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Who founded the Christian Science Church? | Christian Science History | CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry by Matt Slick Christian Science was founded by a woman named Mary Baker Eddy. She was born Mary Ann Morse Baker in New Hampshire in 1821. (She died in 1910). She was the daughter of a New Hampshire Congregationalist church member. As a child, she was frequently ill and highly emotional. She is said to have been "domineering, quarrelsome, and extremely self centered." 1 At age 22, she married George Glover. He died seven months later. She then married Dr. Daniel Patterson, but that marriage failed in divorce. In 1862, while suffering from an illness, she visited a man named Phineas Quimby. He taught a system of healing dealing with the mind. He taught that the mind had the power to heal the body. He exerted a significant influence on her thinking regarding spiritual matters. In 1866, she fell and was seriously injured; and she was not expected to recover. She apparently read Matt. 9:2 ("And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee") and experienced a miraculous cure. It was this experience that convinced her of the truth of Christian Science. She first published "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" in 1875 when she was 54. She claimed it was the final revelation of God to mankind and asserted that her work was inspired of God. The word "Key" in the title of her book is in reference to her being the woman of Revelation 12--that she is the key to unlocking the Bible which she called a dark book. She claimed the Bible had many mistakes, and that her writings provided the "Key" spoken of in Rev. 3:7. She married Asa Eddy in 1877. In 1879, four years after the first publication of Science and Health, Mary Baker Eddy and some of her students voted organized the church of Christ (Scientist) in Boston Massachusetts. Of course, like all cults, it claimed to be the restoration of the original New Testament Church. In 1881 she opened a metaphysical college and charged $300 for 12 healing lessons. The Church was reorganized in 1892, and the Church Manual was first issued in 1895 which provided the structure for church government and missions. She died in 1910--a millionaire. This article is also available in: Español 1. Meyer, F.E., The Religious Bodies of America, Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1961, p. 532. |
Which writer created the character of 'Jeeves'? | Order of Jeeves Books - OrderOfBooks.com Home | Characters | Authors Order of Jeeves Books Jeeves is a main character in a series of comic short stories and novels by English author/humourist P.G. Wodehouse . The term “Jeeves” as a generic butler name originated with this character created by Wodehouse and is now listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. The character is the valet of Bertie Wooster, often getting the rich employer out of sticky situations with a clever plan. The character was portrayed by Stephen Fry in the ITV series Jeeves and Wooster (with the latter being played by Hugh Laurie). The Jeeves character made his debut in the short story Extricating Young Gussie, which appears in the short story collection The Man with Two Left Feet, published in 1917. The first full-fledged Jeeves book was My Man Jeeves, published in 1919. The first full-length Jeeves novel was 1934’s Thank You, Jeeves. The overall Jeeves canon consists of 35 short stories and 11 novels. The character’s final appearance was in the 1974 novel Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen (Wodehouse’s final completed work). Below is a list of P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order): Publication Order of Jeeves Books My Man Jeeves |
Who is the youngest ever best actor winner at the Oscars? | 8 of the Youngest Oscar Winners and Nominees of All Time 8 of the Youngest Oscar Winners and Nominees of All Time Reddit When it comes to the Oscars , usually it’s the older, more established actors that come away with the nominations and awards for their film work. However, sometimes a young newcomer gives a performance that just cannot be ignored. The following is a list of the youngest Oscar nominees and winners in the acting categories. source: Focus Features 1. Adrien Brody, The Pianist Adrien Brody is the youngest actor to take home an Oscar for Best Actor for his 2002 win for Roman Polanski’s Holocaust film The Pianist. His win might be most remembered for that creepy Halle Berry kiss, but it was history-making because Brody was only 29 years old when he won. That’s much older than any of the other actors on this list, but that only goes to show the Academy’s tendency to honor older actors in the male acting categories. Critics heaped praise on the film, which they saw as one of Polanski’s most personal efforts as he explored his own experiences surviving the Holocaust through the figure of the Polish-Jewish classical composer and pianist Władysław Szpilman. Brody’s performance was honored for his dedication to the role, which saw him learn the piano and lose scary amounts of weight to become the skeletal Szpilman. source: Paramount Pictures 2. Jackie Cooper, Skippy For this 1931 movie about a couple of kids trying to save a dog, Jackie Cooper became the youngest nominee in the Best Actor category at age 9. He’s held the record ever since, for a whopping 84 years. The movie follows the character Skippy, played by Cooper and based on the comic strip of that name by Percy Crosby, as he helps his poor friend Sooky save a dog. The next-youngest actor nominated for the Oscar is a full 10 years older than Cooper. Mickey Rooney was nominated at age 19 for his role in 1939’s Babes in Arms. source: Paramount Pictures 3. Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God Marlee Matlin made history in more ways than one when she took home her Oscar for Best Actress in 1986. She was not only the youngest winner of the award at age 21, but also the only deaf actor ever to win an Academy Award. In Children of a Lesser God, Matlin plays a deaf custodian at a school for the deaf who falls in love with a hearing speech teacher there. As their relationship develops, his insistence that she learn to speak rather than use sign language becomes a major source of discord between them. This was the first performance since the 1926 silent movie You’d Be Surprised to have a deaf actor in a leading role. Matlin has also received a Golden Globe award and four Emmy nominations for her work during her acting career. source: Fox Searchlight 4. Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild The Louisiana native Quvenzhané Wallis became the youngest nominee ever in the category of Best Actress at age 9 when she was nominated for her role as the strong-willed young Katrina survivor in the magical realism film Beasts of the Southern Wild. Her nomination also made her the first African American child to earn an Oscar nomination as well as the first person born in the 21st century to do so. She was only 6 years old when the film was made and lied about her age when she auditioned for the role, as she was just 5 and the cut-off age was 6, according to an interview Roger Ebert did with the actress. Director Benh Zeitlin ended up being so impressed with Wallis that he changed the script to better suit her. Reviews of the film lavished her performance with praise. She’s gone on to land the starring role in the high-profile remake of Annie and a modeling campaign with Giorgio Armani. source: Paramount Pictures 5. Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People The 1980 film Ordinary People was the directorial debut of Robert Redford and won four Academy Awards, including for Timothy Hutton’s performance making him the youngest winner for Best Supporting Actor at age 20. The movie is about an upper middle class family attempting to return to normal life after the death of one of |
What is the largest known encyclopaedia, made up of 22,877 volumes in 11,095 books? | III. REGIONAL COLLECTIONS III. REGIONAL COLLECTIONS III.i AFRICA Material on and from Africa has been collected since the foundation of the School (as the School of Oriental Studies) in 1916, although Africa was not included in the name until much later and there was no separate Africa Section in Library until the 1960s. The significance of the 1960s for African studies: The Hayter Report (1961) initiated the era of area studies. For example, the SOAS Department of African Languages and Cultures had grown to about 25 academics covering the whole continent by the early 1980s – when financial and other constraints reduced these to nine through retirements and cut-backs The “Invention” of African history as a discipline by Roland Oliver (whose papers are now in the Library’s Archives and Special Collections). Africa was at last considered to have its own history. Coverage The SOAS Library is the principal academic library in the UK for African studies and, unusually, it covers the whole of Africa. It is therefore the Library of first resort for many students and researchers, whether in the UK higher education community or otherwise. European language collections The bulk of the collections are in English, but a substantial minority of what the Library purchases is in the metropolitan languages of the colonies: chiefly French as the other principal presence, but also Portuguese as the third largest, with some Spanish, Italian and German. Other European languages are represented where there is no obvious historical link with Africa but research and scholarship is undertaken, such as in Russian and Polish. The Library holds the most extensive French-language collections on and from Africa in the UK. The collections also include significant materials on Lusophone Africa – the only such in the UK. A grant from the Gulbenkian Foundation in the early 1970s enabled the Africa Librarian to visit Portugal and buy many local publications. The collection also includes a number of Italian publications of the Fascist period on particularly Ethiopia and Somalia. The Library has built up unparalleled holdings of African literature in English and the other metropolitan languages of Africa (French and Portuguese) in a range of genres, including a substantial collection of literary criticism. The Library’s extensive collection of Francophone literature from northern, western and central Africa is unique in the UK. During the Apartheid era the Library collected a range of publications from within and outside South Africa covering all perspectives – many visiting South Africans were amazed to find books and journals here which were censored and unobtainable in South Africa – and often unobtainable post-apartheid as out of print. Government publications: the policy is to acquire these where possible. But with over fifty countries, many of them with no direct links to Britain, this has not been easy. The aim now is to concentrate on Anglophone countries (bearing in mind other UK academic libraries’ collection policies) but be selective for Francophone and Lusophone. Law: the policy is to acquire laws and law reports from all African countries except South Africa where Roman-Dutch law applies (collected by the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies). The Law Department for a long time had a strong interest in customary law and there was a strong African law presence in the Department. This has changed as the political circumstances of African countries changed; scholarly interest now lies more in thematic law (e.g. human rights, gender, migration) Change in focus: It is interesting how the older parts of the collections are much more traditional in coverage and focus. African studies began with a focus on history, archaeology, language, anthropology, religion (traditional and Christian), folklore &c. After a period in which Africa tended largely to be seen, even by the scholarly community, in terms of famine and civil war, African studies have now become much more vibrant and relevant to the contemporary world – music and perform |
Who missed the penalty for France in the 2006 World Cup final? | Italy Defeats France in 2006 World Cup Penalty Shootout | Fox News Italy Defeats France in 2006 World Cup Penalty Shootout Published July 10, 2006 BERLIN – The beautiful game turned vicious, even venomous Sunday. It was all still beautiful to Italy . And very ugly for France , which lost captain Zinedine Zidane with a red card after his nasty head butt in extra time, and then went down 5-3 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw. Explanations were nonexistent for Zidane's action in the 110th minute of his farewell game. He was walking upfield near defender Marco Materazzi when, in his final act for his national team, he bashed his shaven head into Materazzi's chest. • Click here to visit FOXSports.com for full World Cup coverage. "I have not seen the replays, but if it's voluntary then there's nothing you can say," France coach Raymond Domenech said. "But it's a shame. It's sad. He (Materazzi) did a lot of acting and for such a big man, a gust of wind made him fall over." Not quite. Zidane, who is retiring, might have been provoked, but he definitely knocked over Materazzi. "It's regrettable. We regret it, he regrets it," Domenech said. Without their leader, the French still had their chance in the shootout. But the Italians, never masters of the penalty kick, made all five, setting off an hour of hugging, dancing and fist-pumping celebrations. "This squad showed great heart," Gennaro Gattuso said. "Maybe it wasn't pretty, but we were hard to beat." They were impossible to beat and gave up only one goal actually scored by an opponent. And no, it was not pretty. Outplayed for an hour and into extra time, the Italians won it after Zidane committed the ugliest act of a tournament that set records for yellow and red cards, diving and, at times, outright brutality. Asked if French soccer would miss Zidane, Domenech said: "Yes, well, he was missed in the last 20 minutes tonight. It weighed heavily in the outcome." Without their leader for the shootout, the French only missed once. But Italy was perfect. Fabio Grosso clinched the Azzurri's fourth championship, and his teammates had to chase him halfway across the pitch to celebrate. "It's incredibly emotional. Words can hardly describe it," Grosso said. "Maybe we still don't realize what we have achieved. We really wanted to win and in the end we made it." Only Brazil has more World Cups, five. Until now, no team since the last Azzurri champions in 1982 had to endure the stress and anguish of a soccer scandal. Rather than be disrupted by the current probe ripping apart the national sport back home, the Italians survived. "If the scandal hadn't happened I think we wouldn't have won the World Cup," Gattuso said. "It has given us more strength." Verdicts in the match-fixing trial that could relegate four teams — and 13 of Italy's 23 players — to lower divisions are expected next week. France underwent a renaissance of its own in the last month. The French, racked by dissension, nearly went out in the first round for the second straight World Cup, and then Zidane turned them around. They controlled the flow of play Sunday, only to fail to finish through 120 minutes. Their only goal, Zidane's penalty kick in the seventh minute, was the lone score by an Italy opponent in seven games. But the Italians put the ball into the net 12 minutes later on Materazzi's header off a corner kick. And then they held on in a game marked by sloppiness and maliciousness. Rarely did Italy threaten over the final 75 minutes. But the Azzurri ignored recent history — they lost a quarterfinal shootout to France in 1998, when Les Bleus went on to their only championship. Andrea Pirlo, Materazzi, Daniele De Rossi and Alessandro Del Piero all easily beat France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez in the shootout. The difference was the miss by rarely used David Trezeguet, which hit the crossbar on France's second attempt. When Grosso connected with his left foot, the sliver of Italian fans in the opposite corner of Olympic Stadium finally could let out their breath — and screams of victory. "We had fear of the pe |
In JM Barrie's Peter Pan, what school did the fictional character Captain Hook attend? | J.M. Barrie's Captain Hook, The Inspiration | Literary Traveler The Real Life and Fictional Characters Who Inspired J.M. Barrie’s Captain Hook Posted on May 30, 2007 by Rachel McGinnis Captain Hook has been immortalized as one of the greatest, most infamous villains in literature. Created by James Matthew Barrie in his play in 1904 and restored for a number of novels and stories in 1911, this character has been making readers shudder from his sinister behavior for over a century. Who could forget his cadaver-like appearance or his melancholy blue eyes that burned a fiery red when he became angry or violent? For that matter, who could forget his hook that was used to menace both his enemies and his crew? He was the fearless captain of the Jolly Roger whose only apprehension stemmed from the sight of his own blood, which was described as strangely-colored and thick. Hook was said to be the only man that Barbecue, Captain Long John Silver of Treasure Island, feared. Barrie revealed in his speech, “Hook at Eton,” which was delivered to Eton pupils in 1927, that the fictional Captain James Hook was a former student of Eton College and indicated that disclosing the identity of this character would create a scandal, implying that he was someone of great importance prior to his transformation into the barbaric captain. Captain Hook’s gentleman background is apparent through his maddening concern for maintaining good form although his reaction to others that illustrate good form, such as Smee and Peter Pan, is hardly indicative of a gentleman or the like. Hook is an exceptionally strange and convoluted character, both a villain and a gentleman, which begs the question: what inspired J.M. Barrie to create such an elaborate and complicated scoundrel? Who was J.M. Barrie’s muse when he developed this character? Although there are several theories regarding the inspiration for Captain Hook, none have been indefinitely proven as the source of Barrie’s creativity, nor did Barrie reveal a particular individual that led him to author Captain Hook. Both factual and fictional individuals have been cited as potential sources, with the earliest nonfiction source being the English sea captain Christopher Newport. Captain Christopher Newport was, among other things, a 16th century privateer employed by Queen Elizabeth I of England. Given that the line between piracy and privateering has historically been blurred, his employment as a privateer is one of the most profound similarities connecting him to Captain Hook. Having analogous premises, the primary difference between the occupations was that privateers where employed by a respectable company that funded the excursions and took a portion of the cargo that was seized by the privateers, while pirates were not associated with any sort of organization and retained the expropriated cargo. Christopher Newport is famed for having led more attacks on Spanish ships and settlements than any other English privateer, which led to a somewhat infamous reputation and potentially created a basis for Captain Hook. Newport was a privateer for roughly twenty years and, during this time, presented King James I with two baby crocodiles to satiate the king’s lust for exotic animals. Barrie’s use of a crocodile in the story Peter Panis possibly based on Newport’s presentation of this unusual, fierce animal to the king. Additionally, Christopher Newport was largely identified as a man of the sea who repeatedly left his wife in order to complete five dangerous voyages across the Atlantic Ocean indicating that, similar to the captain, he was both courageous and lacked a female presence for a large segment of his adult life. Nonetheless, perhaps the most striking similarity between Captain Hook and Captain Christopher Newport was that both were missing a hand. After leading his crew onto an enemy ship off the coast of Cuba, Newport lost his arm in the battle and shockingly replaced it with a hook. Similar to Barrie’s Captain Hook, Newport lost his right hand although many contemporary film versions, such |
Who failed to receive a posthumous Nobel Prize in 1962 despite her contribution to building a model of DNA? | The Discovery of the Molecular Structure of DNA - The Double Helix The Discovery of the Molecular Structure of DNA - The Double Helix A Scientific Breakthrough The sentence "This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest" may be one of science's most famous understatements. It appeared in April 1953 in the scientific paper where James Watson and Francis Crick presented the structure of the DNA-helix, the molecule that carries genetic information from one generation to the other. Nine years later, in 1962, they shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Maurice Wilkins, for solving one of the most important of all biological riddles. Half a century later, important new implications of this contribution to science are still coming to light. What is DNA? The work of many scientists paved the way for the exploration of DNA. Way back in 1868, almost a century before the Nobel Prize was awarded to Watson, Crick and Wilkins, a young Swiss physician named Friedrich Miescher, isolated something no one had ever seen before from the nuclei of cells. He called the compound "nuclein." This is today called nucleic acid, the "NA" in DNA (deoxyribo-nucleic-acid) and RNA (ribo-nucleic-acid). Francis Crick and James Watson, 1953. Photo: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives Maurice Wilkins. Two years earlier, the Czech monk Gregor Mendel, had finished a series of experiments with peas. His observations turned out to be closely connected to the finding of nuclein. Mendel was able to show that certain traits in the peas, such as their shape or color, were inherited in different packages. These packages are what we now call genes. For a long time the connection between nucleic acid and genes was not known. But in 1944 the American scientist Oswald Avery managed to transfer the ability to cause disease from one strain of bacteria to another. But not only that: the previously harmless bacteria could also pass the trait along to the next generation. What Avery had moved was nucleic acid. This proved that genes were made up of nucleic acid. Solving the Puzzle In the late 1940's, the members of the scientific community were aware that DNA was most likely the molecule of life, even though many were skeptical since it was so "simple." They also knew that DNA included different amounts of the four bases adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine (usually abbreviated A, T, G and C), but nobody had the slightest idea of what the molecule might look like. In order to solve the elusive structure of DNA, a couple of distinct pieces of information needed to be put together. One was that the phosphate backbone was on the outside with bases on the inside; another that the molecule was a double helix. It was also important to figure out that the two strands run in opposite directions and that the molecule had a specific base pairing. As in the solving of other complex problems, the work of many people was needed to establish the full picture. The original DNA model by Watson and Crick. Photo: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives Using X-rays to See Through DNA Watson and Crick used stick-and-ball models to test their ideas on the possible structure of DNA. Other scientists used experimental methods instead. Among them were Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, who were using X-ray diffraction to understand the physical structure of the DNA molecule. When you shine X-rays on any kind of crystal – and some biological molecules, such as DNA, can form crystals if treated in certain ways – the invisible rays bounce off the sample. The rays then create complex patterns on photographic film. By looking at the patterns, it is possib |
Human brains are 75% water. True or false? | Human Brain Facts and Answers Human Brain Facts and Answers Questions answers and facts relating to the human brain and the study of the brain organ including the spinal cord. What is the Brain? The brain is the center of the nervous system in animals. All vertebrates, and the majority of invertebrates, have a brain. Some "primitive" animals such as jellyfishes and starfishes have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all. In vertebrates, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primary sensory apparatus of vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell. The human brain appears to have no localized center of conscious control. The brain seems to derive consciousness from interaction among numerous systems within the brain. The human brain controls the central nervous system by way of the cranial nerves and spinal cord , the peripheral nervous system and regulates virtually all human activity. The brain is made up of over 100 billion nerve cells with each brain cell connected to around 10,000 other cells, which equals around 1000 trillion connections in your brain. Your brain is actually very soft, jelly-like, and not grey but a deep red in color. The brain controls both involuntary, or "lower," actions, such as heart rate, respiration, and digestion. Complex, or "higher," mental activity, such as thought, reason, and abstraction, is consciously controlled. Brain Facts and Figures: How long is the spinal cord and how much does it weigh? The average spinal cord is 45 cm long in men and 43 cm long in women. The spinal cord weighs approx. 35 grams. How much does the brain weigh? The human brain weighs on average three pounds, or 1.5 kg. What size is an adult humans brain? The human brain is about the size of a cantaloupe. Average brain width = 140 mm Average brain length = 167 mm Average brain height = 93 mm How much oxygen does the brain need to stay "conscious"? An adults brain requires around 20% of the body's oxygen. How much blood is needed by the brain? Approximately 20% of the blood flowing from the heart is pumped to the brain. The brain needs constant blood flow in order to keep up with the heavy metabolic demands of the neurons. What is the largest part of the brain? The biggest part of the brain is the cerebrum which makes up 85% of the brain's weight. The cerebrum is the thinking part of the brain and it controls your voluntary muscles. Does the brain work at the Speed of Light? No, far from it. Axons, the long output connection from a cell, come in two types: myelinated and unmyelinated. Myelinated axons have an extra layer of "insulation," a fatty substance, which allows the impulse to travel about 10 to 100 meters per second. Unmyelinated axons only transmit at about 1 meter per second. When the signal reaches the end, it has to cross the synapse to influence the next cell, which adds about 5 ms. 10 meters per second = 22.356 mph and 100 meters per second = 223.561 mph. As you can see it is a lot slower than the speed of light in a vacuum which is exactly 299,792,458 metres per second, or 186 000 miles per second, or 670,616,629 mph. Brain Questions and Answers What are studies of the brain called? The study of the brain and its functions is known as neuroscience. Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Neurophysiology is the study of normal healthy brain activity. Neurology and psychiatry are both medical approaches to the study of the mind and its disorders and pathology or mental illness respectively. How many main parts to the brain are there? The human brain can be divided into three main parts: the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain: 1/ The forebrain includes the several lobes of the cerebral cortex that control higher functions. 2/ Midbrain functions include routing, selecting, mapping, and cataloguing information, including information perceived from the environment and information that is remembered and processed throughout the cerebral cortex. 3/ Hindbrain - (rhombencephalon) is a developmental catego |
What is the chemical formula of water? | H2O | Chemistry of Water Water is, in fact, a chemical. Its chemical formula is H2O (or, less commonly, HOH), which is what this website is named after. H2O is also one of the most well-known chemical formulas. When properly written, the "2" after the H is written in subscript (as you can see in the banner above), but due to formatting restrictions it will simply be written as "H2O" on this website. What does H2O mean? Each water molecule is made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, thus there are two "H" atoms and one "O". The atoms are joined by covalent bonding, meaning that they share electrons (as opposed to ionic bonding, in which atoms completely transfer electrons). On the right is an image of water's molecular structure. Water is the most abundant molecule on Earth. Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface is water. Water is also the only substance on Earth which naturally occurs in a solid, liquid and gas form. The Celsius temperature scale is based on waters' freezing point (0 degrees) and boiling point (100 degrees). Unlike most substances, water's solid from is less dense than its liquid form - this is why ice cubes will float in your drinks. Water is also capable of absorbing a lot of heat before its temperature increases; thus it is used in things such as a radiator coolant in cars. Water has a high surface tension. This is why some bugs like water striders (of the Gerridae family) can walk on water - because they weigh less than the surface tension of the water. Due to the shape of a water molecule, molecules stick and clump together to form this high tension (the two lighter hydrogen atoms in the image on the right could attach to the oxygen atom of another water molecule, and so forth). That's why water comes together in the form of drops - if it wasn't for gravity water would attach together in a spherical shape. Please visit the links page for a list of websites where you can learn more information about the chemistry of water, and many other things. |
Which author wrote a series of essays called Virginibus Puerisque? | Virginibus Puerisque | essays by Stevenson | Britannica.com essays by Stevenson The Seven Lamps of Architecture Virginibus Puerisque, ( Latin: “Of Maidens and Youths”) collection of essays by Robert Louis Stevenson , published in 1881, most of which were first published in The Cornhill Magazine . These whimsical meditations on everyday life earned Stevenson a reputation as a popular philosopher. Modeling his essays on those of William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb among others, Stevenson in true Victorian fashion tells personal anecdotes and derives generally applicable morals from them. The title essay analyzes marriage, “Ordered South” tells of the trips he made for his health, and “Crabbed Age and Youth” discusses the father-son bond. Learn More in these related articles: Robert Louis Stevenson November 13, 1850 Edinburgh, Scotland December 3, 1894 Vailima, Samoa Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, best known for his novels Treasure Island (1881), Kidnapped (1886), Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889).... 1 Reference found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference discussed in biography (in Robert Louis Stevenson: Romantic novels ) External Links Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: October 11, 2012 URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Virginibus-Puerisque Access Date: January 06, 2017 Share |
Who wrote Republic and Phaedo? | SparkNotes: The Republic: Key Facts The Republic philosophical movement · Plato was his own philosophical movement, known as “Platonism.” language · Ancient Greek time and place written · Plato wrote The Republic in Athens around 380 B.C. speaker · As in nearly all of Plato’s works, Socrates acts as Plato’s mouthpiece. areas of philosophy covered · Though The Republic is primarily concerned with defining and defending justice, it is in no way limited to ethics and political philosophy. It also presents bold and fascinating theories in the fields of epistemology and metaphysics. philosophical movements opposed · Plato’s main opposition in The Republic is the Sophists. other works by plato on similar topics · For more on Plato’s political theory see the Laws. For more on his theory of Forms see the Meno, the Phaedo, and the Symposium. More Help |
Which 1978 movie featured two gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies? | Grease (1978) - 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 From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance? Director: 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 23 titles created 21 Dec 2013 a list of 23 titles created 22 Jan 2014 a list of 27 titles created 3 months ago a list of 44 titles created 3 months ago a list of 30 images created 1 month ago Search for " Grease " 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 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards » Videos Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle. Director: Emile Ardolino A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life. Director: John Badham An English student at a 1960's American high school has to prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers. Director: Patricia Birch After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic. Director: Jerry Zucker A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace. Director: Herbert Ross When a worldly singer witnesses a mob crime, the police hide her as a nun in a traditional convent where she has trouble fitting in. Director: Emile Ardolino A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets. Director: Baz Luhrmann A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love. Director: Garry Marshall Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George. Director: Mark Waters A pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does. Director: Gil Junger A rich high school student tries to boost a new pupil's popularity, but reckons without affairs of the heart getting in the way. Director: Amy Heckerling A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school. Director: Adrian Lyne Edit Storyline A musical about teens in love in the 50's! It's California 1959 and greaser Danny Zuko and Australian Sandy Olsson are in love. They spend time at the beach, and when they go back to school, what neither of them knows is that they both now attend Rydell High. Danny's the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black leather jacket-wearing greasers while Sandy hangs with the Pink Ladies, a group of pink-wearing girls led by Rizzo. When they clash at Rydell's first pep rally, Danny isn't the same Danny from the beach. They try to be like each other so they can be together. Written by Alex Schultz <NedSDeclassified2967> Grease is the word See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for sexual content including references, teen smoking and drinking, and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 16 June 1978 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $12,705,463 (USA) (27 March 1998) Gross: 110 min Sound Mix: DTS (re-release) (1998)| Dolby Digital |
Who played Jim Morrison in the film The Doors? | The Doors (1991) - 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 | Biography , Drama , Music | 1 March 1991 (USA) The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison , from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. Director: Randall Jahnson (as J. Randal Johnson), Oliver Stone Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 36 titles created 26 Nov 2010 a list of 49 titles created 14 Jun 2012 a list of 45 titles created 24 Jan 2013 a list of 33 titles created 13 Mar 2015 a list of 40 titles created 30 Apr 2015 Search for " The Doors " 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. The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for. Director: Oliver Stone Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. Director: Oliver Stone A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. Director: Oliver Stone A biographical story of former U.S. president Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy to his eventual presidency which ended in shame. Director: Oliver Stone A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing. Director: Oliver Stone The final movie in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy follows the true story of a Vietnamese village girl who survives a life of suffering and hardship during and after the Vietnam war. As a ... See full summary » Director: Oliver Stone A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him, is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Director: Oliver Stone An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980. Director: Oliver Stone Edit Storyline Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. Written by Denise P. Meyer <[email protected]> Taglines: "There are things known and things unknown and in between are The Doors." -- Jim Morrison See more » Genres: Rated R for heavy drug content, and for strong sexuality and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 1 March 1991 (USA) See more » Also Known As: 140 min Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track (analog 70 mm prints)| CDS (digital 35 mm and 70 mm prints)| Dolby SR (analog 35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia In the film, the band is signed after being fired from Whiskey-a-Go-Go. In real life, they were signed by Elektra Records on August 18, 1966. Whiskey-a-Go-Go fired the band on August 21, after Morrison used acid induced, profane, Oedipus Rex lyrics. See more » Goofs In the film, a female photographer sexily encourages Morrison to take his shirt off, resulting in the iconic "Young Lion" photo first seen in the Village Voice, and later used as the cover photo for the Doors 1985 "Best Of" album. The photographer was actually a man, Joel Brodsky. See more » Quotes Andy Warhol : Som |
