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Which flower is also known as the ‘Lent Lily’?

Information on Lent Lily flower Back to Facts of the Day Calendar UK Calendar dates british festivals .... folklore ... anniversaries .... on this day Lent Lily One of the flowers most associated with March is the narcissus (Wild daffodil). Named after the boy in Greek mythology, who was changed into a flower. Narciccus is also known as Lent Lily because it blooms in early spring and the blooms usually dropping before Easter. It is the main daffodil species of Britain. The daffodil became a popular Welsh symbol in the 19th Century. Lloyd George used it to symbolise Wales at the 1911 Investiture and in official publications. In England, the daffodil inspired amongst others William Wordsworth to write his famous poem "Daffodils." Daffodils I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. By William Wordsworth (1770-1850).

Which English poet declined the post of Poet Laureate in 1757?

Poets Laureate of Great Britain Poets Laureate of Great Britain Poets Laureate of Great Britain by J. Zimmerman Several of the other Laureates were famous poets, particularly Ted Hughes , Robert Southey , John Masefield , Sir John Betjeman , Cecil Day-Lewis , and the current Laureate, Andrew Motion . History and responsibilities. In Great Britain, the Poet Laureate is: The realm's official poet. A member of the royal household. Charged with writing verses for court and national occasions (such as for a Royal Wedding or the New Year). Awarded the position for life. Chosen by the British reigning monarch, from a list of nominees that the Prime Minister compiles after a poet laureate dies. Shortly after the 1668, the position became the Poet Laureate of Great Britain in 1707, when The Act of Union created "Great Britain" as the political name of England, Scotland, and Wales. The name Laureate derives from the Latin laureatus ("crowned with laurel"). It comes from an ancient Roman tradition of honoring a person (especially a poet) who has shown excellence of achievement. The honor is signified by presenting the person with a wreath of laurel leaves. FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on the Poets Laureate of Great Britain. What does "Laureate" mean? Answer . Who was the best? Most frequently this is said to be Tennyson . John Dryden (1631-1700). Laureate 1668-88. Appointed in 1668 by King Charles II, who gave John Dryden a formal royal warrant that awarded him the official titles of Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal. This role continued under King James II. As a powerful satirist, Dryden was a strong advocate and spokesman for his monarch, and "the best poet, dramatist, translator and critic of the age" [ Levin in Verses of the Poets Laureate] In 1689, sacked [or fired] by William III for failing to take an oath of allegiance. Thomas Shadwell (1643?-1692). Laureate 1689-92. The successful dramatist Thomas Shadwell was chosen in large part because he was a Protestant Whig, essential to replace the Catholic Dryden. met an inglorious end in 1693, A weak poet, a heavy drinker, and an opium user, Shadwell died from an overdose of opium, which he took in part to relieve his gout. He was said to have found the laureateship unimportant. Disrespected by John Dryden , among others, for his poetry as well as for his politics. Shadwell wrote a yearly ode on the monarch's birthday, and introduced the tradition of writing a New Year ode; his odes are crashingly uninspired and mechanistic, as if written by an unusually dimwitted computer program. Nahum Tate (1652-1715). Laureate 1692-1715. Born in Dublin, Tate was awarded the Poet Laureate position (and its £100 per year) but the post of Historiographer Royal (and its annual £200) became a separate assignment. Tate is most known today for his authorship of the widely loved Christmas carol "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night". He is notorious for his (creative?) revision of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, giving it a happy ending. In response to public events, Tate wrote poems for victories against the French (1704), the Act of Union between the Parliaments of England and Scotland (1707), and the signing of the Peace of Utrecht with France (1713). Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718). Laureate 1715-18. Nicholas Rowe was celebrated as a dramatist rather than as a poet. The Poet Laureate's role was now general praise of the sovereign, rather than political and historical. In addition to the annual New Year ode, the Laureate acquired the duty of writing a birthday ode to the monarch, a practice which was to last over 100 years. Laurence Eusden (1688-1730). Eusden never published a book of poetry. His work is mediocre. Colley Cibber (1671-1757). The poetry of dramatist Colley Cibber was conscientious but not inspired. William Whitehead (1715-85). Laureate 1757-85. [The appointment was first offered to and declined by Thomas Gray.] William Whitehead (a respectable though perhaps dull dramatist) was good humored and amiable. For example, h

In the Shakespeare play ‘Macbeth’ who kills Macbeth?

SparkNotes: Macbeth: Plot Overview Plot Overview Context Character List The play begins with the brief appearance of a trio of witches and then moves to a military camp, where the Scottish King Duncan hears the news that his generals, Macbeth and Banquo, have defeated two separate invading armies—one from Ireland, led by the rebel Macdonwald, and one from Norway. Following their pitched battle with these enemy forces, Macbeth and Banquo encounter the witches as they cross a moor. The witches prophesy that Macbeth will be made thane (a rank of Scottish nobility) of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland. They also prophesy that Macbeth’s companion, Banquo, will beget a line of Scottish kings, although Banquo will never be king himself. The witches vanish, and Macbeth and Banquo treat their prophecies skeptically until some of King Duncan’s men come to thank the two generals for their victories in battle and to tell Macbeth that he has indeed been named thane of Cawdor. The previous thane betrayed Scotland by fighting for the Norwegians and Duncan has condemned him to death. Macbeth is intrigued by the possibility that the remainder of the witches’ prophecy—that he will be crowned king—might be true, but he is uncertain what to expect. He visits with King Duncan, and they plan to dine together at Inverness, Macbeth’s castle, that night. Macbeth writes ahead to his wife, Lady Macbeth, telling her all that has happened. Lady Macbeth suffers none of her husband’s uncertainty. She desires the kingship for him and wants him to murder Duncan in order to obtain it. When Macbeth arrives at Inverness, she overrides all of her husband’s objections and persuades him to kill the king that very night. He and Lady Macbeth plan to get Duncan’s two chamberlains drunk so they will black out; the next morning they will blame the murder on the chamberlains, who will be defenseless, as they will remember nothing. While Duncan is asleep, Macbeth stabs him, despite his doubts and a number of supernatural portents, including a vision of a bloody dagger. When Duncan’s death is discovered the next morning, Macbeth kills the chamberlains—ostensibly out of rage at their crime—and easily assumes the kingship. Duncan’s sons Malcolm and Donalbain flee to England and Ireland, respectively, fearing that whoever killed Duncan desires their demise as well. Fearful of the witches’ prophecy that Banquo’s heirs will seize the throne, Macbeth hires a group of murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. They ambush Banquo on his way to a royal feast, but they fail to kill Fleance, who escapes into the night. Macbeth becomes furious: as long as Fleance is alive, he fears that his power remains insecure. At the feast that night, Banquo’s ghost visits Macbeth. When he sees the ghost, Macbeth raves fearfully, startling his guests, who include most of the great Scottish nobility. Lady Macbeth tries to neutralize the damage, but Macbeth’s kingship incites increasing resistance from his nobles and subjects. Frightened, Macbeth goes to visit the witches in their cavern. There, they show him a sequence of demons and spirits who present him with further prophecies: he must beware of Macduff, a Scottish nobleman who opposed Macbeth’s accession to the throne; he is incapable of being harmed by any man born of woman; and he will be safe until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Castle. Macbeth is relieved and feels secure, because he knows that all men are born of women and that forests cannot move. When he learns that Macduff has fled to England to join Malcolm, Macbeth orders that Macduff’s castle be seized and, most cruelly, that Lady Macduff and her children be murdered. When news of his family’s execution reaches Macduff in England, he is stricken with grief and vows revenge. Prince Malcolm, Duncan’s son, has succeeded in raising an army in England, and Macduff joins him as he rides to Scotland to challenge Macbeth’s forces. The invasion has the support of the Scottish nobles, who are appalled and frightened by Macbeth’s tyrannical and murderous behavior. Lady Macbeth, me

What is the most frequently rolled number with two standard dice?

Dice Probabilities - Rolling 2 Six-Sided Dice 12 - 2.78% As you can see, 7 is the most common roll with 2 six-sided dice . It's six times more likely that you'll roll a 7 than a 2 or a 12 -- a huge difference. And it's twice as likely that you'll roll a 7 than a 4 or a 10. However, it's only 1.2 times more likely that you'll roll a 7 than a 6 or an 8. Another way of looking at these numbers is that, over time, you will roll one 4 or 10 for every two 7s rolled. You'll see six 7s for every 2 or 12. Of course, dice have a bad habit of defying expectations. Don't rely on probabilities to work out precisely according to a chart like this -- you'll often find yourself on the losing end of a game if you do.

‘The Fenn Street Gang’ was a spin-off from which British television series?

The Fenn Street Gang (TV Series 1971–1973) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The lives and adventures of the pupils of class 5C from 'Please Sir', after they have left Fenn Street School . Stars: a list of 174 titles created 16 Sep 2012 a list of 436 titles created 18 May 2014 a list of 1320 titles created 20 Nov 2014 a list of 31 titles created 12 Jun 2015 Title: The Fenn Street Gang (1971–1973) 6.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Weekly situation comedy about a hapless but caring teacher and his class of unruly kids. The teacher sees much good and potential in his pupils much to the dismay of his fellow teachers who... See full summary  » Stars: Deryck Guyler, Noel Howlett, Joan Sanderson Mr Hedges takes his class on a field trip, with disastrous consequences. Director: Mark Stuart Zany antics and sketches by the anarchic camp comic. Stars: Kenny Everett, Cleo Rocos, Sheila Steafel John Steed and his new accomplices Purdey and Gambit find themselves facing new and deadly dangers in the bizarre world of espionage. Mixing fantasy with a darker edge, the trio face ... See full summary  » Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley On the death of their father Joshua, siblings Eli and Nellie Pledge inherit the family business, Pledge's Purer Pickles, at Colne, Lancashire, in the north of England. Their faithful ... See full summary  » Stars: Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel, Joe Gladwin A working-class Cockney bigot with a biased and expirienced opinion of everything shares them bluntly and almost carelessly. Stars: Warren Mitchell, Anthony Booth, Una Stubbs Jacko is a house painter who "appreciates" women, he sees the best in each one of them and they in turn, like him. Will he find true love ? Will he settle down as he gets older ? Stars: Karl Howman, Mike Walling, Jackie Lye This was the first TV cop show to feature a female lead - Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop Jack-the-lad bus driver and conductor Stan and Jack enjoy the female employees more than their work and Inspector Blake is relentless in his attempts to make their lives a misery. Stars: Anna Karen, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis Doctor at Sea (TV Series 1974) Comedy The continuing adventures of the boys from "Doctor In The House", "Doctor At Large" and "Doctor In Charge". When Dick (Geoffrey Davies) finally gets himself the sack from St Swithin's, ... See full summary  » Stars: Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, Ernest Clark Duncan ( Robin Nedwell ) and Dick ( Geoffrey Davies ) return from their escapades on the MS Begonia ('"Doctor at Sea" (1974)') and manage to wangle new jobs at St Swithin's Hospital. ... See full summary  » Stars: Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, Ernest Clark Terry is divorced from his German wife and has a Finnish girlfriend Christina. At Thelma's suggestion they join her and Bob on a caravan holiday but due to a mishap the men get separated ... See full summary  » Director: Michael Tuchner Edit Storyline The lives and adventures of the pupils of class 5C from 'Please Sir', after they have left Fenn Street School . 17 September 1971 (UK) See more  » Company Credits "Please sir - - - - - - - can I have some more!" 4 February 2007 | by unreasonableboy (Dallas, Texas) – See all my reviews When it became obvious that the pupils at Fenn St school were not believable as 16 year olds ( some were pushing 30 by this time) because of the success of the characters in Please sir they decided to continue the antics out of school in the real world where they could chance their arm trying to earn a living. (please sir actually continued for another seas

Which writer said ‘Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same’?

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. - Oscar Wilde - BrainyQuote Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. Find on Amazon: Oscar Wilde Cite this Page: Citation

Which Scottish football team is nicknamed ‘The Hoops’?

Celtic – UEFA.com Nickname: The Hoops, The Bhoys UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (1): 1967, (1970) • UEFA Cup: (2003) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 47 (2016) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2014/15: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: group stage 2011/12: UEFA Europa League group stage 2010/11: UEFA Europa League play-offs (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: group stage 9-0: Celtic v KPV Kokkola 16/09/70, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-7: Waterford United FC v Celtic 21/10/70, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Celtic v AC Milan 26/11/13, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3: Celtic v Juventus 12/02/13, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg 0-3: Celtic v Paris Saint-Germain 02/11/95, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: FC Barcelona v Celtic 13/09/16, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Biggest home win 3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica 17/10/2006, group stage 2-3: FC Spartak Moskva v Celtic 02/10/12, group stage 0-3: Celtic v AC Milan (see above for details) 0-3: Celtic v Juventus (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: FC Barcelona v Celtic (see above for details) UEFA Cup/Europa League 8-1: Celtic v FK Sūduva 19/09/02, first round first leg 7-0: Celtic v AS Jeunesse Esch 24/08/00, qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: Cwmbran Town FC v Celtic 12/08/99, qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Celtic v FC Salzburg 27/11/14, group stage 0-2: Celtic v Hamburger SV 10/09/96, first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Neuchâtel Xamax FC v Celtic 22/10/91, second round first leg 4-0: FC Utrecht v Celtic 26/08/10, play-off second leg

Which Briton won three Gold Olympic medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics?

Rio 2016: Chris Hoy beats Jason Kenny in at 2008 Beijing Olympics - BBC Sport BBC Sport BBC Sport - Rio 2016: Chris Hoy beats Jason Kenny in at 2008 Beijing Olympics Hoy completes golden hat-trick in Beijing 1 Jun 2016 From the section Olympics BBC Sport continues the countdown to the 2016 Rio Olympics with the moment Chris Hoy beats team-mate Jason Kenny in the sprint at Beijing 2008 to become the first Briton to win three gold medals at one Games. Watch full coverage of the Rio Olympics across the BBC this summer. Share

In which novel does fictional private eye Philip Marlowe first appear?

Will a New Philip Marlowe Novel Bring the Legendary Private Eye Back to the Movies? | BLOUIN ARTINFO Will a New Philip Marlowe Novel Bring the Legendary Private Eye Back to the Movies? BY Graham Fuller | August 14, 2012 The deadly little sister: Humphrey Bogart and Martha Vickers in Howard Hawks's “The Big Sleep” (1946 – Warner Bros.) Edward Hopper British actor Clive Owen/Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images When it comes to his movie career, is Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe sleeping the big sleep? Or is there a light at the end of the tunnel, albeit one that’s no bigger than the glow on a dead man’s stogie? Back in 2007, it was announced by Variety that the comic-book novelist Frank Miller (“Sin City”) would write and direct an adaptation of Chandler’s never-filmed novella “Trouble Is My Business,” to star Clive Owen as the most iconic hard-boiled private eye to have emerged from the golden age of pulp fiction. It was to be the first of several new Marlowe outings shepherded by Miller, which may have also included “The Big Sleep” and “Farewell, My Lovely.” Nothing has been heard of the project since.  However, the news, reported in the  New York Times , that the Irish novelist John Banville has been authorized by the Chandler estate to write a fresh Marlowe novel inevitably revitalizes the possibility that the principled but jaded gumshoe could eventually return to the screen. The novel will be published by Henry Holt & Company in 2013. Banville, 66, is the author of the Man Booker Prize-winning “The Sea.” He has also written, under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, five novels featuring the hard-drinking Dublin pathologist Quirke, including the newly published “Venegeance,” and these align him with Chandler. The new Marlowe novel will appear under the Benjamin Black rubric. According to benjaminblackbooks.com , Banville will bring back Marlowe’s on-and-off-again policeman friend Bernie Ohls, and the book will take place in 1940s Bay City (Chandler’s fictional version of the sleazy Santa Monica of the time) and will “feature Chandler’s hallmark noir ambience.” “I love the challenge of following in the very large footsteps of Raymond Chandler,” Banville said. “I began reading Chandler as a teenager, and frequently return to the novels. This idea has been germinating for several years and I relish the prospect of setting a book in Marlowe’s California, which I always think of in terms of Edward Hopper ’s paintings. Bay City will have a slightly surreal, or hyper-real, atmosphere that I look forward to creating.” If or when Banville’s book gets made into a movie, it would mark the first Marlowe appearance on screen since Tomás Hanák played a version of him in 2003’s “Smart Philip,” which was never released outside Eastern Europe. (A 2007 ABC/Touchstone series called “Marlowe” was apparently filmed but never broadcast.) The previous American incarnation of Marlowe was by James Caan in HBO’s “Poodle Springs,” based on the novel begun by Chandler in 1958 and completed in 1989, 30 years after his death, by Robert B. Parker, who like Banville had the backing of the Chandler estate. Dealing with Marlowe’s life as a newlywed, the finished novel was weak, there being a disjunction between the four decent chapters Chandler wrote and those written by Parker. Parker’s 1991 followup, “Perchance to Dream,” a sequel to “The Big Sleep,” was equally lackluster, failing Chandler it its lack of psychological depth. However, in the “Poodle Springs” movie, which was set in 1963, Caan was convincing as an older, warier Marlowe than had hitherto been seen. Just as Banville will have to follow in “very large footsteps” in taking up Chandler’s typewriter and the existential drift of his Marlowe stories, so would any actor following Humphrey Bogart, who played the definitive Marlowe in “The Big Sleep” (1946), Howard Hawks’s supreme blend of film noir and screwball comedy. Notwithstanding that Chandler’s choice was Cary Grant, Bogart aced Marlowe’s imperturbability, his low-key wisecracking, his handling of the psychopathic Carmen Sternwood (played by M

Who wrote the 1856 novel ‘Madame Bovary’?

'Downton Abbey' Star Joins 'Madame Bovary' | Hollywood Reporter 'Downton Abbey' Star Joins 'Madame Bovary' 12:22 PM PDT 9/30/2013 by Seth Abramovitch Getty Images Laura Carmichael Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith, is the latest addition to an all-star cast that includes Paul Giamatti and Mia Wasikowska. Laura Carmichael, who plays the terminally unlucky-in-love Lady Edith on PBS' Downton Abbey, has boarded Sophie Barthes' adaptation of Madame Bovary. Carmichael joins a cast that already includes Paul Giamatti -- who appears alongside her in the upcoming season of Downton, playing her playboy uncle -- Mia Wasikowska, Ezra Miller and Rhys Ifans. Also boarding the production is Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus) and Cannes best actor winner Olivier Gourmet. PHOTOS: Exclusive Portraits of 'Downton Abbey's' Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern  Wasikowska plays the title role in this adaptation -- Emma, a young, beautiful woman from northern France who marries the town doctor in order to escape a life of swine farming. Once introduced to high society, however, Emma grows bored of her husband and engages in several ill-fated affairs. Marshall-Green will play the Marquis D'Andervilliers, a handsome society man, and Carmichael will portray Henrietta. The film, which begins shooting on Monday, is directed by Barthes (Cold Souls), who also co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's 1856 romantic novel. Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino of Occupant Entertainment are producing in association with Barthes' Aden Films and Aleph Motion Pictures' Jaime Mateus-Tique.

A sauger is what type of creature?

THE WORLD OF WALLEYES - In-Fisherman | Page 5 THE WORLD OF WALLEYES Share on Google+ The most sensitive sniffer is the eel, capable of detecting amino acids in the range of a few parts per quadrillion. Although we know of no studies on the olfactory acuity of walleyes, it seems they probably can detect amino acids in a dilution of several parts per 10 million. That’s acute, for a part per million is about one ounce of a pure substance dissolved in enough water to fill 1,000 railroad tank cars. In hatchery tests, researchers lured young walleyes up one side of a y-shaped maze by dripping solutions of amino acids, including betaine into one side. Salt solutions also proved attractive. Other amino acids, fish mucus, and essences of walleye body parts were repulsive to the fish. The Growth Rate Chart: Comparison of average mean back-calculated length at each age for walleyes in South Dakota and Minnesota. Age Determination: Scale reading has been the traditional method for determining the age of fish and the average growth rate of populations. The assumption is that scales grow proportionately with fish length. And this relationship usually holds true. During periods of slow or no growth, as in winter, rings, called circuli, are narrowly spaced. Fast growth brings widely spaced circuli. Year marks or annuli show rather clearly under magnification, and measurements from the central focus to succeeding annuli provide the fish’s growth history. Scales of slow-growing fish or fish from consistently warm climates may not reveal true age. For these fish, otoliths (ear bones) are more accurate. But they must be removed from the skull and usually sectioned, a more difficult process than scale reading. It’s no surprise that walleyes smell well, for livebait often is the only answer to a tough bite and inactive fish. Sometimes the addition of a bit of crawler or minnow head provides a trigger that we surmise is due primarily to olfaction. For walleyes, the sense of taste spurs a decision to spit a bait or to swallow it. Here again, a jig tipped with a minnow passes the taste test more often than one tipped with a twister tail. Researchers at Berkley, Classic Manufacturing, Kodiak, and other companies that produce plastics impregnated with attractants hope to eventually synthesize a formula more appealing than natural prey to walleyes and other species. Certainly, plastics flavored with attractive amino acids, preyfish essences, and salt cause fish to hold them in their mouth and sometimes attempt to swallow them. Vision: Nighttime walleye fishing is a summertime tradition, but it’s also one of the best times to catch walleyes in winter, spring, and fall, particularly in clear lakes and reservoirs. Walleyes feed nocturnally because they see better at night than the prey they pursue. The only freshwater fish with better night vision is the walleye’s cousin, the sauger. The walleye’s eye is large, allowing the pupil, the light gathering part of the eye, to gather as much light as possible. No creature can see in complete darkness, but starlight provides enough light for walleyes and other nocturnal animals. The principal adaptation for night vision in nocturnal animals is the tapetum lucidum, a reflective layer on the retina that concentrates light after it enters the eye. Cats, raccoons, skunks, and deer in addition to walleyes, sauger, and some other fish have similar structures. Vision begins when light passes through the cornea and then the lens, which focuses the image as a camera lens does. Light then reaches two types of light-sensitive cells in the retina—rods and cones. Cone cells detect color when they’re exposed to daylight. Rod cells distinguish shades of gray and allow vision when sunlight isn’t present. Walleye and sauger eyes contain a larger proportion of rods than the eyes of perch, shiners, and other fish most active in daytime. The tapetum lucidum, a layer of guanine crystals, is located in the lower portion of the deepest layer of the retina. This physiology suggests that walleyes see lures and baits moving above them

In humans, episcleritis affects which part of the body?

Episcleritis Symptoms and Treatments Episcleritis Symptoms and Treatments By Troy Bedinghaus, OD - Reviewed by a board-certified physician. Updated July 20, 2016 Episcleritis is an acute inflammatory disorder of the episclera , the thin tissue between the conjunctiva and the white sclera. The episclera houses a thin network of blood vessels. Episcleritis usually looks much worse than it actually is. Although most cases of episcleritis go away on their own if left alone long enough, about one-third of cases are linked to hidden inflammatory problems present somewhere else in the body. Symptoms of Episcleritis Episcleritis sometimes produces a section of redness in one or both eyes. Some people may develop a white nodule of tissue in the center of the redness, known as nodular episcleritis. Many people with episcleritis have some associated pain or discomfort, but others have none. Other symptoms that may occur with episcleritis are sensitivity to light (photophobia) and a watery discharge from the eyes. Causes of Episcleritis In most cases of episcleritis, doctors find it difficult to find out a clear cause. In more severe forms of episcleritis, underlying conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease , Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are usually the culprits. Rheumatoid arthritis , psoriatic arthritis, polyarteritis nodosa, sarcoid, lupus and ankylosing spondylitis have also been known to manifest their inflammation as episcleritis. Types of Episcleritis There are two forms of episcleritis: simple and nodular. Simple episcleritis: The most common type, simple episcleritis causes bouts of recurring inflammation. Each bout usually lasts from 7 to 10 days, although longer episodes may occur when the condition is associated with another systemic condition. Nodular episcleritis: Nodular episcleritis produces more painful attacks of inflammation. Many people with nodular episcleritis have an associated systemic disease. Treatment of Episcleritis Episcleritis may go away on its own within 3 weeks if left untreated. Most doctors treat episclertis to hasten recovery. Treatment of episcleritis usually involves the following: Topical corticosteroids eye drops given several times per day Topical lubricant eye drops such as artificial tears Cold compresses 3 to 4 times per day Non-steriodal anti-inflammatory medications given by mouth are prescribed in more severe cases What You Should Know About Episcleritis In some cases of episcleritis, scleritis may develop, an inflammation of the sclera that can cause intense pain and loss of vision. Contact your doctor if you have symptoms of episcleritis that last for more than 2 weeks or if you have a loss of vision. Episcleritis vs Scleritis No. Episcleritis occurs in the thin tissue between the conjunctiva and the white sclera. The episclera houses a thin network of blood vessels. The sclera is the tough, white exterior coating of the eyeball. Although having episcleritis is definitely a cause for concern, scleritis is usually considered a more serious condition and often is more painful and tender to touch. Scleritis can even be a blinding disease and is typically associated more with autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. Optometrists and ophthalmologists are trained to differentiate between episcleritis and scleritis. Becuase scleritis is sometimes related to systemic autoimmune conditions, your condition will be comanaged with a primary care doctor, rheumatologist or internal medicine physician. Source: Catania, Louis J. Primary Care of the Anterior Segment, Second Edition. Appleton & Lange, 1995. Continue Reading

In which year did seatbelt use for drivers become mandatory in the UK?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1983: British drivers ordered to belt up About This Site | Text Only 1983: British drivers ordered to belt up Drivers and front seat passengers must wear seatbelts under a new law which came into force at midnight. The Department of Transport says 30,000 people a year are killed or seriously injured in road accidents. It hopes the compulsory wearing of front seatbelts will save 1,000 lives a year. Evidence suggests six out of 10 drivers currently ignore advice to belt up in the front. Police are being urged to take a softly softly approach to start with - but drivers could eventually be fined �50 for not wearing their seatbelts. Resisting the belt The row over making front seatbelts compulsory has been going on for 15 years and there have been 11 previous attempts to make it law. Critics have accused the government of operating a nanny state and some drivers have complained their personal freedom is being infringed and they find seatbelts uncomfortable. The government has been urging drivers to check the position of their seatbelts and make the necessary adjustments before today's law came into effect. Junior Transport Minister Linda Chalker said: "Nobody likes being told to do something when they haven't seen for themselves the sense of it. "You can remain in control of a vehicle when you don't get knocked out. If you are held in your seat by a belt you have more chance of stopping your vehicle careering into another vehicle containing other people." She dismissed claims some people would suffer worse injuries through belting up, saying the evidence suggested only a tiny proportion of front seat passengers would suffer worse injuries if they were restrained by seat belts. There will be some exceptions to the new law. Taxi drivers will be exempt because of the possible threat to their safety from dangerous passengers. Drivers of electric delivery vehicles such as milk floats will also be exempt.

Bouche is French for which part of the body?

Les parties du corps - Des os, il en faut - alain le lait (French body parts) - YouTube Les parties du corps - Des os, il en faut - alain le lait (French body parts) 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 Oct 30, 2011 Des os, il en faut - alain le lait du CD 'Parapluie' ©2006 Une chanson sur les parties du corps Words and english translation Tu as deux mains et deux pieds Tu as deux jambes et un nez Tu as un ventre et un dos Et des muscles sous la peau Tu as une tête et un cou Deux oreilles et deux genoux Tu as deux yeux et deux joues Et une bouche qui mange tout, et Sous ta peau il y a des os Des petits et des gros Des os, des os, il en faut C'est parce que tu as des os que ... Bones, you must have them You have two hands and two feet You have two legs and a nose You have a belly (stomach) and a back And muscles underneath your skin You have a head and a neck Two ears and two knees You have two eyes and two cheeks And a mouth that eats everything and Under your skin you have bones Small bones and big ones Bones, bones, you must have them It's because you have bones that ... (repeat from top of the song) Category

The Makapansgat Caves are in which African country?

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MAKAPANSGAT: CAVES THROUGH AGES LOCALITY The Makapansgat Caves and neighbouring archaeological and fossil sites are situated on the farm Makapansgat 19km north of Potgietersrus in the Northern Province. The caves are of great importance as they provide a record of hominid occupation from australopithecine (ape-man) times through the Stone and Iron Ages, right up to the present day. As such, the Makapansgat Valley is unique in that nowhere else in the world, such an extended and complete record of hominid occupation has been observed. HISTORY In February 1925 Prof Raymond Dart announced the discovery of the first ape-man at Taung (Northwest Province) with these profound words:�The specimen is of importance because it exhibits an extinct race of apes intermediate between living anthropoids (apes such as chimpanzees) and man.....�. A teacher from Pietersburg, Mr Wilfred Eitzman, inspired by this discovery, sent Dart some rocks containing fossils which he found near the lime kilns on the farm Makapansgat. This is how one of the most revealing chapters of the origin and evolution on Humankind was opened. MAKAPANSGAT VALLEY SITES MAKAPANSGAT LIMEWORKS This is the oldest of the sites, spanning an age of between 3,32 million years to 1,6 million years ago. This site has yielded many thousands of fossil bones, amongst which were found remains of the gracile ape-man Australopithecus africanus. CAVE OF HEARTHS & HYAENA CAVE The Cave of Hearths preserves a remarkably complete record of human occupation from Ear

Raleigh is the capital of which American state?

