fischer continued to play both U.S. Championship matches and World Championship matches. In the early 1970’s, he achieved a 20-game winning streak. In 1972, he defeated the reigning World Chess Champion Boris Spassky from the Soviet Union in a highly publicized event in Reykjavik, Iceland. Bobby Fischer was now the World Chess Champion – the first one ever from the United States. In the mid 1970s, Anatoly Karpov had earned the right to challenge the reigning World Chess Champion, but Bobby Fischer refused to play against him unless a long row of demands were fulfilled. The International Chess Federation stripped Fischer of this title and gave it to Karpov. After many years of living a turbulent life, Fischer agreed to play Boris Spassky in a $5 million rematch in Yogoslavia on the 20th anniversary of their championship match in Reykjavik. Fischer won the match, but found himself in a heap of legal trouble afterwards. Because of the ongoing Yugoslavian war, United States citizens were not allowed to visit Yugoslavia without special permission, and Fischer would now face criminal charges if he returned to the US. Fischer therefore remained in exile. In the 1990’s, Fischer invented and patented a modified chess timing system, where a time increment was added to the player’s time after each move. This chess timing system is today used in virtually of the top tournaments. Fischer has also created a special variant of chess called Fischer Random Chess or Chess960. In 2004, he married Japanese chess player Miyoko Watai, who is a Woman International Master. In 2005, Fischer moved to Iceland after being granted Icelandic citizenship. In January 2008, he died of kidney failure in Reykjavik after refusing medical treatment for a urinary tract blockage. – A – |
Which famous London landmark was erected on the Embankment in September 1878? | CLEOPATRA`S NEEDLE AND HAUNTED VICTORIA EMBANKMENT IN LONDON | Haunted Earth`s Ghost World CLEOPATRA`S NEEDLE AND HAUNTED VICTORIA EMBANKMENT IN LONDON A pedestrian crossing to the obelisk frames perfectly in picture. Situated on the embankment of London`s river Thames stands an iconic structure far older than the city itself, and one shrouded in mystery and strange paranormal events. `Cleopatra`s Needle` is an ancient Egyptian obelisk that has no particular connection with Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and was already over a thousand years old in her lifetime when it was first erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC. An iconic attraction in London It was granted as a gift to the British people by the ruler of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali, in commemoration of the victories of Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801. Although the British government welcomed the gesture, it declined to fund the expense of transporting it to London and it wasn`t until 1877 by public subscription that the stone was eventually brought to London on a specially constructed raft. The long journey across water was not without incident as in October of that year the obelisk broke free of it`s tow during a great storm in the Bay of Biscay. The obelisk was eventually rescued, and after repairs to the raft in a Spanish port, it eventually arrived in London in January of 1878 and after public discussion over where it should be displayed, it was finally erected on the Victoria Embankment on 12 September 1878. The obelisk finally being erected The construction of the new site was not without error, as the two faux- Egyptian Sphinxes` were placed facing inwards rather than outwards away from the obelisk. At the time of the obelisk`s erection, an early time capsule was placed within the foundations containing the following: A set of 12 photographs of the best looking English women of the day, a box of hairpins, a box of cigars, several tobacco pipes, a set of imperial weights, a baby's bottle, some children's toys, a shilling razor, a hydraulic jack and some samples of the cable used in erection, a 3' bronze model of the monument, a complete set of British coins, a rupee, a portrait of Queen Victoria, a written history of the strange tale of the transport of the monument, plans on vellum, a translation of the inscriptions, copies of the bible in several languages, a copy of Whitaker's Almanack, a Bradshaw Railway Guide, a map of London and copies of 10 daily newspapers. Cleopatra`s Needle appears to be a place where people have chosen to commit suicide by drowning from the embankment into the Thames. One of the Sphinxes on guard This reputation has led to a number of phantom hauntings which are recorded as: One story tells of two separate policemen being stopped by a woman urging them to come to the banks of the River Thames because someone was about to jump in, only for them to get to the banks near to Cleopatra’s Needle to see a woman in identical dress as the one that approached them toss herself into the River. Mocking laughter can sometimes be heard from the area around the stone obelisk as well as unearthly screams. Whether these belong to the lost sailors is not known. Another River Thames ghost seen here is a ghostly naked man who has been seen dashing from behind the monument and jumping into the cold water which accepts him without the faintest ripple. Today the obelisk attracts many tourists to the city, and doubtless few have heard of it`s reputation when posing for photographs with friends or family. I have visited this site on numerous occasions, and despite it`s awe inspiring ancient beauty, there feels within a much darker presence from antiquity, although it has to be said that I never felt anything adversely negative. Research on the internet reveals little more than I have shared, and to date I have not seen any film or photograph depicting anything questionably paranormal. Thanks For Making This Possible! Kindly Bookmark and |
Which English footballer was accused and later cleared of stealing an emerald bracelet in Colombia in 1970? | BBC ON THIS DAY | 20 | 1970: Bobby Moore cleared of stealing 1970: Bobby Moore cleared of stealing The England soccer captain, Bobby Moore, has been cleared of stealing an emerald bracelet in Colombia. Moore, who captained England to World Cup victory in 1966, was accused of taking the �600 ($1,500) bracelet from the Green Fire shop in the Tequendama Hotel, Bogota, last month. Police and judicial investigators have long indicated that Moore was set up, and today the Bogota Superior Court ruled he should have "unconditional freedom". The three judges also confirmed a decision made by Judge Pedro Dorado on 28 May that there was no evidence to warrant jailing England's legendary footballer. House arrest On 18 May Mr Moore went into the shop with fellow player Bobby Charlton to find a present for Charlton's wife. The store owner, Danilo Rojas, and his assistant, Carla Padilla, called the police after the two men had left the shop. The police arrived and took statements and the footballer denied the allegations. On 25 May, Mr Moore, was charged and placed under house arrest at the home of a local football official but was freed three days later with conditions, so that he could play in the World Cup in Mexico. One witness, Alvaro Suarez, said he had seen the bracelet in Moore's pocket. But today the chief of police, Jaime Ramirez, indicated Mr Moore had been the victim of a frame-up and that Mr Suarez had been paid by Mr Rojas to testify against the England football star. It is believed the plan was to either blackmail Mr Moore and get publicity for the jewellery shop and even to damage England's morale ahead of the World Cup. Mr Moore, now back in the UK, will not have to report to the Colombian Consulate, but if he ever returned to Colombia he may be asked further questions in relation to the theft as further investigations are still under way. Rojas and Suarez will be questioned by the judge - but Ms Padilla is believed to have gone to the United States. The First Secretary at the British Embassy in Bogota, Keith Morris, welcomed the ruling but said the judges had decided a "legal technicality" and that the case was by no means closed. Bobby Moore was named Footballer of the Year 1963-64 and awarded an OBE 1967. |
In what year were the Blackpool Illuminations first switched on? | Blackpool Illuminations History - Blackpool Lights 2017 1st September - 5th November 2017 History of Blackpool Illuminations Blackpool was already a well-established sea-side resort long before the Illuminations came about. Prior to 1879 the streets were lit by gas light but in that year the Council devoted the sum of £5000 to experiment with the concept of electric street lighting. On the 19th September 1879 Dr Siemens' 8 dynamo-electric machines powered by 16 Robey engines were used to power 8 arc lamps on the promenade spaced 320 yards apart, emitting the equivalent of 48,000 candles of light in total. The event had been advertised nationally and between 70,000 and 100,000 visitors travelled from all over Britain to witness the event. The light generated was called "artificial sunshine" and these were possibly the first electric street lights in the world. The nearest to modern day displays was staged on Princess Parade in May 1912 to mark the first Royal visit to Blackpool. Princess Louise officially opened the new section of promenade and as part of the celebrations of this event the Blackpool electrical engineer was instructed to decorate the promenade in what was then a "novel fashion of garland lamps". About 10,000 bulbs were used and the results were so impressive that the local chamber of trade and other business people in the town persuaded the Council to stage these lights again in September of that year. Thousands of people visited the resort to see the illuminations and the event was judged a commercial success. In 1913 the Council was again encouraged to stage the Princess Parade lights as an after season event in September. The response from the public was nothing short of astonishing but hopes of building on this success was short lived with the outbreak of the First World War the following year. Illuminations were back in 1925 on a more ambitious scale with lights festooned along the promenade from Manchester Square to Cocker Square. It quickly became appreciated that Blackpool Illuminations were a worthwhile tourist attraction and they continued to be staged annually for many years. By 1932 animated tableaux had been added and these were erected on the cliffs linking North Shore and Bispham. The length of the lights was extended to it's present length of just under six miles from Squires Gate to Red Bank Road. In 1939, although the Illuminations were ready for staging, they were prevented by the outbreak of the Second World War. There was a full scale preview on August 31st complete with a giant searchlight sweeping wide from the Tower top. But the next night the blackout had been enforced and the only colour to be seen was inside hotels and boarding houses where landladies had coloured their light bulbs with dolly blue. Even after the war had finished there were restrictions on the use of fuel and decorative lighting, consequently the Illuminations remained prohibited. The austere climate of post-war Britain meant the Lights did not come on again until 1949 when Anna Neagle pressed the switch, but only after the Council were given permission by the Government to burn the required amount of electricity. Since then the Illuminations have been staged every year in the same format you see today. They are always switched on at the end of August or beginning of September and currently run for 66 nights. It is a popular misconception that the Illuminations extend into the Christmas period but this has never in fact been the case. The Illuminations are a temporary show and every feature has to be taken down for maintenance at the Council's Rigby Road Depot. So 126 years after it's birth the role of the Blackpool Illuminations remains remarkably similar to it's origins. Held each year at the end of th |
In 1893 which country were the first to allow women to vote? | September 19, 1893 : New Zealand First to Allow Women to Vote | TakePart September 19, 1893 : New Zealand First to Allow Women to Vote Sep 18, 2010· 0 MIN READ Originally from Baltimore, Oliver lives and writes on a quiet, tree-lined street in Brooklyn. Bio Sheet music cover with the title 'We'll Show You When We Come To Vote! The Great Womens Suffrage.' USA, circa 1869. (Image: Getty Images) New Zealand, 1893. With the passage of the Electoral Bill, New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant national voting rights to women. Just two months later, the first women would go to the polls during the country's national elections. There had been pockets of the world where women's suffrage was allowed in the past. In medieval France, voting for city and town assemblies were open to the heads of households regardless of sex. During the Age of Liberty in Sweden (1718-1771), female tax-paying guild members were allowed to vote. And in 1756, Lydia Capin Taft was allowed to vote in a New England town meeting in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, doing so at least three times. In all those cases, however, the right to vote was eventually revoked, and it wasn't until 1893 that an independent nation gave women the permanent right to vote. After New Zealand, Australia quickly followed, with the United States joining in 1920 and Great Britain in 1928. While women's suffrage was included in the Universal Bill of Human Rights in 1948 by the United Nations, the battle for universal suffrage is still ongoing. For example, Bhutan only just allowed women full voting rights in 2008, and in Saudi Arabia, women have little or no representation at all. About Us TakePart is the digital news and lifestyle magazine from Participant Media , the company behind such acclaimed documentaries as CITIZENFOUR, An Inconvenient Truth and Food, Inc. and feature films including Lincoln and Spotlight. |
First shown in 1984, which sit-com featured the characters Cliff and Clair Huxtable? | The Cosby Show (TV Series 1984–1992) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The goings-on in the life of a successful African American family. Stars: It's Russell and Anna Huxtable's 49th anniversary, and the Huxtables observe the occasion with a classic impression of Ray Charles' "Night Time is the Right Time." 8.4 Theo's Holiday Theo's confident when he's 18 and moves out on his own, he'll be able to get a job as a model and make a lot of money; the family puts him to a test to see how well he'd make it in the real world. 8.4 Theo gets a shirt that cost too much, so Denise makes him an "Exact" replica. 8.2 a list of 30 titles created 26 Feb 2011 a list of 36 titles created 06 Nov 2011 a list of 37 titles created 02 Jun 2013 a list of 31 titles created 30 Jun 2013 a list of 26 titles created 14 Dec 2014 Title: The Cosby Show (1984–1992) 7.4/10 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. Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 51 wins & 56 nominations. See more awards » Videos Long-running Perfect Strangers (1986) spin-off series centering on the Winslow family and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. Stars: Reginald VelJohnson, Jaleel White, Kellie Shanygne Williams The daily trials and tribulations of Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three mischeivous boys with help from his loyal co-host, loving wife, and eccentric neighbor. Stars: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Earl Hindman Tony Micelli, a retired baseball player, becomes the housekeeper of Angela Bower, an advertising executive in New York. Together they raise their kids, Samantha Micelli and Jonathon Bower, with help from Mona Robinson, Angela's man-crazy mother. Stars: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage. Stars: Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros, Paul Fusco, Max Wright Chronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew. Stars: Michael J. Fox, Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter The misadventures of a family with a home business father and a journalist mother. Stars: Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns, Kirk Cameron The story of a working class family struggling with life's essential problems: Marriage, Children, Money and Parents in Law. Stars: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf After the sudden death of his wife, a young father enlists the help of his brother-in-law and his childhood friend to help him raise his three young children. Stars: Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier The misadventures of a wealthy Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem. Stars: Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Conrad Bain The Cunningham family live through the 1950s with help and guidance from the lovable and almost superhuman greaser, Fonzie. Stars: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross Frank Lambert is a construction worker and a single father of 3 kids: J.T., Alicia "Al", and Brendan. Carol Foster, a beautician, also has 3 children: Dana, Karen, and Mark. After Frank and... See full summary » Stars: Patrick Duffy, Suzanne Somers, Brandon Call Charles, a college student, moves in with the Powell family as the housekeeper, baby-sitter, and friend to the children. Along with his best friend, Buddy, Charles attempts to manage his ... See full summary » Stars: Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Nicole Eggert Edit Storyline Long-running popular comedy television series about the Huxtable family. Doctor Heathcliff Huxtable and Clair Huxtable, a happily married couple, are raising their children (Sondra, Denise, Theodore, Vanessa, and Rudy). The two oldest daughters eventually live successful adult lives and get married (Sondra to Elvin and Den |
What is the name of Cleo Laine's husband who died in February 2010? | Dame Cleo Laine on her husband Sir John Dankworth's death - BBC News BBC News Media playback is unsupported on your device Dame Cleo Laine on her husband Sir John Dankworth's death 3 November 2010 Last updated at 13:00 GMT Dame Cleo Laine's big break came auditioning for Sir John Dankworth in the early 1950's and they later married and became a hugely successful jazz partnership. Sir John died in February this year, at the age of 82, after months of ill health and Dame Cleo joined BBC Breakfast in her first television interview since his death. |
Which member of the Royal Family was banned from driving for speeding in 1987? | BBC NEWS | UK | Royals in the dock Thursday, 21 November, 2002, 10:45 GMT Royals in the dock Princess Anne was fined �500 plus compensation When Princess Anne appeared in court on Thursday under the Dangerous Dogs Act she was the first member of the Royal Family in the dock since 1649. Then it was Charles I, accused of being a traitor and "an implacable enemy of the Commonwealth of England" during the period of political upheaval which led eventually to civil war. At the trial he refused to answer the charges, saying he did not recognise the authority of the High Court and asserting his absolute power as monarch. He was sentenced to death and beheaded on a scaffold in Whitehall on 30 January 1649, maintaining his innocence until the very last. The Princess Royal, who pleaded guilty at Slough Magistrates' Court to a charge that one of her dogs attacked two children, was not facing such a drastic fate. King Charles I, played here by Alec Guinness, was beheaded for treason The heaviest sentence that could technically have been passed was a short prison term but, as usually happens in these cases, she was fined. Princess Anne has been fined before - �400 for speeding through Gloucestershire at 93mph in her Bentley in August 2000. She admitted the charge but that time did not appear in court. Her cousin Viscount Linley, son of the late Princess Margaret, did face magistrates in 1987 to answer his third speeding offence. He was banned for driving for six months after being convicted of speeding at 98mph on the M4. But members of the Royal Family do not often enter court rooms, even as witnesses. Playboy prince This is partly because cases are brought on behalf of the monarch - which has led to Thursday's proceedings symbolically pitting mother against daughter: the case is titled Regina vs. Anne Elizabeth Alice Laurence. And the trial of former royal butler Paul Burrell highlighted the constitutional difficulties of the Queen giving evidence in her own court. The last senior Royal who did enter the witness box was the then Prince of Wales - the future Edward VII - a notorious playboy known as Bertie. The prince first appeared in court in 1870, voluntarily giving evidence in a divorce case when Lady Mordaunt falsely accused the heir to the throne of being one of her lovers. Slander and scandal In a second case, in 1891, he testified concerning a friend of his who had allegedly cheated at baccarat, an illegal card game which the prince adored. The friend, William Gordon-Cumming, had admitted cheating at the game on condition it was hushed up. But news of the incident got out - probably due to the prince's gossipy mistress, Daisy "babbling" Brook - and Gordon-Cumming sued for slander. The ensuing trial, concerning as it did illegal gambling, heaped scandal on the Royal Family which far exceeded the damage done to the present monarchy's reputation in the Burrell affair. Today's Royal Family may have had a turbulent year, but a glance at history shows things could have been much worse. Key stories |
Fidel Castro made the longest speech ever at the 'United Nations' in 1960. How long was the speech? | Weird and wonderful: the facts about Fidel Castro | The Independent Weird and wonderful: the facts about Fidel Castro Tuesday 19 February 2008 09:22 BST Click to follow The Independent US Fidel Castro is retiring after almost half a century as leader of Cuba, leaving in his wake some fascinating facts: LONGEST-SERVING LEADER: Fidel Castro was the world's third longest-serving head of state, after the Queen of Britain and the King of Thailand. He was its longest-serving government leader when illness forced him to hand over power to his brother in July 2006. LONGEST SPEECH: Castro's holds the Guinness Book of Records title for the longest speech ever delivered at the United Nations: 4 hours and 29 minutes, on Sept. 29, 1960. His longest speech on record in Cuba was 7 hours and 10 minutes in 1986 at the III Communist Party Congress in Havana. ASSASSINATION PLOTS: Castro claims he survived 634 attempts on his life, mainly masterminded by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. They involved poison pills, a toxic cigar, exploding mollusks, a chemically tainted diving suit and powder to make his beard fall out so as to undermine his popularity. OUTLASTED NINE US PRESIDENTS: Despite CIA plots, a US-backed exile invasion at the Bay of Pigs and four and a half decades of economic sanctions, Castro outlasted nine US presidents, from Eisenhower to Clinton, and faced increased hostility under George W. Bush, who tightened enforcement of financial sanctions and a travel ban. LAST CIGAR PUFF: Castro, once a cigar-chomping guerrilla fighter, gave up cigars in 1985. Years later he summed up the harm of smoking tobacco by saying: "The best thing you can do with this box of cigars is to give them to your enemy." FAMILY: Castro has at least eight children. His eldest son Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, the spitting image of his father and known as Fidelito, is a Soviet-trained nuclear scientist. Daughter Alina Fernandez, the result of an affair with a Havana socialite when he was underground in the 1950s, escaped from Cuba disguised as a tourist in 1993 and is a vocal critic of Castro on her Miami radio program. Castro has five sons with his second wife Dalia Soto. Their names all begin with A. The youngest, Antonio, is the national baseball team's doctor. RECORD-BREAKING COW: One of his pet projects was a cow called Ubre Blanca (or White Udder) that produced prodigious quantities of milk and became a propaganda tool for Cuba's collectivized agriculture in the 1980s. Ubre Blanca is in the Guinness Book of Records for the highest milk yield by a cow in one day - 110 litres (29 U.S. gallons). More about: |
After only 33 days in office, which Pope died in 1978? | "Pope Was Poisoned After 33 Days" | Christian Assemblies International "Pope Was Poisoned After 33 Days" Printable PDF Version Book reveals background to death of John Paul I London (ap/dpa) Pope John Paul I, who was head of the Catholic Church for only 33 days in 1978, was murdered, claims the British author David Yallop in his book "In God's Name", which was published in 1984. After 3 years of investigation he has come to this conclusion, having found out that members of the forbidden Italian secret lodge "P2" allowed the pope to be poisoned. Mysterious death 33 days after election: John Paul I John Paul I was found dead in his bed by his private secretary on the morning of 29th September 1978. The official cause of death: heart attack. Yallop, however, says it was murder. He is relying on interviews with "highly positioned sources within the Vatican" and states as evidence a series of inexplicable occurrences which accompanied the pope's death. There was no post-mortem, according to Yallop, although the 65-year-old church leader had never had any heart problems before his death. All his personal belongings, including his last will, were removed from his room and were never seen again. There are conflicting opinions about the exact time of his death, and it was officially stated that the deceased was holding a book in his hand, although it was actually documents, said Yallop. He sees the motive of the murder as being due to the intention of John Paul I to bring an end to the ecclesiastical prohibition of artificial birth control. But most of all he wanted to relieve a few high dignitaries of their offices and to substantiate the finances of the Vatican. Yallop also names suspicious members of the secret union "P2". For instance, the founder of the fascist-orientated Free Mason Lodge, Licio Gelli; or Jean Villot (at that time cardinal-state secretary); or bishop Paul Marcinkus who, as governing head of the Vatican Bank, did fraudulent business with the "Ambrosia" (private bank); or their director Roberto Calvi, who himself lost his life in mysterious circumstances. Translated from the German: "Papst wurde nach 33 Tagen vergiftet" Source: Newspaper article - Munich TZ (12.06.84) |
Who played James Herriot in the TV drama series 'All Creatures Great and Small'? | All Creatures Great & Small All Creatures Great & Small Julian Norton, The Yorkshire Vet, with his dog Yorkshire will take centre stage in a new documentary series based on the original 'All Creatures Great & Small' veterinary practice in Thirsk. The Skeldale Veterinary Centre, where James Herriot based his famous books, will be the focus of The Yorkshire Vet, six-part series for Channel 5, launching on September 15 at 8pm. The drama of the daily events at the practice on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales has been captured by Leeds-based TV company Daisybeck Studios, who gained exclusive access. Julian Norton, who is the 'Yorkshire Vet', is one of the partners of the centre along with original Herriot trainee Peter Wright and they aren't afraid to get their hands dirty as they treat all creatures great and small. Jacki Barlow with her Alpaca Lothario The practice, steeped in history, is still run with a good old fashioned ethos combined with today's veterinary practices, specialising in both small animals and farm stock, and they travel across the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors. In keeping with the theme 'The Yorkshire Vet' will be narrated by actor Christopher Timothy, who played the role of James Herriot in the popular BBC TV show 'All Creatures Great & Small'. The show has the support of the Herriot Centre who will also feature in Episode 3 of the show. The show is a joint commission by Daisybeck and Group M entertainment. Series Producer, Lou Cowmeadow, for Daisybeck said: "The show will bring to life the beauty of Yorkshire and its characters in all its glory, we were asked to make Yorkshire one of the stars of the show and that's what we've done." All Creatures Great & Small, 15th September 2015, 12:00 PM |
Which member of the Royal Family married Katherine Worsley? | 1000+ images about The Wedding of Miss Katherine Worsley and the Duke of Kent on Pinterest | Duke, The duchess and York Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas The Wedding of Miss Katherine Worsley and the Duke of Kent The marriage in Yorkminster Abbey on 8th June 1961. 31 Pins78 Followers |
Who was Transport Minister in 1967 when 'Breathalyser tests were introduced? | The 9th of October 1967 AD, Breathalyser Introduced Breathalyser Introduced The 9th of October 1967 AD The age of motoring innocence � albeit an increasingly dangerous age � came to an end with the introduction by then transport minister Barbara Castle of the breathalyser in October 1967. Ad hoc tests of sobriety such as making drivers stand on one leg, or walk a straight line, were thrust aside for a more scientific measure, though the breathalyser was initially only used for indicative purposes, a subsequent blood or urine test the actual evidential proof. Three years previously tests had hit on the blood alcohol level of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml as the limit beyond which driving was unsafe. The necessary legislation received royal assent in May 1967; and police forces were issued with the breathalyser equipment in preparation. The first driver to be tested happened to be stopped in Shropshire . Somewhat incredibly there was major resistance to the very idea of the breathalyser test, and the 12-month driving ban for those caught over the limit. Even after the introduction Barbara Castle faced protests � at one public event a group of publicans berated her for the damage it was doing to their business. But in the first 12 months in which the device was used, and with the additional push of an advertising campaign, road deaths reduced by more than 1100, and serious injuries sustained in car accidents by more than 11,000. After such an impact few could argue that the action had not been both successful and necessary. |
Who played Anna in the film version of 'The King and I'? | Anna and the King (1999) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Anna and the King ( 1999 ) PG-13 | The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 47 titles created 09 Mar 2011 a list of 38 titles created 28 May 2012 a list of 40 titles created 20 Aug 2012 a list of 31 titles created 05 Jan 2013 a list of 23 titles created 13 Jan 2014 Title: Anna and the King (1999) 6.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 nominations. See more awards » Videos In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets. Director: Michael Apted A farmer's wife begins to suspect that the man in her bed is an impostor after he returns home from the Civil War. Director: Jon Amiel A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children. Director: Walter Lang Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that ... See full summary » Director: Jodie Foster A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet, the child vanishes, and nobody will admit she was ever on the plane. Director: Robert Schwentke A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge. Director: Neil Jordan After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack. Director: Jonathan Kaplan In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King. Director: John Cromwell Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief. Director: Richard Donner Edit Storyline This is the story of Anna Leonowens, the English schoolteacher who came to Siam in the 1860s to teach the children of King Mongkut. She becomes involved in his affairs, from the tragic plight of a young concubine to trying to forge an alliance with Britain to a war with Burma that is orchestrated by Britain. In the meantime, a subtle romance develops between them. Written by Tommy Peter Rated PG-13 for some intense violent sequences | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 17 December 1999 (USA) See more » Also Known As: £317,621 (UK) (17 December 1999) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The real King Mongkut was paralyzed on one half of his face, a fact omitted from the film. See more » Goofs Louis asks Anna, "Doesn't "Chang See Khao" mean White Elephant?" While "Chang See Khao" does literally translate into "white elephant", the correct term is "Chang Peuak." See more » Quotes [first lines] King Chulalongkorn : She was the first English woman I had ever met. And it seemed to me she knew more about the world than anyone. But it was a world Siam was afraid would consume them. The monsoon winds had whispered her arrival like a coming storm. Some welcomed the rain, but others feared a raging flood. Still she came, unaware of the suspicion that preceded her. But it wasn't until years later, that I began to appreciate how brave she was, and how alone she must have felt. An English woman. The ... Produced by Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds for EC |
What was Roger Moore's first Bond film? | Roger Moore | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia A View to a Kill Sir Roger George Moore, CBE (born October 14, 1927) is an English actor known for his suave and witty demeanor. He is known best for portraying two fictional English action heroes, Simon Templar in the television series The Saint, from 1962 to 1969 , and as Sean Connery 's successor as James Bond in the phenomenally successful film series from 1973 to 1985, and a UNICEF ambassador since 1991. Biography Roger Moore was born in Stockwell, London , the son of a policeman, he attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England . During World War II , he served in the entertainment branch (above luminaries such as Spike Milligan). He first appeared in films in the 1940s, as an extra, and then was a leading man, notably in television. Besides having been The Saint, many episodes of which he also directed, Moore was Ivanhoe, the noble knight, and featured as the leading man of The Persuaders! It was for this he was paid the then unheard of sum of one million pounds for a single series, making him the highest paid television actor in the world. While filming Octopussy in India in 1983, he was shocked at the utter poverty on display, Moore has engaged in humanitarian work. His colleague Audrey Hepburn impressed him with her work for UNICEF, and consequently he became UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991. He was the voice of "Santa" in the UNICEF cartoon "The Fly Who Loved Me." Moore was also involved in the production of an informative video for PETA that protests against the production and wholesale of foie gras. Moore narrates the video, which shows how ducks and geese are force-fed in order to appease the demand for the "delicacy." In 1999 , Moore was created a Commander of the British Empire (CBE), and a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) on June 14, 2003. Now in his late seventies, Moore appears only occasionally in film or television, notably an episode of the American TV series Alias, in 2002. Moore has a daughter and two sons with Luisa Mattioli; son Geoffrey Moore also is an actor, and owns a restaurant in London . Daughter Deborah Moore made a guest appearance as a flight attendant in Die Another Day . Moore underwent major but successful surgery for prostate cancer in 1993, an event he later referred to as a life-changing experience. James Bond There are a lot of apocryphal stories as to when Moore's name was first dropped as a possible candidate for Roger Moore as James Bond 007 the mantle of James Bond. Some sources, specifically Albert R. Broccoli from his autobiography When The Snow Melts, claim that Moore was considered for Dr. No , and that he was Ian Fleming 's favorite for the role after apparently having seen Moore as Simon Templar; however, this story is often debunked by fans and Bond-film historians, who point to the fact that the series did not begin airing in the United Kingdom until October 4, 1962 —only one day before the premiere of Dr. No. Other sources, such as the insert for the special edition DVDs, claim that Moore was passed over for Bond in favour of someone who was older. As Moore is older than Sean Connery, this is probably not true. Publicly, Moore wasn't linked to the role of 007 until 1967 , when Harry Saltzman claimed he would make a good Bond, but also displayed misgivings due to his popularity as Simon Templar. Nevertheless, Moore was finally cast as James Bond in Live and Let Die ( 1973 ). Moore's seven years as Simon Templar earned him enough popularity (and credibility) among fans of detective fiction to earn many Bond fans' acceptance, despite the inevitable comparisons to Connery, who was and is a friend of Moore. After Live and Let Die, Moore also played the suave and sophisticated agent in: Roger Moore in For Your Eyes Only his retirement from the role in 1985), and seven official films (Connery also made seven, but his last Bond film, Never Say Never Again (1983), is not part of the official EON Productions Bond series.) He is also the oldest actor to play Bond: he was 45 whe |