Who was the author who at the age of nine, wrote The Young Visiters? | Daisy Ashford (Narrator of Ruth) edit data Daisy Ashford, full name Margaret Mary Julia Ashford (later Devlin) was an English writer who is most famous for writing The Young Visiters, a novella concerning the upper class society of late 19th century England, when she was just nine years old. The novella was published in 1919, preserving her juvenile spelling and punctuation. She wrote the title as "Viseters" in her manuscript, but it was published as "Visiters" |
Which actress played Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques? | AA Character Profiles Members Acorn Antiques - Character Profiles The Director is looking for a cast of twenty-two (max twenty-four) hard working and dedicated performers - each will be required to do a solo audition. Miss Babs, Miss Berta, Miss Bonnie, Mrs O and all Ensemble characters need to be able to attempt basic tap. Ensemble will also be choreographed in the big scale musical "pastiche" numbers. However, you do not have to be a trained dancer - just be able to move well and willing to work hard. Below, key numbers for each character are in bold print! Miss Babs The voluptuous, overwrought and lovelorn owner of Acorn Antiques - haughty, affected and sexually repressed. originally played by Celia Imrie. Character requirements: Playing age 40/50+ but could be played by a younger actress. Large amount of dialogue. Excellent acting and comedy skills with a good strong singing voice. Good mover. Vocal range: Alto to 2nd Sop. Musical numbers: Acorn Antiques, Clifford's Anthem, Please Stay Here, Hey Hey, Have You Met Miss Babs, Tip Top Tap, The Ol' Small Print, Shagarama, Once In A Lifetime, Finale. Miss Berta Miss Babs 'younger' twin sister. In love with Mr Clifford but pining for him as he has lost his memory and can't remember that they were engaged! Smilingly desperate! Originally played by Sally Anne Triplet. Character requirements: Playing age 30/40+. Large amount of dialogue. Must have excellent singing voice and good comic timing/acting and dancing skills. Vocal range: Alto to 2nd Sop. Musical numbers: Acorn Antiques, Clifford's Anthem, Please Stay Here, Hey Hey, Remind Him, Tip Top Tap, Shagarama, Once In A Lifetime, Finale. Mrs Overall The cleaner of Acorn Antiques - revealed to be the mother of Miss Babs, Miss Berta and Miss Bonnie. Suffers from varicose veins and haemorrhoids but believes all problems can be solved by a nice cup of tea, a macaroon and an anecdote. Originally played by Julie Walters. Character requirements: Playing age 60+ but can be cast using a much younger actress. Large amount of dialogue. A demanding but rewarding challenge for an actress who has great comic timing and a strong singing voice. Required to move well. Comic timing is paramount. Brummie accent. Vocal range: Alto to 2nd Sop (plus some falsetto). Musical numbers: Macaroons, Hey Hey, Tip Top Tap, Love From Mrs O, Oh! Oh! Mrs O!, Finale. Miss Bonnie The assertive, ruthless owner of The Guilty Bean chain of coffee shops. Finds out she is the long lost sister triplet of Miss Babs and Miss Berta. A "super bitch" who comes good! Originally played by Josie Lawrence. Character requirements: Playing age 30/40+. Large amount of dialogue. Good acting and singing/moving ability needed. Vocal range: Strong Alto, ability to do Sop (falsetto). Musical numbers: Manchesterford, Please Stay Here, Hey hey, Tip Top Tap, The Ol' Small Print, Shagarama, Once In A Lifetime, Finale. Mr Clifford Solid, reliable type who is suffering from amnesia. A man of questionable years. Miss Berta's lover but he can't remember it. Co-owner of Acorn Antiques. Originally played by Duncan Preston. Character requirements: Playing age 40+. Large amount of dialogue. Excellent comic actor with the ability to hold a tune. Little dance movement required. Vocal range: Tenor. Musical numbers: Clifford's Anthem, Please Stay Here, Hey Hey, Remind Her, Shagarama, Finale. Tony A loan shark - the 'Credit Crony' who catches Miss Babs's eye and tries to con her out of her inheritance. A bit of a stud! Originally played by Neil Morrisey. Character requirements: Playing age 30+. Medium amount of dialogue. Strong singing voice. No dancing required. Vocal range: High tenor Musical numbers: The Ol' Small Print, Finale. Mr Watkins A regular at Acorn Antiques, along with his partner, Derek. Runs the MAOS (Manchesterford Amateur Operatic Society). Less flamboyant than Derek until.... Character requirements: Playing age 40+. Medium amount of dialogue. Strong comic actor with a good singing voice. Must be able to move. Vocal range: Tenor Musical numbers: Manchesterford, Clifford |
Which of the Brontë sisters wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in 1848? | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Reimagined - Julia - Wattpad The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Reimagined 260 Reads 1 Vote 8 Part Story Read New Reading List *SPOILER ALERT* This fan fiction short story plays with Anne Brontë's second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848). Anne is the youngest of the Brontë sisters, and wrote under the psydenom "Acton Bell". This early feminist novel deals with various issues including: alcoholism; gender roles and relations; marriage and abusive relationships; piety; and, motherhood, amongst other themes and subjects. The novel is a lengthy letter from Gilbert Markham to his friend and brother-in-law about Helen Lawrence Huntington (alias: Helan Graham), whom is the mysterious tenant of WIldfell Hall. The bulk of the novel are entries from Helen's diary which narrate her falling in and out of love with her husband, Arthur Huntingdon, whom she is forced to leave in order to protect her son from his father's bad influence. Since my fan fic will be influenced by daily prompts I am not able to foresee where my story will go. My fan fic will be from Helen's point of view and be written in a similar sty... |
Who starred in the title role in the 2002 film, Mr Deeds? | Mr. Deeds (2002) Author: aliciadipesto from London, England Nobody goes to see an Adam Sandler movie for spiritual enrichment or intellectual stimulation - let's get that out of the way first. Once you accept you've paid your money to be mildly entertained in a lighthearted, slapstick manner, strap in and enjoy the ride. I keep hearing Sandler is a major Hollywood player these days with an equal footing as producer as he is actor (he has produced a considerable amount with fellow actor Rob Schneider - the similarly inane but funny - mostly in spite of yourself - Hot Chick being the most recent example, in which he has a cameo role and indeed, Schneider helps Sandler out in Mr Deeds) so it's hard to prove that Sandler is now typecast as a lovable fool, because it's fairly likely he chose the part himself, possibly aware that Hamlet might be a little out of his league. Sandler need only check his bank balance to see that the lovable fool is certainly a lucrative one, having made an absolute mint playing countless other characters blessed with naive charm and a heart of gold. The story - we all know it's a remake of the classic depression-era propaganda film starring Gary Cooper, designed to lift spirits and foster a sense of community - centres around a picturesque New England town and its perenially-cheerful, smalltown inhabitants, chiefly Longfellow Deeds (Sandler), who inherits a fortune from an uncle he never knew, finds himself at the helm of a media empire and heads to the Big Apple to find out more. Here Winona Ryder steps in as the ambitious TV reporter determined to get her big scoop and dupes the affable Deeds into falling in love with her. All the time she's wearing a wire and a hidden camera to enable their courtship and his antics, sometimes drunken, sometimes heroic, to be broadcast on the evening news. Typically Deeds is the last to know and is appalled when he makes the connection. By which time Ryder's character has fallen in love herself, resigned from her job and is begging for a second chance. Deeds' only flaw is a short fuse and this is at odds with his generous spirit, who at times could be George Bailey, James Stewart's kindly smalltown character in Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946), but this spices things up a little and allows the suspension of disbelief to continue a little longer. The number of disrespectful, foulmouthed city folk he takes out is entertaining, while not always convincing, but then times have changed and these days your average bloke doesn't think of taking a swing at a man for swearing in front of a lady (more's the pity I say). While you could aim criticism at this and jeer at the corny lines and simplistic moral at the film's end, there is something to be cherished here. The moral of course being that money is less important than being true to yourself, and while you're at it, be nice to your neighbour. As Mother Teresa once said, kindly words are heard once but their echoes are heard for ever - Deeds' character and his deeds (pun definitely intended) themselves are echoes of another, lamentably more innocent time and it's uplifting to see this spirit so laboured in the film's remake. It's also refreshing to see this bravely recreated by the producers, who have not shied away from dealing with the film's essence in these cynical times. It's not all sentimental Queen of Hearts stuff though. There are some hilarious, laugh-out-loud moments that counter the film's message perfectly - the helicopter ride to Manhattan where the crew and Deeds are singing 'A Space Oddity' complete with air-guitar springs to mind here - and there is the usual dose of slapstick you'd expect from a Sandler picture. The 7 flying cats rescued from a burning building by our hero is particularly memorable and as I say, I was laughing in spite of myself. This humour compliments the film's slushy message and prevents any actual retching in the theatre - leaving the cinemagoer shuffling out content, with a smile on his face - definitely a feelgood movie. I just hope Sandler doesn't attempt It's A Wonderful |
Edward Gibbon was famed for which great historical work? | Edward Gibbon facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Edward Gibbon COPYRIGHT 2004 The Gale Group Inc. Edward Gibbon The English historian Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) wrote "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." Although superseded in part as history, this work is still read for its clarity, accuracy, and brilliant style. Gibbon's "Autobiography" is a classic of the genre. Edward Gibbon was born May 8, 1737, in Putney. A sickly child, he had tutors and spent two brief intervals at school, but he owed most of his early education to his voracious reading. In April 1752 he was sent to Oxford, where he learned little. In his summer vacation he began his first book, a chronological inquiry called The Age of Sesostris, which he later destroyed. Back at Oxford, he found a new subject of inquiry and in June 1753 told his horrified father that he had become a Roman Catholic. The elder Gibbon immediately sent his son to Lausanne in Protestant Switzerland. M. Daniel Pavilliard, a Calvinist minister, was Edward's tutor and reclaimed him for Protestantism. Gibbon remained in Switzerland until 1758, shortly before he came of age. There, at first with Pavilliard's help and later alone, he acquired his classical learning and developed his scholarly bent. He also learned French thoroughly, made some lifelong friends, and fell in love. The French and the friends endured, but the romance foundered. Neither parent would permit his child to settle permanently in another country. Without parental aid there was no money, and Gibbon puts it, "I sighed as a lover; I obeyed as a son." Student, Soldier, Traveler In 1758 Gibbon's father settled a small income on him in exchange for his help in ending the entail on their estates. To his surprise, Gibbon found his stepmother kind and friendly, so he spent much of his time with his father and stepmother. Both Gibbons were officers of the Hampshire militia, which was embodied in May 1760. Gibbon's militia duties prevented his devoting all his time to scholarship, but he published (July 1761) an Essay on the Study of Literature, written in French, and considered possible historical subjects. Earlier in 1761, at his father's request, Gibbon made an unsuccessful attempt to enter Parliament. In December 1762 his active service with the militia ended, and in January 1763 he began a tour of the Continent. Reaching Rome in October 1764, he there first thought of writing his history. But he did not yet begin it. Gibbon returned to England in 1765, where he continued his studies, but his only publications were two volumes of a French literary journal, edited with his friend G. Deyverdun, Mémoires littéraires de la Grande-Bretagne (1768 and 1769) and an attack on Warburton's interpretation of the sixth book of the Aeneid. He began a history of the Swiss republics in French (1767), which he abandoned. David Hume, who read this work, urged him to write history, but in English. By this time Gibbon may already have begun preliminary work for the Decline and Fall, but he was preoccupied with domestic matters; his father died in November 1770. Parliament and History In 1772, having straightened out some of the tangles in his father's finances, Gibbon settled in London with his sources comfortably around him in an extensive library. He joined the famous Literary Club and became a member of Parliament in 1774, and in February 1776 he published the first volume of his Decline and Fall. The fifteenth and sixteenth chapters seemed so devastating an account of the early Christian Church that attackers hurried into print. Gibbon ignored them until a rash young man named Davis added plagiarism and the falsification of evidence to the charges against Gibbon. Gibbon's superb Vindication (1779) can be read with delight by those who know nothing about either the history or Davis's attack; in passing, Gibbon answered his other critics. After a brief visit to France (1777) Gibbon continued to work on his history, which was enjoying a large sale. In 1779 he was appointed a lord of trade, and he was a consci |
What is the first name of the character Crocodile Dundee? | Crocodile Dundee (1986) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City. Director: a list of 36 titles created 16 Nov 2010 a list of 44 titles created 09 Jun 2011 a list of 34 titles created 10 Aug 2012 a list of 26 titles created 07 Jan 2014 a list of 30 titles created 04 Feb 2015 Search for " Crocodile Dundee " 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 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards » Videos Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under. Director: John Cornell Australian Outback adventurer Mick "Crocodile" Dundee travels to Los Angeles with his young son while his longtime companion suspects foul play at a movie studio. Director: Simon Wincer Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how ... See full summary » Director: Simon Wincer A small-time crook becomes convinced he has become an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one. Director: John Cornell This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an ... See full summary » Director: Lewis Teague A romance writer sets off to Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure. Director: Robert Zemeckis A group of good-hearted but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks. Director: Hugh Wilson Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it. Director: Tony Scott A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. Director: Martin Brest A married couple try everything to get each other to leave the house in a vicious divorce battle. Director: Danny DeVito When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigour. Director: Ron Howard Edit Storyline Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee is an Australian crocodile hunter who lives in the Australian outback and runs a safari business with his trusted friend and mentor Walter Reilly. After surviving a crocodile attack, a New York journalist named Sue arrives to interview Mick about how he survived and learns more about the crocodile hunter. After saving Sue from a crocodile, Sue invites Mick to visit New York City, since Mick has never been to a city. Mick finds the culture and life in New York City a lot different than his home and he finds himself falling in love with Sue. Written by Daniel Williamson See All (55) » Taglines: From the Australian Outback to New York City, Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee is about to survive in a different kind of Jungle. See more » Genres: 26 September 1986 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia The abandoned lower level of the BMT Ninth Ave. station in Brooklyn was used for the subway scene near the end of the film. The route information signs were correct for service at 59th St.-Columbus Circle; however, double letter route markings had been dropped by the time the movie was released. The AA marking, for instance, had become the K. See more » Goofs When Sue goes down to the water to fill her canteen, the reptile that lunges forwar |
In which year did Tom Hanks fall in love with a mermaid in the film Splash? | Splash (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 A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 37 titles created 25 Dec 2012 a list of 27 titles created 14 May 2013 a list of 35 titles created 24 May 2014 a list of 33 titles created 11 months ago a list of 31 titles created 1 month ago Search for " Splash " 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 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations. See more awards » Photos A detective must adopt the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer. Director: Roger Spottiswoode A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house. Director: Richard Benjamin A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party. Director: Neal Israel Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry. Director: Penny Marshall The equally-straight-laced and "by the book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery. Director: Tom Mankiewicz A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA survelliance and pursuit. Director: Stan Dragoti When a hypochondriac learns that he is dying, he accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano at a tropical island, and along the way there, learns to truly live. Director: John Patrick Shanley A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner. Director: Nora Ephron Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to Southeast Asia, ... See full summary » Director: Nicholas Meyer An overstressed suburbanite and two of his neighbors struggle to prove their paranoid theory that the new family on the block are part of a murderous cult. Director: Joe Dante When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigour. Director: Ron Howard NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. Director: Ron Howard Edit Storyline Allen Bauer is rescued from drowning as a young boy off Cape Cod by a young mermaid. Years later, he returns to the same location, and once again manages to fall into the sea, and is rescued once more by the mermaid (Allen isn't sure what he has seen and what he has imagined). Using maps from a sunken ship, the mermaid decides to search for Allen in New York City, sprouting legs when her tail dries. On finding Allen, they fall in love, but she has a secret, which will no longer be a secret if she gets her legs wet. Written by Rob Hartill Allen Bauer thought he'd never find the right woman... he was only half wrong! See more » Genres: 9 March 1984 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Splash: Jungfrau am Haken See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Before Tom Hanks accepted the role of Allen Bauer, it had already been turned down by Chevy Chase , Bill Murray , Dudley Moore , John Travolta and Michael Keaton . Travolta passed on the advice of his agent. See more » Goofs When Madison is in front of the televisions at Bloomingdale's, Allen asks what her name is. She replies in loud, screeching tones, shattering the televisions. When one television's screen breaks, its screen is clearly made of cardboard, not glass. It also shows the circuitry behind the picture tube, not the tube itself. See more » Quotes Mary Bauer : Ralph, talk to him. [Ralph smac |
Which famous actor has played a scarecrow and a Time Lord on TV? | From William Hartnell to Matt Smith: What the Doctors did next | The Independent From William Hartnell to Matt Smith: What the Doctors did next Neela Debnath looks back at the careers of the Doctors after leaving the Tardis Friday 22 November 2013 09:24 BST Click to follow From William Hartnell to Matt Smith: What the Doctors did next 1/22 BBC 2/22 William Hartnell (centre) as the Doctor alongside Dracula and Frankenstein's monster in 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Chase' in 1965 Getty Images 3/22 Patrick Troughton in 'Doctor Who' serial 'The Web of Fear', one of nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who which have not been seen since the 1960s but which have been recovered after they were tracked down to a store room in Nigeria PA 4/22 English actor Patrick Troughton holding one of his own paintings outside at his home in Teddington, London in 1981. The work is a copy of Monet's 'Poppy Field' Getty Images Jon Pertwee played the third Doctor and here poses with a Dalek Getty Images Jon Pertwee as scarecrow Worzel Gummedge Getty Images 7/22 Tom Baker as the Doctor and Mary Tamm as his companion Romana on the set of 'Doctor Who' Getty Images 8/22 Tom Baker at a 'Doctor Who' audio recording session London, five-part adventure, 'Hornet's Nest'. Since 'Doctor Who' he has done a lot of voice work, most notable as the narrator on 'Little Britain' Rex Features 9/22 Actor Peter Davison dressed as the fifth Dr Who in the Tardis at BBC Television Centre in 1981 Getty Images 10/22 Peter Davison now, the actor has gone on to star in television shows such as 'Law and Order UK' and 'Lewis'. He even made a guest appearance as the Doctor in the Children in Need special 'Time Crash' opposite David Tennant (left) BBC 11/22 Colin Baker as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor and one of the most underrated actors to have taken on the role BBC 12/22 Lewis Bradley as Jack (centre) and Colin Baker as Fleshcreep (right) perform during the traditional pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk on stage at the Theatre Royal Bath. Getty Images Sylvester McCoy as a quizzical incarnation of the Time Lord BBC 14/22 Sylvester McCoy at the world premiere of 'The Hobbit' movie in which he plays a wizard called Radagast the Brown Getty Images Paul McGann who played the Doctor for one adventure in the 1996 film BBC 16/22 Paul McGann has gone on to star in numerous television shows, here is a shot from ITV's 'A Mother's Son'. Rex Features Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as his companion Rose Tyler BBC Christopher Eccleston in 2007 Hollywood film 'The Dark Is Rising' Rex Features 19/22 David Tennant as the tenth Doctor, standing alongside companion his companion Rose Tyler played by Biller Piper BBC David Tennant's most famous role post-'Doctor Who' as surly police officer Alec Harding in 'Broadchurch' ITV Doctor Who star Matt Smith BBC 22/22 Matt Smith will be leaving 'Doctor Who' in December, he has been working on Ryan Gosling's directorial debut 'How to Catch a Monster' in the US Getty Images The 11 Doctors There is a myth that once a Doctor Who actor leaves the role they are forever typecast as the Time Lord and end up running their careers into the ground. But is that criticism fair? We take a look back at the careers of the men who have played the Doctor. William Hartnell Time Lord tenure (1963-1966) William Hartnell left Doctor Who due to his ailing health. After his time on the show he starred in several other things, including police drama series Softly, Softly: Taskforce and No Hiding Place. He also had a role in the thriller Tomorrow at Ten which was to be his last film appearance before his death in 1975. His deteriorating health was limiting but he did reprise his role as the Doctor for the show's 10th anniversary special in 1973. Hartnell's tenure as the first Doctor has ensured his legacy as a great actor. Most recently, archive footage featuring him as the first Doctor was used on an episode of Doctor Who. William Hartnell (centre) as the Doctor alongside Dracula and Frankenstein's monster in 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Chase' in 1965 Patrick |
How many points does a conversion score in rugby union? | BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Laws & Equipment | Two points for a conversion Printable version Two points for a conversion After a team has scored a try (including a penalty try), they are awarded a "conversion" kick at goal. A successful kick is worth two points. The kick is taken from a point in line with where the ball was grounded for the try, as near or as far from the goal-line as the kicker desires. A conversion is successful if the ball goes between the opposition's goalposts and above the crossbar. If the ball hits the posts, and bounces out, play does not continue. The kicker may tee up the ball on sand, sawdust or an approved "tee" - or directly on the ground. And a team-mate (placer) is allowed to hold the ball - usually only if it is windy. They have one minute from the time they have teed their ball up or placed it on the ground to make the kick or it will be disallowed. The kicker's team-mates must be behind the ball when it's struck while the opposition must be behind the goal-line - though they can charge once he starts his run up. If the ball falls over before the kicker begins his run up, the ref can allow it to be replaced. But if the ball falls over after the kicker has begun their run up, he either has to kick the ball as it lies or pick it up and attempt a dropped goal. |
What other common name is used for Halloween? | Halloween vocabulary, Halloween word list - www.myvocabulary.com Halloween Information: 1. The first recorded Halloween celebration in the USA occurred in 1921 in Anoka, MN 2. The Haunted House Capital of the World is located in Kansas City, MO where the city features "The Beast." 3. Amusement Today judged Kennywood, PA as the third best Halloween event. Kennywood is located near Pittsburgh. 4. Statistics show that at Knott�s "Scary"Farm located on 100 acres in Buena Vista, CA, more than 1,000 people visit. 5.Some authors of scary stories include: Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Dean Koontz, J.C. Oates, Edgar Allan Poe and H.G. Wells 6. Names of some spooky places in the US: Black Cat, AR Tombstone, AZ An additional (151) Halloween vocabulary word list: Many thanks to a teacher-participant, MP, in Scotland: abhorrent, abode of the dead, afraid, annihilation, apparition, Banshee, bewitching, Black Mass, blood covenant, bloodcurdling, blood letting, bloodsucking, bony, brimstone, brutalize, bumps in the night, cloves of garlic, cockroaches, crawling, creaking, creepy, creeping, Cyclops, damned, death, decapitated, decomposing, deja vu, dematerialize, disembody, disembowel, disgusting, disturbing, dunking for apples, doomed, dragon, Druids, ectoplasm, entomb, exorcise, exorcism, exorcist, feasting, fiend, flesh eating, foul, freak, frozen to the spot, frozen with fear, Gargoyles, gasping, Gehenna, Ghost busters, ghost train, grave, Grim Reaper, grisly, grotesque, growling, groaning, gorging, grotesque, gruesome, guise, hackles rising, hair raising, heinous, hideous, hobgoblins, horrible, Hottentots, howling, infest, hysteria, insanity, maggot ridden, manic, maniac, manifestation, Medusa, mesmerize, metamorphosis, moaning, monster, monstrous, moldy, mummy, mutilate, nightmarish, number three, obliterate perverse, possessed, prey, petrifying, psychopath, rasp, repugnant, revolting, ritualistic, sarcophagus, sacrifice, Sangoma, screeching, scythe, shrieking, slayer, spirit, spiritualist, Styx, soul sucker, tomb, torture, troll, ugly, wailing, warlock, weird, werewolf, whispering, witch doctor, wooden stake, zap Halloween Lesson Plan ACTIVITIES: Have students, friends: 1. Draw or find pictures of items suggestive of Halloween: ex: a black cat, a cauldron etc. etc. 2. Make, buy or cook some food that would be unusual 3. Name thirteen groups of things that are similar (treats, items, costumes, words etc.) 4. Create a list of safety procedures for children who trick-or-treat 5. Name some item that has the same shape as a hat that a witch would wear. 6. Find/bring into class something a witch might own 7. Discover as many words as possible that include the letters b-o-o 8. Carve/decorate pumpkins and have a contest. 9. Find a scary story you can share: make-up, books, newspaper 10. Have a contest to name items to be put in a witch's brew. 11. List other means of traveling a witch could choose if her broom were lost, stolen or broken... 12. As a group, decide what kinds of people could get along with a witch (someone in the news, a cartoon figure, a comic character or someone known!) 13. Invent a spooky/ghost/pumpkin/black cat story that takes place in a cemetery 14. Hold an art contest and pick winners from 1-3 categories 15. Have students rename popular stores with names that suggest Halloween (Ex: FedEx=DeadEx, PakMail=RatMail etc.) 16. Have a parade of costumes and a party afterward 17. Create a Ghost Story Contest 18. List at least 5 words that describe a strange or scary scene (examples: hallucination, cemetery, labyrinth, miasma, cobwebs) 19. Give at least 5 words that tell how a person would feel in scary situations (examples: petrify, goose bumps, chills, cringe, eerie) 20. Name at least five mysterious words (examples: cauldron, sinister, macabre, metamorphosis, slink, slither, skitter, premonition) 21. Find at least five action verbs for eerie stories (examples: wail, quake, quiver, conjure, hallucinate, scare) 22. Make a Halloween Cut-Out Mask and allow plenty of room for eyes Halloween Lesson Plans and discussion questi |
If you Suffer from Samhainophobia, what do you fear? | Does Samhainophobia Bother You? Symptoms of samhainophobia: Your fear of Halloween can result in the following symptoms: breathlessness, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying, becoming mad or losing control, a sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack. You are not the only one to suffer from samhainophobia. Most sufferers are surprised to learn that they are far from alone in this surprisingly common, although often unspoken, phobia. Samhainophobia is an intense fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. While adults with samhainophobia realize that these fears are irrational, they often find that facing, or even thinking about facing, the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety. There is a Way Out Imagine what your life will be like when you know that you are not "defective". When you can be confident and at ease in situations where you used to feel your samhainophobia. And when you can talk about your former samhainophobia symptoms as though you are describing a movie where the character is someone else, not you. An Amazing Discovery Several years ago, a psychologist specializing in phobias like samhainophobia, made an amazing discovery. He kept up-to-date with all the leading therapies. And he tried them all. And no matter what therapy modality he tried, the cure rate of phobias like samhainophobia was less than 5%. Oh sure, patients made progress. But it was only incremental. And therapy took years, not months. Then he made an amazing discovery and his ability to eliminate samhainophobia soared to over 80%. He was so successful it nearly put him out of business. Well, it didn't put him out of business, but it did--at least for awhile--create a financial strain for the first time in his career. You see, he was able to "cure" samhainophobia clients often in one session, rarely more than five or six. This was a radical change from years of therapy. And quite a hit to his income. Now he has raised his rates. And you might be able to get an appointment with him...if you have about $1,000 handy. That's the "price" of success. What was the discovery? It was so simple, but nobody thought of looking there before. Here it is, and it is called The Discovery Statement: "The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system." Note what he didn't say. He didn't say that it was in your thoughts, habits, beliefs, strategies or any other thing (although they do play a factor). Those are "the branches". The energy system is "the root". And from this root the field of Energy Psychology was born. Since this discovery, other innovators have emerged in Energy Psychology. And they offer solutions to emotional issues such as samhainophobia. A really nice feature of Energy Psychology is that in many cases self-help is sufficient. In cases where a therapist is desired or needed, Samhainophobia Live Help can be provided over the phone. And since not much talking is involved, the sessions are quick and affordable. Does It Work for Everyone? In a word, no it doesn't. It's not perfect. It only works about 85% of the time. But that is a radical shift from about 5% rate for some methods. A reason it may not work is that frankly some people are afraid to give up their samhainophobia. Their identity is wrapped up in it. They have had their samhainophobia so long that they don't know who they would be without it. Fortunately, the same methods can be used to eliminate this fear first, should it arise. Finally, some people just love to talk about their samhainophobia. That's one reason why some people may spend years in talk therapy. They love to have someone who cares about them listen to their samhainophobia problems. Energy Psychology isn't about talk. It's about results. Fast, effective, lasting results. A lot of talking about problems keeps people in the "stuck" state and is counte |
Who wrote the screenplay for the film 'The Exorcist'? | Interview with The Exorcist Writer/Producer William Peter Blatty - IGN IGN Interview with The Exorcist Writer/Producer William Peter Blatty Share Interview with The Exorcist Writer/Producer William Peter Blatty Share. By Steve Head IGN FilmForce's Steve Head recently met with The Excorcist Writer/Producer William Peter Blatty to discuss his researching of real-life exorcisms, writing the book and screenplay, and the changes made in The Exorcist: The Version You¿ve Never Seen. William Peter Blatty has been in the movie industry for over 40 years, writing such films as the Pink Panther movie A Shot in the Dark, Gunn, The Great Bank Robbery, The Exorcist, and The Exorcist III, which he also directed. The Exorcist earned 10 Academy Award nominations, winning 2: Best Adapted Screenplay (William Peter Blatty) and Best Sound. The Exorcist: The Version You¿ve Never Seen, offering 11 minutes of never-before-seen footage and a new redesigned soundtrack expanded to six-track digital surround, will be released nationwide this Friday, September 22nd. The official Exorcist website can be found at TheExorcist.net Read IGN FilmForce's review of the new version of The Exorcist by clicking HERE . An interview The Exorcist's Linda Blair can be found HERE . IGN FILMFORCE: Is there any connection with the story you wrote to a situation that may have occurred with Shirley MacLaine's daughter, Sachiko? BLATTY: No. But Shirley was my first choice for the part because I had modeled the character of the mother (Chris MacNeil) on her. Not on Jane Fonda. On Shirley. Shirley was the first to read it. It didn't happen. And the next thing I knew, Jason Miller was telling me that he'd run into Shirley, who to this day I love, and she told him that the cover illustration on the book jacket was her daughter Sachiko . And the next time I saw Shirley, I said, "Shirley, how would I get the picture of Sachiko put on the cover?" She said, "Well, you broke into the house and you took it." I said, "Well, I didn't do that. Someone at Harper & Row created that image. How? I have no idea. It was not Sachiko." IGN FILMFORCE: In preparing your first book, how many cases of exorcism were you aware of? BLATTY:There had only been 3 cases of possession that I knew of prior to 1969, in the entire country, in the entire century. IGN FILMFORCE: This story was initially inspired by a 1949 case, a Washington Post article, or series of articles about an exorcism in St. Louis. What was it about that story that really tells you that it's graphic? BLATTY: Well, I not only read it, but I heard some details of the exorcism in my New Testament class at Georgetown. 1949. The teacher was Eugene Gallagher. Like so many Catholics, I've had so many little battles of wavering faith over the course of my life. And I was going through one at that time. And when I heard about this case and read the details, that seemed so compelling. I thought, my God, if someone were to investigate this and authenticate it, what a tremendous boost to faith it would be. I thought, someday I would like to see that happen. You know, I would like to do it. IGN FILMFORCE: So there was a gap built in, saying as far as that you read this story and this was enough to write the novel. BLATTY: Sure. At the time, of course, I wasn't a writer. I'd sold the book first. Actually to a paperback publisher. I had nothing. I just had the idea. IGN FILMFORCE: Bantam was it? BLATTY: Bantam Press. And they commissioned me to write it. And when that was completed, they sold it to Harper and Row. And then I put it out to every movie studio in town. And they all turned it down (he laughs). IGN FILMFORCE: How many copies did your book sell? BLATTY: Thirteen million. IGN FILMFORCE: When The Exorcist became a best seller, is that when Hollywood changed it's mind and everybody wanted to do the movie after they all rejected it? BLATTY: No. No. It happened because of the Warner Brothers executive's dog. Warner Brothers, along with everyone else had turned it down. The story d |