Early History-- Raleigh: A Capital City: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary Sketch of Joel Lane House Courtesy of NC Office of Archives and History Raleigh was established as the capital of North Carolina near the geographical center of the state in 1792. A State Convention in 1788 sought a central location for an "unalterable seat of government." One thousand acres of land was purchased from Joel Lane , an early settler of the region. Lane and his two brothers had come to the area in 1741, and 30 years later Wake County was established with the construction of a courthouse and jail on the hillside in front of Lane's residence. His home became such a popular stop with travelers through the region that Lane built a tavern and helped erect a log church, the Asbury Meetinghouse. This small settlement, known as Wake Courthouse or Bloomsbury, was the predecessor of the town of Raleigh. Raleigh was surveyed and planned by William Christmas in April 1792, with Union (now Capitol) Square reserved for the statehouse in the center, from which the principal streets radiate. Streets were named for the eight state districts--each identified by the name of its principal city--for the commissioners and for other prominent citizens. The plan included four parks--named for the first three Governors (Nash, Caswell and Burke) and for Attorney General Alfred Moore . A brick statehouse was constructed according to the instructions of the commission of legislators. When it was completed in 1794, Raleigh was said to be a "city of streets without houses." By 1800 the population numbered 669, and during that year, Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury held a "big meeting" in the statehouse, which at the time was used for religious gatherings, balls and public meetings. State Capitol building, completed in 1840 Photo courtesy of North Carolina Division of Archives and History Destructive fires occurred in 1818, 1821 and 1831. In the last fire, the brick statehouse was destroyed. In 1840 a three-day celebration, with parades, orations and balls marked the completion of the new State Capitol . Raleigh's commercial expansion remained slow until the 1850s by which time two railroad lines were connected to the city--the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad and the North Carolina Railroad. In 1857, the city limits were extended approximately three blocks on all sides from the original one square-mile boundary. Although there was Union sentiment in Raleigh, a celebration occurred when the State convention voted to secede from the United States on May 20, 1861. The State Capitol served as the meeting place for the state's wartime legislatures, and the city became a concentration point for Confederate troops. General William T. Sherman's army entered Raleigh on April 13, 1865, beginning the occupation of the city by the Federal army. Troops were encamped around the city and Gen. Sherman established headquarters in the Governor's Palace. After war's end, the difficult period of Reconstruction began. 1872 birdseye view of the City of Raleigh. View high resolution map by clicking here . Photo courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, digital id g3904r pm006660 An 1872 birdseye view of the City of Raleigh (right) shows the arrangement of the community shortly after the Civil War. The commercial section emerged along Fayetteville Street, just south of the State Capitol. Foundries, factories and warehouses were located near the tracks on the north and west sides of town. The remaining spaces inside the city limits were occupied with boarding houses, private residences and three hotels inhabited by poor and wealthy, black and white, young and old. In the final quarter of the 19th century, Raleigh's public and private sector leaders were determined to improve the cityscape to their advantage. Proximity to surface transportation spelled success for merchants in the form of shops and warehouses, stables and hotels. City alderman established streetcar lines and community leaders enlarged churches. Businessmen endeavored to make Raleigh a pro

In which city is the 1997 film ‘The Full Monty’ set?

The Full Monty (1997) - 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 Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Check out India Spotlight Related News a list of 26 titles created 21 Aug 2011 a list of 25 titles created 26 Mar 2014 a list of 28 titles created 09 Oct 2014 a list of 21 titles created 6 months ago a list of 46 titles created 3 months ago Title: The Full Monty (1997) 7.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 35 wins & 31 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family. Director: Stephen Daldry In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot. Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love. Director: Mike Newell The daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditionalism and joins a football team. Director: Gurinder Chadha A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster. Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly Stars: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy. Directors: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz Stars: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette Edit Storyline Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale's dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. Written by Jon Reeves (from press kit) <jreeves@imdb.com> Six men. With nothing to lose. Who dare to go.... See more  » Genres: Rated R for language and some nudity | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 19 September 1997 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Todo o nada See more  » Filming Locations: $244,375 (USA) (15 August 1997) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia In November 1998, Prince Charles re-enacted the unemployment office scene on national television with some young members of the Prince's Trust. See more » Goofs Reflection of boom mic visible in the car window as Dave throws Lomper back into the car. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits The film shown behind the opening credits is "Sheffield...City on the move", made in 1971 for the Sheffield Publicity Department. See more » Connections © Budde Music Inc./WB Music Corp. Courtesy of Mercury records Inc. Licensed by kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Limited and from the PolyGram Commercial Marketing Division (Brooklyn, NY) – See all my reviews When this got praised all over the place, I avoided seeing it at first because I was afraid it would be a letdown. But it's not, not in any way. This continues a tradition of sorts; while back in the 50's and early 60's, the British were known for their kitchen-sink, angry young man dramas (like "Room at the Top" or "Look Back in Anger"), now they seem to be putting comic spins on them, and it's working. Not only do you laugh (especially when Horse is at the Unemployment Office after the videotape of them dancing has been released to the public, and when he says he hasn't been up to anything, the clerk says, "That's not what I heard"), but the characters and where they come from are taken seriously and are three dimensional, so you care about them. The humor comes from real situations, not sitcom humor. A real winner! 36 of 42 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes

What was the name of the Tropical Storm, that turned into a hurricane, which hit the US Gulf Coast in August 2012?

Tropical Storm Isaac expected to hit Gulf Coast as hurricane - CSMonitor.com Tropical Storm Isaac expected to hit Gulf Coast as hurricane Latest News The New Economy What Wal-Mart's higher wages, better training mean for US retail The storm that left 24 dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic over the weekend had shifted course from Tampa, where the Republican National Convention had pushed back its start to Tuesday in case Isaac passed closer to the gulfside city. By Kevin McGill, Associated Press August 27, 2012 Tropical Storm Isaac is seen in the Gulf of Mexico in this NOAA handout satellite image dated August 27, 2012. The latest report from the National Hurricane Center had the storm slowing in the warm Gulf, gathering new energy. REUTERS/NOAA/GOES Project View Caption of NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Isaac rolled over the open Gulf of Mexico on Monday, where it was expected to grow into a hurricane before hitting land somewhere between Louisiana and Florida close to the seventh anniversary of the devastating Hurricane Katrina. The storm that left 24 dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic over the weekend had shifted course from Tampa, where the Republican National Convention had pushed back its start to Tuesday in case Isaac passed closer to the gulfside city. The National Hurricane Center predicted the storm would grow to a Category 1 hurricane over the warm Gulf and possibly hit late Tuesday somewhere along a roughly 300-mile (500-kilometer) stretch from the bayous southwest of New Orleans to the Florida Panhandle. Recommended: In Pictures Hurricane Isaac That would be one day shy of seven years after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, although Katrina was a much stronger Category 5 storm with winds over 157 miles (252 kilometers) per hour. Isaac was expected to have top winds of around 90 mph (145 kph) when it hits land. Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 01/17 The size of the warning area and the storm's wide bands of rain and wind prompted emergency declarations in four states, and hurricane-tested residents were boarding up homes, stocking up on food and water or getting ready to evacuate. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials said the updated levees around New Orleans are equipped to handle storms stronger than Isaac. Levee failures led to the catastrophic flooding in the area after Katrina, which killed 1,800. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, in a conference call with reporters, said people shouldn't focus just on New Orleans. "This is not a New Orleans storm. This is a Gulf Coast storm. Some of the heaviest impact may be in Alabama and Mississippi," he said. At 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), Isaac remained a tropical storm with top sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph). Its center was about 310 miles (500 km) southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, and it was moving northwest at 14 mph (22 kph). If the storm hits during high tide, it could push floodwaters as deep as 12 feet (four meters) on shore in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and up to six feet (1.8 meters) in the Florida Panhandle. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called a state of emergency, and 53,000 residents of St. Charles Parish near New Orleans were told to leave ahead of the storm. The governors of Mississippi, Florida and Alabama also declared states of emergency. The U.S. government said 78 percent of the oil production in the Gulf of Mexico had been halted in preparation for Isaac. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said about 1 million barrels per day of oil production had been stopped as companies evacuated 346 offshore oil and gas production platforms. That's 17 percent of daily U.S. oil production and 6 percent of consumption. The agency said about 3 percent of daily U.S. natural gas production and consumption had also been affected. Production was expected to quickly resume after the storm passes. Even though the storm was moving well west of Tampa, tropical storm-force winds and heavy rains were possible because of Isaac's large size, forecasters said. Republicans briefly gaveled their convention to order Mo

In the David Hockney painting ‘Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy’ what is Percy?

'Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy', David Hockney, 1970–1 | Tate Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy 1970–1 Support: 2134 x 3048 mm frame: 2170 x 3084 x 58 mm Collection Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1971 Reference Display caption Summary This is one of a series of large double portraits which Hockney began in 1968. He had painted imaginary couples in such earlier paintings as The First Marriage (A Marriage of Styles) 1963 (Tate T00596 ). In the later paintings, the subjects are real couples who were Hockney’s friends. They are portrayed in their home environment in a style which is both realistic and highly simplified. Hockney worked from photographs and life observation, making drawings to resolve composition . Usually one character looks at the other, who looks out of the painting at the viewer, thus creating a cyclical movement of looking. Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy is unusual in that both subjects, Mr and Mrs Clark, look out at the artist and viewer from either side of a large open window which is in the centre of the painting. The viewer, who looks at the painting from a central perspective , will be at the apex of the couple’s gaze out of the painting, a third in the relationship. Percy is the name of one of the Clarks’ cats and refers to the cat sitting statue-like on Mr Clark’s knee, looking out of the window. ‘Mr and Mrs Clark’ are the dress designer Ozzie Clark and the fabric designer Celia Birtwell. Like Hockney, the two came from the north of England and met the artist in 1961 in Manchester, where Ozzie was studying at Manchester College of Art. Both men went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London. When Ozzie and Celia married in 1969, Hockney was their best man. He painted them in their flat in Notting Hill Gate, west London, an area where the artist and a number of his friends then lived. Hockney chose to paint them in their bedroom because he liked the light there. An etching from his earlier series A Rake’s Progress 1961-3 (Tate P07029 -44) is portrayed on the left side of the painting. He began to make drawings and take photographs for the painting in 1969 and began working on the canvas in the spring of 1970, completing the painting in early 1971. In 1976 he described the painting as one of two works of his to come close to naturalism (Kinley 1992), although many areas of the image have been flattened and emptied of detail. Hockney has commented that his aim in this painting was to ‘achieve ... the presence of two people in this room. All the technical problems were caused because my main aim was to paint the relationship of these two people.’ (Quoted in Kinley 1992, [p.6].) One technical problem was to paint the figures contre jour, or against the light, something he had been experimenting with in earlier pictures of single figures in interiors. As in a photograph, it was difficult to achieve a balance between the bright daylight outside the window and the relative shade indoors. Because the canvas was so big, Hockney worked on it in his studio, where he set up light conditions that approximated those in the Clarks’ bedroom. He painted the lilies, sitting in a vase on a small table in the foreground of the painting, from life at the studio. He found the nearly life-size scale of the figures difficult to realise and both Clarks posed for him many times. In the event, Hockney painted Ozzie Clark’s head as many as twelve times before he was satisfied. He is depicted lounging on a chair, his bare feet buried in the long pile of a fur rug. His pose is relaxed but his expression is watchful. Celia stands with one hand on her waist wearing a long, flowing dress and a rather wistful expression. Close to her and therefore, perhaps, associated with her are the lilies, traditionally a symbol of the Annunciation and feminine purity. Likewise, the cat on Ozzie’s lap carries symbolic resonances of the libertine and somebody who disregards rules and does as they please. Viewed in this way, Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy recalls the famous portrait of a married couple, The Arnolfini

What is the official language of Iran?

Language in Iran | Globerove Globerove > Iran > Language in Iran Language in Iran By Globerover on March 29, 2010 in Iran , Languages What language is spoken in Iran? It is Persian, Farsi or Iranian? This article looks at language in Iran. Iranian languages form a major subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European Language family. It is interesting to note however, that Iranian languages are not limited to Iran – they are diverse in nature and are spoken by over 70 million people across southern and south western Asia. The reason why they are called Iranian languages is that they have been spoken across the Iranian plateau for thousands of years. The majority of modern Iranian languages have been adapted from the Arabic script. Many people are confused about whether to term the Iranian language ‘Persian’ or ‘Farsi’ which is due to linguistic changes which have taken place over the years. However, the Iranian language has been referred to as Persian for centuries and is the official name of Iran to describe the language spoken there. The name ‘Persian’ evolves from the name of the language spoken by a nomadic group of people in southern Iran known as the ‘Parsa’. The Parsa lived in the southern Iranian region of Persis. The term ‘Persian’ also describes the languages spoken by Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The term ‘Farsi’ has evolved from the Arabized form of ‘Parsi’. There is no ‘p’ sound in Arabic, hence the change of this initial sound to an ‘f’. Although most individuals in Iran now refer to their language as Farsi and not as Persian, some individuals argue that this is an inaccurate use of the word, inappropriate and ignores the cultural heritage of the Iranian language and excludes Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The second most widely spoken Iranian language after Persian is Kurdish. Kurdish script is based on the Perso-Arabic script and the Latin alphabet. There are also many ‘new’ Iranian languages which have emerged over time. They are spoken by people living across the Iranian plateau but unfortunately many are now diminishing due to more dominant surrounding languages. The following two cases give an example of the new Iranian languages: Pashtu is a fairly new Iranian language which is spoken by individuals living in southern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. As with the Kurdish language it is primarily written in the Perso-Arabic script, although it has additions from Urdu as opposed to the Latin alphabet. Baluchi is spoken primarily within south eastern Iran and Western Pakistan. Again, it is written in the Perso-Arabic script but there is no established written tradition of this language.

The sculpture of the ‘Winged Figure’ by Barbara Hepworth is on the side of which department store in London’s Oxford Street?

John Lewis Oxford Street and The Hepworth Wakefield celebrate 50 years of Winged Figure | News | Hepworth Wakefield John Lewis Oxford Street and The Hepworth Wakefield celebrate 50 years of Winged Figure Tweet This year John Lewis’s flagship branch, which has had a site on Oxford Street for almost 150 years, is delighted to be celebrating 50 years since the installation of Winged Figure by acclaimed British sculptor Barbara Hepworth, in partnership with The Hepworth Wakefield. In 1961 John Lewis commissioned the Yorkshire-born artist to create a work that evoked common interest and ownership. Over the past 50 years the artwork has become part of the Oxford Street landscape, since it was unveiled to the public in 1963.� Placed 13 feet above the busy cross-section between Holles Street and Oxford Street, it is estimated that the sculpture is seen by 200 million people a year. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Winged Figure, the branch has undertaken a programme of activities throughout 2013.� This began with a recently completed restoration project, which has helped to return the sculpture to its former glory, and continues with in-store celebrations to be enjoyed by customers and art-lovers alike. From Tuesday 2 September, the original Winged Figure I, 1957 by Barbara Hepworth will be on display for eight weeks in the Brasserie on the 3rd floor. �This is the smaller version of the sculpture that Hepworth proposed to enlarge for the John Lewis commission.� Kindly on loan to John Lewis by The Hepworth Wakefield, it offers customers the chance to see Hepworth’s iconic design close-up. A unique window display on Oxford Street will showcase archive material that will be on display to the public for the first time. The archive material illuminates the story behind the John Lewis commission of Hepworth’s Winged Figure, from the challenges faced in transporting the six metre high sculpture through the cobbled streets of St Ives on its journey to London’s Oxford Street, to reproductions of old photographs and letters written by Hepworth and John Lewis describing the commission. A pop-up exhibition of three original graphic prints by Barbara Hepworth will also be on display in the flagship’s third floor Brasserie.� These original graphic prints are kindly on loan exclusively to John Lewis Oxford Street from The Hepworth Wakefield, the prints are part of a new display Hepworth: Graphic Prints that is on show until early 2014. Simon Fowler, managing director of John Lewis Oxford Street said: “We are proud of our heritage and as we approach our 150th anniversary celebrations it is timely that we celebrate Barbara Hepworth’s Winged Figure which has so strikingly adorned the exterior of our flagship store for the past 50 years.� Commissioned shortly after the Second World War, it represents an important moment in our history, with the final design chosen to echo the Partnership’s associations with resurgence and aspiration, qualities which we continue to uphold today.” Sophie Bowness, Barbara Hepworth’s granddaughter, said:�“I’m delighted that John Lewis is celebrating Hepworth’s�Winged Figure�and helping people to learn the story of this iconic work.� I know that my grandmother was extremely proud of this remarkable sculpture and it’s wonderful to see it now fully restored on the exterior of the Oxford Street store.” Barbara Hepworth, sculptor, in 1963 said:�“I think one of our universal dreams is to move in air and water without the resistance of our human legs. I wanted to evoke this sense of freedom.� If the Winged Figure in Oxford Street gives people a sense of being airborne in rain and sunlight and nightlight I will be very happy.� It is a project I have long wished to fulfil and this site with its wonderful oblique wall was quite perfect.” The pop-up exhibit will be in the John Lewis Oxford Street for three weeks from 2 September. For further information visit www.johnlewis.com/our-shops/oxford-street LINKS

Everything Changes, Beautiful World and Circus are all albums released by which British band?

Download Take That MP3 Songs and Albums | music downloads Website: http://www.takethat.com/ Biography Take That were assembled by the duet of Gary Barlow and Mark Owen from one side and the dance tandem of Jason Orange and Howard Donald from the other. The fifth member of the band, Robbie Williams did not have music background and was the last one to join them. Young and inexperienced, the lads followed the directions of manager Nigel Martin-Smith who intended to create a successful project based on the model of the American outfit New Kids on the Block. Most big places rejected to have Take That gave performances due to their inexperience. Therefore, the band had their first concerts primarily at gay clubs. With the track list consisting of pop music covers, the young men dressed oddly to fit the specific audience they sang for. Regular appearances of Take That before the members of sexual minorities and the strange video for Do What You Like featuring them half nude, earned the musicians an unpleasant label of gay band. This reputation hindered the sales of their first singles and was difficult to get rid of. Take That signed a contract with a big company in 1992. The promo video for It Only Takes a Minute presented the new image of the group. The artists finally parted with the gay-like look and grabbed their own place in the limelight. The subsequent singles A Million Love Songs, and I Found Heaven hit Top 20. However, the biggest song of that period was the following Could It Be Magic All these singles were presented on the band’s debut album Take That and Party (1992), running second in the album charts of the UK. Take That evolved with their second release Everything Changes, produced in 1993. This one was the charts topped for several consecutive weeks and spawned four singles, each hitting number one. These were smashes Pray, Relight My Fire, Everything Changes, and Babe. Barlow wrote the largest part of the new songs as the group moved towards preferring their own compositions to covers. The second studio work made Take That the national icons and one of the most respected and known UK groups in the world. After a streak of impressive shows in Europe, Take That went to the studio to present their third long player, Nobody Else, released in 1995. Its single Back for Good became the band’s first big hit in the USA, which gave them the opportunity to produce the album there. The US edition of Nobody Else had a different cover and modified tracklist comprising some of the group’s old songs. 1995 saw some first signs of the inner conflicts inside Take That with Robbie Williams as the main troublemaker. He was not happy about the good guy role he had on the band. Besides, Robbie demanded he be the center of the audience’s attention shadowing the other members. As the leaders of the group, Martin-Smith and Barlow could not take it and Robbie soon quit the band. Despite the unexpected circumstances, Take That continued the touring scheduled to promote their last album. It appeared an unbeatable task, which lead to the band’s collapse in 1996. To sooth the pain of their numerous fans, the artists released the greatest hits collection with one new song, How Deep Is Your Love. Robbie Williams was the only participant of Take That who managed to rise to fame as a solo artist after the fall of the band. However, due to the contract obligations, the musicians had to record another album and launch a supporting tour. The first step to the reunion was the making of the documentary about Take That. Huge public attention to this film strengthened the confidence to restore the band. After The Ultimate Tour, the reborn Take That, with only Robbie Williams absent, recorded the new album, Beautiful World (2006). Its single Patience was the band’s ninth song to top the UK charts. In December 2008, Take That The Circus album was released. In 2009 the musicians issued their very first live album titled The Greatest Day: Take That Present The Circus Live. That record debuted at number 3 on the UK Album Chart, which proves the quality of

If you are ‘Tripping the Light Fantastic’ what are you doing?

Urban Dictionary: tripping the light fantastic tripping the light fantastic see also: get down ; groove tonight (me)That was me tripping the light fantastic with Traci Johnson at the the Spring Fling Dance Thing! (lackey)I wish I were as cool as you. I stood by the wall the whole time and cried. by knowledge August 24, 2004

An ‘Agelast’ is a person who never does what?

agelast - definition and meaning agelast from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License n. one who never laughs (especially at jokes); a mirthless person from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia n. One who never laughs. Etymologies from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License Derived from the Greek agelastos ("not laughing"), itself stemming from gelaein ("to laugh"). Examples One minute you're learning that Sir Issac Newton chuckled only once in his life (scoffing at Euclidean geometry) and that the term for such people who don't laugh is 'agelast'; the next that the apparently nonsensical elephant jokes that were popular in the Sixties are believed to be racist in origin; the next how Bertrand Russell put down a heckler during one of his lectures on logic.

In which year did Japan join the United Nations?

Japan - United Nations United Nations Japan Table of Contents Japan regards international cooperation within the United Nations (UN) framework as a basic foreign policy principle. When Japan joined the UN in 1956, it did so with great enthusiasm and broad public support, for the international organization was seen to embody the pacifist country's hopes for a peaceful world order. Membership was welcomed by many Japanese who saw the UN as a guarantor of a policy of unarmed neutrality for their nation. To others, support for the UN would be useful in masking or diluting Japan's almost total dependence on the United States for its security. The government saw the UN as an ideal arena for its riskminimizing , omnidirectional foreign policy. After the late 1950s, Japan participated actively in the social and economic activities of the UN's various specialized agencies and other international organizations concerned with social, cultural, and economic improvement. During the 1970s, as it attained the status of an economic superpower, Japan was called on to play an increasingly large role in the UN. As Japan's role increased and its contributions to UN socioeconomic development activities grew, many Japanese began to ask whether their country was being given an international position of responsibility commensurate with its economic power. There was even some sentiment, expressed as early as 1973, that Japan should be given a permanent seat on the UN Security Council with the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, France, and China. By 1990 Japan's international cooperation efforts had reached a new level of involvement and activism. Japan contributed about 11 percent of the regular UN budget, second only to the United States, which contributed 25 percent. Japan was particularly active in UN peacekeeping activities and in 1989, for the first time, sent officials to observe and participate in UN peacekeeping efforts (in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Namibia). Japan sent a small team to observe the February 1990 elections in Nicaragua. In 1992-93 Japan led UN supervision of the peace process and elections in Cambodia, providing approximately 2,000 people, which included members of the SDF. Custom Search

Which US President officially opened the Empire State Building in New York?

Empire State Building dedicated - May 01, 1931 - HISTORY.com Empire State Building dedicated Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1931, President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York City’s Empire State Building, pressing a button from the White House that turns on the building’s lights. Hoover’s gesture, of course, was symbolic; while the president remained in Washington, D.C., someone else flicked the switches in New York. The idea for the Empire State Building is said to have been born of a competition between Walter Chrysler of the Chrysler Corporation and John Jakob Raskob of General Motors, to see who could erect the taller building. Chrysler had already begun work on the famous Chrysler Building, the gleaming 1,046-foot skyscraper in midtown Manhattan. Not to be bested, Raskob assembled a group of well-known investors, including former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith. The group chose the architecture firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Associates to design the building. The Art-Deco plans, said to have been based in large part on the look of a pencil, were also builder-friendly: The entire building went up in just over a year, under budget (at $40 million) and well ahead of schedule. During certain periods of building, the frame grew an astonishing four-and-a-half stories a week. At the time of its completion, the Empire State Building, at 102 stories and 1,250 feet high (1,454 feet to the top of the lightning rod), was the world’s tallest skyscraper. The Depression-era construction employed as many as 3,400 workers on any single day, most of whom received an excellent pay rate, especially given the economic conditions of the time. The new building imbued New York City with a deep sense of pride, desperately needed in the depths of the Great Depression, when many city residents were unemployed and prospects looked bleak. The grip of the Depression on New York’s economy was still evident a year later, however, when only 25 percent of the Empire State’s offices had been rented. In 1972, the Empire State Building lost its title as world’s tallest building to New York’s World Trade Center, which itself was the tallest skyscraper for but a year. Today the honor belongs to Dubai’s Burj Khalifa tower, which soars 2,717 feet into the sky. Related Videos

What was the name of the first human spaceflight to land on the moon, in July 1969?

Apollo 11: First Men on the Moon Apollo 11: First Men on the Moon By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor | July 25, 2012 03:39pm ET MORE Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin photographed this iconic photo, a view of his footprint in the lunar soil, as part of an experiment to study the nature of lunar dust and the effects of pressure on the surface during the historic first manned moon landing in July 1969. Credit: NASA The historic launch of the Apollo 11 mission carried three astronauts toward the moon. Two of them would set foot on the lunar surface for the first time in human history as millions of people around the world followed their steps on television. The astronauts The crew of Apollo 11 were all experienced astronauts. All three had flown missions into space before. Cmdr. Neil Armstrong , 38, had previously piloted Gemini 8, the first time two vehicles docked in space. Born Aug. 5, 1930, in Ohio, Armstrong was 38 when he became the first civilian to command two American space missions. Apollo 11 crew: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Credit: NASA Col. Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin , 39, was the first astronaut with a doctorate to fly in space. Born Jan. 20, 1930, in New Jersey, Aldrin piloted Gemini 12, taking a two-hour, twenty-minute walk in space to demonstrate that an astronaut could work efficiently outside of the vehicle. For Apollo 11, he served as the lunar module pilot. The command module pilot, Lt. Col. Michael Collins, 38, was born in Italy on Oct. 31, 1930. The pilot of Gemini 10, Collins spent almost an hour and a half outside of the craft on a space-walk and became the first person to meet another spacecraft in orbit. From Earth to the moon Mission planners at NASA studied the lunar surface for two years, searching for the best place to make the historic landing. Using high-resolution photographs taken by the Lunar Orbiter satellite and close-up photographs taken by the Surveyor spacecraft, they narrowed the initial thirty sites down to three. Influencing factors included the number of craters and boulders, few high cliffs or hills, and a relatively flat surface. The amount of sunlight was also a factor in determining the best time to land on the lunar surface. Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 16, 1969. While in flight, the crew made two televised broadcasts from the interior of the ship, and a third transmission as they drew closer to the moon, revealing the lunar surface and the intended approach path. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin entered the lunar module, nicknamed the "Eagle" and separated from the Command Service Module — the "Columbia" — headed toward the lunar surface. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin poses with the American flag on the surface of the moon in July 1969. Credit: NASA The lunar module touched down on the moon's Sea of Tranquility , a large basaltic region, at 4:17 p.m. EDT. Armstrong notified Houston with the historic words, "Houston, this is Tranquility Base. The Eagle has landed." For the first two hours, Armstrong and Aldrin checked all of the systems, configured the lunar module for the stay on the moon, and ate. They decided to skip the scheduled four-hour rest to explore the surface. A camera in the Eagle provided live coverage as Armstrong descended down a ladder at 11:56 p.m. on July 20, 1969, and uttered the words, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Aldrin followed twenty minutes later, with Armstrong recording his descent. Armstrong had the responsibility to document the landing, so most of the images taken from the Apollo 11 mission were of Aldrin. [Images: NASA's Historic Apollo 11 Moon Landing in Pictures ] While on the surface, the astronauts set up several experiments, collected samples of lunar soil and rock to bring home, erected a United States flag, and took core samples from the crust. They spoke with U.S. President Richard Nixon, whose voice was transmitted from the White House, and placed a plaque that stated: HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH FIRST SET FOOT

Pollo is Italian for which bird?

Italian Chicken and Poultry Recipes Your place for traditional Italian recipes Custom Search Poultry Recipes Until after World War II, chicken was not widely eaten in Italy.  Poultry was expensive and a live chicken could produce eggs for a family farm to eat or sell.  Many of today's Italian recipes for chicken were once made with wild birds or rabbit.  Chicken is a very common dish in the US, with boneless chicken breasts becoming more popular in recent years.  Many of the chicken dishes that we consider to be traditionally Italian are really Italian-American.

Benjamin Disraeli was British Prime Minister during the reign of which monarch?