What word would describe a type of shoe and and Irish accent? | Brogue | Define Brogue at Dictionary.com C16: from Irish Gaelic bróg boot, shoe, probably from Old Norse brōk leg covering Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for brogue Expand n. type of Celtic accent, 1705, perhaps from the meaning "rough, stout shoe" worn by rural Irish and Scottish highlanders (1580s), via Gaelic or Irish, from Old Irish broce "shoe," thus originally meaning something like "speech of those who call a shoe a brogue." Or perhaps it is from Old Irish barrog "a hold" (on the tongue). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper |
In the TV series 'Rawhide', what was Clint Eastwood's character called? | Rawhide (TV Series 1959–1965) - 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 Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way. Creator: Favor and Rowdy looking for grazing and water in the Lost Mountains find their path blocked by Indians and an old white man. They hire a guide but he is killed after a lost woman joins them. She has ... 9.0 Gil visits his girls encountering an Indian on the train. Gil sees the Indian from the train in a wagon with handcuffs on. He discovers the man is a prisoner. With help they decide to break him out. ... 8.9 At a river the drovers are startled by a bugle and stopped by a group of Jayhawkers wanting $5 per head to cross the river. They are lead by a Judge who has conned his son-in-law into thinking they ... 8.9 a list of 42 titles created 24 Aug 2011 a list of 48 titles created 28 Feb 2012 a list of 26 titles created 05 Feb 2013 a list of 46 titles created 20 Apr 2014 a list of 43 titles created 24 Nov 2014 Search for " Rawhide " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations. See more awards » Photos Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts and Rocky Mountains. The first treks were led by gruff, ... See full summary » Stars: Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton Bret and Bart Maverick (and in later seasons, their English cousin, Beau) are well dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game. Poker (5 card draw) is ... See full summary » Stars: Jack Kelly, James Garner, Roger Moore Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in the rough and tumble Dodge City. Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, just before and during the Revolutionary War. Stars: Fess Parker, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s. Stars: Steve McQueen, Wright King, Olan Soule Dressed-up dandy (derby and cane), gambler and lawman roams the West charming women and defending the unjustly accused. His primary weapon was his wit (and cane) rather than his gun. Stars: Gene Barry, Allison Hayes, Allen Jaffe After the Civil War, nomadic adventurer Cheyenne Bodie roamed the west looking for fights, women and bad guys to beat up. His job changed from episode to episode. Stars: Clint Walker, Clyde Howdy, Chuck Hicks The Wild West adventures of the residents and staff of Barkley Ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley. Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter for hire. Stars: Richard Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham The adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community. Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker Marshal Earp keeps the law, first in Kansas and later in Arizona, using his over-sized pistols and a variety of sidekicks. Most of the saga is based loosely on fact, with historical badguys... See full summary » Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Jimmy Noel, Ethan Laidlaw The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col. MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more ... See full summary » Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb Edit Storyline Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and |
Who first demonstrated TV in public? | History of Television - Mitchell Stephens History of Television Article by Mitchell Stephens Few inventions have had as much effect on contemporary American society as television. Before 1947 the number of U.S. homes with television sets could be measured in the thousands. By the late 1990s, 98 percent of U.S. homes had at least one television set, and those sets were on for an average of more than seven hours a day. The typical American spends (depending on the survey and the time of year) from two-and-a-half to almost five hours a day watching television. It is significant not only that this time is being spent with television but that it is not being spent engaging in other activities, such as reading or going out or socializing. EXPERIMENTS Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1927. The system was designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a 21-year-old inventor who had lived in a house without electricity until he was 14. While still in high school, Farnsworth had begun to conceive of a system that could capture moving images in a form that could be coded onto radio waves and then transformed back into a picture on a screen. Boris Rosing in Russia had conducted some crude experiments in transmitting images 16 years before Farnsworth's first success. Also, a mechanical television system, which scanned images using a rotating disk with holes arranged in a spiral pattern, had been demonstrated by John Logie Baird in England and Charles Francis Jenkins in the United States earlier in the 1920s. However, Farnsworth's invention, which scanned images with a beam of electrons, is the direct ancestor of modern television. The first image he transmitted on it was a simple line. Soon he aimed his primitive camera at a dollar sign because an investor had asked, "When are we going to see some dollars in this thing, Farnsworth?" EARLY DEVELOPMENT RCA, the company that dominated the radio business in the United States with its two NBC networks, invested $50 million in the development of electronic television. To direct the effort, the company's president, David Sarnoff, hired the Russian-born scientist Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, who had participated in Rosing's experiments. In 1939, RCA televised the opening of the New York World's Fair, including a speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was the first president to appear on television. Later that year RCA paid for a license to use Farnsworth's television patents. RCA began selling television sets with 5 by 12 in (12.7 by 25.4 cm) picture tubes. The company also began broadcasting regular programs, including scenes captured by a mobile unit and, on May 17, 1939, the first televised baseball gameÑbetween Princeton and Columbia universities. By 1941 the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), RCA's main competition in radio, was broadcasting two 15-minute newscasts a day to a tiny audience on its New York television station. Early television was quite primitive. All the action at that first televised baseball game had to be captured by a single camera, and the limitations of early cameras forced actors in dramas to work under impossibly hot lights, wearing black lipstick and green makeup (the cameras had trouble with the color white). The early newscasts on CBS were "chalk talks," with a newsman moving a pointer across a map of Europe, then consumed by war. The poor quality of the picture made it difficult to make out the newsman, let alone the map. World War II slowed the development of television, as companies like RCA turned their attention to military production. Television's progress was further slowed by a struggle over wavelength allocations with the new FM radio and a battle over government regulation. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) 1941 ruling that the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) had to sell one of its two radio networks was upheld by the Supreme Court in 194 |
Can you name the tallest grass which can grow to around 25m? | What is the tallest type of grass in the world? | Reference.com What is the tallest type of grass in the world? A: Quick Answer Woody bamboo, or Bambuseae poaceae, falls within the family of grasses and represents the tallest variety, with some species typically reaching more than 100 feet in height. Bamboo is found largely in warmer or tropical climates and can grow an astonishing 100 feet tall in just three months. Full Answer Because of bamboo's remarkable rate of growth and also its high tensile strength, close to that of steel in some species, it is used in a variety of human applications. These include everything from food and drink to construction, as reinforcement for concrete. The next tallest form of grass is miscanthus, also called elephant grass or Ugandan grass. It is native to the grasslands of East Africa. It typically grows up to 10 feet in height and can reach up to 22 feet. It resembles bamboo in many respects and is a perennial plant. Miscanthus is most often used for animal fodder, but is also being developed as an alternative to corn in biofuel production. Both bamboo and miscanthus are native to tropical regions. In North America are only used in gardening, landscaping or agriculture in the southernmost regions. In many parts of the world; however, bamboo in particular is an integral part of the lifestyle and it is estimated that more than half the world's population uses bamboo in one form or another every day. |
What is the world's biggest fish? | What Is the Biggest Fish in the World? What is the Biggest Fish in the World? What is the Biggest Fish in the World? The Largest Living Fish Eat Only Tiny Plankton By Jennifer Kennedy Updated January 07, 2017. What is the biggest fish in the world? It can be a trick question if you immediately think of whales, which are mammals, not fish. Even once you eliminate mammals, there comes the question of exactly what is a fish. There are plenty of other types of large aquatic life, including giant squid. For the purpose of this question, we'll only consider a species to be a fish if they are vertebrates that live in the water, breathe primarily with gills, are cold-blooded, and have fins and scales. Also, let's consider only living species of fish, not extinct species that might be seen in fossil beds. Narrowing it down in that way, we eliminate most aquatic life the average person wouldn't think of as fish. And now we discover that the world's biggest fish is a gentle giant that is bigger than a school bus. The World's Biggest Living Species of Fish The whale shark is the world's biggest fish, and it even sets the record as the largest living nonmammalian vertebrate on land or in the air or water. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance How big is it? The confirmed largest whale shark was 41.5 feet long and weight about 47,000 pounds. There are unconfirmed claims of individuals five feet longer and weighing an additional 19,000 pounds. School buses are regulated to be no longer than 40 feet and generally weigh much less. The whale shark lives in tropical oceans and they have very large mouths to filter the tiny plankton that is their only food. Their mouths can open up almost five feet wide, with over 300 rows of little teeth. The second-largest fish is the basking shark , which grows to about 26 feet, but the largest ever accurately measured was 40.3 feet long and weighed over 20,000 pounds. But it was caught in 1851, before fishing reduced the population and lifespan so that these large of basking shark are no longer seen. It also is a plankton filter feeder with a very large mouth. It is a commercially harvested fish for food, shark fin, animal feed, and shark liver oil. The basking shark lives in temperate waters rather than tropical and it is often seen close to land. Even though their size may make them look fearsome and inshore appearances may cause alarm, there is nothing to fear. Both species are filter-feeders, and feed on tiny fish and plankton. Both whale sharks and basking sharks are cartilaginous fish . Biggest Living Bony Fish and Freshwater Fish The other type of fish is a bony fish . The largest bony fish is the ocean sunfish , growing as large as 10 feet across its body, 14 feet across its fins, and weighing over 5000 pounds. They mostly eat jellyfish and have a beak-like mouth. Their size is rivaled by the largest freshwater bony fish, the beluga sturgeon that is a prized source of caviar. While beluga were once recorded as being as long as 24 feet, with increased fishing they are now generally up to less than 11 feet long. |
The 'Battle of Waterloo' was fought in which country? | The Battle of Waterloo 18th June 1815 War: Napoleonic Wars Date: 18th June 1815 "Scotland for ever!" Lady Butler's iconic picture of the Charge of the Royal Scots Greys, 2nd Dragoons, as part of the Union Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo. Place: South of Brussels in Belgium Combatants: British, Germans, Belgians, Dutch and Prussians against the French Grande Armée Generals: The Duke of Wellington, Marshal Blucher and the Prince of Orange against the Emperor Napoleon Size of the armies: 23,000 British troops with 44,000 allied troops and 160 guns against 74,000 French troops and 250 guns. Winner: The British, Germans, Belgians, Dutch and Prussians The Duke of Wellington and officers and soldiers of the Allied army at the end of the Battle of Waterloo. Prince William of Orange lies wounded on the stretcher: picture by Jan Willem Pieneman in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam British Regiments present at the battle: 1st Life Guards now the Life Guards 2nd Life Guards now the Life Guards Royal Horse Guards now the Blues and Royals King’s Dragoon Guards now the Queen’s Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoons now the Blues and Royals Royal Scots Greys now the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 6th Inniskilling Dragoons later the 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards and now the Royal Dragoon Guards 7th Hussars later the Queen’s Own Hussars and now the Queen’s Royal Hussars 10th Hussars later the Royal Hussars and now the King’s Royal Hussars 11th Hussars later the Royal Hussars and now the King’s Royal Hussars 12th Light Dragoons now the 9th/12th Lancers 13th Light Dragoons later the 13th/18th King’s Royal Hussars and now the Light Dragoons 15th Light Dragoons later the 15th/19th Hussars and now the Light Dragoons 16th Light Dragoons later the 16th/5th Lancers and now the Queen’s Royal Lancers 18th Light Dragoons later the 13th/18th King’s Royal Hussars and now the Light Dragoons Royal Artillery 1st Foot Guards now the Grenadier Guards 2nd Coldstream Guards 3rd Foot Guards now the Scots Guards 1st Foot now the Royal Scots 4th King’s Own Regiment of Foot now the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment 14th Foot later the West Yorkshire Regiment and now the Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers 27th Foot, the Inniskilling Fusiliers and now the Royal Irish Regiment 28th Foot later the Gloucestershire Regiment and now the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment 30th Foot later the East Lancashire Regiment and now the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment 32nd Foot later the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and now the Light Infantry 33rd Foot the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment 40th Foot later the South Lancashire Regiment and now the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment 42nd Highlanders now the Black Watch (the Royal Highland Regiment) 44th Foot later the Essex Regiment and now the Royal Anglian Regiment 51st Light Infantry later the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and now the Light Infantry 52nd Light Infantry later the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and now the Royal Green Jackets 69th Foot later the Welsh Regiment and now the Royal Regiment of Wales 71st Highland Light Infantry now the Royal Highland Fusiliers 73rd Highlanders the Black Watch 79th Highlanders later the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, then the Queen’s Own Highlanders and now the Highlanders 92nd Highlanders the Gordon Highlanders and now the Highlanders 95th Rifles later the Rifle Brigade and now the Royal Green Jackets British Cavalry Charge Background to the battle: In 1814, twenty five years of war finally came to an end with the surrender of the Emperor Napoleon and his banishment to the Mediterranean island of Elba. The European powers began the task of restoring their continent to normality and peace. The Emperor Napoleon at Waterloo On 1st March 1815 Napoleon escaped from Elba and |
In what year was Sir Cliff Richard born? | Sir Cliff Richard - YouTube Sir Cliff Richard The next video is starting stop Birth name : Harry Rodger Webb Born : 14 October 1940 Lucknow, United Provinces, British India Studied at Lamartiniere college, Lucknow, UP, India Origin : London, England |
What song did Cliff Richard sing in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest in which he came third? | How General Franco cheated Cliff Richard out of Eurovision title - Telegraph Agyness Deyn in demand 03 May 2008 At the time the winner of the competition was decided by a jury comprised of 10 members from each of the 17 countries participating. Each member awarded one point to their favourite song. With the emerging tourist industry on the Spanish Costas, Franco's regime hoped that a Eurovision win would boost its popularity both at home and abroad. ”The regime was acutely aware of the need to improve their image,” Ms Fernandez Vila told Spanish daily newspaper 20 Minutos. ”Looking back at the parties that were organised and the way Massiel was turned into a national hero - it seems a bit excessive for a song festival but it all served to glorify the regime,” she said. Massiel, now 60, whose real name is Maria Felix de los Angeles Santamaria Espinosa, went on to become one of Spain's best loved singers and re-released her Eurovision entry in 1997 with a hip hop beat. The song La la la sparked controversy from the start. The original version penned by Duo Dinamico was in the Catalan language but the Franco regime insisted the words be sung in Spanish. Sir Cliff, now 67, made a second attempt to win the Eurovision Song contest when in 1973 he represented the UK with Power To All Our Friends. But he only reached third place behind artists from Luxembourg and Spain. In Britain he has sold more records than either Elvis or the Beatles - his worldwide sales total 250 million - and he was the first rock star to be honoured with a knighthood. |
Whitney Houston reached No.1 in the UK charts in October 1988 with what song? | Top Whitney Houston Songs - Watch | Smooth Radio Top Whitney Houston Songs - Watch We take a look at our top 5 Whitney Houston songs. Back in October 1988, Whitney Houston achieved her third UK number one hit single with One Moment in Time. Below, we’ve chosen our top 5 songs from the talented songstress. (5) Saving All My Love for You Reached #1 in the UK charts in 1985 The single became one of the top 25 best-selling singles of 1985 in the UK. (4) One Moment in Time Reached #1 in the UK charts in October 1988 This was a huge hit across the world and went on to win an Emmy to top off its tremendous performance. Houston recorded the song for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Paralympics held in Seoul. (3) How Will I Know Reached #5 in the UK charts in 1985 This song actually debuted at number 36 in the UK Singles Chart, before peaking at number 5. It’s thought the track sold about 280,000 copies in the UK. Frankly, we think it deserved more. (2) I Wanna Dance With Somebody Reached #1 in the UK charts in 1987 Surely one of the most well-known songs from Houston? According to The Official Charts Company, it has sold 760,000 copies in the UK. And must have been danced to by millions at wedding receptions across the country! (1) I Will Always Love You Reached #1 in the UK chart in 1992 Written by the one and only Dolly Parton, Houston recorded the song for the soundtrack to The Bodyguard (but you knew that, didn’t you?) Houston’s version of a massive hit across the world, appearing at number 49 on Billboard’s ‘Greatest Songs of All Time’. It sold over 1,550,000 copies in the UK, becoming the tenth best-selling single of 1990s. A worthy number one, then. |
Which 'Blue Peter' presenter was once a Dr. Who assistant? | BBC - Press Office - Network TV Programme Information Week 42 Blue Peter Feature Programme copy (Blue Peter At 50) The Beginning 1. Blue Peter first aired on 16 October 1958 and transmitted for 15 minutes. 2. The first presenters were Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Christopher Trace was the stand-in for Charlton Heston in blockbuster Ben-Hur and Leila Williams had been crowned Miss Great Britain the previous year. 3. Blue Peter was created by John Hunter Blair. Throughout the programme's 50-year history, there have been just six editors: Biddy Baxter, Lewis Bronze, Oliver Macfarlane, Steve Hocking, Richard Marson and the current editor Tim Levell. 4. The 50th anniversary edition of the show on 16 October will be programme number 4,406. Ships and Songs 5. Blue Peter is named after the blue and white flag hoisted when a ship is ready to set sail from port. The reasoning for the choice is that the programme is intended to be a voyage of adventure and discovery for the viewers, constantly covering new topics. 6. The ship's symbol, the Blue Peter Galleon, was designed by much-loved TV artist Tony Hart, who received just £100 for his work – which is worth an estimated £1,537 in today's money. Had he been paid royalties they would have made him a millionaire. 7. The theme tune is called Barnacle Bill. There have been nine versions of the theme tune, and the latest arrangement was introduced for this year's series. The Faces 8. There have been 34 Blue Peter presenters, including this year's new recruits, Helen Skelton and Joel Defries. 9. The longest-serving presenter was John Noakes, who presented the series for 12 and a half years and was 45 when he left. On one famous occasion, John was asked to drop his trousers for the show to show the bruises he had sustained during a bobsleigh film. According to his recollection, he realised that he was wearing his wife's underwear which he had put on by accident in the dark! On 17 May 1976, John Noakes collapsed in the studio due to exhaustion and Lesley Judd had to take over. 10. John Noakes's famous catchphrase was "Get Down Shep". In 1978, pop group The Barron Knights released a single of the same name which reached No. 44 in the charts. 11. Peter Duncan is the only presenter to do two stints on the show. He became a gold badge holder after he was made Chief Scout in Feb 2007. 12. Yvette Fielding was the youngest-ever presenter. She was 18 when she joined the series. 13. Sarah Greene met her husband, former TV presenter Mike Smith, through Blue Peter whilst being filmed learning to dive on the Mary Rose wreck. 14. The shortest-serving listed presenter was Anita West, who lasted for just four months before returning to her acting career. 15. The following stars applied to be become presenters but didn't make it: Kevin Whately, Sally James, Howard Stableford, Gail Porter, Jake Humphrey, Todd Carty and Sidney Sloane. 16. The famous Blue Peter badge was launched on 17 June 1963. 17. There are six types of badges – Blue, Green, Silver, Gold, Purple and Orange. Blue can be won by viewers sending in an interesting letter, poem, picture or story, or by appearing on the programme. Silver is for viewers who already have a blue but have to do something different to win one. Green is the environmental award, for viewers who make contributions on "green" subjects. Orange is given to viewers who have been either a winner or runner-up in a Blue Peter competition. The Gold badge is Blue Peter's highest award and is only given to people who have shown outstanding bravery and courage, or have represented their country in an international event. Introduced in 2006, the Purple badge is awarded to "Team Player" children who take an active role in the show, either by reviewing it, suggesting ideas for items or helping with audience research. 18. Famous Gold badge winners include Her Majesty The Queen, who received one in 2001, David Beckham, JK Rowling, Torvill and Dean and Bonnie the Blue Peter dog, who was given one on her retirement in 1991. It has also be |
Which English Palace was almost destroyed by fire in 1834? | The Great Fire of 1834 - UK Parliament The Great Fire of 1834 Churchill and the Commons Chamber The Great Fire of 1834 In 1834, the Exchequer was faced with the problem of disposing two cart-loads of wooden tally sticks. These were remnants of an obsolete accounting system that had not been used since 1826. When asked to burn them, the Clerk of Works thought that the two underfloor stoves in the basement of the House of Lords would be a safe and proper place to do so. Parliament on fire in 1834 On 16 October, a couple of workmen arrived in the morning to carry out his instructions. During the afternoon, a party of visitors to the House of Lords, conducted by the deputy housekeeper Mrs Wright, became puzzled by the heat of the floor, and by the smoke seeping through it. But the workmen insisted on finishing their job. The furnaces were put out by 5pm, and Mrs Wright, no longer worried, locked up the premises. Fire! At 6pm, Mrs Wright heard the terrified wife of a doorkeeper screaming that the House of Lords was on fire. In no time, the flames had spread to the rest of the Palace. It was a great sight for the crowds on the streets (who were kept back by soldiers) and a great opportunity for artists such as J.M.W. Turner who painted several canvases depicting it. Both Houses of Parliament were destroyed along with most of the other buildings on the site. Westminster Hall was saved largely due to heroic fire fighting efforts, and a change in the direction of the wind during the night. The only other parts of the Palace to survive were the Jewel Tower, the Undercroft Chapel, the Cloisters and Chapter House of St Stephen's and Westminster Hall. With Restoration and Renewal of the Houses of Parliament in the news, Dr Caroline Shenton looks back at the petitions which occurred when the building was originally constructed in the nineteenth century. |
What is the title of the song that Nick Berry took to No. 1 in 1986? | Nick Berry : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki More info on Nick Berry Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . For Australian sportsman, see Nic Berry . For other persons of the same name, see Nicholas Berry . Nick Berry Nick Berry as Nick Rowan, at Cochrane, Alberta Born Nick Berry (born 16 April 1963 in Woodford , Essex ) is a British television actor and musician . Contents 5 External links Career Berry started acting at the age of eight. After attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London he played minor parts on television, film, and stage before he got his big break playing Simon 'Wicksy' Wicks in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders (1985–90). Berry's character was thought up overnight and was introduced to restore the cast balance distorted by the unexpected departure of actor David Scarboro who played the original Mark Fowler . Scarboro's departure meant many of his functions as the slightly eldest of the young characters would need to be taken over by another character and thus Wicksy was invented and Berry was cast with minimal delay. [1] He was quickly hailed as EastEnders' top pin-up and during this time was besieged by fanmail from female admirers. [2] Berry took a break from EastEnders to tour and make an album from which the number one single ' Every Loser Wins ' came in 1986. The song was heavily featured within EastEnders in a plotline referred to as The Banned in which the youths of Walford all formed a pop group and performed the songs on screen. [1] It was the second biggest selling single in the UK that year, remaining at number one for three weeks. Its composer Simon May received an Ivor Novello Award . Berry returned to EastEnders after his musical career stalled but left again in an 'open to return' storyline in 1990 for the role of Yorkshire policeman PC (later Sgt) Nick Rowan in ITV 's drama series Heartbeat (1992–98). Berry recorded the title song ' Heartbeat ' in 1992, a cover of the 1959 Buddy Holly hit, which reached number two in the UK singles chart and spawned a second album. [3] His son Louis and wife Rachel Robertson also appeared in the series in small one-off roles. Berry returned for a one-off twin episode special in 2002, the episodes based on his character's new career as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officer . In 1998 Berry left Heartbeat for the BBC 1 self-written, produced, and directed series Harbour Lights. Shot around the area of Bridport he played a harbour master. Less successful than his two previous character-based programmes, it ran for two series. Berry's other credits include The Mystery of Men with Neil Pearson and Warren Clarke , Paparazzo, The Black Velvet Band with Todd Carty , and playing the maverick cop Liam Ketman alongside Stephen Tompkinson in the BBC crime drama In Deep. Berry also runs his own production company called Valentine Productions. Personal life Berry had a car crash when he was twenty-one: he fractured his skull when he was thrown through a windshield; he survived the experience unscarred. [2] During his time in EastEnders Berry dated his co-star Gillian Taylforth who played Kathy Beale , although she was almost ten years his senior. [2] Berry married actress Rachel A Robertson in 1994 and they have two boys, Louis and Finley. He currently resides in Epping , Essex with his wife and two sons. Popular culture references In the song Random Celebrity Insult Generator which featured as a b-side to the song Alan Is A Cowboy killer and on their retrospective anthology Mcluskyism [4] , the main vocal line repeated many times throughout the song is "Nick Berry had talent in a previous life". Whether the lyric writer genuinely believed Nick Berry to be a talentless individual or not depends on whether you are to take the song title literally or not. [5] References |
In what year was King George 1 Crowned? | King George II | Britroyals Born: October 30, 1683 at Herrenhausen, Hanover Parents: George I and Sophia Dorothea Relation to Elizabeth II: 5th great-grandfather House of: Hanover Ascended to the throne: June 11, 1727 aged 43 years Crowned: October 11, 1727 at Westminster Abbey Married: Caroline, daughter of Margrave of Brandenburg Children: Four sons and five daughters Died: October 25, 1760 at Kensington Palace, aged 76 years, 11 months, and 25 days Buried at: Westminster Reigned for: 33 years, 4 months, and 15 days Succeeded by: his grandson George III George II was born in Hanover the son of George I and Sophia of Celle. He married Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1705 an attractive and intelligent women, and they had 9 children. In 1708 he took part in the Battle of Oudenarde in Belgium against the French. His father became King George I of England in 1714 and he became Prince of Wales. However his father�s treatment of his mother whom he had imprisoned left son George with a hatred of his father and they regularly quarrelled. He was even put under arrest by his father who excluded him from public ceremonies. When his father died in 1727 he became King George II and set about changing his father�s policies. Walpole was expected to be dismissed but survived on the intervention of Queen Caroline. The death of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in 1740 led to the European War of Austrian Succession in which the British and Dutch supported Marie Theresa�s claim to the Austrian throne against the Prussians and French. George II personally led his troops at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, becoming the last British monarch to lead his troops into battle. The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, in which Charles Edward Stuart (�Bonnie Prince Charlie�) landed in Scotland and marched with a Highland army into England, was defeated at Culloden in 1746 and Scottish opposition brutally suppressed by George�s second son Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. Like his father he quarrelled with his eldest son Frederick, Prince of Wales, over his marriage but Frederick died suddenly in 1751. The final years of his reign saw George retiring from active politics; however it was a period in which British dominance overseas grew. William Pitt became Prime Minister during the Seven years war against France which spread to India and North America. Robert Clive secured the Indian continent for Britain at the Battle of Plassey, and General Wolfe captured Quebec in Canada. George II died in 1760 of an aneurysm while seated on his water closet. He was succeeded by his grandson also called George. King George II's Signature Quotes: �No I shall have mistresses� � King George II (to his wife Caroline on her death bed when she suggested that he remarry) �Mad, is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals� � King George II (about General Wolfe) �I hate all Boets and Bainters� � King George II on the arts (he spoke with a strong German accent). He did however have a soft spot for music particularly George Frederick Handel who wrote Zadok the Priest for his coronation and Music for Royal Fireworks to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Timeline for King George II Year |