What was name of the sequel to the film Scream called? | Scream 2 | Scream Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Sidney and Randy are now attending Scream 2 Opening Title. Windsor College , 2 years after the murders back in their hometown Woodsboro. They see news reports, that a couple were murdered in a movie theatre at the preview of the Stab movie, which was based on a book by Gale Weathers about the Woodsboro murders (in other words, the events of the movie Scream). Phil Stevens is stabbed in the head through the wall of a bathroom cubicle. The killer then enters the cinema and sits next to Maureen Evans and she assumes, the killer is simply her boyfriend wearing a mask. During the Casey Becker kill scene in the film Stab, the crowd goes wild. Taking advantage of this, the killer stabs Maureen multiple times. Since many of the movie-goers are wearing the killer's costume (as publicity material provided by the movie studio) and are all carrying fake knives, nobody takes Maureen's attack seriously. Seriously wounded and dying, she climbs up the stairs in front of the movie screen and lets out one final cry. As the crowd realizes she isn't faking, she falls down dead. Soon Sidney and Randy realize that the nightmare is starting all over again. Gale arrives to seek fame again, which she already has in abundance because of the events in Woodsboro and because she is also worried about the second killing spree. Dewey also arrives on the campus to try and help protect Sidney. Once again, in the "rules" scene, Randy and Dewey discuss the fact that anyone could be the killer Randy explains the rules. (also known as Ghostface ) — including themselves. During the course of the discussion, Randy continues his job of explaining the rules of a horror movie, this time the "rules of a sequel". Cici and fellow sorority sister don't suspect that the killer is behind them. The killer attempts to stab Sidney, while setting up a copycat ploy. Cici Cooper , a sorority girl, is the next victim. While alone at her sorority house, Cici is threatened by the killer over the phone before the killer attacks her inside the house. Cici runs upstairs where she throws a potted plant and a bike at the killer. Cici is chased to the top floor where the killer throws her through balcony doors and then stabs her in the back twice before throwing her over a third story balcony to her death. After the police discover the body, the students at the nearby martini mixer go over to investigate, leaving Sidney and her boyfriend Derek at the Delta Lambda Zeta house. The killer attacks Sidney, but Derek appears and helps Sidney escape before he charges into the house himself. He is slashed on the arm, but the wound is not serious. In the confusion, the killer escapes. At the police headquarters, Gale and Dewey notice that the names of the new victims loosely match the first three victims from Woodsboro — Maureen Evans matches Maureen Prescott, Casey "Cici" Cooper matches Casey Becker and Phil Stevens matches Steven Orth. The police chief assigns two detectives to protect Sidney from any further attempts on her life. Later Sidney is in the school theater rehearsing for the play Cassandra, when the killer attacks through the mass chaos in one of the scenes, although it is not clear, if this is simply a figment of Sidney's imagination or not. Randy dead in the news van. Randy is the next victim. The group is outside on the campus lawn amongst dozen of college students, enjoying the fine weather. The killer telephones and taunts them, claiming that he can see them from where he is. Gale and Dewey search the dozen or so students in the area with cell phones, trying to quickly reveal if any of them is the killer. Randy is also looking around whilst talking to the killer on the phone; he is trying to stall the killer in order to help Gale and Dewey find him. While he is outside the cameraman Joel's van, Randy is unexpectedly pulled into the van and stabbed to death, before his body is discovered soon afterwards by Joel, Gale and Dewey. Cotton decides whether to shoot Sidney or Mrs. Loomis . As Mickey is shot, he reflexively shoots |
What is a group of witches called? | Coven - Witchcraft Terms and Tools - Witchcraft Witchcraft Terms and Tools - Coven Modern Wiccan coven celebrating a Handfasting ceremony in Avebury, England (2005) (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca ) In Wicca and other similar forms of modern Neopagan witchcraft, a coven is a gathering or community of witches, a group of believers who gather together for ceremonies of worship, such as Drawing Down the Moon or celebrating the Sabbats . Other words may also be used, such as clan, grove, sept, touta, cove. The word �coven� (or �covan�) was originally a late medieval (c.1500) Scots word meaning a gathering of any kind, deriving from the Latin root word �convenire� (meaning to come together or to gather). The first recorded use of it being applied to witches, however, came much later, in the 1662 trial of Isobel Gowdie , which described a coven of thirteen members. Even then, the word remained largely unused in English until 1921, when Margaret Murray promoted the idea, now much disputed, that historically all witches across Europe met in groups of thirteen which they called �covens�. The number of witches in a coven may vary, and any meeting of three or more can be considered a coven. Twenty is often considered a rule-of-thumb maximum, although covens of up to sixty are not unheard of. Some covens limit membership to thirteen, possibly in deference to Murray 's theories, and possibly on the grounds that this is the maximum number which can be comfortably accommodated in the traditional 9-foot circle . However, some groups consider that a coven of as many as thirteen can lead to unwieldy group dynamics and an unfair burden on the leadership. A coven usually has one or two leaders, known as the High Priestess and/or High Priest, and each coven is usually autonomous and makes its own decisions (depending on the particular tradition it follows). Some covens are very democratic in their practices; some are very hierarchical, strongly regimented and autocratically run. When a coven grows too large to be manageable, it may split or "hive". In Wicca , a newly made High Priest or High Priestess (with 3rd Degree ordination) may also leave to start their own coven, and strike off in new directions. Alex Sanders' coven practising "skyclad" (1968) (from http://red-witch.blogspot.com/ ) Many covens (called initiatory covens) require that the leaders initiate new members before they can be considered part of the group or tradition , which usually involves some kind of formal induction ceremony and oath of loyalty after the prospective member has carried out the required level of study (often for the traditional year-and-a-day). Other covens operate on a self-initiation basis, or accept initiates from other groups or traditions . Some covens work in robes, some in modified street clothing, and a few go �skyclad� or naked. Some are �teaching covens� and are happy to take on newcomers; others prefer to keep to the current membership and aim to develop a closer family-type relationship. Some �open covens�, or those with an �inner circle� and �outer circle�, allow interested outsiders to get a taste of coven practice without committing themselves. Some covens are gender-segregated, although most are open to both sexes and often try to maintain a more or less even balance of male and female members. Many covens also have some system of degrees or ranks based on the level of expertise or experience of the members (although these vary significantly between traditions ). Typical degree divisions might be: Neophyte (a student preparing for basic initiation as a witch); First Degree (a witch who has been initiated, but has not yet undertaken any advanced study); Second Degree (a witch who has an intermediate knowledge of the craft, which in some traditions may also confer priesthood); Third Degree (a witch who has studied the craft in depth, and is capable of teaching others and/or serving as High Priest/High Priestess); Elder (in some traditions , a witch of advanced knowledge and who has been active for a number of years). |
Which priests first celebrated Halloween? | History of Halloween Halloween Halloween: 5th Century B.C., Ireland Even in ancient times, Halloween was a festival for witches, goblins, and ghosts, as well as for lighting bonfires and playing devilish pranks. What has changed over the centuries are the reasons for dressing up ghoulishly, lighting fires, and acting mischievous. Now these things are done for fun -- and by children; in the past, they were done in deathly earnest - and by adults. Named "All Hallows Eve," the festival was first celebrated by the ancient Celts in Ireland in the fifth century B.C. On the night of October 31, then the official end of summer, Celtic households extinguished the fires on their hearths to deliberately make their homes cold and undesirable to disembodied spirits. They then gathered outside the village, where a Druid priest kindled a huge bonfire to simultaneously honor the sun god for the past summers harvest and to frighten away furtive spirits. The Celts believed that on October 31, all persons who had died in the previous year assembled to choose the body of the person or animal they would inhabit for the next twelve months, before they could pass peacefully into the afterlife. To frighten roving souls, Celtic family members dressed themselves as demons, hobgoblins, and witches. They paraded first inside, then outside, the fire less house, always as noisy and destructive as possible. Finally, they clamored along the street to the bonfire outside town. A villager, deemed by appearance or mannerism to be already possessed, could be sacrificed in the fire as a lesson to other spirits contemplating human possession. The Romans adopted Celtic Halloween practices, but in A.D. 61 they outlawed human sacrifice, substituting the Egyptian custom of effigies (called ushabti by the Egyptians, who buried scores of statuettes with a pharaoh in place of his living attendants, once entombed with their king). In time, as belief in spirit possession waned, the dire portents of many Halloween practices lightened to ritualized amusement. Irish immigrants fleeing their country's potato famine in the 1840s brought to America with them the Halloween customs of costume and mischief. The favorite pranks played by New England Irish youths on "mischief night" were overturning outhouses and unhinging front gates. J ack-O'-Lantern. The Irish also brought with them a custom that New England agriculture forced them to modify. The ancient Celts had begun the tradition of a sort of jack-o'-lantern, a large turnip hollowed out and carved with a demon's face and lighted from inside with a candle. Immigrants found few turnips in their new land but numerous fields of pumpkins. Whereas the Pilgrims had made the edible part of the pumpkin a hallmark of Thanksgiving, the Irish made the outer shell synonymous with Halloween. It was also the Irish who originated the term jack-o'-lantern, taken from Irish folklore. As the legend goes, a man named Jack, notorious for his drunken ways, tricked the devil into climbing up a tree. Quickly carving a cross into the tree's trunk, Jack trapped Satan until he swore hed never again tempt Jack to sin. Upon his death, Jack found himself barred from the comforts of heaven for his repeated sinning, and also refused entrance to the heat of hell from an unforgiving Satan. Condemned to wander in frigid darkness until Judgment Day, he implored the devil for burning embers to light his way. Though Satan had embers in surplus, he allotted Jack a single coal that would last an agonizingly short time. Putting the ember into a turnip he had chewed hollow, he formed jacks lantern. Trick or Treat. The most widely accepted theory on the origins of trick-or-treating traces the practice to the ninth-century European custom |
Which famous actor in the film 'Ghostbusters' also co-wrote the film? | Dan Aykroyd: new Ghostbusters is funnier and scarier than original films | Film | The Guardian Ghostbusters (2016) Dan Aykroyd: new Ghostbusters is funnier and scarier than original films Actor who co-wrote and starred in first two movies in comedy franchise has praised reboot, after trailer received heavy criticism ‘I’m paying to see that’ ... Dan Aykroyd. Photograph: Allstar/Universal Pictures/Sportsphoto Ltd Tuesday 31 May 2016 04.34 EDT Last modified on Thursday 7 July 2016 05.35 EDT Close This article is 7 months old Original Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd has claimed the controversial new Ghostbusters movie is funnier and scarier than the 1984 film after viewing test footage. Is Ghostbusters the unfortunate victim of Hollywood hitting peak reboot? Read more Aykroyd played Raymond Stantz in the first Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel. He also came up with the original idea for the spooky saga, and co-wrote the screenplay for both earlier movies. “As originator of the original: Saw test screening of new movie,” the Canadian actor wrote on Facebook . “Apart from brilliant, genuine performances from the cast both female and male, it has more laughs and more scares than the first 2 films plus Bill Murray is in it! As one of millions of man-fans and Ray Stantz, I’m paying to see that and bringing all my friends!” Aykroyd has been a key supporter of the reboot, which sees Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon as the new quartet of ghost hunters. He is due to take a cameo in the new film alongside surviving fellow Ghostbusters Murray (the original film’s Peter Venkman) and Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore). Director Paul Feig has dismissed controversy over the casting of four women in the lead roles as “vile, misogynistic shit”, but an early trailer for the reboot became the most disliked in YouTube history last month. Marketing executives have been called out for apparently spiriting away the new female quartet from packaging for some merchandise tie-ins. And there was a separate row over the casting of the African American comic Jones as a supposedly stereotypical “street-smart New Yorker” in March. Ghostbusters opens in the US and UK on 15 July. |
Which Yorkshire fishing/seaside town features in the 1897 novel, Dracula? | BBC - York & North Yorkshire - Whitby's Dracula connections York & North Yorkshire Whitby resident Bram Stoker was very taken with the atmosphere of Whitby Bram Stoker found some of his inspiration for 'Dracula' after staying in Whitby in 1890. He stayed in a house on the West Cliff and was trying to decide whether it would be suitable for a family holiday. By all accounts, he was quite smitten with the atmosphere of the town; the red roofs, Whitby Abbey, the church with its tombstones and even the bats flying around the many churches. Stoker found a general history book at Whitby library, which was originally near the Quayside. He tells us so at the top of a sheet of his notes taken from William Wilkinson's 'An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia' (1820). These notes contain the only reference to Dracula, the historical figure, in all of Stoker's papers. "...there was a look of fear and horror on his face that the men said made them shudder. Poor dear old man! Perhaps he had seen Death with his dying eyes!" 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker (1897) There seems to be little doubt that Whitby is where he discovered the name. It is fairly certain that Stoker also found material in the British Museum in London. His name is listed among famous people who researched there. Stoker lists in his notes over 30 source books for the novel. Though none of them deals with Dracula, they include books on Transylvania, folklore and other relevant topics. Stoker's Dracula is shipwrecked off the Yorkshire coast, he is actually on his way to London on the Russian schooner, Demeter. He comes ashore in the guise of a black dog and wreaks havoc on the town. One of the characters in the novel, Mina, keeps a journal containing detailed descriptions of Whitby and those areas frequented by Dracula. "Right over the town is the ruin of Whitby Abbey, which was sacked by the Danes, and which is the scene of part of "Marmion," where the girl was built up in the wall. It is a most noble ruin, of immense size, and full of beautiful and romantic bits; there is a legend that a white lady is seen in one of the windows." 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker (1897). Amazingly, many visitors to Whitby ask where Dracula's grave is located, forgetting that he is a work of fiction. The Count's devotees search St Mary's Church graveyard, after scaling the 199 steps, in search of his last resting place! In short, Whitby provided Bram Stoker with an atmospheric backdrop to his novel, a quiet place to indulge in a little library research and a place to have a wonderful family seaside holiday. Forget what you think you know about Dracula and Whitby, read the novel and be surprised! Bookmark with: |
In which year did Gaston Leroux write the novel The Phantom of the Opera? | Gaston Leroux (Author of The Phantom of the Opera) edit data Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. It was also the basis of the 1990 novel Phantom by Susan Kay. Leroux went to school in Normandy and studied law in Paris, graduating in 1889. He inherited millions of francs and lived wildly until he nearly reached bankruptcy. Then in 1890, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic for L'Écho de Paris. His most important journalism came when he began working as an Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. It was also the basis of the 1990 novel Phantom by Susan Kay. Leroux went to school in Normandy and studied law in Paris, graduating in 1889. He inherited millions of francs and lived wildly until he nearly reached bankruptcy. Then in 1890, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic for L'Écho de Paris. His most important journalism came when he began working as an international correspondent for the Paris newspaper Le Matin. In 1905 he was present at and covered the Russian Revolution. Another case he was present at involved the investigation and deep coverage of an opera house in Paris, later to become a ballet house. The basement consisted of a cell that held prisoners in the Paris Commune, which were the rulers of Paris through much of the Franco-Prussian war. He suddenly left journalism in 1907, and began writing fiction. In 1909, he and Arthur Bernède formed their own film company, Société des Cinéromans to simultaneously publish novels and turn them into films. He first wrote a mystery novel entitled Le mystère de la chambre jaune (1908; The Mystery of the Yellow Room), starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille. Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America. Leroux died in Nice on April 15, 1927, of a urinary tract infection. |
Who played 'Countess Dracula' in the 1971 film of the same name? | Countess Dracula (1971) Author: Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls This is a Hammer film production and the name Dracula is mentioned in the title, yet shouldn't raise any hopes to see Christoper Lee dressed up in women's clothing, as this is not another entry in the long-running Dracula-series! The screenplay of this movie is based on the life of Countess Elisabeth Bathory, who lived in Hungary during the 16th century, and became almost as (in)famous as Vlad Dracula because of her bizarre rituals to sustain a youthful appearance. The merciless countess bathed in the blood of slain virgins and supposedly was responsible for the death of more than 300 young girls. Naturally, this makes her an ideal villain and who other than the eminent Hammer Studios were more eligible to turn this legend into a compelling Gothic horror movie? Director Peter Sasdy and writer Alexander Paal added a lot of popular story lines, like a truckload of sexual intrigues and a neat display of corruption, but they also managed to sustain the morbidity of Bathory's persona. Ingrid Pitt, perhaps the most ravishing Hammer actress ever (see "The Vampire Lovers" for more evidence), is truly magnificent as the repellent countess who would even sacrifice her own daughter in order to maintain her virility. She has the loyal Captain Dobi and a bunch of household staff to obey her commands implicitly and a newly arrived stud to fall in love with. Regretfully, the film lacks balanced pacing and the set pieces too often look like discarded attributes from other Hammer films. There's a satisfying amount of bloodshed and sleaze and the abrupt ending comes as a genuine shock. "Countess Dracula" is perhaps not the most sensational horror movie of the early 70's, but it provides a welcome change in substance and it's definitely worth tracking down by all the fans of Gothic goodness. Was the above review useful to you? |
Who played Doctor Watson in the 1959 Hammer Horror classic The Hound of The Baskervilles? | The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) directed by Terence Fisher • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd Peter Cushing makes for a quite fine Sherlock Holmes, however this is probably far from the best adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles and I should definitely try to see the Basil Rathbone version one of these days. Blindspot Blog Post: www.skonmovies.com/2016/12/blindspot-2016-classic-horror-hound-of.html Review by dadgumblah ★★★★ Hammer remake of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic story is a great movie on its own merits, with Peter Cushing making an excellent Sherlock Holmes, André Morell quite fine as Doctor Watson, and Christopher Lee very good as Sir Henry Baskerville. Francis De Wolff also gives a very good performance as the helpful but very grumpy Doctor Mortimer. This is the familiar tale of Holmes and Watson investigating the supposed centuries-old curse on the Baskerville family by a legendary hound from hell. Cushing, methinks, is every bit as good as Basil Rathbone in playing Holmes, although he only did the one film. However he did sixteen television episodes as Holmes in the U.K., which I have yet to see. Hammer does a very lush job as usual with this being the first color film of a Holmes movie. Their production values are also awesome as usual. Great stuff! |
In what year did the infamous Jack the Ripper terrify the population of east London? | Where to Find Jack the Ripper Murder Sites in Whitechapel, Aldgate and Spitalfields | Inspiring City Random Wanderings around London looking at Street Art and other things Where to Find Jack the Ripper Murder Sites in Whitechapel, Aldgate and Spitalfields by inspiringcity There’s one thing about living in the East End of London that you can’t really fail to hear about and that’s Jack the Ripper. The evil mass murderer of women has somehow turned into a sort of pantomime villain over the years since his murderous rampage in the late 1800’s and a whole tourist industry has grown up around him. Only recently on the TV, shows such as Whitechapel and (more obviously) Ripper Street have become huge successes and are based around the area of Whitechapel and Spitalfields where the infamous Whitechapel murders of between 1888 and 1891 took place. The Christchurch in Spitalfields was the dominant landmark of the time and everyone would have known where this was. it could be seen towering above from all over the area It’s easy to forget just how awful his crimes were. Five women, known as the canonical five, are widely accepted to have died at the hands of Jack the Ripper with up to six more women seen as possible victims. As he was never caught there is much debate about just what number is correct and the truth is that nobody knows. The main judgement to whether a victim was ‘official’ or not being the horrendous way the Ripper would dissect the bodies and slit the throat. It’s certinaly not the sort of thing I normally write about but one thing is for sure, the interest in Jack the Ripper does give us a wider appreciation for what this area of East London was like back in the days when these killings were happening. This was a time when the East End was riddled with crime and horrendously poor. On Charles Booths poverty map completed in 1903, a number of the streets were coded black meaning that the people there were classed as ‘lower class, vicious, semi-criminal’. People lived in slums and did what they could just to get a bed for the night, even when they could get a roof over their head it was often in filthy and overcrowded accomodation. It is such a fair cry from the much more gentrified area we see today and although some places still retain the aura of times past, much of Whitechapel and Spitalfields has changed beyond all recognition. Many of the victims lived on or near to Flower and Dean Street, a notorious rookery. Now it hardly exists except for a bit at the front and it’s names has changed to Lolesworth Street For the poor women whose names themselves have gone down in folklore as Ripper victims, this was a tough time to live. All the victims were prostitutes and many could well be described as alcoholics desperate to do what it took to get a bed for the night. One of the victims, Mary ‘Polly’ Nichols had been thrown out of her ‘doss’ house on the night she was murdered because she had no money. In order to get it, she walked the streets yet had bragged to a friend earlier in the day that she had already made three times the money needed that day but drank it away. The price for services rendered was a couple of pence, pretty much the same as a loaf of mouldy bread. And this is why I think the story of Jack the Ripper is interesting. Because it takes us back to a time which is almost impossible to imagine. The Whitechapel Murders which took place during those years must have terrified people, they were played out in the full glare of publicity at the time, all over the newspapers and read by a population who were becoming ever more literate and the distribution of the papers was becoming ever more sophisticated. It was one of the first sensationalist events to garner the public imagination, a gruesomely freakish story which was consumed far and wide and which gave the East End a much darker reputation than it had already. Fashion Street in Spitalfields was once full of doss houses with cramped, overcrowded and damp accomodation It is perhaps because of the publicity both nationally and internationa |
Who was burnt at the stake for witchcraft in 1431? | Joan of Arc - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Google Joan of Arc’s Early Life Born around 1412, Jeanne d’Arc (or in English, Joan of Arc) was the daughter of a tenant farmer, Jacques d’Arc, from the village of Domrémy, in northeastern France. She was not taught to read or write, but her pious mother instilled in her a deep love for the Catholic Church and its teachings. At the time, France had long been torn apart by a bitter conflict with England (later known as the Hundred Years’ War), in which England had gained the upper hand. A peace treaty in 1420 disinherited the French crown prince, Charles of Valois, amid accusations of his illegitimacy, and King Henry V was made ruler of both England and France. His son, Henry VI, succeeded him in 1422. Along with its French allies (led by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy), England occupied much of northern France, and many in Joan’s village, Domrémy, were forced to abandon their homes under threat of invasion. Did You Know? In a private audience at his castle at Chinon, Joan of Arc won the future Charles VII over by supposedly revealing information that only a messenger from God could know; the details of this conversation are unknown. At the age of 13, Joan began to hear voices, which she determined had been sent by God to give her a mission of overwhelming importance: to save France by expelling its enemies, and to install Charles as its rightful king. As part of this divine mission, Joan took a vow of chastity. At the age of 16, after her father attempted to arrange a marriage for her, she successfully convinced a local court that she should not be forced to accept the match. Joan’s Journey to Orléans In May 1428, Joan made her way Vaucouleurs, a nearby stronghold of those loyal to Charles. Initially rejected by the local magistrate, Robert de Baudricourt, she persisted, attracting a small band of followers who believed her claims to be the virgin who (according to a popular prophecy) was destined to save France. When Baudricort relented, Joan cropped her hair and dressed in men’s clothes to make the 11-day journey across enemy territory to Chinon, site of the crown prince’s palace. Joan promised Charles she would see him crowned king at Reims, the traditional site of French royal investiture, and asked him to give her an army to lead to Orléans, then under siege from the English. Against the advice of most of his counselors and generals, Charles granted her request, and Joan set off for Orléans in March of 1429 dressed in white armor and riding a white horse. After sending off a defiant letter to the enemy, Joan led several French assaults against them, driving the Anglo-Burgundians from their bastion and forcing their retreat across the Loire River. Downfall of Joan of Arc After such a miraculous victory, Joan’s reputation spread far and wide among French forces. She and her followers escorted Charles across enemy territory to Reims, taking towns that resisted by force and enabling his coronation as King Charles VII in July 1429. Joan argued that the French should press their advantage with an attempt to retake Paris, but Charles wavered, even as his favorite at court, Georges de La Trémoille, warned him that Joan was becoming too powerful. The Anglo-Burgundians were able to fortify their positions in Paris, and turned back an attack led by Joan in September. In the spring of 1430, the king ordered Joan to confront a Burgundian assault on Compiégne. In her effort to defend the town and its inhabitants, she was thrown from her horse, and was left outside the town’s gates as they closed. The Burgundians took her captive, and brought her amid much fanfare to the castle of Bouvreuil, occupied by the English commander at Rouen. Joan of Arc: From Witch to Saint In the trial that followed, Joan was ordered to answer to some 70 charges against her, including witchcraft, heresy and dressing like a man. The Anglo-Burgundians were aiming to get rid of the young leader as well as discredit Charles, who owed his coronation to her. In attempting to distance himself from an accused heret |
Dame Maggie Smith played which character in Hogwarts? | 1000+ images about Minerva McGonagall on Pinterest | Smosh, Search and Teaching Professor Minerva McGonagall - Tranafiguration. This stern headmistress, is tough on the outside, but behind her green robes, tartan swatches and pointy hat, she is sweet through and through. Hero Complex Pop Culture Unmasked - 3 See More |
'No Sleep Till Brooklyn' was a hit single for which group in 1987? | Beastie Boys Blazed Billboard Chart History | Billboard Beastie Boys Blazed Billboard Chart History Beastie Boys Blazed Billboard Chart History B eastie Boys ' Billboard chart history is as eclectic as the group itself. The trio's (Mike Diamond, Adam Horovitz and the late Adam Yauch) "Licensed to Ill" album made history in 1987 as the first rap album to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The blockbuster set reached the top on March 7, 1987 and spent seven straight weeks at No. 1. MCA, Ad-Rock & Mike D • Music Stars React on Twitter The album spun off two Billboard Hot 100 hit singles, the No. 7 smash "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)" and the No. 48-peaking "Brass Monkey." Other tracks from that monumental set also saturated radio, such as "Fight's" B-side "Paul Revere," "Hold It Now, Hit It," "It's the New Style" and "No Sleep Till Brooklyn." "Licensed to Ill" was a monster seller, spending 73 weeks on the Billboard 200 and selling nine million copies in the U.S. according to the Recording Industry Association of America. The act continued to release successful albums all the way through last year, with the bow of "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two," which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. All told, the group claimed six top 10 albums, with four of those reaching No. 1. After "Licensed to Ill" claimed the pole position, they returned with the chart-toppers "Ill Communication" (1994), "Hello Nasty" (1998) and "To the 5 Boroughs" (2004). Since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991, Beastie Boys have sold 20 million albums -- making them the biggest-selling rap group in that span of time. In the so-called SoundScan-era, "Licensed to Ill" has sold 5.5 million in the U.S. Since the firm began tabulating digital sales in 2003, the Beastie Boys have moved 5.9 million song downloads. Unsurprisingly, their biggest selling download is "Fight For Your Right," with 746,000 sold. After the breakthrough with "Fight For Your Right," Beastie Boys would occasionally return to the Hot 100 chart later in their career, but found success on many genre charts. Throughout its career, the band placed hits on the Pop Songs, Alternative, Rap, Mainstream Rock, Dance/Club Play Songs and R&B/Hip-Hop charts. On the Alternative tally, the group hit No. 1 once, with 2004's "Ch-Check It Out" from the "To the 5 Boroughs" album. Over on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, they tallied top 40 hits with "It's the New Style" (No. 22 in 1986) and "Paul Revere" (No. 34 in 1987). And on the Dance/Club Songs chart, they managed a total of four hits, going as high as No. 15 with the funky "Hey Ladies" in 1989. "Ladies" was also a No. 10 Rap hit for the act in 1989. Beastie Boys' Top Five Billboard Hot 100 Hits: Rank - Title - (Year) - Hot 100 Peak Position 1. "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)" - 1987 - No. 7 2. "Intergalactic" - 1998 - No. 28 3. "Hey Ladies" - 1989 - No. 36 4. "Brass Monkey" - 1987 - No. 48 5. "Ch-Check It Out" - 2004 - No. 68 Beastie Boys' top Hot 100 hits ranking is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. To ensure equitable representation of the biggest hits from each era, certain time frames were weighted to account for the difference between turnover rates from those years. |
What was the original name of Cliff Richard's backing group The Shadows before they realised there was already an American group with the same name? | The Shadows | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by Bruce Eder The Shadows are usually thought of as the quintessential British instrumental group and, along with the American band the Ventures and the Swedish group the Spotnicks , one of the most popular instrumental groups in the world. But that barely tells the story of their true significance in the history of British rock & roll -- including the fact that they were the first home-grown British rock & roll band to dominate the U.K. charts; or that they weren't originally an instrumental group, either. The band's roots go back to Chesthunt, Hertfordshire, in early 1958, when a young Indian-born singer/guitarist named Harry Webb joined with drummer Terry Smart and guitarist Norman Mitham to form a group that they ended up calling the Drifters -- at the time, none of the records by the American R&B group of the same name, founded by Clyde McPhatter , had been released in England, so they had no inkling of the name's already being used. The group played their first performance in March of 1958 at a dinner dance and, after a few weeks of local performances, they debuted at the 2I's coffee bar in London's Soho. The 2I's was renowned as the venue where Tommy Steele had been discovered, and was occasionally visited by producers, recording engineers, and managers in search of new talent -- it had, thus, become something of a rock & roll Mecca. The Drifters weren't signed overnight, but they did become immensely popular, playing some very convincingly American-style rock & roll, at least by the standards of the time in London. Indeed, at their shows, audiences were usually packed in too closely to dance, and the ten pounds they made each week between them in the beginning was serious money for three amateur musicians. In the course of their 2I's gigs over the next few weeks, they picked up one fan, John Foster, who became their first manager, and another, Ian Samwell , who joined them as a guitarist -- interestingly, they had no bassist in their lineup and didn't for quite a while, which set them apart from other bands but didn't seem to impede their progress. The first of two name changes came up when they got an outside booking in Derbyshire -- at that point, Foster decided that "the Drifters " wasn't impressive enough as a name by itself, and wanted their vocalist to have lead billing. At that point, as the singer observed 40 years later, "[Harry Webb] didn't sound very rock & roll." And so, after some pondering of the possibilities, he picked up a stage name, Cliff Richards , with Samwell recommending that the "s" be left off. And Cliff Richard & the Drifters were born. A little more than 40 years later, he was Sir Cliff Richard . By that time, the group was a quintet of Richard (who still played guitar as well as singing, in the early days), Mitham , Samwell , Ken Pavey (on third guitar), and Terry Smart -- and still no bassist. This five-man group recorded a demo in June of 1958, of "Breathless" b/w "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," which found its way to Norrie Paramor , a producer at EMI who, after seeing them in an audition, signed Richard to the company's Columbia label. And in July of 1958 the group, augmented by session guitarist Ernie Shaw playing lead and Frank Clarke on bass, backed Richard on his debut single, "Schoolboy Crush" b/w "Move It," credited to " Cliff Richard & the Drifters ." The A-side was a pleasant, loping slow-tempo piece of teen pop/rock worthy of Fabian at his wimpiest; but "Move It" -- authored by Ian Samwell , no less -- was a pounding, driving rocker in the best Elvis Presley manner. And fortunately for all concerned, the record was "flipped" and "Move It" became the A-side. The record, released in late August, reached number two on the charts, and as it was climbing the listings, Cliff Richard began a series of appearances on the television show Oh Boy! in mid-September. All of these events -- the recording contract, the single, the chart placement -- ensured Richard 's emergence to stardom, but the Drif |
