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Wordsworth, Coleridge – who was the third of the Lake Poets?
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Lake Poets Lamb, Charles Lloyd, Hartley Coleridge, John Wilson, and Thomas De Quincey. The "Lake Poet School" (or 'Bards of the Lake', or the 'Lake School') was initially a derogatory term ("the School of whining and hypochondriacal poets that haunt the Lakes", according to Francis Jeffrey as reported by Coleridge) that was also a misnomer, as it was neither particularly born out of the Lake District, nor was it a cohesive school of poetry. The principal members of the 'group' were William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. Dorothy Wordsworth was an auxiliary member who was unpublished during her lifetime (her
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Lake Poets aesthetic". The "Guide" ran to five editions during Wordsworth's lifetime and proved to be very popular. Indeed, it has been said that "the architectural axioms of building and gardening in the Lake District for the next hundred years were established by the "Guide"". For other writers, the region's pull was more uncertain. Coleridge followed Wordsworth to the Lakes and moved into Greta Hall in 1800. Although identified by his contemporaries as a 'Lake Poet', Coleridge's response to the landscape was at variance with the vision of Wordsworth, leading Coleridge to identify the landscape's "Gothic elements"..."and in so doing seems to
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With which profession does one associate the Stanislawski Method?
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All in the Method All in the Method All in the Method is an award-winning British comedy web series produced, written by and starring Luke Kaile and Rich Keeble. The series is broadcast on the internet and premiered on 17 June 2012. So far, five episodes of season one have been made. The show can be found distributed on the web via YouTube. The series sees Rich and Luke as flat-sharing brothers who have both chosen the poorly paid profession of acting as their chosen career paths. Both of them believe in the ‘method’ form of acting, where they become their character twenty-four-seven. This
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Holger Stanislawski the new season started. On 9 February 2012, he left Hoffenheim after having his contract terminated by club advisory board. Stanislawski was hired as the new coach for 1. FC Köln on 14 May 2012. Stanislawski had his contract terminated with his final match on 19 May 2013 against FC Ingolstadt 04. Holger Stanislawski Holger Stanislawski (born 26 September 1969) is a German football manager and former player. Stanislawski became interim manager of FC St. Pauli on 22 November 2006 after Andreas Bergmann was sacked by the club. André Trulsen became the new manager, ending Stanislawski's reign as interim manager.
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In a top ten hit for Dusty Springfield who was Billy Ray?
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Dusty Springfield "Billboard" 200, and at the time, went platinum (100,000 units) in Canada alone. "Son of a Preacher Man" helped the soundtrack album sell over 2 million copies in the US, and it reached No. 21 on the charts. During September and October 1969 Dusty hosted her third and final BBC musical variety series (her fourth variety series overall), "Decidedly Dusty" (co-hosted by Valentine Dyall). All eight episodes were later wiped from the BBC archives, and to date the only surviving footage consists of domestic audio recordings. By the start of the 1970s Dusty Springfield was a major star, though her
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Dusty Springfield Away". Though it was critically appreciated, it did not sell well in the US – it reached the top 40 in the UK. In November 1968, a similar fate befell "Dusty... Definitely", which was not issued in the US, it reached the UK top 30. Her choice of material ranged from the rolling "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone" to the aching emotion of "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today". In that same year, Springfield had a UK No. 4 hit, "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten", which was written by Clive Westlake. Its flipside, "No Stranger
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What is the family name of the ruling dynasty of Monaco?
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History of Monaco Grimaldis, descended from Otto Canella and taking their name from his son Grimaldo, were an ancient and prominent Guelphic Genoese family. Members of this family, in the course of the civil strife in Genoa between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, took refuge in Monaco, accompanied by various other Guelphic families, most notably the Fieschis. Francesco Grimaldi seized the Rock of Monaco in 1297, starting the Grimaldi dynasty, under the sovereignty of the Republic of Genoa. The Grimaldis acquired Menton in 1346 and Roquebrune in 1355, enlarging their possessions. In 1338 Monegasque ships under the command of Carlo Grimaldi participated, along with
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Monarchy of Monaco remain remotely in the line of succession for the French dukedom of Polignac). The current Prince's complete titles and styles are, in precedent order of rank: "Prince(ss) of Monaco" is a title also given to legitimate members of the princely family of Monaco. It is distinct from the ruling Prince's title "Sovereign Prince of Monaco", currently Albert II, or with the title of the heir apparent or presumptive to the throne, currently Hereditary Prince Jacques. Charlene, Gabriella, Caroline, and Stephanie, are given Princess titles, as the wife and daughters of a sovereign prince. Monarchy of Monaco The Sovereign Prince ()
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What word is used for the tail of a rabbit, hare or deer?
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Marsh rabbit for muskrat meat. True marsh rabbit meat is often prepared as a stew, or it may be marinated, covered in flour, and fried. Marsh rabbit The marsh rabbit ("Sylvilagus palustris") is a small cottontail rabbit found in marshes and swamps of coastal regions of the Eastern and Southern United States. It is a strong swimmer and found only near regions of water. It is similar in appearance to the eastern cottontail ("Sylvilagus floridanus") but is characterized by smaller ears, legs, and tail. The scientific name "Sylvilagus palustris" derives from a combination of the Latin words "silva" ("forest") and "lagos" ("hare"),
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Rabbit stew wine, garlic, chili pepper and herbs such as rosemary, thyme, marjoram and basil. "Fenkata" is a traditional Maltese communal meal and feast prepared using rabbit in various dishes, and may include "stuffat tal-fenek", a rabbit stew, served atop spaghetti. Hasenpfeffer is a traditional stew in German cuisine prepared using hare or rabbit as a primary ingredient. Some preparation variations exist, but the blood of the hare or rabbit is traditionally used, which serves to thicken the stew. It is typically a very flavorful and delicious stew. Jugged hare and jugged rabbit are dishes that involves stewing an entire hare or
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Which TV programme featured the Olympic Hide and Seek Final?
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Hide and Seek World Championship in Tokyo. The game Hazaki was promoting was a slightly different traditional Japanese game, more similar to a game of tag. Hazaki contacted "Nascondino World Championship" organizers and said that "Nascondino" rules were more appropriate to be a candidate to the Olympics. There is an episode of the sketch comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus called The Olympic Hide-and-seek Final. Hide and Seek World Championship "Nascondino World Championship" is a unique international hide-and-seek competition. The first edition was held in 2010 in the Italian city of Bergamo, it is held annually in Italy, in summer. The game is a derivative of
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Hide-and-seek set up with artificial and natural hideouts. The seventh competition took place in September 2017, with 70 teams from 11 countries. Hide-and-seek Hide-and-seek, or hide-and-go-seek, is a popular children's game in which any number of players (ideally at least three) conceal themselves in a set environment, to be found by one or more seekers. The game is played by one player chosen (designated as being "it") closing their eyes and counting to a predetermined number while the other players hide. For example, count to 100 in units of 5 or count to 20, one two three and keep counting up
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Which capital was burned by the British in 1814?
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History of the United States Navy the ship!". Despite their earlier successes, by 1814 many of the Navy's best ships were blockaded in port and unable to prevent British incursions on land via the sea. During the summer of 1814, the British fought the Chesapeake Campaign, which was climaxed by amphibious assaults against Washington and Baltimore. The capital fell to the British almost without a fight, and several ships were burned at the Washington Navy Yard, including the 44-gun frigate USS "Columbia". At Baltimore, the bombardment by Fort McHenry inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner", and the hulks blocking the channel prevented the
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Hercules (1814 ship) Hercules (1814 ship) Hercules was built at Calcutta in 1814. She acquired British registry and traded between Britain and India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC), before returning to Calcutta registry. She then traded opium between India and China, and became an opium receiving ship for Jardine Matheson. In 1839 she was one of the vessels that surrendered her store of opium to be burned at the behest of Chinese officials at Canton. This incident was one of the proximate causes of the First Opium War (1839–1842). Her owners apparently sold her to American owners in
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Australia has two flightless birds – the emu and which other?
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Flightless bird also included here. Flightless bird Flightless birds are birds that through evolution lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species including the well known ratites (ostrich, emu, cassowary, rhea and kiwi) and penguins. The smallest flightless bird is the Inaccessible Island rail (length 12.5 cm, weight 34.7 g). The largest (both heaviest and tallest) flightless bird, which is also the largest living bird, is the ostrich (2.7 m, 156 kg). Ostriches are farmed for their decorative feathers, meat and their skins, which are used to make leather. Many domesticated birds, such as the domestic chicken and domestic
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Birds of Australia Birds of Australia Australia and its offshore islands and territories have 898 recorded bird species as of 2014. Of the recorded birds, 165 are considered vagrant or accidental visitors, of the remainder over 45% are classified as Australian endemics: found nowhere else on earth. It has been suggested that up to 10% of Australian bird species may go extinct by the year 2100 as a result of climate change. Australian species range from the tiny 8 cm weebill to the huge, flightless emu. Many species of Australian birds will immediately seem familiar to visitors from the Northern Hemisphere - Australian
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A shubunkin is a variety of what kind of fish?
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Shubunkin of age, even though they live much longer. Blue colouring in goldfish comes from black pigment within the body wall. It will not show as blue in fish with metallic type scales, but will look blue if the fish has matte or nacreous scales. The nacreous (formerly called calico) scale type is produced in a fish that carries the gene for metallic scales, as well as the gene for matte scales (the fish is heterozygous). Only nacreous scales are accepted by the Shubunkin breed standards. Shubunkin The Shubunkin was created by Yoshigoro Akiyama （, by crossing Calico telescope eye with
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What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am) What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am) "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" is a song written by Loretta Lynn and Teddy Wilburn that was also recorded by Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in August 1967 via Decca Records. "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" was recorded at the Bradley's Barn on January 18, 1967. Located in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, the session was produced by renowned country music producer Owen Bradley. Three additional tracks were recorded during this session. "What Kind of a Girl (Do You
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Which of the Greek islands is closest to the Albanian coast?
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Albanian Ionian Sea Coast Albanian Ionian Sea Coast The Albanian Ionian Sea Coast ( — ) is a coastline of the Northeastern Ionian Sea, that encompasses the southwestern border of the Republic of Albania, stretching from the southern half of Karaburun Peninsula, across the historical region of Labëria, the city of Sarandë, the mountains of the Ceraunians and the Albanian Riviera, to the Lake of Butrint, where the Strait of Corfu separates the country from Greece. Albania is located in Southern and Southeastern Europe in the western section of the Balkan Peninsula. It borders on Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, Macedonia
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Timeline of Albanian history to 1993 effectively partitions the country between Germany, Italy and Bulgaria. The Italians occupied the bulk of the Greek mainland and most of the islands. The Italians orchestrate the annexation of areas of Greek Epirus by Albania, citing the presence of a significant Albanian minority (the Cham Albanians). This plan is vetoed by Germany. October Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav communist leader, directs organizing of Albanian communists. November Albanian Communist Party founded; Enver Hoxha becomes first secretary. December 1942 September 1942<br> The Albanian Communist Party organizes the National Liberation Movement, a popular front resistance organization. September 16, 1942 At the Conference of Pezë,
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What do the Germans call Donau?