Prime Ministers of Great Britain political party 1721-42 Sir Robert Walpole - Restored confidence in the country following the South Sea Bubble financial crash of 1720. Dominated the political scene during the reigns of George I and George II. George II made Walpole a gift of 10 Downing Street. Walpole resigned as a consequence of his perceived mis-handling in dealing with the War of Jenkins' Ear . Whig 1742-43 Earl of Wilmington - Suffering poor health for most of his time as Prime Minister, he died in office. Whig 1743-54 Henry Pelham - During his time in the post he oversaw the the British involvement in the War of the Austrian Succession in 1744-48, the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the adoption of the Gregorian calender . He died in office. Whig 1754-56 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle - Assumed the office of Prime Minister just 10 days after the death of his brother Henry Pelham. During the Seven Years' War, he was blamed for the loss of Minorca and was replaced by the Duke of Devonshire. Whig 1756-57 William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire - In a government effectively controlled by Pitt the Elder, Devonshire's administration was brought to end following the dismissal of Pitt by the king, it was replaced by the Second Newcastle Ministry. Whig 1757-62 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle - Returning to office with Pitt the Elder as Southern Secretary, this government helped steer Britain to ultimate victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. Whig 1762-63 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute - A favourite of George III, he was the first Scot to hold the top office. Unpopular with the 'great unwashed', he introduced a tax on cider in order to help pay for the Seven Years' War. He resigned following fierce criticism of his handling of the peace negotiations. Tory The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Viscount Melbourne 1828-30 Arthur Welleslley, 1st Duke of Wellington - The second Irish-born Prime Minister and second veteran general, perhaps more famous as a soldier of the Napoleonic Wars than a politician. Is said to have commented after his first Cabinet meeting: “An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.” He introduced the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, removing many of the restrictions on Catholics in the UK. Resigned after a vote of no confidence. Tory 1830-34 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey - Famous for the blend of tea named after him, his political achievements included the Reform Act of 1832, which started the process of electoral change that we recognise today. His other legacies included the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire and restrictions concerning the employment of children. He resigned after disagreements over his Irish policies. Whig 1834 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - The last Prime Minister to be dismissed by a Sovereign, King William IV. Whig 1834-35 Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet - At the second time of asking, Peel accepted King William IV’s invitation to form a government. Head of a minority government, he resigned following a number of defeats in Parliament. Whig 1835-41 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - Returning to office for the second time, Melbourne found the new Queen Victoria much more agreeable than William IV. Tutoring the young queen in the ways of politics, they formed a close relationship. He resigned after a series of parliamentary defeats. Whig 1841-46 Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet - Returning to office for the second time, Peel introduced important employment laws that banned women and children from working underground in mines, in addition The Factory Act of 1844 limited the hours of work for children and women. Unable to feed a starving Ireland, he finally succeeded in repealing the Corn Laws. Conservative 1846-52 Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - Russell was the last Whig Prime Minister. His Public Health Act of 1848 improved the sanitary conditions of towns and cities. He was in office at the time of The Great Exhibition of 1851 . Whig 1852 Edward Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby - Co

Amarapura was the former capital of which country?

U Bein Bridge and Amarapura information | Go-Myanmar.com Overview Accommodation Getting There Getting Away Amarapura Situated 11 kilometres south of Mandalay, Amarapura is one of Myanmar’s former capitals. It was built by  King Bodawpaya  in 1783 and served as the centre of power until 1857, when the capital moved to Mandalay. Today, you can find ruins of the city gate, the palace, and tombs of old kings. There are also numerous stupas to be seen in the area, including the Kyauktawgyi Pagoda, as well as the Maha Gandhayon monastery. U Bein Bridge The biggest draw in the area is the unique U Bein Bridge, a beautiful 1.2 kilometre structure built from teak planks and said to be the longest of its type in the world. The local mayor, U Bein, salvaged the wood from pieces of the dismantled teak palace at Amarapura when the capital moved to  Mandalay  in 1857. The bridge’s attraction is not simply in its structure, but that it remains a central part of the community, with hundreds of locals and saffron-robed monks walking their bicycles home along it, and fishermen going about their daily work in its shadow (although there are increasing numbers of tourists, too). The best time to see the bridge is at sunset, and the best photo opportunities are afforded by hiring a boat to get a close up view of the bridge from the water. For a wider selection of photos from U Bein bridge and Amarapura, go to our  Flickr photo album . We offer a variety of tours of Myanmar that include Amarapura and U Bein Bridge - find out more  here .  Festivals and practical info The Irinaku Nat Festival takes place at Amarapura in September and celebrates the Popa Madaw, a protector of women and the mother of two executed brothers who became nats (spirits). To find out more, go to  festivals in Myanmar . The  $10 Mandalay ticket  is required to enter Amarapura, but in reality is rarely checked.

In computing, what is the device which is plugged into a computer which serves as an adapter or to enable the use of certain software?

What Is A Dongle? - Business Insider print 3 Dongles plugged into Google's Chromebook Pixel. Kevin Smith/Business Insider This week two people in the tech industry lost their jobs because of jokes gone awry at a conference. A couple of male developers were joking around about "big" dongles. When a female developer evangelist heard their jokes she tweeted it out with their photo, complaining that they were being rude. One of those developers lost his job, and then eventually, so did the evangelist. In the developers' defense, the word "dongle" is funny. It's nearly impossible to say without giggling or making childish jokes. Some people in our office had heard the word before, but didn't know what a dongle is. Merriam-Webster  defines a dongle as a small device that plugs into a computer and serves as an adapter or a security measure to enable the use of certain software. Kevin Smith/Business Insider The term, dongle, was rumored to have originated from a 1992 advertisement for Rainbow Technologies. The ad claimed the word dongle was derived from the name "Don Gall." Though untrue, this has given rise to an urban myth, we learned from Wikipedia . According to the University of Pennsylvania's language log , the earliest citation of the word dongle began appearing in 1982: 1982   MicroComputer Printout  Jan. 19/2 The word ‘dongle’ has been appearing in many articles with reference to security systems for computer software [refers to alleged coinage in 1980]. But as the term 'dongle' became more widespread its meaning changed from strictly a scientific term to mainstream. UPenn clarifies: The current meaning for dongle seems to be something like "a self-contained device that plugs into a  port on a computer that is normally used for connections to a separate external device". Thus in addition to the original serial-port dongles, and the USB dongles that Suzanne (and Stephen Fry) wrote about, there are also  "firewire dongles" , and presumably there could be dongles for any other sort of port as well.  Simply put, dongles are computer peripherals that plug into your computer like a USB flash drive or a cord connecting a computer with a printer for example.  Dongles are also huge in the video game world because they allow consoles to have added features like increased audio quality. An Xbox 360 Audio Dongle Wikimedia Commons Before USB was the standard in attaching PC peripherals, there were tons of different dongles that came in various shapes and sizes.

What is the largest internal human organ?

Know : Top 10 Largest Organs of the Human Body | PROPEL STEPS by Propel Steps Know : Top 10 Largest Organs of the Human Body Skin is the largest organ of our body. The average weight of skin in the body is about 10,886 grams which varies according to the size and weight of human beings. Human skin is made up of different ectodermic tissues and it protects all the inner body organs like liver, glands, stomach, heart etc. Liver is the second largest organ in the body males or females. Its average weight in a normal human body is 1,560 gms. The liver receives blood full of digested food from the gut. It stores some foods and delivers the rest to the other cells through blood. Brain is the third largest and major organ of human body. Its average weight in a normal human body is 1,263 gms. The brain controls and governs the actions of all the body parts. There are about 100 billion cells in human brain enabling 100 trillion nerve connections with nerve cells for messaging. Lungs are the fourth biggest organ. The average weight of both lungs in a normal human being is about 1,090 gms. The major function of lungs is to inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide out of the red blood cells. The lungs can hold a total of up to 5 liters of air. Heart is the fifth largest and most important organ in humans that is essential for all living beings. The major function of the heart is to pump the blood and to ensure the provision of nutrients to every part in the body. In males the average weight of heart is 315 gms while in females this weight is about 265 gms. Kidneys are the sixth largest organ in human body. There are two kidneys in every human being and the average weight of both the kidneys is about 290 grams. The major function of a kidney is to remove the waste products from the blood by regulating water fluid levels. Spleen is the seventh largest organ of humans. It weighs 170 grams and measures equal to the size of a human fist. It is mainly responsible for producing the red and white blood cell pulp. Spleen also contributes significantly to the immune system which acts as a strong defense against infections. Pancreas is the eighth largest human organ with an average weight of 98 grams in a human. It is one of the most important glands which produce several hormones including insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin. The pancreas is a dual-function gland, having features of both endocrine. Thyroid is the ninth biggest human organ.The average weight of thyroid gland in human body is 35 grams. It is the largest gland in the human body. The function of this gland is to produce thyroxine and triiodothyronine hormones. Prostate is the tenth largest human organ with an average weight of 20 grams. Located between the penis and the bladder, Prostate gland secretes liquid which contain a fluid to protect and nourish the sperms. Rate this:

What is the title of the 1987 film in which Cher plays a widow who falls in love with the brother, played by Nicholas Cage, of her husband-to-be?

Moonstruck Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 8:34 AM, PST NEWS 2 out of 3 people found the following review useful: Cher is stunning. Nicholas Cage is so pitifully great from united states 8 April 2003 I have seen this movie a dozen times. I laugh. I feel Cher's character's impulse to want to look the best for the man she has fallen for.I can relate to the italian side of this.. the hubby that cheats and the wife that still stays no matter what. Olympia Dukakis was equally wonderful as the mom and wife. Her love of family and husband is straight. No veering from her love . even when at her lowest low she tells John Mahoney whos flirting with her,she knows who she is and he ain't coming in her home. COOL. Cher won a deserved academy award for this film. Nicholas Cage made Cher's character come to life. He might have been the "wolf" as Cher put it she was the Queen Bee. Everyone should watch this film. It romantic, funny, weepy, and the end is marvelous!! Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 3 people found the following review useful: Moonstruck is a must-see comedy. from New Hampshire 14 March 2003 Moonstruck has its own magical aura. It is one of the best movies to see when you need an "up." The acting is superb, the writing top-drawer, and the whole atmosphere is wondrous. This is one of the great romantic comedies. In some ways it presages BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING. It's the story of a young widow who was ready to settle for a dull second husband, and a bitter, injured younger brother (of her fiance) who hates the world and was ready to give up on it. The only remaining love he had was for opera. And then they meet. The story is pure magic, the ensemble cast is excellent, and it should have won many more Oscars than the three it collected. Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 3 people found the following review useful: Absolutely fabulous from Ontario, Canada 23 July 2001 Moonstruck was everything a romantic comedy should be. And all within the course of 2 hours. It was well put together and made the best sense. It was, in my opinion, by far, Nicolas Cage's best role ever. Cher was great as well. It's definitely a movie to see with your girlfriend or boyfriend. Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 3 people found the following review useful: In Any Other Year .... from Canada 23 April 2001 In any other year, this movie would have garnered Norman Jewison his long-overdue Best Director Oscar, and won best picture. But alas, it came up against the near perfect "The Last Emperor" and played runner-up. Moonstruck is a perfect romantic comedy with an ensemble cast. This is rare treat in the tradition of Tootsie and A Fish Called Wanda. All of these films focus on a single character, but the complete cast makes it work. Right down to the "Old Man" - the aging Italian grandfather, warned by his daughter-in-law to stop feeding table food to his dogs "or I'll kick you til you die." Moonstruck follows an Italian American family in New York and how they discover, realize and run from true love. Its best feature is its wonderful mood, perfectly capturing the Italian core family - hostile and critical, but always loving and caring and ready to defend eachother. Cher won a well-deserved Oscar here for delicately playing a stereotype without becoming a caricacture. She agrees in an early scene to Marry Johnny (Danny Aeillo), a man she does not love but feels would make an adequate husband. In the movies best line, Cher's mother (Olympia Dukakis) asks "Do you love him", and when Cher answers no, mom says "Good. If you love them, they'll drive you crazy because they know they can." It is this tender, bittersweet attitude towards love and relationships that makes this movie watchable and enjoyable. It is an all-time favourite and a must see. Absolutely no objectionable content - just pure fun. A true gift to movie-goers. **** out of ****. Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 3 people found the following review useful: Warm and witty from England 28 July 1999 This is the kind of film for a snowy Su

A new Holy Thorn Tree was planted in 2012 in which Somerset town, to replace the one damaged by vandals in 2010?

New tree replaces Glastonbury's vandalised Holy Thorn - BBC News BBC News New tree replaces Glastonbury's vandalised Holy Thorn 27 January 2013 Close share panel Image caption The Holy Thorn on Wearyall Hill was a famous landmark in Glastonbury, Somerset A tree grown from branches of the Holy Thorn, which was damaged by vandals, has been planted in Glastonbury. The new tree, propagated from severed branches of the original thorn, was planted on Wearyall Hill. The original, grown from a cutting of a tree said to have been planted by Joseph of Arimathea 2,000 years ago, had its branches cut off in 2010. John Turner, from Visit Somerset, said it reinstates an "incredibly important piece of Somerset history". It will be the second time that a replacement Holy Thorn has been planted on the hill. Last April, a new tree was planted and surrounded by a metal cage to try to protect it. But within two weeks the replacement tree had been broken off about a foot from the ground. 'Iconic tree' The latest thorn was planted close to Glastonbury Abbey alongside a Word Peace Pole as part of a ceremony organised by the Glastonbury Pilgrim Reception Centre. Image caption The last replacement tree was broken off completely Tony Kirkham, head of the arboretum at Kew Gardens, said: "The Glastonbury thorn is one of our iconic trees in the British Isles, with legends relating to the arrival of Christianity. "We were extremely pleased to be able to assist with preserving the original tree at Wearyall Hill by propagating it using the damaged branches in our woody plant nursery at Kew. "With the new tree planted back in Glastonbury along with several others in different locations, we hope that the Glastonbury story will continue." There are several Holy Thorn trees around the town. The original vandalised tree on Wearyall Hill was planted in 1951 to celebrate the Festival of Britain.

The first passenger fare-paying railway service was established in which European country in 1807?

March 1807 - What Happened - On This Day On This Day What Happened in March 1807 Full Calendar Mar 2 US Congress bans the slave trade within the US, effective January 1, 1808 Election of Interest Mar 2 William Cavendish-Bentinck becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a second time after the fall of William Grenville 's Whig government British Prime Minister Mar 5 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven 's 4th Symphony in B Composer Ludwig van Beethoven Mar 25 First fare-paying, passenger railway service in the world established on the Oystermouth Railway in Swansea, Wales. Mar 25 British Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire; a penalty of £120 per slave is introduced for slave ship captains. Event of Interest

Who played Mike Flaherty, the deputy mayor of New York, in the US television series ‘Spin City’?

Spin City | Television Academy Television Academy Spin City From Wikpedia: Spin City (renamed to Chaos City in some countries) is an American sitcom television series that ran from 1996 to 2002 on ABC. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, and originally starred Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty, the Deputy Mayor of New York. The show was cancelled in 2002 due to low ratings from the 2001–2002 season and a change in target demographics. In 2000, Paramount Television (which produced Michael J. Fox's earlier sitcom, Family Ties) began syndicating the series to local stations (Paramount parent Viacom would later buy the show's producer DreamWorks). It and successor companies owned distribution rights until 2009, when DreamWorks became independent again. The syndication rights are held by ABC's syndication arm, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, as Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures began distributing DreamWorks live-action films in 2009. However, the Paramount Television logo tag remains to be shown after the end credits of reruns of the series. Created by Gary David Goldberg Bill Lawrence

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was formed in which century?

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | British sports organization | Britannica.com Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) National Football League (NFL) Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), former governing body of cricket , founded in London in 1787. Marylebone soon became the leading cricket club in England and, eventually, the world authority on laws. The MCC headquarters are at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. The Cricket Council is now the final arbiter in England, as are boards of control in other countries, with the International Cricket Conference exercising advisory jurisdiction over world cricket affairs. Learn More in these related articles: in cricket (sport): The early years The aforementioned Hambledon Club, playing in Hampshire on Broadhalfpenny Down, was the predominant cricket force in the second half of the 18th century before the rise of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London. Formed from a cricket club that played at White Conduit Fields, the club moved to Lord’s Cricket Ground in St. Marylebone borough in 1787 and became the MCC and in the following... in tennis: Origin and early years ...in his booklet “Sphairistiké, or Lawn Tennis,” may have been adopted for patent reasons since it distinguished the court from ordinary rectangular courts. At the time, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was the governing body of real tennis, whose rules it had recently revised. After J.M. Heathcote, a distinguished real tennis player, developed a better tennis ball of... in Lord’s Cricket Ground headquarters and home ground of the Marylebone Cricket Club, long the world’s foremost cricket organization, and the scene of Test Matches between England and visiting national teams and of matches of the Middlesex County Cricket Club, Oxford versus Cambridge, and Eton versus Harrow. Various cup finals and one-day international matches also take place there. The original Lord’s was established...

Pan American World Airlines offered the first commercially scheduled Boeing 747 service from John F Kennedy Airport to which British airport in 1970?

Boeing 747 Boeing 747 1970- 01-22 with Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines Primary user 747-300 $82,000,000 (1982) 747-400 $230,000,000 (2006) The Boeing 747, commonly called a Jumbo Jet, is among the most recognizable jet airliners and is the largest passenger airliner currently in service. First flown commercially in 1970, it held the size record for more than 35 years until surpassed by the Airbus A380 (due to enter service in 2007). The Soviet -built Antonov An-225 cargo transport remains the world's largest aircraft in service, while the Hughes H-4 Hercules had a larger wing-span. The four-engine 747, produced by Boeing's Commercial Airplane division, uses a two-deck configuration. A typical three-class layout accommodates 416 passengers, while a two-class layout accommodates a maximum of 524 passengers. The hump created by the upper deck has made the 747 a highly recognizable icon of air travel. As of November 2006, 1469 planes have been built with 89 more on order in various 747 configurations, making it a very profitable product for Boeing. The 747-400, the only series currently in production, flies at high-subsonic speeds of mach 0.85 (567 mph or 913 km/h), and features intercontinental range (7260 nm (13446 km)). In some configurations this is sufficient to fly non-stop from New York to Hong Kong — a third of the way around the globe. In 1989, a Qantas 747-400 flew non-stop from London to Sydney , a distance of 11185 miles (18001 kilometres) in 20 hours and 9 minutes, although this was a delivery flight with no passengers or freight aboard. History Development The prototype 747, City of Everett, at the Museum of Flight in Seattle , Washington. The 747 was born from the explosion of air travel in the 1960s. The era of commercial jet transportation, led by the enormous popularity of the Boeing 707, had revolutionized long distance travel and made possible the concept of the " global village." Boeing had already developed a study for a very large fixed-wing aircraft while bidding on a US military contract for a huge cargo plane. Boeing lost the contract to Lockheed's C-5 Galaxy but came under pressure from its most loyal airline customer, Pan Am, to develop a giant passenger plane that would be over twice the size of the 707. In 1966 Boeing proposed a preliminary configuration for the airliner, to be called the 747. Pan Am ordered 25 of the initial 100 series for US$550 million, becoming its launch customer. The original design was a full-length double-decker fuselage. Issues with evacuation routes caused this idea to be scrapped in favour of a wide-body design. At the time, it was widely thought that the 747 would be replaced in the future with an SST ( supersonic transport) design. In a shrewd move, Boeing designed the 747 so that it could easily be adapted to carry freight. Boeing knew that if and when sales of the passenger version dried up (see below regarding the future sales of the 747), the plane could remain in production as a cargo transport. The cockpit was moved to a shortened upper deck so that a nose cone loading door could be included, thus creating the 747's distinctive "bulge". The supersonic transports, including the Concorde and Boeing's never-produced 2707, were not widely adopted, such planes being difficult to operate profitably at a time when fuel prices were soaring, and also there were difficulties of operating such aircraft due to regulations regarding flying supersonic over land. Cargolux 747-400F with the nose cone loading door open The 747 was expected to become obsolete after sales of 400 units. But the 747 outlived many of its critics' expectations and production passed the 1,000 mark in 1993. The expected slow-down in sales of the passenger version in favour of the freighter model has only been realized in the early 2000s, around 2 decades later than expected. The development of the 747 was a huge undertaking - Boeing did not have a facility large enough to assemble the giant aircraft, so the company built an all-new assembly building near Everett, Washington. The fa

What is the title of the first number one hit released by the Tamla Motown record label?

History - Classic Motown History Store Berry Gordy Receives $800 Loan Berry Gordy Jr. launches Tamla Records with an $800 loan from the Gordy family savings fund, and releases Marv Johnson’s “Come To Me.” Read more Birth Of The Motortown Revue The “Gordy Star Attractions Show” makes its debut, featuring the Miracles, Marv Johnson and Mable John, among others. Read more Home Of The Hits On West Grand Blvd. Berry Gordy buys a two-story house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, and puts up a sign to signal his intentions: Hitsville U.S.A. Read more 'Bad Girl' Makes Good With Chess The Miracles’ “Bad Girl,” written by Berry Gordy and William “Smokey” Robinson, is released under license to Chess Records. Read more Money (That's What I Want) First released on Tamla Records, Barrett Strong’s “Money (That’s What I Want)” is a hit when nationally distributed by Anna Records. Read more Mary Wells' Debut Single "Bye Bye Baby" is the debut Motown single by 17-year-old Mary Wells, who wrote the song herself. Read more Marvin Gaye signs to Motown After singing with the Moonglows, Marvin Gaye moves to Detroit and, through group leader Harvey Fuqua’s contacts, joins Motown. Read more The Miracles' First National Hit The Miracles’ first national hit, “Shop Around” is released, after Berry Gordy summons the Miracles to the studio at 3 a.m. to re-record the song. Read more The Supremes Sign To Motown The Supremes sign to Motown, with their first 45 on the Tamla label, “I Want A Guy,” released in March. Read more Motown Sign Little Stevie Wonder Berry Gordy signs Little Stevie Wonder after an impressive audition at Hitsville by the 11-year-old, playing several instruments. Read more The Temptations' Debut Single “Oh Mother Of Mine,” the Temptations’ debut for Motown Records, is issued on the company’s Miracle label. Read more Motown's First No. 1 Motown ends the year with its first No. 1 on the pop charts: “Please Mr. Postman” by the Marvelettes. Read more First Holland/Dozier/ Holland Teamwork Motown issues “Dearest One” by Lamont Dozier, his first song written with Eddie and Brian Holland. Read more First Top 20 Single For Gordy Label The Gordy label gains its first Top 20 success with “Do You Love Me” by the Contours. Read more The Motortown Revue Begins The first “Motortown Revue” package tour of more than two dozen cities begins in Washington, DC. Read more Marvin Gaye Enters The Charts Marvin Gaye has his first Top 50 pop hit with “Stubborn Kind Of Fellow.” Read more Holland/Dozier/ Holland Chart Success The Marvelettes’ “Locking Up My Heart” is released to become an early chart success for the Holland/Dozier/Holland team. Read more The Four Tops Sign To Motown The Four Tops sign to Motown, and begin recording in Studio A at Hitsville. Read more The 12 Year Old Genius Little Stevie Wonder’s The 12 Year Old Genius Recorded Live is Motown’s first No. 1 album, as “Fingertips – Pt. 2” tops the Hot 100. Read more Motown Signs U.K. License Deal Motown kicks off its new U.K. license deal with EMI Records with the release of Martha & the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave”. Read more Motown launches Soul label Motown launches its Soul label with Shorty Long’s “Devil With The Blue Dress” whilst Jimmy Ruffin and Jr. Walker & The All Stars join the roster. Read more My Guy Tops The Beatles “My Guy” by Mary Wells becomes Motown’s fourth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the company's first major U.K. hit. Read more The Supremes' Chart Success The Supremes begin their run of five consecutive No. 1 hits with “Where Did Our Love Go”. Read more Smokey Pens My Girl The Temptations get together with Smokey Robinson at Hitsville’s Studio A to record a new song, “My Girl.” Read more Tamla Motown U.K. Tour The Tamla Motown label is launched in the U.K., while Martha & the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, the Miracles and the Supremes begin touring England, Scotland and Wales. Read more Motown's 10th No. 1 The Four Tops achieve Motown Records’ tenth No. 1 with “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch).” Read more The Supremes' debut at Copacabana The Supremes make the

Which country’s football team did Germany beat in the 2002 FIFA World Cup semi-final?

The final word: best and worst of World Cup 2002 | Football | The Guardian The final word: best and worst of World Cup 2002 Sunday 30 June 2002 06.03 EDT First published on Sunday 30 June 2002 06.03 EDT Favourite - and least favourite - player Paul Wilson Favourite player: Damien Duff and Nicky Butt. Who said the Premiership was overrated? Least favourite player: Rivaldo. Some so-called superstars are grossly overrated. Could almost forgive this one his selfishness, wastefulness and complete lack of awareness of the rest of his team were he not also a blatant cheat and serial simulator. Amy Lawrence Favourite player: I'm rather hoping that Ronaldo will tip the balance today... Otherwise Hong Myung Bo. It's been a tournament where teams rather individuals have prospered, and the South Korean captain was a symbol of the most touching team effort of all. Least favourite player: Roy Keane, closely followed by Zlatko Zahovic. The World Cup should be something to treasure not whinge about. Killjoys, the pair of them. Guillem Balague Favourite player: Raul. With him on the pitch, Spain would have beaten South Korea and he could have proven himself the best player in the tournament. Least favourite player: Totti. They said this was going to be his World Cup... John Carlin Favourite player: Nicky Butt (against Argentina). Least favourite player: Roy Keane. Ian Ridley Favourite player: Ronaldinho. Took risks in all the right areas. Least favourite player: Gabriel Batistuta. What a graceless loser. Kevin Mitchell Favourite player: Isaac Okoronkwo (Nigerian central defender). Simon Kuper Favourite player: Oliver Kahn - the best keeper I can ever remember seeing. James Kopnall Least favourite player: Frank Leboeuf. He outstayed his welcome. Dirtiest player Paul Wilson: Not a player, but Luciano Gaucci, president of Perugia, has to win this title after sacking Ahn Jung Hwan for scoring the winning goal against Italy. Obviously some high-class whingeing was to be expected after the manner of the Azzurri's exit, but Gaucci's action portrayed Italy and the Europeans in general in a very poor light. Ian Ridley: Alessandro Nesta. Somebody stop the shirt-pulling, please. Kevin Mitchell: Rivaldo. Not for his fouls, but for trying to get opponents sent off. James Copnall: Paolo Montero. Much like Damien Hirst the Uruguayan has made dismembered bodies an art form. Amy Lawrence: Sepp Blatherer. No coincidence that most of his odious utterings leave an unpleasant whiff in the air. Best - and worst - match Paul Wilson Favourite match: Argentina 0 England 1 was the best I saw live, but for drama Korea's defeat of Italy was hard to beat. Worst match: Germany 8 Saudi Arabia 0. Surely everyone thinks so, especially viewers in Holland, Norway, Australia, etc. Amy Lawrence Favourite match: South Korea 2 Italy 1. Riveting drama, rip-roaring atmosphere - a World Cup classic that intoxicated everyone in the stadium. Worst match: Third-place play-off. Regardless of the quality of the match, the losing semi-finalists shouldn't be put through it. Kevin Mitchell Favourite match: The second half of England- Argentina. Desperate, clever and heroic. Worst match: Mexico-US. A tepid, cowardly performance by Mexico. Guillem Balague Favourite match: Brazil-Costa Rica - Brazil knew they were going to win so they just played for fun. Worst match: The first halfs of Sweden-England and Spain-Slovenia (so much potential on the pitch, but so much fear). Ian Ridley Favourite match: South Korea 2 Italy 1. Everything right and wrong with the tournament in one game. Worst match: Nigeria 0 England 0. Lack of adventure led to England meeting Brazil in last eight. Simon Kuper Favourite match: Korea-Italy or Japan-Belgium. So rare at this World Cup to see a whole stadium 'live' a game. James Copnall Favourite match: Brazil 5 Costa Rica 2. Defending is a vastly overrated concept. Worst match: Germany 8 Saudi Arabia 0. Embarrassing. Best Gaol Paul Wilson: Rivaldo's against England. Hugely influential in terms of the match, brilliantly executed and a classic case of making opponents

A Stableford is a scoring system in which sport?

Stableford - YouTube Stableford Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Oct 29, 2014 Stableford is a scoring system used in the sport of golf. Rather than counting the total number of strokes taken, as in stroke play, it involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole. Unlike traditional scoring methods, where the aim is to have the lowest score, under Stableford rules, the objective is to have the highest score. The Stableford system was developed by Dr. Frank Barney Gorton Stableford (1870–1959), to deter golfers from giving up on their round after just one or two bad holes. It was first used informally at the Glamorganshire Golf Club, Penarth, Wales, in 1898, and first used in competition at Wallasey Golf Club in Wallasey, England, in 1932. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video Category

Trypanophobia is the irrational fear of which medical procedure?