Violet Carson OBE played which character in a famous British Soap Opera? | Hidden life of Ena Sharples | Express Yourself | Comment | Daily Express VIDS Hidden life of Ena Sharples WHEN a new British soap opera – labelled “grim and depressing” by its early critics – was first aired on television on December 9, 1960, it changed the life of Violet Carson for ever. 00:00, Tue, Sep 8, 2009 Violet Carson was feared for her sharp tongue [] The programme was Coronation Street and Carson played the street’s busybody Ena Sharples, a flint-faced harridan in a hairnet with formidable moral scruples who liked nothing better than gossiping over her milk stout in the Rovers Return with her cronies Minnie Caldwell and Martha Longhurst. “You owe me an egg,” she was adamantly demanding of the grocer in that very first episode, while already sniping about her long-standing bête noire, Elsie Tanner. Carson’s portrayal of the sharp-tongued Sharples was supposed to last for 13 weeks but continued for 20 years and will go down as legendary in soap history. But over that entire period, Carson had severely mixed feelings about the role, believing Ena all but ruined her, throwing a shadow over the rest of her career and even causing her to lose her own identity. “Violet Carson was destroyed the day Ena Sharples first appeared in Coronation Street,” declared Carson in the Seventies. It was a sentiment she was not shy of expressing and is addressed this week in a BBC Radio 4 programme that pays homage to the actress who died in 1983 aged 85. The programme airs some revealing interviews. In one, Carson says: “Wherever I went somebody would stop and say, ‘Aren’t you the lady that’s on t’ telly?’ And I said, ‘Yes I am, as a matter of fact.’ ‘Put it there, marvellous, wouldn’t miss it for anything – very fine. Pity it’s come so late in life’.” The last comment, she says, “cut me down to size beautifully”, the irony being that Carson already had an illustrious career when Coronation Street came calling. She was, in fact, a talented classical pianist and singer whose musical ability and voice had established her as an early radio star. Even the smallest snippet of one of her interviews reveals that her clear, cut-glass accent and perfect received pronunciation is a world away from the gruff, Northern vowels of Ena Sharples. It is not the only difference between Carson and her Wetherfield alter ego either. The real Carson was a neat, genteel woman who abhorred violence and preferred brandy champagne cocktails to stout and who even had a rose named after her in 1963. Born in Ancoats, Manchester, to an aspiring lower-middle-class family in 1898, the young Carson was given music lessons from the age of three. Soon she was providing piano accompaniment for the silent movies at her local picture house and married her husband, George Peplow, at Manchester Cathedral in 1926. “In 1929 fate took a hand and my husband George died,” she has explained. “By that time, I’d started doing songs at the piano at ladies’ evenings and everywhere I went people said, ‘You ought to be on the wireless.’” She quickly took their advice and was snapped up by BBC North. By the Thirties, she even had personalised notepaper which billed her as “Radio’s North star.” Her refined, meticulously enunciated voice was considered perfect for children’s programmes and she became a regular on Children’s Hour and Nursery Sing Song. Even now, Geoffrey Wheeler, who went on to work with Carson at the BBC, remembers her voice with nostalgia. “She obviously had tremendous appeal to children,” he says. “Listening to her, you’d feel so safe and secure – and that great gentleness and purity was so reassuring.” L ATER, when she was invited to work with Wilfred Pickles on his upbeat radio show, Have A Go! (an early incarnation of Stars In Their Eyes) she reached a still wider audience. The show attracted 20million listeners, making it the most popular radio show ever. In the Forties and Fifties, her career continued to thrive and she took both serious and comic roles in all manner of radio plays. Then, in 1951, while recording a drama serial for Children’s Hour, she work |
What was the nationality of composer Franz Liszt? | Franz Liszt Franz Liszt Location of death: Bayreuth, Germany Cause of death: Pneumonia Remains: Buried, Alter Friedhof, Bayreuth, Germany Gender: Male Nationality: Hungary Executive summary: Hungarian composer Hungarian pianist and composer, born on the 22nd of October 1811, at Raiding, in Hungary. His appeal to musicians was made in a threefold capacity, and we have, therefore, to deal with Liszt the unrivaled pianoforte virtuoso (1830-48); Liszt the conductor of the "music of the future" at Weimar, the teacher of Tausig, Bulow and a host of lesser pianists, the eloquent writer on music and musicians, the champion of Berlioz and Wagner (1848-61); and Liszt the prolific composer, who for some 35 years continued to put forth pianoforte pieces, songs, symphonic orchestral pieces, cantatas, masses, psalms and oratorios (1847-82). As virtuoso he held his own for the entire period during which he chose to appear in public; but the militant conductor and prophet of Wagner had a hard time of it, and the composer's place is still in dispute. Liszt's father, a clerk to the agent of the Esterhazy estates and an amateur musician of some attainment, was Hungarian by birth and ancestry, his mother an Austrian-German. The boy's gifts attracted the attention of certain Hungarian magnates, who furnished 600 gulden annually for some years to enable him to study music at Vienna and Paris. At Vienna he had lessons in pianoforte playing from Carl Czerny of "Velocity" fame, and from Salieri in harmony and analysis of scores. In his eleventh year he began to play in public there, and Beethoven came to his second concert in April 1823. During the three years following he played in Paris, the French provinces and Switzerland, and paid three visits to England. In Paris he had composition lessons from Pa�r, and a six months' course of lessons in counterpoint from Reicha. In the autumn of 1825 the handsome and fascinating enfant g�t� of the salons and ateliers -- "La Neuvi�me Merveille du monde" -- had the luck to get an operetta (Don Sancho) performed three times at the Acad�mie Royale. The score was accidentally destroyed by fire, but a set of studies � la Czerny and Cramer, belonging to 1826 and published at Marseilles as 12 �tudes, op. I, is extant, and shows remarkable precocity. After the death of his father in 1828 young Liszt led the life of a teacher of the pianoforte in Paris, got through a good deal of miscellaneous reading, and felt the influence of the religious, literary and political aspirations of the time. He attended the meetings of the Saint-Simonists, lent an ear to the romantic mysticism of P�re Enfantin and later to the teaching of Abb� Lamennais. He also played Beethoven and Weber in public -- a very courageous thing in those days. The appearance of the violinist Niccolo Paganini in Paris, 1831, marks the starting point of the supreme eminence Liszt ultimately attained as a virtuoso. Paganini's marvellous technique inspired him to practice as no pianist had ever practiced before. He tried to find equivalents for Paganini's effects, transcribed his violin caprices for the piano, and perfected his own technique to an extraordinary degree. After Paganini he received a fresh impulse from the playing and the compositions of Chopin , who arrived in 1831, and yet another impulse of equal force from a performance of Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique, �pisode de la vie d'un artiste", in 1832. Liszt transcribed this work, and its influence ultimately led him to the composition of his "Po�mes symphoniques" and other examples of orchestral programme-music. From 1833 to 1848 -- when he gave up playing in public -- he was greeted with frantic applause as the prince of pianists. Five years (1835-40) were spent in Switzerland and Italy, in semi-retirement in the company of Madame la comtesse d'Agoult ( George Sand 's friend and would-be rival, known in literary circles as "Daniel Stern", by whom Liszt had three children, one of them afterwards Frau Cosima Wagner): these years were devoted to further study in playing and composition, and were |
Which battle was the first battle of the English Civil Was in 1642? | The first Civil War, 1642-46 (There were 124 lay peers when the Long Parliament first sat). The King dominated the North and West of England, Parliament the South and East. (A number of towns in Royalist areas supported Parliament; and some gentlemen in Parliamentary areas - particularly Kent - sympathized with the King). Throughout the country there were "neutralists" who wanted to prevent conflict in their own neighborhoods (NIMBY). The King had a number of extremely wealthy supporters: William Cavendish , Earl of Newcastle (who was rewarded by being made a Marquess in 1643 and a Duke in 1665) spent about �700,000 in the King's service. The army of "Whitecoats" he financed held the North for Charles. Henry Somerset, 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Worcester spent about �900,000 on the Royalist cause. (His home, Raglan Castle, one of the great medieval castles of Wales was finally taken after a Parliamentary siege in 1646 ). Parliament's great advantage lay in its control of London and South-East England - by far the country's richest region. Charles' forces were initially better led. His nephew, Prince Rupert of the Rhine brought the experience of soldiering in the Thirty Years war to the English theatre. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, was the first leader of Parliament's army. He had commanded a regiment in the Netherlands but he proved a lackluster commander. Essex' cousin, Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (another Providence Island Company shareholder) took decisive action to seize for Parliament control of the navy that Charles had so well-equipped on the proceeds from Ship Money. Both sides included hardliners, who simply wanted to defeat their enemies, especially, George, Lord Digby on the Royalist side. Sir Henry Vane , Sir Henry Marten, Oliver Cromwell, and Lord Saye and Sele were the most outspoken on the parliamentarian side. There were also many moderates, eager to reach some compromise: Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland and Edward Hyde led the Royalist moderates. Denzil Holles, supported by Bulstrode Whitelock, John Maynard and John Glynne headed the "peace party" in the House of Commons. In Parliament, a "middle group" under Oliver St. John and John Pym maintained a balance of sorts, but after Pym's death in December 1643, it became more difficult to paper over Parliament's internal divisions. The indecisive Battle of Edgehill had left the road to London open, but Charles procrastinated and by the time he marched on the City, its defences had been completed. Charles never had another opportunity to seize the capitol. Sir Ralph Hopton (1598-1652) like Prince Rupert had military experience in the Thirty Years War. He commanded Charles' forces in the West of England, and in 1643 defeated the parliamentarians at Bradock Down (19 January) and Stratton (16 May), Cornwall. In 1643, Prince Rupert gained two important victories in the Battle of Roundway Down (July 10-13) and in seizing Bristol (July 15-26). Royalist Forces under the Earl of Newcastle defeated Thomas Fairfax's Parliamentarians at Adwalton Moor (30 June 1643) and so gained control of all the North of England except for Hull. These victories in the North and West enabled Charles to plan for an attack on London, but before he could go ahead, the Royalists had to ensure the safety of Oxford by defeating the small Parliamentary force in Gloucester. 10 August 1643, Charles laid siege to Gloucester . Parliament decided that it could not afford to loose this town and sent an army from London to relieve the City. The Royalist army intercepted the relievers under Essex at the First Battle of Newbury (20 September 1643) and forced them to fight. The Parliamentarian forces inflicted heavy casualties on the Royalists, who ran out of ammunition, and Essex was able to retreat to London. Parliament saw this as their first real victory. Charles might have taken advantage of his stronger position in 1643 to negotiate a favorable peace, but he still hoped to d |
Who was the actor that played Dr. Who when Tom Baker stepped down in 1980? | 11 People Who Almost Played The Doctor | Mental Floss 11 People Who Almost Played The Doctor Wikimedia Commons/Bryan Dugan Like us on Facebook British sci-fi TV series Doctor Who has had a long and storied history since its first airing in 1963 (and its 2005 revival). Although its iconic protagonist, the Time Lord known only as “the Doctor,” never seems to truly age, he’s gone through quite a few changes in appearance and demeanor over his past 11 regenerations. Matt Smith, the Eleventh and current Doctor, has announced his intention to pass on the sonic screwdriver after this year’s 50th anniversary and Christmas specials, leaving the field wide open for speculation as to who will commandeer the TARDIS next. Each previous Doctor has brought his own flair to the role, but while it’s hard to imagine anyone else in Tom Baker’s striped scarf or David Tennant’s classic Converses, casting decisions could have gone very differently. 1. Hugh David The first would-be Doctor, Hugh David, was also the first actor to be turned down for the role. David had the distinct honor of receiving an offer to originate the Doctor’s role by Rex Tucker, a personal friend who happened to be a member of the production team preparing for the series’ launch. When the show finally named Verity Lambert as its producer, however, she made the executive call that David, aged 38, was too youthful to play the wise and relatively wizened Doctor she envisioned. He was passed over in favor of William Hartnell, an actor two decades his senior, though the smooth-faced Matt Smith would later be cast as the Doctor’s eleventh incarnation at the tender age of 28. David instead went on to direct an episode each of the show’s fourth and fifth seasons, leaving his mark on the Whoniverse that way. 2. Geoffrey Bayldon Getty Images Theater-trained thespian Geoffrey Bayldon was lined up as a potential First Doctor after Verity Lambert said no to Hugh David’s youthful visage, but he wasn’t thrilled by the lengthy commitment the role would have required of him. He was also concerned about being pigeonholed into “old” roles. Instead, he took on another starring role on British television: Catweazle, a befuddled wizard from the 11th century (above) accidentally thrust into the 1960s, in stark contrast to the more experienced time-traveling Doctor. After Catweazle took off , Bayldon was devoted to the career-defining role and refused a second offer to become the Second Doctor. Bayldon appeared in a supporting role as Organon in the show’s seventeenth season, but by the new millennium, he finally consented to take on the mantle of the Doctor—albeit only as a voice actor in the alternate-universe Doctor Who Unbound audio plays. He was 80 years old when the second of his two episodes aired, making him the oldest actor to ever play the Doctor and rendering his earlier objections highly ironic. 3. Richard Griffiths Getty Images Venerated stage and screen actor Richard Griffiths, renowned in England as Uncle Monty of Withnail & I and the original Hector of Alan Bennett’s The History Boys but more generally recognized as Harry Potter’s nasty Uncle Vernon, was twice considered a possible Doctor. He was on the shortlist to succeed Tom Baker , but was passed over in favor of Peter Davison. Producers kept him in mind, and again considered casting him as a replacement for Sylvester McCoy, but the show was cancelled before Griffiths could set foot in the TARDIS. 4. Catherine Zeta-Jones Recently, some Whovians have campaigned to have a woman cast as the Twelfth Doctor (and other fans’ resulting pushback). But the notion of a “Time Lady” isn’t new to the 21st century. Russell T. Davies, the writer/producer responsible for the series’ 2005 revival, was intrigued by the prospect of a female Doctor. The Welsh native put forward the name of fellow country(wo)man Catherine Zeta-Jones as David Tennant’s potential successor —certainly a more glamorous choice than had ever been considered, but one with a long history of diverse dramatic roles to her name. However, Davies had no real pull with the |
In the TV series 'Pennies From Heaven' who played the character Arthur Parker? | Amazon.com: Pennies from Heaven: Cheryl Campbell, Bob Hoskins, Gemma Craven, Kenneth Colley, Jenny Logan, Dave King, Freddie Jones, Sam Avent, Arnold Peters, Spencer Banks, Michael Bilton, Philip Jackson: Movies & TV Pennies from Heaven $750.64 — Playback Region 2 :This will not play on most DVD players sold in the U.S., U.S. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda. See other DVD options under âOther Formats & Versionsâ. Learn more about DVD region specifications here Unlimited Streaming with Amazon Prime Start your 30-day free trial to stream thousands of movies & TV shows included with Prime. Start your free trial See all buying options 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 . Ad feedback Special Offers and Product Promotions Get a $75.00 statement credit after first Amazon.com purchase made with new Discover it® card within 3 months. Terms and conditions apply. See offer for details. Apply now. Editorial Reviews UK Released DVD/Blu-Ray item. It MAY NOT play on regular US DVD/Blu-Ray player. You may need a multi-region US DVD/Blu-Ray player to play this item. Bob Hoskins plays Arthur, a salesman dealing in sheet music who falls in love with a school teacher called Eileen (Cheryl Campbell). When Eileen discovers that she is pregnant and that Arthur is already married to Joan (Gemma Craven) she runs away. Arthur is determined to give up everything to find her again... he believes in happy endings, just like in the songs he loves so much. Special Features Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats. ) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 By SomberMoose on March 1, 2016 Format: DVD Verified Purchase This is probably not everyone's cup of tea, but if you enjoy moderately-paced, dry British humor, a quietly bizarre concept, and 78-RPM era music, you might just love it. This series was the basis for the Steve Martin movie of the same name, and because of a marketing agreement tied to that film, it did not see the light of day in the US for many years. It follows the exploits of an unhappily married sheet music salesman (played by the wonderful Bob Hoskins), his wife, and an otherworldly homeless accordion player. The scenes are frequently augmented by the musical daydreams of the characters, where they lip-synch to some wonderful old recordings that comment on the current action or situation. Some of the anachronistic music videos are hilarious, and some are quite touching. The program is subtle in ways that American TV series are afraid to be; it never hits you over the head, you actually have to think sometimes, and it's not afraid to be quiet at times. If all this sounds good to you, give it a shot. I haven't recommended it to all my friends, but to those whose tastes run to the subtle-yet-bizarre, I highly recommend it. |
Which group had a No. 1 hit in 1966 with 'Reach Out I'll Be There'? | The four tops - Reach out i´ll be there - YouTube The four tops - Reach out i´ll be there 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 Nov 14, 2008 Buy the song @: http://cdon.no/musikk/four_tops/gold-... |
Born in 1945, who was the front man of the group 'The Mindbenders'? | Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders Page Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders comprised a 60's British Invasion group that, with or without Wayne Fontana, had two giant hits in the United States and a number of other hit records in the UK as well as other countries. Wayne Fontana was born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis in 1945 in Manchester, England. Like others growing up in England in the late 50's and early 60's, he became interested in skiffle music, and joined a group of schoolmates as lead singer of their group, the Velfins. He changed his name professionally to Wayne Fontana and later sang with a more high-profile group called the Jets. According to some stories he showed up to audition at a recording session but for some reason his group did not, and another group that came to be known as the Mindbenders was formed on the spot. This beat group consisted of Eric Stewart (born 1945) on lead guitar and vocals, Bob Lang (born 1946) on bass, and Ric Rothwell (born 1944) on drums, all from Manchester. Wayne Fontana assumed the role of lead singer. The group took its name from the 1963 Dirk Bogarde film The Mind Benders. They had some minor hits in 1963 and 1964 before gaining some notice with a cover of Major Lance's hit from early 1964 Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, later in the same year, which went to #5 in the UK. Recording on the Fontana label, they made a record of a song written by American songwriter Clint Ballard, Jr., who had written songs recorded by the Kalin Twins, Jimmy Jones (Good Timin'), the Hollies, and many others. This one, Game Of Love, was released as by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders and in 1965 it went to #2 in the UK and #1 in the USA, Canada, and Australia. It was a rocker that suited the times well. Game Of Love was the first of two records to reach #1 in the USA for songwriter Ballard, who later achieved the same distinction with Linda Ronstadt's 1975 recording of You're No Good. Wayne Fontana continued recording with the Mindbenders and the group released records on the Fontana label throughout 1965, but none went higher than #20 in the UK and none reached the top forty in the USA. Singer and band blamed each other for the lack of success since Game Of Love, and the lead singer left the group in October of that year. Fontana recorded as a solo artist and had a couple of hits in the UK with Come On Home and Pamela Pamela, as well as a 1966 album Wayne One. But without the Mindbenders his music seemed to lack something, and he retired from the music business for a time. In later years Fontana was active on the oldies circuit, particularly in the United States. The Mindbenders remained together and in the spring of 1966 released the group's second and final giant hit, A Groovy Kind Of Love, also on the Fontana label, which went to #2 in both the USA and UK . The group by this time was known simply as The Mindbenders, and it was Eric Stewart who handled the lead vocals. A Groovy Kind Of Love was a cover of the Toni Wine/Carole Baer Sager song (and it would later resurface as a hit for Phil Collins in the 1980's). The Mindbenders put two other songs on the UK top forty chart that year. They appeared in the 1967 hit movie To Sir, with Love. Graham Gouldman joined the group and they recorded two more albums, mostly covers of R&B songs, before calling it quits in late 1968. Stewart and Gouldman later played with Hotlegs, and both were still on board when that group evolved into 10cc (which had hits with I'm Not In Love and The Things We Do For Love in the 70's). The Mindbenders, with or without their fine lead singer Wayne Fontana, are primarily associated with their two enormous hits from the mid-60's, Game Of Love and A Groovy Kind Of Love. Most Recent Update: November 1, 2010 |
Richard Wagner was the father of which other famous composer? | Richard Wagner - Conductor, Composer - Biography.com Richard Wagner Richard Wagner is best known for creating several complex operas, including Tristan and Isolde and Ring Cycle, as well as for his anti-semitic writings. IN THESE GROUPS Richard Wagner - Mini Biography (TV-14; 3:50) Richard Wagner wrote his first opera, "The Fairies," at the age of 21. He used all elements of theater, from music to lighting, to create "total art work." Synopsis Born in Germany on May 22, 1813, Richard Wagner went on to become one of the world's most influential—and controversial—composers. He is famous for both his epic operas, including the four-part, 18-hour Ring Cycle, as well as for his anti-semitic writings, which, posthumously, made him a favorite of Adolf Hitler. There is evidence that Wagner's music was played at the Dachau concentration camp to "re-educate" the prisoners. Wagner had a tumultuous love life, which involved several scandalous affairs. He died of a heart attack in Venice on February 13, 1883. Early Life Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born on May 22, 1813, in Leipzig, Germany, and went on to become one of the world's most influential—and controversial—composers. Richard Wagner was famous for both his complex operas, such as the four-part, 18-hour Ring Cycle, as well as for his anti-semitic writings, which, posthumously, made him a favorite of Adolf Hitler. There is evidence that Wagner's music was played at the Dachau concentration camp to "re-educate" the prisoners. Wagner's parentage is uncertain: He is either the son of police actuary Friedrich Wagner, who died soon after Richard was born, or the son of the man he called his stepfather, the painter, actor and poet Ludwig Geyer (whom his mother married in August 1814). As a young boy, Wagner attended school in Dresden, Germany. He did not show aptitude in music and, in fact, his teacher said he would "torture the piano in a most abominable fashion." But he was ambitious from a young age. When he was 11 years old, he wrote his first drama. By age 16, he was writing musical compositions. Young Wagner was so confident that some people considered him conceited. The New York Times would later write in its obituary of the famous composer, "In the face of mortifying failures and discouragements, he apparently never lost confidence in himself." Acclaimed Works Wagner attended Leipzig University in 1831, and his first symphony was performed in 1833. He was inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven and, in particular, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which Wagner called "that mystic source of my highest ecstasies." The following year, in 1834, Wagner joined the Würzburg Theater as chorus master, and wrote the text and music of his first opera, Die Feen (The Fairies), which was not staged. In 1836, Wagner married the singer and actress Minna Planer. The couple soon moved to Königsberg, where Wagner took the position of musical director at the Magdeburg Theatre. There, also in 1836, Das Liebesverbot was produced, with Wagner writing both the lyrics and the music. He called his concept "Gesamtunkstwerk" (total work of art)—a method, which he frequently used, of weaving German myths with larger themes about love and redemption. After moving to Riga, Russia, in 1837, Wagner became the first musical director of the theater and began work on his next opera, Rienzi. Before finishing Rienzi, Wagner and Minna left Riga, fleeing creditors, in 1839. They hopped on a ship to London and then made their way to Paris, where Wagner was forced to take whatever work he could find, including writing vaudeville music for small theaters. Wagner was part of the quasi-revolutionary "Young Germany" movement, and his leftist politics were reflected in Rienzi; unable to produce Rienzi in Paris, he sent the score to the Court Theatre in Dresden, Germany, where it was accepted. In 1842, Wagner's Rienzi, a political opera set in imperial Rome, premiered in Dresden to great acclaim. The following year, The Flying Dutchman was produced to critical acclaim. Considered a great talent by this time, Wagner was given t |
Who played Corporal Clinger in Mash? | Maxwell Q. Klinger | Monster M*A*S*H | Fandom powered by Wikia Jamie Farr Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger is a fictional character from the M*A*S*H television series played by American actor Jamie Farr . A Lebanese-American hailing from Toledo, Ohio, Klinger serves as an orderly/corpsman (and later company clerk) assigned to the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital unit during the Korean War. The character's original defining characteristic is his attempts to gain a discharge from the army, typically through being judged mentally unfit for service (under "Section 8") or for other reasons. To this end, he would habitually wear women's clothing and engage in other "crazy" stunts. He later gives up his discharge attempts and is promoted from the rank of corporal to sergeant during the course of the TV series. Contents Edit Klinger was the first main character introduced on M*A*S*H not to have appeared in either Richard Hooker's original M*A*S*H novel or the subsequent film. Originally introduced as a bit character in the early first season episode " Chief Surgeon Who? " as a simple gag of a soldier who wanted out of the Army and was trying to fake his way to a "Section 8" medical discharge, he made such an impression on the producers and audience that he became a recurring character throughout the season, and by the second season was a regular member of the cast. Klinger is proud of his family, and of his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, which he regularly mentions (including references to Tony Packo's Cafe , a real-life local attraction). The only time the series has a glimpse of Toledo is a dream sequence when Klinger finds himself in a deserted street. He is also an enthusiastic Toledo Mud Hens baseball fan (a real-life minor league baseball team) as he has been seen wearing a "Mud Hens" cap (Note that the cap worn by the actor is not a Mud Hens cap but actually a Texas Rangers cap as the costume dept couldn't find an authentic Mud Hens cap for the character). He also is fond of cuban cigars made in New Jersey by Puerto Ricans. His father and grandfather are olive pickers; likewise his father had a sharp temper; a left hook and is a bowling champ. Klinger in the 4077th MASH Edit In the early episodes, a running gag was Klinger's endless efforts to get discharged from the Army either by cross-dressing or through other means. Viewers could always look forward to what new outfit he would wear or what other ploy he would attempt. But despite all his efforts, his commanding officers are never fooled, and Klinger is continually frustrated. Perhaps they recognised, as B.J. Hunnicutt once remarked, that Klinger is actually the only sane one by always trying to get out, while the rest of the camp are crazy for accepting their situation and making the most of it, as Joseph Heller would also observe in "Catch 22". The commanders largely tolerate Klinger's antics because they are entertaining, and he is otherwise a conscientious and reliable orderly who makes a point of never letting his schemes interfere with his duties. For example, he volunteered to join the party to go beyond enemy lines to recover casualties in Season 3 "Rainbow Bridge" . In "Aid Station" he is sent with Margaret and Hawkeye to a Battalion aid station . There he performs duties which would normally be done by a surgical nurse, while remaining steady under artillery fire, earning praise from Margaret and Hawkeye. By Season 7 "They Call the Wind Korea" he is the one who cajoles Winchester into saving a Greek soldier when Winchester thought the conditions were too difficult and the equipment too primitive. In Season 8, he takes over Radar O'Reilly's job of company clerk with reasonable seriousness, developing a reputation as a scrounger and eventually getting promoted to Sergeant. Klinger also performs a near pitch-perfect impression/impersonation of Colonel Potter, which he uses several times to manipulate others into giving the unit supplies or information that requires the Colonel's direct approval (which is often hard to obtain, since he is frequently in surgery when nee |
Who was first offered the role of Lt. Columbo before Peter Falk ? | 'Columbo' actor Peter Falk dies at 83 - CNN.com 'Columbo' actor Peter Falk dies at 83 By Todd Leopold, CNN Peter Falk's best-known role may have been as the TV detective Lt. Columbo, but he also starred in movies and plays. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Peter Falk rose to fame playing Lt. Columbo on TV Falk was nominated for two Oscars, won four Emmys for "Columbo" Actor was efficiency expert before becoming professional actor Columbo known for his absent-minded facade, asking, "Just one more thing" (CNN) -- Actor Peter Falk, who rose to fame on a shambling manner and a rumpled raincoat as the TV detective Lt. Columbo, has died. He was 83. Falk died peacefully at his Beverly Hills home Thursday evening, according to a statement released by his friend, attorney Larry Larson. The cause of death was not released. Though he was a renowned movie and stage actor -- he earned two Oscar nominations in the early '60s and won an Obie (an off-Broadway honor) for his performance in Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" -- he is best remembered for the polite, raincoat-wearing, Peugeot-driving Los Angeles police detective who always wanted to know "just one more thing." That line -- which usually meant that the seemingly absent-minded detective was about to outwit his perfect-crime-committing suspects -- became so popular that Falk used it as the title of his memoir. The character, which originated with "Columbo" writers and producers William Link and Richard Levinson, was given a unique spin by the actor. "Before we ever had a script or anything, I was attracted to the idea of playing a character that housed within himself two opposing traits," Falk told CNN's Larry King in 2005. "On the one hand (he was) a regular Joe, Joe Six-Pack, the neighbor like everybody else. But, at the same time, the greatest homicide detective in the world. Now that's a great combination, and you can do a lot with that combination." Television Falk first played Columbo in a 1968 TV movie "Prescription: Murder" and revived it three years later when the character became a regular part of the "NBC Mystery Movie," a series that also included Dennis Weaver's "McCloud" and "McMillan & Wife" with Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James. "Columbo" was the most popular of the "Mystery Movie" offerings, so much so that Falk was rumored to earn more than $250,000 an episode in the late '70s. But Falk, who also starred in the films "The In-Laws" (1979), "Wings of Desire" (1987), "The Princess Bride" (1987) and several by his friend John Cassevetes, generally remained unimpressed with himself. "I just keep working," he said. "I've never worried about the grand concepts. My philosophy is that I just try to get through the day," he told The New York Times in a 1990 interview. Peter Michael Falk was born in New York City on September 16, 1927, and raised in Ossining, New York. After military service, he earned a master's in public administration and went to work for the Connecticut State Budget Bureau in Hartford as an efficiency expert. "I was doing exactly what I was born not to do," he wrote in his memoir. However, Hartford had a small theater troupe, and Falk immediately joined, which led to participation in other companies. Within a couple years -- while still working as a civil servant -- he was set to play Richard III at a summer workshop in Westport when, he says, a statement from acting teacher Eva Le Gallienne changed his life. EW: 25 terrific TV detectives As Le Gallienne upbraided him for his chronic lateness -- he had to drive 45 minutes from Hartford every week -- Falk confessed that he wasn't really an actor. "Well, you should be," Le Gallienne replied, and that was enough for Falk to quit his job. Soon he was a regular presence on the New York stage, earning raves for his performance as the bartender in "The Iceman Cometh." (One of his jobs, he recalled, was keeping the other actors awake during the 4 ½-hour play.) His work there and on TV led to an interview with Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn. Cohn was concerned about Falk's glass eye, the result of an operation Falk h |