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Via donau Via donau via donau is a subsidiary of the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) tasked with the preservation and development of the Danube waterway. It was established in 2005. via donau was established on 1 January 2005 by the Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology formed by a merger of the Austrian Donau-Betriebs AG, the Austrian Danube-Technik GmbH, the via donau Development Company for Telematics and Navigation on the Danube and the privatized waterways organization. via donau executes federal tasks in waterway and shipping. The company is not only an infrastructure operator, but also a partner in
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Donau (horse) the "Daily Racing Form" suggesting that the break from racing was due to Donau being a "track demon" with a "disposition to do nothing asked of him." Donau was gelded at the end of his three-year-old season in an attempt to curb his behavior, but he was still fractious. However, in March of 1912 he won the South Carolina Selling Stakes at Palmetto Park in Charleston, South Carolina. Donau was retired from flat racing in December 1912, at age five. Donau was in the process of being re-trained for steeplechasing when he died suddenly in February 1913 during a disease
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What was Melanie Sykes selling from an ice cream van?
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Melanie Sykes Melanie Sykes Melanie Ann Sykes (born 7 August 1970) is an English television and radio presenter, and model. She is best known for co-hosting "Today with Des and Mel" with Des O'Connor and "Let's Do Lunch" with Gino D'Acampo. In the mid-1990s Sykes first came to public attention as the face of the Boddingtons Bitter advertisements as a girl with the broad "Northern" accent. Amongst other work, Sykes also modelled for Berlei lingerie. After first reporting for "The Big Breakfast", Sykes has continued her television career, including presenting stints on "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" and as presenter
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Ice cream van with, for example, strawberry. Soft serve ice cream is served topped with sprinkles for a slight extra charge. While franchises or chains are rare within the ice cream truck community (most trucks are independently owned/run), some do exist. In some locations, ice cream van operators have diversified to fill gaps in the market for soft drinks, using their capacity for refrigerated storage to sell chilled cans and bottles. Early ice cream vans carried simple ice cream, during a time when most families did not own a freezer. As freezers became more commonplace, ice cream vans moved towards selling novelty ice
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In which country was the late actor Leo McKern born?
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Leo McKern Leo McKern Reginald McKern, AO (16 March 1920 – 23 July 2002), known professionally as Leo McKern, was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. Notable roles he portrayed include Clang in "Help!" (1965), Thomas Cromwell in "A Man for All Seasons" (1966), Tom Ryan in "Ryan's Daughter" (1970), Paddy Button in "The Blue Lagoon" (1980), Dr. Grogan in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981), Father Imperius in "Ladyhawke" (1985) and, in the role that made him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom
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Leo McKern will say, '.. of course, known to millions as Rumpole.'" In the later series, his daughter Abigail McKern joined the cast as Liz Probert. In 1987, investment firm Smith Barney selected McKern to succeed John Houseman as its spokesman. At the same time, Smith Barney's corporate advertising department decided to change the format of its television advertisements, the first of which featuring McKern airing in September 1987. McKern's advertisements were not as popular with the viewing public as Houseman's, and in 1989, Smith Barney switched to a campaign featuring the voice of American actor George C. Scott. In the 1990s,
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Who composed the symphonic poem Scheherezade?
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Symphonic poem Tchaikovsky's work as "Isle of the Dead" (1909) does its independence from it. A similar debt to his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov imbues Igor Stravinsky's "The Song of the Nightingale", excerpted from his opera "The Nightingale". Alexander Scriabin's "The Poem of Ecstasy" (1905–08) and "" (1908–10), in their projection of an egocentric theosophic world unequalled in other symphonic poems, are notable for their detail and advanced harmonic idiom. Socialist realism in the Soviet Union allowed program music to survive longer there than in western Europe, as typified by Dmitri Shostakovich's symphonic poem "October" (1967). While France was less concerned than other countries
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Symphonic poem Therefore, other than Strauss and numerous concert overtures by others, there are only isolated symphonic poems by German and Austrian composers—Hans von Bülow's "Nirwana" (1866), Hugo Wolf's " Penthesilea" (1883-5) and Arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melisande" (1902-3). Because of its clear relationship between poem and music, Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht" (1899) for string sextet has been characterised as a non-orchestral 'symphonic poem'. Alexander Ritter, who himself composed six symphonic poems in the vein of Liszt's works, directly influenced Richard Strauss in writing program music. Strauss wrote on a wide range of subjects, some of which had been previously considered unsuitable to
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Who is the Patron Saint of Spain?
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History of the Catholic Church in Spain who was active in many different modes of religion, including organizing convents and new congregations, and developing the theology of the Counter Reformation in Spain that permanently minimized the Protestant influence there. In the 1620s Spain debated who should be the nation's patron saint- the current patron Saint James Matamoros (Saint James the Moor-slayer) or a combination of him and the newly canonized Saint Teresa of Ávila. Teresa's promoters said Spain faced new challenges, especially the threat of Protestantism, and the declining society at home and needed a modern patron saint who understood these problems and could lead the Spanish
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Patron saint Patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, or particular branches of Islam, is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family or person. Saints often become the patrons of places where they were born or had been active. However, there were cases in Medieval Europe where a city which grew to prominence and obtained for its cathedral the remains or some relics of a famous saint who had lived and was buried elsewhere, thus making him or her the
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In which country was the late actor Sid James born?
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Sid James James commented: "To hear him talking just before he's about to die.. there's something hugely moving about that". Sue James called the interview "lovely and sympathetic". Sid James Sid James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a South African-born British character and comic actor. Appearing in British films from 1947, he was cast in numerous small and supporting roles into the 1950s. His profile was raised as Tony Hancock's co-star in "Hancock's Half Hour", first in the radio series and later when it was adapted for television and ran from 1954 to 1961. Afterwards,
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Sid James which his wife was not told how much he was being paid, so that a portion could be set aside for gambling. James has been the subject of at least five tribute shows: a 1996 one-off tribute, "The Very Best of Sid James"; as the focus of a 2000 episode of the series "The Unforgettable"; a 2002 episode of "Heroes of Comedy"; Channel Four's "With Out Walls, Seriously Seeking Sid" in the late 1980s; and in 2013, the BBC's "The Many Faces Of Sid James". In August 2018 it was announced that a radio interview which James had recorded for
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Who composed the work Tales From the Vienna Woods?
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Tales from the Vienna Woods Wiener Wald" (1931), by Ödön von Horváth, and the films "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (1928) and "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (1934) take their titles from this waltz. Tales from the Vienna Woods "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (, occasionally ) is a waltz by Johann Strauss II. Composed in 1868, , Op. 325, was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss II which featured a virtuoso part for zither. The title of Strauss' dance recalls the folk music of the inhabitants of the Vienna Woods. The waltz's introduction is one of the longest he ever wrote for
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Tales from the Vienna Woods (play) premiere), Helmut Qualtinger (Oskar) and Jane Tilden (Valerie), among others. Another version was made for television in 1964, directed by Michael Kehlmann. A 1979 remake was undertaken by director Maximilian Schell, featuring (Marianne), Hanno Pöschl (Alfred), Helmut Qualtinger (Zauberkönig), Jane Tilden (Valerie), Adrienne Gessner (Alfred's Grandmother), Götz Kauffmann (Oskar), André Heller (Hierlinger) and (Erich). "Tales from the Vienna Woods", a 2014 opera by composer HK Gruber to a libretto by Michael Sturminger. It premiered at the Bregenz Festival under the direction of the librettist and the baton of the composer Tales from the Vienna Woods (play) Tales from the Vienna
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Found in the body what substance is cerumen?
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Earwax of bacteria. Cerumen has been found to reduce the viability of a wide range of bacteria, including "Haemophilus influenzae", "Staphylococcus aureus", and many variants of "Escherichia coli", sometimes by as much as 99%. The growth of two fungi commonly present in otomycosis was also significantly inhibited by human cerumen. These antimicrobial properties are due principally to the presence of saturated fatty acids, lysozyme and, especially, to the slight acidity of cerumen (pH typically around 6.1 in normal individuals). Conversely, other research has found that cerumen can support microbial growth and some cerumen samples were found to have bacterial counts as
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Body substance isolation a part of the National Standards Curriculum for Prehospital Providers and Firefighters. Types of body substance isolation included: It was postulated that BSI precautions should be practiced in environment where treaters were exposed to bodily fluids, such as: Such infection control techniques that were recommended following the AIDS outbreak in the 1980s. Every patient was treated as if infected and therefore precautions were taken to minimize risk. Other conditions which called for minimizing risks with BSI: or any combination of the above. Body substance isolation Body substance isolation is a practice of isolating all body substances (blood, urine, feces, tears,
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In American criminal slang what is a ‘shamus’?
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Shamus (film) of Wife... and Death" (1976) with the role played by Rod Taylor. It was a pilot for a prospective series that did not eventuate. Shamus (film) Shamus is a 1973 American comedy thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik, and starring Burt Reynolds and Dyan Cannon. New York private detective Shamus McCoy is called to the house of Hume, an eccentric diamond dealer, and is given the task of recovering some stolen diamonds. His investigation is thwarted at every turn and it is only when he is beaten by a gang of thugs to warn him off the job that he
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American Slang of "The '59 Sound". He began writing for the new album in the summer of 2009 while on tour in support of "The '59 Sound". "American Slang is just what we do. That's who we are," Fallon says. "You’re presented with this American Dream and all these American possibilities—and then there's the reality of what actually happens with your life." In response to the obvious influences Tom Waits, The Clash, The Supremes and most notably Bruce Springsteen have had on their previous records, he went on to add "This [record] is really the one where we said, ‘All right, well,
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What is the missing first word in the title of Rose Macauley's novel '… By An Idiot'?
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What Is the What writes: "Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art." The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees
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Life with an Idiot Life with an Idiot Life with an Idiot (Russian: Жизнь с идиотом, Zhizn s idiotom ) is an opera by the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke to a Russian libretto by Viktor Erofeyev. An allegory of Soviet oppression, the opera was first performed at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, on 13 April 1992. As a punishment for not working hard enough, "I" is forced by the authorities to live with an idiot. He chooses Vova from a lunatic asylum. Vova is only capable of speaking a single word: "Ech". At first Vova behaves well but then he suddenly begins to make a nuisance
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What does the prefix 'cry' mean in words such as cryogenics?
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Cryogenics Cryogenics In physics, cryogenics is the production and behaviour of materials at very low temperatures. A person who studies elements that have been subjected to extremely cold temperatures is called a "cryogenicist". It is not well-defined at what point on the temperature scale refrigeration ends and cryogenics begins, but scientists assume a gas to be cryogenic if it can be liquefied at or below . The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen to consider the field of cryogenics as that involving temperatures below . This is a logical dividing line, since the normal boiling points of the
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What Does Anything Mean? Basically of its icy church keyboards and delay-ridden guitars". Chris Jenkins, in the book "The Rough Guide to Rock", however, called it "as half-baked as its title". What Does Anything Mean? Basically What Does Anything Mean? Basically is the second studio album by English post-punk band the Chameleons. It was recorded in January 1985 and released 1 October 1985 by record label Statik. One single was released from the album: "Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)". "What Does Anything Mean? Basically" was recorded in January 1985 at Highland Studios in Inverness, Scotland. The album's sole single, "Singing Rule Britannia
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Who began her show-business career playing Sophie Tuckshop in ITMA on the wireless?
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It's That Man Again and Mysteries at the Office of Twerps; the Mayor of seedy seaside resort Foaming at the Mouth; and Governor of the South Sea island Tomtopia. Other performers in the show included Jack Train, a master of voices; Clarence Wright, who played the commercial traveller; the man from the ministry, Deryck Guyler; and Joan Harben (sister of Philip Harben) as Mona Lott. Hattie Jacques, who played Sophie Tuckshop (the earliest of Jacques' roles dependent upon her physical size) joined the cast towards the end of the run. The programme featured dozens of other characters, such as Mrs Mopp and Colonel Chinstrap.