Trypanophobia | Psychology Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia This box:  view  •  talk  •  edit Trypanophobia is the extreme and irrational fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles . It is occasionally referred to as aichmophobia, belonephobia, or enetophobia, names that are technically incorrect because they simply denote a “fear of pins/needles” and do not refer to the medical aspect of trypanophobia. The name that is in common usage is simply needle phobia, while the correct scientific term is trypanophobia. The condition was officially recognized in 1994 in the DSM-IV ( Diagnostic and Statistical Manual , 4th edition) as a specific phobia of blood/injection/injury type. Phobic level responses to injections cause sufferers to avoid inoculations , blood tests and in the more severe cases, all medical care. It is estimated that at least ten percent of American adults are trypanophobic, and it is likely that the actual number is larger, as the most severe cases are never documented due to the tendency of the sufferer to simply avoid all medical treatment. Contents Although trypanophobia is defined simply as an extreme fear of medically related shots/injections, it appears in several varieties. Vaso-Vagal Trypanophobia Edit Although most specific phobias stem from the individual themselves, the most common type of trypanophobia, affecting fifty percent of trypanophobes, is an inherited reflex. Approximately 80 % of trypanophobes report that a relative within the first degree exhibits the same disorder. People who suffer from vaso-vagal trypanophobia fear the sight, thought or feeling of needles or needle-like objects. The primary symptom of vaso-vagal trypanophobia is vaso-vagal syncope, or fainting due to loss of blood pressure. The physiological changes associated with this type of trypanophobia also include feeling faint, sweating, nausea, pallor, tinnitus, panic attacks and initially high blood pressure and heart rate followed by a plunge in both at the moment of injection. In this case, the patient is more likely to react passively as opposed to aggressively. Although most phobias are dangerous to some degree, trypanophobia is one of the few that actually kills. In cases of severe trypanophobia, the drop in blood pressure caused by the vaso-vagal shock reflex causes death. The best treatment strategy for this type of trypanophobia is desensitization or the progressive exposure of the patient to gradually more frightening stimuli, allowing them to become desensitized to the stimulus that triggers the phobic response. Associative Trypanophobia Edit Associative Trypanophobia is the second most common type of trypanophobia, affecting thirty percent of needle phobes. This type of trypanophobia is the classic specific phobia in which a traumatic event such as an extremely painful medical procedure or witnessing a family member or friend undergo such, causes the patient to associate all procedures involving needles with the original negative experience. This form of trypanophobia causes symptoms that are primarily psychological in nature, such as extreme unexplained anxiety, insomnia , preoccupation with the coming procedure and panic attacks . Treatments that are effective for this form of trypanophobia include cognitive therapy , hypnosis, and/or the administration of anti-anxiety medications. Resistive Trypanophobia Edit Resistive Trypanophobia occurs when the underlying fear involves not simply needles or injections but also being controlled or restrained. It typically stems from repressive upbringing or poor handling of prior needle procedures i.e with forced physical or emotional restraint. This form of trypanophobia affects around twenty percent of needle phobes. Symptoms of this form of trypanophobia include combativeness, high heart rate coupled with extremely high blood pressure, violent resistance, avoidance and flight. The suggested treatment for this form of trypanophobia is psychotherapy, teaching the patient self-injection techniques or finding a trusted healthcare provider. H

Who wrote the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’?

The Official Website of Dan Brown Dan Brown Launches Inferno Experience Robert Langdon needs your help. Are you up to the task? Sony Entertainment, Google, and Dan Brown have teamed up to create puzzles for a three-week online experience, The Inferno Journey Through Hell. In it, players assist Robert Langdon in solving three puzzles per week that relate to Dante's Inferno. Dan calls the game "a plunge into the depths of hell using the Seven Deadly Sins as the ladder." Visit Journey Through Hell to uncover the mystery...and enter for a chance to win a trip to Italy. To learn more about the film, check out this article from USA Today . To stay up-to-date on the latest Dan Brown News, stay tuned to Dan's Facebook , Instagram , and Twitter pages. Dan Brown Announces New Novel Available September 26, 2017, the new novel, Origin, thrusts Robert Langdon into the dangerous intersection of humankind’s two most enduring questions. Global publishing phenomenon Dan Brown, author of the #1 international blockbusters Inferno and The Da Vinci Code, has written his latest Robert Langdon thriller titled Origin. Doubleday will release the novel in the U.S. and Canada on September 26, 2017 and it will also be available as an ebook and an audiobook from Penguin Random House Audio. Origin will be published simultaneously in the U.K. by Transworld Publishers, a division of Penguin Random House. Additionally, a U.S. Spanish language edition will be published by Vintage Español. The announcement was made today by Sonny Mehta, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Jason Kaufman, Vice President and Executive Editor at Doubleday, will edit the novel. In keeping with his trademark style, Brown interweaves codes, science, religion, history, art and architecture into this new novel. Origin thrusts Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon into the dangerous intersection of humankind’s two most enduring questions, and the earth-shaking discovery that will answer them. There are more than 200 million copies of Dan Brown’s books in print worldwide, and his novels have been translated into 56 languages. To learn more, stay tuned to Dan's Facebook , Instagram , and Twitter pages. Inferno Vlog#4 - Locations Go on location with the cast and crew of Inferno as they give you a glimpse of the historic locations behind Langdon's latest adventure. Go on location with the cast and crew of Inferno as they give you a glimpse of the historic locations behind Langdon's latest adventure. The film hits theaters internationally starting October 12th, followed by the U.S. premiere on October 28th. To stay up to date on the latest Inferno movie news, visit Dan's Facebook Page or the Movie's Official Twitter Page . Inferno Vlog#3 - Langdon's Superpower Robert Langdon’s superpower? Eidetic memory. Ron Howard discusses Langdon’s memory loss in this Vlog for the Inferno movie. Tom Hanks takes you behind the scenes to talk about Robert Langdon's superpower, eidetic memory, in today's vlog for the Inferno movie. The film hits theaters in internationally starting October 12th and in the U.S. on October 28th. To stay up to date on the latest Inferno movie news, visit Dan's Facebook Page or the Movie's Official Twitter Page . Dan discusses The Da Vinci Code - Young Adult Edition For more on what it is and why we believe in the importance of reaching young readers, watch this clip from an interview with Dan. The YA edition of The Da Vinci Code is available internationally. For more on what it is and why we believe in the importance of reaching young readers, watch this clip from an interview with Dan. Inferno Vlog#2 - Zobrist's Manifesto Dan and Ron take you behind the scenes to give you a glimpse of Zobrist's Manifesto. In the word's of Bertrand Zobrist, “It has always been this way. Death is followed by birth. To reach paradise, man must pass through inferno." Take a look behind the scenes, as Dan Brown and Ron Howard give you a glimpse of Zobrist's Manifesto. The film hits theaters internationally starting October 12th, followed by the U.S. premiere on

A diamondback is what type of creature?

diamondback | Sundown Trail Sundown Trail Posted on October 18, 2012 by Sundown Trail The grizzly bear, the black bear, the wolf, and finally the mountain lion left, first the Midwest and then the High Plains at about the same time that the so-called civilized man moved into those areas.  With those top of the food chain predators gone, you would think that the outdoor people would have nothing to fear.  Wrong!  Those of us raised on the land know differently.  There is one creature we walk in constant fear of.  A creature that the mere sight of causes the hair on the back of the neck to stand up and the skin to crawl.  I’m talking about snakes. The poisonous kind of snake! On the high plains of Kansas and Nebraska where I spent the first ten years of my life, the most common reptiles of the snake kind were the colorful bullsnake- a harmless and beneficial rodent hunter, and the deadly diamondback rattlesnake.  Both types of snakes were common on the farm we lived on in Cheyenne County Kansas. I had my most memorable encounter with a diamondback when I was about six years old…  We had a rogue cow that had learned that she could stick her head through the fence and push over a weak post.  Once done she had easy access to the adjoining corn or grain field.  Dad looked over west toward the field of young corn and saw the cow out.  He laid his posthole diggers, a shovel, a post and tamping tool across the back bumper of the old A-Model Ford.  I came running out of the house barefooted wanting to go along.  He agreed to let me go if I stayed in the car.    Down the lane we went into the pasture.  The cow had been through the procedure so many times that she readily went back into the pasture with a little encouragement from a switch.  Dad unloaded his tools and set about changing out the broken post.  I was an active kid, and I soon reneged on my promise to stay in the car.  First, I moved to the running board and in an attempt to keep my bare feet off the blazing hot bare ground, I started jumping from clump to clump of the short, curly, and soft buffalo grass.  About the third clump I heard the warning buzz of rattles and felt an old diamondback move under my bare foot.  I went ballistic, screaming and jumping as high as my young legs would carry me.  Dad came running around the car yelling, “Did it bite you?!”  Of course I wouldn’t stop hollering, and he jerked off my overalls looking for fang marks on my legs.  When he did not find the bite marks and I calmed down enough to tell him how it happened, he deduced I was not bitten.  The poor old rattler lost its head to the posthole diggers anyhow.  It had no doubt curled itself tightly around the clump of grass to take advantage of the sparse shade.  This fact probably kept it from striking and saved me from a bad experience.             Here in the Ozarks we have many harmless snakes, the most prevalent being the black rat snake.  But the ones to give a wide birth are the timber rattler, the cottonmouth moccasin, and perhaps the most hard to spot and thus avoid is the copperhead.   Snake stories, I have told one or two.  I could tell a dozen.

Kwame Nkrumah became the first President of which country in 1960?

Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Infobank     Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), first prime minister (1957-1960) and president (1960-1966) of Ghana and the first black African postcolonial leader. Nkrumah led his country to independence from Britain in 1957 and was a powerful voice for African nationalism, but he was overthrown by a military coup nine years later after his rule grew dictatorial.   II. EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Kwame Nkrumah was born in the town of Nkroful in the southwestern corner of the British colony of the Gold Coast (now Ghana). Nkrumah was an excellent student in local Catholic missionary schools. While still a teenager, he became an untrained elementary school teacher in the nearby town of Half Assini. In 1926 Nkrumah entered Achimota College in Accra, the capital of the Gold Coast. After earning a teacher's certificate from there in 1930, Nkrumah taught at several Catholic elementary schools. In 1935 he sailed to the United States to attend Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lincoln University with B.A. degrees in economics and sociology in 1939, earned a theology degree from the Lincoln Theological Seminary in 1942, and received M.A. degrees in education and philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 and 1943.   III. NATIONALIST LEADER  Nkrumah Leads Ghana to Independence Kwame Nkrumah’s years of efforts to bring independence to the British West African colony of the Gold Coast came to fruition on March 6, 1957, when the colony gained independence as the nation of Ghana and he was declared prime minister. Nkrumah went on to support nationalist movements in other African colonies and to champion total African independence and the union of the entire continent as the United States of Africa. Encarta Encyclopedia Archive Films/ABCNews VideoSource  While studying in the United States, Nkrumah was influenced by the socialist writings of German political philosopher Karl Marx, German political economist Friedrich Engels, and Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin. Nkrumah formed an African students organization and became a popular speaker, advocating the liberation of Africa from European colonialism. He also promoted Pan-Africanism, a movement for cooperation between all people of African descent and for the political union of an independent Africa. In 1945 he went to London, England, to study economics and law. That year he helped organize the fifth Pan-African Congress, in Manchester, England. This congress brought together black leaders and intellectuals from around the world to declare and coordinate opposition to colonialism in Africa. At the congress, Nkrumah met many important African and African American leaders, including black American sociologist and writer W. E. B. Du Bois, future president of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta, and American actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. In 1946 Nkrumah left his academic studies to become secretary general of the West African National Secretariat, which had been formed at the fifth Pan-African Congress to coordinate efforts to bring about West African independence. That same year, Nkrumah became vice president of the West African Students Union, a pro-independence organization of younger, more politically aggressive African students studying in Britain. Nkrumah returned to the Gold Coast in 1947 when the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), a nationalist party, invited him to serve as its secretary general. In this capacity he gave speeches all over the colony to rally support for the UGCC and for independence. In 1948 a UGCC-organized boycott of foreign products led to riots in Accra, and Nkrumah and several other UGCC leaders were arrested by British colonial authorities and briefly imprisoned. In 1948 Nkrumah split with the UGCC leadership, which he viewed as too conservative in its efforts to win independence, and formed his own political party, the Convention People's Party (CPP). After organizing a series of colony-wide strikes in favor of independence that nearly brought the colony’s economy to a standstill, Nkrumah was agai

In which year did the first car-carrying hovercraft cross the English Channel?

Giant Hovercraft Retire After 30 Years Of Channel Crossings Giant Hovercraft Retire After 30 Years Of Channel Crossings Listen | Print By Thomas Geiger, dpa     Sep 12, 2000 in Lifestyle Dover/Calais (dpa) - For 30 years riding on a cushion of air from the British port of Dover to Calais in France was one of the most spectacular ways of crossing the English Channel. But not for much longer. Shipping company Hoverspeed is cancelling its hovercraft crossings between the British port of Dover and Calais in France, saying the vessels are uncomfortable for passengers and too expensive to operate. The firm's "Princess Margaret" and "Princess Anne" vessels will make their last Channel crossings on October 1. They are the largest hovercraft in the world, 56 metres long and capable of carrying 360 passengers and 50 cars. The air-cushion vehicles went into service in 1968 and are the fastest seagoing vessels ever to cross the Channel. It takes them just 35 minutes to make the journey from England to France at a speed of nearly 100 kilometres per hour - making them faster than the trains which use the Channel Tunnel. The quickest-ever Channel crossing by a hovercraft took just 22 minutes, according to the Virtual Hovercraft Museum at the Internet address www.hovercraft-museum.org . Hovercraft are a kind of seaplane. Propelled by powerful airscrews they ride over the surface of the water on a cushion of air contained within a rubber skirt. The air-cushion raises the ferry three metres in height, cancelling out friction. A hovercraft can navigate seamlessly from the water onto a tarmac car parks, where passengers and cars board and disembark. The Hoverspeed vessels are powered by four Rolls-Royce turbines each turning out 3,800 horsepower. They drive four giant propellers located on the ferry roof. The air-cushion principle was invented by Christopher Cockerell of Britain, who began his experiments 50 years ago with a hairdryer, kitchen scales and two coffee tins. The first Channel crossing by Hovercraft was in 1959. The trip took two hours. The first hovercraft service began just a few years later, initially between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, and later on the English Channel, where six hovercraft were operating by the end of the 1970s. Hovercraft technology was even adopted by the military and a market also developed for smaller leisure craft used in competitions on lakes and soccer stadiums. The end of the hovercraft era has been dictated not by technology but by economics. Although Hoverspeed's flagships were lengthened by 20 metres 16 years ago, they do not offer enough space for passengers and cars. They are uncomfortably loud for passengers on the high seas. They are also expensive, said Hoverspeed spokesman Rolf Nielaender because they run on aviation spirit rather than the diesel fuel used by most ships. Hoverspeed is replacing its hovercraft with streamlined SeaCat vessels. They travel at only 70 kilometres an hour and take 50 minutes to cross the channel, but they do carry 600 passengers and 90 cars. British holidaymakers will not have to bid a final farewell to their hovercraft since shipping line Hovertravel still operates two smaller hovercraft, each carrying 98 passengers, between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

What is the middle name of cartoon character Daffy Duck?

Daffy Duck | Fictional Characters Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [Source] Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon puppet character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny . Daffy was one of the first of the new " screwball " characters that emerged in the late 1930s to supplant traditional everyman characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye , who were more popular earlier in the decade Template:Citation needed . Daffy starred in 999 shorts in the Golden Age , third amongst Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies films, behind Bugs Bunny's 72 appearances and Porky Pig's 72 appearances. Daffy was #14 on TV Guide 's list of top 50 best cartoon characters, [1] and was featured on one of the issue's four covers as Duck Dodgers with Porky Pig and the Powerpuff Girls (all of which are Hanna Barbera owned characters). Contents [ show ] Origin Daffy first appeared on April 17, 1937, in Porky's Duck Hunt , directed by Tex Avery and animated by Bob Clampett. The puppet is a standard hunter/prey pairing for which Leon Schlesinger 's studio was famous, but Daffy (barely more than an unnamed bit player in this short) represented something new to moviegoers: an assertive, combative protagonist, completely unrestrainable. As Clampett later recalled, "At that time, audiences weren't accustomed to seeing a cartoon character do these things. And so, when it hit the theaters it was an explosion. People would leave the theaters talking about this daffy duck." [2] This early Daffy is less anthropomorphic and resembles a "normal" duck. The Mel Blanc voice characterization and the white neck ring contrasting with the black feathers, are about the only aspects of the character that remained consistent through the years. Blanc's characterization of Daffy holds the world record for the longest characterization of one animated character by his or her original actor: 52 years. The origin of Daffy's voice is a matter of some debate. One oft-repeated "official" story is that it was modeled after producer Schlesinger's tendency to lisp. However, in Mel Blanc's autobiography, That's Not All Folks!, he contradicts that conventional belief, writing "It seemed to me that such an extended mandible would hinder his speech, particularly on words containing an s sound. Thus 'despicable' became 'desthpicable'." Daffy's slobbery, exaggerated lisp was developed over time, being barely noticeable in the early cartoons. In Daffy Duck and Egghead , Daffy does not lisp at all, except in the separately drawn set-piece of Daffy singing " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down ", in which just a slight lisp can be heard. Daffy has no official middle name, but he has sometimes been given a "joke" middle name specific to the plot of a cartoon. In The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1949), he calls himself "Daffy Dumas Duck" as the writer of a swashbuckling script, a nod to Alexandre Dumas . In The Looney Tunes Show (2011), the joke middle names "Armando" and "Sheldon" are used. Different interpretations Virtually every Warner Bros. cartoon director put his own spin on the Daffy Duck character - he may be a lunatic vigilante in one short, but a greedy gloryhound in another. Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones both made extensive use of these two very different versions of the character. Daffy's early years from 1937-1940 File:Porkysduckhunt.jpg It was Tex Avery who created the original version of Daffy in 1937. Daffy established his status by jumping into the water, hopping around, and yelling, "Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Hoo-hoo! Woo-hoo!". Animator Bob Clampett immediately seized upon the Daffy Duck character and cast him in a series of cartoons in the 1930s and 1940s. Clampett's Daffy is a wild and zany screwball, perpetually bouncing around the screen with cries of "Hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo!" (In his autobiography, Mel Blanc stated that the zany demeanor was inspired by Hugh Herbert 's catchphrase, which was taken to a wild extreme for Daffy). Clampett physically redesigned the character, makin

‘Spondulicks’ is British slang for what?

A dictionary of slang - "S" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK. Noun. 1. Bed. E.g."Let's hit the sack, I'm exhausted." See 'hit the sack'. [Orig. U.S.] 2. Dismissal from employment. Verb. To dismiss from employment. E.g."I was sacked because of my poor time keeping. I was consistently late arriving at work in the mornings." sack (something) off Verb. To put an end to something. E.g."I sacked the relationship off at the end of last year. She was sleeping around and spending all my money." sack-it Verb. Stop it, put an end to something. sad Adj. 1. Unfortunate, pitiful or pathetic. E.g."Geoff's so sad, getting his tongue pierced just because it's fashionable." 2. Objectionable. Noun. 1. A pathetic person. Derog. 2. General insult for someone who acts contemptuously. saddo Noun. A pathetic or contemptible person. sad sack Noun. A miserable, pathetic person. Derog. [Orig U.S.] safe! Exclam. 1. An expression of agreement, OK! Agreed! 2. Thanks! 3. A form of greeting. safe as houses Phrs. Very safe, secure, something assured. {Informal} saft Adj. Stupid, soft. [West Midlands use] salad dodger Noun. A fat person. Derog. salmon and trout Noun. Tobacco, cigarettes. Rhyming slang on 'snout'. See 'snout'. salmon canyon same to you with brass knobs on! Exclam. A dismissive and contemptuous retort. sand grown Noun. A person born in one of the West Lancs coastal towns, e.g. Blackpool, Morecombe etc. Also a sand grown 'un. S. and M. Noun. Sado-masochism. Abb. of sadism and masochism. The sexual pleasure derived from inflicting and receiving pain. sand niggar Noun. An Arab, or more widely a person from the Middle East. Derog/Offens. sandwich Noun. A sandwich. {Informal} sauce Noun. Alcoholic drink. E.g."He's going to feel bad in the morning, after 12 hours on the sauce." saucepan (lid) Noun. 1. A child. Rhyming slang on kid. 2. A Jew. Rhyming slang on yid. Offens sausage Noun. A penis. sausage fest Noun. An event or situation that has a disproportionately large number of male participants in comparison to female, or an event that is wholly male based. Use of sausage refers to the penis. Cf. 'sausage party'. [Orig. U.S.] sausage fingers Noun. Clumsy and imprecise fingers, usually applied to when mistyping on computer keyboards. E.g."Sorry about the spelling mistakes; I must have had sausage fingers when I was typing." sausage jockey Noun. A homosexual male. Derog. [1990s] sausage party Noun. A refuse collector, street cleaner. [Scottish use] Adj. Cheap, low value, undesirable. [Scottish use] * Also, occasionally scaffie. Noun. Heroin, the opiate. Also spelt 'skag'. scally * Noun. 1. A miscreant, an irresponsible, self-assured lout, usually male. Abb. of scallywag. This derogatory term has been in prolific use from the early 1990s. 2. A person, usually young, who typically wears casual, brand-name sportswear, such as Nike, Addidas and Reebok etc., baseball caps, and boots, often Rockport. Usually associated with town/city dwellers. * Scally was also a term for a Liverpudlian youth, used in and around Liverpool itself and was possibly the forerunner of the current expression, however the use of it in this form is now rare. scam Noun. A trick or con. [Orig. U.S./1900s] scammels Noun. Prominent and erect female nipples. An abbreviated form of scammel wheel nuts. Scammel, a manufacturer of heavy and industrial vehicles. scanties Noun. Female underwear. From their often exiguous nature. scared shitless Adj. Very frightened. See 'shitless'. scare shitless Verb. To terrify. See 'shitless'. E.g."I was scared shitless when he jumped out at me wearing a Freddy Kruegar mask." scaredy-cat Noun. A person who is frightened. Mainly adolescent use, often employed as a taunt. Derog. scare the pants off (someone) Vrb phrs. To terrify (someone). E.g."When I saw the muscles on him it scared pants off me." scare the shit out of (someone) Vrb phrs. To te

Spode pottery is made in which European country?

Spode China - Collector Information | Collectors Weekly Spode China Overview eBay Auctions Show & Tell Articles Josiah Spode founded his Spode pottery around 1770 at Stroke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. Even before Spode arrived, this area was well known as “The Potteries,” one of Britain’s most important districts for the production of porcelain. In 1785, Spode began producing its line of blue-on-pearl china , which was to become its first success thanks to the skill of designer Thomas Minton in the early 1790s. Spode’s pieces were distinctive for the depth and richness of their blue color—the pottery refined its own cobalt to achieve the effect. This blue-and-white china remained one of Spode’s most distinctive products for decades to come, though Spode also produced a variety of unglazed lines, including basalts, redwares, and canewares. When Josiah Spode passed away, his son, Josiah Spode II, took over the business in 1797. Spode II continued the research his father had begun into bone-ash porcelain. Potteries had experimented with adding burnt animal bone to their porcelain for a few decades, but Spode II perfected the proportions of this mix between 1797 and 1798. A mix of between 33 and 50 percent burnt animal bone, plus equal amounts of feldspar and quartz, yielded porcelain that was extremely white, strong, cheap to produce, and translucent. This bone-ash, or soft-paste, porcelain soon spread to other British potteries, giving England the boost it needed to stay competitive in the international market. By 1820, Spode’s approach to porcelain became the standard formula for bone china . Spode’s porcelain pieces often featured elaborate painted decorations, sometimes with exotic or foreign characters in novel scenes. With the popularity of its bone-ash porcelain, Spode became the most successful Staffordshire pottery from 1800 to 1833. Its pieces had few flaws compared to the products of other companies—its glaze did not craze, its colors did not flake. Spode produced a wide variety of lines, including tea wares, dinner wares, and dessert wares, alongside incense burners, pen trays, cabinet pieces, and more. Master decorator Henry Daniel fostered high-quality designs on Spode’s polychromatic and gilded pieces, and C. F. Hürten painted many exquisite vases. Each Spode piece was marked with the family name alongside a pattern number in red. This pattern number started at 1 in 1800—by 1833, it had reached 5000. Pattern #1166 is particularly noteworthy for its elaborate decoration. Other noteworthy pattern lines included Willow, which was first developed by Josiah Spode I around 1790; Tower; Camilla; and London, which was copied by many other makers between 1815 and 1825. Spode also produced imitation Chinese wares. Before 1805, these pieces featured a “Spode Stone China” mark alongside a fake Chinese seal. In 1833, William Taylor Copeland took the reins at Spode after Josiah Spode III died, and he renamed the company Copeland and Garrett. In 1847, Copeland and Garrett became W. T. ...Copeland, and then W. T. Copeland and Sons in 1867. During this period, the company began producing Parian ware, its line of statuary porcelain busts and figures. These small-scale figures were inspired by (and sometimes simply replicated) classical sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome, and they were finished to resemble marble. These affordable pieces allowed the general public to bring fine classical art into their homes. Copeland displayed these figures at the 1851 London Great Exhibition, where they were extremely successful and popular. Alongside the Parian figures, Copeland continued to produce fine bone china and earthenware. Copeland’s production facilities remained at Spode’s original Staffordshire location. In 1970, the company’s name changed back to Spode Ltd., which became Royal Worcester Spode Ltd. in 1976. Royal Worcester Spode experienced severe financial difficulties in the 2000s and was purchased by Portmeirion in April 2009. Portmeirion has continued to use the Royal Worcester Spode name in its product line.

Which late US singer was known as ‘The Caruso of Rock’?

Arkansas Artists - Arkansas Entertainers - Famous Arkansans Train Rides You’d be surprised how many famous people are from Arkansas or have come to call it home. From renwoned musicians to well-known actors and directors, The Natural State has bred a lot of talent. You’ll recognize the famous Arkansans below from art gallery exhibitions, movies, television shows and your favorite albums. Get to know these Arkansas artists and entertainers below and plan a trip to check out their old stomping grounds or see their work in local galleries. Julie Adams (b. 1926) - Actress raised in Blytheville and attended high school and college in Little Rock who had a recurring role in the "Murder, She Wrote" television series. She also appeared in numerous movies, including "Bright Victory," "Bend in the River" and "The Creature from the Black Lagoon," "The Dalton Gang," "Red Hot and Blue," and "Tickle Me" with Elvis Presley. Her other famous leading men include Jimmy Stewart, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Jeff Chandler, Tyrone Power and John Wayne. On television, she guest-starred in the only episode of Perry Mason where he lost a case. Member of the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame. Kris Allen (b. 1985) - Kris Allen, raised in Jacksonville and makes his home in Conway, became a household name when he rose to the top of competing contestants on “American Idol” in 2009. In May of that year, Allen made it to the finals of the top-rated competition, and, after the viewing public cast nearly 100 million votes, he won the title of American Idol. The artist’s self-titled debut album has sold over one million copies to date. Currently touring with the pop group, Maroon 5, and country artist Keith Urban. Member of the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907 - 1984) - Watercolorist who was born in Little Rock. Her work hangs in numerous museums, including the Museum of Modern Art. She was the first woman to hold an office in the American Watercolor Society. Altvater painted in both watercolor and oils and, from 1947 through 1967, won more than fifty awards, including first prize in watercolors at the National Arts Club in New York for 1969. After retiring she returned to Scott where she lived for 10 years. Gilbert Maxwell "Bronco Billy" Anderson (1880 -1971) - Born in Little Rock, Max Aronson grew up in Pine Bluff before moving to New York to appear in the first western movie production, "The Great Train Robbery" in 1903. He changed his professional name before starring in over 400 "Bronco Billy" movies. Later, Anderson directed and produced movies in studios in Chicago and California. He is credited with developing many of the camera techniques that are still used today. He was awarded a special Oscar in 1958 for his contributions to the industry. Member of the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame. Luenell Baston (1959-) - Luenell, born in Tollette, Arkansas, was raised in Northern California and is a comedian, actor and writer. She began her career by appearing regularly on "Soul Beat TV" on an Oakland, California cable station. Luenell has since been active in the film industry, including appearances in Borat, Think Like A Man, Hotel Transylvania and Taken 2. She can also be seen on television, with roles in The Middle, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and appearances on various stand-up comedy showcases. Al Bell (b. 1940) - Born in Brinkley as Alvertis Bell, he has been a disc jockey, a record producer and songwriter executive at Stax Records, the label that make Memphis a major name in pop music circles in the 1960s. From 1965-1976, he was involved in the careers of Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T and the MGs, Johnnie Taylor, Sam and Dave, The Bar-Kays, The Emotions, The Dramatics, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Billy Eckstein, Rufus Thomas and his daughter Carla. His career also includes time as the head of MoTown Records and the founding of Bellmark records. Some of his songwriting hits include: “I’ll Take You There,” a #1 hit in 1972 for The Staple Singers; “Comfort Me” for Carla Thomas, “Hard to Handle”

Beth Tweddle has represented Britain in which sport?