Comedian Arthur Jefferson is better known as who? | Just Rambling Along-1918-Stan Laurel-An early great silent comedy film-Full movie - YouTube Just Rambling Along-1918-Stan Laurel-An early great silent comedy film-Full movie 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 Sep 9, 2013 Just Rambling Along is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Stan Laurel. Stanley "Stan" Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, 16 June 1890 -- 23 February 1965), was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as one half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. Laurel began his career in the British music hall where he took a number of his standard comic devices: the bowler hat, the deep comic gravity, and the nonsensical understatement. He was a member of "Fred Karno's Army" where he was Charlie Chaplin's understudy. The two arrived in the US on the same boat from Britain with the Karno troupe. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film The Music Box (1932). In 1961, Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. In a 2005 UK poll to find The Comedians' Comedian, Laurel and Hardy ranked top among best double acts and seventh overall. In 2009, a bronze statue of the duo was unveiled in Laurel's hometown of Ulverston, Cumbria. In this film as in the later A Man About Town, some of the humor comes from Stan's efforts to chase after the girl and the girl's efforts to rid herself of him. On this occasion they wind up in a cafeteria, which provides Stan with opportunities for comic business using food, table implements, etc. The gags seem random, as if improvised while the cameras were grinding. Stan borrows Chaplin's bit from the restaurant scene in The Immigrant, using salt & pepper shakers as binoculars, but when Charlie performed the gag it felt appropriate (he was making fun of Henry Bergman's florid gestures) whereas here it just feels forced; Stan's doing it because he needs to do something funny. Somewhat better is the routine where Stan samples almost all the food on offer, but then orders only a cup of coffee. Just Rambling Along is of moderate interest for silent comedy buffs, but serves primarily as evidence that Stan needed the partnership with Oliver Hardy to fully come into his own. Casting notes: according to one reference source the cook behind the counter is Charley Chase, but may be Charley's look-alike brother James Parrott, sometimes known as Paul Parrott, who later starred in his own solo series of short comedies and eventually directed some of Laurel & Hardy's best films. The big cop who chases after Stan is Noah Young, who was featured in a number of Harold Lloyd shorts and features, while the chef is played by Bud Jamison, a rotund character actor who played in support of every major comedian of the era: everyone from Chaplin, Langdon and Keaton to the Three Stooges. Stan and Bud have a nice scene together in this film, and at one point Stan appears to break character and laugh at something Bud has said. Stan Laurel - Nervy Young Man Clarine Seymour - Pretty Lady |
What is the Roman Numeral for 1000? | Roman Numerals Roman Numerals Ancient Romans used a special method of showing numbers Examples: They wrote V instead of 5 And wrote IX instead of 9 Read on to learn about Roman Numerals or go straight to the Roman Numeral Conversion Tool . The Roman Symbols Romans Numerals are based on the following symbols: 1 Which can be combined like this: 1 When a symbol appears after a larger symbol it is added Example: VI = V + I = 5 + 1 = 6 But if the symbol appears before a larger symbol it is subtracted Example: IX = X - I = 10 - 1 = 9 To Remember: After Larger is Added Don't use the same symbol more than three times in a row (but IIII is sometimes used for 4, particularly on clocks) Really Big Numbers Numbers greater than 1,000 are formed by placing a dash over the symbol, meaning "times 1,000", but these are not commonly used: 5,000 |
Famous composer Handel originally studied which profession? | Famous Composers - The Method Behind the Music The Method Behind The Music Baroque George Fredric Handel b.1685, d.1759 Born the son of a barber, Handel ditched a career in law to pursue his love of music. Skilled at the organ, he wrote several church pieces before being picked up by Prince Ernst of Hanover as a court musician. Later Handel went to London, where his Italian-style operas were all the rage. But soon after, the fires for opera died down and Handel was looking like a has-been. To redeem himself he wrote the religious classic "Messiah" in 1741. Antonio Vivaldi b. 1676 d.1741 Vivaldi's history is not well known. He was ordained as a priest and wrote many, many, many pieces for the Church (about 640 pieces all together). He taught music at several schools at the time. But as his popularity declined, he lost contacts and support, and at the time of his death he was a poor man. Johann Sebastian Bach b.1685 d.1750 Bach came from a long line of musicians, although he was the first to become famous outside of his hometown of Eisenach. An incredibly gifted organist, Bach got a job as a cantor in 1722. He wrote new pieces for the organ for each service, destroying the used ones. Countless Bach compositions have been lost because he saw them as nothing but scrap. His work was very unique, and his use of intertwining melodies and the fugue are trademarks of his genius. Classical Joseph Haydn b.1732 d. 1809 Haydn was the hub of the Classical style. He entered the world of music through his wonderful singing voice as a child. His voice was so good that he was almost castrated to maintain his young voice. But his voice did break and his singing career ended. Haydn moved then into composing music. When Haydn moved to Vienna in 1790 he effectively made Vienna the nexus of the Classical music style. There he taught and mentored young composers such as Mozart and Beethoven. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart b.1756 d. 1791 Mozart was the prince of Classical music. Movies, plays, musicals, and countless books have been written in honor of him. He was the prodigy to end all prodigies. He wrote his first symphony when he was 5. He toured Europe as a novelty act with his father and sister. But when he grew up that novelty was gone. Luckily his natural skill with music carried him. A student of Haydn, Mozart blossomed into a top notch opera writer, which was his bread and butter for many years. But a man doesn't live by bread and butter alone: his later teaching carrier was not sufficient to support him, and he died a poor man. Ludwig Von Beethoven b. 1770 d.1827 He was another child prodigy, but not nearly as talented as Mozart as a child. At the age of 14 he was appointed as an assistant teacher and the organist at Hanover. He received tutoring from both Haydn and Mozart. When he was 19 he was faced with supporting his entire family after his mother's death. A disturbed, angry person himself, Beethoven's music was fiery, and emotional. He is credited with bridging the gap between Classical and Romantic style music. Franz Schubert b. 1797 d.1828 Born into a family of strong musical leanings, Franz was keen to pick up music as a profession. He was proficient with the keyboard and violin. Primarily a teacher, Schubert was a lifelong resident of Vienna, the hotbed of Classical style music. Schubert's music is especially notable for it's infectious melodies which rival Mozart for their Classical beauty. Felix Mendelssohn b.1809 d.1847 Coming from a rich and musically talented family, Mendelssohn started his music career very early. His pieces were very popular at the time of their writing. His Piano Concerto in G minor was its day's "And My Heart Will Go On;" it is considered the most played concerto ever written. In addition to his popularity during his time, his music for the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is still played today in weddings after the bride and groom kiss. Finally, Mendelssohn is credited with bringing back Bach. His performances of Bach's pieces restarted interest in the Baroque composer's work. Johannes Brahms b. 1833 d. 189 |
Hey Big Spender is a song from which musical? | Big Spender - YouTube Big Spender 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 Jan 26, 2007 Big Spender Sequence from Sweet Charity/ This is one of my favorite dance sequences from one of the greatest choreographers of all time, Bob Fosse. Category |
What place is called Rapa-nui by its native inhabitants? | Why is Easter Island named "Easter?" | Dictionary.com Blog April 17, 2014 by: Dictionary.com 29 Comments The instantly recognizable statues on Easter Island (887 of them), called moai, have perplexed and fascinated explorers, experts and average folks since the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen came across it in 1722. And Mr. Roggeveen is the reason it’s called Easter Island. He and his crew dropped anchor on Easter Sunday. The current inhabitants of Isla de Pascua (Spanish for “Easter Island”) call it Rapa Nui , a phrase whose origin points to the sad history of the place. Apparently Rapa Nui derives from slavers who abducted island dwellers and somehow confused it with another island named Rapa. For all the magnificence of the moai, the human story of life on Rapa Nui has been bleak for centuries. Famine, warfare, disease from visiting ships, and ecological changes seem to unceasingly pummel the native people. Of course, these conditions only make the existence of the statues all the more of an enigma. Research suggests two possible names that the island was called prior to contact with Europeans. Te pito o te henua translates roughly as “navel of the world.” Mata-ki-Te-rangi is approximately “eyes looking to the sky.” Both come from conjecture and the lack of a definite answer again highlights the tragic and chaotic past of one of the world’s most remarkable locations. On a related note, check out the surprisingly pagan origin of the word Easter. |
New Zealand hosted the 'Commonwealth Games' in which city in 1974? | Christchurch 1974 Commonwealth Games Australian Medal Winners Games Main Page The 1974 Games was the first to face the challenge of protecting the Commonwealth Games from terrorists. Two years earlier the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany faced the tragic consequences when Palestinian terrorists broke into the Munich Olympic Games Village and massacred athletes. And so it was that gentle and pretty Christchurch (small city of only 250,000 people) was forced to turn its plans to include a high level of security, with extra police called in, security guards for the Games Village and manned road blocks. Although security was a concern, the townspeople and organizers took a more relaxed attitude than was normal for a large sporting event. For example the Woolston Working Men's Club hosted the Lawn Bowling event while Boxing events took place at a sheep auction hall called Canterbury Court. The press predicted disaster. By the time the Games ended, they changed their tune pronouncing it the friendliest and most efficient of any Games to date. Although they had a tight budget of $8.5 million, the Games organizers proved that you don't need to be big to host a major sporting event. While that was possible then, today they would find it far more difficult. In comparison, the 2006 Melbourne, Australia Games cost $2.3 billion, yes, billion with a "b". The 1974 Games also marked the beginning of colour television broadcasts in New Zealand. The 1974 Games had 121 events in 10 sports. Top 22 Countries By Total Medals Host country listed in bold, Australia in green. |
Amerigo Vespucci airport is in which city? | Florence Airport (FLR) Information: FLR Airport in Florence Area, Italy Airport Information (Florence, Italy) Known as both the Amerigo Vespucci Airport and also the Peretola Airport, the city's airport can be found around 4 km / 3 miles to the north-west of Florence (Firenze). Close to Campi Bisenzio, San Mauro and Sesto Fiorentino, Florence Airport lies within Italy's acclaimed Tuscany region. Peretola has recently undergone considerable improvements, increasing capacity to some 2.2 million annual passengers at a cost of more than 11 million. Buses at Florence Peretola Airport are operated by ATAF ad SITA, and link the city centre and both the Florence SMN Railway Station (Firenze Stazione SMN) and the Prato Railway Station (Prato Stazione FS). Passengers will find the airport's taxi rank directly outside of the arrivals terminal, where taxis travel into the historic city centre of Florence (centrol storico) in around 15 minutes. Other notable districts connected by taxis include Campo di Marte, San Giovanni, Santa Maria Novella and Santo Spirito Oltrarno, which is centred around the Piazza Santo Spirito. About Florence Tourism The city of Florence lies within Italy's beautiful region of Tuscany and is known in Italian as 'Firenze'. Florence's skyline is dominated by the stunning 13th-century Duomo, which is actually the world's fourth biggest cathedral and a truly magnificent sight, with a hard-to-miss brown-tiled dome. Extremely close to Amerigo Vespucci Airport (FLR), many of the attractions in Florence grace the banks of the meandering River Arno and attract literally millions of tourists every year. The sights of Florence can be overwhelming and are often based around the Piazza del Duomo and the Piazza della Repubblica. Contact Florence Airport (FLR): |
Where do the Sami people live? | Sami - Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major holidays, Rites of passage Sami LOCATION: Norway; Sweden; Finland; Russia POPULATION: About 50,000 LANGUAGE: Sami language in many dialects; also language of country in which they live RELIGION: Lutheran Church 1 • INTRODUCTION While the Sami, or Lapps (as they were formerly called), are commonly thought of as the inhabitants of Lapland, they have never had a country of their own. They are the original inhabitants of northern Scandinavia and most of Finland. Their neighbors have called them Lapps, but they prefer to be called Samer or Sami , since Lapp means a patch of cloth for mending and was a name imposed on them by the people who settled on their lands. The Sami refer to their land as Sapmi or Same. The Sami first appear in written history in the works of the Roman author Tacitus in about AD 98. Nearly 900 years later, a Norwegian chieftain visiting King Alfred the Great of England spoke of these reindeer herders, who were paying taxes to him in the form of furs, feathers, and whale bones. Over the centuries many armed nations—including the Karelians, Swedes, Danes, Finns, and Russians—demanded their loyalty and taxes. In some cases, the Sami had to pay taxes to two or three governments—as well as fines imposed by one country for paying taxes to another! Today the Sami are citizens of the countries within whose borders they live, with full rights to education, social services, religious freedom, and participation in the political process. Norway, Sweden, and Finland all have Sami parliaments. At the same time, however, the Sami continue to preserve and defend their ethnic identity and traditional cultural values. Until the liberalization instituted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's government in the late 1980s, the Russian Sami had almost no contact with those in other areas. Sami living in Scandinavia formed the Nordic Sami Council in 1956 to promote cooperation between their populations in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. In 1973 the Nordic Sami Institute at Kautokeino, Norway, was founded to promote the study of the Sami language and culture. In 1989, a Sami College was established there as well. The universities of Tromsø in Norway, Umla in Sweden, and Oulu in Finland have Sami departments in which Sami topics are taught, both separately and as part of established disciplines. 2 • LOCATION The Sami live in tundra (arctic or subarctic treeless plain), taiga (subarctic forest), and coastal zones in the far north of Europe, spread out over four different countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia's Kola peninsula. They live on coasts and islands warmed by the Gulf Stream, on plateaus dotted by lakes and streams, and on forested mountains. Sami territory lies at latitudes above 62 degrees north, and much of it is above the Arctic Circle, with dark, cold winters and warm, light summers. It is often called the "land of the midnight sun" because depending on the latitude, the sun may be visible for up to seventy days and nights straight in the summer. The far north sees almost three months of continuous daylight. Balancing this out, however, is an equally long period of darkness in the winter, which may last from October to March. Beginning in November, the sun disappears for weeks. Much of the Samis' land is at high altitudes, rising to over 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) above sea level. The highest point is Kebnekajse, at 6,960 feet (2,121 meters). Traditionally, the Sami lived in a community of families called a siida , whose members cooperated in hunting, trapping, and fishing. Officially, the number of Sami is estimated at between 44,000 and 50,000 people. An estimated 3 |
If you see the letters UHT on a food or milk carton, what does it mean? | Just Say No To UHT Milk | Food Renegade Just Say No To UHT Milk by Kristen Michaelis 203 Comments | Affiliate Disclosure I’d been a raw milk drinker for years. Yet I hadn’t expected to respond so negatively to the glass of Horizon organic milk my friend poured for me. After all, that’s what I’d drunk for years before making the switch to raw milk from grass-fed cows. “Yuck. This tastes burnt!” I said. That’s when I saw it. The milk had been ultra-high temperature pasteurized. In fact, more than 80% of the organic milk sold in the U.S. is UHT pasteurized. It’s why I don’t drink organic milk. What is UHT Milk? The official U.S. government definition of an ultra-pasteurized dairy product stipulates “such product shall have been thermally processed at or above 280° F for at least 2 seconds, either before or after packaging, so as to produce a product which has an extended shelf life.” Get this. According to Wikipedia , UHT milk has a shelf life of 6 to 9 months (until opened). When the world’s foremost UHT milk processor, Parmalat, first introduced UHT milk to the U.S. market back in 1993, they hit a snag. Americans distrust milk that hasn’t been refrigerated. We like our milk cold, and UHT milk doesn’t need to be refrigerated. So, milk producers got creative. They could extend the shelf life of their product and not advertise that they were doing it. They’d sell the milk in normal packaging, in the refrigerator aisle, and none of us would be the wiser. Now, almost all of the organic milk and the majority of conventional milk available in U.S. supermarkets is UHT processed. What’s wrong with UHT processing? The introduction to a 2005 study published in the Journal of Dairy Science highlighted the current problems with UHT processing from an industry point of view: Often, heat treatment causes milkfat globule membrane proteins and whey proteins to unfold such that buried sulfhydryl (-SH-) groups, normally masked in the native protein, are exposed to the outer surfaces ( Hoffmann and van Mill, 1997 ). In turn, these processes produce extreme cooked flavors, often attributed to changes in the sulfhydryl and disulfide content of the protein fraction ( Swaisgood et al., 1987 ). Conventional pasteurization methods have long been in place and with the advent of UHT technology, the sterilization of fluid milk was achieved using higher temperature treatments for shorter periods. However, shelf-stable milk has met with limited acceptability by the consumer, especially in the United States, due in part to a high cooked flavor. Several attempts to improve the quality of UHT-treated milk products proved successful to varying degrees. Previously, Swaisgood and coworkers used immobilized sulfhydryl oxidase to reduce the thiol content of UHT-heated skim milk and described an improved flavor after enzymatic oxidation to form protein disulfide bonds ( Swaisgood et al., 1987 ). Other studies have showed that altering UHT processing parameters, such as indirect vs. direct steam injection systems, cooling rates, and long-term storage conditions have a significant impact on sensory attributes ( Browning et al., 2001 ). Most recently, epicatechin, a flavonoid compound, was added to UHT milk prior to heating, and the results revealed partial inhibition of thermally generated cooked aroma ( Colahan-Sederstrom and Peterson, 2005 ). So for decades, UHT processors have known that UHT processed milks results in a “high cooked flavor,” and they’ve done all kinds of experimenting to get rid of the nasty taste and smell (even resorting to adding flavonoid compounds to the milk to try to negate the off-flavor). Okay, so it tastes funny compared to raw milk. And maybe it smells funny too. But what makes UHT processing any worse than regular old pasteurization? According to Lee Dexter, microbiologist and owner of White Egret Farm goat dairy in Austin, Texas, ultra-pasteurization is an extremely harmful process to inflict on the fragile components of milk. Dexter explains that milk proteins are complex, three-dimensional molecules, like tinker toys. They are b |
In which book of the Bible did David kill Goliath? | David and Goliath Bible Story Summary and Lessons 1 Samuel 17. David and Goliath Story Summary The Philistine army had gathered for war against Israel. The two armies faced each other, camped for battle on opposite sides of a steep valley. A Philistine giant measuring over nine feet tall and wearing full armor came out each day for forty days, mocking and challenging the Israelites to fight. His name was Goliath. Saul , the King of Israel, and the whole army were terrified of Goliath. One day David , the youngest son of Jesse, was sent to the battle lines by his father to bring back news of his brothers. David was probably just a young teenager at the time. While there, David heard Goliath shouting his daily defiance, and he saw the great fear stirred within the men of Israel. David responded, "Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of God?" So David volunteered to fight Goliath. It took some persuasion, but King Saul finally agreed to let David fight against the giant. Dressed in his simple tunic, carrying his shepherd's staff, sling and a pouch full of stones, David approached Goliath. The giant cursed at him, hurling threats and insults. David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel , whom you have defied ... today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air ... and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel ... it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give all of you into our hands." As Goliath moved in for the kill, David reached into his bag and slung one of his stones at Goliath's head. Finding a hole in the armor, the stone sank into the giant's forehead, and he fell face down on the ground. David then took Goliath's sword, killed him and then cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran. So the Israelites pursued, chasing and killing them and plundering their camp. Points of Interest From the Story of David and Goliath Why did they wait 40 days to begin the battle? Probably for several reasons. Everyone was afraid of Goliath. He seemed invincible. Not even King Saul, the tallest man in Israel, had stepped out to fight. Also, the sides of the valley were very steep. Whoever made the first move would have a strong disadvantage and probably suffer great loss. Both sides were waiting for the other to attack first. David chose not to wear the King's armor because it felt cumbersome and unfamiliar. David was comfortable with his simple sling, a weapon he was skilled at using. God will use the unique skills he's already placed in your hands, so don't worry about "wearing the King's armor." Just be yourself and use the familiar gifts and talents God has given you. He will work miracles through you. David's faith in God caused him to look at the giant from a different perspective. Goliath was merely a mortal man defying an all-powerful God. David looked at the battle from God's point of view. If we look at giant problems and impossible situations from God's perspective, we realize that God will fight for us and with us. When we put things in proper perspective, we see more clearly, and we can fight more effectively. When the giant criticized, insulted, and threatened, David didn't stop or even waver. Everyone else cowered in fear, but David ran to the battle. He knew that action needed to be taken. David did the right thing in spite of discouraging insults and fearful threats. Only God's opinion mattered to David. Questions for Reflection Are you facing a giant problem or impossible situation? Stop for a minute and refocus. Can you see the situation more clearly from God's vantage point? Do you need to take courageous action in the face of insults and fearful circumstances? Do you trust that God will fight for you and with you? Remember, God's opinion is the only one that matters. |
N2O or Nitrous Oxide is more commonly known as what? | Nitrous Oxide - Community DentalCommunity Dental Nitrous Oxide Nitrous Oxide Nitrous Oxide - For a More Relaxing Dental Visit Imagine going to the dentist and feeling safe, warm and comfortable receiving dental care—without fear. It is possible, and for some it may be accomplished with nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide is also known as inhalation sedation, laughing gas, nitrous, happy gas, and N2O-O2. Nitrous oxide is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas which serves as a relaxant and is most commonly used in addition to local anesthesia (numbing medicine). It is administered via a mask placed directly over the nose while the patient breathes normally. It does not put the patient to sleep—you will still be able to hear and respond to your dentist. The gas is completely broken down by the body before the patient is discharged. With very few side effects, nitrous oxide gas is considered to be extremely safe to use in the amounts administered by dentists. While the experience will vary, most patients will enjoy a more relaxing dental visit—dental care without much of the anxiety often associated with procedures in the mouth. What is dental anxiety? Dental anxiety is a real condition that can range from mild to severe, affecting women and men, young and mature individuals alike. It is fear of going to the dentist, receiving dental care, and dentistry in general. The fears may be of pain, helplessness, or loss of control. It may be due to a previous personal experience, knowledge of someone else’s unpleasant experience, or the negative portrayal of dentists in mass media. Fortunately, it does not have to prevent one from obtaining dental care. Nitrous oxide is one of several approaches specifically designed to help make the dental appointment more pleasant. Community Dental—Gentle, Safe, Comprehensive Dental Care Our approach is to work with you to develop a comprehensive treatment plan designed to improve and maintain your good dental health through preventive and restorative services. We participate with Mainecare as well as many dental insurance plans, and offer a sliding fee for eligible patients. We offer walk-in appointments during business hours for dental emergencies. We treat all ages, so your whole family can become established patients with us. Good oral health care is an important aspect of your overall health. Contact us today or give us a call—we have several locations throughout the state and look forward to your visit! |
In which Musical would you find the song 'There is Nothing Like a Dame'? | There Is Nothin' Like a Dame - R&H's South Pacific 1958 film - YouTube There Is Nothin' Like a Dame - R&H's South Pacific 1958 film Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jul 27, 2010 From 20th Century Fox Video South Pacific Standard YouTube License Music |
Where would you find Narita airport? | Tokyo Consult: How to get from Narita Airport to Tokyo city. How to get from Narita Airport to Tokyo city. Bus and Train information counter at Narita airport Narita airport is located approximately 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Tokyo city. Getting from Narita airport to the city might make first time travelers feel a bit uneasy. It is actually surprising easy to do in a area where the public transportation system is best established in the world. -To read about how to plan your trip to Tokyo, visit Planning for your trip to Tokyo -To read about where you can find the best Ramen in Tokyo, visit Best Ramen in Tokyo. Rental Car For most of the people from North America, rental cars might come into mind. However, dealing with international driver's license, rental car process, new driving rules (on the opposite side of the road) and lack of parking spaces in Tokyo city, are definitely complicated and intimidating in one of the busiest city in the world. Driving a rental car is definitely not recommended for first time travelers in Japan. I would reserve this option for more advanced travelers and will possible discuss about this topic in my future blog post. -Advantage: Freedom. -Disadvantage: Trouble; Cost; Parking issues; Traffic. Taxi It is perhaps the easiest method. All you need to do is to wave at one right after you get out of the airport terminal. Imagining paying for taxi for a 50 mile (80 kilometer) ride. The cost might be as high as 40,000 yen one way. That is close to 500 USD or 400 EURO. Traffic might also get in the way of the taxi ride and adds to the high cost of taxi fare. Traffic in Tokyo could add an additional hour to your total taxi ride. Sure it is convenient and easy, but I rather reserve this option for when someone else is paying for my ride or when I have won the lottery ticket. -Advantage: Easy; No need to drag luggage on the streets. -Disadvantage: COST!!! Traffic Public Transportation In my opinion, public transportations are the best ways to get from Narita airport to the city center. With the rising cost of travel expenses and exchange rate, the cost-performance value is high with public transportation. Most of the train stations access are located in the basement of Narita terminals. As soon as travelers go through the customs, look for signs directing to basement train ticket office/platform. Train JR Narita Express Modern, fast , and simple choice for first time travelers. The cost is approximately 3,000 to 3,500 for one way trip. Round-trip ticket with SUICA card package offers lower rate and it is a great deal in my opinion. Narita Express train line stops at major stations in Tokyo, which include Tokyo, Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro. The travel time will be around 60 to 80 minutes depending on the destination. -Advantage: Fast; Convenient; Covered by JR Pass; Smooth ride; Reserved seats; No traffic. -Disadvantage: Only stops at major stations in the city; not the cheapest option. JR Train (Sobu Line) Local train that takes you from the airport terminal to Ueno. It is one of the cheapest options to get from the airport to the city. The train will stop at many local stations. There will be many budget travelers riding this train. The time it takes to get to the city will be approximately 90 minnutes. Costs around 1200 to 1500 yen for an one-way ride. -Advantage: Inexpensive; Mostly commuter locals. No traffic. -Disadvantage: Slower than other options; Not the most comfortable train ride. No reserved seats and seats are limited; Travelers might be standing during the entire train ride. Fastest/Newest option Narita/Tokyo has to offer. It takes approximately 45 minutes to get from Narita to Ueno/Nippori station. Reserved seats. Cost is about 2,000 to 2,500 yen. Package deals with one/two-day Metro pass are also available. -Advantage: Fast, bullet-train-like speed. Reserved seats. Slightly cheaper than Narita Express. No traffic. -Disadvantage: Stops at Nippori and Ueno station only, it will require transfer on other train lines in order to get to your final destination. Not the ch |
In what year did Elvis and Priscilla marry? | The Marriage of Priscilla and Elvis Presley Share By Sheri Stritof The 8-year courtship of Priscilla Beaulieu and Elvis Presley lasted longer than their marriage. Priscilla now tells women not to lose themselves in marriage. Here is information about when Elvis and Priscilla met, their wedding, marriage, and divorce. Born: Elvis Aaron Presley: January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Priscilla Ann Beaulieu: May 24, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York. Her birth name is Priscilla Ann Wagner. Died: Elvis: August 16, 1977 at his home at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 42. The official cause of Elvis' death was recorded as cardiac arrhythmia but he apparently had an overdose of prescription drugs. How Elvis and Priscilla Met: Priscilla and Elvis met in November 1959 at a party at Elvis' off-base residence in Bad Nauheim in Germany. She was 14 1/2 years old. Priscilla moved to Graceland in early 1963. Elvis formally proposed marriage to Priscilla in December 1966 and gave her an engagement ring with a three-and-a-half-carat diamond that was surrounded by a detachable row of smaller diamonds. continue reading below our video 9 Signs He or She Might be Cheating on You? Wedding Date and Information: Elvis and Priscilla were married on May 1, 1967 in Milton Prell's suite at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas , Nevada. Their civil ceremony was performed by Nevada Supreme Court Justice David Zenoff. The maid of honor was Michelle Beaulieu and best men were Marty Lacker and Joe Esposito. According to a Las Vegas SUN news report about their wedding, "Presley wore a black brocade silk tuxedo and Western boots, while Priscilla wore a floor-length wedding gown of her own design: white silk chiffon, with beaded yoke, trimmed in seed pearls and topped with a three-foot tulle veil secured by a rhinestone crown." Their 8-minute morning wedding ceremony was attended by a small number of family and friends and was followed by a press conference and a breakfast reception for 100 guests. Their wedding cake had six-tiers. Elvis and Priscilla reportedly danced to "Love Me Tender" at their wedding reception . They honeymooned in Palm Springs, California for a few days. Elvis was thirty-two years old and Priscilla was twenty-one years old when they married. Priscilla and Elvis had a second wedding reception at Graceland on May 29, 1967 for family and friends who could not make it to Las Vegas for their wedding. Children: Elvis and Priscilla had one daughter. Lisa Marie Presley: Born February 1, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Lisa's marriages: Danny Keough: Married on October 3, 1988 and divorced in 1994. Lisa and Danny had two children (daughter Riley and son Benjamin) together. Michael Jackson : Married on May 18, 1994 and divorced on January 18, 1996. Nicolas Cage : Married on August 10, 2002 and divorced on May 16, 2004. Michael Lockwood: Michael, a guitarist and music producer, were married on January 22, 2006 in Japan. Their twin daughters, Finley and Harper, were born in early October 2008. |