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Hattie Jacques began a relationship. Le Mesurier was married but estranged from his wife. In August 1947 Ted Kavanagh, the scriptwriter of the BBC Home Service show "It's That Man Again" ("ITMA"), visited the Players' and invited Jacques to audition for the series, which she did on 18 September, for a fee of five guineas. She became so nervous during the audition that Tommy Handley, the show's star, held her hand, which she found made her more nervous. Jacques joined the cast of "ITMA" as the greedy schoolgirl Sophie Tuckshop, where she "would regale listeners with terrifying accounts of epic binges", before
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Who played the fairy godmother in Adam Ant's 'Prince Charming' video?
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Prince Charming (Adam and the Ants song) Dors, suddenly appears with five shirtless men dancing the "Prince Charming". With a wave of her magic wand, she transforms Adam's attire into flamboyant Regency clothes. Adam makes a grand entrance onto the balcony at the ball, and swings down on a chandelier. He, the Ants, his Fairy Godmother, her male attendant and the invited guests of the ball dance the "Prince Charming", which became a much imitated arm-crossing dance as the song rose up the charts. Choreographer Stephanie Coleman explained that each hand movement in the Prince Charming dance had a meaning (in order: Pride, Courage, Humour, Flair) each
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Prince Charming (Adam and the Ants song) harp and a miniature harp in the promotional video. The music video was notable for its extravagant production compared to the videos being produced at the time. It featured Adam Ant in a male "Cinderella" role, complete with moustached drag queen evil step-sisters. The sisters accept an invitation to "Come to the ball, and dance the Prince Charming", leaving Adam home doing the chores. Sitting at a table in an old-style kitchen, Adam is surrounded by his band members, who are encouraging him: "Don't you ever/Don't you ever/Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome." His Fairy Godmother, portrayed by Diana
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Ruth Jones played which part in 'Gavin and Stacey' on television?
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Gavin & Stacey new but he did say he would like to pop in on the Gavin and Stacey characters in a one off special. Ruth Jones said in January 2014 that she would like to work with Corden again and make a Gavin & Stacey special or a film. In October 2014, Joanna Page said that "Gavin & Stacey" would not return as she thought that the show ended in 2010. In March 2016, Ruth Jones denied claims that "Gavin & Stacey" would be returning, saying "there are no plans to make a new one." In March 2008, it was reported the
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Gavin & Stacey American network NBC had bought the rights to produce an American remake from Baby Cow Productions. Initial ideas according to Corden were to have Gavin coming from New Jersey and Stacey from South Carolina, meeting up in New York City. In December 2008 however, Jones stated "There was a script written for NBC. They optioned it, but then that went away. I read the script and it wasn't great to be honest with you. But now ABC are looking into writing a pilot and hopefully that will work out". At the time, both Corden and Jones were reportedly acting as
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Which Russian word means largest or most grand?
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Bolshoi Ballet of censorship. It was the first time a show has been pulled in such a way since the collapse of the Soviet Union, sparking rumours about the motivation behind it. Today the Bolshoi Ballet remains one of the world's foremost ballet companies, in addition to being one of the largest, with approximately 220 dancers. The word "bolshoi" means "big" or "grand" in Russian. The company operates on a hierarchical system, similar to those used by other leading European ballet companies, with senior dancers ranked as principals, and descending in order of importance through lead soloist, first soloist, soloist and finally,
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Grand Magal of Touba commemorates his 1895 exile to Gabon by the French colonial government. "Magal" is a Wolof word derived from the verb "mag," which means "to be important" or "to be old"; the noun form is translated as "celebration" or "anniversary." There are other Mouride magals annually, such as the Magal of Saint Louis, which commemorates a prayer performed by the saint in 1895 in defiance of colonial authorities. However, the Grand Magal is the most important and widely attended of the Mouride magals - indeed, it is the largest celebration in Senegal, religious or secular. The Grand Magal originates in a
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Which Yorkshire company introduced the crinkle cut crisp in 1956?
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Seabrook Potato Crisps sold through mail order. The company has a number of firsts to its name - in 1979, they were the first company to launch crinkle cut crisps, and these now make up the majority of their business. In the 1980s the company was the first to start using sunflower oil in its cooking process and in 2007 Seabrook were the first crisp brand to remove MSG from all its crisps. In 2014 Seabrook went one step further, and were the first, and remain the only major crisp brand to be Coeliac UK (gluten free) accredited. In 2014 they also launched
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McCoy's (crisp) crisp bag is opened along the longer side to allow bigger hands to fit in. The concept was developed by BTL Brands and received positive feedback online. Ridge Cut Classic Flavours Ridge Cut Meaty Flavours Ridge Cut Spicy Flavours Chip Shop Flavours Thick Cut Flavours Former Flavours Ridge Cut MultiPacks - packs of 27g (30g packs pre 2016) Thick Cut MultiPacks - packs of 30g Tortillas McCoy's was the sponsor of the Premier League Darts for two years, in 2012 and 2013. McCoy's (crisp) McCoy's is a brand of crinkle-cut crisps made in the United Kingdom by KP Snacks. It
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Pepsico dropped the Smith's Crisps brand in favour of which other?
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Tudor Crisps and vinegar flavour crisps were sold in blue packaging and cheese and onion in green bags, like most other brands in the UK, but the move to Walkers crisps reversed the colours. Walkers is now part of the international food and drinks giant Pepsico. Tudor Crisps Tudor Crisps was a brand of potato crisps produced in Sandyford, Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. The memorable 1970s ads featured a paper boy, bribed with a ‘canny bag of crisps’ to brave delivering his papers to a very tall tower block (in reality Derwent Tower, Dunston, Tyne and Wear). In the
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PepsiCo PepsiCo PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo has interests in the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay, Inc. PepsiCo has since expanded from its namesake product Pepsi to a broader range of food and beverage brands, the largest of which included an acquisition of Tropicana Products in 1998 and the Quaker Oats Company in 2001, which added the Gatorade brand to its portfolio. As
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Which gas is in a green fire extinguisher?
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Fire extinguisher five categories. In the UK the use of Halon gas is now prohibited except under certain situations such as on aircraft and in the military and police. Fire extinguishing performance per fire class is displayed using numbers and letters such as 13A, 55B. EN3 does not recognise a separate electrical class - however there is an additional feature requiring special testing (35 kV dielectric test per EN 3-7:2004). A powder or CO extinguisher will bear an electrical pictogramme as standard signifying that it can be used on live electrical fires (given the symbol E in the table). If a water-based
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Fire extinguisher was probably used to a limited extent, as Bradley's Weekly Messenger for November 7, 1729, refers to its efficiency in stopping a fire in London. The modern dry powder fire extinguisher was invented by British Captain George William Manby in 1818; it consisted of a copper vessel of 3 gallons (13.6 liters) of pearl ash (potassium carbonate) solution contained within compressed air. The soda-acid extinguisher was first patented in 1866 by Francois Carlier of France, which mixed a solution of water and sodium bicarbonate with tartaric acid, producing the propellant CO gas. A soda-acid extinguisher was patented in the U.S.
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The actor David Garrick was mentored by which schoolmaster from Lichfield?
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David Garrick Virtue and Morality" (Edinburgh 1797). At the age of 19, Garrick, who had been educated at Lichfield Grammar School, enrolled in Samuel Johnson's Edial Hall School. Garrick showed an enthusiasm for the theatre very early on and he appeared in a school production around this time in the role of Sergeant Kite in George Farquhar's "The Recruiting Officer". After Johnson's school was closed, he and Garrick, now friends, travelled to London together to seek their fortunes. Upon his arrival in 1737, Garrick and his brother became partners in a wine business with operations in both London and Lichfield with David
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Lichfield Garrick Theatre Lichfield Garrick Theatre The Lichfield Garrick is a modern, purpose built theatre in Lichfield, a city in Staffordshire, England. The main auditorium seats 562 people and the Studio seats 157 people. The theatre is named after the 18th century actor David Garrick, who was brought up in Lichfield. The Garrick's program includes a variety of touring shows as well as its own productions. It is also used for plays and musicals by local amateur companies. Like most British theatres the Garrick also plays host to an annual Christmas pantomime. The Lichfield Garrick regularly produces and co-produces work, runs an Artist
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Oscar Hammerstein mentored which librettist, who wrote the lyrics to 'West Side Story'?
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West Side Story based loosely on "West Side Story" and adapting parts of the musical's music and lyrics, was performed a total of more than 500 times in Miami Beach, Florida, Stockholm, Gran Canaria and Los Angeles. The show lampoons the musical's tragic love story, and also lip-synching and drag shows. West Side Story West Side Story is a musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet". The story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid 1950s, an
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Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. Hammerstein was the lyricist and playwright in his partnerships; his collaborators wrote the music. Hammerstein collaborated with numerous composers, such as Jerome Kern, with whom he wrote "Show Boat", Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml, Richard A. Whiting and Sigmund
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The Campsie Fells lie to the north of which Scottish city?
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Campsie Fells has left tiers of rock representing some 30 lava flows which date from the Carboniferous period. The headwaters of the River Carron rise in the Campsies. The Campsie Fells have cemented their place in history as the birthplace of Scottish skiing, when W.W. Naismith of Glasgow skied the area, becoming the first ever man to ski in Scotland in March 1892. Campsie Fells The Campsie Fells (also known as the Campsies; Scottish Gaelic: Monadh Chamaisidh) are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west from Denny Muir to Dumgoyne, in Stirlingshire and overlooking Strathkelvin to the south.
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Campsie Fells Campsie Fells The Campsie Fells (also known as the Campsies; Scottish Gaelic: Monadh Chamaisidh) are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west from Denny Muir to Dumgoyne, in Stirlingshire and overlooking Strathkelvin to the south. The southern extent of the range fall within East Dunbartonshire. The range overlooks the villages of Strathblane, Blanefield and Lennoxtown to the south; Killearn to the west; Fintry and Strathendrick to the north. The Fintry Hills lie further to the north; Kilpatrick Hills lie to the west and the Kilsyth Hills to the east. The Earl's Seat is the highest point
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Which city would have been renamed 'Germania' if the Nazis had won World War 2?
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Germania (city) Germania (city) Germania, in full Welthauptstadt Germania (, "World Capital Germania"), was the projected renewal of the German capital Berlin during the Nazi period, part of Adolf Hitler's vision for the future of Nazi Germany after the planned victory in World War II. Albert Speer, the "first architect of the Third Reich", produced many of the plans for the rebuilt city in his capacity as overseer of the project, only a small portion of which was realized between the years 1937 and 1943 when construction took place. Some of the projects were completed, such as the creation of a great
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If the South Had Won the Civil War both World Wars, with drastic results for the rest of the world. If the South Had Won the Civil War If the South Had Won the Civil War is a 1961 alternate history book by MacKinlay Kantor, a writer who also wrote several novels about the American Civil War as it actually happened. It was originally published in the November 22, 1960, issue of "Look" magazine. It generated such a response that it was published in 1961 as a book. The book is written in the manner of a history text published in the alternate reality of 1961 and describing
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Which European capital lies on the River Senne?
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Covering of the Senne built. The south station treats refuse water from 360,000 inhabitants, which is about one third of the polluted water, and lies on the border of Anderlecht and Forest. The north station, completed in March 2007, is located near the border of the Brussels-Capital Region, between the Senne and the Charleroi-Willebroek Canal, near Buda Bridge. A portion of the cost was footed by the Flemish Government, as 7 of the adjacent municipalities lie within the Flemish Region. This station is capable of treating the water of 1,100,000 inhabitants and should finally be capable of fully purifying the Senne, which had long
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Senne Senne The Senne is a natural region of moorland and sand dunes in the Regierungsbezirk of Detmold, in the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen in west-central Germany. It lies to the west of the Teutoburger Forest, and has an area of approximately . It lies between the cities of Bielefeld to the north-west, Detmold to the north-east, and Paderborn to the south. The region is the home of a criticallyendangered breed of riding horse, the Senner, which is believed to be the oldest breed of riding horse in Germany, and is documented at least as far back as 1160. It lived in
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Which Royal Naval vessel was the subject of the Yangtze Incident in 1949?