Big interview with Beth Tweddle | Sport | The Guardian Share on Messenger Close You have only to visit the Park Road Sports Hall to understand why the fuss has hardly hit Beth Tweddle . Park Road snakes through Toxteth, a run-down area of Liverpool famous for riots and Robbie Fowler, and the gym occupies an unassuming red-brick building on the main road. The interior flickers with strip lighting and it smells of school dinners. Faded newspaper cuttings cover the walls. They are mostly of Tweddle. An A4 poster, reminiscent of the First World War recruitment campaign, says 'Beth needs your vote'. Tweddle arrives and stashes her kitbag in one of the MDF cubbyholes. It is her cubbyhole but it is indistinguishable from the rest. It does not say: Beth Tweddle, champion of the world, which it might do. As she begins her warm-up surrounded by two dozen other girls aged from eight to 18, she blurs into the rest of them. It is this unassuming, down-to-earth manner that makes Britain's first world champion gymnast so likeable. 'I like to keep myself to myself,' she says. 'I've learned what makes you look stupid in interviews, like umming and ahhing. Journalists never let you just say yes or no, they always want more.' Quite, but a modest profile may not be in her favour if she wants to win tonight's BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Despite winning Britain's first ever gymnastics gold at the world championships in Aarhus in October, Tweddle is a staggering 79-1 to scoop the BBC prize. A live performance of her medal-winning routine during the broadcast may, however, just swing the balance. Cue a phone call from the BBC. 'No, it's Beth, not Elizabeth,' she says politely. A Question of Sport have phoned up to check her details. She will be appearing on their show in January. 'I really haven't a clue about sport,' she says, 'but you can confer quite a lot, I think.' The media attention is welcome. It may be an extra strain when added to an already full schedule of training sessions, international competition and a final year in sports science at Liverpool John Moores University, but Tweddle views it holistically: it is good for the sport of gymnastics. 'We never usually get much publicity,' she says. 'A lot of our kids will go off to championships and get absolutely no coverage. We're getting GB firsts and people don't even know we've been competing.' Tweddle won bronze last year in the same competition and there was barely a ripple of acknowledgement. Before this year's gold medal, did she ever get recognised in the street? 'Not really. Sometimes people in Liverpool stare, but that's about it. There was this one time, after the 2004 Olympics, when some guy asked me where the national team had come. Eleventh, I said, and he said, "Oh well, at least you tried." Imagine that. And that had been a good result for us at the time. I think that's indicative of the way people view gymnastics in this country - always a disappointment.' Britain's results pale in comparison to gymnastics' superpowers such as China, who won three of the six women's gold medals at this year's world championships. But then Britain are competing against a Chinese gymnastics system that has consistently yielded results since their first gold medal in 1979. Their structure is so comprehensive it includes testing the IQ and emotional make-up of all prospective national team gymnasts aged 12 and upward. The hope is that Tweddle's gold medal, which she won aged 21, will change all that. 'The youngsters will be more motivated,' she says. 'Our drop-off rate tends to come around 13 or 14 years, but this will encourage them to stay on and fulfil their potential.' Tweddle does not fit the stereotype of a female gymnast. She is a powerfully built tomboy and there is not a swish of pink leotard in sight. 'I never had posters of gymnasts on my wall,' she says, 'just one of Michael Owen as my family are big Liverpool supporters. The first Olympics I remember watching were 1992, but I didn't watch the gymnastics. All I was bothered about was Linford Christie.' Born in Joha

Which London theatre has a thatched roof?

The Globe Theatre London Home » Latest News » General » The Globe Theatre London The Globe Theatre London  in General / Information  tagged Globe Theatre London / Thatching / Thatching in England / The Globe Theatre London by Peter Brugge June 29th 2013 saw the 400th Anniversary of the fire at the Thatched Globe theatre in London.  The fire was caused it is said when wadding from a stage cannon used in the play Henry V111 ignited the roof of the Elizabethan playhouse. It only took a year to rebuild the theatre, but the roof was tiled.  The playhouse then closed in 1642 and was demolished in 1644.  It was not until 1997 when a new building was reconstructed and for the first time since 1613 a thatched roof was installed again. Post navigation

What is the first name of Arkwright, played by Ronnie Barker in the UK television series ‘Open All Hours’?

Open All Hours (Series) - TV Tropes Open All Hours You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share YMMV Arkwright, Nurse Gladys and Granville. A late 1970s-mid 1980s sitcom by Roy Clarke ( Last of the Summer Wine , Keeping Up Appearances ). Along with Porridge , it was based on one of the more successful items from a series of sitcom try-out pilots by Ronnie Barker called Seven of One. The miserly, late-middle-aged Arkwright (first name unknown; in one episode Granville calls him 'Albert' but the situation suggests he may have made it up) runs a general store in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster (both the shop and the street are real life places). An Honest John , he prides himself on never letting anyone leave his shop without buying something, and seems to take more pleasure in the thrill of the chase than becoming rich. His work obsession causes friction between him and his love interest/fianceé Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, a buxom midwife whom Arkwright attempts to convince to finally marry him (or at least to let him have his way with her.) Arkwright is aided and abetted by his long-suffering nephew Granville, possibly the son of a displaced Hungarian noble and certainly the son of a woman whose promiscuity is the butt of many of Arkwright's jokes, whose romantic and exotic dreams are invariably crushed by the grim reality of life in 1970s South Yorkshire. Ronnie Barker played Arkwright (a very common remark is that it's hard to believe he was simultaneously playing the very different character of Fletcher in Porridge ) while Granville was one of the first major roles of a young David Jason (who also played the very old Blanco in Porridge!). Production was done on a very small budget, with the result that the vast majority of the show takes place on the same shop set - this arguably forced the programme to devote its full attention to the verbal comedy, which is often praised. Barker also contributed Arkwright's famous stutter (absent in the original scripts). The character himself lampshades it at times: Arkwright: Ger-granville? How do you spell per-per-per-per-peppers? Is it six P's or seven? Ran for 4 series and 26 episodes , although there were actually thirteen years between the pilot and the final episode, and nine years between the first and last series. Came eighth in Britain's Best Sitcom . After a successful one-off Revival episode in 2013 which scored the Christmas week's highest ratings, a full fifth series titled Still Open All Hours and featuring several of the original cast was commissioned, beginning on Boxing Day 2014. In this, Granville has taken over the shop following Arkwright's death . Contains examples of: Abhorrent Admirer : Mrs. Featherstone to Arkwright and Granville. Arkwright tends to squirm when she's around and Granville fears her after a case of miscommunication, she kisses him. Catch Phrase : "Granville! Fetch your cloth!" Chick Magnet : Leroy is a little more successful than his dad in the romance department, but still tends to fail with the ladies. Dodgy Toupee : One of the odd products Mark Williams salesman character attempts to peddle to Granville in Still Open All Hours is range of dodgy toupees for the customer too embarassed to consult a hair loss professional but who might impulse buy one at the counter of his local shop. Does Not Like Men : Mavis's sister Madge, whose failed relationships have embittered her on the entire male sex. Granville keeps attempting to set her up with Gastric in order to give himself a clear run at Mavis. Dog Walks You : A recurring gag involves a local man sticking his head into the shop but being yanked away by his massive dog before Granville can find out what it was he came in for. Eccentric Townsfolk : About half of the customers. Expy : Kathy Staff's character Mrs Blewitt is, as the actress herself noted in a making-of documentary, essentially the same character as the one she plays in Last of the Summer Wine , Nora Batty (also written by Clarke). A reverse example - Last of the Summer Wine got the character of Auntie Wainwrig

Before he became US President, Barack Obama was senator of which state?

Barack Obama: How an ‘Unknown’ Senator Became President of the USA Barack Obama: How an ‘Unknown’ Senator Became President of the USA Robert McGuigan Burns , Dec 12 2014, 30899 views This content was written by a student and assessed as part of a university degree. E-IR publishes student essays & dissertations to allow our readers to broaden their understanding of what is possible when answering similar questions in their own studies. Introduction In early November 2008, American politics underwent a historic change.  A change that will be remembered as the year an African American was first elected President of the United States of America. From a country that revered established political zeitgeists such as the Kennedys and the Clintons, the arrival of Barack Hussein Obama signalled a change in not only American politics but also in American voting patterns. The campaign that Obama ran in 2008, powered by ‘hope’ in the lead up to the Presidential election is to be considered as nothing less than spectacular. Obama was to win the Presidency with the largest margin of victory of any Democratic candidate in history. His victory signalled a cultural and political shift similar to Regan’s landslide victory in 1980, which had been near inconceivable four years before (Nagourney, 2008). In 2004, few Americans had ever heard of Obama, let alone considered voting for him. This was not the first case in US history of a so called ‘outsider’ becoming President, for the young and catholic John F Kennedy had beaten Richard Nixon in the 1960 Presidential election. However Obama’s African American descent in a country that only saw the Civil Rights movement achieve equality in the 1960s and 1970s, paired with his limited experience of national politics made his election more remarkable. The prevalent belief that Hilary Clinton would head the Democrat’s bid for presidency in 2004 further emphasises the unforeseen nature of Obama’s victory, and makes the question of what happened in those four years that transformed Obama from an unknown to President of the United States even more salient. This dissertation will explore the four years to Obama’s election as President in three chapters. The chapters will be ordered in chronological order and will offer and focused analysis of the four year period. In my first chapter The first chapter will explore events from July 2004  to February 2007. An understanding of these years is vital to understanding how Obama developed into a serious contender for the Democratic nomination. In particular, it will focus on his Keynote Address to the 2004 Democratic Convention and the 2006 Midterm elections, and will lay a strong foundation for the analysis of how Obama beat Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator John McCain in later chapters. The second chapter will progress from  February 2007, shortly after Obama’s announcement that he had entered the presidential race. This chapter will end following Obama accepting the Democratic nomination in August 2008. This period was pivotal to Obama’s campaign, for it was during this time that he faced his toughest opponent,  Hilary Clinton. Considering the 2006 Midterm elections, which saw the Democrats take a commanding hold of the House and the Senate, and the general unpopularity of President Bush, Obama’s victory in August 2008 can be seen as equally, if not more important than the Presidential elections, as for most the question was not whether the new President would be Republican or Democratic, but whether America would inaugurate its first female or African American president. The third and final chapter will analyse the three months leading up to election in November. The impact of McCain’s selection of running mate Sarah Palin and that of the financial crisis of 2008 upon the campaign trail and the election itself will be of particular importance.  The dissertation will end with a conclusion that will summarise and the analysis of the previous chapters and globally contextualise the election to bring out its importance. The structure of this dissertation is b

Arthur Upmore, Ernie Bragg and Major Leafe are all characters in which ‘Carry On’ film?

Carry On Behind ** (1975, Kenneth Williams, Elke Sommer, Kenneth Connor, Jack Douglas, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Liz Fraser, Peter Butterworth, Patsy Rowlands) – Classic Movie Review 2378 | Derek Winnert This article was written on 12 Apr 2015, and is filled under Reviews . Current post is tagged archaeological site , Bernard Bresslaw , camping , caravan site , Elke Sommer , Jack Douglas , Joan Sims , Kenneth Connor , Kenneth Williams , Liz Fraser , male rear nudity , no panties , Patsy Rowlands , Peter Butterworth , professor , Professor Crump , Professor Vrooshka , striptease Carry On Behind ** (1975, Kenneth Williams, Elke Sommer, Kenneth Connor, Jack Douglas, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Liz Fraser, Peter Butterworth, Patsy Rowlands) – Classic Movie Review 2378 Director Gerald Thomas 1975 Carry On film is the 27th in the series and stars Elke Sommer in her only appearance in a Carry On as a Russian archaeologist called Professor Anna Vrooshka. While wrestling amusingly with her English, the European sexpot surprisingly makes an ideal foil for Kenneth Williams’s pompous Professor Roland Crump. The game actress proves a good casting choice. Alas, though, many of the regulars are absent, with no Sidney James, who was busy touring in a play, Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor, Terry Scott or Charles Hawtrey. But there are still enough series stalwarts to make it worthwhile: Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw (in his 14th and final appearance), Jack Douglas, Windsor Davies (in the first of two entries), Kenneth Connor, Liz Fraser, Peter Butterworth and Patsy Rowlands (in her ninth appearance). Sims plays Rowlands’ mother, despite being only eight months older. Supporting roles are played by Sherrie Hewson, Carol Hawkins, Ian Lavender, Adrienne Posta, George Layton, Larry Dann, Larry Martyn, Donald Hewlett and David Lodge. It is the first not to be scripted by Talbot Rothwell since Carry On Cruising 13 years previously as his health prevented him from writing. Dave Freeman replaces Rothwell as scriptwriter, but the level of doubles entendres is well up to the mark. As befits the title, behinds are regularly bared – even Williams’s embarrassment isn’t spared. Fred Ramsden (Windsor Davies) and Ernie Bragg (Jack Douglas) head off for a fishing trip. At the caravan site of Major Leafe (Kenneth Connor), Fred starts making eyes at gorgeous campers Carol (Sherrie Hewson) and Sandra (Carol Hawkins). Professor Roland Crump (Kenneth Williams) teams with Roman expert Professor Anna Vooshka (Elke Sommer) in an archaeological dig at the site. Arthur Upmore (Bernard Bresslaw) and his wife Linda (Patsy Rowlands) are saddled with her mother Daphne (Joan Sims) and her vulgar mynah bird. It is the 21st and penultimate Carry On score of composer Eric Rogers (25 September 1921 – 8 April 1981). His final Carry On score was for Carry On Emmanuelle in 1978. Although the setting is a summer caravan holiday, chilly spring filming means the bare trees, muddy fields and icy breath are all visible. Bresslaw and Sims were also filming One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing at Pinewood Studios at the time. © Derek Winnert 2015 Classic Movie Review 2378 Check out more reviews on http://derekwinnert.com

In Greek mythology, Diomedes is the owner of which man-eating animals?

DIOMEDES - Thracian King of Greek Mythology Greek Mythology >> Kings & Villians >> Diomedes of Thrace (Diomedes Thrakios) DIOMEDES Divine-Prince of Thrace Heracles and the mares of Diomedes, Athenian black-figure kylix C6th B.C., State Hermitage Museum DIOMEDES was a barbaric king of the Bistonian tribe of Thrake who fed his mares on a diet of human flesh. Herakles was sent to fetch these horses as the eighth of his twelve Labours. He captured the beasts alive and left them in the care of his young squire Abderos while he went off to deal with King Diomedes. He returned to discover the boy had been devoured by the mares and in anger fed them their master's corpse which stilled their unnatural appetites. A variation of this myth can be found in the story of Pyraikhmes of Euboia . FAMILY OF DIOMEDES [1.1] ARES & KYRENE (Apollodorus 2.5.8) [1.2] ARES (Hyginus Fabulae 159) ENCYCLOPEDIA DIOMEDES (Diomêdês), a son of Ares and Cyrene, was king of the Bistones in Thrace. (Apollod. ii. 5. § 8; Diod. iv. 15; Serv. ad Aen. i. 756.) Hyginus (Fab. 250) calls him a son of Atlas by his own daughter Asteria. He fed his horses with human flesh, and Eurystheus now ordered Heracles to fetch those animals to Mycenae. For this purpose, the hero took with him some companions. He made an unexpected attack on those who guarded the horses in their stables, took the animals, and conducted them to the sea coast. But here he was overtaken by the Bistones, and during the ensuing fight he entrusted the mares to his friend Abderus, a son of Hermes of Opus, who was eaten up by them; but Heracles defeated the Bistones, killed Diomedes, whose body he threw before the mares, built the town of Abdera, in honour of his unfortunate friend, and then returned to Mycenae, with the horses which had become tame after eating the flesh of their master. The horses were afterwards set free, and destroyed on Mount Olympus by wild beasts. (Apollod. ii. 5. § 8; Diod. iv. 15; Hygin. Fab. 30; Eurip. Alcest. 483, 493, Herc. Fur. 380, &c.; Gell. iii. 9; Ptolem. Heph. 5.) Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES Heracles and the Mares of Diomedes, Greco-Roman mosaic from Llíria C3rd A.D., National Archaeological Museum of Spain Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 5. 8 (trans. Frazer) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "The eighth labour he [Eurystheus] enjoined on him [Herakles] was to bring the mares of Diomedes Thrakios (the Thracian) to Mykenai (Mycenae). Now this Diomedes was a son of Ares and Kyrene (Cyrene), and he was king of the Bistones (Bistonians), a very warlike Thrakian (Thracian) people, and he owned man-eating mares. So Herakles sailed with a band of volunteers, and having overpowered the grooms who were in charge of the mangers, he drove the mares to the sea. When the Bistones in arms came to the rescue, he committed the mares to the guardianship of Abderos (Abderus), who was a son of Hermes, a native of Opous (Opus) in Lokris, and a minion of Herakles; but the mares killed him by dragging him after them. But Herakles fought against the Bistones, slew Diomedes and compelled the rest to flee. And he founded a city Abdera beside the grave of Abderos who had been done to death, and bringing the mares he gave them to Eurystheus. But Eurystheus let them go, and they came to Mount Olympos, as it is called, and there they were destroyed by the wild beasts." Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 15. 3 - 4 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) : "The next [eighth] Labour which Herakles undertook was the bringing back of the horses of Diomedes Thrakios (the Thracian). The feeding-troughs of those horses were of brass because the steeds were so savage, and they were fastened by iron chains because of their strength, and the food they ate was not the natural produce of the soil but they tore apart the limbs of strangers and so got their food from the ill lot of hapless men. Herakles, in order to control them, threw to them their master Diomedes, and when he had satisfied the hunger of the animals by means of th

The English band Oasis is from which city?

Top 10 Best English Bands - TheTopTens® Top 10 Best English Bands InsertNameHere The Top Ten 1 The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The members consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They were soon known as the foremost and most influential act of rock era. Rooted in skiffle, beat, and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented ... read more . I have to agree the Beatles are the most successful english band of all time I love some of their songs and they are from Liverpool which in my opinion is the best part of the country they are also probably the most iconic group of english people and to top this list so long after they was in their prime is remarkable It kills me when people trash them. I was born in the wrong time period. There is nobody have achieved what the Beatles have done. They were the first British band to break America, a lot of British bands are still not known in America. And there music still stands the test of time. Please, please never compare one direction. With the Beatles. X Please this band shouldn't be on the list.Their music is liked by no one.Non of by friend even like more than 2 or 3 of their song.Mostly say they were famous by their luck. V 38 Comments 2 One Direction One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) are an British-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously, Zayn Malik until his departure from the band on 25 March 2015 . The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records ... read more . If you really don't like one direction just don't hear to their music. But please don't insult them by writing rubbish comments cause their are many one direction fans around the world who really like them. Seriously you guys are writing like they are your enemy. I r What an insult to music. all they do is make teenage girls feel beautiful and take advantage of their insecurities. Sorry 1D fans, but maybe you should try listening to actual music. Peoples opinions on this band seem to be based on 2011/2 one direction-5 teenage boys who have no idea about the music industry and care more about their hair than their records and of course their fans who everyone still seems to think are 12 years old? We age too people. Maybe if you updated yourself and listened to their more recent albums and took a look at how much they do for people and mean to people you would see how genuine these boys are and how much they care about what they are producing and about their fans. They create great music which fair enough may not be to your taste but isn't all simply 'girly pop music'. So please stop insulting them and their fans for no reason. They all guys are really amazing V 263 Comments 3 Take That Take That are an English pop group from Manchester, formed in 1989. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, and Mark Owen. Every time the boys tour I think that was the best, then they something else that tops that, loved their music and them for 25 years, and will continue to love them for the next 25, there is a take that song for every moment of my life, meeting Mark Owen was the best day, the boys are so lovely to every one of their fans, and they are so grateful for every opportunity. Great music, great concerts great British band, need I say any more,? They just deserve to win, the amount of effort they put into their fans in amazing I had waited 5.5 hours to meet Gary and Mark and as they were leaving Mark said "Gaz this poor girls been here ages" and they spent at least ten minutes with me just chatting and asking about life. Their concerts have always been amazing! Never once fail to wow the audiences, if you've never been to their show, try to come, I'll guarantee, even if you don't fancy them, they'll entertain you fully and you'll go back home with a huge smile on your face! And yes, I agree how much they respect their fans, no matter how tired they are, they always put a big effort to make us all happy, they alwa

US actor Ed Harris directed and starred in which 2000 film about an American artist?

Pollock (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 From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock. Director: a list of 29 titles created 27 Jun 2011 a list of 44 titles created 02 Jan 2012 a list of 40 titles created 24 Feb 2014 a list of 33 titles created 6 months ago a list of 33 titles created 4 months ago Search for " Pollock " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Edit Storyline At the end of the 1940's, abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is featured in Life magazine. Flashback to 1941, he's living with his brother in a tiny apartment in New York City, drinking too much, and exhibiting an occasional painting in group shows. That's when he meets artist Lee Krasner, who puts her career on hold to be his companion, lover, champion, wife, and, in essence, caretaker. To get him away from booze, insecurity, and the stress of city life, they move to the Hamptons where nature and sobriety help Pollock achieve a breakthrough in style: a critic praises, then Life magazine calls. But so do old demons: the end is nasty, brutish, and short. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com> A True Portrait of Life and Art. Genres: Rated R for language and brief sexuality | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 23 March 2001 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Pollock, o asymvivastos See more  » Filming Locations: $44,244 (USA) (15 December 2000) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Second film that Marcia Gay Harden and Jeffrey Tambor appear in together. The first being Meet Joe Black (1998) See more » Goofs Camera shadow on Jackson's face as he starts the mural. See more » Quotes Performed by The Port of Harlem Jazzmen Courtesy of Blue Note Records By Arrangement with EMI Capitol Music Special Markets Art versus Life...and Life Magazine 26 December 2003 | by ThurstonHunger (Palo Alto, CA, USA) – See all my reviews I think it is very hard in general to make a "based on a true story" sort of film, that alone can clamp a pretty heavy anchor to your ankles. Moreso when that true story is one that means a lot to you as Ed Harris has said about Jackson Pollock's biography. Based upon those precepts, I feel Harris succeeded, however I cannot say this film is an unqualified success. It is sprawling, but unlike Pollock...for cinema circulation, Harris could not stretch his canvas so wide. He gets over two hours here...but I suspect he could have filled six easily. Based upon early buzz when this came out, including the snippet shown at the Oscars for Marcia Gay Harden, I had trepidation that this would be reduced to a shout and spittle film; that the rage and angst of Pollock and Krasner would be the story. Certainly this is one aspect presented, but not the sole one. Interestingly to me, it seemed that the more halcyon Pollock's life was, the better his exploration of his art. I went in expecting that alcohol-oiled turmoil would be presented as the key to complicated creation. An artist must suffer and so on. This shows that while I was familiar with Pollock, I was not that familiar. I could recognize his later chaotic, laced and dripped paintings...but I did not know anything about his personal life. But in the course of two hours, I did enjoy... 1) Seeing a progression in Pollock's paintings. I had not seen many of his earlier works that had more blocks to them, that were more easily seen as assemblages of images. The way these were filmed, in the act of creation was well done here. Same is true for the latter works. 2) The importance of Pollock's family. I loved seeing his Mother come to the openings. I did not know that two other brothers also painted; Sand

Bovidae Ovis is the scientific name for which animal?

bighorn sheep Bighorn Sheep photo M. Noonan Bighorn Taxonomy/Description Bighorn sheep belong to the Mammalian Order Artiodactyla, in the family Bovidae. Bovidae also includes goats, bison, cattle, and antelope. The bighorn's scientific name is Ovis canadensis, which means "sheep belonging to Canada". However, the bighorn sheep's range is not limited to only Canada. photo M. Noonan One of the most important features of the bighorn sheep is the unique structure of its hooves. Rather than being hard like those of a horse or cow, the sheep have rubber-like hooves that allow excellent mobility on steep rock faces. The males, called rams, have massive spiral horns that can weigh up to 40 lbs. A ram itself can weigh as much as 400 Lbs. Females (or ewes) have short, spike-like horns and weigh about 150 lbs. The pelage (its coat) is typically chocolate brown with white areas on the rump and on the underside. These amazing animals live as long as 15-20 years in the wild, and even longer in captivity. photo M. Noonan Bighorn Habitat/Diet Different subspecies of the bighorn sheep can be found throughout the mountainous areas of the western United States. We studied the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in both South Dakota and Colorado. Their habitat can range from desert cliffs through arid mountain ranges to alpine tundra. The animals usually stay within a limited home range which gives them access to food, water and rest areas. A critical element of Bighorn habitat is the requirement for escape terrain. Sheep always stay close to an area that will allow them to climb up or down a steep hillside quickly if danger is present. photo M. Noonan Bighorn sheep live mostly on grasses, but they will also eat many other plant species when they are available. After feeding in the morning, sheep characteristically take a mid-day nap to rest and digest their food. Sheep are ruminants, which means that they have a four chambered stomach. Bacteria in these compartments aid in digestion of plant material and provide nutrients that sheep need to live. photo M. Noonan Bighorn Behavior/Reproduction "Brooming" is a behavior in which males break off the tips of their horns by wedging them in rocks or trees. It is suspected they do this to prevent their horns from blocking their vision. Subordinate males will perform "horning" where they will rub their heads on the scent glands on the dominant male's head. It is suspected that this allows the lower ranked males to pick up the scent of the higher ranked ones. Males are sexually mature by their fourth year but don�t usually manage to breed until their seventh or eighth year because the older rams are much bigger and stronger. Females breed for first time in their third year. photo M. Noonan Breeding season is from November to January with its peak in December. During this time, males fight by head butting with their massive horns. Fighting is not the only way to secure a mate however. Sometimes a third ram comes in and mates with the female while the first two are occupied in a fight. The gestation period is 174 days. Lambing peaks in June. Ewes ordinarily give birth to only one lamb at a time. The young are precocial at birth. photo M. Noonan Our Experiences with Bighorn While in South Dakota, we were privileged to study with wildlife biologist Michelle Bourassa. She allowed us to accompany her in Badlands National Park while she tracked radio-collared bighorn sheep that were part of re-introduction program there. After using radio telemetry to triangulate on their position, we spent hours hiking across the rugged terrain in search of th

Stink 182 is a tribute band to which band?

Stink 182 | tribute-band.com - tribute band directory for tribute bands Stink 182 Can Drums Stink 182 is New York City's number One Blink 182 Tribute band! Stink 182 also plays tons of great tunes from the 90's! www.stink182.com

What is the title of the 1985 film sequel to ‘Romancing the Stone’ starring Michael Douglas?

The Jewel of the Nile (1985) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Jewel of the Nile ( 1985 ) PG | 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: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 49 titles created 29 Jan 2011 a list of 25 titles created 11 Mar 2013 a list of 40 titles created 20 Feb 2014 a list of 26 titles created 10 months ago a list of 23 titles created 10 months ago Title: The Jewel of the Nile (1985) 6.1/10 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 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 married couple try everything to get each other to leave the house in a vicious divorce battle. Director: Danny DeVito An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City. Director: Peter Faiman Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan. Director: Ridley Scott A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family. Director: Adrian Lyne Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under. Director: John Cornell A borderline personality disordered defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them. Director: Joel Schumacher A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life. Director: Barry Levinson A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved. Director: Paul Verhoeven When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigour. Director: Ron Howard A remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Dial M for Murder (1954). Director: Andrew Davis 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 Edit Storyline 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 invitation to go to some middle eastern country as a guest of the sheik, but there she is abducted and finds her- self involved with the "jewel". Jack decides to rescue her with his new partner Ralph. They all go from one adventure to another... What is the story of this "jewel"? Written by Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com> When the going gets tough, the tough get going. See more  » Genres: 11 December 1985 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Auf der Jagd nach dem Juwel vom Nil See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The "Nubian" man Jack wrestles is a traditional Senegalese wrestler. The talisman that he wears on his chest and around his waste were made by a religious leader and are believed to hold mystical powers to protect him and help him win his wrestling matches. See more » Goofs At the beginning of the movie, the amount of zinc oxide on Joan's nose changes with each camera angle. See more » Quotes [Jack, Joan, and the Jewel are being shot at] Jewel : Do not worry. I'm sure it's not my destiny to die on this mountain. Joan : What about us? Performed by Nubians (as The Nubians) Written by Pete Q. Harris and Richard Jon Smith Produced

Which English football club play their home games at the Reebok Stadium?