Who had a 1983 hit with 'Too Shy'? | Kajagoogoo - Too Shy - Top of the Pops 1983 - YouTube Kajagoogoo - Too Shy - Top of the Pops 1983 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 Dec 9, 2008 TOTP 1983 |
Which real-life Russian did Boney M sing about in 1978? | Joan Smith: Bobby Farrell was the original Daddy Cool | The Independent Joan Smith: Bobby Farrell was the original Daddy Cool Sunday 2 January 2011 00:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Online It was the era of glitter balls, Saturday Night Fever, girls dancing round handbags – and Boney M. When I heard about the sudden death last week of the band's frontman, Bobby Farrell, it took me back to 1978 and one of their biggest hits; it's hard to believe now, but Boney M really did perform in mini cossack costumes and sing hypnotically about the murder of Rasputin, the last tsarina's notorious confidant. Farrell died on tour in a hotel in St Petersburg. Boney M weren't allowed to perform "Rasputin" when they visited the USSR in 1978, presumably because the divinely camp lyrics – "Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine/It was a shame how he carried on" – were considered too sensitive. (Eerily, the last two syllables of Rasputin form the name of Russia's current prime minister, judo expert and all-round love machine, Vladimir Putin. How prescient.) I've danced to Boney M many times and I know most of their lyrics by heart, along with all the words to every one of Abba's hits. Pop songs took the place of poetry for my generation, and the words of hundreds of Seventies disco tracks are firmly lodged in my head. I'm not the only one, judging by the popularity of sing-along screenings of Mamma Mia! Disco, and Boney M, were in their heyday in the late Seventies. It was cooler to admire the Sex Pistols, but I love dancing and I retained my passion for Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, Sister Sledge and even Gloria Gaynor. I was going through a difficult time with men and I liked "I Will Survive" the first thousand or so times I heard it, although I'd gone right off it by the time it came to be weepily associated with Princess Diana. Boney M were as much performance art as a pop group, and that's something they have in common with contemporary stars such as Lady GaGa. Farrell didn't actually sing on their records but he had been a DJ before fronting the band, and he threw himself into stage performances with utter conviction. Boney M were the creation of a German record producer, Frank Farian, who chose Farrell and three other performers from Caribbean backgrounds to front songs he recorded himself in the studio. Farian dressed them in fabulous outfits, provided them with songs based on everything from Biblical psalms to Russian history, and a string of top 10 hits followed. Boney M's version of "Mary's Boy Child", originally sung by Harry Belafonte, was UK Christmas No 1 in 1978. Disco was always a theatrical medium, cramming intense feeling into short lyrics, and in the Seventies it perfectly expressed the yearning of women and gay men for sexual freedom; one critic described the 1975 disco hit "Love to Love You Baby" as "little more than Donna Summer simulating an orgasm or 20". Summer performed on stage with a troupe of male and female dancers in skin-tight glittery costumes, while all four members of Boney M camped it up on video like divas in extravagant (and pre-animal rights) furs. Curiously, given how overtly sexual Seventies disco was, those videos now seem to belong to a more innocent age. Disco broke taboos all over the place, mixing up culture, race and sexuality, and Boney M's fusion of European, Caribbean and Eastern influences still has the power to amaze. The only thing wrong with Seventies disco is that it's tricky to dance to in my five-inch heel shoe bargains. But kicking them off, I'll be up in no time, arms in the air: "Ra-Ra-Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen...." |
Who had a hit in 1984 with '99 Red Balloons'? | 99 Luftballons by Nena Songfacts 99 Luftballons by Nena Songfacts Songfacts This was one of the songs in the '80s to make a point about the brinkmanship and paranoia/hysteria surrounding the issue of war. The song talks about Nena and the listener buying 99 Balloons in a shop and letting them go, for fun. These balloons show up on the radar as unidentified objects and both sides scramble planes and go to full alert to counteract a perceived nuclear attack, when in fact it is the most childlike of things, a bunch of balloons. The song, though difficult to understand, is about the dreams of the German people that were lost after World War II. The 99 balloons represent the many dreams that each person had. At the end of the song, she just wants to prove that the German people did have dreams by finding one balloon - she finds one balloon, a dream, and lets it go. >> Suggestion credit: Josh - Pleasant Plains, IL Nena's guitarist, Carlo Karges, got the idea for the song after watching balloons being released at a Rolling Stones concert in West Berlin. He wrote the lyrics and Nena's keyboard player Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen wrote the music. Nena's real name is Gabriela Kerner. She was is a band called The Stripes before forming her own group. This was released in Germany, where Nena was from. Their record company had no intention of releasing it in America until a disc jockey at radio station KROQ in Los Angeles found a copy and started playing it. They recorded an English version (the original words are in German, and yes, "Captain Kirk" in German is still "Captain Kirk") with the title translated as "99 Red Balloons" and released it in the US, where it was a big hit. Nena is a true one-hit-wonder outside of Germany, where she didn't even come close to another hit. Before this, however, her single "Nur Getraumt" was a #1 hit in Germany. The California ska band Goldfinger released a popular cover version in 2000 on their album Stomping Ground that was used on the soundtrack of the 2001 film Not Another Teen Movie. Their version features one verse in German; lead singer John Feldmann said he had to take lessons to learn how to say some German words before recording it. >> Suggestion credit: Josh - Pleasant Plains, IL The English-language version was #1 in the UK for three weeks in March 1984. It was the first of two songs about nuclear war to top the charts in the UK that year; the other was "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. >> Suggestion credit: Emery - London, England "Luftballons" literally translates to "Air Balloons" in German, and means regular party balloons. The Goldfinger version was used in a 2015 commercial for Coca-Cola as part of the company's campaign to recognize the 100th anniversary of it's iconic bottle. |
What is the name of Iron Maidens mascot who appears on their album covers and who has also featured in a video game? | The History Of Iron Maiden's Mascot - Eddie Maiden World - Iron Maiden news, discussion, information and articles The History Of Iron Maiden's Mascot - Eddie You are here: Home > Articles > The History Of Iron Maiden's Mascot - Eddie Eddie, Iron Maiden's mascot, first appeared with the band after their stage manager at the time (Dave Beasly) designed a head that was placed above the drummer at concerts and periodically spat blood through it's mouth. The joke which went with the head was: 'A woman had given birth to just a head, the doctor told her she needn't worry since he would come up with a suitable body for good 'ole Eddie within a year or five. So five years later Eddie's father entered the room on Eddie's birthday and said: "well today's your birthday, and boy do we have a surprise for you!" after which Eddie replied: "Oh no!, not another bloody hat!"' Eddie did not have a body until Iron Maiden met Derek Riggs, who designed a body to accompany the head. The band subsequently decided to keep this body secret until their first album 'Iron Maiden' was released. In 1980 the body was revealed, with the first incarnation of Eddie looking remarkably different from other Eddies since. It also only showed the top half of his torso. Eddie caused much controversy for the band on the Sanctuary and Women In Uniform single covers. The Sanctuary cover depicted the Iron Maiden mascot having stabbed Margaret Thatcher to death. (Margaret Thatcher was the British Prime Minister at the time). This was censored out and widely believed to have been banned by Magaret Thatcher herself which is false. Rod Smallwood (the bands manager) had decided the black bar that was put on the cover to censor it was good publicity. The black bar is only present in the UK edition, the European releases do not have it. On the Women In Uniform sleeve Margaret Thatcher is shown hiding behind a wall waiting to ambush Eddie with a sub-machine gun, Eddie is shown walking along hand in hand with a nurse and a schoolgirl which caused more controversy and ended with feminists branding Iron Maiden sexist. The Number of the Beast sleeve showed Eddie controlling the devil whilst the devil is controlling a smaller puppet of Eddie. Many people believe this is where the misconception that Iron Maiden are a "satanist band" (something that the band have always fiercely denied) For Iron Maiden's album Piece Of Mind Eddie was in a mental asylum and had been lobotomised (the reason for the bolt on his head). The bolt from this has remained with eddie throughout the years. The Powerslave cover depicted Eddie as a huge shrine on a pyramid in ancient egypt. This cover had many hidden messages included on it such as "Bollokz" on the left hand side of the pyramid and "What a load of crap" on the right hand side. Above the entrance to the shrine is Derek Riggs logo The Somewhere In Time logo is full of hidden messages (All of which were featured in our article, Somewhere In Time Cover Art Secrets ) and shows Eddie as a futuristic being with a laser gun, looking much like a 'Terminator' (Terminator I was released in 1984, with Somewhere in Time released in 1986 so this was very much the imagery of the time). This graphic imagery can be directly contrasted against the Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son artwork, which shows just the top half of Eddie over a lake with his own entrails clutched in his hand. The No Prayer for the Dying (1990) artwork showed Eddie in a rather old state cracking out of a grave and Fear of the Dark (1992) was produced by a different artist (Melvyn Grant). The X Factor differed from the normal style of Iron Maiden covers showing Eddie with his legs missing and on an Electric Chair. Many people thought this was a computer model when they first saw it but in reality it was a photograph of a minature model made by Hugh Syme The Virtual XI cover was based on the Ed Hunter video game in which you play as Eddie blasting your way through many familiar parts of Iron Maiden's history. The reunion album Brave New World (2000) featured an Eddie face smiling down from th |
Who had a hit single with 'Werewolves Of London'? | Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London Lyrics | SongMeanings Warren Zevon Werewolves of London is found on the album Excitable Boy . Found on more albums: A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon Stand in the Fire I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) Spooky Tunes & Scary Melodies Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon Stand in the Fire [Bonus Tracks] Excitable Boy [Bonus Tracks] Learning to Flinch [Limited Edition] Karaoke: Classic Rock, Vol. 1 [30 Tracks] I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein Aaoooooo! If you hear him howling around your kitchen door Better not let him in Little old lady got mutilated late last night Werewolves of London again He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair Better stay away from him He'll rip your lungs out, Jim I'd like to meet his tailor Aaoooooo! Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen Doing the Werewolves of London I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen Doing the Werewolves of London I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's And his hair was perfect Aaoooooo! |
How many number 1 singles did Kim Wilde and her dad Marty have between them? | Kim Wilde | Wilde Life : Official Kim Wilde fansite Wilde Life : Official Kim Wilde fansite Written by: Mik Glass Mik Glass examines the career of one of Britain's top pop stars, and the family background that has aided her success. The recent success of 'Say you really want me' has given Kim Wilde her 14th chart hit - 11 of which have been Top 30 entries. This run puts her at the forefront of Britain's female vocalists and has silenced her initial detractors who proclaimed she was nothing more than a pouting puppet. This charge of fabrication stems from the fact that her father was no other than Marty Wilde, who himself enjoyed a few years of success under the tutelage of a guiding figure, Larry Parnes, during the years before the arrival of the best groups. After she first leapt into the charts back in 1981 with 'Kids in America', Kim's records fared increasinly badly; even a change of label couldn't seem to offer the miracle cure until she bounced back in the winter of 1986 with a faithful cover of the Supremes' 'You keep me hangin' on'. Since then, her fortunes have stabilised, and she is currently enjoying the most successful phase of her career. Although Kim has now notched up as many hits as her father, she has inherited Marty's ability to miss out on the much-covered No. 1 U.K. single. Marty's best effort was with 'Teenager in love', back in 1959, and while Kim has had the disappointment of just missing out on two occasions, she can take satisfaction in that her international following has far surpassed her dad's, both in terms of sales and popularity. While she has topped the charts on the continent many times, taking 'You keep me hangin' on' to the top in the U.S. must have done wonders for her confidence. After marrying Joyce from the Vernon Girls, not much was heard from Marty until the early Seventies when, along with his friend Mickie Most, he tried to launch his eleven-year-old son Ricky as Britain's answer to Donny Osmond. Between February 1973 and March 1974, four singles - 'April Love', 'Do it again just a little bit slower', 'Mrs Malinski' and 'Teen wave' - were issued, but not one could pentrate the teeny market, which preferred to import its idols. After Ricky's voice broke, he began to show more interest in what happens on the other side of the recording booth. It was while Ricky was recording for Mickie Most's RAK label at the start of the 1980s that Kim Wilde made her first impression as a singer. Although it was Ricky who had the production deal with RAK, it was her backing vocals - and then her image - which attracted the attention of Mickie. A rumour which has appeared in print on at least one occasion is that Kim actually released a single before 'Kids in America'. This has been described as a 'disaster', and is, of course, extremely rare. However, we have been assured by sources close to Kim that no such record exists. If any knowledgeable reader thinks they know otherwise, feel free to write in. Before this, Kim had spent her late teens at art school, occasionally taking time out to sing backing vocals for her dad. But within months of celebrating her 20th birthday, she had been transformed from the semi-anonymous student, Kim Smith (sic), into one of the most successful chart acts of 1981. Her success came at a time when female singers like Toyah, Hazel O'Connor and Kirsty MacColl were coming into their own. None of them, of course, were any less packaged than Kim. All four rode on the back of the 'wild woman' punk image set by such luminaries as Siouxie Sioux and the Slits, but neatly tailored it to suit popular tastes. Carefully tousled hair and some uptempo tunes weren't designed to endear them to a punk audience but the combination worked wonders in terms of chart successes. After its release in January 1981, 'Kids in America' became a huge international hit and established the name of Kim Wilde in many countries, not least on the continent where she still has a large following today. In the U.K., the song - reputedly recorded in just one take - was kept off the top spot by revivalist S |
How many grooves are on one side of an LP record? | How many grooves are on a record? - Everything2.com How many grooves are on a record? by Sylvar Fri Jul 20 2001 at 14:12:06 Many years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the earth, music was recorded on vinyl discs. (Still is, in fact, but now it's a specialty product.) Each disc generally had two groove s -- one on either side -- each of which spiral s inwardly in such a narrow pattern that it looked almost like concentric circle s. As a result, it became a piece of second-class wit to ask a mark how many groove s were on a record . If you thought it through, you'd realize that there were two. However, some engineer s have occasionally decided to push the envelope . A few album s have two interlocking grooves on one side, and unless you pay attention, it's a matter of chance as to which set of songs is played. In the 1960s, there was a novelty record that would let you play roulette at home. It had 38 groove s on a side . To use it, you let the LP spin on the turntable for a little while, then brought down the tone arm to hear which number had been randomly selected. Next time some wiseguy asks you this question, you can say: " Two ... except when there are more." by Ashley Pomeroy Fri Jul 20 2001 at 14:45:21 Although the traditional answer to this question is 'two', some records even have fewer than two grooves. Test pressings of albums and singles, either vinyl , acetate or some other less durable material, are often created as a double-disc set, with one side of each disc being blank , as it is quicker and easier to press a single side of a record twice than to press two sides of a single record. Furthermore, artists on a stritch budget at a time when vinyl was prevalent could pay for a single-sided pressing, and some DJs nowadays prefer single-sided records for reasons outlined in one-sided LP . So, a record can have anything from one to a potentially infinite number of grooves. If a record has no grooves, it's not a record, it's just a plastic disc, or an object d'art of the kind produced by Project Dark . Having said that, the question 'is a record without a groove still a record?' is the kind of thing one might be asked when applying for a philosophy degree at Cambridge University . The most famous multi-groove record is probably Monty Python 's 1973 LP ' Matching Tie & Handkerchief ', which had a double groove on side two, although only the original vinyl pressing included this feature. Subsequent reissues (and editions on cassette and compact disc ) simply ran the two sides twos sequentially. Another clever vinyl trick is the endless groove, a loop which doesn't spiral into the run-off area and could presumably cause havoc with a jukebox, if a single was to feature such a thing; Peter Gabriel's ' Peter Gabriel ' features one of these, as did Lou Reed's ' Metal Machine Music '. As far as I know no-one has yet released a single consisting of a single circular ring etched in the vinyl, although Napalm Death have produced songs short enough to fit (the classic being ' You Suffer '). Multiple locked grooves are popular in the techno world, and both Speedy J 's ' Loudboxer ' and Richie Hawtin 's ' DE9: Closer to the Edit ' were released in locked-groove forms (both albums boasting over 200 tracks, presumably of great interest to DJs and/or remixers). Thanks to sneff , mkb and enth for the information in the last paragraph. |
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Who wrote the music and lyrics to the musical `Anything Goes`? | Broadway Musical Home - Anything Goes Broadway Musical Home Who starred in the original cast? Where can I buy the music? What’s the buzz on Broadway? Find out at Broadway Musical Home Anything Goes by Cole Porter , Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse Playing at a Theatre Near You Buy Tickets About the Musical Originally penned in 1934 with music and lyrics by American composer and songwriter Cole Porter , this musical comedy has been updated several times throughout the last century. Story: Billy instantly falls in love with a beautiful girl he meets in a taxi. When he discovers she’s boarding the SS American, the same London-bound ship his boss and co-worker Reno are boarding, he sneaks aboard himself. The beautiful girl, Hope, is engaged to a stuffy British aristocrat, Lord Evelyn, but that doesn’t stop the love-struck Billy. With the help of other passengers, Billy seeks to shake Reno, whose love he doesn’t return, and capture the heart of the girl of his dreams - all without hurting anyone’s feelings. Ethel Merman, Mickey Deems, Barbara Lang, Hal Linden, Kenneth Mars, Eileen Rodgers Director Patti LuPone, Bill McCutcheon, Howard McGillin, Rex Everhart, Anne Francine, Anthony Heald, Kathleen Mahony-Bennett Director 1 Original Cast Patti LuPone, Howard McGillin, John Cunningham, Boyd Gaines, Linda Hart, Kaitlin Hopkins, Elizabeth Hubbard, Michael McGrath, Brad Anderson Director 521 Original Cast Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Jessica Walter, John McMartin, Colin Donnell, Adam Godley, Laura Osnes, Jessica Stone, Walter Charles, Robert Creighton, Andrew Cao, Raymond J. Lee Revised Book Kathleen Marshall Producer Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes: Artistic Director; Harold Wolpert: Managing Director; Julia C. Levy: Executive Director; Gene Feist: Founding Director) Musical Director Michael Gibson and Bill Elliott Scenic Design Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse Starring Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles, Ida Lupino, Grace Bradley, Arthur Treacher, Robert McWade, Richard Carle, Margaret Dumont Click on a song name to listen/purchase it on CDs 1988 Theatre World Award Nominations Linda Hart Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Bill McCutcheon Best Choreography Best Actor in a Musical - Howard McGillin Best Actress in a Musical - Patti LuPone Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Anthony Heald Best Direction of a Musical Best Scenic Design 1988 Drama Desk Award Nominations Outstanding Revival Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Patti LuPone Outstanding Choreography Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Howard McGillin Outstanding Director of a Musical Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Anthony Heald Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Bill McCutcheon Outstanding Orchestration Best Revival of a Musical Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical - Sutton Foster Best Choreography Best Direction of a Musical Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Adam Godley Best Costume Design of a Musical Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical Best Sound Design of a Musical 2011 Drama Desk Award Nominations Outstanding Revival of a Musical Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Sutton Foster Outstanding Director of a Musical Outstanding Choreography Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Colin Donnell Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - Laura Osnes Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Adam Godley Outstanding Costume Design 2011 Drama League Award Nominations Distinguished Revival of a Musical Distinguished Performance Award - Colin Donnell Distinguished Performance Award - Sutton Foster 2011 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations Outstanding Revival of a Musical Outstanding Choreographer Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Sutton Foster Oustanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Adam Godley 2012 Grammy Award Nominations |
For what is Michael Eavis best known in the music world? | BBC NEWS | In Depth | Newsmakers | Michael Eavis: Godfather of Glastonbury Michael Eavis: Godfather of Glastonbury Andrew Walker BBC's News Profiles Unit Michael Eavis has been running the Glastonbury festival since 1970 The organiser of this weekend's Glastonbury festival is a 67-year-old Methodist dairy farmer with a penchant for Radiohead and the chutzpah to turn down Sir Paul McCartney. Take 150,000 music fans, a very large field, innumerable tents, add some of the world's greatest bands and what do you get? Quite simply: the Glastonbury festival. Sure, there are pretenders to the crown all around the world. Milwaukee has its long-running Summerfest, folkies still flock to Newport and Montreux provides an elegant and dramatic backdrop for its jazz. But Glastonbury is the undoubted daddy of them all, the sine qua non of youthful hedonism: more than a festival, a rite of passage. Enjoyed, sometimes endured, by generations of gilded youth. Big field. Big sound But none of its trademarks, the first-class bands, the jugglers, fire-eaters, poets, veggies and others, would come together in such a manner each June, without the benign presence of the festival's creator and guiding light, Michael Eavis. Eavis is probably the best-known - certainly the best-loved - music promoter in the world. The Methodist dairy farmer - and proud owner of the 600-acre Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, has been welcoming festival goers to his patch since 1970. Back in those days, when entrance was �1 with a free pint of milk thrown in. Today, a ticket will set you back �105. Thirty years of music The loon-panted, tied-dyed hippy crowd of 1,500 swayed to bands like T Rex and Hawkwind, as well as the now-forgotten Amazing Blondel and Steamhammer. Farmer Eavis is resolutely a local man. Born in 1935, he was educated at the Cathedral School in nearby Wells and then a merchant naval college. Best bib and tucker: Michael Eavis enjoys a night out at home He sailed the world, working for the Union Castle shipping line, before inheriting the farm on his father's death in 1958. In 1969, he and his second wife, Jean, spent a day at the Bath Blues festival. So impressed were they that they decided to hold their own festival, at home, the following year. Thus, a day after the death of Jimi Hendrix, a legend was born. Michael Eavis says his motives were simple: "I liked pop music and people so it seemed like a good idea to put the two together. It was all quite naive when we started, we really hadn't a clue." Jousting with authority And, even though the festival has grown a hundred-fold, his view still remains the same: book some bands, organise the food, other entertainments and security, sell tickets and give the profits to charity. Although it thrived during the 1970s, Glastonbury really took-off in the 1980s. Seen by many as a rallying-point against Thatcherism, its pro-CND stance - guided by Eavis - brought political, as well as musical, relevance. And acts like Aswad, Elvis Costello and Billy Bragg combined pop and polemics. Still crazy after all these years The Eighties also brought the first confrontation with authority. New regulations meant that the festival had to be licensed by Mendip District Council - the start of an ongoing feud which is still rumbling today. Travellers rioted in 1990, the festival was cancelled in 1988, 1991 and 1996, to offer a breather to Michael and Jean Eavis (who died in 1999). And it did not take place in 2001 because of security fears. Today, a vast fence surrounds the site. But, largely due to Eavis himself, the festival is probably healthier today than ever. It must be, to have sold out within 18 hours, even before the line-up was announced. Labour candidate "He's incredible. Such a public figure - just like Santa," says Steve Sutherland, editorial director of the music paper, NME. "He's generous, egalitarian, but a canny character. One minute he can be as hard as nails, the next he plays the na�ve farmer. All to get what he wants, the best for the festival." Glastonbury calling: Eavis' festival is heard around |
Joan of Arc was also known as The Maid of 'where'? | Joan of Arc The feast day for Joan of Arc is celebrated on May 30th Also known as: Maid of Orleans; Jeanne d'Arc; Jean D'arc; Jehanne Darc Joan of Arc, a patron saint of France and a national heroine, led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War. She was born 6 January 1412 at Greux-Domremy, Lorraine, France; the third of five children to a farmer, Jacques Darc and his wife Isabelle de Vouthon in the town of Domremy on the border of provinces of Champagne and Lorraine. Her childhood was spent attending her father's herds in the fields and learning religion and housekeeping skills from her mother. When Joan was about 12 years old, she began hearing "voices" of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret believing them to have been sent by God. These voices told her that it was her divine mission to free her country from the English and help the dauphin gain the French throne. They told her to cut her hair, dress in man's uniform and to pick up the arms. So Joan scraped the sheep manure off her feet, cut her hair "short and round in the fashion of young men", went to her uncle, Robert de Baudricourt, and persuaded him to provide her an escort to Chinon. He gave her a horse and a dagger slender enough for her maiden's hand, along with a tunic and trousers, boots, and a boy's black cap. He heard her six-man escort swear an oath that they would see her safely to Chinon; they wrapped their horses' feet in rags to muffle their clops and set off. Twelve days later, they arrived at the Dauphin's court. Joan immediately located the Dauphin (he was the spindliest man there.) "I am called Joan the Maid," she told him. "Give me soldiers and I will raise the siege of Orl�ans." So the Dauphin had armor made for her, and a banner with the image of Christ on a rainbow and her motto, Jhesus--Maria. Joan revealed that the sword she intended to carry lay buried at the church of St. Catherine at Fierbois; it would be recognized by the five crosses cut into its blade. And so it was. With around three thousand soldiers and some of the Dauphin's best knights, she travelled to Orl�ans. In the midst of battle Joan had her foot on the first rung of a scaling ladder when a winging arrow plunged through her shoulder, close to her neck. Her knights carried her from the field and cut the iron tip off the arrow. Joan tugged the shaft out of her flesh herself, climbed up on her horse, and rode back to victory. Joan battled her way to Reims, so that the Dauphin, trailing along behind her, could be crowned. He could not be crowned with the crown of Charlemagne, since the English had already stolen it; but the canons of the Cathedral of Reims dug up a modest substitute. His barons draped him in a blue mantle embroidered with golden fleurs-de-lis, and the archbishop anointed him. He was now Charles VII, King of France. At the coronation, Joan of Arc was given a place of honor beside him. However, the king refused to take her advice that he should press the military advantage. When she attempted to recapture Paris from the English, he denied her adequate support, and the attempt failed. In May 1430 she was taken prisoner in battle, and tried on an accusation of sorcery and heresy. Charles made no effort to ransom her or rescue her, although her first captors would almost certainly have accepted a ransom. She was convicted and burned at the stake on 30 May 1431, being then a little less than nineteen and a half years old. The French, however, eventually went on to win the war and to expel the English from France. King Charles, perhaps because it was not to his advantage to have it said that he had been crowned by a witch and a heretic, and that he owed his victories and his kingdom to a pact with the Devil, pressured the Church courts for a review of the verdict against Joan, and got her condemnation annulled in 1456. She came to be regarded as a French national hero, and was eventually canonized by the Pope in May 1920. Her day (or a Sunday close to it) is a French na |
Which traveller first visited China in 1271? | Marco Polo – Silk Road Traveler and Explorer Marco Polo Marco Polo A well-known traveler and explorer, Marco Polo headed for China along the Silk Road in the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368). The Travels of Marco Polo, dictated by him, described Chinese politics, economy, and culture in detail, which greatly aroused the desire of westerner to go to China and had a great effect on the European navigation. Marco Polo was born in a merchant family in Venice in 1254. His father and uncle often traded into the west coast of Mediterranean Sea. On one fortuitous occasion, they went to China and met with Kublai Khan, an emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. In 1269, they returned to Venice with a letter Kublai Khan had written to Pope Clement IV. In fact, Clement IV had died the year before, and a new pope had not yet been appointed. Young Marco Polo was very interested in listening to the stories of their travels and made up his mind to go to China. Long and Difficult Journey to China In 1271, when he was 17 years old his dream came true. With a letter in reply from the new Pope Gregory X, and with valuable gifts, the Polos set out eastwards from Venice on their second trip to China. They crossed over the Mediterranean and Black Sea, passed through the land of Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, and reached the age-old city of Middle East – Baghdad. They headed south and eastwards to the prosperous seaport of Ormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. From there they journeyed towards north and then east, successively crossing the desolate Iran Plateau and the snow-covered Pamirs. Overcoming the trials of illness, hunger and thirst, escaping bandits and wild animals, they finally reached Xinjiang. Marco Polo was attracted by beautiful Kashgar and Hetian famed for its jade. Then they traversed Taklimakan Desert, arrived in Dunhuang and visited the Mogao Grottoes, noted for Buddhist sculptures and frescos. They continued on their journey along the Hexi Corridor and reached Shang-du in Inner Mongolia (the summer palace of Kublai Khan) in 1275 AD. Kublai Khan gave them a hospitable reception there and took them to Dadu (now Beijing). 17-years Service in Kublai Khan's Court Clever Marco Polo quickly learned Mongolian, Chinese and became familiar with the Chinese customs. Soon he became a confidant of Kublai Khan. He was appointed to high posts in the court and was sent on many special diplomatic missions to many places in China, India and some kingdoms of Southeast Asia, such as Vietnam, Burma and Sumatra. Astonished at the wealth of China, luxurious imperial palace and prosperous cities, he assiduously investigated the customs, geography, people and culture of all places he visited. Then he reported to Kublai Khan in detail. 17 years passed quickly and Marco Polo missed his hometown more and more. Return Home and the 'Travels of Marco Polo' In 1292, Kublai Khan agreed to let Marco Polo, his father and uncle return home, after they convoyed a Mongolian princess Kokachin to marry a Persian king. In 1295, they finally reached Venice by sea via the Black Sea and Constantinople. The information about China and some Asian states they brought back, aroused great interest among the Venetians. In 1298 AD, Marco Polo joined in the war between Venice and Genoa. Unfortunately he was captured and put into a Genoese prison, where he met a writer, Rustichello da Pisa. The writer recorded the story of his travels, well-known as The Travels of Marco Polo. The book has detailed descriptions of the wealth of China, a Japan filled with gold, and the exotic custom of Central Asia, West Asia and Southeast Asia soon made it a bestseller. Afterwards, the book became very popular in Europe and paved the way for the arrivals of countless westerners in the following centuries. |