Why will you never open an ashtray in a modern Rolls-Royce and find a cigarette end? | Some Interesting Facts about Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars "From Albion's shore shall come a marvelous conveyance, a carriage silincieux bearing the arms of Rolles De Roi." The first 10 hp Rolls-Royce was sold for £395...Today it is worth over £250,000 More than six out of ten of all Rolls-Royce Motor cars built are still roadworthy At the Rolls-Royce factories in Crewe and London the cars are always referred to as Royces. They are never called Rollers The Rolls-Royce radiator grille is made entirely by hand and eye - no measuring instruments are used It takes one man one day to make a Rolls-Royce radiator, and then five hours are spent polishing it The Rolls -Royce radiator was not registered as a trademark until 1974 It takes over 800 man-hours to make the body of a Phantom VI During the First World War Rolls-Royce made rifles You will never open an ashtray in a modern Rolls-Royce and find a cigarette end. It empties automatically A Rolls-Royce does not break down. It 'fails to proceed.' Notices have been hung around the factory bearing the legend: 'Beware silent cars.' Even today every Rolls-Royce engine is completely hand built The cooling capacity of the air-conditioning system in the Silver Spirit is equivalent to that of 30 domestic refrigerators No one is certain who designed the Rolls-Royce radiator grille or the interlinked RR badge The hydraulic tappets on Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars are given a natural finish of a 16-millionth of an inch The oldest known Rolls-Royce still on the road is the 1904 10hp owned by Mr Thomas Love Jr of Scotland Rolls-Royce did not make a complete car until after the Second World War. Before that they made only chassis, the bodies being added by outside coachbuilders Sir Henry Royce's first job was a newspaper delivery boy for W H Smith & Son Ltd Sir Henry Royce was always known as 'R' at the factory. The practice of addressing people by their initials, especially on written memorandums, is still continued at the factory In 1949 an Italian owner, seeking permission to modify his Rolls-Royce, commissioned a seance to call up Henry Royce's spirit. Rolls-Royce legend has it that the advice from beyond the veil was: "Consult your authorised distributor" Examine the coachline that extends the full length of the Silver Spirit, you may be surprised to learn that it is applied by hand. This unerring line is 15' 6" long. At one time, Rolls-Royce engines held World Speed Records in the Air, on Land and on Water, simultaneously. It is possible that Rolls-Royce Motors is the best known British company name in the World. Letters have been received from remote corners of the globe addressed to the Royal Family, care of Rolls-Royce, England. There are 27 Electric Motors in every Silver Spirit. The Vicar of St Marys, Nantwich, took a Rolls-Royce into his church and blessed it, along with fruit & vegetables at the Harvest Festival service. A member of the congregation remarked "It's going in for it's first service". The badge on the Rolls-Royce was changed from Red to Black not, as popularly believed to commemorate Henry Royce's death, but because Royce himself decided Black was aesthetically more appropriate. Some customers complained that the red badge often clashed with the colour of the car. The Prince of Wales was particularly outspoken on the subject. Every piece of glass in a Silver Spirit is given a final polish with powdered pumice of a fineness normally used for polishing optical lenses Just inside the main entrance to the offices at the Roll-Royce factory in Crewe, there is a bust of Henry Royce facing one of Charles Rolls. For many years the bust of Royce stood in No 1 shop at the Derby factory and contained his ashes, until they were sent to Alwalton church were Royce had been christened. The 4 final polishings on some gearbox components was not done with jewellers rouge (which is too coarse) but fine ground oat husks Although he designed some of the great aero engines of all time, Royce never travelled in an aircraft. 'I have only one regret' said Royce as he lay dying, |
How many man-hours does it take to make the body of a Phantom VI? | Some Interesting Facts about Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars "From Albion's shore shall come a marvelous conveyance, a carriage silincieux bearing the arms of Rolles De Roi." The first 10 hp Rolls-Royce was sold for £395...Today it is worth over £250,000 More than six out of ten of all Rolls-Royce Motor cars built are still roadworthy At the Rolls-Royce factories in Crewe and London the cars are always referred to as Royces. They are never called Rollers The Rolls-Royce radiator grille is made entirely by hand and eye - no measuring instruments are used It takes one man one day to make a Rolls-Royce radiator, and then five hours are spent polishing it The Rolls -Royce radiator was not registered as a trademark until 1974 It takes over 800 man-hours to make the body of a Phantom VI During the First World War Rolls-Royce made rifles You will never open an ashtray in a modern Rolls-Royce and find a cigarette end. It empties automatically A Rolls-Royce does not break down. It 'fails to proceed.' Notices have been hung around the factory bearing the legend: 'Beware silent cars.' Even today every Rolls-Royce engine is completely hand built The cooling capacity of the air-conditioning system in the Silver Spirit is equivalent to that of 30 domestic refrigerators No one is certain who designed the Rolls-Royce radiator grille or the interlinked RR badge The hydraulic tappets on Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars are given a natural finish of a 16-millionth of an inch The oldest known Rolls-Royce still on the road is the 1904 10hp owned by Mr Thomas Love Jr of Scotland Rolls-Royce did not make a complete car until after the Second World War. Before that they made only chassis, the bodies being added by outside coachbuilders Sir Henry Royce's first job was a newspaper delivery boy for W H Smith & Son Ltd Sir Henry Royce was always known as 'R' at the factory. The practice of addressing people by their initials, especially on written memorandums, is still continued at the factory In 1949 an Italian owner, seeking permission to modify his Rolls-Royce, commissioned a seance to call up Henry Royce's spirit. Rolls-Royce legend has it that the advice from beyond the veil was: "Consult your authorised distributor" Examine the coachline that extends the full length of the Silver Spirit, you may be surprised to learn that it is applied by hand. This unerring line is 15' 6" long. At one time, Rolls-Royce engines held World Speed Records in the Air, on Land and on Water, simultaneously. It is possible that Rolls-Royce Motors is the best known British company name in the World. Letters have been received from remote corners of the globe addressed to the Royal Family, care of Rolls-Royce, England. There are 27 Electric Motors in every Silver Spirit. The Vicar of St Marys, Nantwich, took a Rolls-Royce into his church and blessed it, along with fruit & vegetables at the Harvest Festival service. A member of the congregation remarked "It's going in for it's first service". The badge on the Rolls-Royce was changed from Red to Black not, as popularly believed to commemorate Henry Royce's death, but because Royce himself decided Black was aesthetically more appropriate. Some customers complained that the red badge often clashed with the colour of the car. The Prince of Wales was particularly outspoken on the subject. Every piece of glass in a Silver Spirit is given a final polish with powdered pumice of a fineness normally used for polishing optical lenses Just inside the main entrance to the offices at the Roll-Royce factory in Crewe, there is a bust of Henry Royce facing one of Charles Rolls. For many years the bust of Royce stood in No 1 shop at the Derby factory and contained his ashes, until they were sent to Alwalton church were Royce had been christened. The 4 final polishings on some gearbox components was not done with jewellers rouge (which is too coarse) but fine ground oat husks Although he designed some of the great aero engines of all time, Royce never travelled in an aircraft. 'I have only one regret' said Royce as he lay dying, |
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In what year did Rolls-Royce acquire Bentley? | Rolls-Royce FAQ - RROCA-info Rolls-Royce FAQ What services are available to help me maintain my Rolls-Royce or Bentley? The RROCA has produced a Service Directory for the benefit of its members. It is hoped that eventually this directory - sized to fit in a vehicle's glovebox - will contain details for all Rolls-Royce and Bentley related service, maintenance and parts suppliers in Australia. Glove Box Service Directory Myths & Legends There are probably more myths surrounding Rolls-Royce motor cars than any other make. In this section we attempt to de-mystify the Rolls-Royce and debunk many of the myths surrounding them and their history. "The RR radiator badge changed from red to black as a sign of mourning when Sir Henry Royce died." Many people believe that the colour of the little plaque on the radiator of Rolls-Royce cars changed from red to black when Sir Henry Royce died in 1933 aged 70 years. In fact the reason was less romantic and based on an aesthetic decision which was that black would be more in keeping with the saloon body colours of the car. Royce always participated in any decision making and it was a coincidence that he died the same year as the colour change. "My father once owned a straight-8 cylinder Rolls-Royce." Rolls-Royce did not make an eight-cylinder engine for passenger vehicles before WWII. The first model with eight-cylinders was the Phantom IV, of which twelve were made and sold exclusively to royalty and heads of state. There was an 8-cylinder engine (the "B80") that was intended purely for military use. So until the late 1950s your grandfather couldn't have owned an eight-cylinder Rolls-Royce unless he was royalty or similar, or owned an army truck or tank. By the early 'sixties all Rolls-Royce cars had V8 engines and the B80 was only used in military vehicles. "The bonnet is sealed shut." Rolls-Royce bonnets have never been sealed shut by the factory. During motoring reliability trials - which were common in the early 20th century - it was customary to seal the bonnet and radiator so that competitors could not top up the coolant, adjust the carburetter or be able to do any other work on the car during the trial. This applied to all competitors, not just the Rolls-Royces. It is possible that for many people, a reliability trial was their only opportunity to see a Rolls-Royce (which was more often than not the winner) and they concluded that as it had its bonnet sealed, so must all Rolls-Royce motor cars be sealed. "Rolls-Royce cars are guaranteed for life" No. Over the years the length of the warranty has varied, but it has usually been about the same as most quality cars, typically three years. A warranty, after all, is only against faulty components and production. After a year's use, any faulty components ought to have shown up. And of course a faulty Rolls-Royce would not be sold. There is a story that a Lady, being shown through the Factory by Mr Royce, and seeing the armies of inspectors and checkers, asked him what would happen if a faulty car got past them all. "Madam," he replied, "the gatekeeper would not let it leave." "Rolls-Royces never break down." Yes, it's true. Rolls-Royce cars do not break down the way lesser cars do. Sometimes, however, they "fail to proceed" because some mechanical component has stopped working. Owners have been known to send irate letters to the Rolls-Royce company after certain components have failed on their car after a mere eighty years of continuous use! "The mascot is solid silver." Sadly, no. Silver is very hard to keep shiny; it tends to stain and blacken (ask anybody with a cupboard full of silver plated sporting trophies!). Originally, all the radiator mascots were cast in bronze in sculptor Charles Sykes' studio, and then nickel plated. In recent years they have been cast in a special stainless steel alloy that does not require plating. (Normal stainless steel is notoriously difficult to cast, hence the special "casting" alloy.) In fact, many purists will gasp in horror if they observe someone polishing their mascot. Over many years of pol |
And in what year did they part company? | Three's Company (TV Series 1976–1984) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The misadventures of two women and one man living in one apartment and their neighbors. Creators: Airs Wed. Jan. 18, 1:00 PM on LOGO ON DISC Jack escorts Janet to a dull private party but when Jack consumes a tranquilizer and alcohol he becomes the life of the party. 9.1 Jack appears on a local TV show to do a cooking demonstration. 8.4 The roommates clean up the Ropers' garden and give some weeds to Mrs. Roper to use in her flower arranging class. They later discover that the weeds are marijuana plants. 8.4 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 22 titles created 11 Jan 2011 a list of 29 titles created 07 Dec 2014 a list of 40 titles created 02 Jan 2015 a list of 27 titles created 01 Nov 2015 a list of 44 titles created 28 Nov 2015 Search for " Three's Company " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Three's Company (1976–1984) 7.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 15 nominations. See more awards » Videos A nouveau riche, African-American family who move into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants. Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Marla Gibbs A greasy-spoon diner in Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this long-running series. The title character, Alice Hyatt, is an aspiring singer who arrives in Phoenix with her teenaged son, ... See full summary » Stars: Linda Lavin, Beth Howland, Vic Tayback An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there. Stars: Harry Anderson, John Larroquette, Richard Moll The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son. Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page A poor Afro-American family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects. Stars: Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis, Jimmie Walker The staff of a struggling radio station have a chance at success after the new programming director changes the format to rock music Stars: Gary Sandy, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson A compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of trouble making kids. Stars: Gabe Kaplan, Ron Palillo, John Travolta The misadventures of a divorced mother, her family, and their building superintendent in Indianapolis. Stars: Bonnie Franklin, Valerie Bertinelli, Pat Harrington Jr. A working class bigot constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day. Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner The staff of a New York City taxicab company go about their job while they dream of greater things. Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito The misadventures of an author turned innkeeper in rural Vermont and his friends. Stars: Bob Newhart, Mary Frann, Tom Poston A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in an inner city. Stars: Ernest Thomas, Haywood Nelson, Danielle Spencer Edit Storyline Janet and Chrissy get Jack as a roommate for their Santa Monica apartment. Jack can cook (he's studying to be a chef) and, when called to do so, pretends he's gay to legitimize the arrangement. Landlady Roper wishes husband Stanley showed more interest in her. Written by Ed Stephan <[email protected]> 15 March 1977 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Herzbube mit zwei Damen See more » Filming Locations: Did Yo |
Who now owns the Rolls-Royce name? | BMW Wrests Rolls-Royce Name Away From VW - The New York Times The New York Times World |BMW Wrests Rolls-Royce Name Away From VW Search BMW Wrests Rolls-Royce Name Away From VW By TOM BUERKLE and INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE JULY 29, 1998 Continue reading the main story LONDON— The long battle for control of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd., which appeared to have been won by Volkswagen AG last month, took an extraordinary turn Tuesday when VW announced it would be compelled to let part of the British luxury automaker, including the cherished Rolls-Royce trademark, go to its bitter rival BMW. The deal was the result of complex three-way negotiations between the two German automakers and Rolls-Royce PLC, the aircraft-engine maker that owns rights to the famous double-R trademark and had supported BMW's failed bid for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. The deal will require four years of intricate cooperation between BMW and Volkswagen on production and distribution, before leaving BMW with control of the Rolls-Royce trademark and automobile models beginning in the year 2003. Volkswagen will be left with the Bentley models and the factory in Crewe, England, where both car lines are currently produced. For Volkswagen, which had played down questions about the trademark dispute last month when it bought Rolls-Royce Motor Cars for £430 million ($712.7 million) from Vickers PLC, the settlement was an acknowledgment of an embarrassing and costly misjudgment. Continue reading the main story "I would have preferred to keep both brands," said Ferdinand Piech, the ambitious chairman who has sought to extend Volkswagen's dominance from small cars like the Golf to the top of the luxury ladder. If he had sorted out the trademark and parts issues earlier, "the price would have been much lower than Volkswagen finally paid," he acknowledged. Advertisement Continue reading the main story The deal also followed some top-level political pressure, a fact that underscored the close links between government and corporate boardrooms in Germany. Gerhard Schroeder, the premier of Volkswagen's home state of Lower Saxony and the Social Democratic candidate to run against Helmut Kohl for chancellor, and Edmund Stoiber, the arch-conservative premier of BMW's home state of Bavaria, had urged Volkswagen and BMW to make peace rather than embark on a lengthy court battle over trademark rights that could damage both companies. The two politicians even signed the agreement along with Mr. Piech and Bernd Pischetsrieder, chairman of BMW, whose full name is Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, at a Bavarian golf course early Tuesday morning. "They like that we didn't use a lawsuit," Mr. Piech said. The settlement ended a 10-month battle for control of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a unique prize in the rapidly consolidating automobile industry because its proud heritage, reputation for quality and exclusivity command prices ranging up to £233,000 a car. Both VW and BMW are seeking to compete in every car category, from compact to super luxury, a strategy embraced by Mercedes-Benz with its decision Tuesday to build a rival to Rolls-Royce under the Maybach brand. (Page 11) Despite the expression of regret about the price, Mr. Piech defended the deal with BMW. He contended that Volkswagen's target all along had been Bentley, which it wants to expand by adding midsized and sport models. But analysts questioned whether a Bentley separated from the Rolls-Royce name would carry the same cachet. "All they were buying at the end of the day was the brand," said Mark Little, an automotive analyst at BT Alex. Brown. "Without the brand, they've wasted a lot of money." In contrast to the tight-lipped Mr. Piech, Mr. Pischetsrieder grinned broadly at a news conference here. Asked what led to the settlement, he quipped, "possibly my charm." In truth, Mr. Pischetsrieder had much more going for him than his wit. BMW cooperates with Rolls-Royce to build engines for regional aircraft and business jets. Thanks to that relationship and BMW's existing status as a luxury carmaker, Rolls-Royce was determined to se |
What name is given to the famous flying lady mascot adorning the radiator grill on a Rolls-Royce? | Auto123.com | Car News | Auto123 By Luc Gagné , 2011-01-06 February 6, 2011, will go down in Rolls-Royce history. That day, the Spirit of Ecstasy , also known as the Flying Lady, will turn 100! To celebrate this milestone, one hundred old and new Rolls-Royce models will parade through the heart of London, the first in a series of events organized to commemorate the start of the second century of the brand’s most memorable symbol. On February 6, 2011, the Rolls-Royce hood ornament Spirit of Ecstasy will turn 100! (Photo Rolls-Royce) Spirit of Ecstasy is the name that was given to the Rolls-Royce hood ornament in 1911. The ornament that will adorn every Rolls-Royce Ghost and Phantom built in 2011 will bear the inscription “Spirit of Ecstasy Centenary – 2011” in ITC Willow font. A disappearing trend Hood ornaments are as old as the horseless carriage itself. In the beginning, they decorated the radiator cap, which was originally exposed to the elements. The automakers quickly adopted these mascots to identify their particular brand of vehicle. Consumers could also buy them at the local hardware store or mechanic’s shop, just to personalize their own car, humble though it may have been. Around 1910, no self-respecting motorist would be caught dead driving a mascot-less car! Today, these little statues have all but disappeared. Other than Rolls-Royce’s Flying Lady, the only ones we regularly see adorning standard models are the Mercedes Star and the “Leaper”, Jaguar’s famous pouncing feline. Take it or leave it Originally, some of these ornaments were true works of art, such as the elephant of the imposing Royales, sculpted by Rembrandt Bugatti for his brother, Ettore. There was also the “Tireur d’Arc” designed by American inventor William N. Schnell for the sumptuous Pierce-Arrow models, or the superb pieces created for the French glass-maker Lalique. Eleanor Velasco Thornton was reportedly the inspiration for the elegant mascot created for Rolls-Royce by Charles Sykes. (Photo: Rolls-Royce) Tags: |
Can you name the first Pope? | The First Pope - Vatican Articles The First Pope 20/04/2013 by Vatican.com The First Pope There have been many discussions regarding the question of who was the first Pope of the Catholic Church? The majority of discussions regarding this question refer to Saint Peter, with some saying that he was the first Roman Catholic Church Pope, while others oppose that idea. However, according to the Catholic Church, there is no doubt that Peter was first Pope. Even on the list of popes, Saint Peter heads the list, appearing as the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The bible is normally interpreted differently by different people, but the Catholic Church has remained adament regarding its strong belief that Peter was the first Bishop of Rome and the head of the entire Catholic Church. Peter was Andrew’s brother (the sons of John); they were both fishermen. It was Andrew (Peter’s brother) who introduced him to Jesus Christ, and once they retired from fishing and became disciples of Jesus, they were referred to as “fishers of men”. Peter means “rock”, and his story is extensively discussed in the bible’s New Testament. There are several scriptures that have been quoted in the bible, serving as proof that Peter was given the authority to be the leader of Catholic Church, by Jesus himself. The first scripture is from John 21: 15-17 which says: “Feed my lambs, feed my lambs, feed my sheep”. According to the Catholics, this was the message that Jesus gave to Peter, giving him the superintendency of all His sheep; sheep being the followers of His Church. Another message appears in the book of Mathew 16:17-20 which says, “I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” These two scriptures have formed the basis of the fact that indeed Saint Peter was the first Pope of the Catholic Church. Even today, there are structures that were built in the Vatican, Rome, in honor of Saint Peter as the first Pope of Rome. For instance, there are the St. Peter’s Square and St. Peter’s Basilica; these are among the holiest places in Vatican City, and have attracted millions of people from across the world. St. Peter’s Square is the place where the largest papal audiences meet for Pope’s blessings and masses. There is also St. Peter’s tomb inside St. Peter’s Basilica. This is where St. Peter is believed to have been buried, and it is the official burial place hosting several Popes’ tombs. Therefore, the Catholics believe that St. Peter was the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, and that every Pope is a subsequent follower of St. Peter. Tell us what you think about this topic |
Off the coast of which county would you find the 'Goodwin Sands'? | The Goodwin Sands All scattered on the bottom of the sea!" ( Gilmore ) Some historians put forward the theory that the sands were once fertile and habitable and part of the lands of Earl Godwin, councillor and friend of Edward the Confessor, which were overcome by the sea in A.D. 1099. Others suggest that the sand banks were formed by the action of tides and currents coming together at the mouth of the English Channel. Whichever theory you believe, the Goodwin Sands have for centuries been feared by sailors of all nations who had occasion to navigate the Straits of Dover between the North Sea (sometimes called the German Sea) and the English Channel (called by the French La Manche - the Sleeve). At low tide, a large part of the Sands is uncovered and becomes firm and dry. Rev. Mackenzie Walcott, in a work on the "Coast of Kent", described them thus: "At low tides a walk along these melancholy dunes, when the channel is bare of ships and presents only a boundless expanse, will inspire solemn thought, reverent awe, and silent devotion; the voiceless lips of the shells which the foot buries tell of mighty changes and centuries gone by. All is still as beneath the roof of a cathedral, and the breeze grows mellowed, softer, sadder, as it mingles with the fall of the breakers." Rev. John Gilmore referred to the numerous souls lost on the Sands: "when the graves give up their dead few churchyards will render such an account as theirs, not only as to the number of the dead, but also that the Sands are a battlefield which entombs the brave and the strong, who go down quick to their grave, quick from the full tide of life and strength, from the eager, stern, deadly contest which, to the last, all their strong energies are fully engaged." |
Where would you find the 'English end' of the Channel Tunnel? | BUILDING BIG: Databank: Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) Location: Folkestone, England, and Sangatte, France Completion Date: 1994 Length: 163,680 feet (31 miles) Purpose: Railway Materials: Steel, concrete Engineer(s): Transmanche Link Engineering Firm When England and France decided to link their two countries with a 32-mile rail tunnel beneath the English Channel, engineers were faced with a huge challenge. Not only would they have to build one of the longest tunnels in the world; they would have to convince the public that passengers would be safe in a tunnel this size. Tunnel fires, like the Holland Tunnel disaster, were common at this time. How did the engineers resolve this problem? They built an escape route. Click photo for larger image. The Channel Tunnel, also called the Euro Tunnel or Chunnel, actually consists of three tunnels. Two of the tubes are full sized and accommodate rail traffic. In between the two train tunnels is a smaller service tunnel that serves as an emergency escape route. There are also several "cross-over" passages that allow trains to switch from one track to another. Just one year after the Chunnel opened, this engineering design was put to the test. Thirty-one people were trapped in a fire that broke out in a train coming from France. The design worked. Everyone was able to escape through the service tunnel. It took just three years for tunnel boring machines from France and England to chew through the chalky earth and meet hundreds of feet below the surface of the English Channel. Today, trains roar through the tunnel at speeds up to 100 miles per hour and it's possible to get from one end to the other in only 20 minutes! Here's how this tunnel stacks up against some of the longest tunnels in the world. (total length, in feet) Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) 163,680' (31 miles) Fast Facts: At the time it was being built, the Chunnel was the most expensive construction project ever conceived. It took $21 billion to complete the tunnel. That's 700 times more expensive than the cost to build the Golden Gate Bridge ! Many of the tunnel boring machines used on the Chunnel were as long as two football fields and capable of boring 250 feet a day. When construction began in 1988, British and French tunnel workers raced to reach the middle of the tunnel first. The British won. In the first five years of operation, trains carried 28 million passengers and 12 million tons of freight through the tunnel. |
In the TV cop series 'Z Cars' who played PC Fancy Smith? | PC Fancy Smith (Character) PC Fancy Smith (Character) from "Z Cars" (1962) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Overview 'Big' Brian Blessed played the part of 'Fancy Smith'... See more » Alternate Names: P.C. Fancy Smith / P.C. Smith / PC 'Fancy' Smith / PC Smith Filmography PC Weir : [Smith and Weir have just forcefully caught Elena who has been squatting in an unoccupied house] What's you name? Elena Collins : Popular with the girls you two, are you - knocking them about and that? PC Smith : Hey - come off it. Elena Collins : Well they go for it don't they - bit of a punch up - fancy that, some of them. |
In January of which year was the first episode of 'Z Cars' aired? | Z-Cars: What we were watching 40 years ago - BT Print this story Devised as a darker and more honest portrayal of British policing than the friendly ‘bobby’ of Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars was the BBC’s first proper British cop show. Running on BBC One from 1962 to 1978, the gritty series coincided with real-life headlines about police corruption and increasing social unrest, while its characters struck a chord with viewers as coppers became seen as fallible rather than cheery heroes. One of the show’s early writers, John McGrath, singled out the show’s appeal when he argued that the show exposed a world with “no reassuring endings”. (Z-Cars cast reunion) Based in the fictional town of Newton, the setting was based on Kirkby in Merseyside, meaning the show also captured the wave of Merseybeat mania just as The Beatles were taking America by storm. Z-Cars’ leading stars included Stratford Johns as Detective Inspector Barlow, Frank Windsor as Detective Sgt Warr, James Ellis as Bert Lynch and a surprisingly understated Brian Blessed as ‘Fancy’ Smith. Although the show’s more stark and harsh view of the world wasn’t to everyone’s tastes when it first aired, it was a big ratings hit for the BBC and its theme tune from Fritz Spiegl – based on a Liverpool folk song – remains unforgettable. What else was in the TV schedules 40 years ago this week? Oliver Postgate’s children’s classic Ivor The Engine was enchanting young viewers Child star Lena Zavaroni was a guest on The Morecambe and Wise show The Liver Birds and Steptoe and Son were the Friday night comedies The show’s violence and edge wouldn’t register on the radars of contemporary viewers, but when it first aired the show’s integrity and social realism marked it out as an extraordinary show - disliked by police chiefs, loved by viewers. (Z-Cars star Brian Blessed) Z-Cars is regularly recognised as one of the most influential shows in UK TV history and was voted in the Top 100 in a poll at the Millennium to find the greatest programmes from the 20th Century. Were you a fan of Z-Cars? Share your memories of the classic series in the Comments section below. Photo Credit: PA/Rex Z-Cars: Did you know? • The theme tune for Z-Cars, based on a traditional Liverpool folk song, is played by Everton FC when their players run out onto the pitch. • Of the 804 episodes of the show, 466 are believed to have been wiped out from the BBC archives. • John Thaw and Judi Dench made early TV appearances on the show. • The character Ted Bowman reappeared in the Canadian series Sidestreet. • The Ford Zephyrs used in the black and white episodes were actually primrose yellow – as it looked sharper on black and white film. • 1960s pop combo The Newtowns were named after the series. • Michael Caine turned down the chance to star as PC Bob Steele. • The show spawned the successful spin-off series Softly, Softly, which ran for five series between 1966 and 1969. • The original series was one of the last British television dramas to be screened as a live production. |
Who played DI Jack Regan in the TV series 'The Sweeny'? | The Sweeney (Series) - TV Tropes The Sweeney You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share "We're the Sweeney, son, and we haven't had any dinner. You've kept us waiting, so unless you want a kicking, you tell us where those photographs are!" — DI Jack Regan A classic British Cop Show from the 1970s featuring Cowboy Cop Inspector Jack Regan (John Thaw) and his sidekick Sergeant George Carter (Dennis Waterman) of the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad (Rhyming slang: " Sweeney Todd " = "Flying Squad", hence the title), an elite detective unit able to be stationed at any location where an armed robbery is likely. The characters were rough, hard-drinking and, by modern standards, highly sexist. Regan, while over forty, greying and divorced, was successful with women as part of his macho image (although his sex life became a plot point sometimes). Carter was married and a bit more stable and reliable than his "Guv'nor". In fact, Regan's "Guv'nor", Superintendent Haskins, felt Carter should be reassigned because Regan was a bad influence on him. British television cop shows had been undergoing a steady evolution from the light-hearted Dixon of Dock Green to the relatively gritty Z Cars . The Sweeney took this to the next level, with an unprecedented level of violence, cynicism, and bad language (albeit that it was still PG-rated; "bastard" was as bad as it got)note thery were allowed one "fucking", though. It was used to effect .. There was at least one car chase, fist fight or gunfight per episode. Unlike most British policemen, Regan and Carter were often armed, but the squad frequently took down criminal gangs in brutal hand-to-hand battles fought with pick-axe handles, iron bars , fists and boots. Unlike the almost-contemporary Starsky & Hutch the violent action did not have a James Bond -movie feel to it, being instead down-and-dirty, and sometimes quite shocking. Gunfire was seldom non-lethal and people who got hurt stayed hurt. If a car crashed and burned , the people inside didn't climb out as in The A-Team , either! Detective work was mainly a matter of asking informants, many of whom lived in fear, or of following people, or simply "knowing the manor" so well that the heroes could just guess who was the most likely suspect. Not much Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot stuff happened, but it was often quite close to real police work. Blatantly parodied in The Invisibles , where Jack and George of Division X are Carter and Regan to the life. Explained by saying that the invisibles created their cover identities from old '70s cop shows. Their boss Mr Crowley is a shout out to George Cowley of The Professionals , another British police drama of the time. (Their fellow agent Mister Six, meanwhile, is a shout out to Jason King of Department S .) Gene Hunt of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes is a fairly obvious Shout-Out to Jack Regan and his ilk. (One is tempted to call him an Affectionate Parody , but he'd call one a poof for saying so. He'd call one a poof for saying "one" instead of "him" anyway.) Gerry Standing, Dennis Waterman's character in New Tricks , is another Affectionate Parody of what the characters from The Sweeney (George in particular) might look like thirty-odd years down the track. The show was recorded entirely with film, and the production had a heavy reliance on location shooting, both of which were very unusual features at the time. Although it was extremely popular, a combination of high production costs and creator burnout meant that it only lasted for four series. Nonetheless it was very influential, directly inspiring ITV's successful The Professionals and the BBC's relatively unpopular Target . Two spin-off movies were produced during the show's run: Sweeney! in 1977 and Sweeney 2 in 1978. A movie adaptation of the show was released in 2012. The TV series provides examples of: Armed Blag : A common source of plots (unsurprisingly, since armed robberies were what the Flying Squad specialised in in real life). Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking : The pilot movie Regan ended wit |