A Beginner's Guide To Picking an EPL Team | Bleacher Report A Beginner's Guide To Picking an EPL Team Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse more stories 8.2K 0 Comments When the United States got knocked out of the World Cup, most Americans were resigned to the fact that they will not watch another soccer match until June, 2014. That is when the next World Cup kicks off in Brazil. For those Americans who want to continue watching the beautiful game at its best, this post is for you. This post will help beginners dive into the wonderful world of English Premier League Football. It is a team by team breakdown of sorts. It will help you to find the club that suits you best as a fan.  The Recently Promoted: Blackpool F.C. Briefing: The Seasiders are the biggest surprise of the three newly promoted teams. Despite finishing sixth in The Championship (the second highest league in England), Blackpool won the play-off in dramatic fashion to find themselves in the EPL. Blackpool plays their home matches at Bloomfield Road, a small stadium that has a capacity of 12,555.  Redeeming Quality: They are going to come into this season as one of the biggest underdogs in recent history, could make for a nice story. Buyer Beware: Becoming a fan of any newly-promoted club is a risky call. Especially with Blackpool, who are not expected to have a very long shelf life in the Premiership. However, if one does choose 'Pool as the team of his or her liking, they can look at Stoke City for an example of a team that has stayed in the Premiership after most thought they'd go right back down. West Bromwich Albion Briefing: Since 2000, the Baggies have been back and forth between the Premier League and The Championship several times. They are having trouble finding their place in top flight football. Under former Italian international, Roberto Di Matteo, Albion hope to finally find that elusive niche.  Redeeming Qualities: Besides having a great nickname, Albion also have an intense rivalry with two Premiership sides, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton.  Buyer Beware: Cannot find a way to stay in top flight football.  Newcastle United Briefing: Newcastle had never been relegated from the Premier League until 2009. After a debacle of a season that was filled with ownership issues, managerial problems, and terrible play, the Magpies found themselves in The Championship in 2010. They showed why they had never been there before though, and earned automatic promotion in record time.  Redeeming Qualities: One of only a few teams in the North of England, the Toon Army is a great fan base with few bandwagoners. They have a great rivalry with Sunderland, and were spotlighted in a movie called Goal: The Dream Begins . Buyer Beware: Definitely not the most stable of clubs at the moment.  The Pack: West Ham United Briefing: West Ham is one of five teams that play their home matches in London. They also have one of the great developmental academies in all of the EPL. Because of this they are known as the "Academy of Football." They have been in the Premiership since gaining promotion in 2005, but have not finished above Ninth since.  Redeeming Qualities: The developmental academy is definitely something to brag about. Like Newcastle, the Hammers also have been featured in a motion picture. The movie Green Street Hooligans  focused on the club's notorious hooligans. Playing in London can't hurt either. Buyer Beware: West Ham finished one spot above the relegation zone in the '09-'10 campaign. Also, Robert Green —the goalie now known for his gaffe against the USA —is the goalkeeper for West Ham.  Wigan Athletic Briefing: The youngest club in the Premier League (formed in 1932), Wigan Athletic have been in the top flight since 2005. While this is their only spell in the top division, they have shown that they can hang and have not really shown any signs of letting up.  Redeeming Qualities: Their nickname, The Latics, is pretty fly. They have an intense rivalry with Bolton, and play in Manchester.  Buyer Beware: Wigan had the lowest average attendance in the EPL. They also l

What is the dot over a lower case ‘i’ called?

Word Fact: What’s the Name for the Dot Over the i and j? | Dictionary.com Blog Home  »  Symbols and Punctuation  »  Word Facts  » Word Fact: What’s the Name for the Dot Over the i and j? Word Fact: What’s the Name for the Dot Over the i and j? January 5, 2015 by:  Dictionary.com 110 Comments While many languages, such as Arabic and Hebrew, add specific accents to the letters or characters throughout their alphabet, the English alphabet has only two letters that include a diacritic dot. This mark is added to a letter to signal a change in either the sound or meaning of a character. What is the additional name of this curious dot that hovers over the ninth and tenth lowercase letters of the English alphabet, and how did it get there? The small distinguishing mark you see over a lowercase i and a lowercase j is called a tittle – an interesting name that seems like a portmanteau (combination) of “tiny” and “little,” and refers to a small point or stroke in writing and printing. Generally, a diacritic dot such as a tittle is also referred to as a glyph . However, in regards to i and j, the removal of the mark is still likely to be read as I or J; as such, these are not examples of a glyph. Derived from the Latin word titulus, meaning “inscription, heading,” the tittle initially appeared in Latin manuscripts beginning in the 11th century as a way of individualizing the neighboring letters i and j in the thicket of handwriting. With the introduction of the Roman-style typeface in the late 1400′s, the original large mark was reduced to the small dot we use today. Many alphabets use a tittle specifically in the case of the letter i. For example, the absence or presence of a tittle over the i in the modern Turkish alphabet, also Latin-based, helps to differentiate two unique letters that represent distinct phonemes . The phrase “To a T” is believed to be derived from the word tittle and the following passage from Edward Hall’s Chronicles circa 1548: “I then… began to dispute with my selfe, little considerynge that thus my earnest was turned euen to a tittyl not so good as, estamen.” Now that you’ve satisfied your desire to know the source of that little dot, consider this: Why does the letter Q almost never appear without a U right next to it? Find your answer, here . What other mysteries of the alphabet would like us to explore? Let us know.

In the game of Shove Ha’penny, what is the term for placing three coins in a ‘Bed’ in a single go?

Shove Ha'penny - Online Guide History Shove Ha'penny is the smaller offspring of a game called Shovel Board Earlier versions, which were played in Taverns at least as early as the fifteenth century, have been known as Shoffe-grote (when the coins used were Edward IV groats), Slype Groat and Slide-thrift and these were all played in a similar fashion to Shove Ha'penny but with different coins of the period during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The two pictures show a beautiful antique wooden Shove Ha'penny board from the collection of John Rushby-Smith, Ledbury, England.  The hinged brass lifts are clearly seen demonstrating how they can be raised out of the slot to determine whether a coin lies fully in a bed or not.  In the game, players take turns to push coins up a board with horizontal lines across it.   The areas between each pair of horizontal lines are called a "beds" and the objective is to push the coins so that they land squarely in the beds without touching the horizontal lines.  To win, a player needs to get a coin in each bed 3 times which is no easy task for the beds furthest away from the front of the board.   If a player manages to score three coins in one bed in a single turn, he is said to have scored a "sergeant" and if all five coins should score in a single turn, it is a "sergeant major" or a "gold watch". Shoving is most commonly done with the heel of the hand although other techniques include the palm, the side of the thumb or the tips of the fingers are all used.  A variety of substances can be used to make the board sufficiently slippery - French chalk, black lead, beer, paraffin and petrol are all used.  Each coin has one side smoothed down flat and in theory this should be the tails side of the coin since it is illegal to deface an image of the monarch in England. However, many leagues maintain a contrary view in respect of this and smooth away the head side instead. This mark of disrespect also serves to leave the date of the coin visible and an ideal set of coins would have the same date on each coin... Shove Ha'penny came into existence around 1840 and would originally have been played on any flat surface that could have the requisite lines inscribed on it but the official board these days should be made of slate or hardwood with indented lines defining the beds.  The more expensive boards have rails embedded in the dents which can be lifted out of the slots in order to determine whether or not a coin is completely within a bed or not.  If the coin moves it does not score. Around the Oxford area, a variant called Progressive is played in which a player is allowed to retrieve and re-play any coins that score.   In this way, a lengthy turn of numerous continuation shots would occur for skilled players in a manner akin to a break in Billiards, Snooker or Croquet.  Skilled players can apparently regularly win in a single turn which must be a bit depressing for an opponent who is unfortunate enough to lose the toss against such a player. The slate board shown is a commercial board together with it's original wrapping, purchased approximately during the 1930's. From the author's parent's collection. Push-penny is still being played around Stamford, Lincolnshire and uses three old English pennies, somewhat larger than a ha'penny.  Boards are made from Mahogany or Oak and each one has its different idiosyncracies.  The game is much the same as Shove Ha'penny and the locals organise a "world championship" which is played during the Stamford festival at the end of June/beginning of July each year. The author was contacted in August 2001 from Swaziland where apparently there is a burgeoning Shove Ha'penny group. Started originally in the early 1980s by Peter Thorne, the owner of the Malandela pub in Malkerns, Swaziland, the game is apparently increasing in popularity around that country. In 1995 and 1996, teams from Swaziland were sent to The Wheatsheaf,

Who directed the 1960 film ‘Spartacus’?

‎Spartacus (1960) directed by Stanley Kubrick • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd 7 After having recently watched Kubrick’s weak debut, Fear and Desire, and a solid but forgettable film (Killer’s Kiss), I was pretty impressed by Spartacus, which is one hell of an epic journey. I felt that some scenes dragged, making the watch a little exhausting at times, but nothing that affected my overall experience. The score was great but a bit repetitive, which is fine as it’s a very long film. The battle scenes were outstanding and Kirk Douglas amazed me as Spartacus, a gladiator and leader of the slave’s rebellion. I could totally see resemblances to his character in Paths of Glory as they both share a strong sense of humanity and perseverance. The message by the end is that hope is alive and Spartacus’s dream can actually prosper and be concreted, despite all the destruction that happens in the final battle with the Romans and its horrible consequences. A strong and fitting finale to another terrific film by Kubrick! Review by Charly Díaz ★★★★ Spartacus cuenta con una historia épica, actuaciones románticas, gran diseño de producción, excelentes actuaciones, diálogos memorables y un poderoso score que Stanley Kubrick consigue amoldar gracias al buen guión de Dalton Trumbo. El único aspecto negativo que considero que la cinta tiene un exceso de duración. ¡Un clásico! Review by Robert Dixon ★★★½ After watching Trumbo, I find it difficult not to just see Bryan Cranston writing this movie in his bath. Riddled with Kubrickisms, but honestly I found the runtime pretty grating at times. For an epic, it's solid enough, with a fantastic opening quarter. It's definitely a film that is pleasing on the eye, with enough substance of plot to be passable. But really the film is made in the performances. Peter Ustinov in particular is somebody who stuck out to me, of course alongside Douglas and Olivier. 1 Stanley Kubrick takes us back to a time where a man could rock socks with sandals without fear of being called douche bag. There would however be the fear of getting enslaved much like our hero Spartacus was before he arose to be a great leader. It's a very impressive film from a technical stand point. Some scenes featuring thousands of extras and I would bet that some stunt people got seriously injured during those battle scenes. This movie is very much a product of it's time, it's a big classic Hollywood epic. It barley even seems like a Kubrick movie, feels very much like a studio film to me, but I enjoyed it overall. I would recommend this to fans of movies like Gladiator and Braveheart, those flicks no doubt took inspiration from good ole Spartacus here. Review by Andy Patterson ★★★★ All studio and no creative control makes Kubrick a very dull boy. The above sentence rings true in the talky scenes in this somewhat bloated sword and sandals epic but it's reputation as a towering genre entry is earned in the spectacular second half, with a terrific massive scale battle sequence and the emotional, iconic "I am Spartacus!" scene as well as a visceral climax. The dazzling production values make for sumptuous, jaw dropping action and Dalton Trumbo's screenplay is punctuated with remarkably literate dialogue, which rivals the iron jawed Kirk Douglas as the picture's star.

In January 1977, which French President officially opened the Pompidou Centre in Paris?

Centre Georges Pompidou Paris - YouTube Centre Georges Pompidou Paris 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 May 18, 2009 Centre Georges Pompidou (constructed 19711977 and known as the Pompidou Centre in English) is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture. It houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information, a vast public library, the Musée National d'Art Moderne, and IRCAM, a centre for music and acoustic research. Because of its location, the Centre is known locally as Beaubourg. It is named after Georges Pompidou, who was President of France from 1969 to 1974, and was officially opened on 31 January 1977 by the then-French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. The Centre Pompidou has had over 150 million visitors since 1977[1]. Le Centre national dart et de culture Georges Pompidou est né de la volonté du Président Georges Pompidou de créer au cœur de Paris une institution culturelle originale entièrement vouée à la création moderne et contemporaine où les arts plastiques voisineraient avec le théâtre, la musique, le cinéma, les livres, les activités de parole... Installé au coeur de Paris, dans un bâtiment à larchitecture emblématique du XXe siècle conçue par Renzo Piano et Richard Rogers, le Centre Pompidou a ouvert au public en 1977. Rénové de 1997 à décembre 1999, il a réouvert au public le 1er janvier 2000, en lui offrant des espaces muséaux agrandis, des surfaces daccueil enrichies. Il est redevenu dès lors lun des monuments les plus fréquentés de France. Recevant près de 6 millions de visiteurs par an, le Centre Pompidou aura ainsi accueilli, en 30 ans, près de 190 millions de visiteurs. Category Standard YouTube License Music

The colour sepia is named after the pigment from the ink sac of which marine creature?

Creature Feature Creature Feature Creature Feature - Hooded Cuttlefish Hooded Cuttlefish, Sepia prashadi This intelligent mollusc has almost incredible powers of mimicry. It can control the colour, patterning and texture of its skin to perfectly match its surroundings. And not just from above, the camouflage works from whichever angle it is observed. From birth, cuttlefish can display at least 13 type of body pattern, made up from over 30 different components. A recent study suggested that the military can learn from the cuttlefish and create "invisible suits". Hooded Cuttlefish showing courtship colouration taken in Oman by David Collins In addition to avoiding predators, pattern control is also used in courtship by male cuttlefish. This impresses females and warns off competitors. After mating the male will often defend the female while she lays clumps of eggs. These hatch in two to three months to reveal minature cuttlefish. Females only breed once and die soon after laying. Eye of the cuttlefish, by Tim Nicholson With its flattened body skirted each side with fins, the cuttlefish moves with a pretty rippling motion. Like the closely related octopus, it can also escape by powerful jet propulsion whilst simultaneously ejecting a cloud of black ink to distract its foe. This ink is called sepia and was once used by artists. The cuttlefish's beak-like mouth is surrounded by eight arms each with two rows of suckers. It also has two long extendable tentacles with suckered, club-like ends for catching fast-moving prey like crustaceans and fish. In this photo the cuttlefish is raising its tentacles in an aggressive posture, by Captain Victor Oram To change colour, the cuttlefish has a central sac (chromatophore) containing granules of pigment. This is surrounded by a series of muscles. When the brain sends a signal to the cell, the contracting muscles make the central sacs expand, dispersing pigment and generating the optical effect. Their skin can change colour and pattern in just a second to match their environment. Scientists have recently also discovered that cuttlefish possess luminescent protein structures that allow them to actively emit light, not just reflect and filter the ambient light from their environment. Additionally, they also discovered the presence of reflectin in the chromatophores, a high-refractive-index protein that, they suggest, allows the chromatophores, when highly stretched out, to more effectively absorb light than if they contained color pigments alone. According to Helmut Debelius, the hooded cuttlefish can grow to 30 cm but is usually only half that size.You find these cuttlefish in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Superorder) > Sepiida (Order)

A gastrectomy is the removal of which part of the human body?

Gastrectomy - Stomach Removal - Healthgrades.com ADVERTISEMENT What is a gastrectomy? A gastrectomy is the surgical removal of part or all of the stomach. Your doctor may recommend a gastrectomy to treat cancer, benign tumors, severe ulcers, and other conditions that damage the stomach. Your doctor may perform a gastrectomy for some ulcers of the small intestine just after your stomach. Some types of bariatric surgery (weight-loss surgery) include a gastrectomy. Gastrectomy is a major surgery with significant risks and potential complications. You may have less invasive treatment options. Consider getting a second opinion about all of your treatment choices before having a gastrectomy. Types of gastrectomy The types of gastrectomy procedures include: Partial gastrectomy is the removal of part of the stomach. Your doctor attaches your small intestine to the remaining healthy part of the stomach. Total gastrectomy is the removal of the entire stomach. Your doctor attaches the small intestine to the esophagus. Sleeve gastrectomy (also called vertical sleeve gastrectomy and stomach stapling) is the removal of a large part of the stomach to help with weight loss. Your doctor uses staples to create a smaller stomach and attaches the small intestine to the remaining stomach.

The US Ramstein Air Base is in which European country?

Ramstein Air Base Tour - Business Insider print Jeremy Bender/Business Insider With its staggering scope and scale, Ramstein Air Base in Germany is one of America's most important and fascinating military facilities. Located in southwestern Germany, it serves not only as the headquarters of the US Air Force in Europe and a NATO installation but also as a gateway to American military operations around the globe. The base is part of a conglomeration of 12 Army and Air Force installations that make up the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC). This community, also known as K-Town, hosts almost 54,000 Americans across 300 neighboring German towns and cities, turning the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany into a tiny slice of America. The area has the largest concentration of Americans outside of the US, though it's also notably multicultural, including personnel from many countries. Over two days in September, Business Insider was given an extensive and breathtaking tour of the base and its operations.

What are the names of the leather boxes, sometimes called phylacteries, worn by orthodox Jewish men on their head and arm during weekday morning prayers?

BBC - Religions - Judaism: Tefillin Religions Tefillin Last updated 2009-06-23 This article looks at Tefillin, the cubic black leather boxes with leather straps that Orthodox Jewish men wear on their head and their arm during weekday morning prayer. On this page Tefillin Tefillin © Tefillin (sometimes called phylacteries) are cubic black leather boxes with leather straps that Orthodox Jewish men wear on their head and their arm during weekday morning prayer. Observant Jews consider wearing tefillin to be a very great mitzvah (command). The boxes contain four hand-written texts from the Bible, in which believers are commanded to wear certain words on the hand and between the eyes. The texts are Exodus 13:1-10, 13:11-16; Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:12-21. The hand tefillin has all four texts written on a single parchment strip but the head tefillin has four separate compartments, with a single text in each. Jewish men start wearing tefillin just before their Bar Mitzvah. As with all ritual objects there are very specific rules about how to make tefillin, and how to wear them. Making tefillin Tefillin can only be made by specialists and often come with a certificate from a rabbi to prove that they've been made properly. The rules do not exist for their own sake, but to ensure that an article of such enormous religious significance is perfect in every way. Tefillin © The texts have to be written with halachically acceptable (acceptable according to Jewish law) ink on halachically acceptable parchment. There are precise rules for writing the texts and any error invalidates it. For example, the letters of the text must be written in order - if a mistake is found later, it can't be corrected as the replacement letter would have been written out of sequence. There are 3188 letters on the parchments, and it can take a scribe as long as 15 hours to write a complete set. The scribe is required to purify himself in the mikvah (ritual bath) before he starts work. The leather boxes and straps must be completely black. The boxes must be perfectly square seen from above. The stitches must also be perfectly square, and both thread and leather must be halachically acceptable. Wearing tefillin The arm tefillin is put on first, on the upper part of the weaker arm. A blessing is recited and the strap wrapped round the arm seven times. Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to put on Tefillin. The head tefillin is loosely fastened on the head about one centimetre above a person's original hairline (the fact that a man's hair has receded is ignored). A blessing is recited and the strap is tightened with the knot at the back of the head. The strap of the hand tefillin is then wound three times round the middle finger while reciting Hosea 2:21-2.

In the Scottish nursery rhyme who runs through the town in his nightgown?

Wee Willie Winkie | Nursery Rhymes & Kids' Songs | BusSongs.com "Are the children all in bed? For it's now eight o'clock". The Scottish Poetry Version Wee Willie Winkie rins through the toun, Up stairs and doon stairs in his nicht-goun, Tirlin' at the window, cryin' at the lock, 'Are the weans in their bed, for it's noo ten o'clock?'. 'Hey, Willie Winkie, are ye comin' ben? The cat's singin' grey thrums to the sleepin' hen, The dog's spelder'd on the floor, and disna gi'e a cheep, But here's a waukrife laddie that winna fa' asleep!'. Onything but sleep, you rogue! glow'ring like the mune, Rattlin' in an airn jug wi' an airn spune, Rumblin', tumblin' round about, crawin' like a cock, Skirlin' like a kenna-what, wauk'nin' sleepin' fock. 'Hey, Willie Winkie - the wean's in a creel! Wambling aff a bodie's knee like a verra eel, Ruggin' at the cat's lug, and ravelin' a' her thrums Hey, Willie Winkie - see, there he comes!'. Wearit is the mither that has a stoorie wean, A wee stumple stoussie, that canna rin his lane, That has a battle aye wi' sleep before he'll close an ee But a kiss frae aff his rosy lips gies strength anew to me. This song was originally posted at: http://bussongs.com/songs/wee-willie-winkie.php

Who married Captain Mark Phillips at Westminster Abbey in November 1973?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 14 | 1973: Crowds cheer marriage of Princess Anne 1973: Crowds cheer marriage of Princess Anne The wedding of the Queen's only daughter, Princess Anne, has taken place at Westminster Abbey. Princess Anne, 23, married Mark Phillips, a lieutenant in the Army. An estimated 500 million television viewers around the world are believed to have watched the ceremony. Princess Anne wore an embroidered Tudor-style wedding dress with a high collar and mediaeval sleeves. Lieutenant Phillips was in the full scarlet and blue uniform of his regiment, the Queen's Dragoon Guards. The princess' bridesmaid was her nine-year-old cousin, Lady Sarah-Armstrong Jones, daughter of Princess Margaret. Her youngest brother, nine-year-old Prince Edward, was her pageboy. The wedding day had been declared a national holiday and crowds lined the streets to watch the newly married couple on their way back to Buckingham Palace. Many well-wishers had spent the night sleeping in the Mall to guarantee a good view of the pair who travelled in a horse-drawn carriage. Later they appeared on the balcony at Buckingham Palace and waved to the crowd below. After a wedding lunch, the Princess and her new husband left to stay overnight at White House Lodge in Richmond Park. They are due to travel to Barbados tomorrow where they will board the royal yacht Britannia for 18 days sailing in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The couple met through their mutual interest in horse riding and their engagement was announced in May. It is only the second time in more than 200 years that a member of the British royal family has married a commoner. The last commoner to marry into the royal family was the Queen Mother in 1923.

Pitkin County is in which US state?

Pitkin County, CO 1. Why is there an address ordinance? The purpose of the ordinance is to provide a system of address standards that will be used to name roadways and assign addresses to properties along such roadways. The intent of the ordinance is to assign addresses with an orderly system while accomplishing the following objectives: -Ensure that visitors, delivery and other services are able to find their way in a timely fashion -Provide logic and order in the assigning of roadway names and addresses -A guide for staff in ensuring consistency in addressing -Ensure that emergency services are able to locate and respond quickly All roads that serve three (3) or more addressable structures shall be named regardless of whether the ownership is public or private. A “Road” refers to any highway, road, street, avenue, lane, private way or similar paved, gravel, or dirt thoroughfare. A road name assigned by Pitkin County shall not constitute or imply acceptance of the road as a public way. 3. What is an Addressable Structure? Any structure that has been deemed addressable by Pitkin County as described in the Address Ordinance. Generally only buildings normally occupied by human beings will be assigned addresses; provided, however, that other sites or structures, (barns, outbuildings, service areas) may be addressed where it may be helpful in emergencies. Such sites may be assigned addresses at the discretion of Pitkin County. 4. How are addresses assigned? Typically, Pitkin County addresses are assigned using the Century System where address numbers are based on fractions of a mile starting from the origin of a roadway to the start of a property’s driveway. The theory behind this is that anyone in a vehicle could find their destination based from an odometer reading. Parity (Even/Odd determination) is normally based on compass direction from the center of the street, with addresses on the North or East sides receiving even numbers and those on the South or West receiving odd numbers. However, many streets in the county have been assigned using the Left/Odd and Right/Even methodology. Address Services makes the Even/Odd determination based on Public Safety requirements. For more information please see the Titled Address Standards 9.08.080: ADDRESS/NUMBERING SYSTEM 5. Can I choose my own Road Name? Pitkin County encourages Property Owners to make suggestions for the naming of the new road, as it affects them directly. Please see the Street Naming Resources section for further information. 6. My construction company is building a subdivision in the county. How do the roads being built get assigned names? Please contact Address Services by email, phone, or New Address Assignment Form to begin the process of address assignment. 7. I am having a house built on my lot. How do I receive an address for my house? Please fill out a New Address Assignment Request which can be found on the Pitkin County Address Services site. 9. Does my barn/workshop/garage need an address? Outbuildings are not typically considered addressable structures, but will be reviewed per ordinance and policy to determine if public safety, telephone, utilities, or other reasons cause the outbuilding to require a physical address. Generally only buildings normally occupied by human beings will be assigned addresses. Owners of structures shall display and maintain assigned numbers in a conspicuous place on said structure, in the following manner: 1. Address Number on the Structure or Residence: When the residence or structure is within 50(fifty) feet of the edge of the road right-of-way, the assigned address number shall be displayed at a location on the residence or structure that is easily visible from the roadway. 2. Number at the Road Line: Where the residence or structure is over 50 (fifty) feet from the edge of the road right-of-way, the assigned address number shall be displayed on a noncombustible structure (post, fence, wall, mailbox, etc) at the property line adjacent to the walk or access drive to the residence or structure, in addition to being displa

Lady Day (The Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin) falls in which month of the year?

Feast of the Annunciation (Lady Day) ``Where the Bishop is, there let the multitude of believers be; even as where Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church'' Ignatius of Antioch, 1st c. A.D Feast of the Annunciation     Exactly nine months to the day before the Feast of the Nativity, we celebrate the annunciation that the angel -- the archangel -- Gabriel makes to Mary. Mystical significance is given to this date by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa in his "Golden Legend" written in 1275: This blessed Annunciation happened the twentyfifth day of the month of March, on which day happened also, as well tofore as after, these things that hereafter be named. On that same day Adam, the first man, was created and fell into original sin by inobedience, and was put out of paradise terrestrial. After, the angel showed the conception of our Lord to the glorious Virgin Mary. Also that same day of the month Cain slew Abel his brother. Also Melchisedech made offering to God of bread and wine in the presence of Abraham. Also on the same day Abraham offered Isaac his son. That same day St. John Baptist was beheaded, and St. Peter was that day delivered out of prison, and St. James the more, that day beheaded of Herod. And our Lord Jesu Christ was on that day crucified, wherefore that is a day of great reverence. It was this day on which Our Lord entered the world, and on this day, thirty-three years later, that He left it. It must be remembered that it was on this day, not Christmas, that Christ came to the world, as a baby inside Mary's womb; today is the feast of the Incarnation! The Gospel reading today is that of Luke: Luke 1:26-38: And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Who having heard, was troubled at his saying and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. And of his kingdom there shall be no end. And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man? And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren: Because no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. Our Lady uttered her fiat -- her words "Let it be done to me according to thy word" -- and the Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity condescended to take on a human nature and become man. God became man! Father Alban Butler writes in his "Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principle Saints" (1864) these beautiful words to indicate the import of Mary's "yes": The world, as heaven had decreed, was not to have a Saviour till she had given her consent to the angel's proposal; she gives it, and behold the power and efficacy of her submissive fiat! That moment, the mystery of love and mercy promised to mankind four thousand years before, foretold by so many Prophets, desired by so many Saints, is wrought on earth. That moment, the Word of God is for ever united to humanity; the Soul of Jesus Christ, produced from nothing, begins to enjoy God, and to know all things past, present, and to come: that moment, God begins to have an adorer who is infinite, and the world a mediator who

Which US cartoon series first appeared on The Tracey Ullman Show in April 1987?

The Tracey Ullman Show | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Tracey Ullman Show ► The Tracey Ullman Show logo The Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly American television variety show, hosted by British comedian and one-time pop singer Tracey Ullman . It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the FOX network's second primetime series and ran until May 26, 1990. The show featured sketch comedy along with many musical numbers, featuring Emmy Award-winning choreography by Paula Abdul. The Simpsons The Simpsons as they originally appeared on The Tracey Ullman Show The Simpsons first appeared as short vignettes on the Tracey Ullman Show. These cartoon shorts acted as bumpers that are shown before and after commercials. The shorts were written by Matt Groening and animated at Klasky-Csupo by a team consisting of David Silverman , Bill Kopp and Wes Archer (in the later seasons, the shorts were animated by Silverman and Archer) Dan Castellaneta , Nancy Cartwright , Yeardley Smith and Julie Kavner provided the voices of characters Homer Simpson , Bart Simpson , Lisa Simpson , and Marge Simpson . The characters were crudely drawn because Matt Groening assumed that the animators would clean them up after he submitted the rough sketches to them. Instead, the animators simply traced over the sketches. The first short, Good Night , was aired on April 19, 1987. Later, the shorts were given their own segment on the show before the cartoon was developed into a 30 minute TV animated spin-off in 1989.

Swiss author Johanna Spyri wrote which famous children’s book about a young orphan girl in her grandfather’s care?

1000+ images about Heidi on Pinterest | Heidi heidi, Shirley temples and Swiss alps Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas Heidi Heidi is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi's years of learning and travel) and Heidi makes use of what she has learned. It is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care, in the Swiss Alps.Heidi is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature. 113 Pins119 Followers

Which British Merseybeat singer was born William Howard Ashton in 1943?