Which composer wrote the operas Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Turandot? | Giacomo Puccini Profile, Classical Music Composer December 22, 1858 - Lucca, Italy Died: November 29, 1924 - Brussels, Belgium Puccini Quick Facts: Puccini's operas Tosca, La Boheme, Turandot, and Madame Butterfly are some of the most often performed operas in the world and are regularly included in opera companies' repertoire. Puccini was born into a musical dynasty that covered nearly two centuries. Puccini wrote his first opera in 1884, called "Le villi;" an eastern European legend of vampiric witches. Puccini died before completing his most famous opera, Turandot. Franco Alfani completed the opera by composing the final duet. Puccini's most famous aria, bar none, is " Nessun Dorma " from the opera, Turandot, largely in part to Pavarotti's performances . Family Background and Childhood: As I mentioned earlier, Puccini was born into a musical dynasty. His father, Domenico Puccini, was an Italian composer who wrote several piano sonatas and concertos. Domenico died when Puccini was just five years old. continue reading below our video 5 Urban Myths That Rule the Ages Puccini's family, now without income, was aided by the city of Lucca, and his father's position as the cathedral organist was held open for Puccini once he became of age. Puccini studied music with several of his fathers pupils, however, he never took the church job that was held for him. Instead, after seeing an eye-opening performance of Verdi's Aida, Puccini dedicated his life and career to opera. Young Adult Life: Puccini enrolled at Milan Conservatory in 1880. He studied with Antonio Bazzini, a well-known violinist and composer, and Amilcare Ponchielli, who composed the opera La gioconda . That same year, Puccini wrote his first liturgical piece, Messa, a mass ordinary that foreshadowed his upcoming operatic compositions. In 1882, Puccini entered a contest and began composing his first opera, Le Villi. After the piece was finished and performed in 1884, he did not win the contest. His second opera, Edgar, fell flat and was not well-received. For his later operas, Puccini was extremely picky about his librettists. Mid Adult Life and Rise to Fame: When Puccini wrote his second opera, he was commissioned by Giulio Ricordi (a highly successful publisher). Though the opera was a disaster due to the poor libretto , Ricordi stayed by Puccini's side. After finally finding suitable librettists (Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa), Puccini composed Manon Lescaut in 1893. Met with huge success, his third opera opened the door to great wealth and fame. The next three operas he composed have easily become the world's most beloved and performed: La Boheme (1896), Tosca (1900), and Madame Butterfly (1904). These operas earned Puccini a substantial amount of wealth and fame. Puccini's Scandalous Marriage: After his mother died, Puccini skipped town with his lover, Elvira Gemignani, who was married to another man, and moved to Milan in 1891. Though their relationship was frowned upon, the two were quite passionate about their love and even had a baby boy, named Antonio. In 1904, they finally married after Elvira's husband passed away. After Puccini's success and rise to fame, the public (much like today) became interested in his private life. It was clear that Elvira was a jealous woman. Convinced the house maid had an affair with Puccini, Elvira relentlessly questioned her to the point she finally committed suicide. Late Adult Life and Death: Able to spend his money, Puccini had a penchant for fine cigars and fast cars. He nearly killed himself after a severe accident. He also built a villa "Villa Museo Puccini" which is now owned by his granddaughter. Puccini did not write music quite as frequently. He wrote only four operas between 1904 to 1924, likely due to several major events. The family of the poor maid who Elvira bullied to death, successfully sued Elvira, which caused Puccini to pay for damages. His friend and publisher, Recordi, died in 1912. In 1924, Puccini nearly finished with Turandot died after surgery to remove his throat cancer. Puccini's Operas: |
Which Marquis, are the rules that govern the sport of boxing, named after? | Marquis Of Queensberry Rules | Definition of Marquis Of Queensberry Rules by Merriam-Webster You've found a word that is only available in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary . To view the full definition of Marquis of Queensberry rules, activate your free trial today. Why access the complete Unabridged Dictionary? 300,000 words that aren’t in our free dictionary Expanded definitions, etymologies, and usage notes Advanced search features |
William Harvey the man who discovered the circulation of the blood was born in which English town? | BBC - History - William Harvey z William Harvey © Harvey was an English physician who was the first to describe accurately how blood was pumped around the body by the heart. William Harvey was born in Folkestone, Kent on 1 April 1578. His father was a merchant. Harvey was educated at King's College, Canterbury and then at Cambridge University. He then studied medicine at the University of Padua in Italy, where the scientist and surgeon Hieronymus Fabricius tutored him. Fabricius, who was fascinated by anatomy, recognised that the veins in the human body had one-way valves, but was puzzled as to their function. It was Harvey who took the foundation of Fabricius's teaching, and went on to solve the riddle of what part the valves played in the circulation of blood through the body. On his return from Italy in 1602, Harvey established himself as a physician. His career was helped by his marriage to Elizabeth Browne, daughter of Elizabeth I's physician, in 1604. In 1607, he became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and, in 1609, was appointed physician to St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1618, he became physician to Elizabeth's successor James I and to James' son Charles when he became king. Both James and Charles took a close interest in and encouraged Harvey's research. Harvey's research was furthered through the dissection of animals. He first revealed his findings at the College of Physicians in 1616, and in 1628 he published his theories in a book entitled 'Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus' ('An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals'), where he explained how the heart propelled the blood in a circular course through the body. His discovery was received with great interest in England, although it was greeted with some scepticism on the Continent. Harvey was also the first to suggest that humans and other mammals reproduced via the fertilisation of an egg by sperm. It took a further two centuries before a mammalian egg was finally observed, but nonetheless Harvey's theory won credibility during his lifetime. Harvey retained a close relationship with the royal family through the English Civil War and witnessed the Battle of Edgehill. Thanks to Charles I he was, for a short time, warden of Merton College, Oxford (1645 - 1646). He died on 3 June 1657. |
Who became the first prime minister of India on its independence in 1947? | Jawaharlal Nehru - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Google Jawaharlal Nehru: Early Life and Family Jawaharlal Nehru was born into an affluent Kashmiri Brahman family in Allahabad on November 14, 1889. Tutored at home until the age of 15, Nehru subsequently attended Harrow in England and, later, Trinity College, Cambridge. After studying law at London’s Inner Temple, he returned to India at the age of 22 where he practiced law with his father and prominent barrister, Motilal Nehru. Did You Know? In 1949, after zookeepers had killed most of Tokyo’s wild animals to prevent them from escaping during World War II air raids, Nehru delighted Japanese children by presenting Ueno Zoo with an Indian elephant. In 1916, four years after his parents had made the suitable arrangement, Nehru married 17-year-old Kamala Kaul. The following year, their only child, Indira Priyadarshini, was born. Jawaharlal Nehru: Political Awakening Upon learning of esteemed theosophist Annie Besant’s arrest in 1917, Nehru was moved to join the All India Home Rule League, an organization devoted to obtaining self-government within the British Empire. In April 1919, British troops opened fire on thousands of unarmed civilians who had been protesting recently passed legislation that permitted the detainment of suspected political foes without trial. The Massacre of Amritsar, in which 379 Indians were killed and more than a thousand others were wounded, outraged Nehru and further solidified his resolve to win India’s independence. During the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22) led by Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru was imprisoned for the first time for activities against the British government and, over the course of the next two and a half decades, spent a total of nine years in jail. In 1929, Jawaharlal was elected president of the Indian National Congress—his first leadership role in politics—whereby he promoted the goal of complete independence from Britain as opposed to dominion status. In response to Britain’s declaration of India’s participation in the war against Germany at the onset of World War II without consulting Indian leaders, members of Congress passed the Quit India resolution on August 8, 1942, demanding political freedom from Britain in exchange for support in the war effort. The following day, the British government arrested all Congress leaders, including Nehru and Gandhi. Jawaharlal Nehru: Challenges and Legacy as Prime Minister On August 15, 1947, India finally gained its independence and Nehru became the nation’s first prime minister. Amid the celebration of newly acquired freedom, there was also considerable turmoil. The mass displacement that followed partition into the separate nations of Pakistan and India, along with disputes over control of Kashmir, resulted in the loss of property and lives for several hundred thousand Muslims and Hindus. Throughout his 17-year leadership, Nehru advocated democratic socialism and secularism and encouraged India’s industrialization beginning with the implementation of the first of his five-year plans in 1951, which emphasized the importance of increasing agricultural production. He also promoted scientific and technological advancements through the establishment of higher learning, and instituted various social reforms such as free public education and meals for Indian children, legal rights for women—including the ability to inherit property and divorce their husbands—and laws to prohibit discrimination based on caste. During the Cold War , Nehru adopted a policy of non-alignment in which he professed neutrality, but was criticized when he refused to condemn the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 and later requested foreign aid after China invaded India’s northern border in 1962. The conflict, known as the Sino-Indian War, had a deleterious effect on Nehru’s health, resulting in a severe stroke in January of 1964 and his death a few months later on May 27. Tags |
Which British explorer translated the Arabian Nights and had a famous 20th century namesake? | Entering the Forbidden City of Mecca, 1853 Printer Friendly Version >>> It was a dangerous journey; any misstep could have cost him his life. In 1853 intrepid British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as an Islamic pilgrim and made the trek into the heart of Arabia visiting the holy cities of Medina and Mecca. If his true identity as a European Christian had been exposed, the penalty for his indiscretion would have been death. Richard Francis Burton Mecca was the birthplace of the prophet Mohammed and is the home of the Kaaba, a small cube-shaped building enclosed within a mosque that is revered as the holiest site in Islam. In the year 630, Mohammed conquered Mecca and declared the Kaaba as the center of Islam, requiring that the faithful make a pilgrimage (the Hajj) to the site at least once in their lifetime. Because of its sacredness, Mecca became, and remains, a "forbidden city" - off limits to non-Muslims. It was Burton's plan to disguise himself as a Muslim pilgrim, join the Hajj and enter the holy city. Burton had been preparing for his adventure for years. As a British soldier stationed in India, He had immersed himself in Islam and learned Arabic. In the early 1850s he gained permission to take a leave from the British Army and traveled to Egypt to prepare for his adventure. He immediately took on the disguise of a Muslim, his success prompting him to begin his journey into Arabia in July 1853. He traveled by caravan first to Medina and from there to Mecca. Within a few months he returned to Egypt. Burton published his description of his journey in a three-volume book that became an immediate sensation in England. The adventurer was elevated to the status of folk hero and later enhanced his reputation by beginning an unsuccessful quest to find the source of the Nile River. "...a splendid camel in front of me was shot through the heart." We join Burton's journey as the caravan he is part of leaves the holy city of Medina on its way to Mecca. ADVERTISMENT "We dismounted to gaze at the venerable minarets and the green dome which covers the tomb of the Prophet. The heat was dreadful, the climate dangerous, and the beasts died in numbers. Fresh carcasses strewed our way, and were covered by foul vultures. The Caravan was most picturesque. We traveled principally at night, but the camels had to perform the work of goats, and step from block to block of basalt like mountaineers, which being unnatural to them, they kept up a continual piteous moan. The simoom and pillars of sand continually threw them over. Water is the great trouble of a Caravan journey, and the only remedy is to be patient and not to talk. The first two hours gives you the mastery, but if you drink you cannot stop. Forty-seven miles before we reached Mecca, at EI Zaribah, we had to perform the ceremony of EI Ihram, meaning 'to assume the pilgrim garb'. A barber shaved us, trimmed our moustaches; we bathed and perfumed, and then we put on two new cotton cloths, each six feet long by three and a half broad. It is white, with narrow red strips and fringe, and worn something as you wear it in the baths. Our heads and feet, right shoulder and arm, are exposed. We had another fight before we got to Mecca, and a splendid camel in front of me was shot through the heart. Our Sherif Zayd was an Arab Chieftain of the purest blood, and very brave. He took two or three hundred men, and charged our attackers. However, they shot many of our dromedaries and camels, and boxes and baggage strewed the place; and whence we were gone the Bedawi would come back, loot the baggage; and eat the camels. On Saturday, the 10th of September, at one in the morning, there was great excitement in the Caravan, and loud cries of 'Mecca! Mecca! Oh, the Sanctuary, the Sanctuary!' All burst into loud praises and many wept. We reached it next morning, after ten days and nights from EI Medinah. I became the guest of the boy Mohammed, in the house of his mother. First I did the circumambulation of the Haram. Early next morning I was admitted to the house of our Lo |
The Peasants' Revolt, aka. Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in what year? | List of revolutions and rebellions | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia List of revolutions and rebellions 204,343pages on The storming of the Bastille , 14 July 1789, during the French Revolution . This is a list of revolutions and rebellions . This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Contents c. 2740 BC The Seth rebellion during the reign of the pharaoh Seth-Peribsen of the Second Dynasty of Egypt [1] c. 2690 BC Khasekhemwy , the final pharaoh of the Second dynasty of Egypt , squashed a rebellion, reuniting Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt [2] c. 2380 BC ( short chronology ): A popular revolt in the Sumerian city of Lagash deposes King Lugalanda and puts the reformer Urukagina on the throne. 842 BC: After the Compatriots Rebellion exiled King Li of Zhou , China was ruled by the Gonghe Regency until the king died in exile. 615 BC: The Babylonians revolt against rule from the Assyrian empire . 570 BC: A revolt breaks out among native Egyptian soldiers, giving Amasis II opportunity to seize the throne. 508/7 BC: The Athenian Revolution establishing democracy in Athens. [3] 499–493 BC: The Ionian Revolt . Most of the Greek cities occupied by the Persians in Asia Minor and Cyprus rose up against their Persian rulers. 494 BC: First Plebeian revolt against Patrician (ancient Rome). The revolt was made in the Monte Sacro , Rome 464 BC: The Helot slaves revolt against their Spartan masters. 460 BC: The Inarus revolted against the Persians in Egypt with the help of his Athenian allies. 206 BC: Ziying , last ruler of the Qin Dynasty of China surrenders himself to Liu Bang , leader of a popular revolt and founder of the Han Dynasty. 181–174 BC: The Celtiberian revolt in Spain; Romans eventually subdue the Celtiberians. 167–160 BC: The Jews revolt, in the Hasmonean Revolt , against the Seleucid Empire because of the Hellenization of Judea and the high taxes; Leader of the rebellion is Judah the Maccabi , achieving independence as the Hasmonean kingdom of Judah . 154 BC: The failed Rebellion of the Seven States by members of the royal family of the Han Dynasty. 153–133 BC: The Celtiberians again revolted, and were not finally overcome until the capture of Numantia. 147–139 BC: The Lusitanian Rebellion against the Roman forces in modern day Portugal, led by Lusitanian leader named Viriathus . 73–71 BC: The failed Roman slave rebellion , led by the gladiator Spartacus . 52–51 BC: The revolt of the Celtic Gauls, led by Vercingetorix , was crushed by Julius Caesar . 49–45 BC: Julius Caesar crossed the river Rubicon heading part of the Roman army and marched on Rome . After overthrowing and assuming control of Pompeian government, he was proclaimed "dictator in perpetuity". 1–999 AD 9: The Arminius revolt against the Roman Empire; alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius ambushed and annihilated three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest . 18–25: The Red Eyebrow Rebellion and Green Forest Rebellion against Xin Dynasty in China, in which the Green Forest Army later defeated Red Eyebrow Army and restored Han Dynasty. 40–43: Trung sisters Uprising of Vietnam against Chinese Domination 60–61: Boudica , queen of the Celtic Iceni people of Norfolk in Roman-occupied Britain , led a major uprising of the Briton tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire . [4] 66–70: The Great Jewish Revolt , the first of three Jewish-Roman wars that took place in Iudaea Province against the Roman Empire . [5] 69–70: The Batavian rebellion in the Roman province of Germania Inferior. 132–135: Bar Kokhba's revolt , the third and last of the Jewish-Roman wars . 184: Zhang Jiao led an unsuccessful peasant revolt called the Yellow Turban Rebellion during the later Han dynasty, which later collapsed due to destabilization and lack of co-ordination with other Yellow Turban forces across China. 248: Lady Trieu Uprising of Vietnam against Chinese Domination 286: Rebels in Gaul, known as Bag |
Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic? | Amelia Earhart - Biography, Facts, and Pictures Amelia Earhart By Stephen Sherman , Sept. 26, 2012. The world's most famous female aviator disappeared in 1937, as she attempted to become the first woman to fly around the world. With her navigator, Fred Noonan, her Lockheed Electra was last heard from about 100 miles from the tiny Pacific atoll, Howland Island, on July 2, 1937. President Roosevelt authorized an immediate search; no trace was ever found; notwithstanding the endless efforts by conspiracy theorists to find evidence that she landed on an island. Over the years, the disappearance of Amelia Earhart has spawned almost as many conspiracy theories as the Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Kennedy Assassination. She achieved a number of aviation records: the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, in 1928 the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic, in 1932 the first person to solo from Hawaii to California, in 1935 Guided by her publicist and husband, George Putnam, she made headlines in the era when aviation gripped the public's imagination. Childhood and Education Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Kansas, the daughter of Edwin and Amy Earhart. At the age of three, she was sent to live with her grandmother (her namesake), mainly because the old woman needed company and a distraction from the deaths of her mother, her son, and her daughter-in-law, as well as the poor mental condition of her husband Alfred. The grandparents (or grandmother) raised Amelia during her early childhood. She liked their home in Atchison, Kansas, especially her large bedroom with views of the nearby river, now a museum open to the public. She enjoyed her life with her grandparents: learning to read at five, and secure in a place where it seemed that almost everyone was family. But her grandmother was timid, and a worrier, and did not approve of Amelia's tomboy tendencies, so Amelia kept her pony-riding, tree-climbing, snow-sledding, and hunting activities to herself. Her parents were only 50 miles away, and she summered with them, so she remained close to them during these years. Education When she was seven, her father Edwin took the family to the St. Louis World's Fair, where, on riding the Ferris wheel, she learned that she rather enjoyed heights. She learned to build and make things with her own hands, once making a crude roller coaster out of two-by-fours, a packing box, and roller-skate wheels. She was an avid reader, and even as a child read Harper's Magazine for Young People, and the novels of Dickens and Thackeray. One of her favorite poems was "Atalanta in Calydon" by Algernon Charles Swinburne; it's a poem about a warrior maiden, who hunts and kills a boar with Meleager. From the first grade, she attended the College Preparatory School in Atchison. It was a tiny place, with only about 30 students, housed in a building that used to be a stable. Amelia was bright, but her independent spirit and lack of interest in recitation did not endear her to the teachers. In high school, cheerleading was not enough for her, she wanted to play on the basketball team. Like Pappy Boyington , her family circumstances were unsettled, marked by moves and alcoholism in the family. The odd family arrangement (Amelia living with her grandparents in Atchison, her younger sister Muriel with the girls' parents in Kansas City) lasted until Amelia was ten, when she rejoined with her mother and father. Her father Edwin, was well-educated, but tended to the impractical; money just slipped through his fingers. His in-laws, the Otises, helped him out a lot (including taking care of Amelia), but Edwin's extravagance remained a problem. In 1908, he got a new job, with the Rock Island railroad, which required him to move to Des Moines. Now, the arrangement with the Atchison grandparents was no longer feasible, so Amelia joined them in Iowa, and saw her first airplane, at the 1908 Iowa State Fair. For a few years, Edwin did well, moving into a newer, larger houses almost every year, as his income grew. But his spendthrift nature won out, and he kep |
Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress? | Pilgrim's Progress - Introduction | Learn The Bible Learn The Bible Pilgrim's Progress The Preacher Who Wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress" Turning back through the pages of history, we come upon many events which were not thought of as significant by contemporaries, but around which the years that followed have placed a halo of glory. The imprisonment of John Bunyan, the rough Baptist preacher of Bedford, was such an event. It was significant because bunyan, during the long years in the Bedford jail, dreamed and began to write his immortal story, “The Pilgrim’s Progress from This world to That Which Is to Come.” This story was widely read when Bunyan died in 1688, and is read today in more than eighty languages of the earth. Bunyan's Boyhood What sort of a man was Bunyan? From his beautiful writings we would think he was a scholar, having both leisure and culture. But, instead, he was born of poor parents and was never rich. His father was a mender of cooking vessels and John later followed the same trade, hence is often called “the Bedford tinker.” He went to school very little, but managed to learn to read and write. He tells us that in his youth he was rough and thoughtless and given to swearing and Sabbath breaking. There was little religious influence in his home. Yet, when nine years old, he became interested in religion and was converted when he was twenty-four - or about fifteen years later. Bunyan's Young Manhood When about seventeen, he served a year or more in the army. During one battle, a comrade who went forward in Bunyan’s place was killed. Bunyan never got over the thought that in this way God had spared his life for some purpose. When about twenty, he married a girl who was poor like himself, but of godly parents. She owned two books, of which Bunyan said, “Her only portion was two volumes which her father had given her, ‘The Plain Man’s Pathway,’ and ‘The Practice of Piety.’ In these I sometimes read, wherein I found some things pleasant to me.” Bunyan thus reveals his liking for good literature, yet he little dreamed that he himself would make a valuable contribution to the world’s best literature. Bunyan Becomes a "Pilgrim" After his marriage, Bunyan gave up much of his wickedness, attended church, read his bible, and found his mind filled with thoughts of his lost condition. His wife encouraged him to read. This period of reading and thinking possibly gave him many of the ideas about which he wrote so beautifully later on. He left off dancing and sabbath breaking and set out from the “City of Destruction” to the “Heavenly Mansions.” One day, as he was walking in the country thinking and praying, there came to his mind this verse, “He hath made peace through the blood of the cross.” He says, “I then say that the justice of God and my sinful soul could embrace each other.” Soon everything became clear and he made a profession of religion after which he began preaching to others about the Saviour he had found. In Prison for Preaching Bunyan joined the Baptist church at Bedford and two years later became its pastor. Great crowds came to hear him. But his preaching was cut short by King charles II, who came to the throne of England in 1660 and ordered that all preachers who did not belong to the Church of England (Episcopal) should be imprisoned or banished. Bunyan was one of these and was thrown in jail for nothing else than preaching the gospel as he believed it. Twelve years he was kept prisoner. Yet he was not idle. He wrote many religious tracts and sermons. The one called “Grace abounding to the Chief of Sinners” is still read and is a masterpiece of its kind. Thus to his long imprisonment Bunyan owes his literary fame. He had quiet and leisure to think. He reminds us of the apostle Paul, who, while in prison at rome, wrote letters which still bless the world. Building up His Fame in Bedford Jail In 1672 Bunyan was released. But three years later he was put back in jail and at this time he began his great work, The Pilgrim’s Progress. This was a new species of literature upon which he worked; it was pub |
What nationality was Nicolas Copernicus? | Nicolaus Copernicus Biography: Facts and Discoveries The Copernican Planisphere, illustrated in 1661 by Andreas Cellarius. Credit: Public domain In the early 1500s, when virtually everyone believed Earth was the center of the universe, Polish scientist Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the planets instead revolved around the sun. Although his model wasn't completely correct, it formed a strong foundation for future scientists to build on and improve mankind's understanding of the motion of heavenly bodies. Indeed, other astronomers built on Copernicus’ work and proved that our planet is just one world orbiting one star in a vast cosmos loaded with both, and that we’re far from the center of anything. [See also our overview of Famous Astronomers and great scientists from many fields who have contributed to the rich history of discoveries in astronomy.] Here is a brief biography of Copernicus: Celestial education Born on Feb. 19, 1473, in Poland, Copernicus traveled to Italy at the age of 18 to attend college, where he prepared for a career in the church. As part of his education, he studied astrology — reading the stars to learn about future events — because at the time it was felt important for priests and doctors. Astronomy, the motion of heavenly bodies, was an important element of this. (Today, astronomy is a recognized science, whereas astrology is not .) Nicolaus Copernicus Credit: Public Domain While attending the University of Bologna, he lived and worked with astronomy professor Domenico Maria de Novara, doing research and helping him make observations of the heavens. When he returned to Poland to take up official duties in Frauenburg, his room in one of the towers surrounding the town boasted an observatory, giving him ample time and opportunity to study the night sky. Copernicus never took orders as a priest, but instead continued to work as a cleric. A new model In Copernicus' lifetime, most believed that Earth held its place at the center of the universe. The sun, the stars, and all of the planets revolved around it. One of the glaring mathematical problems with this model was that the planets, on occasion, would travel backward across the sky over several nights of observation. Astronomers called this retrograde motion . To account for it, the current model, based on the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy's view, incorporated a number of circles within circles — epicycles — inside of a planet's path. Some planets required as many as seven circles, creating a cumbersome model many felt was too complicated to have naturally occurred. In 1514, Copernicus distributed a handwritten book to his friends that set out his view of the universe. In it, he proposed that the center of the universe was not Earth, but that the sun lay near it. He also suggested that Earth's rotation accounted for the rise and setting of the sun, the movement of the stars, and that the cycle of seasons was caused by Earth's revolutions around it. Finally, he (correctly) proposed that Earth's motion through space caused the retrograde motion of the planets across the night sky (planets sometimes move in the same directions as stars, slowly across the sky from night to night, but sometimes they move in the opposite, or retrograde, direction). It wasn't until he lay on his deathbed at the age of 70 that Copernicus published his book, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium ("On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres"). In it, Copernicus established that the planets orbited the sun rather than the Earth. He lay out his model of the solar system and the path of the planets. Refining the work Although Copernicus' model changed the layout of the universe, it still had its faults. For one thing, Copernicus held to the classical idea that the planets traveled in perfect circles. It wasn't until the 1600s that Johannes Kepler proposed the orbits were instead ellipses. As such, Copernicus' model featured the same epicycles that marred in Ptolemy's work, although there were fewer. Copernicus' ideas, published only two months before he died, took |
With what social reform is Elizabeth Fry associated? | Elizabeth Fry Elizabeth Fry Prison and Mental Asylum Reformer Elizabeth Fry. From Little Journeys To The Homes Of Famous Women, 1916 Known for: prison reform, reform of mental asylums, reform of convict ships to Australia Dates: May 21 , 1780 - October 12, 1845 Occupation: reformer Also Known as: Elizabeth Gurney Fry About Elizabeth Fry Elizabeth Fry was born in Norwich, England, into a well-off Quaker (Society of Friends) family. Her mother died when Elizabeth was young. The family practiced "relaxed" Quaker customs, but Elizabeth Fry began to practice a stricter Quakerism. At 17, inspired by the Quaker William Saveny, she put her religious faith into action by teaching poor children and visiting the sick among poor families. She practiced more plain dress, pain speech, and plain living. Marriage In 1800, Elizabeth Gurney married Joseph Fry, who was also a Quaker and, like her father, a banker and merchant. They had eight children between 1801 and 1812. In 1809, Elizabeth Fry began to speak at Quaker meeting and became a Quaker "minister." Visit to Newgate In 1813 came a key event in Elizabeth Fry's life: she was talked into visiting the women's prison in London, Newgate, where she observed women and their children in horrible conditions. continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge She didn't return to Newgate until 1816, having two more children int aht time, but she began working for reforms, including those that became themes for her: segregation of the sexes, female matrons for female prisoners, education, employment (often kitting and sewing), and religious instruction. Organizing for Reform In 1817, Elizabeth Fry began the Association for the Improvement of Female Prisoners, a group of twelve women who worked for these reforms. She lobbied authorities including Members of Parliament -- a brother-in-law was elected to Parliament in 1818 and became a supporter of her reforms. As a result, in 1818, she was called to testify before a Royal Commission, the first woman to so testify. Widening Circles of Reform Activism In 1819, with her brother Joseph Gurney, Elizabeth Fry wrote a report on prison reform. In the 1820s, she inspected prison conditions, advocated reforms and established more reform groups, including many with women members. By 1821, a number of women's reform groups came together as the British Ladies' Society for Promoting the Reformation of Female Prisoners. In 1822, Elizabeth Fry gave birth to her eleventh child. In 1823, prison reform legislation was finally introduced in Parliament. Elizabeth Fry in the 1830s Elizabeth Fry traveled extensively in western European countries in the 1830s advocating her preferred prison reform measures. By 1827, her influence had diminished. In 1835, Parliament enacted laws creating harsher prison policies instead, including hard labor and solitary confinement. Her last trip was to France in 1843. Elizabeth Fry died in 1845. More Reforms While Elizabeth Fry is known more for her prison reform activities, she was also active in investigating and proposing reforms for mental asylums. For more than 25 years, she visited every convict ship leaving for Australia, and promoted reform of the convict ship system. She worked for nursing standards and established a nursing school which influenced her distant relative, Florence Nightingale . She worked for the education of working women, for better housing for the poor including hostels for the homeless, and she founded soup kitchens. In 1845, after Elizabeth Fry died, two of her daughters published a two-volume memoir of their mother, with selections from her journals (44 handwritten volumes originally) and letters. It was more hagiography than biography. In 1918, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, daughter of Julia Ward Howe, published Elizabeth Fry, the Angel of the Prisons. In 2003, Elizabeth Fry's image was selected to appear on the English five pound note. More women's history biographies, by name: |
Who played the lead character in the film 'The 6th Day' in 2000? | The 6th Day (2000) - 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 Futuristic action about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 40 titles created 19 Sep 2011 a list of 31 titles created 02 Aug 2012 a list of 43 titles created 27 Nov 2014 a list of 27 titles created 27 Feb 2015 a list of 33 titles created 16 Nov 2015 Title: The 6th Day (2000) 5.9/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons. Director: Chuck Russell At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him. Director: Peter Hyams After his family is killed by a terrorist act, a firefighter goes in search of the one responsible. Director: Andrew Davis A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country. Director: Walter Hill With the help of a magic ticket, a young film fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action film character. Director: John McTiernan A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars. Director: Ivan Reitman A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is a short small-time crook. Director: Ivan Reitman A wrongly convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a game show. Director: Paul Michael Glaser A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman. Director: James Cameron A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter . Director: Mark L. Lester When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or does he? Director: Paul Verhoeven A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them. Director: John Irvin Edit Storyline In the near future, cloning is now technically advanced, but human cloning is still illegal. Adam Gibson (Schwarzenegger) returns home after working with his friend Hank Morgan (Rapaport), only to find a clone of himself with his family. Before he has chance to find out the truth, he is attacked by a group who want him dead. Adam must escape and find out the truth from the creator of the clones, Michael Drucker (Goldwyn). Adam knows for sure he couldn't have been cloned, but isn't ready for what he's about to hear. Written by simon Are You Who You Think You Are See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for strong action violence, brief strong language and some sensuality | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 17 November 2000 (USA) See more » Also Known As: On the Sixth Day See more » Filming Locations: $13,020,883 (USA) (17 November 2000) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Jack Nicholson was considered for the role of Michael Drucker, but was deemed too expensive. See more » Goofs Given that a dog is supposed to eat, it would seem illogical to have the option to make a dog with softer teeth. Since they are selling the dogs to rich people, though, it seems likely they would make whatever people are willing to buy, and if that means the dogs need a special diet, then so be it. See more » Quotes Adam Gibson |