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Amethyst Incident largely based on the events of the Yangtze incident. Richard Todd starred as Kerans in the 1957 film "Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst" (in the US most commonly released as "Battle Hell", but also as "Escape of the Amethyst" and "Their Greatest Glory"). For the film, "Amethyst" was brought out of storage to play herself. As her engines were no longer operational, her sister ship, , was used for shots of the ship moving. Amethyst Incident The "Amethyst" Incident, also known as the Yangtze Incident, was a historic event which involved the Royal Navy ship HMS "Amethyst" on
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Amethyst Incident Amethyst Incident The "Amethyst" Incident, also known as the Yangtze Incident, was a historic event which involved the Royal Navy ship HMS "Amethyst" on the Yangtze River for three months during the Chinese Civil War in the summer of 1949. On 20 April 1949, HMS "Amethyst", commanded by Lieutenant Commander Bernard Skinner, was on her way from Shanghai to Nanking to replace , which was standing as guard ship for the British Embassy there during the Chinese Civil War between the nationalist Kuomintang led Republic of China and the Communist Party led People's Republic of China. According to the Royal
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In 1960 the first laser used which crystal as its lens, perhaps after 40 years of trying?
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Laser laser devices. The question of just how to assign credit for inventing the laser remains unresolved by historians. On May 16, 1960, Theodore H. Maiman operated the first functioning laser at Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, California, ahead of several research teams, including those of Townes, at Columbia University, Arthur Schawlow, at Bell Labs, and Gould, at the TRG (Technical Research Group) company. Maiman's functional laser used a solid-state flashlamp-pumped synthetic ruby crystal to produce red laser light, at 694 nanometers wavelength; however, the device only was capable of pulsed operation, because of its three-level pumping design scheme. Later that year,
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Laser by a common helium–neon laser would spread out to a size of perhaps 500 kilometers when shone on the Moon (from the distance of the earth). On the other hand, the light from a semiconductor laser typically exits the tiny crystal with a large divergence: up to 50°. However even such a divergent beam can be transformed into a similarly collimated beam by means of a lens system, as is always included, for instance, in a laser pointer whose light originates from a laser diode. That is possible due to the light being of a single spatial mode. This unique
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In which coastal town would you find The Spanish City fairground?
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Spanish City (novel) funfair that inspired Spanish City. Setton is loosely based on the north-eastern English coastal resort of Whitley Bay, where the funfair, ballroom and pleasure palace collectively named The Spanish City was once located. All that currently remains of the Spanish City site is its distinctive white dome and a former ballroom, both of which are to be redeveloped. The town and river of Wiley in the novel, along with its ferry, are probably based on the town and river of Blyth, a few miles to the north of Whitley Bay. Blyth also once had a ferry that carried passengers from
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Fairground Attraction second album with Brian Kennedy under the name Sweetmouth, and eight tracks subsequently appeared on Fairground Attraction's "Kawasaki Live in Japan 02.07.89" album. After the band's break-up, Eddi Reader continued to perform as a solo artist. Mark E. Nevin worked with Morrissey, co-writing most of their Kill Uncle album, and with Kirsty MacColl, before embarking on his own solo career, during which he made five albums. Fairground Attraction Fairground Attraction was a British folk and soft rock band, best known for their hit song "Perfect" and the subsequent single "Find My Love". The band launched the careers of lead vocalist
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Which ITV company made the World In Action current affairs programme?
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World in Action World in Action World in Action is an English investigative current affairs programme, made by Granada Television for ITV from 7 January 1963 until 7 December 1998. Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Its production teams often took audacious risks, and the programme gained a solid reputation for an often-unorthodox approach. The series was sold around the world, and won numerous awards. In its heyday, "World in Action" drew audiences of up to 23 million in Britain alone, equivalent to almost half the population. Cabinet ministers fell victim to its probings. Numerous innocent
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World in Action rising commercial pressures. Announcing a £250,000 fund for an investigative journalism training scheme, Channel Four said in November 2011 that there had been a decline in the pool of investigative journalism since "the demise of training grounds such as "World in Action""." "World in Action" was the pre-eminent current affairs programme produced by Britain's ITV Network in its first 50 years. Along with "This Week", "Weekend World", "TV Eye", "First Tuesday", "The Big Story" and "The Cook Report" – and the news-gathering of ITN – "World in Action" gave ITV a reputation for quality broadcast journalism to rival the BBC's
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What type of clamp would an engineer use to hold an object with radial symmetry?
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Chuck (engineering) Chuck (engineering) A chuck is a specialized type of clamp used to hold an object with radial symmetry, especially a cylinder. In drills and mills it holds the rotating tool whereas in lathes it holds the rotating workpiece. On a lathe the chuck is mounted on the spindle which rotates within the headstock. For some purposes (such as drilling) an additional chuck may be mounted on the non-rotating tailstock. Many chucks have jaws, (sometimes called dogs) that are arranged in a radially symmetrical pattern like the points of a star. The jaws are tightened up to hold the tool or
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Clamp (tool) the field of animal husbandry, using a clamp to attach an animal to a stationary object is known as "rounded clamping." A physical clamp of this type is also used to refer to an obscure investment banking term; notably "fund clamps." Anything that performs the action of clamping may be called a clamp, so this gives rise to a wide variety of terms across many fields. These clamps (or cramps) are used to position components temporarily for various tasks: Clamp (tool) A clamp is a fastening device used to hold or secure objects tightly together to prevent movement or separation
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In 1901 who became the last non-league winners of the FA Cup?
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1901 FA Cup Final 1901 FA Cup Final The 1901 FA Cup Final was played at Crystal Palace between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United—and the first FA Cup Final to be filmed by Pathé News. As the match ended in a 2–2 tie, a new match had to be played seven days after, with the "Spurs" winning 3–1. The win was the first in a trend (which continued throughout much of the twentieth century) of Tottenham winning major trophies in years ending in "1". Tottenham Hotspur remain as the only non-League club to win the trophy. 110,820 supporters attended the match to see the
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History of the FA Cup were in the Conference at the time, whilst Coventry were in the First Division, and had won the cup 18 months earlier. This was the last occasion that a non-League club beat a top division club in the FA Cup until Luton Town defeated Norwich City in the 4th round in 2012–13 season. On 11 December 2007 Chasetown became the smallest team ever to reach the FA Cup third round. The Southern League Division One Midlands side stunned League One Port Vale as Danny Smith's last-minute goal sealed a 1–0 win after Port Vale missed two penalties. There was a
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Crombie overcoats and Harrington jackets clad which youth movement?
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Trojan skinhead button-down Ben Sherman shirts, Fred Perry polo shirts, braces, fitted suits, cardigans, tank tops, Harrington jackets and Crombie-style overcoats. Hair is generally between a 2 and 4 grade clip-guard (short, but not bald), in contrast to the shorter-haired punk-influenced Oi! skins of the 1980s. The phrase "Spirit of '69" is used by traditional skinheads to commemorate what they identify as the skinhead subculture's heyday in 1969. The phrase was popularized by a group of Scottish skinheads called the Glasgow Spy Kids. A skinhead history book entitled "Spirit of 69: A Skinhead Bible" was written by George Marshall, a skinhead from
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Crombie (clothing) Crombie (clothing) J&J Crombie Ltd. is a British fashion company, which produces high-end clothing and accessories under its Crombie brand. Crombie is most famous for its luxury coats – so much so that the word 'Crombie' is sometimes used by other companies to refer to their own coats produced in the style of Crombie's most famous three-quarter length (usually wool) overcoats, although the Crombie company has been known to take legal action to prevent this trademark word from being used generically. J&J Crombie Ltd. was founded by John Crombie and his son James in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1805, making it
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Mod girls wore what type of quilted jacket on their partners' scooters?
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Mod (subculture) (sometimes made of mohair), thin ties, button-down collar shirts, wool or cashmere jumpers (crewneck or V-neck), Chelsea or Beatle boots, loafers, Clarks desert boots, bowling shoes, and hairstyles that imitated the look of French "Nouvelle Vague" film actors. A few male mods went against gender norms by using eye shadow, eye-pencil or even lipstick. Mods chose scooters over motorbikes partly because they were a symbol of Italian style and because their body panels concealed moving parts and made them less likely to stain clothes with oil or road dust. Many mods wore military parkas while driving scooters in order to
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Jean jacket a fashion faux pas outside of work apparel, the Canadian tuxedo achieved a "pop cultural peak" in 2001 when Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake wore the combination to that year's American Music Awards. In 2016 Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau wore a "Canadian tuxedo" to a concert by The Tragically Hip. Lady Gaga has also worn a Canadian tuxedo in public. Jean jacket A jean jacket, sometimes called a Denim Jacket and Trucker Jacket, is a jacket made from denim. Introduced in the United States in the late 19th century, it has been a popular type of casual apparel
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'The Professor' was a novel by which of the Bronte sisters?
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The Professor (novel) acclaim. The Professor (novel) The Professor, A Tale. was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. It was originally written before "Jane Eyre" and rejected by many publishing houses, but was eventually published posthumously in 1857 by approval of Arthur Bell Nicholls, who accepted the task of reviewing and editing of the novel. The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth, and is a first-person narrative from his perspective. It describes his maturation, his career as a teacher in Brussels, and his personal relationships. The story starts off with a letter William has sent to his friend Charles,
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Bronte Beach by Waverley Council Life Guards and Bronte lifesavers who had to craw up into the pipes following the two branches. On the Northern end near to a stairway there is a naturally formed, large sandstone cave. This shady sheltered cave may have been used by the local indigenous people. Contrary to the popular misconception that Bronte Beach was named after the Brontë sisters, or Bronte House, Bronte Beach was in fact named after the inspiring military figure Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Duke of Bronté. Nelson was awarded the title of Duke of Bronte from the King of Naples in 1799 and
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Arthur Conan Doyle sent who to the Lost World?
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The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel) The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel) The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. It was originally published serially in the popular "Strand Magazine" and illustrated by New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree during the months of April–November 1912. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures. Edward Malone, a young reporter for the "Daily
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Arthur Conan Doyle soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement", helped to popularise the mystery of the "Mary Celeste". Doyle is often referred to as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or simply Conan Doyle (implying that "Conan" is part of a compound surname as opposed to his given middle name). His baptism entry in the register of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, gives "Arthur Ignatius Conan" as his given names and "Doyle" as his surname. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather. The cataloguers of the British Library
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Professor Otto Lidenbrock followed Arne Saknussemm where?
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Journey to the Center of the Earth two days without food he cannot stand the hunger and reveals the secret to his uncle. Lidenbrock translates the note, which is revealed to be a medieval note written by Saknussemm, who claims to have discovered a passage to the centre of the Earth via Snæfell in Iceland. In what Axel calls bad Latin, the deciphered message reads: In slightly better Latin, with errors amended: which, when translated into English, reads: Professor Lidenbrock is a man of astonishing impatience, and departs for Iceland immediately, taking his reluctant nephew with him. Axel, who, in comparison, is anti-adventurous, repeatedly tries to reason
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Journey to the Center of the Earth and his nephew Axel find a coded note written in runic script along with the name of a 16th-century Icelandic alchemist, Arne Saknussemm. (This was a first indication of Verne's love for cryptography. Coded, cryptic, or incomplete messages as a plot device would continue to appear in many of his works and in each case Verne would go a long way to explain not only the code used but also the mechanisms used to retrieve the original text.) Lidenbrock and Axel transliterate the runic characters into Latin letters, revealing a message written in a seemingly bizarre code. Lidenbrock attempts a
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What is the total if you add the regnal numbers of our last three kings?