Billy J. Kramer’s Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm Listeners Biography Billy J. Kramer (born William Howard Ashton, on August 19, 1943, in Bootle, Liverpool, England) was a British Invasion / Merseybeat singer. He is known today primarily as the singer of various Lennon-McCartney compositions that The Beatles did not use. Early career The performing name Kramer was chosen at random from a telephone directory. It was John Lennon's suggestion that the "J" be added to the name to further distinguish him by adding a 'tougher edge'. Billy soon came to the attention of Brian Epstein, ever on the look-out for new talent to add to his expanding roster of local artists. Kramer turned professional but his then backing band, The Coasters, were less keen, so Epstein sought out the services of a Manchester based band, The Dakotas, a well-respected combo then backing Pete MacLaine. Even then, The Dakotas would not join Kramer without a recording deal of their own. Once in place, the deal was set and both acts signed to Parlophone under George Martin. Collectively, they were named Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas to keep their own identities within the act. Once the Beatles broke through, the way was paved for a tide of "Merseybeat" and Kramer was offered the chance to cover a song first released by the Beatles on their own debut album, Please Please Me. The track had been allegedly turned down by Shane Fenton (later Alvin Stardust) who was looking for a career reviving hit. Success With record producer George Martin, the song "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" was a number two UK Singles Chart hit in 1963, and was backed by another tune otherwise unreleased by The Beatles, "I'll Be on My Way". After this impressive breakthrough another Lennon/McCartney pairing "Bad to Me" c/w "I Call Your Name" reached number one. "I'll Keep You Satisfied" ended the year with a respectable number four placing. Billy was given a series of songs specially written for him by John Lennon and Paul McCartney which launched him into stardom and a proper place in the history of Rock and Roll. I'll Keep You Satisfied, From A Window, I Call Your Name and Bad to Me all became international million sellers for Billy, and won him appearances on the TV shows Shindig!, Hullabaloo and The Ed Sullivan Show. The Dakotas , meanwhile, enjoyed Top 20 success in 1963 on their own with Mike Maxfield's composition "The Cruel Sea", an instrumental retitled "The Cruel Surf" in the U.S., which was subsequently covered by The Ventures. This was followed by a George Martin creation, "Magic Carpet", evoking a dreamy atmosphere with a subtle echo laden piano, playing the melody alongside Maxfield's guitar. But it missed out altogether and it was a year before their next release. All four tracks appeared on a highly-collectable EP later that year. The three big hits penned by Lennon and McCartney meant that Kramer was always seemingly in the Beatles' shadow, unless he did tried something different. Despite being advised against it, he insisted on recording the Stateside chart hit "Little Children" - the lyrics were allegedly about getting his girlfriend's brothers and sisters out of the way so they could make love. It became his second chart topper and biggest hit. It was Kramer's only major hit outside of the UK. In the U.S., this was followed up with "Bad to Me" which reached number nine. Despite this success Kramer went backwards with his second and last UK single of 1964; another Lennon/McCartney cast-off "From A Window", which only just became a Top Ten hit. After the peak The year 1965 saw the end for the Merseybeat boom, and the next Kramer single was "It's Gotta Last Forever", which harked back to a ballad approach. In a year where mod-related music from the likes of The Who prevailed, the single missed completely. Kramer's cover of "Trains and Boats and Planes" saw off Anita Harris' cover version only to find itself in direct competition with its composer, Burt Bacharach's effort, which won the day. Kramer's effort still reached a

Which chemical compound has the formula H2S?

hydrogen sulfide | chemical compound | Britannica.com Hydrogen sulfide chemical compound THIS ARTICLE IS A STUB. You can learn more about this topic in the related articles below. Alternative Titles: stinkdamp, sulfureted hydrogen, sulphuretted hydrogen Similar Topics Hydrogen sulfide, colourless, extremely poisonous, gaseous compound formed by sulfur with hydrogen (see sulfur ). Learn More in these related articles: sulfur (S) nonmetallic chemical element belonging to the oxygen group (Group 16 [VIa] of the periodic table), one of the most reactive of the elements. Pure sulfur is a tasteless, odourless, brittle solid that is pale yellow in colour, a poor conductor of electricity, and insoluble in water. It reacts with... in lake (physical feature): Chemical precipitates ...Lake Eyre, Australia, is estimated to contain more than four billion tons of gypsum. For gypsum to be deposited, sulfate, calcium, and hydrogen sulfide must be present in particular concentrations. Hydrogen sulfide occurs in deoxygenated portions of lakes, usually following the depletion of oxygen resulting from decomposition of biological material. Bottom-dwelling organisms are usually... in volcano: Gas clouds The most common volcanic gases are water vapour, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide. Small quantities of other volatile elements and compounds also are present, such as hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, and mercury. The specific gaseous compounds released from magma depend on the temperature, pressure, and overall composition of the volatile... Hydrogen treatment The sulfur in the oil is converted to hydrogen sulfide and the nitrogen to ammonia. The hydrogen sulfide is removed from the circulating hydrogen stream by absorption in a solution such as diethanolamine. The solution can then be heated to remove the sulfide and reused. The hydrogen sulfide recovered is useful for manufacturing elemental sulfur of high purity. The ammonia is recovered and... Purification Most crude oils contain small amounts of hydrogen sulfide, but these levels may be increased by the decomposition of heavier sulfur compounds (such as the mercaptans) during refinery processing. The bulk of the hydrogen sulfide is contained in process-unit overhead gases, which are ultimately consumed in the refinery fuel system. In order to minimize noxious emissions, most refinery fuel gases... in photosynthesis: Overall reaction of photosynthesis ...comparisons between photosynthetic processes in green plants and in certain photosynthetic sulfur bacteria provided important information about the photosynthetic mechanism. Sulfur bacteria use hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as a source of hydrogen atoms and produce sulfur instead of oxygen during photosynthesis. The overall reaction is in Saturn (planet): Composition and structure Other major molecules observed in Saturn’s atmosphere are methane and ammonia, which are two to seven times more abundant relative to hydrogen than in the Sun. Hydrogen sulfide and water are also suspected to be present in the deeper atmosphere but have not yet been detected. Minor molecules that have been detected spectroscopically from Earth include phosphine, carbon monoxide, and germane.... in Jupiter (planet): Cloud composition ...may be caused by other ammonia-sulfur compounds such as ammonium polysulfides. Sulfur compounds are invoked as the likely colouring agents because sulfur is relatively abundant in the cosmos and hydrogen sulfide is notably absent from Jupiter’s atmosphere above the clouds. in Uranus (planet): The atmosphere ...carbon-to-hydrogen ratio suggests that the elements oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur also are enriched relative to solar values. These elements, however, are tied up in molecules of water, ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide, which are thought to condense into clouds at levels below the part of the atmosphere that can be seen. Earth-based radio observations reveal a curious depletion of ammonia molecules... in natural gas: Nonhydrocarbon content Often natural gases contain substantial quant

In the board game Monopoly, what is the highest denomination banknote in ‘pounds’ sterling?

Banknotes Banknotes Explainers Dig deeper into the ECB’s activities and discover key topics in simple words and through multimedia. Data services Statistics View the latest data on exchange rates, monetary operations and other key indicators, and use the ECB’s data services for euro area statistics. Emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) and monetary policy Monetary policy Read about the ECB’s monetary policy instruments and see the latest data on its open market operations. Public consultations Payments & Markets Find out how the ECB promotes safe and efficient payment and settlement systems, and helps to integrate the infrastructure for European markets. For the visually impaired Banknotes There are seven different denominations of euro banknotes: €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200 and €500. The first series of notes is gradually being replaced by the Europa series. All the notes are legal tender throughout the euro area. Banknote denominations Take a look at the first series and some of the Europa series of banknotes. Each denomination has its own distinctive colour as well as an image of an architectural style, ranging from classical through to 20th century.

Since 1992, what type of boat is the logo of aftershave ‘Old Spice’?

Reviews of Old Spice by Procter & Gamble — Basenotes.net Show all reviews When I was a kid my grandfather had Old Spice and Skin Original beside the bathroom sink.Whenever he splashed some Old Spice on it smelled very good.As an adult and wearing it though...opposite feelings. From an old bottle by Shulton circa 1993 this stuff is just rough.Bitter cinnamon with a character that feels like someone mixed black pepper in it and shoved it up my nose.A creamy vanilla but strangely smells like popcorn dipped in vanilla.The anise can smell pleasant but the heat amplifies the hell out of it...smells like a whole anise star constantly under my nose.Wearing it is a dare to me,but to others around me it smells good.On a pleasant note I do like that burn of the cinnamon in the aftershave.But yes as much as I like the old-school scents?Old Spice was hard to enjoy. 10th January, 2017 Show all reviews The stuff is classic... What else is there to say? The original Shulton is what I'm talkin about here people! I work as a firefighter in a busy city so needless to see if I'm going to smell like something other than smoke it better be masculine. I'm a younger guy so I don't overdo it but the senior men appreciate the classic vibe as it relates to a strong physical work ethic and overall masculine nostalgia. Some things never die. 20th August, 2016 Show all reviews I respect everyone's views on this fragrance ..if you don't like it then fair enough but for me to give this fragrance a bad review I'd feel pretty evil ..I can't begin to imagine the good times men have had while wearing this through the ages ..it's like critisising a Swiss army knife or a nice pair of levis..old spice has been a man's best friend and has kept the population growing for decades. 24th July, 2016 I love it, fresh clean not overpowering, and perfect. It takes a certain individual to wear this scent and pull it off. The drydown is where the magic happens in this scent. One of the best scents ever made 11th July, 2016 Show all reviews United States I have to give it a thumbs up just for its staying power. I wouldn't wear it now unless I was really nostalgic. It was spicy, cinnamon, oak moss, a real man's fragrance. Everyone's grandfather and father smelled of this in the 50s-80s. Make fun of it if you want, but it has been around longer than most of us have. 28th June, 2016 United States (This review is for the original formula by Shulton) Wow, what a spicy/creamy scent! I recently acquired a NOS set of Old Spice aftershave and cologne from the late 1950's - early 1960's. The original formula is such a treat, nothing like the Old Spice sold today from Procter & Gamble! I highly recommend the vintage version, but if that is not an option for you then I would suggest the version made in India. Though the Indian formula is not identical to the stuff sold once upon a time, it remains pretty close. I just cannot understand why P&G hacked up the formula of this classic (as if ruining the bottle and logo wasn't enough). 01st December, 2015 (last edited: 20th April, 2016) Show all reviews United States I'm not quite a "young man" anymore, but I'm not "old" either. I've loved Old Spice since I was a little boy, and I can remember sniffing at my dad's bottle in my parents' bathroom and thinking that the name suited the smell very well -- to me it smelled "older" and it was definitely "spiced." My dad wore it and the smell made its way into the favorable part of my brain. By that measure, I've never worried about smelling "old" or whatever wearing it because I wear it for me, not for anybody else. The smell that got etched into my memory was whatever formulation was going around in the late 80s and early 90s. You know, the one that others moan about. I love this scent, and it was my first aftershave. I will say that this formulation, which came in a glass bottle, was different from the one in the plastic bottle you can find today. The plastic one smells good initially but then turns very cloying and synthetic, so I just threw it away. The glass one I grew up with didn't d

Who wrote the 1924 musical composition ‘Rhapsody in Blue’?

Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time - Feb 12, 1924 - HISTORY.com Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time Share this: Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time Author Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time URL Publisher A+E Networks “The audience packed a house that could have been sold out at twice the size,” wrote New York Times critic Olin Downes on February 13, 1924, of a concert staged the previous afternoon at the Aeolian Hall in New York City. Billed as an educational event, the “Experiment In Modern Music” concert was organized by Paul Whiteman, the immensely popular leader of the Palais Royal Orchestra, to demonstrate that the relatively new form of music called jazz deserved to be regarded as a serious and sophisticated art form. The program featured didactic segments intended to make this case—segments with titles like “Contrast: Legitimate Scoring vs. Jazzing.” After 24 such stem-winders, the house was growing restless. Then a young man named George Gershwin, then known only as a composer of Broadway songs, seated himself at the piano to accompany the orchestra in the performance of a brand new piece of his own composition, called Rhapsody In Blue. “It starts with an outrageous cadenza of the clarinet,” wrote Downes of the now-famous two-and-a-half-octave glissando that makes Rhapsody in Blue as instantly recognizable as Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. “It has subsidiary phrases, logically growing out of it…often metamorphosed by devices of rhythm and instrumentation.” The music critic of the New York Times was in agreement with Whiteman’s basic premise: “This is no mere dance-tune set for piano and other instruments,” he judged. “This composition shows extraordinary talent, just as it also shows a young composer with aims that go far beyond those of his ilk.” It may be true that George Gershwin had always hoped to transcend the category of popular music, but the piece he used to accomplish that feat was put together very hastily. Just five weeks prior to the “Experiment in Modern Music” concert, Gershwin had not committed to writing a piece for it, when his brother Ira read a report in the New York Tribune stating that George was “at work on a jazz concerto” for the program. Thus painted into a corner, George Gershwin pieced Rhapsody In Blue together as best he could in the time available, leaving his own piano part to be improvised during the world premiere. Rhapsody would, of course, come to be regarded as one of the most important American musical works of the 20th century. It would also open the door for a whole generation of “serious” composers—from Copland to Brecht—to draw on jazz elements in their own important works. Related Videos

Which UK supermarket chain has an in-store section called ‘Market Street’?

TESCO SUPERMARKET CHAIN UK FOOD SHOPS SHOPPING 24 HOUR ONLINE CONSUMER PROTECTION HOME DELIVERY     A number of supermarket chains produce their own brands which they display with some prominence.  They also stock the leading brands.  However, do they stock smaller label brands in the spirit of fair competition?  Do they have a fair trade policy? And are they packaging their foods in ocean friendly plastic?   Supermarkets have developed over the years to become a driving force on the way that food is grown, sorted and packaged. They also either sell, or give away plastic carrier bags that are designed for single use. In the old days these would have been paper, a much more sustainable product and also biodegradable.      TESCO PLANS FIRST U.S. STORE FOR 2007 Tim Mason to Head American Operation   LONDON (AdAge.com) -- Tesco, the U.K.�s largest grocery chain and one of its most successful brands, will open its first stores in the U.S. next year, and one of the region�s most powerful marketers, Tesco�s U.K. Marketing Director Tim Mason, will head the U.S. operation.       Tesco PLC (LSE: TSCO) is a United Kingdom -based international supermarket chain. It is the largest British retailer, both by global sales and by domestic market share. Originally specialising in food, it has moved into areas such as clothes, consumer electronics, consumer financial services,  service and consumer telecoms. In the year ended 26 February 2005 Tesco made a pre-tax profit of �1.962 billion on turnover of �33.974 billion (the widely publicised headline profit of "over �2 billion" was "underlying profit" before certain accounting adjustments).   According to TNS Superpanel Tesco's share of the UK grocery market in the 12 weeks to 4 December 2005 was 30.6%. Across all categories, over �1 in every �8 of UK retail sales is spent at Tesco. Tesco also operates overseas, and non-UK sales for the year to 26 February 2005 were 20% of total sales.   History   Tesco was founded by Jack Cohen, who sold groceries in the markets of the London East End from 1919. The Tesco brand first appeared in 1924. After Jack Cohen bought a large shipment of tea from T.E. Stockwell, he made new labels by using the first three letters of the supplier's name and the first two letters of his surname forming the word "TESCO". This information was verified by the TESCO press relations on BBC Radio in the South on December 10th. In th

What is the capital of The Isle of man?

Isle of Man Facts, Facts about Isle of Man Know Facts about World Countries Afghanistan Facts Where is Isle of Man? The Isle of Man, also called Mann is a British Crown Dependency, located in the middle of the northern Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. What is the capital of Isle of Man? Douglas is the capital of the Isle of Man. With a population of 26,218, it is also the largest town of the Isle of Man. Located at the mouth of the River Douglas, Douglas is the main business, financial, transport, and entertainment hub of the island. The River Douglas forms part of the town's harbor and is the main commercial port. The town is also home to the High Courts and other government buildings of the Isle of Man. How big is Isle of Man? The Isle of Man covers a total area of 221 square miles. The British Crown Dependency has an estimated population of over 80,085. Who are the political leaders of Isle of Man? The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown Dependency. The island is a parliamentary democracy and a Constitutional monarchy. Lord of Mann - Elizabeth II Lieutenant Governor - Adam Wood Chief Minister - Allan Bell What currency is used in Isle of Man? The pound sterling denoted by the ISO 4217 code GBP is the official currency of the Isle of Man. It is commonly called the pound, and is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It is subdivided into 100 pence. What is the official language of Isle of Man? English is the official language of the Isle of Man. Manx Gaelic was also given official status in 1985. Manx is Goidelic Celtic language; it used to be spoken earlier by the majority of the population, but in recent times it is considered "critically endangered". What is the religion of Isle of Man? Christianity is the predominant religion of the Isle of Man. The diocese church is the main Christian denomination followed by the Methodist Church, Pentecostal church. The island also has a small Muslim and Jewish community. What is the economy of Isle of Man like? The Isle of Man has a low-tax economy. The island does not levy any capital gains tax, wealth tax, stamp duty, or inheritance tax. Manufacturing, offshore banking, and tourism are the key sectors of the economy. Agriculture and fishing are also important. In 2003, the gross domestic product (PPP) of the island was estimated at $2.113 billion, while the per capita was $35,000. What is the national symbol of the Isle of Man? The Tree Cassyn Vannin or "three legs of Mann" is the national symbol of the Isle of Man. The Manx triskelion dates back to the late thirteenth century and is believed to have originated in Sicily. The symbol is found in the official flag and official coat of arms of the island.

Zorro is Spanish for which animal?

What animal is a zorro? - Quora Quora British fox Notice the difference in color and how much cuter the British fox is. Cute means that the evolution of the animal has been influenced in some way by humans. Britain has a great many anti-fox hunting groups. Zorro is the Spanish word for “fox.” The inclusion of the “Foxes” topic with this question appears to make it rhetorical. Written Jul 4, 2016 Please give me the oversized chicken A chicken’s body is designed to carry a small 2 pound ball of feathers. If a chicken is scaled up to a 200+ pound bear, it’s going to see its volume and therefore weight increase cubically while it’s little feet will struggle to grow accordingly. By the time we get to our bear sized chicken, it’s going to be so fat that it’ll probably just crush itself. Like t...

How many lanes does an Olympic swimming pool have?

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In 2003, who became the oldest woman to win FHM’s ‘Sexiest Woman in the World ‘ award?

FHM’s Sexiest Woman In The World | 20 Year Retrospective | MTV UK By Jennifer Lynn When FHM’s Sexiest Woman In The World poll began back in 1995, this year’s winner Jennifer Lawrence was just five years old, and The Hunger Games probably wasn’t even a twinkle in author Suzanne Collins’ eye. In the decade where supermodels reigned supreme, it’s no surprise that Claudia Schiffer was voted the first ever Sexiest Woman In The World, but would you have expected 20 years of the poll to look like this? See all 20 of FHM’s Sexiest Woman In The World winners in the gallery FHM’s Sexiest Woman In The World | 20 Year Retrospective 1995: German supermodel Claudia Schiffer was FHM’s first-ever Sexiest Woman in the World and we can totally see why. 1 of 20 1996: The X-Files star Gillian Anderson was the stuff dreams are made of as FBI agent Dana Scully and she’s still bringing sexy back 20 years later in BBC drama The Fall. 2 of 20 1997: She’s best known to our generation as Susan in Desperate Housewives, but we reckon it was Teri Hatcher’s specs appeal in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman that bagged her the Sexiest Woman in the World title in 1997. 3 of 20 1998: Funny IS sexy, but we’re sure it helped that comedic actress Jenny McCarthy was also a former Playboy pin-up when she was voted Sexiest Woman in the World in 1998. 4 of 20 1999: Not only was she super hot as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but Sarah Michelle Gellar also spent 1999 playing twisted sexpot Kathryn Merteuil in Cruel Intentions, which we’re sure didn’t hurt her votes one bit. 5 of 20 2000: Before she was the mother of twins, back when she had only been divorced once, Jennifer Lopez was ruling the airways with dancefloor classic Waiting For Tonight. We’ve all seen her getting wet in the video – the Sexiest Woman in the World title was 6 of 20 2001: Marrying backing dancer Cris Judd didn’t hurt J-Lo’s appeal and she was crowned Sexiest Woman in the World for the second year running in 2001. 7 of 20 2002: Her ball control might not have been up to much, but Anna Kournikova bagged the Sexiest Woman in the World title in 2002, after an appearance in long-term boyf Enrique Iglesias’ Escape video. 8 of 20 2003: Halle Berry is still the oldest lady on record to have won FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World – believe it or not she was 37 at the time of awarding and went on to rock Catwoman’s signature latex a year later. Me-owww. 9 of 20 2004: Queen of the Midriff and Princess of Pop, Britney Spears was a deserving winner back in 2004, when she famously writhed around wearing nothing but Swarovski crystals in her Toxic video. 10 of 20 2005: Kelly Brook spent the summer of 2005 hosting Celebrity Love Island, but it seems that the male population fell more in lust with her than any of the contestants. Isabella who? 11 of 20 2006: Youngest winner on record Keira Knightley was just 21 when she took the Sexiest Woman in the World crown in 2006. Cougars clearly weren’t a ‘thing’ then, eh boys? 12 of 20 2007: Jessica Alba. No explanation necessary. 13 of 20 2008: Megan Fox has come a long way since playing Sydney in Hope & Faith and we’re sure her 2008 role as Mikaela Banes in Transformers didn’t hurt her… well, transformation. 14 of 20 2009: Everyone’s favourite X Factor judge Cheryl Cole was FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World in 2009 and, after spending a lot of time on her Instagram, we can confirm she’s still got it. 15 of 20 2010: In fact, the former Girls Aloud star is so hot that she matched J-Lo’s two-in-a-row feat. Why aye, pet. 16 of 20 2011: She replaced Megan Fox as the female lead in Transformers in 2011, so it makes sense that Rosie Huntington-Whiteley would also get a nod from FHM, and we’re sure her work with Victoria’s Secret didn’t hurt either. 17 of 20 2012: Whether it was her stint as an X Factor judge or her bad girl reputation that got everyone voting for her we don’t know, but Tulisa Contostavlos sizzled as FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World in 2012. 18 of 20 2013: The ultimate friend with benefits (except maybe Justin Timberlake), Mila Kunis was last year’s

The Calcutta Cup is played for in which sport?

The History of the Calcutta Cup By  Ben Johnson   |   Comments The Calcutta Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the England versus Scotland rugby union match which takes place during the annual Six Nations Championship – also currently known as the RBS 6 Nations – between England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy. The Six Nations Championships date back to 1883 in its original guise as the Home Nations Championships, when it was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. More recently, trophies have been awarded for a number of individual competitions during the Six Nations including the Millennium Trophy which is awarded to the winner of the game between England and Ireland; the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy which is awarded to the winner of the game between France and Italy and the Centenary Quaich which is awarded to the winner of the game between Scotland and Ireland. However, the Calcutta Cup pre-dates all of the other Six Nations trophies and indeed the competition itself. England v. Scotland, 1901 Following the popular introduction of rugby to India in 1872, the Calcutta (Rugby) Football Club was established by former students of Rugby School in January 1873, joining the Rugby Football Union in 1874. However, with the departure of a local British army regiment (and perhaps more crucially the cancellation of the free bar at the club!), interest in rugby diminished in the area and sports such as cricket , tennis and polo began to thrive as they were better suited to the Indian climate. Whilst the Calcutta (Rugby) Football Club was disbanded in 1878, members decided to keep the memory of the club alive by having the remaining 270 silver rupees in their bank account melted down to be made into a trophy. The trophy was then presented to the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to be used as “the best means of doing some lasting good for the cause of Rugby Football.” The trophy, which stands at approximately 18 inches (45 cm) high, sits on a wooden base whose plates hold the date of each match played; the winning country and the names of both team captains. The silver cup is delicately etched and decorated with three king cobras who form the handles of the cup and sitting atop the circular lid is an Indian elephant. The Calcutta Cup on display at Twickenham, 2007 The original trophy is still in existence but years of mistreatment (including a drunken kick about in 1988 on Princes Street in Edinburgh by the England player Dean Richards and the Scottish player John Jeffry in which the trophy was used as the ball) have left it too fragile to be moved from its permanent home at the Museum of Rugby in Twickenham. Instead both England and Scotland have full size models of the cup to be displayed by the winning team and when England are the victors the original trophy is displayed by the Museum of Rugby in a purpose built trophy cabinet with revolving stand. The Calcutta Club had thought that the trophy would be used as an annual prize for club competitions, similarly to the Football FA Cup which was introduced around the same time. Indeed in 1884 the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club re-established rugby in Calcutta in 1884 and a club trophy called the Calcutta Rugby Union Challenge Cup - which also became known as the Calcutta Cup - was introduced in 1890. However, the RFU preferred to keep the competition at international level to retain the ‘gentlemanly’ rather than competitive nature of the sport and run the risk of a move to professionalism. England rugby captain Martin Johnson signing autographs on the Close at the birthplace of rugby football, Rugby School As Wales didn’t have a national team and Ireland’s team lagged far behind the English and Scottish sides, the Calcutta Cup became the victor’s trophy in the annual England versus Scotland game following its arrival in the UK in 1878. Since the first game in 1879 (which was declared a draw) England has won 54% of the 118 matches played and Scotland 39%, with 13% of matches ending in a draw between the two sides. Annual matches between the two sides have

In which year was Scotland united with England by the Acts of Union?

Act of Union | Great Britain [1707] | Britannica.com Great Britain [1707] Act of Union, (May 1, 1707), treaty that effected the union of England and Scotland under the name of Great Britain . Examining England’s Act of Union with Scotland (1707) and the Articles of Union with Scotland … © UK Parliament Education Service (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Since 1603 England and Scotland had been under the same monarchs. After revolutions in 1688–89 (see Glorious Revolution ) and 1702–03, projects for a closer union miscarried, and in 1703–04 international tension provoked a dangerous legislative warfare between the separate parliaments of England and Scotland. On both sides of the border, however, statesmen were beginning to realize that an incorporating union offered the only mutually acceptable solution to a problem that had suddenly become urgent: Scotland’s need for economic security and material assistance and England’s need for political safeguards against French attacks and a possible Jacobite restoration, for which Scotland might serve as a conveniently open back door. England’s bargaining card was freedom of trade; Scotland’s was acquiescence in the Hanoverian succession. Both points were quickly accepted by the commissioners appointed by Queen Anne to discuss union, and within three months they had agreed on a detailed treaty (April–July 1706). The two kingdoms were to be united, the Protestant succession was adopted, and trade was to be free and equal throughout Great Britain and its dominions. Subject to certain temporary concessions , taxation, direct and indirect, would also be uniform; and England compensated Scotland for undertaking to share responsibility for England’s national debt by payment of an equivalent of £398,085 10 shillings. Scots law and the law courts were to be preserved. In the united Parliament, Scotland, because of its relative poverty, was given the inadequate representation of 45 commoners and 16 lords. By separate statutes annexed to the treaty, the Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the Episcopal Church of England were secured against change. With only minor amendments the Scottish Parliament passed the treaty in January 1707, and the English passed it soon after. The royal assent was given on March 6, and the union went into effect on May 1, 1707. Learn More in these related articles:

George Clooney, Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer have all played which fictional character on film?

Number One Guy: Why Michael Keaton Is Cinema's Best Batman REDDIT There have been five men to portray Batman in the character’s eight live-action feature-length films, from Adam West in Batman ’66 to Christain Bale in 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises. All five actors came with their strengths and weaknesses, but the best was Michael Keaton, who played the DC Comics superhero in 1989’s Batman and 1992’s Batman Returns. In the first major scene of Batman ’89 , Keaton famously grabs a terrified mugger by the collar, holds him off the side of a building, pulls him close to his face and hisses, “I’m Batman.” As a 12-year old watching that moment on a VHS tape in my living room, I believed Michael Keaton. And I still believe him as a grown man watching it on DVD in my office 25 years later, even after having seen a half-dozen different Batman movies since. I realize declaring Michael Keaton’s performance as Batman to be not only my favorite Batman but the best Batman is a somewhat controversial statement, even (especially?) among my fellow writers at ComicsAlliance , but allow me to make my case. Playing Batman is a dual role. An actor has to portray both a fabulously wealthy socialite-with-a secret Bruce Wayne and the caped crime fighter Batman. The latter necessitates a strong chin, a good set of expressive lips with a range of smirks, smiles and grimaces, and the ability to act with one’s eyeballs alone (unlike comic book Batman, all the movie Batmen have had visible eyeballs, unobscured by the stylized white triangle eyes the drawn Batmen almost always have). All of the movie Batmen have cleared those hurdles: West, Keaton, Bale, Val Kilmer and George Clooney. But of them, Keaton seems to have been the best at playing the characters as separate people aware of one another’s existence, and of playing his own, unique version of the Batman. Let’s look at his competition.   Adam West   As the guy who played the title role in the first live-action, feature-length Batman film, which was of course based on the television show that ran from 1966-1968 (the influence of which on America’s understanding of comics is hard to overstate), West was the Batman for multiple generations, even lending his voice to many of the character’s cartoon appearances. I don’t think it’s possible to knock his performance in any way. Did West look good in the tights and satin cape, with a cowl that looks like it as made by a fourth-grader’s mother the night before the talent show? No. Did he differentiate the characters of Batman from Bruce Wayne in the slightest? No. Did he have the physical presence of a guy who could beat up a room full of thugs. No, of course not. All of that was, of course, part and parcel to the gag of what was an innovative television and, later, film comedy. “Campy” is the word most often used to describe Batman ’66, but I’m not entirely sure that’s the right word, as camp in film generally necessitates a lack of self-awareness, and West and everyone else knew exactly what they were doing. The trick was to say and do stupid things very earnestly, and to convince the audience that he  was 100% committed to every line and action. And West did so wonderfully. But as presented, West’s Batman  is a very one-dimensional part with no complexity or nuance. As flawlessly executed a vision as it was, West’s Batman was nevertheless a limited vision.   Val Kilmer and George Clooney   Kilmer’s Batman Forever and Clooney’s Batman and Robin completed the tonal circle back to Batman ’66, with the much-maligned Batman and Robin essentially being a 1990s makeover with expensive special effects. As such, it can be difficult to separate the good from the bad in either film, and even harder to sift out what was terrible on purpose and what was terrible by accident. That includes the acting. Kilmer was handsomer and buffer than Keaton, but Keaton’s success had established that a believable Bruce Wayne/Batman didn’t need to be impossibly comic book gorgeous or particularly imposing physically. But as a blond man his casting was somewhat sacrilegious to Ba

Which English comedian was born Frederick Fowell in 1943?