What was the real name of traitor 'Lord Haw Haw' who was executed for treason in 1946? | The Execution of Lord Haw Haw at Wandsworth Prison in 1946 « Another Nickel In The Machine The Execution of Lord Haw Haw at Wandsworth Prison in 1946 William Joyce William Joyce, the man with the famous nickname ‘Lord Haw Haw’, is Britain’s most well-known traitor, of relatively recent times anyway. He had a catchphrase as famous as any comedian’s and to cap it all he had a facial disfigurement in the form of a terrible scar that marked him as a ‘villainous traitor’ as if the words themselves were tattooed across his forehead. Saying all that, a lot of people have argued that he shouldn’t have been convicted of treason at all, let alone be executed for the crime. On the cold and damp morning of 3 January 1946 a large but orderly crowd had formed outside the grim Victorian prison in Wandsworth. The main gates of London’s largest gaol are situated not more than a few hundred feet from the far more salubrious surroundings of Wandsworth Common in South West London. Some people had come to protest at what they considered an unjust conviction, while others, ghoulishly and morbidly, wanted to be as close as they could, to what would turn out to be, the execution of the last person to be convicted of treason in this country. Wandsworth Prison William Joyce had woken early that morning and although he ate no breakfast he drank a cup of tea. At one minute to nine, an hour later than initially planned, the Governor of Wandsworth Prison came to the condemned man’s cell to inform him that his time had come. The walk to the adjacent execution chamber was but a few yards but there was just enough time for Joyce to look down at his badly trembling knees and smile. Albert Pierrepoint, the practiced and experienced hangman, said the last words that Joyce would ever hear: ‘I think we’d better have this on, you know’ and placed a hood over the condemned man’s head followed immediately by the noose of the hanging rope. A few seconds later the executioner pulled a lever which automatically opened the trap door beneath Joyce’s feet. Almost instantaneously Joyce’s spinal cord was ripped apart between the second and third vertebrae and the man known throughout the country as Lord Haw-Haw, was dead. The gates of HMP Wandsworth around the time of William Joyce's execution At about the same time as the hangman pulled his deadly lever a group of smartly dressed men in winter coats stepped away from the main crowd outside the gates of the prison and behind some nearby bushes, almost surreptitiously, were seen to raise their right arms in the ‘Heil Hitler!’ salute. At eight minutes past nine a prison officer came out and pinned an official announcement that the hanging of the traitor William Joyce had taken place. At 1pm the BBC Home Service reported the execution and read out the last, unrepentant pronouncement from the dead man; In death, as in this life, I defy the Jews who caused this last war, and I defy the power of darkness which they represent. I warn the British people against the crushing imperialism of the Soviet Union. May Britain be great once again and in the hour of the greatest danger in the west may the Swastika be raised from the dust, crowned with the historic words ‘You have conquered nevertheless’. I am proud to die for my ideals; and I am sorry for the sons of Britain who have died without knowing why. The official declaration of William Joyce's execution pinned on the gates of the prison The official notice of execution being pinned on the gates of Wandsworth Prison William Joyce had actually been born in Brooklyn, New York forty years previously to an English Protestant mother and an Irish Catholic father who had taken United States citizenship. A few years after the birth the family returned to Galway where William attended the Jesuit St Ignatius College from 1915 to 1921. William had always been precociously politically aware but both he and his father, rather unusually for Irish Catholics at the time, were both Unionists and openly supported British rule. In fact Joyce later said that he had aided and ran with the infamous B |
In 1938, Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch starred in which new radio comedy series? | Arthur Askey - The Bee Song / Chirrup (1938) - YouTube Arthur Askey - The Bee Song / Chirrup (1938) 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 Jun 24, 2012 Arthur's most famous song, The Bee Song, was also his first commercial record. Arthur Bowden Askey CBE (6 June 1900 -- 16 November 1982) was a prominent English comedian and actor. Askey's humour owed much to the playfulness of the characters he portrayed, his improvising, and his use of catchphrases, as parodied by the Arthur Atkinson character in The Fast Show. His catchphrases included "Hello playmates!", "I thank you all" (pronounced "Ay-Thang-Yaw'll"), and "Before your very eyes". He was known as "Big-Hearted Arthur". Askey was born at 29 Moses Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, the eldest child and only son of Samuel Askey (d.1958), secretary of the firm Sugar Products of Liverpool, and his wife, Betsy Bowden (d.1949), of Knutsford, Cheshire. Six months after his birth the family moved to 90 Rosslyn Street, Liverpool. Askey was educated at St. Michael's Council School (1905--11) and the Liverpool Institute for Boys (1911--16), where he was known for winning an egg and spoon race at a school sports day. He was very small at 5' 2" (1.58 m), with a breezy, smiling personality, and wore distinctive horn-rimmed glasses. He served in the armed forces in World War I and performed in army entertainments. After working as a clerk for Liverpool Corporation, Education Department, he was in a touring concert party and the music halls, but he rose to stardom in 1938 through his role in the first regular radio comedy series, Band Waggon on the BBC. Band Waggon began as a variety show, but had been unsuccessful until Askey and his partner, Richard Murdoch, took on a larger role in the writing. In the early 1930s, Askey appeared on an early form of BBC television — the spinning disc invented by John Logie Baird that scanned vertically and had only thirty lines. Askey had to be heavily made up for his face to be recognisable at such low resolution. When television became electronic, with 405 horizontal lines, Askey was a regular performer in variety shows. During World War II, Askey starred in several Gainsborough Pictures comedy films, including Band Waggon (1940), based on the radio show; Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940); The Ghost Train (1941); I Thank You (1941); Back Room Boy (1942); King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942); Miss London Ltd. (1943) and Bees in Paradise (1944); as well as the popular West End musical Follow the Girls. When television arrived, he made the transition well. His first TV series was Before Your Very Eyes! (1952), named after his catchphrase. In 1957, writers Sid Colin and Talbot Rothwell revived the Band Waggon format for Living It Up, a series that reunited Askey and Murdoch after 18 years. He also made many stage appearances as a pantomime dame. He continued to appear frequently on television in the 1970s, notably as a panellist on the ITV talent show New Faces, where his usually sympathetic comments would offset the harsher judgments of fellow judges Tony Hatch and Mickie Most. He also appeared on the comedy panel game Joker's Wild. His last film was Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978), starring Debbie Ash. Soon afterwards, he was forced to give up performing, and had both legs amputated owing to circulatory problems. Anthea, his daughter by his marriage to Elizabeth May Swash (m. 1925, d. 1974), was also an actress and often starred with him. For many years, he was an active member of the Savage Club (a London gentlemen's club). He was awarded the OBE in 1969 and the CBE in 1981. Askey carried on working until just before he was hospitalised in July 1982. Poor circulation resulted in gangrene which led to him having both legs amputated and he died in London's St Thomas's Hospital on 16 November 1982. Askey is buried in Putney Val |
Who was the Governor of The Bank of England between 1983 and 1993? | Lord Kingsdown obituary | Business | The Guardian Lord Kingsdown obituary Former governor of the Bank of England in charge during the BCCI collapse and ERM crisis Lord Kingsdown in 1983, then Robin Leigh-Pemberton, the year he was appointed Bank of England governor. Photograph: Steve Bent/Mail On Sunday /Rex Monday 25 November 2013 13.44 EST First published on Monday 25 November 2013 13.44 EST Share on Messenger Close A note slipped to Margaret Thatcher during a reception at No 10 Downing Street led to Sir Robin Leigh-Pemberton, later Lord Kingsdown, being appointed governor of the Bank of England in 1983. Leigh-Pemberton, who has died aged 86, held the post for two five-year terms. He had never appeared to seek the governorship, but to Thatcher he seemed the ideal candidate. Her phrase "one of us" fitted: he was the right sort, a loyal Conservative who spent years as leader of Kent county council. He was also, conveniently, a banker, being chairman of National Westminster. However, before his second term was over, far from being "Thatcher's poodle" as critics of his appointment had feared, he proved determined to take his own line on European monetary union and Thatcher refused even to speak to him. They had met when he was chair of the Committee of London Clearing Bankers. At a reception to discuss what more the City could do for industry, he surreptitiously handed her the briefing note he had been given for the occasion by one of the committee's economists. She slipped it into her handbag and, on the strength of it, decided that Leigh-Pemberton – unlike most others she had met from the City – was somebody with whom she could do business. The City disagreed. He was not the right sort of banker. His name had not been included on the list of candidates prepared for her, because he was not from one of the 16 accepting houses which ran the money markets. In fact, they muttered, he was not really a banker at all, but a country landowner and barrister who had found himself elevated, in 1977, to the NatWest chair. His experience of international banking was virtually non-existent. So alarmed were the insiders at the Bank that, before he arrived, they set up a committee which, in effect, would take the important executive decisions. Each Friday morning the committee would meet under the chairmanship of deputy governor Kit McMahon to decide how the Bank's business was conducted. Leigh-Pemberton, however, was no fool. While he was content to delegate certain technical elements of the Bank's administration to the committee, and acted more as chairman of the board than as chief executive, he saw that power had to be clawed back. Perhaps because of his background – Eton, Oxford, the Grenadier Guards and the law – and his languid way of speaking, which exaggerated the sense that Leigh-Pemberton was just a member of the landed gentry and not especially bright, the technocrats underestimated Leigh-Pemberton. While he was most definitely a country gentleman with a 2,200-acre agricultural estate in Kent, he was quick to pick up the essentials of any situation – and he was decisive in what should be done about it. He was not to be sidelined. His first step was to demand to see the minutes of the committee's meetings. Next, he insisted on seeing the agenda before the meetings. Thus armed, he made sure the deputy governors were aware of his position on the issues which concerned him. In that way, he succeeded in pulling back power without the need for confrontations. He was, however, essentially a delegator, albeit an informed one who sensed when it was necessary to take control of a situation. Meanwhile, he continued to spend some time each week on his other job as lord lieutenant of Kent. His private office needed to know when to lay out his sword and fancy uniform. An additional pennant was fitted to the official Rolls-Royce to fly his flag. On weekdays, he lived in the governor's flat at the New Change office building overlooking St Paul's Cathedral; he installed beehives on the building's roof. He effortlessly entertained the great an |
What was the name of King Henry V111's 4th wife who he married in 1540? | Learn All About The Six Wives Of Henry VIII, Their Lives & Deaths | Historic Royal Palaces Find out more about the lives (and deaths) of Henry VIII's six wives Katherine of Aragon Divorced The first of Henry VIII's six wives, Katherine of Aragon (1485-1536) was a Spanish princess who was married to Henry for 18 years before he began divorce proceedings in his desperation to re-marry and produce a male heir. Katherine had been pregnant six times but only one daughter, Princess Mary, later Mary I , had survived. Dying in 1536, Katherine wrote to Henry: 'Lastly, I make this vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things. Farewell.' Anne Boleyn Beheaded The second of Henry VIII's six wives, Anne Boleyn (c1501-1536) was married to the King for only three years from 1533-1536. Instead of the sought after male heir, Anne was pregnant with another princess, Elizabeth (later Elizabeth I ). Anne was supported by religious reformers but was also hated by many at court. After a miscarriage, her fate was sealed and she was arrested (and later executed at the Tower of London) for adultery and incest. Jane Seymour Died Jane Seymour (c1509-1537) was the third of Henry VIII's six wives and the only wife to provide the King with the much longed for son and male heir. Having married Henry in May 1536, she gave birth to Prince Edward (later Edward VI) at Hampton Court Palace in 1537 but died soon afterwards. Henry had his son but grieved: 'Providence has mingled my joy with the bitterness of the death of her who brought me this happiness.' Anne of Cleves Divorced Anne of Cleves (1515-1557) was the fourth of Henry VIII's six wives and at 24 was half Henry's age when they married in January 1540. Henry first saw Anne of Cleves in a painting by Hans Holbein but in the flesh, Henry found Anne unattractive and began pursuing one of her maids of honour, Catherine Howard. After six months the marriage was annulled yet Anne remained in England and on good terms with Henry VIII. He commanded that she be treated as 'the king's sister' Catherine Howard Beheaded Henry VIII's fifth wife was an alluring teenager named Catherine Howard (c1522-1542). Married three weeks after his second divorce, rumours of Catherine's past and present love affairs reached a furious Henry. She was arrested at Hampton Court Palace and later taken to the Tower of London where she was beheaded in February 1542, aged about 21. Kateryn Parr |
Which group had a hit with 'Lily the Pink' in 1969? | 12-string Guitar: Lily The Pink (Including lyrics and chords) - YouTube 12-string Guitar: Lily The Pink (Including lyrics and chords) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 27, 2011 This is another request from Ken Shuttleworth. It is a song made popular in the 1960s by the Liverpool group, The Scaffold, but is not a song that I have performed before surprisingly. Well here's the opportunity to correct that omission. Hope you enjoy it. The following information comes from Wikipedia: "Lily the Pink" is a modification of the older folk song "The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham", and the modifications were not extensively due to The Scaffold - for example a similar version was the unofficial regimental song of the Royal Tank Corps, at the end of World War II. "Lily the Pink" was a surprise hit for The Scaffold, becoming the Christmas #1 in the UK singles chart for four weeks, in December 1968 for the UK comedy group. Another version of the song was also a minor hit in North America for The Irish Rovers from the Decca LP release Tales to Warm Your Mind in 1969, at a time when covers were released almost as soon as the originals. I found the lyrics on a website, but as often happens, the person who uploaded them made a small error which I did not spot until after completing the video. In the verse about Aunty Milly, it should have been 'rubbed on' not 'looked on'. I have just produced a book of songs under the title "50 Songs from the 'threelegsoman' collection". It is available as a printed book or as an eBook and can be found at: |
From the 'Just William' books by Richmal Crompton, what was William's surname? | William's Happy Days : Richmal Crompton : 9781509805273 William's Happy Days By (author) Richmal Crompton , Illustrated by Thomas Henry , Illustrated by Steven Lenton Share Add to basket Add to wishlist Description Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back in a hilarious collection of classic Just William stories - now with a brand new cover-look illustrated by Steven Lenton. When William's mother offers him a birthday party, he is suspicious - what's the catch? Convinced that he will have to do something boring in exchange, William refuses to be caught out. But offers of food, a pet, even hidden treasure are very hard to refuse ...This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his admirers since 1922. show more Product details 128 x 184 x 20mm | 214g Publication date |
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, where is it located? | The Pentagon | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 1945 map of the Pentagon road network , including present-day State Route 27 and part of the Shirley Highway , as well as the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings near the Lincoln Memorial Before the Pentagon was built, the United States Department of War was headquartered in the Greggory Building, a temporary structure erected during World War I along Constitution Avenue on the National Mall . The War Department, which was a civilian agency created to administer the U.S. Army , was spread out in additional temporary buildings on National Mall, as well as dozens of other buildings in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. In the late 1930s a new War Department Building was constructed at 21st and C Streets in Foggy Bottom but, upon completion, the new building did not solve the department's space problem and ended up being used by the Department of State. [1] When World War II broke out in Europe, the War Department rapidly expanded in anticipation that the United States would be drawn into the conflict. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson found the situation unacceptable, with the Munitions Building overcrowded and the department spread out. [2] [3] Stimson told President Franklin D. Roosevelt in May 1941 that the War Department needed additional space. On July 17, 1941, a congressional hearing took place, organized by Virginia congressman Clifton Woodrum , regarding proposals for new War Department buildings. Woodrum pressed Brigadier General Eugene Reybold , who was representing the War Department at the hearing, for an "overall solution" to the department's "space problem" rather than building yet more temporary buildings. Reybold agreed to report back to the congressman within five days. The War Department called upon its construction chief, General Brehon Somervell , to come up with a plan. [4] Main Navy Building (foreground) and the Munitions Building were temporary structures built during World War I on the National Mall . The Munitions Building served as the Department of War headquarters for several years before moving into the Pentagon. Southwest view of the Pentagon with the Potomac River and Washington Monument in background (1998) Government officials agreed that the War Department building should be constructed across the Potomac River, in Arlington, Virginia. Requirements for the new building were that it be no more than four stories tall, and that it use a minimal amount of steel. The requirements meant that, instead of rising vertically, the building would be sprawling over a large area. Possible sites for the building included the Department of Agriculture's Arlington Experimental Farm, adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery , and the obsolete Washington Hoover Airport site. [5] The site originally chosen was Arlington Farms which had a roughly pentagonal shape, so the building was planned accordingly as an irregular pentagon. [6] Concerned that the new building could obstruct the view of Washington, D.C. from Arlington Cemetery, President Roosevelt ended up selecting the Hoover Airport site instead. [7] The building retained its pentagonal layout because a major redesign at that stage would have been costly, and Roosevelt liked the design. Freed of the constraints of the asymmetric Arlington Farms site, it was modified into a regular pentagon . [8] [9] On July 28 Congress authorized funding for a new Department of War building in Arlington, which would house the entire department under one roof, [10] and President Roosevelt officially approved of the Hoover Airport site on September 2. [11] While the project went through the approval process in late July 1941, Somervell selected the contractors, including John McShain, Inc. of Philadelphia, which had built Washington National Airport in Arlington, the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, along with Wise Contracting Company, Inc. and Doyle and Russell, both from Virginia. [12] In addition to the Hoover Airport site and other government-owned l |
Who won the gold medal for the woman's heptathlon? | Jessica Ennis-Hill wins heptathlon gold at Beijing World Championships | Sport | The Guardian Jessica Ennis-Hill wins heptathlon gold at Beijing World Championships • Ennis-Hill completes fairytale comeback 13 months after birth of her son • Katarina Johnson-Thompson ruins medal chances with long jump disaster Jessica Ennis-Hill wins heptathlon gold in Beijing. Sunday 23 August 2015 08.21 EDT Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 08.24 EDT Share on Messenger Close The mother of all comebacks began with a few workouts in the garage while her newborn baby slept and ended in the Bird’s Nest amid tears and celebration. Jessica Ennis Hill is once again world champion, 13 months after giving birth and three years after her last major championships. Afterwards an emotional Ennis-Hill said striking unexpected gold in Beijing equalled her Olympic victory in London, given the punishing timescale she had set herself to return to elite competition. And her achievement in winning with a total of 6,669 points following consistently impressive results in the long jump, javelin and 800m on Sunday was in some ways greater than that era-defining exercise in managing pressure three years ago. Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin to 100m title at World Athletics Championship Read more “It’s definitely one of the greatest moments of my career. I still can’t believe it,” she said. “We only wanted to come here if I was ready to contend for a medal and we spoke about a bronze medal – that would be amazing – and a silver medal, but we never spoke about a gold medal. I just thought it was a little beyond me this year.” On those hazy days in London Ennis-Hill had blown away the opposition with a nerveless and spectacularly quick hurdles on the opening morning of competition that left her cruising to victory. This was more a two-day masterclass in consistency and concentration, a victory for the intense training she had put in with her coach, Toni Minichiello, since returning in earnest last November. By the time of the final event, the 800m, she had the equivalent of a six-second head start over her nearest rival, Nadine Broersen. But it was typical that the Briton powered down the home straight nevertheless to win in 2min 10.13sec before collapsing to the floor in delight and relief. For once Ennis Hill had travelled to a major championships not expecting to win gold and overnight Katarina Johnson-Thompson, the young pretender to her multi-event throne, had been snapping at her heels. But by the time newspapers outlining the prospect of a British one-two had hit the doormats, Johnson-Thompson’s prospect of a medal had been snatched away . The Liverpudlian began the day 80 points behind Ennis-Hill with by far her strongest event, the long jump, to come. But disaster struck for the 22-year-old when she recorded three no jumps and threw away her chance of a medal by the smallest of margins. With the pressure on following two fouls, she appeared to soar way beyond the 6.90m mark but after an interminable wait a red flag was raised and replays showed her foot almost imperceptibly over the line. Johnson-Thompson had recovered from a shaky start in the high jump on the opening day but this time there was to be no shot at redemption despite a failed appeal. In an instant the contest turned. “I’m obviously really disappointed – to be in medal contention and miss the board by such a small fraction is really hard to take,” said Johnson-Thompson, who will compete again in the long jump on Thursday. “To say it’s been a tough evening is an understatement.” The contrast had been telling as Ennis-Hill used all her experience to ensure she recorded a respectable distance with her first long jump and then, despite a hesitant approach, put her all into a season’s best 6.43 on her second. After consoling a dejected Johnson-Thompson, who finished her heptathlon with a slow trudge round the 800m, Ennis-Hill refocused for a javelin competition that she knew could all but secure victory. Again she did not need to approach her best but was able to perform when it mattered to es |
In cycling who won the gold medal for the men's time trial? | Bradley Wiggins wins Olympics gold in cycling time trial - BBC Sport BBC Sport Bradley Wiggins wins Olympics gold in cycling time trial By Matt Slater BBC Sport at Hampton Court Palace 1 Aug 2012 Media playback is not supported on this device Bradley Wiggins wins Olympics gold in cycling time trial Bradley Wiggins claimed a British record seventh Olympic medal with a sensational gold in the men's time trial. The Tour de France winner stopped the clock at 50 minutes 39 seconds for the 44km course. From shed to gold in 12 months "Underneath the amiable, bloke-next-door, likes-a-laugh, family-man exterior, is a stone-cold competitor. He might crave an ordinary life, but Wiggins is an extraordinary man" Read more from Matt Slater This was a convincing 42 seconds quicker than Germany's world champion Tony Martin, and 68 seconds faster than British team-mate Chris Froome, runner-up to Wiggins in Paris 10 days ago. Wiggins' seven Olympic medals - four golds, a silver and two bronzes - give him one more than rowing great Sir Steve Redgrave. "I don't think my sporting career will ever top this now," said Wiggins. "That's it. It will never, never get better than that. Incredible. "It had to be gold today or nothing. What's the point of seven medals if they're not the right colour? Media playback is not supported on this device Bradley Wiggins: "My sporting career will never top that" "The main number is that is gold number four. So I have got to carry on to Rio now and make it five. Just to be mentioned in the same breath as Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Chris Hoy is very special." Comparisons between different eras and sports are notoriously subjective, but Wiggins' results in 2012 put him among a select group of British sports heroes. His victory at the Tour, the first by a British rider, was already an achievement of historic proportions, but to back that up with a fourth gold medal - in three different events, across three Games - is unparalleled in cycling history. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics he was part of the group that won the bronze medal in the team pursuit event, following that up in Athens by becoming the first Briton in 40 years to win three medals at a Games, before winning the pursuit and team pursuit in Beijing. Best of British Bradley Wiggins (cycling): seven medals - four gold, one silver, two bronze Sir Steve Redgrave (rowing): six - five gold, one bronze Sir Chris Hoy (track cycling): five - four gold, one silver Jack Beresford (rowing): five - three gold, two silver Henry Taylor (swimming): five - three gold, two bronze Sir Matthew Pinsent (rowing): four - four gold Paulo Radmilovic (water polo): four - four gold Ben Ainslie (sailing): four - three gold, one silver British trailblazer Chris Boardman, whose 1992 individual pursuit gold inspired a young Wiggins, is in no doubt as to where the 32-year-old Londoner's achievements should be ranked. "His sporting performances this year have been unprecedented," said Boardman. "The greatest British cyclist of all time, I have no qualms about saying that. One of the top British sportsmen, also." Unbeaten in time trials of this distance since losing to Martin at the 2011 World Championships in Copenhagen, Wiggins came into this race as the bookies' favourite. That status might faze some, but the Chorley-based cyclist has been dealing with rising expectations all year. Marginally down on his German rival at the first time check at 9km, he did not panic. His body position, all important in this discipline, remained perfectly aerodynamic as he turned his pedals with unmatched efficiency and power. By 18km, he was 11 seconds up; at 29km, his lead was 23 seconds. There was no catching him then, as he was roared home by a massive crowd. What was in doubt, though, was if the Kenyan-born Froome could claim a one-two finish to match the pair's Tour de France exploits. Media playback is not supported on this device Tour winner Wiggins' Olympic golds But the impressive Martin, who has suffered two serious injuries this season, gritted his teeth to split the Team GB stars. Taylor Phi |
In cycling who won the gold medal for the men's individual sprint? | Olympics cycling: Jason Kenny takes sprint cycling gold - BBC Sport BBC Sport Olympics cycling: Jason Kenny takes sprint cycling gold By Chris Bevan BBC Sport at London Velodrome 6 Aug 2012 Media playback is not supported on this device Olympics cycling: Jason Kenny wins men's sprint gold Britain's Jason Kenny added individual sprint gold to his Olympic team title with a thrilling victory over world champion Gregory Bauge in the final. Kenny surged past his French opponent to take the first race and sealed his win by holding him off in the second. The 24-year-old is GB's first double gold medallist of the Games and takes the haul in the velodrome to five golds and a bronze from seven events. Australia's Shane Perkins beat Njisane Nicholas Phillip of Trinidad to bronze. 2012 track cycling golds Women's omnium: Laura Trott (Gbr) Kenny took silver behind Sir Chris Hoy in this event at Beijing in 2008 and was preferred to Hoy under the one-rider-per-nation rule introduced for the 2012 Games. Hoy tweeted immediately after Kenny's victory: "I know I said I was off Twitter until after tomorrow, but that was PHENOMENAL by Jason Kenny. So happy and proud of him, well deserved, mate." Bolton-born Kenny lost 2-0 to Bauge at the World Championships in Melbourne in April, but hopes were high he could reverse that result after he recorded the fastest time in Saturday's qualifier. He also had the benefit of already having a gold medal in the bag after teaming up with Hoy and Philip Hindes for Britain's first triumph on the track, beating a France trio led by Bauge in the team sprint final on Thursday. Bauge, renowned for as being as strategically strong as he is physically powerful, has won the last five world titles, but lost his 2011 crown to Kenny after being given a back-dated suspension for doping offences. In their first individual cat-and-mouse encounter, Kenny came from a long way back on the final lap to overtake Bauge on the outside and pip him to the line. The second race saw Kenny at the front with Bauge attempting to reel him in but, with the crowd roaring him on, Kenny was able to stay clear to clinch a famous triumph. Three more of his track team-mates could claim their second gold medals of the Games on Tuesday, the final evening of competition in the velodrome. Women's keirin champion Victoria Pendleton defends her women's individual sprint title, Hoy goes in search of a sixth Olympic gold medal when he competes in the men's keirin, and Laura Trott looks to follow up her team pursuit triumph in the climax to the omnium. Final Results |
For which individual cycling event did Laura Trott receive a gold medal? | Olympics cycling: Laura Trott wins omnium gold medal - BBC Sport BBC Sport Olympics cycling: Laura Trott wins omnium gold medal By Matt Slater BBC Sport at London Velodrome 7 Aug 2012 Media playback is not supported on this device Trott blasts to stunning omnium gold Britain's Laura Trott won a superb second gold medal of the Games with victory in the women's omnium. Having claimed gold in the women's team pursuit on Saturday, she is now a double Olympic and world champion at just 20 years of age. Media playback is not supported on this device Trott delighted with second gold medal "I can't believe this has happened to me," said Trott, who finished with a total of 18 points. "I'm peaking at the right time and it's all thanks to the coaches, and the support of the crowd and my family." The overnight leader in the multi-discipline event, Trott dropped back into second place behind American Sarah Hammer in Tuesday's opening session. Hammer stretched her lead to two points in the penultimate event, the scratch race, but Trott produced an Olympic record for the 500m time trial to snatch the gold. That relegated 28-year-old Hammer to the second step of the podium, with Australia's Annette Edmondson taking the bronze. 2012 track cycling golds Women's omnium: Laura Trott (Gbr) With the winner of each event in track cycling's version of the decathlon getting one point, the second-placed rider scoring two points and so on, Trott needed to beat Hammer by three clear places to win the inaugural women's Olympic omnium title. That is what happened at the World Championships in Melbourne in April, but so close were the two riders that many suspected the result here would be a tie, meaning the medal would be decided by the cumulative total of their three timed rides, the 250m flying lap, the 3,000m individual pursuit and the 500m time trial. That would give Hammer a 0.681 second advantage going into the time trial. However, when French sprinter Clara Sanchez laid down an early marker of 35.451 it looked like Hammer was going to have to go considerably quicker than ever before, with Trott, a more accomplished sprinter, favourite to win the final discipline. Edmondson's 35.140 then gave Trott the opportunity to put three places between herself and Hammer - the leading pair the last to ride - and she did not disappoint the raucous velodrome crowd. Her 35.110 was another Olympic record for the dominant British track cycling team. "I came into today not feeling as good as yesterday and to finish off with that last 500m is unbelievable," added Trott, who won three of the six events, was second in another and third in a fifth. She has now won eight gold medals from eight opportunities at the three major championships she has been to. Final Results |