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If You Know What I Mean If You Know What I Mean "If You Know What I Mean" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. The song is a track from Diamond's 1976 album, "Beautiful Noise", and was Diamond's third number one on the Easy Listening chart, where it spent two weeks. "If You Know What I Mean" went to number one for two nonconsecutive weeks and peaked at number eleven on the "Billboard" Hot 100. In Canada, the song reached number 19 on the pop singles chart and hit number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. Diamond has stated that the song is
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The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings century were largely disparaging, treating the records as essentially fictional and dismissing the value of the regnal synchronisms. In contrast, modern scholarly attitudes to the monarchical chronology and synchronisms in 1 and 2 Kings has been far more positive subsequent to the work of Thiele and those who have developed his thesis further, a change in attitude to which recent archaeology has contributed. The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings (1951) is a reconstruction of the chronology of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah by Edwin R. Thiele. The book was originally his
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In 1995 the Labour Party abandoned which part of its constitution?
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Labour Party Rule Book Labour Party Rule Book The Labour Party Rule Book is the governing document for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom. The Labour Party Constitution forms the first chapter of the Rule Book and contains the most important principles and provisions for Labour Party governance. The chapter is divided into ten sections named Clause I to Clause X. Clause IV is the best known "Aims and values" clause, which was significantly changed in 1995 after Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party. The rules may be amended by the party's National Executive Committee ratified by the following Labour Party
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1995 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election 1995 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in October 1995, at the beginning of the 1995/6 session of parliament. Under the rules then in effect, the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party elected 19 members of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, who were then assigned portfolios by the leader. The Labour peers elected the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords. In addition, the Leader of the Labour Party and Deputy Leader (Tony Blair and John Prescott, respectively) were members by virtue of those offices. With this election,
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In 1917, which Queen received the first Damehood, the female equivalent of a knighthood?
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When Knighthood Was in Flower (novel) Broadway play and by 1907 "When Knighthood Was in Flower" was still being printed by the reprint publisher, Grosset & Dunlap, when the film rights were sold to Biograph Studios. It was sometimes known by the title When Knights Were Bold and should not be confused with the 1906 play "When Knights Were Bold" which also inspired several film adaptations. Set during the Tudor period of English history, "When Knighthood Was in Flower" tells the tribulations of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England who has fallen in love with a commoner. However, for political reasons, King
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When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922 film) pictures of the year. "The Motion Picture Guide" praised the film for its "tremendous production values, excellent direction, a good script, and an outstanding cast", giving it three out of four stars. The film was a triumph for Marion Davies, and she was named "Queen of the Screen" and the #1 female box office star of 1922 at the annual theater owners ball (Rudolph Valentino was named #1 male star). When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922 film) When Knighthood Was in Flower is a 1922 silent historical film based on the novel "When Knighthood Was in Flower" by Charles Major
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Which language gave us the word 'Germanic'?
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Germanic peoples the Germanic peoples. Use of the modern term German or Germanic is the result of 18th and 19th century classical philology which "envisioned the Germanic language group as occupying a central branch of the Indo-European language tree." Latin scholars of the 10th century used the adjective "teutonicus" (a derivative of Teutones) when referencing East Francia, which in their vernacular was connoted ""Regnum Teutonicum"", for that area and all of its subsequent inhabitants. Modern speakers of English still use the word "Teutons" to describe Germanic peoples. Historically, the Teutones were only one specific tribe, and may not even have spoken a
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Proto-Germanic language merely present as an additional surface articulation. No Germanic language that preserves the word-final vowels has their nasality preserved. Word-final short nasal vowels do not show different reflexes compared to non-nasal vowels. However, the comparative method does require a three-way phonemic distinction between word-final "*-ō", "*-ǭ" and "*-ōn", which each has a distinct pattern of reflexes in the later Germanic languages: The distinct reflexes of nasal "-ǭ" versus non-nasal "-ō" are caused by the Northwest Germanic raising of final "-ō" to , which did not affect "-ǭ". When the vowels were shortened and denasalised, these two vowels no longer had
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In 1963 President Kennedy was shot in which square in Dallas?
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Dallas Dallas by factors including the American Dream, better living conditions, and the Mexican Revolution. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Elm Street while his motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Downtown Dallas. The upper two floors of the building from which alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy, the Texas School Book Depository, have been converted into a historical museum covering the former president's life and accomplishments. On July 7, 2016, multiple shots were fired at a peaceful protest in Downtown Dallas, held against the police killings of two black men from other states. The
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Interstate 95 in Maryland the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA), floated $73 million in revenue bonds to provide funds to start construction of the route, which began in January 1962. Completed in 1963, the 48 mile Northeastern Expressway and the adjoining 11 mile Delaware Turnpike were dedicated by President John F. Kennedy on Thursday, November 14, 1963, at a ceremony at the Mason–Dixon line. In 1964, the highway was renamed the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway after his assassination in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, eight days after President Kennedy was on hand for the opening of the two highways. Between 1963 and 1993,
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In 1901 Queen Victoria died in which building on the Isle of Wight?
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Isle of Wight Rifles the mainland, soldiers comprised 1 in 4 of the local population. By this time Queen Victoria had moved to the Isle of Wight at Osborne House. The separate RVCs were brought under the umbrella of the 1st Administrative Battalion of Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteers, formed on 5 July 1860 with headquarters at Newport, under Colonel Dunsmore formerly of the 42nd Highlanders. In 1880 the Administrative Battalion was consolidated as the 1st Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteers, organised as follows: In September 1885 the unit became the 5th (Isle of Wight 'Princess Beatrice's) Volunteer Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment, Princess
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Fort Victoria (Isle of Wight) with torpedo tubes mounted on the pier. After the war it was used as a National Service training station. Its military use came to an end in 1962. What remains today is a fragment of the fort. The rear barracks blocks were demolished in 1969 to provide material for sea defences and Isle of Wight Council purchased what remained of the fort soon afterwards. The fort is now a Grade II Listed Building. Today the fort is part of Fort Victoria Country Park which occupies 20 hectares of woodland and shore on the northwest coast of the Isle of Wight.
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'Elizabethan Serenade' was a pop hit for Boris Gardiner under what title?
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Boris Gardiner Like Jumping". As a solo artist, Gardiner had a hit with the song "Elizabethan Reggae" in 1970, a version of Ronald Binge's "Elizabethan Serenade". When the single was released in the United Kingdom, the first copies were printed with the label incorrectly identifying Byron Lee (not Gardiner) as the performer. Lee was the producer of the track. The UK Singles Chart printed this error for the first chart entry and the first four weeks of its re-entry into the charts. After 28 February 1970, all printings gave Gardiner credit. His debut album, "Reggae Happening", was also released in 1970 and
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Boris Gardiner 2016 film "Moonlight". Boris Gardiner Boris Gardiner (born 13 January 1943) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter and bass guitarist. Born in the Rollington Town area of Kingston, Jamaica, Gardiner attended Franklin Town Government School and St Monica's College, dropping out of education after being diagnosed with tachycardia. In 1960 he joined Richard Ace's band the Rhythm Aces, which also included Delano Stewart, later of the Gaylads. With the group he recorded "Angella", and the local hit "A Thousand Teardrops". The group split up and by 1963 Gardiner had joined Kes Chin and The Souvenirs as vocalist, and began learning guitar.
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Which Scottish village appears for only one day every one hundred years?
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Marcia Mitzman Gaven 1985. Gaven starred in the New York City Opera's Broadway revival of "Brigadoon", in which she played Meg Brockie, at New York State Theater in 1986. The story is about a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years, and Meg is one of the villagers. According to Sy Syna of the magazine "The World & I", Gaven was "a huge crowd pleaser" in the role. She was also cast in the New York City Opera's spring 1987 revival of "South Pacific" as the female lead character Nellie Forbush, a U.S. Navy nurse who works on
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One Hundred Years of Film One Hundred Years of Film One Hundred Years of Film Co. Ltd. () is a Hong Kong film production company. It is a subsidiary for Hong Kong film distributor China Star Entertainment Group. The company was formed by Charles Heung in 1999. One Hundred Years of Film was established in 1999 by film producer/presenter Charles Heung. Heung signed up top directors such as Johnnie To, Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark with his initial plan being to make 100 films within three years. The company to this day continues to make a slew of films for China Star Entertainment Group, a
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What is the most northerly railway station on the Derwent Valley Line?
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Derwent Valley line Derwent Valley line The Derwent Valley line is a railway line from Derby to Matlock in Derbyshire. The line follows the Midland Main Line as far as Ambergate Junction, which is just south of Ambergate railway station, continuing to Matlock, following the course of the River Derwent. Local passenger services are operated by East Midlands Trains from Nottingham via Derby to Matlock. Services are approximately hourly Monday to Saturday (with a two-hourly service on Sundays). Two trains per day start/terminate at Derby rather than Nottingham. The line is operated as one single line block section from Ambergate, using the No
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Derwent Valley Railway (Tasmania) the Derwent Valley Line west of New Norfolk. This effectively stopped the running of the heritage railway. In May 2006, Pacific National came to a new agreement with the Tasmanian Government which included returning all tracks and rail lands to Government ownership. Derwent Valley Railway Inc. are currently in negotiations to regain access to the Derwent Valley Line to restore it to its former glory and operate it as a world class tourist railway. Derwent Valley Railway (Tasmania) The Derwent Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Tasmania, Australia. It operates from New Norfolk. It is 3' 6" narrow gauge.
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An aerodrome needs what to become an airport?
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Thunder Bay Water Aerodrome next to the smaller Lakehead Aviation hangar. Two smaller buildings next to the water houses tenants and customs office. Thunder Bay Water Aerodrome Thunder Bay Water Aerodrome is located on Shipyard Road adjacent to Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. The aerodrome has two piers that can handle several aircraft parked on the water. A ramp allows aircraft to enter water. There are
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Melun Villaroche Aerodrome the east of the north-south runways in a wooded area along with what appear to be old concrete hangar foundations, buildings, and other wartime concrete taxiways. Melun Villaroche Aerodrome Melun Villaroche Aerodrome () is an aerodrome located north of Melun, a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. The airport is located east-southeast of Moissy-Cramayel and southeast of Paris. The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has two paved runways: 10/28 measuring and 01/19 measuring . It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled. The airport is equipped
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Which volcano lies between Italy and Sicily?
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Sicily active volcanoes in Italy, being about two and a half times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. In Greek mythology, the deadly monster Typhon was trapped under the mountain by Zeus, the god of the sky. Mount Etna is widely regarded as a cultural symbol and icon of Sicily. The Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, to the northeast of mainland Sicily form a volcanic complex, and include Stromboli. The three volcanoes of Vulcano, Vulcanello and Lipari are also currently active, although the latter is usually dormant. Off the southern coast of Sicily, the underwater volcano of Ferdinandea,
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Sicily Sicily Sicily ( ; ) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is an autonomous region of Italy, in Southern Italy along with surrounding minor islands, officially referred to as "Regione Siciliana". Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula, from which it is separated by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, and one of the most active in the world, currently high. The island has a typical Mediterranean climate. The earliest archaeological evidence of human activity on the island dates
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The Roman Via Appia ends in which modern coastal city?