Freddie Starr, Comedian • Biography & Facts Freddie Starr Comedian Freddie Starr (born Frederick Leslie Fowell, 9 January 1943) is an English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor. Starr was the lead singer of Merseybeat pop group The Midniters during the early 1960s, and came to prominence in the early 1970s after appearing on Opportunity Knocks and the Royal Variety Performance.

In the Shakespeare play ‘The Merchant of Venice’, who is Jessica’s father?

Jessica's character and conduct in the Merchant of Venice   Examination Questions on The Merchant of Venice Question: Jessica's character and conduct, particularly with reference to Shylock's influence and training; in contrast with Portia's home-influence? Answer: Jessica had in her all the rudiments of a very lovely womanhood; but a deal of cultivation was needed to develop them to anything like perfection. It is highly improbable that Shylock had ever consciously given her any training whatever, save such as might be conveyed to her through numerous injunctions to "fast bind" in order that she might "fast find." Though his evil influence had failed to injure to a really dangerous extent her innate truth and purity, yet it had had such an effect upon her character as to make it perfectly easy and natural to her to deceive and desert her unloving father, who made her home a hell, and to cling in preference to her Christian lover. True to the precepts which had been dinged in her ears through her whole life, she did not make her escape without a fair supply of the needful gold. But though this general principle has been imparted to her by Shylock, she has failed to learn the lesson of the value of money; and she spends his hard-earned ducats with a freedom and recklessness that is positive torture to her grasping father. To me, one of the most pitiful evidences of Jessica's lack of proper home training is the way in which she speaks of her father after her arrival at Belmont. That she should have lost all respect and love for him, and that she should have voluntarily deserted him without apparently feeling the slightest compunction, is perhaps no more than natural; but when she listens to, and even joins in, the accusations of wickedness and cruelty made against him, we cannot but deplore the blemish which ignorance of the good and the beautiful has left upon her character. Had she had the refining influences thrown around her which Portia enjoyed in her home life, though she might never have been the force which the latter was, she might have been, as she doubtless afterwards became, as true, beautiful, and loyal as her instincts would direct.

Which modern-day country was formerly known as British Honuduras?

Historical Country Names - Nations Online Project Historical Country Names keywords: geography, historical country names, former country names, history, place name changes, historical maps List of formerly used country names and names of countries which have ceased to exist. Name changes of countries, dependencies, geographical and other regions of particular geopolitical interest.   Today Abyssinia The Ethiopian Empire spans a geographical area of today Ethiopia, Eritrea , and Djibouti ,and included parts of Northern Somalia , Southern Egypt , Eastern Sudan , Yemen and Western Saudi Arabia . Abyssinia was an empire that existed for more than 800 years, from circa 1137 (beginning of Zagwe Dynasty) until 1974 when the Ethiopian monarchy was overthrown in a coup d'etat.     Afars and Issas Territory formerly known as French Somaliland, the French colony was renamed to the French Territory of Afars and Issas (1967 - 1977),the territory became independent in 1977, known today as Djibouti. formerly a British protectorate became independent in 1966 as the Kingdom of Lesotho.   formerly a British protectorate became independent in 1966 as Republic of Botswana.   Democratic Republic of the Congo Benadir a coastal region of Somalia; covering most of the Indian Ocean coast of the country, from the Gulf of Aden to the Juba River, formerly part of Italian Somaliland.   Biafra, Republic of (named after the Bight of Biafra) today part of   Bophuthatswana - nominal republic and homeland for Tswana-speaking people, 1949 reincorporated into   British Bechuanaland (region) incorporated into the Cape Colony (1895)   British East Africa or East Africa Protectorate British protectorate from 1890 until 1920   Kenya , Tanzania , Uganda , and parts of Somalia (Jubaland) Cape Colony, 1795-1797 British colony, 1803-1806 colony of the Batavian Republic (Netherlands), since 1910 part of   Central African Republic Kenya Colony The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was part of the British Empire in Africa. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British crown colony in 1920.   Ciskei (Republic of Ciskei)- homeland for Xhosa-speaking people, 1994 reincorporated into   Dahomey ; (the Republic of Dahomey; in French: République du Dahomey), was a former French colony andpart of French West Africa until independence in 1960, in 1975 the Republic of Dahomeychanged its name in Benin. Dan Ho Me was an ancient Kingdom located in the south of today Benin.   French Guinea was a French protectorate in West Africa, after independence from France in 1958 it became today   Mali French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia and Niger, French Sudan , French Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire, Upper Volta and Dahomey .   Mauritania , The Gambia , Senegal , Niger , Mali , Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Burkina Faso and Benin. German East Africa (German: Deutsch-Ostafrika) a German colony from 1885 until 1919 which included Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika (the mainland part of present Tanzania), an area almost three times the size of Germany today. German East Africa colony ended with the defeat of Imperial Germany in World War I. With the Treaty of Versailles the territory was divided between Britain (Tanganyika.), Belgium (Ruanda-Urundi), and Portugal (to become part of Mozambique).   Hausaland, consisted of seven independent city-states: Biram, Daura, Gobir, Kano, Katsina, Rano, and Zaria.   Italian East Africa (former name for Italian possessions in eastern Africa)   Kaffraria, former name for Transkei   Katanga - 1960, Belgium granted independence to the Congolese province of the   Mali Federation, was a country in West Africa 1959-1960, formed by a union between   Malawi Portuguese East Africa (Província Ultramarina de Moçambique) Mozambique or Portuguese East Africa (officially the State of East Africa) for almost 500 years a Portuguese Colony, 1498–1975. See also: Portugal   Sahara Occidental, Spanish name for   Senegambia (region; former name of the confederation of Senegal and

The Abu Simbel temples are in which African country?

The Grand Temples of Abu Simbel - Aswan The captial of Egypt and the largest city in Africa, the name means "the victorious city". As the region's principal commercial, administrative, and tourist centre. Alexandria Egypt's second largest city (3.5 million people), its largest seaport and the country's window onto the Mediterranean Sea. No city in Egypt has history as rich as that of Alexandria which witnessed so many historic events and legends! Luxor Luxor hosts one third of the whole monuments and antiquities of the world. Therefore, it is considered one of the most important tourism spots in Egypt and maybe in the whole world. Aswan Aswan is the 3rd largest city in Egypt and the biggest in Upper Egypt. Aswan was the ancient Egyptians' gateway to Africa. Today Aswan is major stop for may Nile cruise ships depart from Luxor to Aswan everyday. Sharm Elsheikh Sharm is the the jewel of Egyptian tourism industry now. The city offer some of the finest places for diving and snorkeling in the world, it offers great value for money if compared with many diving spots in the world. Hurhgada Hurghada today is a world centre for sea sports such as diving, snorkelling, sailing, windsurfing, and deep-sea fishing. The unique offshore underwater gardens are justifiably famous amongst divers Egypt Info   Temples of Abu Simbel The Temples of Abu Simbel are amongst the most interesting of all anicent Egyptian temples. Located close to the southern border with the Sudan, it is 280 km south of Aswan and consists of two rock-cut Temples which both date back to the reign of King Ramses II (1290-1223 BC). Unfortunately these unique Temples suffered from the raising water of Lake Nasser while the High Dam was being built. Other countries, with the help of UNESCO, assisted Egypt to help save them. The two Temples were cut in to many pieces, and then they were reconstructed again on a site 65m higher than the original location, and 200m back inland, to escape the rising water level. This great rescue operation began in June 1964 and finished in September 1968. The first Temple was built by King Ramses II and is dedicated to the God Re-Hor-Akhty, Amon, Ptah, and King Ramses II as a deified King. Its façade is 35m long and 30m high.The façade has four seated colossi of the King; each one is 20m tall and represents the King seated on his throne wearing the double crown,accompanied by 3 small figures of his wives, daughters and sons flanking his legs. Above the entrance stands the figure of Re-Hor-Akhty, while near to the summit of the façade there are number of baboons. Inside the Temple there is a hall, supported by Osirid shaped pillars which were cut into the rock, with walls that are decorated by battle and offering scenes. There are some side rooms leading from the hall, which are also decorated with various scenes. At the far end of the Temple is the sanctuary, which contains four statues; Re-Hor-Akhty, Amon-Re, Ptah and the deified Ramses II.  The Temple of Nefertari The Temple of Queen Nefertari is located 120 m north of the Temple of Ramses II and was also built by Ramses II, dedicated to the Goddess Hathor and to his wife Queen Nefertari. Queen Nefertari was the principal, and the most beloved, wife of King Ramses II. It is also a rock-cut Temple with a façade of about 28 m long and 12 m high, which contains 6 standing colossi, each one being about 11m in height. Four of them represent Ramses II and the other two represent Queen Nefertari, each is accompanied by two smaller figures of their children. The entrance leads to a square hall, which is supported by 6 Hathor-headed pillars decorated with scenes depicting the King and the Queen making offerings to different deities.  At the end of the hall there is a doorway leading to a transverse vestibule decorated with scenes of King Ramses II making offering to Re-HorAkhty, while the Queen is presenting flowers to Khenum, Sat-tet and Anket. The Transverse Hall leads to the Sanctuary, which contains a niche in the rear wall with a statue of Goddess Hathor, as a cow, protecting Ramses II. All

Which month of the year was the ninth month of the Roman calendar?

Names of the Months Origin of the Names of the Months January: Janus, Roman god of doors, beginnings, sunset and sunrise, had one face looking forward and one backward, February: On February 15 the Romans celebrated the festival of forgiveness for sins; (februare, Latin to purify), March: Mars, the Roman god of war, April: Roman month Aprilis, perhaps derived from aperire, (Latin to open, as in opening buds and blossoms) or perhaps from Aphrodite, original Greek name of Venus, May: Maia, Roman goddess, mother of Mercury by Jupiter and daughter of Atlas, June: Juno, chief Roman goddess, July: Renamed for Julius Caesar in 44 BC, who was born this month; Quintilis, Latin for fifth month, was the former name (the Roman year began in March rather than January), August: Formerly Sextilis (sixth month in the Roman calendar); re-named in 8 BC for Augustus Caesar, September: September, (septem, Latin for 7) the seventh month in the Julian or Roman calendar, established in the reign of Julius Caesar, October: Eighth month (octo, Latin for 8) in the Julian (Roman) calendar. The Gregorian calendar instituted by Pope Gregory XIII established January as the first month of the year, November: Ninth Roman month (novem, Latin for 9). Catholic countries adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, skipping 10 days that October, correcting for too many leap years, December: Julian (Roman) year's tenth month (decem, Latin for 10).

A part of which British motorway was closed for a week in July 2012 after a crack was found in the Boston Manor viaduct?

M4 finally reopens after a week of emergency repairs - Telegraph Road and rail transport M4 finally reopens after a week of emergency repairs The M4 motorway in west London has reopened in both directions a week after it was closed for emergency repair works, the Highways Agency said this morning. A view of the repaired M4 motorway viaduct where cracks were discovered  Photo: Neil Hall / Barcroft Media 6:06AM BST 13 Jul 2012 The road, which is expected to be one of the busiest routes during the Olympic Games, was shut last Friday between junctions 2 and 3 after cracks were discovered on a viaduct. But it was reopened to traffic just after 5.30am after engineers completed the ''complex'' repairs, officials said. The works to the bridge supports of the Boston Manor Viaduct were due to be completed yesterday. A Highways Agency spokesman said: "An exceptionally delicate and difficult operation to repair cracks in the Boston Manor Viaduct on the M4 has been successful and the motorway has now reopened between junctions 2 and 3 to all cars." The hairline crack was found on a highly stressed section of bridge supports by engineers who had been carrying out other repairs on the busy section of road. "The Highways Agency closed the motorway last Friday night because in entering the final stages of the repair work, a new crack was found in a highly stressed part of the bridge supports," the spokesman continued. "This required a unique repair solution involving the manufacturing bespoke specialist steel plates and their installation over the crack. "The crack then had to be removed to prevent further damage to the structure. This intricate part of the operation took several hours - even though the crack was a hairline one." The spokesman added: "The crack was discovered during an ongoing repair programme. "Work on that continues and for this reason vehicles weighing 7.5 tonnes or more will still be restricted from using the motorway between the junctions. A diversion route remains in place via the A4 and A312 dual carriageways. Drivers are thanked for their patience during this complex work." The M4, which is the main route from London to Heathrow Airport and the West of England, was initially closed between junctions 1 and 3, causing misery for thousands of motorists. It is expected to be one of the busiest routes during the Games because it links London and the Olympic Park in Stratford with Heathrow. The motorway will officially become part of the Olympic Route Network on Monday, with one lane of each carriageway reserved for competitors, officials and sponsors. Drivers have been warned the ORN will include temporary changes including suspended turns, stopping and loading restrictions and traffic signal alterations Labour MP John Woodcock described the reopening of the M4 as a "huge relief", but said ministers needed to come out and confirm they were totally happy that the road is safe to use. He told BBC Breakfast: "The whole country wants the Olympics to be a huge success so it is a huge relief that the road is open because of the chaos it would have caused with athletes arriving on Monday to travel to the Olympic Village." The shadow transport minister added: "There are real questions as to why this crack was found so late in the day as works have been going on there for some time. "Given the scale of the problem, ministers need to come out and say they are completely confident the crack is fixed."

In the BBC television series Dr Who, the villain Davros was from which fictional planet?

Doctor Who (TV Series 1963–1989) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Time and Space traveling adventures of a Gallifreyan Time Lord only known as the Doctor and his companions, traveling through time and space. Creator: Gharman tries to convince the Kaleds to vote against the Dalek project but Davros has a trick up his sleeve, while the Doctor works to destroy the tape recording of Dalek victory and the Thals plan ... 9.2 The TARDIS is drawn to the planet of the Time Lords where both the Doctor and the War Lord are placed on trial. 9.2 The Doctor and his companions are sent to the planet Skaro by the Time Lords to prevent the creation of the Daleks. 9.1 a list of 24 titles created 22 Jun 2013 a list of 31 titles created 28 Nov 2013 a list of 26 titles created 06 Jan 2015 a list of 28 titles created 05 Sep 2015 a list of 43 titles created 8 months ago Search for " Doctor Who " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Doctor Who (1963–1989) 8.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 3 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Edit Storyline The Doctor is a renegade Time Lord: an eccentric, highly-intelligent scientist from a distant planet. He travels through time and space in the TARDIS, a curious device, larger on the inside than on the outside, which was designed to change its appearance to suit its surroundings. Unfortunately, the Doctor's TARDIS seems to be broken, and always appears as a blue British police box. The Doctor has a soft spot for the planet Earth, and often visits there, either to save it from various alien threats or to whisk a choice few inhabitants away to the distant parts of the galaxy to help him fight evil there. The Doctor has many foes, including Daleks (led by Davros), and The Master, another renegade Time Lord. Time Lord biology enables them to regenerate their bodies, and so both the Doctor and the Master appear to evolve over the years... Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au> 29 September 1975 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Nyssa portrayed by Sarah Sutton was originally not meant to be a companion and one of the few Doctor Who characters not owned by the BBC. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits The final episode of the 1982 story "Earthshock" ended with the death of a continuing character. The closing credits for that episode were silent - the only time in the history of the series that this was done. See more » Connections (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews After a wait of almost sixteen years and with only just over a week to go before the new series of "Doctor Who" begins, let's hope that some classics are on the way to warrant all the hype and, above all, that the show remains true to its original spirit and is as fun as it always was. With that in mind, I thought it might be an opportune time to reflect on some of the great stories of the past. From First Doctor William Hartnell's era, my choice of favourite story would have to be "The Dalek Invasion of Earth". The use of extensive location filming enhances its atmosphere greatly. I know that, forty years on, the Robomen look and sound silly and the flying saucer is obviously dangled from a piece of string but the serial's shortcomings are compensated by the imagery of the Dalek rising from the River Thames and a group of them patrolling Trafalgar Square, not to mention crossing Westminster Bridge in the trailer. And then there is the sensitive ending marking Carole Ann Ford's departure from the series after playing the Doctor's granddaughter, Susan, for ten stories... So many perfect serials from Second Doctor Patrick Troughton's time on the show! "Fury from the Deep" is my choice because it frightened me more than anything else I'd ever seen. It has several excellent cliffhangers and I'll never forget one

In which year was the Berlin International Film Festival first held?

Berlin International Film Festival | German film festival | Britannica.com Berlin International Film Festival Alternative Titles: Berlinale, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Related Topics Sydney Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival, German Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, also called Berlinale, one of the world’s largest film festivals, held annually in Berlin in February. The festival was the idea of Oscar Martay, a film officer in the U.S. military who was stationed in West Berlin after World War II . In 1950 he formed a committee that included members of the Berlin Senate and the German film industry . Together they laid the groundwork for the inaugural festival, which was held in June 1951. Alfred Hitchcock ’s Rebecca (1940) was the first film shown, and its star, Joan Fontaine , was on hand. Martay was awarded a Golden Bear (Goldener Bär), the festival’s top prize, for his work in bringing the Berlinale to reality. Other prizes awarded at the first Berlinale included a Golden Bear for best music film to Cinderella (1951), which also won the festival’s audience-choice prize, the Big Bronze Plate (Grosser Bronzeteller). Turkish director Semih Kaplanoǧlu after winning the Golden Bear for best film for … Christian Charisius—Reuters/Landov Over the ensuing years, the Berlin International Film Festival expanded to include some 400 films screened over 10 days. It also added prizes, including Golden Bears for best film and short film and Silver Bear (Silberner Bär) awards for best director, actor, and actress. In 1978 the festival was moved from June to February. By the early 21st century, it was attended by about 300,000 film professionals and cinephiles. In addition to screening movies, the festival features various workshops, such as the Berlinale Talent Campus. Learn More in these related articles:

In the Harry Potter series of books, whose pets were named Fang and Fluffy?

Fluffy | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Hermione: "That thing has a name?" Hagrid: "'Course he's got a name, he's mine." — Hermione showing her distaste for Fluffy. [src] Fluffy was a large, vicious, three-headed dog who was once cared for by Rubeus Hagrid . Fluffy's greatest weakness was the inability to resist falling asleep to the sound of music. Contents [ show ] History Rubeus Hagrid originally purchased Fluffy from a " Greek chappie " at The Leaky Cauldron . Hagrid loaned Fluffy to the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, to aid in guarding the Philosopher's Stone , during the 1991–1992 school year . Fluffy while sleeping before the trio enter its room Harry Potter , Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley , along with Neville Longbottom , first encountered Fluffy when Draco Malfoy challenged Harry to a duel , which he accepted. When Hermione tried to stop Harry and Ron from sneaking out later that night, she found herself locked out of the Gryffindor Tower , as the Fat Lady had left sometime earlier, and ended up going along with them. Neville Longbottom, who had forgotten the password to the common room and was sleeping on the floor outside, joined them as well. When they arrived at the Trophy Room , the intended site of the duel, Malfoy was nowhere to be found. To avoid being caught by Argus Filch , they ran away and ended up in the forbidden area on the third floor, staring at a massive three-headed dog. Despite being furious about having broken countless school rules, Hermione had noticed that the dog was standing on a trap door, and clearly guarding something. They later deduced, from hints about Nicolas Flamel dropped unintentionally by Hagrid, that this "something" was the Philosopher's Stone . Fluffy angry-looking after the trio disturbed them Later that year, Hagrid happily told the trio that he had a won a dragon egg in a card game at the Hog's Head . Thinking that it was too much of a coincidence that, as Hagrid had always dreamed of owning a dragon , someone just happened to show up at the local pub with a dragon egg, the trio questioned Hagrid about the supposed dragon dealer . Upon finding out that Hagrid had never even seen the man's face, as he wore a hood, yet Hagrid had drunkenly told him how to get past Fluffy, they came to the horrifying conclusion that the hooded man must have been Severus Snape , when it was really Professor Quirrell . Before Hagrid told Quirrell, though he didn't know it was Quirrell, Hagrid and Dumbledore were the only ones who knew how to get past Fluffy.  As that meant the stone was no longer safe, they decided to go after Snape themselves, and Harry brought along the flute that Hagrid had given him for Christmas to use in lulling Fluffy to sleep. Arriving at the room, they noticed an enchanted harp at a sleeping Fluffy's feet, and believed that Professor Snape was already on his way to retrieving the stone. Fluffy soon awoke, as the enchantment on the harp wore off, and it stopped playing. As Harry played the flute, which almost immediately put Fluffy back to sleep, Ron crept over to the trap door and opened it, but was unable to see anything below. Hermione took over playing the flute, while Harry jumped in first, followed by Ron. After they called up to Hermione that it was safe, she stopped playing and jumped down the trap door just in time, as Fluffy woke up as soon as the music stopped. After Fluffy's duties were done, and the Stone was destroyed, Hagrid set Fluffy free temporarily in the Forbidden Forest . [1] Shortly thereafter, he was sent back to his native Greece by Dumbledore. [2] Personality and traits Fluffy was generally vicious, quite fierce, and extremely strong, though he possibly acted somewhat more docile around certain people, like Rubeus Hagrid , who was able to get Fluffy into the third floor corridor. Another way to calm Fluffy was to play music, which made him fall asleep. Three-headed dogs were very rare creatures, and it is unknown if, like the Runespoor , each head served a different purpose. Behind the scenes

Who played Pussy Galore in the 1964 James Bond film ‘Goldfinger’?

Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) Pussy Galore: "My name is Pussy Galore." James Bond: "I must be dreaming." ―Pussy Galore and James Bond [src] Pussy Galore is a fictional pilot and love interest of James Bond who appeared in EON Productions ' 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger , portrayed by British actress Honor Blackman . The character is a cinematic adaptation of the literary character , who first appeared in Ian Fleming 's 1958 novel Goldfinger . She subsequently appeared in the video games GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004) and 007 Legends (2012) with Blackman's likeness and voiced by Jeannie Elias and Natasha Little respectively. Contents [ show ] Film biography Pussy Galore first appears as the pilot aboard Goldfinger's private jet. James Bond , unconscious after being shot with a tranquilizer gun, wakes up to see Pussy standing over him. Pussy informs him that he is not dead, and that he was merely shot with a tranquilizer gun. She threatens to use it again, suggesting that he instead relax, have a cocktail, and enjoy the flight. When the plane lands, Pussy escorts Bond to Goldfinger's stud farm, and locks him into a cell. Bond manages to escape, and overhears Goldfinger discussing Operation Grandslam. Pussy catches him and pulls his legs out from under him, putting him back in his cell. Later on, as Goldfinger is having some mint juleps with Pussy, he notices two men with binoculars spying on the farm. He realizes that they must be friends of Bond, and decides to invite Bond for a drink, so that everything will appear friendly, as if Bond were out of danger. He tells Pussy to bring Bond out of his cell and entertain him. After a brief drink, Pussy takes Bond into a barn to keep up the pretence. Bond however, tries to seduce her, and Pussy uses Judo to trip Bond. The two engage in an entertaining Judo back and forth, and eventually Bond gets the upper hand, and the two kiss. Pussy tells Bond that he can turn the charm off, because she is immune, implying that she is a lesbian. However, after the events at the barn, Pussy turns against Goldfinger, and sabotages Operation Grandslam. Instead of knocking out the soldiers at Fort Knox with a deadly nerve gas, she calls the CIA , and arranges for the soldiers to fake being gassed, so that Goldfinger can be baited and captured. Pussy is later seen at the end of the film has the pilote when 007 boards a plane to meet with the President at the White House. Sadly, Goldfinger once more shows his face, after taking over the plane. After sending him through the window after the cabin is depressurised, Bond and Pussy escape using a parachute. While Pussy tries to wave to the helicopter looking for them, Bond has other ideas. Alternative continuities GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Promotional image of Pussy Galore in GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004). Pussy Galore later appeared in the 2004 spin-off Bond game, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent . Set in an alternate timeline, with its focus on the underworld of a futuristic 007 universe, Galore continues to be employed by Auric Goldfinger as his personal pilot. She participates in the underworld feud between Dr. Julius No and Goldfinger, assisting Goldfinger's golden-eyed enforcer by flying him into and out of various locations in her customised fuchsia pink helicopter. She is first introduced in the Swiss alps and airlifts GoldenEye to safety after the destruction of Auric Enterprises , taking him to their organisation 's volcanic hub of global operations, known as " The Lair ". There, she introduces him to the man who restored his sight; the organisation's scientific pipeline, Francisco Scaramanga . She is subsequently sent to assist GoldenEye in Hong Kong during his mission to assassinate Dr. No. However, they are betrayed by his Triad contact Wu Li Yong and are attacked by Dr. No's forces. After surviving the double-cross, GoldenEye crosses the rooftops of Hong Kong and after several failed attempts to extract him, Galore narrowly succeeds in rescuing the enforcer using the aircraft's

Which island in the US was known as Oyster Island?

Ellis Island History - The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Ellis Island History Ellis Island History Ellis Island History On this page you will find a detailed history of Ellis Island. The below text details the actual origin of the island as a location for an immigration hub, all the way to its current status as a national monument.  Feel free to jump forward to specific sections, by clicking on a section title in the table of contents below:    1965: Ellis Island Dedicated as a National Monument The Origin of the Island From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor. Ellis Island is located in the upper bay just off the New Jersey coast, within the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. Through the years, this gateway to the new world was enlarged from its original 3.3 acres to 27.5 acres mostly by landfill obtained from ship ballast and possibly excess earth from the construction of the New York City subway system. Before being designated as the site of the first Federal immigration station by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890, Ellis Island had a varied history. The local Indian tribes had called it "Kioshk" or Gull Island. Due to its rich and abundant oyster beds and plentiful and profitable shad runs, it was known as Oyster Island for many generations during the Dutch and English colonial periods. By the time Samuel Ellis became the island's private owner in the 1770s, the island had been called Kioshk, Oyster, Dyre, Bucking and Anderson's Island. In this way, Ellis Island developed from a sandy island that barely rose above the high tide mark, into a hanging site for pirates, a harbor fort, ammunition and ordinance depot named Fort Gibson, and finally into an immigration station.                 From Military Fort to National Gateway From 1794 to 1890 (pre-immigration station period), Ellis Island played a mostly uneventful but still important military role in United States history. When the British occupied New York City during the duration of the Revolutionary War, its large and powerful naval fleet was able to sail unimpeded directly into New York Harbor. Therefore, it was deemed critical by the United States Government that a series of coastal fortifications in New York Harbor be constructed just prior to the War of 1812. After much legal haggling over ownership of the island, the Federal government purchased Ellis Island from New York State in 1808. Ellis Island was approved as a site for fortifications and on it was constructed a parapet for three tiers of circular guns, making the island part of the new harbor defense system that included Castle Clinton at the Battery, Castle Williams on Governor's Island, Fort Wood on Bedloe's Island and two earthworks forts at the entrance to New York Harbor at the Verrazano Narrows. The fort at Ellis Island was named Fort Gibson in honor of a brave officer killed during the War of 1812. Immigration Policy Embraces the Masses Prior to 1890, the individual states (rather than the Federal government) regulated immigration into the United States. Castle Garden in the Battery (originally known as Castle Clinton) served as the New York State immigration station from 1855 to 1890 and approximately eight million immigrants, mostly from Northern and Western Europe, passed through its doors. These early immigrants came from nations such as England, Ireland, Germany and the Scandinavian countries and constituted the first large wave of immigrants that settled and populated the United States. Throughout the 1800s and intensifying in the latter half of the 19th century, ensuing political instability, restrictive religious laws and deteriorating economic conditions in Europe began to fuel the largest mass human migration in the history of the world. It soon became apparent that Castle Garden was ill-equipped and unprepared to handle the growing numbers of immigrants arriving yearly. Unfortunately, compounding the problems of the small facility were the corruption and incompetence found to be