In the 1991 film 'Basic Instinct', who played Detective Nick Curran? | See the Cast of 'Basic Instinct' Then and Now See the Cast of 'Basic Instinct' Then and Now April 23, 2014 @ 6:00 PM TriStar Back in 1992, director Paul Verhoeven unleashed 'Basic Instinct,' starring Sharon Stone as a writer, psychologist, and the prime suspect in a murder investigation, who strikes up an affair with the detective investigating the case, played by Michael Douglas. Originally given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA, the steamy thriller was a massive success and was praised for its groundbreaking depiction of sex in mainstream cinema. 'Basic Instinct' became so iconic that in 2006, Sharon Stone starred in a sequel without Verhoeven's involvement -- though it was a critical and commercial failure. Twenty-two years later, we're revisiting the cast of this modern neo-noir classic to see what they're up to now. Michael Douglas, Detective Nick Curran TriStar/Getty Images Then: Michael Douglas, who was coming off of starring roles in 'Fatal Attraction' and 'Wall Street,' played Detective Nick Curran, who begins an affair with his prime suspect while investigating the death of a retired rock star. Now: Over the years, Douglas has also starred in 'Falling Down,' 'The Game,' 'Traffic,' and he reprised the role of Gordon Gekko for 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.' In recent years, he's appeared in the Steven Soderbergh films 'Haywire' and 'Behind the Candelabra,' winning a Golden Globe and an Emmy for his portrayal of Liberace in the latter. He's been married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000, and most recently appeared in the film 'Last Vegas.' Up next, you can see Douglas in the films 'And So It Goes,' 'The Reach,' and opposite Paul Rudd in Marvel's upcoming superhero movie 'Ant-Man.' Sharon Stone, Catherine Tramell TriStar/Getty Images Then: Sharon Stone, who was best known for appearing previously in Paul Verhoeven's 'Total Recall,' reunited with the director for the role of Catherine Tramell, an author and psychologist accused of committing murder in a fashion eerily similar to the circumstances in one of her novels. Now: Stone went on to appear in films like 'Sliver,' 'The Quick and the Dead,' 'Casino,' 'Catwoman,' and 'Alpha Dog.' In 2006, she reprised the role of Tramell for 'Basic Instinct 2,' which was made without the involvement of Verhoeven and totally flopped, earning her a Razzie Award for Worst Actress. In 2010, Stone appeared on a handful of 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' episodes, and more recently, she's had roles in 'Lovelace' and 'Fading Gigolo.' You can see her next in the upcoming film 'Gods Behaving Badly,' and later in 'American Ultra' with Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. George Dzundza, Detective Gus Moran TriStar/ABC Then: George Dzundza played Detective Gus Moran, Nick's partner on the case. Dzundza previously had a recurring role on 'Law and Order' and appeared in the film 'The Butcher's Wife.' Now: Since then, Dzundza has lent his voice to both 'Batman: The Animated Series' and 'Superman: The Animated Series,' and he had a recurring role on 'Grey's Anatomy' (pictured above right) from 2005 to 2007. He's also appeared in the films 'Crimson Tide,' 'Dangerous Minds,' 'Species II,' and 'City by the Sea.' In 2009, he lent his voice to the video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, and in 2010, he appeared in the Rob Schneider film 'The Chosen One,' but he hasn't done anything lately. Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dr. Beth Garner TriStar/Getty Images Then: Jeanne Tripplehorn made her big screen debut as Dr. Beth Garner, Nick's psychologist with whom he's also having an affair. Tripplehorn had also appeared on Ben Stiller's short-lived 'The Ben Stiller Show' on Fox. Now: The actress had a small role in Stiller's directorial debut, 'Reality Bites,' and went on to star in 'Waterworld,' 'Sliding Doors,' 'Very Bad Things,' and 'Swept Away.' But she's perhaps best known for playing the role of Barbara Henrickson on the HBO series 'Big Love,' which ran from 2006 to 2011. She also played Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the HBO film 'Grey Gardens,' and has recently guest starred on 'New Girl.' Currently, |
In 1983 a British politician appeared with Tracy Ullman in a Pop Video. Who was the politician? | Neil Kinnock - Bio, Facts, Family | Famous Birthdays Neil Kinnock Politician Born In Wales#6 About Politician in the British Labour Party who served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1995 and Vice President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Before Fame He was born an only child and earned a degree in industrial relations and history from the University College of South Wales and Mommouthshire in 1965. |
What was the nickname of 60's singer Brenda Lee? | Brenda Lee - Music on Google Play Brenda Lee About the artist Brenda Lee is an American performer and the top-charting solo female vocalist of the 1960s. She sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s, and is ranked fourth in that decade surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is perhaps best known in the United States for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", a United States holiday standard for more than 50 years. At 4 ft 9 inches tall, she received the nickname Little Miss Dynamite in 1957 after recording the song "Dynamite" and was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following. Lee's popularity faded in the late 1960s as her voice matured, but she continued a successful recording career by returning to her roots as a country singer with a string of hits through the 1970s and 1980s. She is a member of the Rock and Roll, Country Music and Rockabilly Halls of Fame. She is also a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Brenda currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Brenda Lee is the only female artist to chart songs in every genre. 1 $6.99 Brenda Lee is the second studio album by American pop and country artist Brenda Lee. The album was released August 1, 1960 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. The album's second sing... 1 1 $6.99 Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! is the debut studio album by American pop and country artist Brenda Lee. The album was released on August 3, 1959 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradl... 1 1 $9.49 Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends is an album by American pop and country artist Brenda Lee. The album was released April 10, 2007 on Provident Music. It features several duets of Brenda Lee with... 1 Connie Francis 0 Connie Francis is an American pop singer and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top... 0 Andy Williams 0 Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams was an American popular music singer. He recorded 44 albums in his career, 15 of which have been gold-certified and three of which have been platinum-certified. He was... 0 Perry Como 0 Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years after signing w... 0 Pat Boone 0 Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone is an American singer, composer, actor, writer, television personality, motivational speaker, and spokesman. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during th... 0 Bobby Helms 0 Robert Lee Helms, known professionally as Bobby Helms, was an American country music singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957 with the seasonal hit "Jingle Bell Rock". His other hits include "Fr... 0 Neil Sedaka 0 Brooklyn-native Neil Sedaka began his prolific career as one of the original creators of the "Brill Building" sound and has sold over 60 million records worldwide. He has been inducted into the Son... 0 Patti Page 0 Clara Ann Fowler, known by her professional name Patti Page, was an American singer of traditional pop music. She was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female artist of the 1950s, s... 0 0 Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American singer and actor of stage, screen, radio and television. He began as an itinerant singer and banjoist, and launched his own radio show, The Wayfaring Stranger... 0 The Platters 0 The Platters are an American vocal group. They were one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley t... 0 Bobby Vinton 0 Stanley Robert "Bobby" Vinton, Jr. is an American singer and songwriter. In pop music circles, he became known as "The Polish Prince of Poch", as his music pays tribute to his Polish heritage. Know... 0 Johnny Mathis 0 John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music and jazz. Starting his caree |
George Michael was one. Who was the other member of the duo 'Wham'? | Wham! - Biography - IMDb Biography Jump to: Mini Bio (1) | Trivia (9) Mini Bio (1) Wham! were the biggest-selling pop musicians of the 1980s and one of the first internationally successful Boy Bands. The pop duo comprised of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley , who hailed from Bushy Meads, in Hertfordshire, England. They came to prominence in 1982 with their top five hit 'Young Guns (Go for It)' and followed this record up with three more top-ten hits and a number one debut album, 'Fantastic' (1983). The rest is history. They remained at the top of the charts until their split in 1986. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Matt Lee-Williams Trivia (9) Members were George Michael , Andrew Ridgeley . Wham! achieved the following chart hits in the United Kingdom: (singles) 'Young Guns (Go for It!)' No.3, 'Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)' No. 8, 'Bad Boys' No.2, 'Club Tropicana' (No.4), 'Club Fantastic Megamix' No.15, 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' No. 1, 'Careless Whisper' No.1, 'Freedom' No.1, 'Everything She Wants/Last Christmas' No.2, 'I'm Your Man' No.1, 'The Edge of Heaven' No.1. (albums) 'Fantastic' No.1, 'Make It Big' No.1, 'The Final' No.2, 'The Best of Wham! ... If You were There' (No.4). George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley produced 2 certified 'Gold' videos while with Wham! : 'Wham! The Video' (1984) and 'Wham! In China: Foreign Skies' (1986). Wham! were known as Wham! UK in the United States (for a short time) because their name conflicted with another US band. George Michael is of Greek Cypriot descent; Andrew Ridgeley is of Egyptian-Italian origin. Because of the Band Aid single 'Do They Know It's Christmas' (1984) reaching No. 1, the Wham! single 'Last Christmas / Everything She Want' was the highest-selling single to peak at the No. 2 spot. Wham scored three No. 1 hits in America: 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go', 'Careless Whisper', and 'Everything She Wants' - three No.1 records in a row (1984). 'Careless Whisper' (1984) was written by both George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley . They were just 17 and (George) initially came up with the saxophone riff on the back of a No. 32 bus. It reached No. 1 in 17 countries and certified Platinum. First western pop group to tour China (1985). See also |
Name the character played by Harrison Ford in the 2000 film 'What Lies Beneath'? | What Lies Beneath (2000) - Synopsis The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Warning! This synopsis may contain spoilers See plot summary for non-spoiler summarized description. Visit our Synopsis Help to learn more Synopsis Claire Spencer ( Michelle Pfeiffer ) moves to Vermont with her husband, renowned scientist Dr. Norman Spencer ( Harrison Ford ), after a serious car accident that leaves gaps in her memory. Combined with her daughter Caitlin's ( Katharine Towne ) departure for college, Claire is profoundly affected. Overhearing her new neighbor Mary Feur ( Miranda Otto ) sobbing one day, Claire is concerned, despite Norman's reassurance, and her worry increases when she sees Mary's husband Warren ( James Remar ) dragging what looks like a body bag out of the house in the middle of the night. Claire decides to investigate by taking a basket of flowers and wine to the house as a gift. After nobody answers the door she walks around the side of the house and discovers a woman's sandal with a dark stain on it, which she steals. Back on the doorstep, she is surprised by Warren whose surly behavior further arouses her suspicion. Mysterious events begin to occur when Claire is alone in the house pictures fall, doors open and close and Claire witnesses a shadowy reflection in bathwater. Claire is convinced that Mary is dead and haunting her. Desperate for closure, and facing little sympathy from Norman, Claire invites her best friend Jody ( Diana Scarwid ) to join her for a seance in her bathroom. Claire produces the sandal she had earlier taken from Mary's house and places it on the table. The Ouija board planchette (pointer) does not move, but a candle starts to flicker, then goes out. The dial on the Ouija board then starts to move slowly from M to F. Claire informs Norman of the s�ance, prompting him to accuse her of going crazy. Meeting Warren, Claire hysterically accuses him of killing his wife, to which Warren responds with confusion before introducing Mary to the pair. Back at the house, a picture falls off the windowsill again. Picking it up, Claire notices a newspaper clipping inside the broken frame. She discovers that it is a partial missing person report for Madison Elizabeth Frank ( Amber Valletta ). Reading the clipping, she realizes that Madison had been a student at the university where Norman was a lecturer. She decides to visit Madison's mother. Claire takes a lock of Madison's hair from the mother's house, and uses it to perform a ritual that allows Madison to possess her. When Norman returns home from work, Claire, who is still possessed, seduces him. While straddling Norman, Claire's face briefly morphs into that of Madison's. Frightened by the change in Claire's appearance, and by comments she has made, Norman pushes her away. This causes Claire to drop the lock of hair and break the connection with Madison. Claire's memory begins to return and she recalls that she had once caught Norman with Madison. Norman makes a confession: he had a brief relationship with Madison, but realized quickly that he loved Claire too much to leave her, causing unstable Madison to threaten to kill Claire. He then visited Madison to find her dead of an overdose with a letter to Claire. Burning the letter, he pushed Madison's car (with Madison inside) into the lake. Claire urges Norman to contact the authorities, and he agrees to do so. He speaks with the police on the phone, and then leaves to take a shower. Suspicious of her husband, Claire redials the phone and discovers that he had not really called the police. Norman suddenly grabs her from behind and sedates her. He drags her to the bathtub, which is still running, and places her in the rising water. Norman then explains to Claire that Madison was planning on going to the college's Dean about their affair, and he could not let that happen, so he killed her and pushed Madison's car and body into the lake. Expecting Claire to drown, Norman leans over her paralyzed body to give her one final kiss. While d |
Who played John Shaft in the 2000 film version of 'Shaft'? | Shaft (2000) - 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 New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 21 titles created 23 Feb 2011 a list of 46 titles created 06 Sep 2011 a list of 26 images created 18 Jun 2012 a list of 48 titles created 10 Jul 2014 a list of 29 titles created 1 month ago Search for " Shaft " 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. 1 win & 13 nominations. See more awards » Photos Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter. Director: Gordon Parks An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a third world country. Director: William Friedkin An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit. Director: Ronny Yu The story of what happens one day in New York when a young lawyer and a businessman share a small automobile accident on F.D.R. Drive and their mutual road rage escalates into a feud. Director: Roger Michell An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody and only the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it. Director: Clark Johnson In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth. Director: F. Gary Gray A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting everything ablaze, establishing dominance over the planet. Director: Rob Bowman After surviving a brutal attack (Instrument used was a board with nails in it) by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. Director: Kevin Reynolds A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell led by Gabriel Shear wants the money to help finance their war against international terrorism, but it's all locked away. Gabriel brings in convicted hacker Stanley Jobson to help him. Director: Dominic Sena An extreme sports athlete, Xander Cage, is recruited by the government on a special mission. Director: Rob Cohen A tough-minded drama about two friends in South Central Los Angeles and the violence that comes between them. Director: David Ayer Four brothers look to avenge their mother's death. Director: John Singleton Edit Storyline New York Police Detective John Shaft is the lead detective on a sensitive case, a young black man is severely beaten. The man's companions tell Shaft that their friend humiliated the one who was sprouting racial slurs at him. Shaft confronts him and he says he's Walter Wade Jr. , the son of a wealthy man. Shaft finds that he has the id of a woman who's a waitress at the bar where Wade and the guy who was attacked were. When Wade continues to hurl racist comments, Shaft smacks him. Shaft later learns because of his actions Wade was granted bail and fled. Two years later, Wade returns and Shaft arrests him. At his hearing when the judge grants him bail, that's when Shaft throws his badge at the judge. He then sets out to get Wade by finding the waitress. Wade in the meantime asks a drug dealer named Peoples Hernandez to find the waitress and make sure she doesn't talk. Written by [email protected] Still the man, any questions? Genres: Rated R for strong violence and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 16 June 2000 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $21,714,757 (USA) (16 June 2000) Gross: Did You |
The 1960s/70s singer 'Junior Walker' was backed by what group? | Junior Walker | SoulTracks - Soul Music Biographies, News and Reviews Soul Music Biographies, News and Reviews Junior Walker Junior Walker Artist Biography While the Funk Brothers and the other fine musicians that helped create the " Motown Sound" were little known outside of Detroit, saxophonist Junior Walker attained worldwide fame both as a musician and as the leader of one of the bigger Motown acts of the late 60s and early 70s, Junior Walker and the AllStars. His impassioned, raw sax work -- which bore more resemblance to the gritty sound of Memphis than of Motown -- became the foundation for a string of party hits that influenced a generation of funk musicians and which are still revered today as some of the greatest music Motown ever released. Born Autry DeWalt and raised in South Bend, Indiana, Walker moved to small Battle Creek, Michigan as a young musician. He was discovered by legendary singer and producer Harvey Fuqua and joined Motown with Fuqua's Harvey label in the early 60s. Backed by a tight trio of musicians known as the AllStars (Tony Washington, Willie Woods and Victor Thomas), Walker scored in 1965 with the now classic cut "Shotgun." With his always-rough vocals leading the way through a sing-songy refrain, the infectious, mostly instrumental cut shot to the top of the Soul charts and hit the Pop top five. Over the next half decade Junior Walker and the AllStars released a number of top ten Soul hits, including "I'm a Roadrunner," "How Sweet It Is," "Shake and Fingerpop," "Gotta Hold On To This Feeling" and a cover of "These Eyes." He moved to the top of the pop and Soul charts again in 1969 with the great ballad "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" (later remade by Kenny G and Lenny Williams). The hits stopped coming for him by 1973, but he continued to record sporadically over the remainder of the decade. Walker's career received an unexpected boost in 1981 when the rock group Foreigner was recording a jumpy tune called "Urgent" and wanted to have a saxophone solo in the refrain. Being Motown fans, they contacted Walker to fly to the studio to cut the piece. As he told me in a 1982 interview, he had never heard of Foreigner, but the group had promised a pretty good payday for one song, so he agreed to fly to the studio and cut the record. They played the raw track for him and asked him to improvise a solo. After a single listening, he amazed the group by cutting one of the most memorable sax solos in rock history in one take. The song went on to the top of the Pop charts and became a Walker concert staple for the next decade (he and a reconsititued AllStars recorded it on their final album, 1983's Blow Down the House). Walker continued to tour with the AllStars over the next decade. Sadly, he died of cancer at his Battle Creek home in 1995 and Willie Woods died about a year later. Original All-Stars Victor Thomas and Tony Washington teamed with new members Kenny Walker and Acklee King in the late 90s and have been playing ever since as Jr. Walker's All-Star Band. By Chris Rizik |
He starred in and sang the theme song for 'Hi-De-Hi. Who is he? | David Croft: Hi-De-Hi! 1 Jan 1980 � 30 Jan 1988 Writing Partnership Croft & Perry Synopsis Hi-de-Hi! is set in Maplins, a holiday camp owned by entrepreneur, Joe Maplin, in the fictional seaside town of Crimpton-on-Sea. The show is loosely based on Jimmy Perry�s experiences working as a Butlin�s Redcoat after the War. The show begins at the beginning of the 1959 camp season, where the camp staff return to find the entertainments manager Mr Baverstock has been sacked for stealing charity money from the camp wishing well. In his place they find Jeffrey Fairbrother a Cambridge University archaeology professor, who has tired of academia and taken on the role. The bashful, softly spoken boffin is clearly ill-suited to his new posting and immediately provokes the ire of comic Ted Bovis, an old-school chancer who had his eye on the job. In contrast, Welsh senior Yellowcoat, Gladys Pugh, is extremely taken with the new arrival. Other characters included Ted's sidekick: Spike Dixon; supercilious dance instructors Barry and Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves; alcoholic Punch and Judy man Mr Partridge, Jockey Fred Quilley, and chalet maid Peggy Ollerenshaw. Most episodes involve Ted Bovis and Spike attempting to scam the well-meaning Fairbrother, who spends most of his time trying to avoid the romantic approaches of senior Yellowcoat and sports organiser, Gladys Pugh, as he is currently divorcing his wife. Most of the characters in the show were out-of-work actors and entertainers either at the tail-end of their careers or awaiting the elusive "big break". Then there is Peggy, the over-excitable chalet maid who won viewers' hearts with her desperate attempts to become a Yellowcoat. At the start of the 6th series, Jeffrey Fairbrother has left, to be replaced by Squadron Leader Clive Dempster: the new, more rakish Camp Entertainment Manager who Gladys eventually marries. They emigrate to Australia!. Trivia Former Goon Harry Secombe was originally considered for the part of Ted Bovis. Hi-de-Hi was made into a musical, called Hi-de-Hi - The Holiday Musical, and was a sell out success in Blackpool, Bournemouth and London At the height of its popularity, the BBC had plans to make it into a feature film, but this did not come to fruition. In August 2009 Hi-de-Hi!, the stage show toured in Torquay. Holiday Rock the Hi-de-Hi! rock and roll style theme tune became a chart hit in 1981, sung by Paul Shane, and featuring several members of the cast on backing vocals. It was performed on Top of the Pops. Hi-de-Hi! was one of the first BBC shows to capitalise on the merchandise market, with products such as board games, albums, books, toys and t-shirts available to buy. The show won a BAFTA as Best Comedy Series in 1984 Simon Cadell met David�s daughter Beckie while filming Hi-de-Hi in Harwich. He married her in 1986 and they had two sons; Patrick and Alec. |
In 1984 Tina Turner had a hit with 'Private Dancer'. Who wrote it? | Tina Turner – 1984 – Private Dancer Album EP Promo – Tina Turner Online Blog We are working on the description of some of the more rare promos from Tina Turner. Here is the first one, the”Private Dancer Album EP Promo” from 1984. 1984 – Private Dancer Album EP Promo After Tina’s success in 1983 with Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together, Tina was recognised again by the record label. Tina’s manager Roger Davies was very persistent to get Tina back in the spotlight again and there was also the great help from Tina’s long time friend David Bowie. In the spring of 1984 Tina recorded the “ Private Dancer ” Album in just a week. It was the biggest comeback of all times and the record sold like hot cakes. Before the singles and albums were released, record producers and managers send the new material to disc jockeys and radio stations. These records and tapes are called promotional records. The name says it all. These records represents the new material of the particular artist. In this case it was a 4 track EP record of Tina’s “ Private Dancer ” Album. When radio stations received Tina’s new material they knew Tina’s new songs would hit big in the charts. Tina received a lot of attention and airplay for her new material. Here’s the tracklist of this particular Promo EP. Side A 1. I Might Have Been Queen (4:08) 2. Better be Good To Me (5:14) Side B 1. Steel Claw (3:48) 2. Private Dancer (7:16) Although Tina wrote the song “I Might Have Been Queen”, she never got the credits for it. Tina wrote the song about herself and her belief of being the Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut in a previous life. This Queen had a rough life before she became Queen. This song reflects the story after Tina’s struggle with the past in the life she was living now, until the moment Tina became Queen again. This time of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Tina was very emotional about this song and performed it live during her tours in 1984 and 1985 . “ Better Be Good To Me ” was a cover from the band Spider. Holly Knight wrote the song and performed it in time with the band Spider. Although it was a minor success for them, Holly became excited when Tina wanted to record the song. It became a huge hit and received a Grammy . Tina performed it many times in TV Shows and it never left the setlist in her world tours since 1984. “Steel Claw” is also a cover song and was written by Paul Brady. Tina recorded it in 1984, but performed the song live since the early 80’s. The song is an up-tempo rock socio-political song with critiques against the politicians in favour of the common people. “Private Dancer” is a song written by Mark Knopfler from the Dire Straits. The song was originally included on their “Love Over Gold” Album but when the instrumental track was recorded without the adding of vocals, Mark decided that this song was not suitable for a male voice. The track was left out of the final mix for their new album. When Roger Davies called the management of Dire Straits in 1984 for left over songs they only came up with “Steel Claw”. The management told Roger that they didn’t have any other left over songs from the Dire Straits. However Mark Knopfler was a very busy writer and remembered that they had one left over track from their new album which he thought it should be performed by a female singer. Of course the title of the song was “Private Dancer”. Mark arranged a new mixed demo for the song and sent it over to Tina. She really liked the song and decided to record it. Eventually it became the title for the album and it told the world that Tina was back. This EP Promo is really an item for us Tina Collectors. It represents the journey of The Queen’s comeback. A valuable item for your collection. It can be found on record fairs and online auction sites like Ebay. Released: 1984 |
Who played the starring role in the 1992 film 'Malcolm X'? | Malcolm X (Widescreen) DVD (1992) Starring Denzel Washington; Directed by Spike Lee; Warner Home Video | OLDIES.com "...Triumphant....Denzel Washington gives the performance of the year..." USA Today - 11/18/1992 "...Washington's great performance dominates....MALCOLM X conveys its subject's magnetism and lifelong evolution, while forever synergizing its lead performer and his role..." -- 4 out of 4 stars Entertainment Weekly - 11/20/1993 "...A triumph, an intimate and engrossing biographical saga....With MALCOLM X, Lee has created a galvanizing political tragedy..." Chicago Sun-Times - 12/27/1992 "...In a time when political currents are moving quickly, Lee is one of the few American filmmakers with the clout and the will to make a controversial film like this..." Total Film - 05/01/2000 "...It quivers with righteous rage. Washington is remarkable throughout..." Product Description: Spike Lee brings the life of African-American leader Malcolm X (an intense Denzel Washington in an Oscar-nominated performance) to the big screen in this sprawling, epic biographical drama. Born Malcolm Little, son of a Nebraska preacher, on May 19, 1925, he became one of the most militant leaders and charismatic spokesmen of the black liberation movement before his assassination at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, 1965. The film sweeps through his early life as a small-time hustler and thief with his friend Shorty (Lee), his conversion to Islam in jail, and his subsequent life as a controversial spiritual leader and husband of Betty Shabazz (Angela Bassett). Malcolm's tragic assassination is presented as a conspiracy of Nation of Islam leaders; the film shows how his philosophy has been realized in the lives of others who have been moved by his words. Filmed with great visual flair by Lee, the film is a work of entertainment as much as it is a historical artifact. Washington captures the spiritual conversion of the hero with a sincerity that is entirely as believable and ultimately moving as it was in the book that inspired the film, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X. Plot Synopsis: The controversial chronicle of the life of spiritual and political leader, Malcolm X, assassinated at age 39 by black extremists, this well-made, epic film is directed by African-American auteur Spike Lee, garnering an Academy Award nomination for Denzel Washington as the charismatic leader. Plot Keywords: Production Notes: Theatrical release: November 18, 1992. Filmed on location in New York and Fishkill, New York; New Jersey; Boston, Massachusetts; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Soweto, South Africa; and Egypt. MALCOLM X began shooting September 16, 1991, and was completed January 26, 1992. The screenplay was begun by Arnold Perl, who died in 1971, more than twenty years before Spike Lee filmed it. Many others worked on it over the years, including James Baldwin, Calder Willingham, David Mamet, David Bradley, and Charles Fuller. The film's estimated budget was $34 million. Budget battles plagued the production from the beginning. Initially, director Spike Lee had requested $33 million for the film, a reasonable sum considering the size and scope of the project but far greater than his previous budgets (the highest being $14 million for JUNGLE FEVER). Additionally, his five previous films combined grossed less than $100 million domestically. As a result of this (and the studio's reluctance to fund black-themed material), Warner Bros. only offered $20 million for a two-hour and 15-minute film, plus an additional $8 million from Largo Entertainment for the foreign rights. When the film went $5 million over budget, Lee kicked in most of his salary, but failed to keep the financiers from shutting down post-production. Lee went public with his battles and raised funds from celebrity friends, such as Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, and Bill Cosby to regain control of his embattled project. Warner eventually kicked in more funds after a positive screening of a rough cut. Norman Jewison was originally intended to direct. Lee created an uproar by insisting that o |
What is the only UK No. 1 single for Fleetwood Mac? | Fleetwood Mac · 2016 Tour Dates and Concert Tickets | Thrillcall Track Artist for New Show Alerts Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in 1967 in London. Due to numerous line-up changes, the only original member present in the band is its namesake, drummer Mick Fleetwood. Although band founder Peter Green named the group by combinin... Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in 1967 in London. Due to numerous line-up changes, the only original member present in the band is its namesake, drummer Mick Fleetwood. Although band founder Peter Green named the group by combining the surnames of two of his former bandmates (Fleetwood, McVie) from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, bassist John McVie played neither on their first single nor at their first concerts, as he initially decided to stay with Mayall. The keyboardist, Christine McVie, who joined the band in 1970 while married to John McVie, appeared on all but the debut album, either as a member or as a session musician. She also supplied the artwork for the album Kiln House. The two most successful periods for the band were during the late 1960s British blues boom, when they were led by guitarist Peter Green and achieved a UK number one with "Albatross"; and from 1975 to 1987, as a more pop oriented act, featuring Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Fleetwood Mac's second album after the incorporation of Buckingham and Nicks, 1977's Rumours, produced four U.S. Top 10 singles (including Nicks' song "Dreams"), and remained at No.1 on the American albums chart for 31 weeks, as well as reaching the top spot in various countries around the world. To date the album has sold over 45 million copies worldwide, making it the fourth-highest-selling album of all time. The band achieved more modest success in the intervening period between 1971 and 1974, with the line-up including Bob Welch, during the 1990s in between the departure and return of Nicks and Buckingham, and also during the 2000s in between the departure and return of Christine McVie. In 1998, selected members of Fleetwood Mac were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. The band has sold 100 million albums worldwide. In 2014, Christine McVie rejoined the band. Formation and early years (1967–1970) Fleetwood Mac was formed in 1967 in London when Peter Green left the British blues band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Green had replaced guitarist Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers, and received critical acclaim for his work on their album A Hard Road. After he had been in the Bluesbreakers for some time, Green asked if drummer Mick Fleetwood could replace Aynsley Dunbar. Green had been in two bands with Fleetwood—Peter B's Looners and the subsequent Shotgun Express (which featured a young Rod Stewart as vocalist). John Mayall agreed and Fleetwood became a member of the band. The Bluesbreakers now consisted of Green, Fleetwood, John McVie and Mayall. Mayall gave Green free recording time as a gift, in which Fleetwood, McVie and Green recorded five songs. The fifth song was an instrumental which Green named after the rhythm section, "Fleetwood Mac". Soon after, Green contacted Fleetwood to form a new band. The pair wanted McVie on bass guitar and even named the band 'Fleetwood Mac' as a way to entice him. However, McVie opted to keep his steady income with Mayall rather than take a risk with a new band. In the meantime Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood teamed up with slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer and bassist Bob Brunning, who was in the band on the understanding that he would leave if McVie agreed to join. The Green, Fleetwood, Spencer, Brunning version of the band made its debut on 13 August 1967 at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival. Within weeks of this show, John McVie agreed to join the band as permanent bassist. Fleetwood Mac's first album, Fleetwood Mac, was a no-frills blues album and was released on the Blue Horizon label in February 1968. In fact there were no other players on the album (except for th |