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Via Traiana Via Traiana The Via Traiana was an ancient Roman road. It was built by the emperor Trajan as an extension of the Via Appia from Beneventum, reaching Brundisium (Brindisi) by a shorter route (i.e. via Canusium, Butuntum and Barium rather than via Tarentum). This was commemorated by an arch at Beneventum. Via Traiana was constructed in 109 AD by Emperor Trajan at his own expense. It was built following the conclusion of conquest of Italy during a period of relative freedom from military campaigns. Thus the Via Appia, from which Via Traiana was constructed as an extension, lost its original
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Aqua Appia Aqua Appia The Aqua Appia was the first Roman aqueduct, constructed in 312 BC by the co-censors Gaius Plautius Venox and Appius Claudius Caecus, the same Roman censor who also built the important Via Appia. The Appia fed the city with an estimated of water per day. Its source was said by Frontinus to be about 780 paces away from via Praenestina. It flowed for to Rome from the east and emptied into the Forum Boarium near the Porta Trigemina. Nearly all of its length before entering the city was underground, which was necessary because of the relative heights of
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Lord Kitchener drowned when which ship hit a mine in 1916?
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Fritz Joubert Duquesne the British steamship "Tennyson." The insurance companies were reluctant to pay and began their own investigations which would go on for another year. In his book "The Man Who Killed Kitchener", biographer Clement Wood states that Duquesne left for Europe in June 1916 under orders from German intelligence. Duquesne posed as the Russian Duke Boris Zakrevsky and joined Field Marshal Kitchener on "HMS Hampshire" in Scotland. Once on board, Duquesne signaled the German submarine that sank the cruiser, thus killing Lord Kitchener. Duquesne made his own escape using a life raft before the ship was torpedoed and he was rescued
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Berlin to Kitchener name change name of the city from Berlin, on June 5, 1916, British war leader Lord Kitchener was killed when his battleship hit a German mine and sank off the coast of Scotland. Kitchener had been popular among the general public, but was a controversial military figure, due to his creation of deadly concentration camps during the Boer War. Kitchener's name was placed on the final list, leaving Brock, Kitchener, Adanac (Canada spelled backwards), Benton, Corona, Keowana as the city's choices. The vote to choose a new name was held on June 28, 1916. "Kitchener" received a total of 346 votes, and
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Selim Shah found favour with Mrs Thatcher when he launched which tabloid in 1986?
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Eddy Shah White Shah, whom he first met while he was working for Granada Television. The company was producing "The Caesars" (1968) and Jennifer White was an actress playing Caligula's sister in the series. They have three children, and live in Chippenham. Eddy Shah Selim Jehan Shah (born 20 January 1944), commonly known as Eddy Shah or Eddie Shah, is a Manchester-based businessman, the founder of the then technologically advanced UK newspaper "Today" in 1986, and of the short-lived tabloid "The Post". He is also the former owner of the Messenger Group. Eddy Shah was born in Cambridge. His mother was English
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Selim I the Shah, accusing him of cowardice: Ismail responded to Selim's third message, quoted above, by having an envoy deliver a letter accompanied by a box of opium. The Shah's letter insultingly implied that Selim's prose was the work of an unqualified writer on drugs. Selim was enraged by the Shah's denigration of his literary talent and ordered the Persian envoy to be torn to pieces. Outside of their military conflicts, Selim I and Shah Ismail clashed on the economic front as well. Opposed to Shah Ismail's adherence to the Shia sect of Islam (contrasting his Sunni beliefs), Selim I and
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Robert Maxwell founded which weekly newspaper in 1990?
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The European (newspaper) weekly short fiction contribution from published and previously unpublished writers. The European (newspaper) The European, billed as "Europe's first national newspaper", was a British weekly newspaper founded by Robert Maxwell. It was published from 11 May 1990 until December 1998. Maxwell founded the paper in the fervour which immediately followed the destruction of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Iron Curtain: the name was a reflection of the feelings of pan-European unity which were brought on by the historic changes, an ideal which Maxwell wholeheartedly supported. According to "Time" magazine, Maxwell originally envisaged a daily with a circulation of
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Carolina Weekly Newspaper Group Carolina Weekly Newspaper Group Carolina Weekly Newspaper Group is a Charlotte, North Carolina company founded in 2002 that owns four North Carolina-based regional newspapers. The Carolina Weekly Newspaper Group delivers to 60,000 homes and businesses. In 2015 it was acquired by the McElvy Media Group. Alain Lillie founded the Carolina Weekly Newspaper Group in Charlotte, NC in 2002 at which time he created the "South Charlotte Weekly", the "Union County Weekly", and the "Matthews-Mint Hill Weekly" newspapers. Formerly known as the Charlotte Weekly, it grew to include four community newspapers, adding the "Pineville Pilot". Together, these newspapers were delivered weekly
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Who were Bobby 'Boris' Pickett's backing group on his hit 'Monster Mash'?
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Bobby Pickett Bobby Pickett Robert George Pickett (February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007), known by the pen name Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was an American singer, songwriter, actor and comedian known for co-writing and performing the 1962 hit novelty song "Monster Mash." Pickett was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on February 11, 1938. His father was a theater manager and as a nine-year-old, he watched many horror films. He would later incorporate impressions of them in his Hollywood nightclub act in 1959. An aspiring actor, Pickett began his musical career as a vocalist for a local swing band 'Darren Bailes and The Wolf
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Monster Mash Monster Mash "Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Records label in August 1962 along with a full-length LP called "The Original Monster Mash", which contained several other monster-themed tunes. The "Monster Mash" single was #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart on October 20–27 of that year, just before Halloween. It has been a perennial holiday favorite ever since. Pickett was an aspiring actor who sang with a band called the Cordials at night while going to auditions during
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Alban Berg's opera 'Lulu' ends with the appearance of which murderer?
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Lulu (opera) the Doctor and the Professor, as the Painter and the Negro, and as Dr. Schön and Jack the Ripper. Other specified combinations are one mezzo-soprano as the Dresser, the Schoolboy, and the Groom; one tenor as the Prince, the Manservant, and the Marquis; one bass as the Animal Tamer and the Athlete, and another bass as the Theatre Manager and the Banker. Another aspect of the cast list that differs from Wedekind's original is that all characters in the two plays receive a proper name. Berg removed all of these names except for the five leading roles of Lulu, Schön,
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Lulu (opera) C Lulu (opera) Lulu (composed from 1929 to 1935, premièred incomplete in 1937 and complete in 1979) is an opera in three acts by Alban Berg. The German-language libretto was adapted by Berg himself from Frank Wedekind's two "Lulu" plays, "Erdgeist" ("Earth Spirit", 1895) and "Die Büchse der Pandora" ("Pandora's Box", 1904). Berg died before completing the third and final act, and in the following decades the opera was typically performed incomplete. Since its publication in 1979, however, the version including Friedrich Cerha's orchestration of the act 3 sketches has become standard. Theodor W. Adorno wrote "The opera "Lulu" is
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In July 1963 which osteopath was convicted of living off immoral earnings?
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MRDA (slang) MRDA (slang) MRDA, an abbreviation for Mandy Rice-Davies Applies, is Internet slang meaning "well he would say that, wouldn't he?" It is used to indicate scepticism of a claim due to the obvious bias of the person making the claim. The source of the initialism comes from the Profumo Affair, a 1963 political scandal in the United Kingdom. While giving evidence at the trial of Stephen Ward, charged with living off the immoral earnings of Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, Rice-Davies (18 years old at that time) made the quip for which she is now best remembered: when the prosecuting
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Christine Keeler years' imprisonment. By this time, Ward was facing trial on vice charges, and again Keeler was a main prosecution witness. Ward's trial, which ran from 22–31 July 1963, has been characterised as "an act of political revenge" for the embarrassment caused to the government. He was accused of living off the avails of prostitution (immoral earnings, in U.K. law) earned through Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, on the basis of the small contributions to household expenses or loan repayments the two had made to Ward while living with him. Ward's professional earnings as an osteopath were a substantial £5,500 a year
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Where in Paris would you find the French foreign ministry?
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History of French foreign relations some moderate leaders who wanted to forget the past, but Berlin ignored their overtures. Foreign affairs attracted far less attention than domestic affairs. Religious and class differences deeply divided the French people on polarities such as monarchy versus Republicanism, secularism versus Catholicism, farmers versus urbanites, workers versus owners. Permanent professional diplomats and bureaucrats had developed their own traditions of how to operate at the Quai d'Orsay (where the Foreign Ministry was located), and their style changed little from generation to generation. Most of the diplomats came from high status or aristocratic families. Although France was one of the few republics
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Where I Find You shines through us. I don't have to shine or be good at it; Jesus is good at what He does and when were surrendered to Him, we will minister to people around us...I think sometimes we feel the Lord asking us to step outside of our own comfort zone and minister to someone, or share a word of encouragement with them. This is always fun and adventurous and so life-giving to you and the person receiving ministry. The Lord just wants to work through us and use us to minister." Allmusic's Matt Collar said "Where I Find You, features more
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The word 'refugee' first described which protestants fleeing from France to England?
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Refugee refugees. Although similar terms in other languages have described an event marking large scale migration of a specific population from a place of origin, such as the biblical account of Israelites fleeing from Assyrian conquest ("circa" 740 BCE), in English, the term "refugee" derives from the root word "refuge", from Old French "refuge", meaning "hiding place". It refers to "shelter or protection from danger or distress", from Latin "fugere", "to flee", and "refugium", "a taking [of] refuge, place to flee back to". In Western history, the term was first applied to French Huguenots, after the Edict of Fontainebleau (1540), who
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Refugee again migrated from France after the Edict of Nantes revocation (1685). The word meant "one seeking asylum", until around 1914, when it evolved to mean "one fleeing home", applied in this instance to civilians in Flanders heading west to escape fighting in World War I. The first modern definition of international refugee status came about under the League of Nations in 1921 from the Commission for Refugees. Following World War II, and in response to the large numbers of people fleeing Eastern Europe, the UN 1951 Refugee Convention adopted (in Article 1.A.2) the following definition of "refugee" to apply to
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Paektu Mountain is the highest point on which Asian peninsula?
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Paektu Mountain Paektu Mountain Paektu Mountain or Baekdu Mountain is an active volcano on the China–North Korea border. At , it is the highest mountain of the Changbai and Baekdudaegan ranges. Koreans assign a mythical quality to the volcano and its caldera lake, considering it to be their country's spiritual home. This mountain is called Changbai Mountain in China. It is the highest mountain on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast China. A large crater lake, called Heaven Lake, is in the caldera atop the mountain. The caldera was formed by the VEI 7 "Millennium" or "Tianchi" eruption of 946, which erupted
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Paektu Mountain name of the mountain, which is "Golmin Šanggiyan Alin". It means ever white mountain. And another Chinese name "Báitóushān" is the transliteration of Paektu Mountain. Mongolian name is "Ondor Tsagaan Aula", which means lofty white mountain. In English, various authors have used non-standard transliterations. Mount Paektu is a stratovolcano whose cone is truncated by a large caldera, about wide and deep, partially filled by the waters of Heaven Lake. The lake has a circumference of , with an average depth of and maximum depth of . From mid-October to mid-June, the lake is typically covered with ice. In 2011, experts
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Joe E Ross and Fred Gwynne starred in which comedy police series on TV?