In Sailing, who won gold in the Men's Finn class? | A brief history of the Finn Class at the Olympic Games Olympics 2012 A brief history of the Finn Class at the Olympic Games The Finn made its first appearance at the Olympic Games back in 1952. That year Paul Elvstrøm won the second of his four Gold medals on his way to setting a record that has, so far, stood for 52 years. More than five decades later Ben Ainslie stands on the brink of breaking that record, as he has broken so many other records in his 10 years in the class. If he does it would be one of the defining moments of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Finn is the oldest dinghy class that is being used at the 2012 Olympic Games. In fact this year marks its 60th anniversary of includion at the Games and is the 16th time it will be used. Over those 60 years it has modernised and embraced new technologies but is fundamentally the same design. But to go back to the very beginning... The Olympics in 1952 were assigned to Helsinki, Finland and the Finish Yachting Association, who had been assigned the job of selecting the class for the Monotype, ran a competition for a new boat designed specifically for the Olympics which could also be used for sailing competitions in Scandinavia. The Finn was selected from a design entered by Swedish Olympian Rickard Sarby. Paul Elvstrøm swept the board to win by nearly 3,000 points from Charles Currey of Great Britain, who took Silver. Elvstrøm won four of the seven races in a fleet of 28 boats and set a standard which has never been equalled. In spite of badly injuring his hand before the sixth race, Sarby just managed to win the Bronze. Elvstrøm – who won his first Gold medal at the 1948 Olympics in Torbay in the Firefly class – won because of his hiking technique, which he had developed practising in his own boat. Most of his competitors were rather sitting on the sidedeck instead of hiking on the sheer guard. In addition Elvstrøm attached a sort of traveller to his boat, which was not supplied by the organiser. Most competitors considered this alteration to be illegal but the Dane got away with it. However after the fifth race, when it was already for sure that he had won the Gold medal, Elvstrøm removed the device again, in order to calm the grumbles. The Finn had proved to be such a great competitive boat in the 1952 Olympics that it was retained as the Monotype again for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Again Elvstrøm slaughtered the opposition, this time with five wins in his score. Going into the last race it looked as though the American John Marvin, who had never raced a Finn before, might topple the Belgian Andre Nelis since they were level on points. But Nelis pulled out all the stops and kept Marvin covered whilst notching up a second place himself. For 1960 in Naples, there was a great increase to 35 Finns and Elvstrøm did it again. This time he only won three races and had to withdraw from the last through illness, but he was never lower than fifth in conditions which did not enable him to gain by his fantastic strength and endurance. This was the year that Russia arrived as a top sailing nation and in the Finns the Silver Medal was won by Alexandr Chuchelov. Nelis of Belgium took Bronze. In Tokyo, Japan in 1964, for the first time the supplied hulls were fibreglass instead of wood. Germany was the leading nation in the Finn in 1964, and Willy Kuhweide, who was only selected at the last moment and despite a severe infection of the middle ear, led the fleet into the final race. Peter Barrett and Henning Wind stayed close to each other during that race and finished 7th and 10th, allowing Kuhweide to once again take line honours and Gold. The 1968 Games were in Mexico with the sailing at Acapulco. Some picked Wind, who had just won the Finn Gold Cup while others favoured Kuhweide or Jörg Bruder, the Brazilian who had won the Pan American Games. Few felt that Valentin Mankin, the veteran Russian Finn sailor and an excellent heavy weather helmsman, had much of a chance in the light weather so typical of Acapulco. But Mankin surprised everyone with a week of |
For which event did Peter Wilson win Team GB's only shooting medal (gold)? | Shooting: Team GB's Peter Wilson holds nerve to win gold medal in double trap | The Independent Shooting: Team GB's Peter Wilson holds nerve to win gold medal in double trap Thursday 2 August 2012 14:40 BST Click to follow Shooting: Team GB's Peter Wilson holds nerve to win gold medal in double trap 1/2 August 2, 2012: Peter Robert Russel Wilson of Great Britain competes in the men's double trap Shooting qualification on Day 6 GETTY IMAGES 2/2 August 2, 2012: Peter Robert Russel Wilson of Great Britain competes in the men's double trap Shooting qualification on Day 6 GETTY IMAGES August 2, 2012: Peter Robert Russel Wilson of Great Britain competes in the men's double trap Shooting qualification on Day 6 Shooting star Peter Wilson claimed Britain's fourth gold medal of London 2012 in the men's double trap. The 25-year-old farmer's son from Dorset led from start to finish at the Royal Artillery Barracks. Wilson, the world record holder and world number two in the event, was three points ahead going into this afternoon's final after three qualifying rounds in the morning. And in a tense final shoot-out Wilson missed five shots, including a double as he closed in on gold. But his opponents could not take advantage and the Briton eventually finished two clear of Sweden's Hakan Dahlby with a total score of 188 out of 200 shots fired. Wilson only took up competitive trap shooting in 2006 after a shoulder injury suffered while snowboarding prevented him from playing squash and cricket. He smashed the world record in Arizona in March, scoring an incredible 198, and is now Britain's first shooting medallist since Richard Faulds won gold in the same event in Sydney 12 years ago. Wilson needed one hit from the final two targets but nailed both before falling to his knees in tears. A capacity crowd gave the new Olympic champion a standing ovation before he climbed into the first row of seats to greet his mother and tearful girlfriend Michelle. As he was surrounded by photographers he simply said: "It's awesome, fantastic." Dahlby took silver while, behind the celebrations, Russian Vasily Mosin won bronze after a shoot-off with Kuwaiti Fehaid Aldeehani. Wilson is coached by none other than Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, the Olympic gold medallist in the same event at Athens in 2004 and a member of Dubai's Royal Family. Wilson thought his mentor would not be able to be present due to health problems but he made the journey to London. "He was confident today," said Sheikh Ahmed. "He wasn't confident a week ago, he was worried about the fans, shooting at home and that he had to win it. "I told him if you are planning to win it you are not going to win it, he had a job to do, and the job is about technique. We had to focus on that, it was hard." PA |
Who won gold for the Taekwondo - Women's Lightweight (57 kg)? | Rio Olympics 2016 Taekwondo Schedule - Rio Olympics 2016 Rio Olympics 2016 Taekwondo Schedule Rio Olympics 2016 Taekwondo Schedule #RioOlypmics2016, Taekwondo is a Korean word which means “The way of the feet and hands”. It is a martial art event which is the part of Olympic games since Sydney 2000. In Rio Olympics 2016 men and women compete in four weight class categories. In London Olympics 2012 Men’s competition of Flyweight (58 kg) Joel Gonzalez from Spain won Gold, Lee Dae-hoon from South Korea Silver and Aleksey Denisenko from Russia Bronze medal. In Lightweight (68 kg) Servet Tazegul Turkish won Gold, Mohammad Bagheri Irani Silver and Terrence Jennings from United States Bronze medal. In Middleweight (80 kg) Sebastian Crismanich from Argentina won Gold medal and Nicolas Garcia from Spain Silver and Lutalo Muhammad from Great Britain, Mauro Sarmiento from Italy Bronze medal. In Heavyweight (+80 kg) Carlo Molfetta from Italy won Gold, Anthony Obame from Gabon Silver and Robelis Despaigne from cuba, Liu Xiaobo from China Bronze medal. London Olympic in Women’s events Flyweight (49 kg) Wu Jingyu from China won Gold, Brigitte Yague from Spain Silver and Chanatip Sonkham from Thailand, Lucija Zaninovic from Croatia Bronze medal. In Lightweight (57 kg) Jade Jones from Great Britain won Gold, Hou Yuzhuo from China Silver and Marlene Harnois from France, tseng Li-cheng from Chinese Taipei Bronze medal. In Middleweight (67 kg) Hwang Kyung-seon from South Korea won Gold, Nur Tatar from Turkey Silver and Paige McPherson from United States, Helena Fromm German Bronze medal. In Heavyweight (+67 kg) Milica Mandic from Serbia, Anne-Caroline Graffe from France and Anastasia Baryshnikova from Russia, Maria Espinoza from Mexico Bronze medal. |
What was the total number of medals won in the 2012 Olympic Games by Team GB? | London 2012 Olympics: Third of Team GB medals 'won by immigrants' - Telegraph Olympics News London 2012 Olympics: Third of Team GB medals 'won by immigrants' More than a third of Britain's London 2012 Olympic medal winners were born abroad or had a foreign parent or grandparent, a new study has suggested. Image 1 of 2 Victorious, happy, glorious: Great Britain's Olympic medallists pose with their prizes at Team GB House on the final day of London 2012 Photo: GETTY IMAGES Image 1 of 2 Regal: Gold medalist Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain celebrates winning gold during the men's time trial cycling Photo: EPA Follow Researchers studying our most successful Games team in more than a century found immigration was a factor in least 24 of the 65 medals won by Team GB. The analysis of podium places, by British Future, a think tank, found at least 11 gold medals, three silvers and 10 bronzes were won by athletes whose immediate family came to Britain from overseas. Mo Farah is from Somalia (Picture: REUTERS) Mohamed “Mo” Farah, 29, who won the historic 5,000m and 10,000m double, was born in war-torn Somalia and moved from Djibouti to Hounslow, west London when he was eight. Heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, 26, has Jamaican roots from her father Vinnie while 32 year-old Bradley Wiggins, the cycling time trial winner, was born in Belgium while his father, Gary, was Australian. Related Articles Paul Hayward: people’s hero shows mindset of true warrior 11 Aug 2012 Laura Robson, 18, who won the silver medal with mixed doubles partner Andy Murray, was born in Melbourne to Australian parents. Peter Charles, 52, has spent most of the last two decades jumping for the Irish national team after taking up nationality in 1992 just prior to the Barcelona Olympics. Jess Ennis (Picture: REUTERS) Laura Bechtolsheimer, 27, who won gold and a bronze in the dressage competition, was born in Germany while high-jump bronze medallist Robert Grabarz, 24, is proud of his heritage after his late grandfather, Ernst Karl Grabarz, 67, was born in Poland. At least 16 medal-winners have family links to Nigeria, including 400m silver medal-winner Christine Ohoruogu, 28, whose parents moved to Britain in 1980 while 23 year-old boxing bronze medal-winner Anthony Ogogo’s father is Nigerian. "The record-breaking achievements of Team GB athletes have reflected an inclusive and authentic pride in the shared, multi-ethnic society that we are today,” said Sunder Katwala, a director of British Future. "It's a different British Olympic team from the last London Games of 1948. “Then, the popular sprinter McDonald Bailey from Trinidad stood out of the team photo as the only black athlete in a sea of white faces.” Laura Robson was born in Australia (Picture: AFP/ GETTY IMAGES) The former general secretary of the Fabian Society told the Independent: “In 2012, Team GB has changed because Britain has changed. "Our athletes, selected by fierce meritocratic competition, offer an everyday snapshot of the Britain that we have become, just as the volunteers and the crowds did." |
At the fabulous closing ceremony, who sang from the top of 5 London cabs? | Spice Girls wow Olympics closing ceremony after arriving on black cabs - YouTube Spice Girls wow Olympics closing ceremony after arriving on black cabs 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 13, 2012 Their performance at the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony has been one of the most talked about gigs of the year. And the Spice Girls certainly didn't disappoint as they took to the stage in front of an estimated one billion sport and music lovers worldwide. Storming on to the stage on top of five traditional black cabs which reflected their individual personalities, the fabulous five emerged to a rapturous applause as they performed their first smash hit single, Wannabe. Category |
Also at the closing ceremony, what song was sung by Eric Idle? | Monty Python & Olympics Closing Ceremony: Eric Idle Sings 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' | The Huffington Post Monty Python & Olympics Closing Ceremony: Eric Idle Sings 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' 08/12/2012 06:08 pm ET | Updated Aug 20, 2012 830 Monty Python took over the 2012 London Olympics Closing Ceremony . As had been rumored, original Monty Python comedy troupe member Eric Idle led an Olympic Stadium singalong of "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life," a song made famous in "Monty Pyton's Life of Brian." The popular song -- which placed third on a 2005 British poll of songs people wanted to play at their respective funerals -- was sung during the finale of "Life of Brian," when the film's title character (Graham Chapman) was sentenced to death by crucifixion. When Chapman passed away in 1989, the surviving Python members sang the song together. Idle's "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" performance ended with Chachi Valencia , a human cannonball known as "The Rocket Man," being shot out of a cannon. As previously reported, George Michael, The Pet Shop Boys, Ray Davies of The Kinks, The Spice Girls and more classic acts from the last 50 years all appeared during the Closing Ceremony, which was dubbed "A Symphony of British Music." The icons joined the London Symphony Orchestra for the Closing Ceremony . Idle wasn't the only funnyman to make an Olympics appearance. Russell Brand led a stadium singalong of The Beatles song "I Am The Walrus," complete with a megaphone. Brand also sang "Pure Imagination" from "Willy Wonka." Watch the original "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" from "Life Of Brian" in the video below: Olympic Closing Ceremony London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony London 2012 1 172 2012 Olympic Games - Closing Ceremony LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: A general view of the stadium during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) Share this slide: Getty CORRECTION: The original article failed to identify Chachi Valencia as the human cannonball. That error has been corrected. Also on HuffPost: |
Who was portrayed by Timothy Spall during the closing ceremony? | London 2012 closing ceremony: Timothy Spall as Churchill for a very British end to the Games | Daily Mail Online comments Britain is known the world over for its literary heritage and journalistic tradition so it was only fitting that the closing ceremony wrapped things up in style - by covering the entire set in old newspapers. Mini replicas of Big Ben, the Eye, St Paul's and Battersea Power Station were all covered in newspapers and unveiled in an eerie blue light as the crowd was introduced to an early morning London scene at sunrise. Workers dressed in newspapers emerged from the centre of the stage and started to swamp the city streets as the ceremony proceeded to show viewers through the streets of London at rush hour. Read all about it!: The stage was turned into a mini replica of London on top of a giant Union Jack flag - all covered in newspaper A way with words: A lollipop lady escorts some newspaper clad children along a miniature Southbank Streets of London: Car and bikes were covered in newspapers as extra created a scene of rush hour London Play a song for me: British singer Emili Sande performing next to a paper piano A series of ramps - covering the track where Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis made history - formed a black and white Union Jack also covered in newspaper, the first of many versions of the flag to feature in the extravaganza. A print-wrapped traffic jam comes to life, as a series of newspaper-clad vehicles, including taxis, trucks and mopeds, honking their horns and revving their engines as they travelled around the lanes of the flag. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The montage of newspaper headlines were chosen to show the connection between Britain's literary past and its tabloid present with classic lines from Geoffrey Chaucer, William Wordsworth, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens. Quotes from the earliest surviving Anglo-Saxon poetry to current poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, with extracts from Shakespeare and Milton were flashed up on the big screen along the way. The classic sayings shown on the big screens included 'All the world's a stage,' or 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be' and 'We are such stuff as dreams are made of.' Smokingly good: Timothy Spall smokes a cigar while playing Winston Churchill on the top of Big Ben Wrapping it up: Actor Timothy Spall poses as Sir Winston Churchill atop Big Ben next to other London landmarks including St Paul's and Battersea Power Station Big send off: Hundreds of extras encouraged the cheering crowd by waving flags as they moved around the stadium Musical words: Emeli Sande performing Read All About It as she is driven around on a newspaper-covered truck with an image of Queen Elizabeth I among the cuttings Unwrapped on a newspaper rubbish truck, singer Emeli Sande, who performed in the opening ceremony, delighted the crowds with hit song Read All About It as other newspaper glad extras waved Union Jack flags in an explosive contrast of colours. Forty members from the percussion group Stomp then emerged to swing from the scaffolding, playing models of the capital's landmarks including Big Ben and the London Eye, as if they were instruments. Winston Churchill, played by King's Speech actor Timothy Spall, stood atop Big Ben reciting the same lines from Shakespeare's The Tempest which helped open the Games 16 days ago: 'Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises.' 'The isle is full of noises': Actor Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill recited lines from Shakespeare's The Tempest Driving through London: Black cabs drove down the lanes of a giant Union Jack flag accompanied by city workers and shoppers As the deafening noise grew to a crescendo, Churchill brought the worldwide audience's focus to the royal box as a fanfare announced the arrival of Prince Harry and International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge. As Union flags were waved from car windows, the packed stadium was led in the British National Anthem by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Urban Voices Collective. Newspapers figured strongly in the backdro |
What name is given to the festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, Spain, in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August.? | La Tomatina, Buñol, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain, Europe - YouTube La Tomatina, Buñol, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain, Europe 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 4, 2011 La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, a town located 30 km from the Mediterranean, in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August, during the week of festivities of Buñol. In 1945, during a parade of gigantes y cabezudos, young men who wanted to be in the event staged a brawl in town's main square, the Plaza del Pueblo. There was a vegetable stand nearby, so they picked up tomatoes and used them as weapons. The police had to intervene to break up the fight and forced those responsible to pay the damages incurred. This is the most popular of many theories about how the Tomatina started. The following year the young people repeated the fight on the same Wednesday of August, only this time they brought their own tomatoes from home. They were again dispersed by the police. After repeating this in subsequent years, the tradition was established. In 1950, the town allowed the tomato hurl to take place, however the next year it was again stopped. A lot of young people were imprisoned but the Buñol residents forced the authorities to let them go. The festival gained popularity with more and more participants getting involved every year. After subsequent years it was banned again with threats of serious penalties. In the year 1957, some young people planned to celebrate "the tomato's funeral", with singers, musicians, and comedies. The main attraction however, was the coffin with a big tomato inside being carried around by youth and a band playing the funeral marches. Considering this popularity of the festival and the alarming demand, 1957 saw the festival becoming official with certain rules and restrictions. These rules have gone through a lot of modifications over the years. Another important landmark in the history of this festival is the year 1975. From this year onwards, "Los Clavarios de San Luis Bertrán" (San Luis Bertrán is the patron of the town of Buñol ) organised the whole festival and brought in tomatoes which had previously been brought by the local people. Soon after this, in 1980, the town hall took the responsibility of organizing the festival. At around 10 AM, festivities begin with the first event of the Tomatina. It is the "palo jamón", similar to the greasy pole. The goal is to climb a greased pole with a ham on top. As this happens, the crowd work into a frenzy of singing and dancing while being showered in water from hoses. Once someone is able to drop the ham off the pole, the start signal for the tomato fight is given by firing the water shot in the air and trucks make their entry. The signal for the onset is at about 11 when a loud shot rings out, and the chaos begins. Several trucks throw tomatoes in abundance in the Plaza del Pueblo. The tomatoes come from Extremadura, where they are less expensive and are grown specifically for the holidays, being of inferior taste. For the participants the use of goggles and gloves are recommended. The tomatoes must be crushed before being thrown so as to reduce the risk of injury. The estimated number of tomatoes used are around 150,000 i.e. over 40 metric tons. After exactly one hour, the fight ends with the firing of the second shot, announcing the end. The whole town square is colored red and rivers of tomato juice flow freely. Fire Trucks hose down the streets and participants use hoses that locals provide to remove the tomato paste from their bodies. Some participants go to the pool of "los peñones" to wash. After the cleaning, the village cobblestone streets are pristine due to the acidity of the tomato disinfecting and thoro |
In 1982 who had a No.1 UK hit with 'Land of Make Believe'? | UK MUSIC CHARTS, No.1 Singles 1: Al Martino - Here In My Heart - 14/11/1952. 1953 2: Jo Stafford : You Belong To Me - 16/1/1953 3: Kay Starr : Comes A-Long A-Love - 23/1/1953. 4: Eddie Fisher: Outside Of Heaven - 30/1/1953. Feb 5: Perry Como: Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - 6/2/1953 March 6: Guy Mitchell: She Wears Red Feathers - 13/3/1953 April 7: Stargazers: Broken Wings - 10/4/1953 8: Lita Roza: (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window - 17/4/1953 9: Frankie Laine: I Believe - 24/4/1953 June 10: Eddie Fisher: I'm Walking Behind You - 26/6/1953 Aug 11: Mantovani Song: from 'The Moulin Rouge' - 14/8/1953 Sept 12: Guy Mitchell: Look At That Girl - 11/9/1953 Oct 13: Frankie Laine: Hey Joe - 23/10/1953 Nov 14: David Whitfield: Answer Me - 6/11/1953 15: Frankie Laine: Answer Me - 13/11/1953 1954 16: Eddie Calvert: Oh Mein Papa 8/1/1954 March 17: Stargazers: I See The Moon 12/3/1954. April 18: Doris Day: Secret Love 16/4/1954 19: Johnnie Ray: Such A Night 30/4/1954 July 20: David Whitfield: Cara Mia 2/7/1954 Sept 21: Kitty Kallen: Little Things Mean A Lot 10/9/1954 22: Frank Sinatra: Three Coins In The Fountain 17/9/1954 Oct 23: Don Cornell: Hold My Hand 8/10/1954 Nov 24: Vera Lynn: My Son My Son 5/11/1954 25: Rosemary Clooney: This Ole House 26/11/1954 Dec 26: Winifred Atwell: Let's Have Another Party 3/12/1954 1955 27: Dickie Valentine: Finger Of Suspicion 7/1/1955. 28: Rosemary Clooney: Mambo Italiano 14/1/1955 Feb 29: Ruby Murray: Softly, Softly 18/2/1955 March 30: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Give Me Your Word, 11/3/1955 April 31: Perez Prez Prado & His Orchestra: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 29/4/1955 May 32: Tony Bennett: Stranger In Paradise 13/5/1955 33: Eddie Calvert: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 27/5/1955 June 34: Jimmy Young: Unchained Melody 24/6/1955 July 35: Alma Cogan: Dreamboat 15/7/1955 36: Slim Whitman: Rose Marie 29/7/1955 Oct 37: Jimmy Young: The Man From Laramie 14/10/1955 Nov 38: Johnston Brothers: Hernando's Hideaway 11/11/1955 39: Bill Haley & His Comets: Rock Around The Clock 25/11/1955 Dec 40: Dickie Valentine: Christmas Alphabet 16/12/1955 1956 41: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons 20/1/1956. Feb 42: Dean Martin: Memories Are Made Of This 17/2/1956 March 43: Dream Weavers: It's Almost Tomorrow 16/3/1956 44: Kay Starr: Rock And Roll Waltz 30/3/1956 April 45: Winifred Atwell: Poor People Of Paris 13/4/1956 May 46: Ronnie Hilton: No Other Love 4/5/1956 June 47: Pat Boone: I'll Be Home 15/6/1956 July 48: Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love 20/7/1956 Aug 49: Doris Day - Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) 10/8/1956 Sept 50: Anne Shelton - Lay Down Your Arms 21/9/1956 Oct 51: Frankie Laine - A Woman In Love 19/10/1956 Nov 52: Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain 16/11/1956 1957 53: Guy Mitchell.. Singing The Blues 4/1/1957 54: Tommy Steele.. Singing The Blues 11/1/1957 55: Frankie Vaughan.. The Garden Of Eden 25/1/1957 Feb 56: Tab Hunter.. Young Love 22/2/1957 April 57: Lonnie Donegan.. Cumberland Gap 12/4/1957 May 58: Guy Mitchell.. Rock-A-Billy 17/5/1957 59: Andy Williams.. Butterfly 24/5/1957 June 60: Johnnie Ray.. Yes Tonight Josephine 7/6/1957 61. Lonnie Donegan.. Puttin' On The Style / Gamblin' Man 28/6/1957 July 62. Elvis Presley.. All Shook Up 12/7/1957 Aug 63. Paul Anka.. Diana 30/8/1957 Nov 64. The Crickets.. That'll Be The Day 1/11/1957 65. Harry Belafonte.. Mary's Boy Child 22/11/1957 1958 66. Jerry Lee Lewis.. Great Balls Of Fire 10/1/1958 67. Elvis Presley.. Jailhouse Rock 24/1/1958 Feb 68. Michael Holliday.. The Story Of My Life 14/2/1958 69. Perry Como.. Magic Moments 28/2/1958 April 70. Marvin Rainwater.. Whole Lotta Woman 25/4/1958 May 71. Connie Francis.. Who's Sorry Now 16/5/1958 June 72. Vic Damone.. On The Street Where You Live 27/6/1958 July 73. Everly Brothers.. All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 4/7/1958 Aug 74. Kalin Twins.. When 22/8/1958 Sept 75. Connie Francis.. Carolina Moon / Stupid Cupid 26/9/1958 Nov 76. Tommy Edwards.. All In The Game 7/11/1958 77. Lord Rockingham's XI.. Hoots Mon 28/11/195 |
Near which UK city would you find 'Spaghetti Junction? | Secret history of Spaghetti Junction « Express & Star Comments As Spaghetti Junction celebrates its 40th birthday, Mark Andrews discovers the secret world underneath it. A pair of Canadian geese peck away at the undergrowth, as the Rivers Rea and Tame flow gently by. Like purple paintbrushes, the wild lupins poke their heads above the yellow forest of yellow daisies sprouting up on the river bank. Click on the image to the right for more photographs You would never guess you were beneath one of Europe’s largest motorway junctions. The Gravelly Hill Interchange, or Spaghetti Junction as it is better known, is 40 years old this week. When Environment Minister Peter Walker opened the new intersection on May 24, 1972, he described it as the “most exciting day in the history of the road system in this country.” The Express & Star was a little more succinct. “Magnificent Seven Miles” was the headline. Immediately it was besieged by motorists wanting to experience a exciting new chapter in motoring history. Coach operators offered sightseeing tours at 65p a head. Forty years on, 210,000 vehicles rumble along this complicated labyrinth of steel and concrete every day. It serves 18 different routes, and you would have to drive 73 miles to travel the entire junction – even though it covers less than a mile of the M6. But how many of the people who pass through the myriad of motorways, sliproads and flyovers, have any idea of the fascinating world that lies beneath? The junction covers 30 acres of ground, a site which also takes in two railway lines, three canals, and two rivers. Popular In an unusual meeting of old and new forms of transport, the pillars supporting the flyovers across the Birmingham Canal had to be carefully placed to enable a horse-drawn canal boat to pass beneath, without fouling the tow rope. Today it is still a popular route with narrowboat fans, although the boats are more likely to be diesel rather than horse-powered. Boarding a boat near Salford canal junction, in the shadow of Spaghetti’s giant concrete columns, are Adrian Rowland, from Durham, and Kate Nye from Penrith in Cumbria. “We’re on a week’s holiday and just thought we would have a look around,” says 24-year-old Kate. “It’s good to be able to see the structure holding it all up,” says Adrian, who is 26. The junction’s popularity with the rambling fraternity is easy to understand when you explore the contrasting sights and sounds beneath this thrumming artery of Britain’s motorway network, it is very easy to see why. Standing on the pebbled banks where the River Rea meets the River Tame, you can feel the gentle vibrations in the giant concrete stilts supporting the road above. The geese milling about the tranquil looking river banks seem blissfully unfazed by the clatter of the traffic above, or the factories on the other side of the water. And some of the structures, although designed first and foremost for practicality, nevertheless have a beauty of their own. The sandy coloured Salford Turnover Bridge is a beautiful piece of civil engineering which has been marred by the mindlessness of graffiti offenders – and a strange fly poster written entirely in Russian. At the end of one of the canal tunnels is an opening supported by 13 columns, which in another environment would resemble a Roman collonade. The wonderland beneath Spaghetti Junction did not happen by accident, though. Rather it was the result of a most ingenious engineering solution to the challenges of constructing such a large development in the heart of one of Europe’s biggest conurbations. When the plans were unveiled in the late 1960s, transport minister Stephen Swingler said driving motorways through the built-up areas of the West Midlands would cost between £2 million and £3m a mile, compared to £750,000 in rural areas. But while a peripheral route around the edge of the conurbation would save money and reduce disruption, it would also mean longer roads and greater journey times. The answer was to build the road on stilts above existing canals and railway lines, which meant it was |
In which country would you find the city of St. Moritz? | St. Moritz Travel Guide - St. Moritz, CH - Forbes Travel Guide Correspondent Basel, Switzerland, Europe From high altitude exhilaration to ultimate relaxation at the spa, St. Moritz promises to leave you rejuvenated. Forbes Travel Guide’s editors suggest these five St. Moritz attractions that shouldn’t be missed: 1. Visit Piz Nair. Take a deep breath when you take in the stunning views from this mountain, reached via funicular and an aerial tramway and situated at an elevation of 10,030 feet. 2. Walk by the lake. Soak up one of the 322 days of St. Moritz sun with a stroll around the gorgeous Lake St. Moritz. The centerpiece of the Swiss town, it’s a beautiful spot in summer and winter. 3. Tour Glacier Grotto. When you make the journey up the summit of the Corvatsch Mountain hiking trails, you’ll be rewarded with the natural beauty of the Glacier Grotto as well as Alpine lake and pasture views. 4. Take a bath. Real Champagne baths aren’t recommended, but you’ll feel rejuvenated after bathing in carbonated mineral water — also known as a “Champagne bath” — at Medizinisches Therapie Zentrum spa. 5. Indulge in fondue. The Swiss cheese-based dish is best enjoyed in a cozy village restaurant with a rustic atmosphere, and in winter, a welcoming fire. You’ll find this at St. Moritz’s Chesa Veglia, a converted farmhouse in the center of town that’s run by the team at Badrutt’s Palace. |
"Who wrote the poem ""A Rime of the Ancient Mariner?" | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Lit2Go ETC The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797-98 and published in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads in 1798. Along with other poems in Lyrical Ballads, it was a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature. Source: Coleridge, S.T. (1798) The Rime of Ancient Mariner London, England: J. & A. Arch, Gracechurch Street |
Which British coin was discontinued in 1970? | British Coins before the Florin, Compared to French Coins of the Ancient Regime British Coins before the Florin, Compared to French Coins of the Ancien Régime The table at right shows the British coins in common use until the introduction of the two shilling Florin in 1849. Copper coins are shown in red, silver in blue, and gold in brown. The British names and values are given on the left. The values in American dollars based on the weight of the Gold Dollar as of 1837 are listed on the coins. On the right, the names and values are given for the pre-Revolutionary French coins that corresponded in metal, size, and value to contemporary British coins. Modern French equivalents in Francs and centimes are also given (which system is now moot with the replacement of the Franc by the "Euro" in 2002). Only the 1 sou (spelled "sol" at the time) and 2 sous coins survived, as the 5 and 10 centimes, into modern French coinage, retaining sizes comparable to the British half-penny and penny until after World War I. Similarly, even though Canada adopted the American dollar, Canadian cents and half cents were matched in size to British half pennies and farthings (at that point bronze rather than pure copper) until after World War I. Long after the decimalization of French coinage in 1794, a 5 centimes continued to be called a "sou." Both systems of coinage reflect the Mediaeval system that began with Charlemagne . The basic coin was originally Charlemagne's silver denarius, "denier" in French, "penny" in English, and "Pfennig" in German. This represented an abandonment of the late Roman and Byzantine gold coinage -- a retrenchment for a cash poor economy. The earliest weights are preserved in the English system of Troy weight: The "pennyweight" (dwt) of 24 grains (the same grain as in avoirdupois weight) was the original English penny, such as found in the reign of Alfred the Great (871-899). Symbolizing the penny with the letter "d" was an artifact of the coin's name in Latin. For a long time the silver penny and the half-penny (given the Greek name "obolos" by Charlemagne) were the only coins in circulation in Western Europe. Twelve pennies (pence) "theoretically" would equal a solidus ("sou" in French, "shilling" in English, and "Schilling" in German), the standard Roman/Byzantine gold coin, but this was only a "unit of account," to which there corresponded no actual coins until the Renaissance. The first full shilling was minted by Henry VII in 1504. In Troy weight, 20 pennyweights is a Troy ounce, or 31.1034768 metric grams. Twelve ounces is then a Troy pound, 373.2417216 grams. Twenty shillings would also equal a Troy pound [ note ], which as a unit of account is then the "Pound Sterling," based as the coins were on Sterling silver, 92.5% (37/40) pure. The pound was symbolized with a special "L" (£), from Latin libra, even as the French word for "pound" was "livre" (and a pound weight abbreviated "lb."). The old English coinage thus is called the "£sd" system, as opposed to the recent decimal "£p," pounds and (new) pence. Even as financial pressures lead modern governments to "monetize" their debt by excess money creation, governments before the era of paper money and credit resorted to debasement and cutting the weight of coins. This occurred both in England and France, but the debasement went much faster in France. By the time of the coinage represented above, it took 24 French deniers, or 2 sous, to equal just 1 English penny. The process by which English silver coinage shrank is represented in the following table. By the time of Edward III in 1344, the silver penny was already down to 20 grains from the 24 grain ideal pennyweight. After two centuries, it has shrunk to half that. Henry VIII's 10 grain penny of 1544, however, was for the first time also debased -- no longer Sterling silver. The Sterling standard was restored under Edward VI, though with a further loss in weight. Nevertheless, in the long run the tiny pennies were inconvenient, and in 1672 an official copper coinage was introduced for t |
Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel? | Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim English Channel - Aug 06, 1926 - HISTORY.com Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim English Channel Share this: Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim English Channel Author Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim English Channel URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1926, on her second attempt, 19-year-old Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the 21 miles from Dover, England, to Cape Griz-Nez across the English Channel, which separates Great Britain from the northwestern tip of France. Ederle was born to German immigrants on October 23, 1906, in New York City. She did not learn to swim until she was nine years old, and it was not until she was 15 that she learned proper form in the water. Just two years later, at the 1924 Paris Olympics, Ederle won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay and a bronze in the 100- and 400-meter freestyle races. In June 1925, Ederle became the first woman to swim the length of New York Bay, breaking the previous men’s record by swimming from the New York Battery to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, in 7 hours 11 minutes. That same summer, Ederle made her first attempt at crossing the notoriously cold and choppy English Channel, but after eight hours and 46 minutes, her coach, Jabez Wolff, forced her to stop, out of concern that she was swallowing too much saltwater. Ederle disagreed and fired Wolff, replacing him with T.W. Burgess, a skilled Channel swimmer. On August 6, 1926, Ederle entered the water at Cape Gris-Nez in France at 7:08 a.m. to make her second attempt at the Channel. The water was predictably cold as she started out that morning, but unusually calm. Twice that day, however–at noon and 6 p.m.–Ederle encountered squalls along her route and Burgess urged her to end the swim. Ederle’s father and sister, though, who were riding in the boat along with Burgess, agreed with Ederle that she should stay the course. Ederle’s father had promised her a new roadster at the conclusion of the swim, and for added motivation he called out to her in the water to remind her that the roadster was only hers if she finished. Ederle persevered through storms and heavy swells, and, finally, at 9:04 p.m. after 14 hours and 31 minutes in the water, she reached the English coast, becoming the sixth person and first woman to swim the Channel successfully. Furthermore, she had bettered the previous record by two hours. Afterward, Ederle told Alec Rutherford of The New York Times, “I knew it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it.” Ederle’s feat was celebrated by a ticker-tape parade in New York City, and she received congratulations from fans ranging from the mayor of New York City to Henry Sullivan, the first American man ever to swim the Channel. Ederle damaged her hearing during the Channel swim, and went on to spend much of her adult life teaching deaf children in New York City to swim. She died in 2003 at the age of 98. Related Videos |
Which character was played by William Shatner in 'Star Trek'? | Star Trek Shatner, William Share It’s said that a highly visible role as James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise can be the “kiss of death” to a professional acting career, but it doesn’t seem to have hurt William Shatner. The Canadian-born actor attended McGill University where he was active in theater productions on campus. During his summers through college, Shatner performed in the Royal Mount Theater Company. When he graduated in 1952 with a B.A., Shatner began work at the National Repertory Theater of Ottawa. He eventually won co-starring roles in plays such as "The Merchant of Venice" and "Henry V," as well as the Most Promising Actor award. After a run in New York in the play, 'Tamburlaine," Shatner was signed to a seven-year contract by 20th Century Fox. He married a Canadian actress, Gloria Rand, and honeymooned in Scotland. It was something of a working honeymoon, however, as Shatner had a role in an Edinburgh Festival production of "Henry V." After his honeymoon, Shatner returned to New York where he guest starred on numerous series, including the anthology programs Goodyear Playhouse, Circle Theater, Philco Playhouse, Studio One and the series The Defenders. Then came his movie debut, The Brothers Karamazov, with Richard Basehart. Not wanting to miss out on the Western genre that was so prominent in Hollywood, Shatner learned to ride a horse and to rope. Next, Shatner landed the starring role in the two-year Broadway run of "The Secret Life of Suzie Wong." This was followed by "A Shot in the Dark" with Julie Harris and then "L'Idiote," all on Broadway. In 1961, Shatner landed two films, "The Intruder," where he plays a rabble-rouser traveling from one Southern town to another, getting people to riot against court-ordered school integration. It was later released under the titles, "I Hate Your Guts!" and "Shame." Shatner also appeared in "Judgment at Nuremberg." Then came the role for which he is undoubtedly best known: Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek. Shatner actually came to the series for its second pilot, when Jeffrey Hunter declined to continue in the captian's role of Christopher Pike after the first pilot was rejected. Unfortunately, during the three years that Star Trek series ran, Shatner not only separated from his wife, but lost his father, as well. Following the cancellation of Star Trek on NBC in 1969, Shatner went on to star in seven Star Trek films, make appearances in countless television series (including several long-running non-Star Trek series in which he played a leading role—TJ Hooker and Rescue 911, among them), and to serve as the long-term, highly visible pitchman for Priceline.com. Over the years, the actor’s self-assertive sense of humor has come to define his career, and even translated into the personality of his Emmy Award-winning character, Attorney Denny Crane, of The Practice and Boston Legal. He also made such films as "Sole Survivor," and the Sherlock Holmes classic, "The Hound of the Baskervilles." Guest appearances on series like The Sixth Sense, Barnaby Jones, and Hawaii Five-O kept him in the public eye. In addition, Shatner has written numerous fiction and non-fiction books in and out of the Star Trek vein, and even become an iconic pitchman for over a decade with Priceline.com. Off-screen, he raises champion American Saddlebred horses on his ranch in Kentucky, and then he produces and hosts the annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show, an event that raises money for various children’s charities. Shatner appeared at conventions alongside Nimoy until his 2011 retirement, and then began sharing stage with Patrick "Picard" Stewart and Kate "Janeway" Mulgrew. Together on stage, the two provide a highly enjoyable hour of entertainment. In 2010-2011, Shatner starred in the CBS comedy $#*! My Dad Says , produced a special documentary The Five Captains for Science Channel with his four fellow lead actors, and also the 30-minute talk show series Raw Nerve. Another documentary, Fanatics, is in the offing as well. |
Adam; Hoss and Joe lived on the 'Ponderosa', what was their surname? | TV Show Bonanza: Ponderosa Ranch, Gone But Not Forgotten livelux Bonanza , Lake Tahoe , Lorne Greene , Michael Landon , Ponderosa Ranch The Cartwright family was rough, tough and lived by the law of the land. Led by their stoic father, Ben and his three sons – Adam, Hoss and Little Joe made TV history and had millions of adoring TV fans. In 1959, the series was aired on Saturday evenings. Bonanza was one of the first series to be filmed and broadcast in color. On September 27, 2004, the Ponderosa Ranch’s gates had closed for good, after the land was sold to Incline Village developer David Duffield. For fans of the television program, the following describes what one could see when the ranch was open to the public. For fourteen seasons in the 1950s and 60s, fans watched the adventures of Pa, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe on the program Bonanza. The fictional Cartwright family lived on the Ponderosa Ranch at Lake Tahoe, and parts of Bonanza were filmed on its shores. The famous opening scene of Bonanza was filmed on location at North Lake Tahoe near Incline Village, and Lake Tahoe was among the outdoor locations used to film the weekly episodes. The house, both interior and exterior, was located on a Hollywood sound stage. Lake Tahoe contractor Bill Anderson worked with the film crews on location, cutting roads and building fake outbuildings, and in 1967, he approached the show’s producers and NBC with a proposal to build an exact replica of the house exterior in Hollywood, with a copy of the sound stage interior inside, creating a detailed replica of the fictional ranch house. Anderson’s Ponderosa opened in 1967 in Lake Tahoe. The recreated Ponderosa became the centerpiece of a western-themed tourist attraction, a bonanza of a different type in scenic Lake Tahoe. Visiting the Bonanza Set at the Ponderosa Attractions included souvenir shops and vintage car exhibits and a Wild West show, but the Holy Grail for Bonanza fans was the ranch house. Outside, many visitors found the house smaller than they remembered from watching Bonanza on a small television, but inside were all the familiar Bonanza settings: the stone fireplace, Pa’s desk, the dining table and the stairs. However, a short video revealed that those stairs didn’t go anywhere (the upstairs rooms for Bonanza were on a separate sound stage). Visitors could see hidden panels for lighting, and found that one side wall slid away for long shots inside the living room. Perhaps the most interesting thing (and the most disturbing to idyllic childhood memories) was that Bonanza was created to sell a commercial product. Hours spent watching Bonanza, dreaming of the Wild West and swooning over Little Joe came about because RCA, NBC’s parent company, wanted to sell more color televisions! After learning more about Bonanza on the Ponderosa house tour, a walk up to the photo platform gave a good view of the house and town. |
Who played 'Ned Kelly' in the 1969 film of the same name? | Ned Kelly (1970) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 2:03 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 Based on a true story, Ned Kelly is unable to support his family in the Australian outback, he turns to stealing horses in order to make money. He gets more deeply drawn into the outlaw ... See full summary » Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 41 titles created 12 Apr 2011 a list of 6257 titles created 04 Feb 2012 a list of 9996 titles created 26 Jun 2012 a list of 42 titles created 12 Jan 2013 a list of 24 titles created 28 Aug 2014 Search for " Ned Kelly " 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. A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and turned over to the oversexed owner of a banana plantation. Director: Julien Temple An innocent man becomes one of the most wanted criminals the world has ever known. Director: Gregor Jordan Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. He finds the perfect cover in the form of guest house run by... See full summary » Directors: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg Stars: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg A married middle-aged art critic and 16-year-old Margot begin an affair and develop a troublesome mutually parasitic relationship. Director: Tony Richardson As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies ... See full summary » Director: Tony Richardson Deals with the affection of a middle-aged man for a very young woman, resulting in a mutually parasitic relationship. Director: Laszlo Papas Edit Storyline Based on a true story, Ned Kelly is unable to support his family in the Australian outback, he turns to stealing horses in order to make money. He gets more deeply drawn into the outlaw life, and eventually becomes involved in murders. Based on the life of famed 19th-century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. Written by [email protected] 1 July 1970 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Ned Kelly, Outlaw See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The opening scenes of the movie were filmed in the Old Melbourne Gaol where Kelly was actually imprisoned and on the scaffold on which Kelly was actually hanged. The gaol (jail) at 377 Russell Street, Melbourne is now open as a tourist attraction. See more » Quotes (Adelaide, South Australia) – See all my reviews This film has been criticised too harshly, because of Mick Jagger's lack of experience as an actor and it's failure to stick to verifiable facts. But treat it as the cinematic equivalent of a folk ballad and you'll have a good time with it. Just as you wouldn't hire an opera singer to sing a folk song, you don't need a professional actor to play the lead in a rough-and-ready entertainment about a rough-and-ready character. By the time one gets to the speeded up segment that accompanies Waylon Jenning's singing of Shel Silverstein's "Blame it on the Kelly's" it becomes clear this is not a film that is intended as a serious examination of history. Like the song "The Wild Colonial Boy" which Jagger sings in one of the more memorable scenes in the movie, this is popular entertainment to be enjoyed with a few beers. Taken as such it is very enjoyable, with catchy songs, evocative cinematography and Jagger being very much the lovable, charismatic rabble-rouser he was in real-life at the time. And what matters in a folk ballad is not the truth, but the legend. 8 of 10 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes |
Which country was called Hibernia by the Romans? | Ireland not the Hibernia of the Ancients Notes on the Early History of Scotland Ireland not the Hibernia of the Ancients It is a well-known fact that most of the writers who have dealt with the early history of Scotland state that Scotia, the ancient name of this country, was a name applied to Ireland only till the eleventh century. A few writers have maintained that Scotland was the only Scotia; but the opinion seems to be gradually gaining ground, and is now almost universally adopted, that when Scotia is mentioned in the works of writers who lived before the eleventh century, the country they refer to is Ireland. Incredible as it may seem to some persons, the foundation for this belief is very unsatisfactory. It almost entirely rests upon the assumption that Ireland was always called Hibernia; but this is not the case. It is doubtless asserted to have been always so called in a few works of questionable authenticity; but there is, fortunately, plenty of trustworthy testimony to establish the fact that before the eleventh century the island now known with the name of Ireland, and Hibernia were different countries. In addition to this we have the distinct statement of the only early English annalist whose work has apparently escaped the ravages of manipulatinq monks, Ethelwerd, that Ireland was first so called at the beginning of the tenth centnry, and that since the time of Julius Caesar till then it was known by the name of Bretannis. It might be granted that Hibernia and Scotia were names ajplied to one country before the eleventh century without believing that Ireland was ever called Scotia, but there is no trustworthy evidence to show that even this was the case. The writings in which they are made to appear as synonymous names for Ireland, such as Adamnan�s "Life of St. Columba," and Bede�s "Ecclesiastical History," can be shown to have been manipulated for this purpose. When Ireland first became known by the name of Hibernia it may now be impossible to ascertain but there are good reasons for believing that it was not so called till the twelfth century, when the Roman Church first obtained supremacy there. In the work ascribed to Richard of Cirencester entitled "De Situ Britaunhe," it is certainly distinctly stated that Hibernia was an ancient nanic of Ireland, thus :�" Having now finished our survey of Albion, we shall describe the neighbouring country, Hibernia or Ireland, with the same brevity. Hibernia is situated more westerly than any other country except England," &c. It was at first believed, on the authority of the compiler, that this was the work of a monk of the fourteenth century, compiled from materials left by a Roman general but it was not published till the year 1757, and it seems never to have been heard of during the 400 years since it was said to have been written. On account of the late date at which it was made known, Pinkerton in his " Enquiry" received it with distrust, but he sometimes quoted it as an authority. Many other writers accepted its information without the shadow of a doubt as to its authenticity. Burton, the author of the "History of Scotland," seems to have been among the first to expose its real character; and it is now generally believed to be a fabrication of the eighteenth century. Dr. Skene considers it an impudent forgery; and he adds, that Horsley�s Britannia Romana" was published in 1732, before this imposition was practised on the literary world, but the Roman part of Pinkerton�s Enquiry, "Roy�s Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain," published in 1793, and Stuart�s Caledonia Romana," are all tainted by it. The reason for publishing the "De Situ Britannia" may have been because Sibbald�s "Essay on the |
Bread is 'What' according to the Lords Prayer? | Question & Answers About the Lord's Supper | Grace Communion International Question & Answers About the Lord's Supper What is our belief about transubstantiation? What is the meaning of the Lord's Supper? The Lord’s Supper is a reminder of what Jesus did in the past, a symbol of our present relationship with him and a promise of what he will do in the future. Let’s examine these three aspects. The bread and wine are memorials of Jesus’ death on the cross (Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:26). In the Lord’s Supper, we each eat a piece of bread in remembrance of Jesus. When we drink the “fruit of the vine,” we remember that Jesus’ blood was shed for us, and that it signifies the new covenant. The Lord’s Supper looks back to the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus’ death shows how much God loves us — so much that he sent his Son to die for us, so that our sins may be forgiven and we may live forever with him. This is good news! Although we may be saddened by the enormous price that had to be paid for us, we are happy that it was paid. When we remember Jesus’ death, we also remember that Jesus was dead for only a short time. We rejoice that Jesus has conquered death, and has set free all who were enslaved by a fear of death (Hebrews 2:14-15). Our mourning has turned to joy (John 16:20). Christians look back to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus as the defining moment in our history. This is how we escape death and the slavery of sin, and this is how we are freed to serve the Lord. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial of this defining moment in our history. The Lord’s Supper also pictures our present relationship with Jesus Christ. The crucifixion has a continuing significance to all who have taken up a cross to follow Jesus. We continue to participate in his death (Romans 6:4; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 2:20) because we participate in his life (Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 2:13; 3:1). Paul wrote, “Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?” (1 Corinthians 10:16). With the Lord’s Supper, we show that we share in Jesus Christ. We participate with him, commune with him, become united in him. The Lord’s Supper helps us look upward, to Christ. In John 6, Jesus used bread and wine to illustrate our need to be spiritually nourished by him: “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you…. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him” (verses 53-56). The Lord’s Supper reminds us that real life is found only in Jesus Christ, with him living in us. When we are aware that Jesus lives in us, we also pause to think what kind of home we are giving him. We allow him to change our lives so that we live the way he wants us to. Paul wrote that we ought to examine ourselves before we eat of the bread and drink of the cup (1 Corinthians 11:28). The Lord’s Supper helps us look inward, to examine ourselves because of the great meaning in this ceremony. As we examine ourselves, we need to look around, to other people, to see whether we are treating one another in the way that Jesus commanded. If you are united with Christ and I am united with Christ, then we are united to each other, too. The Lord’s Supper, by picturing our participation in Christ, also pictures our participation (other translations may say communion or sharing or fellowship) with each other (1 John 1:3, 7). Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 10:17, “Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.” The Lord’s Supper pictures the fact that we are one body in Christ, one with each other, with responsibilities toward one another. Third, the Lord’s Supper also reminds us of the future, of Jesus’ return. Jesus said he would not drink the fruit of the vine again until he came in the fullness of the kingdom (Matthew 26:29; Luke 22:18; Mark 14:25). Whenever we participate, we are reminded of Jesus’ promise. Paul wrote that “For whenever you |
Who wrote the WW11 novel 'The Cruel Sea'? | The Cruel Sea (1953) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers. Director: a list of 21 titles created 30 Dec 2012 a list of 45 titles created 13 Jan 2013 a list of 21 titles created 09 Aug 2013 a list of 26 titles created 2 weeks ago a list of 34 titles created 1 week ago Title: The Cruel Sea (1953) 7.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 nominations. See more awards » Videos The attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during the Second World War. Director: Ralph Thomas The story of how the British attacked German dams in WWII by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective. Director: Michael Anderson Biopic of RAF Group Captain Douglas Bader who, after having lost both legs, flew a British fighter plane during WW2. Director: Lewis Gilbert Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German POW camp housed in a Medieval castle. Director: Guy Hamilton During WW2 in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria. Director: J. Lee Thompson The World War II story of the British Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship. Director: Lewis Gilbert A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany. Director: Leslie Norman A true WW2 story: the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship. Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Stars: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch An RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day. Director: Walter Grauman All leave is canceled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home. Director: Anthony Asquith An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion. Director: Alberto Cavalcanti During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them. Director: José Ferrer Edit Storyline At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer. Atmospheric sea footage. Written by Rod Crawford <[email protected]> Monsarrat's brilliant best seller comes surging to life Genres: 19 August 1953 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Det grymma havet See more » Filming Locations: Mono (RCA Sound System)| Mono (Gaumont Kalee) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Jack Hawkins wrote in his 1973 autobiography "Anything for a Quiet Life" regarding this film, "All of us in the film were sure that we were making something quite unusual, and a long way removed from the Errol Flynn-taking-Burma-single-handed syndrome. This was the period of some very indifferent American war movies, whereas The Cruel Sea (1953) contained no false heroics. That is why we all felt that we were making a genuine example of the way in which a group of men went to war. See more » Goofs The ship used to represent HMS Compass Rose in the film is actually not a pre-1940 Flower-class corvette. |
Glenda Jackson won an Oscar in 1971 for which film? | Glenda Jackson on how the Oscars don’t matter – EW.com Pinterest JILLIAN EDELSTEIN for EW Today’s younger audiences might not recognize this petite woman in the gray wool coat and the Tintin sweatshirt. Well, they should. Glenda Jackson, 79, is a two-time Best Actress Oscar winner and one of the toughest, most riveting performers ever to become a major movie star. But she hasn’t appeared in a film since 1990 — and that’s because she decided to step away from Hollywood 25 years ago and run for a seat in British Parliament. In 1992, she was elected as a member of the liberal Labour Party, going on to serve her London constituency until her retirement last year. And now, out of work for the first time since she was 16, Jackson is feeling lively and in the mood for a chat. For EW’s special Oscar issue (on stands now), she sat down for a profile on her life in movies and her life in politics. This year’s Academy Awards marks the 45th anniversary of her first Oscar win, in 1971, for Ken Russell’s florid erotic drama Women in Love. Her second Oscar came three years later for the romantic comedy A Touch of Class, costarring George Segal. (She was also nominated for her lead roles in John Schlesinger’s stunning bisexual love story, Sunday Bloody Sunday, and the Henrik Ibsen adaptation, Hedda.) Over coffee in the kitchen of townhouse near Abbey Road in London, Jackson accepts that people are still fascinated by those two shimmering statuettes. But she doesn’t mince words when asked about what they really mean to her. “My mother polished them assiduously,” she says, “and it doesn’t take long for the gold to come off. Nothing but base metal underneath.” Jackson, obviously, is a woman who says what she thinks. It’s a quality that distinguished her great performances: including her breakthrough as an asylum inmate in 1967’s Marat/Sade; 1971’s sensational The Music Lovers, featuring one of cinema’s craziest sex scenes, set in a shuddering train car; the landmark 1972 miniseries Elizabeth R, in which she astonished for nearly 10 hours as the Virgin Queen; a pair of cozy, enjoyable comedies made opposite Walter Matthau, House Calls (1978) and Hopscotch (1980); two outré films for director Robert Altman, HeathH (1980) and Beyond Therapy (1987); and a bittersweet 1978 biopic, ripe for rediscovery, of melancholy poet Stevie Smith, called Stevie. On this day, Jackson is speaking her mind on any number of topics. After decades in Parliament, she still loves the scrimmage of debate. The Oscars, of course, come up. In the conversation that follows, she offers an opinionated, unfiltered reality check on the whole awards brouhaha, as well as her take on the limited power of movies to transform culture and why she thinks the best movies nowadays are on television. (To read about Jackson’s life as a politician, plus her thoughts on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, click here .) ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What goes through your head when you think about the two Oscars you won? GLENDA JACKSON: Well, I jib at the idea that I won them. I did nothing apart from what the job I was given. If there was a winner, it was the people who voted for me. My sardonic view is that they’re not as important as everyone thinks they are. I never went into a film thinking, “Oh gosh, if I do this slightly differently I might win something.” What was the moviemaking experience like for you, especially in the beginning of your career? I loved it. The camera is so obsessed with what you’re doing. It’s an amazing experience to be in the area around the light, surrounded by people in the dark, and they’re all looking and thinking, “Her hair, her mascara, her costume… Is the lighting right?” They’re not looking at you. But that concentrated energy into the area of light is a palpable force. But it’s not a vainglorious energy, like for some ultimate reward? No, it’s an energy you can use. But the idea you would do things differently because there was a prize at the end of it, like a gold medal or something, that I’ve jibbed at. They weren’t earned in that sense. Though the films y |
When is a racehorse's official birthday? | How Thoroughbred Horses Work | HowStuffWorks How Thoroughbred Horses Work iStockphoto/ Thinkstock There's at least one unusual fact about Thoroughbred horses: Every Thoroughbred horse in the Northern Hemisphere has the same birthday. No matter what month a Thoroughbred is born, its birthday falls on January 1. (The universal birthday is August 1 in the Southern Hemisphere.) This makes it easier to keep track of Thoroughbred horses' bloodlines; the rule was created by the organizations dedicated to regulating the Thoroughbred breed. It also makes it easier for racing purposes. Thoroughbred races aren't open to colts (male horses under age 5) and fillies (females under age 5) until age 2, and some races, like the famed Kentucky Derby, are only open to 3-year-olds. But this presents some problems. This means that a foal -- a newborn or nursing horse -- born on December 31 will turn one the following day [source: Snellow ]. A 1-day-old 1-year-old won't have as much training and maturity and therefore won't compete as well against older horses that are considered the same age. As a result, horse buyers tend to shy away from horses born late in the year, which in turn means that horse breeders do everything they can to ensure their foals are born in the first half of the year. This has led to interventions like drugs and the use of artificial light to keep the reins tight over Thoroughbred reproduction. Related Articles Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes? This is pretty typical of the relationship with humans and Thoroughbred horses. Officials make a rule and the breed is adjusted to get the most benefit from it. It's nothing new; humans have had a hand in the reproduction of the Thoroughbred breed since its beginning, creating it through selective breeding in England just 300 years ago. In just three short centuries, the Thoroughbreds have become one of the most celebrated breeds of any animal, and the sport of modern horse racing has evolved symbiotically with it. This has been both beneficial and costly for the Thoroughbred breed. While these horses love to race, are literally born for it, the centuries of selective breeding for faster, lighter horses has often led to tragedy on the race track. In this article we'll look at this storied and beautiful breed and how humans have shaped it, racing Thoroughbreds and the controversy around how the breed has been handled in recent years. 1 |
In which ocean would you find the Maldives? | Diving the Maldives | Original Diving View Gallery Our Guide to Maldives Diving Holidays After two recent research trips, we at Original Diving have chosen the best of a very, very good bunch of hotels, be the requirement a honeymoon haven, the ultimate dive destination, or just the quintessential desert island experience. If you were lucky enough to enjoy diving the Maldives ten years ago, you would have found them utterly spectacular. In 1998 they were devastated by El Niño, which is said to have destroyed 95 per cent of the region's coral. Thankfully nature is making an amazing comeback, largely thanks to the nutrient-rich currents that sweep the area. Soft corals are once again plentiful, while hard varieties, including cabbage and staghorn corals, are slowly but surely reappearing. What has not changed is the sheer quantity and diversity of marine life. Diving the Maldives used to be truly magical, a real fairytale, but today it remains fantastic by anyone's standards. You will come across everything from nudibranchs to manta ray , frogfish and stonefish - these islands have it all. Go now while you still can. These low-lying islands off the west coast of Sri Lanka will be among the first to disappear as sea levels rise due to global warming. The loss will be devastating, not only to the Maldivians but also to the 300,000 annual divers and visitors. These 1,190 unique jewels are strung out like a necklace from north to south, spread over some 500 miles of the Indian Ocean. Totally unspoilt, they offer a breathtaking sight from the plane before you even touch down. Expand Original Highlight Snorkelling in the crystal clear warm waters exploring coral reefs is like something from 'Finding Nemo' -amazing colours and creatures everywhere you look. I even came face to face with a (very friendly) turtle. Louisa, Original Diver Weather in January January February March April May June July August September October November December Average Temp. — 27°C / 80°F Rainfall — 8cm / 3.3 inches Water Temp. — 28°C / 82°F Average Temp. — 28°C / 82°F Rainfall — 5cm / 2.0 inches Water Temp. — 28°C / 82°F Average Temp. — 29°C / 84°F Rainfall — 8cm / 3.3 inches Water Temp. — 29°C / 84°F Average Temp. — 29°C / 84°F Rainfall — 12cm / 5.1 inches Water Temp. — 30°C / 86°F Average Temp. — 28°C / 82°F Rainfall — 21cm / 8.6 inches Water Temp. — 30°C / 86°F Average Temp. — 28°C / 82°F Rainfall — 16cm / 6.7 inches Water Temp. — 29°C / 84°F Average Temp. — 28°C / 82°F Rainfall — 15cm / 6.2 inches Water Temp. — 29°C / 84°F Average Temp. — 28°C / 82°F Rainfall — 18cm / 7.4 inches Water Temp. — 29°C / 84°F Average Temp. — 27°C / 80°F Rainfall — 21cm / 8.5 inches Water Temp. — 29°C / 84°F Average Temp. — 27°C / 80°F Rainfall — 22cm / 8.8 inches Water Temp. — 28°C / 82°F Average Temp. — 27°C / 80°F Rainfall — 20cm / 7.9 inches Water Temp. — 29°C / 84°F Average Temp. — 27°C / 80°F Rainfall — 22cm / 8.8 inches Water Temp. — 28°C / 82°F Language |
Charity Tate (nee Dingle) ? | Charity Dingle | Emmerdale Past & Present Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Emmerdale Past & Present Wiki Charity Mace Charity Macey. y (nee Dingle, previously Tate and Sharma) is a character in Emmerdale who first appeared in Episode 2674 (30th March 2000) . She has been involved in some really big storylines and has recenty married businessman Jai Sharma . She has been involved in high profile stories such as her lesbian affair with Zoe Tate , her marriage to Zoe's brother Chris Tate and the arrival of her long lost daughter Debbie . Charity left in 2005 but returned in 2009. She married to Home Farm owner Declan Macey but in true style, the marriage did not last long. Charity is played by actress Emma Atkins . Contents Edit Charity Dingle was born on the 9th January 1976, the daughter of Obadiah Dingle and Kathleen Dingle , Obediah being the first cousin of Zak Dingle . In 1989 Charity, whilst still a teenager had a fling with her second cousin Cain Dingle , who then believed his father was Shadrach Dingle, another brother of Zak. Cain and Charity's fathers were first cousins. Her parents threw her out and she gave he baby up for adoption. Charity later worked as a prostitute. In March 2000 she heard her cousin Butch Dingle had been killed in a bus crash and decided to attend his funeral. 2000-2005 Edit Charity Dingle in 2000. Charity Dingle and her cousin Cain Dingle attended the funeral of their cousin Butch Dingle. She had been working as a prostitute and one of her clients arrived looking for her. He demanded £500 off her but Eric Pollard bailed her out. Charity then asked her uncle Zak if she could stay. Zak agreed. Soon Charity began a relationship with Chris Tate , whom Cain blamed for Butch Dingle's death. Chris's sister Zoe Tate also disapproved of the relationship. Zoe bribed Charity to leave Chris but Charity refused. However, Zoe and Charity became close and started an affair. Later on Chris Tate proposed and Charity accepted. 2009- Edit Charity Tate at her wedding to Jai Sharma, 2012. Charity Tate returned to Emmerdale in 2009 shortly after her lover cousin Cain returned. She began a relationship with factory boss Jai Sharma. In March 2013 when Jai returned, Charity confessed she slept with Declan Macey . Charity and Jai divorced and the greedy minx then married rich Declan Macey. Memorable info |
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