Which animal can sleep 3 years but only mates once - 12 hours? | Alpine Marmots (Marmota marmota) Alpine marmot Marmots hibernate for up to eight months! They spend the four months they are awake having babies and preparing for the next hibernation. During hibernation they take only 2-3 breaths a minute and their heartbeat slows down from their normal 120 beats to 3-4 beats a minute! Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) Common Poorwill. Photo credit ken-ichi It isn’t often that you hear about a bird that sleeps the bad weather away, that’s because the Common Poorwill is the only known bird species to hibernate. It picks a spot under shallow rocks or rotten logs and stays there for up to five months. Its daily energy needs drop by 93% and it can stay asleep for 100 days! Once hibernation is over, it needs seven hours to get back to its normal temperature. Bears Black Bear Only four species of bear are hibernators: American Black Bear, Asiatic Black bear, Brown bear and Polar bear . These furry mammals don’t hibernate in the true sense because their body temperature only drops a little bit and they can wakeup at any moment. In fact, a pregnant mama bear will have her cubs during the hibernation period . Like true hibernators, the bear’s heartbeat will slow down and they can go for a long time without having any food. During hibernation a Black bear’s heart can drop from 40-50 to 8 beats per minute and they can last as long as 100 days without eating or drinking! Bats Bat When bats are left alone, they can be some of the longest hibernators. In the wild, big brown bats have spent 64-66 days in hibernation while in captivity one lasted an incredible 344 days! These little guys don’t have to eat but they do wake up to drink. Their heart rate drops from 1000 beats per minute to only 25 and some bats only take a breath every 2 hours. Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemurs (Cheirogaleus medius) fat-tailed dwarf lemur. Photo credit: Frank Vassen Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemurs live in Madagascar where temperatures in June and July usually stay about 30 degrees C. Now that might seem pretty warm to you, but this is actually the coldest time of the year for these lemurs. During this cold spell Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemurs pick a tree and settle there for about seven months until the rains return in November and food is available again. During their hibernation, they live off the fat in their tail (hence fat-tailed) losing close to 50% of their body weight! Common Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) Box turtle Hibernating box turtles are found in well hidden spots around Southern North America (USA and Mexico). The length of their winter sleep depends on the location and turtle subspecies: some can last as short as 77 days or as long as 154 days. Their heart beat drops to just one every 5-10 minutes and they don’t have to breathe in air at all (although they do take in oxygen through their skin). They are still very sensitive to the changing environment around them, if they wake up too early they will likely not survive. Bumblebees Bumblebee When the temperature drops, males and worker bees die off but the queen survives by hibernating. She hibernates in a hole in the soil, in rotten tree stumps or under leaf litter. She will emerge 6-8 months later, warm-up and then find a nice spot to build a nest and create a whole new team of bees . Garter snake group garter snake Unlike the bumblebee queen, who hibernates alone, garter snakes hibernate in groups. In Canada, where winters are exceptionally cold, there can be hundreds and sometime thousands of snakes grouped together for warmth. Once spring arrives and the snow melts, they head out of their winter homes to bask in the sun. It’s quite a sight to see! Hedgehog Hedgehog Hedgehogs are some of the deepest hibernators around. Some can sleep through the whole winter! Their body temperature drops and they breathe so little that it can hardly be seen. They have special cells that release heat 20 times faster than white cells. If temperatures drop too low, their heart beat picks up to produce more heat, which wakes them up briefly before they fall asleep again. Snail Snail Snail |
Louis the XVI France only two what were recorded in his lifetime? | History of Circumcision History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece Key-Words: delayed sexuality, difficult fertility, phimosis, anorgasmia. Progres en Urologie, Vol. 12, 2002, pp. 132-137 Translated from the French by Dennis Harrison SYNOPSIS Historians agree that the marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette was only consummated seven years after the official ceremony. The delay could have been due to a genital abnormality (phimosis), a strict religious upbringing, a difficult childhood and the immaturity of the spouses, factors that may have inhibited sexuality. In this paper we try to determine whether Louis XVI overcame his sexual problems following an operation (circumcision) or as a result of a spontaneous cure. * * * * * * Louis Auguste, Dauphin of France, and Marie Antoinette, an Austrian archduchess, were married on 16 May 1770: two adolescents of about the same age [15-16 years]. Louis, easily overcome by depression, had some bad luck: he couldn�t consummate his marriage. It wasn�t until 19 December 1778, when the queen gave birth to a daughter, that the nasty rumours were put to rest and the royal couple�s fertility was confirmed. What happened -- or rather, what did not happen -- during the eight years of unfruitful marriage? CHRONICLE of the ROYAL MARRIAGE During the wedding festivities the dauphin stuffed himself to the gills. �Don�t overburden your stomach tonight,� warned Louis XV. The dauphin replied: �Why not? I always sleep better after a good supper.� A curious response for a young husband! After the meal, the couple, in the presence of the princes, was led to the wedding chamber. Louis XV whispered a few dirty jokes in his grandson�s ear. With the audience gone and the door closed, the young couple spent the night in the same bed. But nothing came of it: Louis� wedding night was a sleepless one, or so it was presumed by the Duchess of Northumberland, who observed that on the following day �the dauphin yawned very frequently, even though everyone said he had slept very well.� Louis XV learned that his grandson had left the conjugal bed very early the next morning to go hunting. The latter made the following entry for his wedding night in his journal: �Nothing.� From the next evening onwards, Louis slept in his own apartment. [8] From time to time he went to Marie Antoinette�s chambers and tried ineptly to have sexual relations with her -- an exhausting enterprise which ended in pitiable failure. Did the inhibited Louis ply his wife with clumsy caresses that halted in midstream for lack of encouragement from his partner? For her part, Marie Antoinette, little more than a child, scarcely possessed the feminine charms needed to thaw a frigid husband. Her aunts advised her to respond to the provocative gestures of her husband and even initiate them herself. But Marie Antoinette was treated very coldly by her husband even a month and a half after her arrival at Versailles. The Spanish ambassador, Count Fuentes, wrote that he had been assured by both the Austrian ambassador, Count Mercy-Argenteau, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Duke of Choiseul, that the royal marriage had not been consummated and that this was due not to some physical obstacle but to a kind of moral frigidity which the dauphin�s private tutor was trying to mitigate; of this they were certain. [3] On 8 August Marie Antoinette urged her husband to confide in her. Louis assured her that he knew what was involved in marriage, but that he had imposed upon himself a temporary code of conduct, the term of which had expired, and that at Compi�gne he would live with her in the greatest intimacy. But at Compi�gne nothing changed. The dauphin continued �pausing for reflection� and the weeks passed in the same fashion. The king resigned himself to having to intervene, but the dauphin requested still more time to �overcome his fear.� Alarmed, Maria Theresa consulted VAN SWIETEN, chief physician to the Viennese court, asking him if some drug might not prove ef |
How many people were reported to have died in the Great Fire of London in 1666? | Officially, More People Died Falling Off the Great Fire of London Monument Than in the Fire—But Only Officially | Smart News | Smithsonian Officially, More People Died Falling Off the Great Fire of London Monument Than in the Fire—But Only Officially Which makes more sense, considering the fire destroyed nearly 90 percent of the homes in the city smithsonian.com March 4, 2014 On Sunday, September 2, 1666, London caught on fire. The city burned through Wednesday, and the fire—now known as The Great Fire of London—destroyed the homes of 70,000 out of the 80,000 inhabitants of the city. But for all that fire, the traditional death toll reported is extraordinarily low: just six verified deaths. To remember the fire, the city of London erected a monument. Six people have committed suicide by jumping off of it , and two have fallen accidentally to their deaths. You might hear this fun fact repeated on tours or forums: more people have died from falling off the monument than died in the fire. It’s probably not actually true. Fire has a tendency to destroy things, including bodies, and many, many people have pointed out that the deaths of the poor and middle-class people living in the city were probably never recorded. Officials didn't sort through bones and fragments of charred bodies of the middle and lower class—forensic technology wasn’t exactly advanced in 1666. In his book The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666 , author Neil Hanson writes that “several hundred and quite possibly several thousand” people likely died in the fire. Which makes more sense, considering the fire destroyed nearly 90 percent of the homes in the city. So while this particular fun fact is fun, it’s probably not true. Like this article? |
What country do Great Danes come from? | Great Dane History & Breed Development Great Dane History & Breed Development "A courageous powerful hunter, capable of great speed and swift attack!" As portrayed by Great Dane history, the Dane of old is certainly not the affectionate companion of today, yet it still maintains some physical traits and instincts of its ancestors. Great Dane history from the 14th century forward reveals that the early Dane was a courageous powerful hunter, capable of great speeds and swift attack. This muscular dog was developed primarily in England and Germany by combining speed of the Greyhound, with the muscle and strength of the English Mastiff. Many canine historians further link the Irish Wolfhound to early breed lineage as depicted by ancient Great Dane history. See related articles at our "Great Dane Breed Introduction" main page for additional info on ancient Great Dane history. Europe's Wild Boar were the most powerful, savage, and well-armed of the Continent's big game. To tackle this animal, the Germans needed a dog that was fast, agile, strong, and super tough. That is exactly what they created with the early Dane, a super Boar Hound. Ear cropping soon followed as many dogs would suffer shredded ears from the razor sharp tusks of the wild Boar. Cropped ears were originally cut short and pointy, unlike the long show cut often seen today. These days ear cropping has become a very controversial subject and ironically, it is now illegal in Europe. Boar hounds of the past were physically different in size and structure than today's Great Dane. As detailed by Great Dane history, the early Dane dog was shorter, heavier, stocky and more muscular, resembling a Mastiff rather than a Great Dane as we know them. About the mid 1600's, these super Hounds were being bred in great numbers. Many German noblemen would take the biggest, most intimidating dogs and keep them at their estates. These select dogs would enjoy the spoils of noble life and were referred to as Kammerhunde, or Chamber Dogs. Wearing collars lined with velvet, this era of Great Dane history began the metamorphosis of the breed from mighty hunter, to companion and protector. In 1880, a meeting was held in Berlin where judges and breeders agreed that the German breed was now distinctly different, taller, leaner, and more chiselled than the imported English Mastiffs. Over time, importing Mastiffs ceased and the Germans now concentrated on there own newly recognized breed. More similar in appearance to the Great Dane of today, this breed was named "Deutsche Dogge", or "German Dog". The Deutsche Doggen Club of Germany was founded, and the new breed name spread across Europe. Germany was proud of its Great Dane history, in 1876, the Deutsche Dogge was elected the Country's National dog. Interestingly, the name "Grand Danois" was given by French naturalist Comte de Buffon during his travels in Denmark. French were also calling it Dogue Allemand, or "German Mastiff." Although the Danish made no contribution to the breeds development, for some reason the name stuck. Today's Great Dane Over time and through selective breeding, Great Danes have been transformed from the fierce hunting dogs depicted by Great Dane history, into the regal, chiselled, well-mannered Giants we know and love today. Some dogs can still be found in Germany pacing the grounds of estates and mansions. Germans take great pride in their Danes which are locally referred to as "German Mastiff", or "Deutsche Dogge". Although classified by the American Kennel Club (AKC) as a working breed dog, today's Great Dane is primarily a companion animal. "With great confidence a Great Dane remains calm and respectful, even in a classroom full of admiring fou |
"Who said - ""One more drink and Ill be under the host""?" | The Big Apple: “One more drink and I’d have been under the host!” Entry from February 03, 2011 “One more drink and I’d have been under the host!” Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was known for her wit and often lunched at the Algonquin Hotel (59 West 44th Street in Manhattan), forming a “Round Table” of gossip and ideas with other writers from 1919 until the 1930s. She was cited by 1944 as having said, “One more drink and I’d have been under the host!” This fuller expression has been cited since at least 1965 (Parker’s authorship is not certain, although it’s been printed on Algonquin cocktail napkins): “I can take one martini, Two at the very most. Three put me under the table, And four put me under the host.” Wikipedia: Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles. From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed as her involvement in left-wing politics led to a place on the infamous Hollywood blacklist. Parker went through three marriages (two to the same man) and survived several suicide attempts, but grew increasingly dependent on alcohol. Dismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a “wisecracker”. Nevertheless, her literary output and reputation for her sharp wit have endured. (...) Algonquin Round Table years In 1921, her career took off while she was writing theatre criticism for Vanity Fair, which she began to do in 1918 as a stand-in for the vacationing P. G. Wodehouse. At the magazine she met Robert Benchley, who became a close friend, and Robert E. Sherwood. The trio began lunching at the Algonquin Hotel on a near-daily basis and became founding members of the Algonquin Round Table. The Round Table numbered among its members the newspaper columnists Franklin Pierce Adams and Alexander Woollcott. Through their re-printing of her lunchtime remarks and short verses, particularly in Adams’ column “The Conning Tower,” Dorothy began developing a national reputation as a wit. 1975, ©1974. Pg. 70: I remember a very famous female star in Hollywood who, when I asked her at a party if I could get her another martini, said, “I only have one. If I have two, I’m under the table. And if I have three, I’m under the host.” 23 December 1988, New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune, “Here’s to those who sent toasts” by Angus Lind, pg. E3, col. 1: To a dry martini Angie, as well as Harry Gamble of New Orleans and Peter Low of Metairie, also sent in nearly-similar versions of this one, to be offered by a woman: “Here’s to the dry martini; Always a perfect toast; Three, I’m under the table, Four, I’m under the host.” A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York By Kevin C. Fitzpatrick Berkeley, CA: Roaring Forties Press 2005 |
The average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what? | The average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what - MBA - 217 View Full Document The average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what Carrots 14 What animal provide 50% of all the protein eaten in Peru Guinea Pigs 15 Jimmy Carter was the first US president to have done what Born in a Hospital 16 Who won an Oscar posthumously Peter Finch – for Network 17 Which actor has been portrayed most on screen by other actors Charlie Chaplain 18 Sergai Kalenikov holds the world record in what Pig Kissing 19 In California you can't legally buy a mousetrap without what Hunting Licence 20 Who won the best actress Oscar 1959 Room at the Top Simone Signoret 21 What did ancient Egyptians rub on their dicks to enlarge them Crocodile shit 22 Which animal has legs but cant walk Hummingbird 23 A Paris grocer was jailed for two years in 1978 stabbing wife what A wedge of hard cheese 24 Howard Hughs used to store what in large metal containers His Urine 25 Which classical poet said Amor vincet omnia Love Conquers all Virgil 26 If you were eating fragrant meat in Hong Kong what is it Dog 27 What country invented Phonecards Italy 28 What was invented in Rome 63 bc by Marcus Tiro sign 29 What is the literal Greek translation of Sarcophagus Flesh Eater 30 French artist Aquabouse paints cows in what material Cow shit 31 An Arab/Israeli band Abu Hafla - record called Humping meaning Enjoyable Gathering 32 First ad on Radio Luxemburg 1930s for Bible Beans - which are? Laxatives 33 74 year old Margaret Weldon FL 2 hole in one 2 days - unusual This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 20 Ans 10000_questions 40 |
What animal provides 50% of all the protein eaten in Peru? | Food in Peru - Peruvian Food, Peruvian Cuisine - traditional, popular, dishes, diet, history, common, meals, rice, main Food in Peru - Peruvian Food, Peruvian Cuisine Peru Recipes 1 GEOGRAPHIC SETTING AND ENVIRONMENT Peru is South America's third-largest country, with an area of 496,226 square miles (1,285,220 square kilometers), slightly smaller than the state of Alaska. Peru is divided into three contrasting topographical regions: the coast, the Andean highlands, and the Amazon rainforest to the east, with 18 rivers and 200 tributaries. The Peruvian Andes are divided into three chains. The western mountain chain runs parallel to the coast and forms the Peruvian continental divide. Less regular are the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental. Lake Titicaca (Lago Titicaca), the highest navigable lake in the world (about 12,500 feet/3,800 meters high), lies partly in Peru and partly in Bolivia. 2 HISTORY AND FOOD The first inhabitants of Peru are believed to have migrated from Asia around 6000 B.C. These early nomadic (roaming) tribesmen relied on the hunting of animals and the gathering of fruits and plants to survive. By 5000 B.C. , small communities were established and the early cultivation of cotton, chili peppers, beans, squash, and maize (similar to corn) began. Most of the early settlers lived near the coast, where the wet climate allowed for planted seeds to grow. One of the world's most popular vegetables, papas (potatoes), were first grown in Peru. The earliest remains of potatoes have been discovered at archeological sites in southern and eastern Peru, dating as far back as 400 B.C. However, it was not until the 1400s that Europeans first came in contact with the potato. They took the vegetable back to Europe, where it was slow to gain acceptance. Europe now cultivates the largest number of potatoes, but Peru continues to produce the largest potato varieties and has been referred to as the "Potato Capital of the World." Potatoes were not the only vegetable in ancient Peru, however. Avocado pits have been discovered buried with mummies dating as far back as 750 B.C. The Incas came to power in the 1400s. They survived mostly on maize and potatoes that they planted on terraces that they carved out of steep hillsides (which can still be seen today). Their empire was short-lived, however. In 1528, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro discovered Peru and was intrigued by the riches of the Inca Empire. The Spanish helped to introduce chicken, pork, and lamb to the Incas. In return, the Incas introduced the Spanish to a wide variety of potatoes and aji (chili peppers). As the Spanish gained control, they demanded that the natives grow such European crops as wheat, barley, beans, and carrots. As European disease struck the Incas and a shortage of labor arose, slaves from Africa were brought over to work on the new plantations. Africans contributed such foods as picarones (anise-sweetened, deep-fried pastries made from a pumpkin dough), to the Peruvian cuisine, as did Polynesians from the Pacific Islands, the Chinese, and the Japanese. Baked Papas (Potato) Skins In a large bowl, sprinkle the yeast over the lukewarm water and stir to dissolve. Add the sugar, egg, pumpkin, and salt; combine thoroughly. Add the flour, ½ cup at a time, until the dough becomes too stiff to beat with a wooden spoon. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead in enough of the remaining flour to prevent the dough from sticking to your fingers. Continue kneading until the dough is smooth and elastic (about 8 minutes). Shape it into a ball and place in a greased bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in size. Punch down the dough and tear off pieces, shaping into doughnut-like rings, about 3 inches in diameter. Heat about 1-inch of oil in a deep skill |
Who was the first US president to have been born in a Hospital? | First President Born in a Hospital Who was the first U.S. president to be born in a hospital? The Answer: James Earl "Jimmy" Carter , our 39th president, was born at the Wise Clinic in Plains, Ga. on October 1, 1924, making him the first U.S. president to be born in a hospital. —The Editors |
Who won an Oscar posthumously, for Best Actor in the American film 'Network'? | Oscars Awarded Posthumously Who was the first actor to receive an Oscar posthumously? The Answer: The only actor to win an Oscar posthumously was Peter Finch , who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for his role in the movie Network The British-Australian actor, who was also nominated for his role in Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), died of a heart-attack on Jan. 14, 1977, in Beverly Hills, while promoting the movie. His widow, Aletha Finch, accepted the award at the 49th annual Academy Awards . An Oscar has been awarded posthumously to several non-actors, the first being Sidney Howard , screenwriter of Gone With the Wind in 1939. Others include Edward G. Robinson , who was given a special honorary award by the Academy in 1973. And in 1993, "Hollywood 10" member Dalton Trumbo received a belated, posthumous award for writing the screenplay to 1953's Roman Holiday . The film had won an award for his "front" Ian McLellan Hunter. —The Editors |
Sergai Kalenikov holds the world record in what? | The average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what - MBA - 217 View Full Document The average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what Carrots 14 What animal provide 50% of all the protein eaten in Peru Guinea Pigs 15 Jimmy Carter was the first US president to have done what Born in a Hospital 16 Who won an Oscar posthumously Peter Finch – for Network 17 Which actor has been portrayed most on screen by other actors Charlie Chaplain 18 Sergai Kalenikov holds the world record in what Pig Kissing 19 In California you can't legally buy a mousetrap without what Hunting Licence 20 Who won the best actress Oscar 1959 Room at the Top Simone Signoret 21 What did ancient Egyptians rub on their dicks to enlarge them Crocodile shit 22 Which animal has legs but cant walk Hummingbird 23 A Paris grocer was jailed for two years in 1978 stabbing wife what A wedge of hard cheese 24 Howard Hughs used to store what in large metal containers His Urine 25 Which classical poet said Amor vincet omnia Love Conquers all Virgil 26 If you were eating fragrant meat in Hong Kong what is it Dog 27 What country invented Phonecards Italy 28 What was invented in Rome 63 bc by Marcus Tiro sign 29 What is the literal Greek translation of Sarcophagus Flesh Eater 30 French artist Aquabouse paints cows in what material Cow shit 31 An Arab/Israeli band Abu Hafla - record called Humping meaning Enjoyable Gathering 32 First ad on Radio Luxemburg 1930s for Bible Beans - which are? Laxatives 33 74 year old Margaret Weldon FL 2 hole in one 2 days - unusual This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 20 Ans 10000_questions 40 |
Who won the best actress Oscar for the 1959 film Room at the Top? | 1959 Academy Awards® Winners and History Room at the Top (1959, UK) Actor: CHARLTON HESTON in "Ben-Hur" , Laurence Harvey in "Room at the Top", Jack Lemmon in "Some Like It Hot" , Paul Muni in "The Last Angry Man", James Stewart in "Anatomy of a Murder" Actress: SIMONE SIGNORET in "Room at the Top", Doris Day in "Pillow Talk", Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story", Katharine Hepburn in "Suddenly, Last Summer" , Elizabeth Taylor in "Suddenly, Last Summer" Supporting Actor: HUGH GRIFFITH in "Ben-Hur" , Arthur O'Connell in "Anatomy of a Murder", George C. Scott in "Anatomy of a Murder", Robert Vaughn in "The Young Philadelphians", Ed Wynn in "The Diary of Anne Frank" Supporting Actress: SHELLEY WINTERS in "The Diary of Anne Frank", Hermione Baddeley in "Room at the Top", Susan Kohner in "Imitation of Life", Juanita Moore in "Imitation of Life", Thelma Ritter in "Pillow Talk" Director: WILLIAM WYLER for "Ben-Hur" , Jack Clayton for "Room at the Top", George Stevens for "The Diary of Anne Frank", Billy Wilder for "Some Like It Hot" , Fred Zinnemann for "The Nun's Story" MGM's (producer Sam Zimbalist) and director William Wyler's three and a half-hour long epic drama Ben-Hur (with a spectacular sea battle and eleven minute chariot race choreographed by Yakima Canutt) broke the previous year's all-time record of Gigi (1958). It was the most-honored motion picture in Academy Awards history up to that time and for many years - until 1997, with its record-breaking eleven Oscars from twelve nominations. And it was the most expensive film of its time, budgeted at $15 million. Ben-Hur was a re-make of MGM's own 1926 silent film of the same name, and the first and only re-make to have won the Best Picture award. Both films were based on or inspired by General Lew Wallace's novel (first published in 1880) about the rise of Christianity. Ironically, the famed director Cecil B. DeMille, who had made 'Ben-Hur-like' films throughout his lifetime - without the same awards success as the 1959 winner, died the same year (on January 21, 1959). The awards for the Best Picture film covered the following categories: Best Picture, Best Actor (Charlton Heston), Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith), Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound, Best Musical Score, Best Film Editing, Best Special Effects, and Best Costume Design. It lost out on only a single nomination, for Best Screenplay credited to Karl Tunberg (although other writers included Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Christopher Frye, and Gore Vidal). [The Best Screenplay Oscar was won by Neil Paterson for his intelligent script for Room at the Top.] The Best Picture's competition came from less sweeping dramas: director Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder (with seven nominations and no wins), a sensational small-town trial and courtroom drama regarding the suspected rape of an Army lieutenant's wife director George Stevens' The Diary of Anne Frank (with eight nominations and three wins - Best Supporting Actress, Best B/W Cinematography, and Best B/W Art Direction/Set Decoration), the overproduced story of the hiding of the Frank family in cramped conditions during the Nazi occup |
What did ancient Egyptians rub on their penis to enlarge them? | New Page 5 MAGIC AND RELIGION Religion acknowledges the superiority of the divine. A deity is deserving of worship, but may be asked to intervene to help the worshipper. Magic, on the other hand, claims control over the supernatural. A magician does not ask for, but rather demands a favorable result. A well known example would be the rabbit that pops out of a hat when the magician says the magic phrase. The Ancient Egyptians knew that physical trauma could cause injury, and they knew that snake and scorpion bites could cause serious illness. Although they had no idea how it happened, they also realized that some diseases could spread from one person to another, but they knew nothing about bacteria and viruses and tended to assume that any medical problem they did not fully understand must, at least in part, be caused by malignant demons. If the supernatural causes illness, it is reasonable to use magic to try to get rid of it. A sympathetic god or goddess might be invited to save the patient. A magic spell might be spoken to drive the demon away. While some medicines did or were thought to have curative powers, others were deliberately repulsive in the hope the demons causing the illness would be driven away. Religious treatments usually involved an incantation creating an association between the patient and a deity. A disease causing demon could be expected to run away if it thought it was toying with a major god or goddess. The following incantations are quoted from John F. Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine (2003) The British Museum Press: Flow out, poison. Come forth. Go forth on to the ground. Horus will exorcise you. He will punish you. He will spit you out. Repelled is the enemy that is in the wound. Cast out is the evil that is in the blood....I am under the protection of Isis; my rescue is the son of Osiris. I am Horus, the young child with his finger to his mouth; the sandal of Horus is what tramples the nekhi snake. We do not know anything about medical training in Ancient Egypt. Presumably, physicians learned their skill the same way everyone else did: by watching their father. We do know that some Egyptians were called swnw, and this word is translated as physician. Other people who offered help to the sick were called magicians. Occasionally we see reference to individuals who carried both titles. Some priests were also available to provide help to the sick by calling on the gods to intervene on behalf of the patient. The importance of religion and magic in effecting a cure ought not to be minimized. The so-called placebo effect is well known to drug researchers of the modern world. Many people get just as well by taking fake medicine as the people taking the real medicine. Believing you are going to get well is often all that is necessary. We should not be surprised, then, to find the Ancient Egyptians placing reliance on cures that our modern skepticism would argue ought not to work. Egyptian physicians were trained to begin by questioning and examining the patient. They then announced a diagnosis and made one of three pronouncements: 1. I can treat this condition 2 I can contend with this condition 3. I can do nothing for this condition Medications were typically mixed with one or more of six vehicles: water (sometimes called dew), honey, milk, oil, wine or beer. The vehicle of choice depended on the kind of solvent the active ingredients need to be dissolved and on the method of application. Some botanicals will dissolve only in alcohol, others only in water, etc. Honey or oil were useful if you needed something that would stick to skin. There were five ways to give |
Which bird has legs but cant walk? | Birds' legs and feet: Different shapes Southern Cassowary Black-winged Stilt Others frequent the same type of habitat, but with vegetation, involving the need of long legs, in order to walk and run through bushes and scrubs. The birds of the wet areas also need long legs to forage in shallow or deeper waters. Some large terrestrial birds such as ostrich and other similar species, have didactylous feet, with only two strong toe forwards. Ostrich On the other hand, the aerial birds often perch on branches in trees, and need flexible toes with claws, able to grasp strongly the branch when they rest or sleep. They have the most common anisodactylous feet, with three toes forwards and one toe backwards. The creepers which are arboreal species have zygodactylous toes (two forwards and two backwards) allowing them to climb along the tree trunks. We find this type of feet in Psittaciformes , but also in Picidae and Sittidae families. Eurasian Treecreeper Little Woodpecker In addition, the Sittidae, and mainly the nuthatches, are able to forage upside down, and to move over the tree trunk upwards and downwards. But we can find several very different shapes, such as webbed feet in aquatic birds ( Anseriformes , Laridae and numerous shorebirds), lobed feet in coots or grebes, very long thin toes in jacanas, and semi-palmated feet in several shorebirds’ species. Eurasian Coot Least Grebe African Jacana Some aquatic birds such as gannets, cormorants and pelicans, have anisodactylous feet, with the four toes joined by the same membrane. Great Cormorant Juvenile The Apodiformes have short legs with pamprodactylous feet, with four toes forwards, allowing them to grasp the rim of the nest. These birds belong to the Apodidae Family and are almost exclusively aerial, landing only for nesting. Common Swift The short legs are well adapted to the behaviour of Trochilidae when they feed on nectar inside the flowers. Costa's Hummingbird And some species found in the Galliforme Order, show a spur on the rear legs, just above the other toes. Ring-necked Pheasant Legs and feet tell us how and where the bird is living, what is its foraging behaviour, if it moves by running, walking or swimming. As the bill, legs and feet are very important tools allowing each species to feed, to catch preys, to kill them. In fact, they are for the bird that are for us forks, knifes or shoes! We will learn more about each group in detail though the following pages. |
If you were eating fragrant meat in Hong Kong what is it? | The average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what - MBA - 217 View Full Document The average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what Carrots 14 What animal provide 50% of all the protein eaten in Peru Guinea Pigs 15 Jimmy Carter was the first US president to have done what Born in a Hospital 16 Who won an Oscar posthumously Peter Finch – for Network 17 Which actor has been portrayed most on screen by other actors Charlie Chaplain 18 Sergai Kalenikov holds the world record in what Pig Kissing 19 In California you can't legally buy a mousetrap without what Hunting Licence 20 Who won the best actress Oscar 1959 Room at the Top Simone Signoret 21 What did ancient Egyptians rub on their dicks to enlarge them Crocodile shit 22 Which animal has legs but cant walk Hummingbird 23 A Paris grocer was jailed for two years in 1978 stabbing wife what A wedge of hard cheese 24 Howard Hughs used to store what in large metal containers His Urine 25 Which classical poet said Amor vincet omnia Love Conquers all Virgil 26 If you were eating fragrant meat in Hong Kong what is it Dog 27 What country invented Phonecards Italy 28 What was invented in Rome 63 bc by Marcus Tiro sign 29 What is the literal Greek translation of Sarcophagus Flesh Eater 30 French artist Aquabouse paints cows in what material Cow shit 31 An Arab/Israeli band Abu Hafla - record called Humping meaning Enjoyable Gathering 32 First ad on Radio Luxemburg 1930s for Bible Beans - which are? Laxatives 33 74 year old Margaret Weldon FL 2 hole in one 2 days - unusual This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 20 Ans 10000_questions 40 |