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Alice Ghostley early television, Ghostley appeared as Joy, one of the ugly stepsisters in the 1957 musical television production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's "Cinderella", which starred Julie Andrews in the title role. The other stepsister was played by actress Kaye Ballard. Twelve years later, Ghostley guest-starred as a harried maternity nurse on Ballard's comedy series, "The Mothers-in-Law". Ghostley guest starred on the NBC police comedy, "Car 54, Where Are You?," with Joe E. Ross and Fred Gwynne. She portrayed recurring characters on several situation comedies, beginning with "Bewitched" in 1966 in "Maid To Order", in which Ghostley played an inept
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Fred Gwynne Kate Reid. In 1975 he played the Stage Manager in "Our Town" at the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut. He returned to Broadway in 1976 as Colonel J. C. Kinkaid in two parts of "A Texas Trilogy". In 1984, he tried out for the part of Henry on the show "Punky Brewster". He is said to have withdrawn from the audition in frustration when the auditioner identified him as Herman Munster rather than by his real name. The role of Henry subsequently went to George Gaynes. In 1987, Fred Gwynne starred in a short-lived TV series "Jake's M.O." where
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Who was Prime Minister during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations?
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Jubilee Plot bombing Britain" – a scheme designed to discredit the Home Rule movement. Campbell also claimed Millen was hired with the approval of the Conservative leader, Lord Salisbury, the Prime Minister. Jubilee Plot The Jubilee Plot was a supposed assassination attempt by radical Irish nationalists on Queen Victoria during her Golden Jubilee, on 20 June 1887. Those who presented the idea of a plot claimed that the radicals intended to blow up Westminster Abbey, Queen Victoria and half the British Cabinet. The story was closely connected to a set of forged letters by Richard Pigott, which attempted to implicate Charles Stuart
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Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal The Golden Jubilee Medal was instituted in 1887 by Royal Warrant as a British decoration to be awarded to participants of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee celebrations. The medal was awarded to those involved in the official celebrations of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, including members of the Royal Family, Royal Household and government officials, as well as Envoys, Foreign Ambassadors and Colonial Prime Ministers. Military recipients included selected officers, sailors and soldiers of the Royal Navy and Army, and the Indian and colonial contingents, that participated in jubilee activities, including the London parade and the Royal
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Which revealing item of clothing was invented by Louis Reard in 1946?
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Thong (clothing) to cover themselves. Jacques Heim's and Louis Réard's original bikini from 1946 (that introduced the term "bikini") had a culotte with a thong back. Fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, who in the mid-1960s created the first topless swimsuit, which he called the monokini, is credited with introducing the modern thong in 1974 when he designed a thong bikini in response to a ban on nude sunbathing by the Los Angeles City Council. Attitudes toward the wearing of g-strings vary geographically and across societies, as is usual with highly revealing clothing. Prior to its entrance into mainstream fashion, g-strings were primarily worn
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Item-item collaborative filtering Item-item collaborative filtering Item-item collaborative filtering, or item-based, or item-to-item, is a form of collaborative filtering for recommender systems based on the similarity between items calculated using people's ratings of those items. Item-item collaborative filtering was invented and used by Amazon.com in 1998. It was first published in an academic conference in 2001. The authors of that paper, Badrul Sarwar, George Karypis, Joseph Konstan, and John Riedl, won the 2016 "Test of Time Award" for their paper "Item-based collaborative filtering recommendation algorithms". The International World Wide Web Conference committee stated that "this outstanding paper has had a considerable real-world impact".
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Which animal is the symbol of the Rastafarian religion?
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Arched-hill symbol Arched-hill symbol The Arched-hill symbol is a fairly current symbol on ancient Coinage of India. There some variations at to the number of the hills depicted, or the symbol surmounting the hill, such as a crescent or a star. It is thought that the three-arched hill symbol was initiated during the Maurya Empire (3rd–2nd century BCE). Later, in coins from Taxila dated from 220 BCE, the three-arched symbol appears regularly, and from 185 BCE is regularly associated with the animal figures of the elephant and the lion. In contrast, the Nandipada is generally associated with the zebu bull. On coins
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Freedom of religion by country and Rastafarian religious practice requires them to wear dreadlocks. This has resulted in several Rastafarian children being denied access to public schools, although the majority concede to shaving their heads and complying with the school's rules. Religious pluralism is enshrined by Malawi society, and members of Christian, Muslim, and Hindu faiths regularly engage in business and civil society together. Freedom of religion in Mauritania is limited by the government. The constitution establishes the country as an Islamic republic and decrees that Islam is the religion of its citizens and the State. In April 2018, the National Assembly passed a law
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In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein what is Frankenstein’s first name?
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Frankenstein the creature, brought to life by Victor Frankenstein, addresses the most fundamental human questions: "It's the idea of asking your maker what your purpose is. Why are we here, what can we do?" There are numerous novels retelling or continuing the story of Frankenstein and his monster. Loose adaptations Frankenstein Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of
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Mary Shelley Shelley at the expense of Mary, questioning her intelligence and even her authorship of "Frankenstein". Lady Shelley, Percy Florence's wife, responded in part by presenting a severely edited collection of letters she had inherited, published privately as "Shelley and Mary" in 1882. From "Frankenstein"'s first theatrical adaptation in 1823 to the cinematic adaptations of the 20th century, including the first cinematic version in 1910 and now-famous versions such as James Whale's 1931 "Frankenstein", Mel Brooks' 1974 "Young Frankenstein", and Kenneth Branagh's 1994 "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein", many audiences first encounter the work of Mary Shelley through adaptation. Over the course of
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Which rebel was stabbed to death by the Lord Mayor of London in 1381?
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History of London centuries, London would shake off the heavy French cultural and linguistic influence which had been there since the times of the Norman conquest. The city would figure heavily in the development of Early Modern English. During the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, London was invaded by rebels led by Wat Tyler. A group of peasants stormed the Tower of London and executed the Lord Chancellor, Archbishop Simon Sudbury, and the Lord Treasurer. The peasants looted the city and set fire to numerous buildings. Tyler was stabbed to death by the Lord Mayor William Walworth in a confrontation at Smithfield and the
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Lord Mayor of London Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the City of London's mayor and leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powers, rights and privileges, including the title and style The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London. This office differs from the much more powerful "Mayor of London", which is a popularly elected position and covers the much larger Greater London area. In 2006 the Corporation of London changed its name to the "City of London Corporation", when
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Kalamata is a variety of which food item?
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Kalamata olive and Kalamata Tiny, and Western Australia, "Kalamataiani": Pelopónnisos, "Kalamon": Greece, China, Cyprus, Kríti, Pelopónnisos, Perugia (Italy), and South Africa, "Karakolia" (Greece), "Nychati": Kalámai and Pelopónnisos, "Nychati di Kalamata": Aitolokón, Kalámai, and Lakonia, "Tsigeli": , and "Karamursel Su Kalamata": Bursa, Gebze, Gölcük, Karamürsel, Kocaeli, the Marmara region, and the variety of "Su Zeytini" of Turkey. There are two methods of preparing Kalamata olives, known as the long and short methods. The short method debitters the olives by packing them in water or weak brine, which is changed daily, for around a week. Once complete, they are then packed in brine and
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Kalamata Greece, Kalamata was rebuilt and became one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean sea. It is not surprising that the second-oldest Chamber of Commerce in the Mediterranean, after that of Marseille, exists in Kalamata. During World War II on 29 April 1941, a battle was fought near the port between the invading German forces and the 2nd New Zealand Division, for which Jack Hinton was later awarded the Victoria Cross. After World War II, and due to political issues, Kalamata, as well as most of the Peloponnese, was excluded from the government development plans in favour of north
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Which kiddies dolls were created by American art student Xavier Roberts in 1978?
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Xavier Roberts from his family, with his brothers doing the construction while Roberts supervised. Roberts' mother and sisters were in charge of the landscaping. Xavier Roberts Xavier Roberts (born October 31, 1955 in Cleveland, Georgia) is an American artist and entrepreneur. He is best known for marketing the Cabbage Patch Kid dolls. At the age of five, Xavier Roberts' father died in a car accident, leaving his mother to raise him and his five siblings. Roberts then attended White County High School and then attended Truett McConnell Junior College where he was an award-winning art student. After meeting the "Doll Babies" artist
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Xavier Roberts in a process known as soft sculpture. He even took her idea of issuing adoption certificates for each doll. Drawing on the early German craft of needle sculpting, and from quilting skills learned from his mother, Roberts created a line of hand-crafted dolls he called, "Little People". He and a group of friends began travelling from state to state in the southeastern United States attending craft fairs and folk art exhibitions. At them, he began selling these handcrafted dolls. He won awards for his work, including a first-place ribbon for a doll named Dexter at the Osceola Craft Show in
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Who is the hero of the novels Greenmantle and Mr Standfast?
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Mr Standfast the Morning" (1929). Mr Standfast Mr Standfast is the third of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1919 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being "Greenmantle" (1916); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915), is set in the period immediately before the war started. The title refers to a character in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress", to which there are many other references in the novel; Hannay uses a copy of "Pilgrim's Progress" to decipher coded messages from his contacts, and
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Richard Hannay series "Hannay" (1988–1989). Orson Welles portrayed Hannay in a radio play of "The Thirty-Nine Steps" in 1938, as did Glenn Ford in 1948 on "Studio One", Herbert Marshall on "Suspense" in 1952 and David Robb in the BBC Radio 4 adaptations of "The Thirty-Nine Steps", "Greenmantle", "Mr Standfast" and "The Three Hostages". The 1973 BBC documentary "Omnibus: The British Hero" had Christopher Cazenove playing Hannay in a scene from "Mr. Standfast", as well as a number of other such heroic characters, including Beau Geste, Bulldog Drummond and James Bond. Barry Foster played Hannay in a 1977 television adaptation of "The
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Published in 1960, Who wrote the novel A Kind of Loving?
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A Kind of Loving A Kind of Loving A Kind of Loving is a novel by the English novelist Stan Barstow. It has also been translated into a film of the same name, a television series, a radio play and a stage play. "A Kind of Loving" was the first of a trilogy, published over the course of sixteen years, that followed hero Vic Brown through marriage, divorce and a move from the mining town of Cressley to London. The other two parts are "The Watchers on the Shore" and "The Right True End". The story presents us to Vic Brown, a young working
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The Loving Kind James Masterton wrote on his Yahoo! chart blog, "Their problem is the continuing chart performance of former number 1 hit 'The Promise'. [...] Good reviews do not chart placings make and "this song is too good to be a flop" is as much a myth as "team X are far too good to get relegated"." After its physical release, "The Loving Kind" still managed to peak at number ten, becoming Girls Aloud's twentieth consecutive top ten single. It fell to number 14 the following week, but spent eighteen weeks in the top 100. "The Loving Kind" entered the Irish Singles
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Which English comic regularly utilised the 1963 Boots Randolf composition Yakety Sax?
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Yakety Sax Yakety Sax "Yakety Sax" is a pop novelty instrumental jointly composed by James Q. "Spider" Rich and Boots Randolph. Saxophonist Randolph popularized the selection in his 1963 recording, which reached number 35 on the rock charts. UK comedian Benny Hill later made it more widely known as the closing theme music of "The Benny Hill Show". The piece is considered Randolph's signature song. The selection includes pieces of assorted fiddle tunes and was originally composed by Rich for a performance at a venue called The Armory in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Two bars of "Entrance of the Gladiators" and "The Girl I
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Yakety Sax Left Behind" are also worked into it. Randolph's take on the piece was inspired by a sax solo in the Leiber and Stoller song "Yakety Yak", recorded in 1958 by the Coasters. The tunes are similar, and both feature the "yakety sax" sound. Randolph first recorded "Yakety Sax" that year for RCA Victor, but it did not become a hit till he re-recorded it for Monument Records in 1963; this version reached number 35 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. "Yakety Sax" is often used in television and film as a soundtrack for outlandishly humorous situations. It was frequently used
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The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from what Indonesian island?