What country invented Phone cards? | The History of Prepaid Phone Cards, telecom articles The History of Prepaid Phone Cards In 1975 the idea of a prepaid phone card was first brainstormed by SIDA; a vending machine manufacturer and distributor located in Italy. In the fall of 1975 SIDA sought alternative means to using coins to operate pay phones. At the time there was a shortage of medal coins in Italy and pay phone vandalism was becoming overbearing. Phones were often being destroyed, or stolen. Just a few months later, in early 1976 came the release of the first phone card. Cards were printed on thin cardboard with a magnetic strip as result of dealing with the coin shortage. Pay phone users would insert the card into the pay phone and it would start deducting minutes from your card. Like many new products, problems arose from the first batch of phone cards. They were to thin and consistently jammed the pay phone. Just one year after the introduction of phone cards, their novelties had spread across the continent. By 1977 Austria, France, Sweden and The United Kingdom were among the first in Europe to adapt to the new phone card system. About five years later in 1982, prepaid phone cards were introduced in Japan. Similar to Europe, Japan was also having a coin shortage problem. Therefore, using a calling card was an easy solution to their problems. Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, a prominent telecommunications company in Japan, was the first company to release phone cards. They were sold throughout the subway in Tokyo and Osaka. Since the invention of phone cards, companies throughout Europe and Japan continuously worked to improved the quality. In 1984 the first chip-based "smart cards" were introduced in France. Almost ten years after, the eastern world had been successfully using phone cards they were introduced to the United States in 1987 by World Telecom Group. Siemens and General Electric were responsible for the distribution of the cards. Using their own technology they created a magstripe, which was an upgrade from the European version of smart cards. The magstripe is commonly seen today on the backside of credit cards, the magnetic strip. The magstripe contains a variety of information, including your name, card number, address and more. The development and practicality of calling cards continued to grow. In 1988 Dr. Steve Hiscocks assembled the first calling card catalog. It was distributed in England to prepaid phone card collectors. The following year, major United States telecom provider AT&T joined the prepaid calling card world. They began to mass product phone cards. Just two years after calling cards have become prominent (1989) in the contiguous United States they were released in Hawaii. In 1990 New York's Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC) created the first non-magstripe phone card. These newly invented phone cards work similar to phone cards today. They require dialing a toll free access number and using a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to place charges on your account. The new system provides more versatility with phone cards. Allowing use any phone nationwide. For the next few years phone cards continue to prosper. By 1992 most major telecommunication companies had released their own brand of phone cards. Cards were no longer using the magstripe and had completely switched over to an access number and PIN. Like the dot com boom, the phone card market exploded. Industry-wide revenues reached 12 million dollars. While sales for future years were expected to double. Just one year later in 1993 calling card sales reached an unpredicted high of 25 million dollars. Sales continued to grow through the mid 90s reaching 650 million dollars by 1995. Between 1996 and 2000 sales continued to rise exponentially soaring over 3 billion dollars. With a diverse marketing and unlimited client potential the calling card industry continued to skyrocket. By 2000 even smaller based telecommunication companies had released their own calling cards. They could be found on the Internet or in the post office, super market, convenience store and |
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First ad on Radio Luxemburg 1930s for Bile Beans - which are what? | The Bizarre World (but eye-catching advertising art) of British “Bile Beans” | downthetubes.net Home / downthetubes News / Other Worlds / Art and Illustration / The Bizarre World (but eye-catching advertising art) of British “Bile Beans” The Bizarre World (but eye-catching advertising art) of British “Bile Beans” Posted by: John Freeman August 6, 2016 in Art and Illustration , Features Comments Off on The Bizarre World (but eye-catching advertising art) of British “Bile Beans” 1940s Bile Beans poster, presumed the work of ad agency S.H. Benson Bile Beans? Really? Who on earth would buy such a product? Well, as it turns out, quite a lot of people, swayed it seems by canny advertising, despite the dubious and much challenged health claims… And you can still buy a tribute t-shirt thanks to Snow-Home, a shop in York. Bile Beans, Wikipedia relates , was a “patent medicine” – a laxative and tonic that was sold as glossy black pills, first marketed in the 1890s in the UK. The product supposedly contained substances extracted from a hitherto unknown vegetable source from Australia, but its alleged inventor, by a chemist called Charles Forde, was a fiction. An original Bile Bean tin. In their early years Bile Beans were marketed as “Charles Forde’s Bile Beans for Biliousness”, and sales relied heavily on newspaper advertisements. Among other cure-all claims, Bile Beans promised to “disperse unwanted fat” and “purify and enrich the blood”. The company was exposed for making fraudulent claims in 1905 when it tried to shut down a rival , but that didn’t stop them making the product. By the early 1930s, advertising for Bile Beans had become increasingly targeted at women, promising them health, bright eyes and a slim figure if taken regularly. When Radio Luxembourg started longwave commercial radio broadcasts in English in 1933, its first advertisers were Fulford’s Bile Beans and Zam-Buk. This Bile Beans Women’s Auxiliary Air Force Postcard “For Radiant Health And A Lovely Figure” is available as a modern postcard During the 1940s newspaper advertising was supplemented by a poster campaign. Aimed at maintaining high levels of purchasing by women, the posters featured young ladies dressed to participate in various activities, including horse riding, swimming and hiking; the designs were the work of S. H. Benson , a London advertising agency that was absorbed into Ogilvy, Benson, and Mather in 1971, whose clients also included Bovril and Guinness. Despite their perhaps dubious claims, Bile beans continued to be made until the 1980s. The business was so successful that its final owner Frank Fulford was able to purchase Headingley Castle in Leeds in 1909, and to donate artworks to the museum at Temple Newsam , now run by Leeds City Council. Ghost signage for Bile Beans in York. Image: ilovetigerplanes A 1940s ‘ghost sign’ advertising Bile Beans, painted on the wall of the delightful-looking Me & Mrs Fisher Cafe at 18 Lord Mayors Walk, just outside the city walls in York, prompted local design shop Snow-Home to start marketing a t-shirt based on the design in 2014. Snow-Home Bile Beans T-Shirt “The Bile Beans sign is unique to York, it’s a part of the substance of the city and I wanted to recognise that,” Snow-Home owner Angus McArthur told local paper York Press at the time. “In a way the t-shirt is a parody of the millions of generic branded t-shirts worn promoting global sports brands and fashion labels. A Bile Beans t-shirt is far more intimate in its appeal, outside of York the effect is diluted.” My thanks to Peter Gray whose social media post prompted this foray into the world of patent medicine. |
In 1987 the Jockey Club disqualified a horse that had eaten what? | Did you know Did you know Benjamin H. Day, founder of the first penny press in the USA French fries are not from France. They were first made in Belgium. A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel can. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day. In New York State, it is illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car. German Shepherds bite more humans than any other breed of dog. Elephant tusks grow throughout an elephant�s life and can weigh more than 200 pounds. Large kangaroos can cover more than 30 feet with each jump. The New York Sun newspaper first appeared, marking the beginning of the �penny press,� inexpensive newspapers sold on sidewalks by newspaper boys. The paper focused on human interest stories and sensationalism and by 1836 was the largest seller in America with a circulation of 30,000. Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system rotating on average once in just under 10 hours. The two top selling spices in the world are pepper and mustard. Herring is the most widely eaten fish in the world. The first commercially manufactured breakfast cereal was Shredded Wheat. In 1987 the Jockey Club disqualified a horse that had eaten a Mars Bar. In 1927 when commercial telephone service was introduced between New York and London, the first three minutes of a call cost $75.00. Henry Ford�s first mass- produced car was the model N which sold for $500 in 1906. Sources: alltrivia.net; corsinet.com; historyplace.com; brainiest.com; triviacountry.com; photo::en.wikipedia.org September 4, 2015 |
James H Pierce was the last silent film actor to play who? | James Pierce : definition of James Pierce and synonyms of James Pierce (English) 4 External links Early life/College/Early film career Big Jim Pierce, as he was known to family and friends, was an All-American center on the Indiana Hoosiers football team. Following his graduation in 1921, he coached high school football in Arizona , and began acting in his spare time. After he was cast in the 1923 production of The Deerslayer, he remained in California and coached football at Glendale High School (one of his players was John Wayne ). Portrayal of Tarzan Pierce's life changed when he attended a party given by Edgar Rice Burroughs and his daughter Joan. Burroughs, the creator and author of the Tarzan books, immediately wanted Pierce to star in the next Tarzan movie. Pierce gave up a role in the film Wings to accept the Tarzan role. His part in Wings was given to a newcomer named Gary Cooper . The silent Tarzan film Burroughs talked him into accepting was released in 1927 by RKO Radio Pictures , and entitled Tarzan and the Golden Lion . Marriage/Radio career/Later life Joan Burroughs and James Pierce married on Pierce's 28th birthday, August 8, 1928. From 1932 to 1934, James and Joan Pierce were the voices of Tarzan and Jane on national radio. They remained married until Joan's death in 1972. Both are buried in Shelbyville, Indiana, and their tombstones bear the inscriptions Tarzan and Jane. They had a daughter Joanne II Anselmo née Pierce (1930–2005) and a son James Michael Pierce (1935–1984). For many years, near the end of his life, Pierce attempted, to no avail, to find a print of Tarzan and the Golden Lion, which was thought lost. After his death, a copy was found in a foreign archive. Big Jim Pierce is also remembered for playing Prince Thun of the lion men in the 1936 movie serial Flash Gordon . He acted in small roles in several films, mostly westerns , through 1951, and worked in a lucrative real estate agency in the San Fernando Valley . He was an accomplished pilot, active during World War II with the National Airmen's Reserve , the forerunner of today's Air National Guard . External links |
Who became the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961? | John F. Kennedy | whitehouse.gov Air Force One John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest man elected to the office. On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, becoming also the youngest President to die. On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. Graduating from Harvard in 1940, he entered the Navy. In 1943, when his PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy, despite grave injuries, led the survivors through perilous waters to safety. Back from the war, he became a Democratic Congressman from the Boston area, advancing in 1953 to the Senate. He married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953. In 1955, while recuperating from a back operation, he wrote Profiles in Courage, which won the Pulitzer Prize in history. In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President, and four years later was a first-ballot nominee for President. Millions watched his television debates with the Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon. Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President. His Inaugural Address offered the memorable injunction: "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." As President, he set out to redeem his campaign pledge to get America moving again. His economic programs launched the country on its longest sustained expansion since World War II; before his death, he laid plans for a massive assault on persisting pockets of privation and poverty. Responding to ever more urgent demands, he took vigorous action in the cause of equal rights, calling for new civil rights legislation. His vision of America extended to the quality of the national culture and the central role of the arts in a vital society. He wished America to resume its old mission as the first nation dedicated to the revolution of human rights. With the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps, he brought American idealism to the aid of developing nations. But the hard reality of the Communist challenge remained. Shortly after his inauguration, Kennedy permitted a band of Cuban exiles, already armed and trained, to invade their homeland. The attempt to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro was a failure. Soon thereafter, the Soviet Union renewed its campaign against West Berlin. Kennedy replied by reinforcing the Berlin garrison and increasing the Nation's military strength, including new efforts in outer space. Confronted by this reaction, Moscow, after the erection of the Berlin Wall, relaxed its pressure in central Europe. Instead, the Russians now sought to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. When this was discovered by air reconnaissance in October 1962, Kennedy imposed a quarantine on all offensive weapons bound for Cuba. While the world trembled on the brink of nuclear war, the Russians backed down and agreed to take the missiles away. The American response to the Cuban crisis evidently persuaded Moscow of the futility of nuclear blackmail. Kennedy now contended that both sides had a vital interest in stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and slowing the arms race--a contention which led to the test ban treaty of 1963. The months after the Cuban crisis showed significant progress toward his goal of "a world of law and free choice, banishing the world of war and coercion." His administration thus saw the beginning of new hope for both the equal rights of Americans and the peace of the world. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. For more information abo |
How many Nobel Prizes are awarded each year? | Nobel Prize Encyclopedia > Science and Technology > Physics > Science: General Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel , who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. These prizes were first given in 1901. The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was established in 1968 from funds provided by the Swedish national bank, Sveriges Riksbank, and was first awarded in 1969. Each prize consists of a gold medal, a sum of money, and a diploma with the citation of award. The amount of money available for each prize varies from year to year. The Nobel Prizes are awarded without regard to nationality; the judges are, by the terms of Nobel's will, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (physics and chemistry, as well as economic science), the Swedish Royal Caroline Medico-Surgical Institute (physiology or medicine), the Swedish Academy (literature), and a committee elected by the Norwegian parliament (peace). The awards are made on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the Peace Prize being presented in Oslo and the others in Stockholm. A prize is sometimes shared; several times the Nobel Peace Prize has been given to an organization. There may be one or more years in which a prize or prizes may not be awarded; this has happened most often with the Peace Prize. See the tables entitled Nobel Prizes and Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for lists of persons who have been awarded the prizes. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. See more Encyclopedia articles on: Science: General |
Who was the writer of the novel 'Jurassic Park? | Jurassic Park (novel) | Jurassic Park wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit The narrative begins by slowly tying together a series of incidents involving strange animal attacks in Costa Rica and on Isla Nublar , the main setting for the story. Paleontologist Alan Grant and his paleobotanist graduate student Ellie Sattler are abruptly whisked away by millionaire John Hammond (founder and CEO of International Genetic Technologies, or InGen ) for a weekend visit to a "biological preserve" he has established on an island 120 miles west off the coast of Costa Rica. Recent events have spooked Hammond's considerable investors, so, to placate them, he means for Grant and Sattler to act as fresh consultants. They stand in counterbalance to a well-known mathematician and chaos theorist Ian Malcolm and a lawyer representing the investors, Donald Gennaro. Both are pessimistic, but Malcolm, having been consulted before the park's creation, is emphatic in his prediction that the park will collapse, as it is an unsustainable simple structure bluntly forced upon a complex system. Jurassic Park novel logo created by H.Z. Tomassi Upon arrival the park is revealed to contain living dinosaurs. The creatures were cloned dinosaurs using ancient DNA found in amber -entombed mosquitoes that had sucked dinosaurian blood. Gaps in the genetic code have been filled in with reptilian, avian, or amphibian DNA. To control the population, all specimens on the island are bred to be female as well as lysine-deficient . Hammond proudly showcases InGen's advances in genetic engineering and shows his guests through the island's vast array of automated systems. Countering Malcolm's dire predictions with youthful energy, Hammond groups the consultants with his grandchildren, Tim and Alexis "Lex" Murphy. While touring the park with the children, Grant finds an eggshell, which seems to prove Malcolm's earlier assertion that the dinosaurs have been breeding against the geneticists' design (the population graphs proudly introduced earlier were naturally distributed, reflecting a breeding population, rather than displaying the distinct pattern that a population reared in batches ought to display). Malcolm suggests a flaw in their method of analyzing dinosaur populations, in that motion detectors were set to search only for the expected number of creatures in the park and not for any higher number. The park's controllers are reluctant to admit that the park has long been operating beyond their constraints. Malcolm also points out the height distribution of the Procompsognathus forms a Gaussian distribution, the curve of a breeding population. In the midst of this, the corrupt chief programmer of Jurassic Park's controlling software, Dennis Nedry , attempts corporate espionage for Lewis Dodgson, a geneticist and agent of InGen's archrival, Biosyn . By activating a backdoor he wrote into the system, Nedry manages to shut down the park's security systems and quickly steal 30 frozen embryos (2 of each kind). He then attempts to smuggle them out to a contact waiting at the auxiliary dock deep in the park. But his plan goes awry: during a sudden tropical storm Nedry becomes lost and stops his stolen Jeep at a dead end. He exits the Jeep to determine his location. A Dilophosaurus approaches him from afar, blinds him with its poisonous saliva, and then tears him open. Nedry's plan called for him to secretly deliver the embryos and return to the park's control room within fifteen minutes, but, without him to quietly patch the system, the park's security is left off, leaving the electrified fences deactivated. Without the barriers to contain them, dinosaurs begin to escape. The adult Tyrannosaurus rex (nicknamed " Rexy ") attacks the guests on tour, destroying the vehicles, and leaving Grant and the children lost in the park. During the attack, Ed Regis runs and hides from the adult Tyrannosaur. He falls down a hillside and is eventually killed by the Juvenile Tyrannosaur . Ian Malcolm is gravely injured during the incident but is soon found by Gennaro and park game warden Rob |
Where would you find the Apennines mountain range? | Europe Landforms and Land Statistics - Europe Landforms, Land Statistics Print this map Alps: Located in south-central Europe, they extend for almost 700 miles from the coastline of southern France (near Monaco) into Switzerland , northern Italy and Austria, then southeast through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina as the (Dinaric Alps). Ending in Albania on the rugged coastline of the Adriatic Sea. Known for stunning scenery, glaciers, lakes and valleys and the best skiing conditions on the planet, they're the source of many rivers and tributaries including the Danube, Po, Rhine and Rhone . The highest point is Mont Blanc at 15,771 ft. (4,807 m) Apennines: The source of almost all rivers in Italy including the Arno, Tiber, and Volturno , the Apennines Mountains (Ital. Appennino) 830 miles (1,350 km) in length, form the backbone of the country, and run the entire length of the Italian Peninsula, ending on the island of Sicily. The highest point is Mt. Corno at 9,560 ft. (2,914 m). Atlantic Highlands: Formed million of years ago during the Caledonian mountain-building periods as western lands were (forced) or pushed against the Scandinavian Shield. Significant mountain ranges here include the Kjolen in Norway and Sweden, and the Pennines that stretch through the central United Kingdom. Balkan Mountains These mountains extend from Yugoslavia across Bulgaria. Additional ranges run through Albania, Greece and Macedonia. Its most famous mountain is Mt. Olympus, the highest and most awe-inspiring peak in all of Greece. In ancient times it was the mythical home of Zeus, and was declared the first national park in Greece in 1939. It stands at 9,568 ft. (2,918 m). Carpathian Mountains This mountain system located in eastern Europe is the source of the Dniester, Tisza and Vistula Rivers . They form the natural border between Slovakia and southern Poland, and then extend southward through Ukraine and into Romania. There are major subdivisions, and the highest point is Mt. Gerlachovkain in northern Slovakia, standing at 8,711 ft. (2,655 m). Caucasus Mountains Stretching from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea, these volcanic mountains have many peaks above 15,000 ft. (4,572 m). The highest point (and the highest point in Europe) is located here; Mt. Elbrus at 18,506 ft. (5,642 m). Great Hungarian Plain Located in southeastern Europe, and surrounded by mountains, the land features several small forests and large patches of grassland. It averages only 100 meters above sea level and often suffers from dry conditions, thus relying on winter snow run-off from the Alps and Carpathian Mountains. Kjolen Mountains This jagged mountain system runs along the border of eastern Norway and western Sweden. The highest point is Mt. Kebnekaise, standing at 6,965 ft. (2,123 m). Massif Central This mountainous plateau of southeastern France is the source of the Allier, Creuse and Loire . It's about 32,189 sq. miles (85, 001 sq. km) in size, and the highest point is Puy de Sancy at 6,186 ft. (1,885 m). Mesata The central plateau, or Mesata, covers nearly half of the entire country of Spain. This high plateau averages about 2,300 ft. (700 m) in the north, and 2,000 ft. (600 m) in the south. It's surrounded by a series of mountain ranges including the Cantabrian, Sierra De Gata and Sierra Guadarrama in the north and central, and the Sierra Morena and Sierra Nevada in the south. These mountains separate the Meseta from the Costa Verde, the Ebro valley, the Mediterranean and the valleys of Andalucia. North European Plain The fertile North European Plain slopes to the north-northeast from the Alps, extending to the Baltic Sea, and on into Denmark and southern Finland, Norway and Sweden. It continues east for almost 2,500 miles (4000 km), on into the Russian Federation. The land is largely flat with smaller areas of hills, including the Central Russian Uplands. Farming is prevalent and agricultural communities dot the landscape. Pyrenees These mountains form the natural border between France and Spain and extend for about 270 miles from the Bay of Bisca |
Name the plant used in the production of linen? | How linen is made - material, manufacture, making, history, used, processing, parts, machine, History Linen Background Linen yarn is spun from the long fibers found just behind the bark in the multi-layer stem of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum). In order to retrieve the fibers from the plant, the woody stem and the inner pith (called pectin), which holds the fibers together in a clump, must be rotted away. The cellulose fiber from the stem is spinnable and is used in the production of linen thread, cordage, and twine. From linen thread or yarn, fine toweling and dress fabrics may be woven. Linen fabric is a popular choice for warm-weather clothing. It feels cool in the summer but appears crisp and fresh even in hot weather. Household linens truly made of linen become more supple and soft to the touch with use; thus, linen was once the bedsheet of choice. While the flax plant is not difficult to grow, it flourishes best in cool, humid climates and within moist, well-plowed soil. The process for separating the flax fibers from the plant's woody stock is laborious and painstaking and must be done in an area where labor is plentiful and relatively inexpensive. It is remarkable that while there is some mechanization to parts of the fiber preparation, some fiber preparation is still done by hand as it has been for centuries. This may be due to the care that must be taken with the fragile flax fibers inside the woody stalk, which might be adversely affected by mechanized processing. Flax remains under cultivation for linen fiber in a number of countries including Poland, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the British Isles. However, the grade of fiber the plants yield in different parts of the world varies. Many believe that Belgium grows the finest-quality flax fibers in the world, with Scottish and Irish linen not far behind. There is no commercial production of linen fabric in any significant quantity in the United States except, perhaps, by individual hand spinners and hand weavers. Thus, the linen fabrics Americans use and wear are nearly all imported into the country from one of these flax-growing and weaving countries. History Flax has been cultivated for its remarkable fiber, linen, for at least five millennia. The spinning and weaving of linen is depicted on wall paintings of ancient Egypt. As early as 3,000 B.C. , the fiber was processed into fine white fabric (540 threads to the inch—finer than anything woven today) and wrapped around the mummies of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs. Mentioned several times in the Bible, it has been used as a cool, comfortable fiber in the Middle East for centuries as well. Ancient Greeks and Romans greatly valued it as a commodity. Finnish traders are believed to have introduced flax to Northern Europe where it has been under cultivation for centuries. Both wool and linen were tremendously important fibers in the New World. Relatively easy to grow, American settlers were urged to plant a small plot of flax as early as the seventeenth century. While flax is easy to grow, settlers knew all too well the tedious chore of processing the woody stalks for its supple linen. Before the industrial revolution much sturdy, homemade clothing was woven from linen cultivated, processed, spun, dyed, woven, and sewn by hand. It may be argued that until the eighteenth century, linen was the most important textile in the world. By the late eighteenth century, cotton became the fiber that was most easily and inexpensively processed and woven in the mechanized British and New England textile mills. By the 1850s, linen production had virtually been abandoned in the United States because it was so much cheaper to buy the factory-made cotton. Some New Englanders of |
Austin is the state capitol of which US State? | The State Preservation Board The SPB Established in 1983 by the Texas 68th Legislature for the purpose of preserving, maintaining and restoring the State Capitol, the General Land Office Building, and their contents and grounds for the benefit of the citizens of Texas. |
Tasting of aniseed, what is the name of this Greek drink? | What are the names of aniseed-flavored alcoholic drinks? Do the Chinese or Japanese have ones like Turkish Raki or Greek Ouzo? - Quora What are the names of aniseed-flavored alcoholic drinks? Do the Chinese or Japanese have ones like Turkish Raki or Greek Ouzo? Answer Wiki 2 Answers Jim Gordon , I was never an alcoholic, because I didn't attend meetings; I was just a habitual drunk. Fortunately, the only traffi... Written Mar 3, 2013 I would not be surprised to find that anise, which is much used in cuisines of China's mountainous interior provinces of Sichuan and Hunan, might also be used to flavor a traditional spirituous liquor. Anise is also one of the components of 5-spice mixture, widely used in China. Colombia's aguardiente, flavored with anise, is a popular (and strong) drink. We might assume that the Colombian tradition comes from its Spanish (Mediterranean) heritage. Spain has a tradition of making flavored liqueurs, served icy cold after meals, and these liqueurs include very good anise-flavored liqueurs. I'm particularly partial to the sweet anis liqueur from the town of Chinchón, near Madrid, also produced in lemon and dry versions: 11.7k Views |
The skin of a shark was once used commercially as sandpaper. True or false? | Shark Week 2014 Facts & Photos | 6abc.com Shark Week 2014 Facts & Photos PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- While there might not be any Sharknadoes in the forecast, it is Shark Week. Whether you are watching documentaries on television or visiting the Shark Week Live! exhibit at the Adventure Aquarium , you'll need to know a few things about the often misunderstood fish to impress your friends. So study these facts, courtesy of the Adventure Aquarium, and give your Shark Week conversations more bite! How many species of sharks are there? Currently there are approximately 400 described species of sharks, however, new species are being discovered all the time. Fossil records indicate that ancestors of modern sharks swam the seas over 400 million years ago, making them older than dinosaurs. - Adventure Aquarium Fossil records indicate that ancestors of modern sharks swam the seas over 400 million years ago, making them older than dinosaurs! Elasmobranchs (which include sharks, rays, and skates) are a closely related group of fishes, differing from bony fishes by having cartilaginous skeletons and five or more gill slits on each side of the head. In contrast, bony fishes have bony skeletons and a single gill cover. How many teeth do sharks have? Sharks have lots of teeth arranged in layers so if any break off, new sharp teeth can immediately take their place. Sharks can shed thousands of teeth during their life, and this is why sharks teeth can be found washed onto beaches. Shark teeth also fossilize easily while the rest of the shark decomposes. Shark skin feels exactly like sandpaper because it is made up of tiny teeth-like structures called placoid scales, also known as dermal denticles. - Adventure Aquarium What does shark skin feel like? Shark skin feels exactly like sandpaper because it is made up of tiny teeth-like structures called placoid scales, also known as dermal denticles. These scales point towards the tail and help to reduce friction from surrounding water when the shark swims. Because of this, if someone rubbed the skin from the head towards the tail, it would feel very smooth. In the opposite direction it feels very rough like sandpaper. As the shark grows, the placoid scales do not increase in size, but rather the shark grows more scales. The silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) has small scales giving it a "silky" feel to the touch. Data shows some sharks can live up to 16 years, others up to 46 years. Whale sharks, the largest fish in the world, may live over 100 years. - Adventure Aquarium How long do sharks live? While longevity data are not available for many sharks, maximum ages do vary by species. Some sharks like the smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis) may only live 16 years, while others such as the porbeagle shark, (Lamna nasus) may live as long as 46 years. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) the largest fish in the world may live over 100 years. Do sharks need to swim all the time? While some species of sharks do need to swim constantly, this is not true for all sharks. Some sharks such as the nurse shark have spiracles that force water across their gills allowing for stationary rest. Sharks do not sleep like humans do, but instead have active and restful periods. Sharks have lots of teeth arranged in layers so if any break off, new sharp teeth can immediately take their place. - Adventure Aquarium How well do sharks see? Sharks have the ability to open and close the pupil in response to differing light situations similar to humans while most fish do not possess this ability. A shark's eye also includes a cornea, iris, lens, and retina. Rods and cones are located in the shark's retina, allowing the shark to see in differing light situations as well as to see color and detail. In addition, sharks, similar to cats, have a mirror-like layer in the back of the eye referred to as the tapetum lucidum. This layer further increases the intensity of incoming light, enhancing the eye's sensitivity to light. Although it was once thought that sharks had very poor vision, we now know that sharks have sharp vision. Research |
Who was the 'Virgin' label's first recording artist? | Forty years of Virgin: How Richard Branson’s eccentric record label changed the charts | The Independent Features Forty years of Virgin: How Richard Branson’s eccentric record label changed the charts It's four decades since Richard Branson set up the mail-order business that became a hippie haven, a punk paradise, and then a big-money label. Pierre Perrone tracks the story Friday 24 May 2013 18:00 BST Click to follow Forty years of Virgin: How Richard Branson’s eccentric record label changed the charts 1/3 Richard Branson at Virgin Studios (sitting at back) in 1979 Rex Features German band Can ALAMY It was nearly called Slipped Disc until Tessa Watts, a member of the team Richard Branson had assembled around him at Student magazine, pointed out they were all "complete virgins at business." So Virgin became the name of the company Branson started in 1970 to sell discounted and import records via mail-order. The following year, a postal strike nearly put him out of business and forced his hand. He opened his first Virgin Records shop at the cheaper end of London's Oxford Street, then another one in Liverpool. Twelve more would follow and become cool places to hang out for the alternative, hippie crowd who never felt at home in WH Smith. Branson began thinking big. With a loan from bankers Coutts, he bought an Oxfordshire manor house he converted into a state-of-the-art residential recording studio, the first of its kind in the UK, known as The Manor. There was a setback in May 1971 when Branson fell foul of HM Customs and Excise after failing to pay duty on several van-loads of records. He spent a night in jail, was bailed out by his mother and had to pay a hefty fine of £60,000. He also narrowly avoided a criminal record that would have put paid to his entrepreneurial ambitions and confirmed his Stowe School headmaster's prediction in 1967 that he would "either go to prison or become a millionaire". The second part of the statement would come true a few years later. As Branson reveals in his autobiography Losing My Virginity, Simon Draper, Branson's music-mad South African cousin, the one who knew about Krautrock and kosmische musik, became his right-hand man. Together, they launched Virgin Music at the end of May 1973 with the simultaneous release of four albums: Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells – catalogue number V 2001 – Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) by space rockers Gong – V 2002 – a Manor Live jam-session album that was definitely of its time – V 2003 – and The Faust Tapes – VC 501 – an album by German sonic pioneers Faust, sold for the price of a single. With its Roger Dean-designed "twins" logo, Virgin was a progressive rock label, the home of underground acts connected to the Canterbury scene like Robert Wyatt and Hatfield and the North. It championed German groups Tangerine Dream and Can, as well as mavericks like Kevin Coyne and Ivor Cutler and avant-rockers Henry Cow/Slapp Happy. It was really following in the footsteps of Chris Blackwell's Island, Tony Stratton-Smith's Charisma, and Chrysalis, the Chris Wright and Terry Ellis operation, but was even more leftfield, a boon to lovers of outsider rock. Mind you, in 1975 Branson showed chutzpah when he tried to sign the Stones, an ambition he would realise 17 years later. By 1977, the company was over-reliant on Oldfield but managed to ditch its hippie image with the master-stroke signing of The Sex Pistols. Virgin became the punk and post-punk label of choice for X-Ray Spex, Penetration, XTC, Magazine, Devo, The Skids, the Members, Ruts and Public Image Ltd. The company became a synth-pop powerhouse with the Human League, John Foxx and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark as well as Simple Minds and Japan, two acts poached from Arista that went on to define the Eighties, along with Culture Club. Having started the wonderful Front Line reggae imprint and welcomed UB40 and Scritti Politti, Virgin acquired Charisma and Genesis in 1983 and made world superstars of Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel. In the late Eighties, the label relaunched the career of Roy O |
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