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Malay Peninsula Peninsula's narrowest point) into the Malay Peninsula. The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra while the south coast is separated from the island of Singapore by the Straits of Johor. The Malay term "Tanah Melayu" is derived from the word "Tanah" (land) and "Melayu" (Malays), thus it means "the Malay land". The term can be found in various Malay texts, of which the oldest dating back to the early 17th century. It is frequently mentioned in the "Hikayat Hang Tuah", a well known classical work that began as oral tales associated with the
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Singapore Strait of Singapore Island, Johore Shoal and the Southeastern coast of the Malay Peninsula. "On the South." A line joining Klein Karimoen to Pulo Pemping Besar () thence along the Northern coasts of Batam and Bintan Islands to Pulo Koko. Pilot guides and charts of the Malacca and Singapore straits have been published for a considerable time due to the nature of the straits Singapore Strait The Singapore Strait (; Malay and Indonesian: "Selat Singapura") is a 105-kilometer long, 16-kilometer wide strait between the Strait of Malacca in the west and the Karimata Strait in the east. Singapore is on the
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On which programme is the presenter followed around by a dog called Nigel?
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Nigel (dog) Nigel (dog) Nigel (born 17 May 2008) is a male golden retriever dog owned by Monty Don, a British television gardening presenter. Nigel is known for his appearances on the BBC Two gardening programme, "Gardeners' World", on which he is seen, with Don's other dog Nellie, following the presenter around his garden and sometimes playing with a tennis ball. Apart from his television appearances, Nigel has his own Twitter account. Nigel is popular with viewers who were concerned when he disappeared from the programme in September 2012. The dog had injured himself after twisting sideways when jumping to catch his
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A Dog Called Ego Studio in Hamburg/Germany. During the recording process Marcel Habbe left the band due to personal reasons. In May 2011 A Dog Called Ego digitally released "Happy Happy Apocalypse" the second full-length record via bandcamp, physical copies are planned. Again Chris Harms contributed some chello lines. In summer 2012 the band released the "Don't Vote For Us"-EP and were asked by Anathema to support them on their European tour. Thereafter A Dog Called Ego locked down in their studio again to work on "Songs For Elevators" their latest album which was released on September 11, 2014. A Dog Called Ego A
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Who own a greyhound called Santa’s Little Helper?
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Santa's Little Helper Santa's Little Helper Santa's Little Helper is a recurring character in the American animated television series "The Simpsons". He is the pet greyhound of the Simpson family. The dog was introduced in the first episode of the show, the 1989 Christmas special "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", in which his owner abandons him for finishing last in a greyhound race. Homer Simpson and his son Bart, who are at the race track in hope of winning some money for Christmas presents, see this and decide to adopt the dog. Santa's Little Helper has since appeared frequently on "The Simpsons",
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Santa's Little Helper Springfield series, and plush toys. Santa's Little Helper has made an impact on real life in that an espresso-based drink has been named after him at the award-winning restaurant and bar Bambara in Salt Lake City's Hotel Monaco. Bartender Ethan Moore told "The Salt Lake Tribune" in 2004 that it is "one of the most popular holiday drinks" at Bambara. In addition, a dog walking and pet sitting company in New York City, called "Santa's Little Helper Dog Walking and Pet Sitting", has been named after him. The greyhound has also appeared by himself on the cover of the issue
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What was the name of the first pilot to break the sound barrier?
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The Sound Barrier a dive he made on 6 September 1948 in a DH 108. Contrary to what is depicted in the film, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier was the rocket-powered Bell X-1 flown by Chuck Yeager of the United States Air Force in 1947. As Yeager, who was present at the US premiere, described in his first biography, "The Sound Barrier" was entertaining, but not that realistic – and any pilot who attempted to break the sound barrier in the manner portrayed in the film (forcing the centre stick forward to pull out of a dive) would have been
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The Sound Barrier The Sound Barrier The Sound Barrier (known in the United States, as Breaking Through the Sound Barrier and Breaking the Sound Barrier) is a 1952 British film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. It was David Lean's third and final film with his wife Ann Todd, but it was his first for Alexander Korda's London Films following the break-up of Cineguild. "The Sound Barrier" stars Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, and Nigel Patrick. "The Sound Barrier" was a box-office success on first release, but it
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What is the sporting interest of a ‘wet bob’ at Eton?
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Eton Wick has a local football team, Eton Wick F.C., that plays at Hayward's Mead. Eton Wick Eton Wick is a village currently in the English ceremonial county of Berkshire, but traditionally in Buckinghamshire, on the River Thames. According to the Grid Ref at the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Eton. It is very close to both the historic towns of Windsor and Eton, as well as Slough and Dorney Lake, the rowing venue for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The village has grown rapidly between the 1880s and the 2000s. After the construction of Eton College
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A Yank at Eton A Yank at Eton A Yank at Eton is an American comedy/drama film. It was the 1942 sequel to the 1938 "A Yank at Oxford". It tells the tale of a cocky youth (Rooney) unwillingly moved from an American school to Britain, where he is sent to attend the elite Eton College. With the United Kingdom at war, all of the movie was filmed in the United States, not at Eton. Much of the storyline relates to the misunderstandings arising from differences between the two countries' cultures, customs and language. At first these cause the boy anger and confusion, particularly
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What is the name of Donald Duck’s girlfriend?
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Donald Duck universe and keeps it on a pillow under glass because of its sentimental value. Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and Gladstone Gander among many others think it is really a lucky charm, but Scrooge himself rejects any claims beyond sentimentality. Donald Duck and his maternal uncle Scrooge McDuck received nearly equal exposure in comics. Other primary characters include Donald's three young nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and girlfriend Daisy Duck. Several secondary characters have also achieved star status in certain publications, such as Grandma Duck, Donald Duck's grandmother; Gladstone Gander, Donald Duck's incredibly lucky cousin; Gyro Gearloose, an inventor who
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Donald Duck is the central character. This does not include comic books or activity books such as coloring books. Donald Duck Donald Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is most famous for his semi-intelligible speech and his mischievous and temperamental personality. Along with his friend Mickey Mouse, Donald is one of the most popular Disney characters and was included in "TV Guide"s list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of
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What kind of creature is a megrim?
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Megrim dark spots found on the fins in its close relative, the four-spot megrim ("L. boscii"). The megrim prefers a sandy or muddy sea floor. They are predators and eat small fish and squid and also consume crustaceans. In turn megrim are themselves prey for larger species such as sharks, seals and large cod. Megrim spawn in deep waters off Iceland and the west of Ireland, while there is a separate spawning population in the Mediterranean. This species is found throughout European waters and the Northeast Atlantic including the Sea of the Hebrides. Megrim are also found off the north coast
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Megrim be cooked in a number of different ways with grilling, baking, frying and poaching all effective ways of preparing this species. In the UK megrim is sometimes given an alternative name such as megrim sole and Cornish sole as a way of making this species more appealing to consumers. Megrim The megrim or whiff ("Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis") is a species of left-eyed flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea between below sea level. It is caught commercially in some countries. It can grow up to in length. It is left-eyed, has a slightly
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In which month of the year does Lammas Day fall?
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Lammas on Lammas Eve. In the "Inspector Morse" episode "Day of the Devil", Lammas Day is presented as a Satanic (un)holy day, "the Devil's day". Katherine Kurtz's alternate World War II "history" takes its title, Lammas Night, from pagan tradition surrounding the first of August and the Divine Right of Kings. Lammas Lammas Day (Anglo-Saxon "hlaf-mas", "loaf-mass"), is a holiday celebrated in some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere, usually between 1 August and 1 September. It is a festival to mark the annual wheat harvest, and is the first harvest festival of the year. On this day it was customary
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Lammas of Juliet, "Come Lammas Eve at night shall she [Juliet] be fourteen." Since Juliet was born Lammas eve, she came before the harvest festival, which is significant since her life ended before she could reap what she had sown and enjoy the bounty of the harvest, in this case full consummation and enjoyment of her love with Romeo. Another well-known cultural reference is the opening of "The Battle of Otterburn": "It fell about the Lammas tide when the muir-men win their hay". William Hone speaks in "The Every-Day Book" (1838) of a later festive Lammas day sport common among Scottish
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Which English racecourse has a ‘Glorious’ summer meeting?
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Goodwood Racecourse Goodwood Racecourse Goodwood Racecourse is a horse-racing track five miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, in England controlled by the family of the Duke of Richmond, whose seat is nearby Goodwood House. It hosts the annual Glorious Goodwood meeting in late July and early August, which is one of the highlights of the British flat racing calendar, and is home to three of the UK's 36 annual Group 1 flat races, the Sussex Stakes, the Goodwood Cup and the Nassau Stakes. Although the race meeting has become known as 'Glorious Goodwood', it is sponsored by Qatar and officially called the
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Market Rasen Racecourse Market Rasen Racecourse Market Rasen Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the town of Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire, England. The course is a right-handed oval with a circumference of around one-and-a-quarter miles. Although National Hunt racing is traditionally a winter sport, Market Rasen stages a year-round programme of racing. Its most high-profile fixture is the Summer Plate meeting, normally staged on the third Saturday in July. This features the two-and-a-quarter miles Summer Hurdle and the eponymous Summer Plate, a two-and-three-quarter miles chase, both of which are among the most valuable National Hunt races staged in Britain during the summer
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Which drink was once known as ‘the green fairy’?
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Green Fairy (novel) be released at an unannounced date. The cover and illustrations were drawn by furry artist Rukis with which she won the Ursa Major Award 2012 for Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration. Green Fairy (novel) Green Fairy, published in March 2012, is a novel written by furry author Kyell Gold. It is the first non adult book from the author and the first in the Dangerous Spirits series. The novel tells the story of teenager Sol struggling to survive his last months in high-school, while living with his oppressive father. He hopes of moving to his boyfriend in the summer, while dreams
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Green Spot (soft drink) Green Spot (soft drink) Green Spot is a non-carbonated non-caffeinated orange-based soft drink that is sold in Venezuela, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. Developed in 1934 in the United States after the introduction of Orangeade, the brand established operations in Thailand in 1954. While the brand is no longer popular in the United States, the current brand is now focused on the Asian market. Formerly only available in bottles, Green Spot is now also sold in a 325 ml can with carbonation (fizz). Green Spot was once popular in Hong Kong, but it has since ceased to sell their
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Which prime minister launched the ‘I’m Backing Britain’ campaign?
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I'm Backing Britain 'Backing Britain' campaign, but former Maxwell editor Roy Greenslade noted that Maxwell was "a rogue politician" whose protectionist campaign was a "fruitless [cause]". At an after-dinner speech in Burnley on 8 January, Prime Minister Harold Wilson criticised those who were "complaining that the other fellow is not pulling his weight" including trade unionists who pointed to the failures of individual employers. Wilson declared "What we want is 'back Britain', not back-biting". Wilson, who later wrote that the campaign "was a helpful and robust response to the gloom and near-defeatism" after devaluation, put Edmund Dell, Under-Secretary at the Department of Economic
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I'm Backing Britain bags. Even the Prime Minister noted that everyone seemed to be carrying them. Postmaster General Edward Short encouraged the Royal Mail to introduce an "I'm Backing Britain" franking mark, which was used on 84 million letters passing through 125 Post Offices between 9 and 29 February. Increased visibility of the Union Flag distressed some commentators. Philip French, writing in the "New Statesman", described being "constantly confronted" by the flag as "one of the more painful aspects" of the campaign. The campaign found expression in the giving of conscience money to the Exchequer, as noted by "The Guardian" Financial Editor William
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Which annual census takes place in the third week of July on the river Thames?
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Sunbury-on-Thames King's Lawn is a terraced public riverside. Fishing is permitted here for those with two Environment Agency (EA) licences. The Walled Garden hosts annual concerts, flower displays, events related to its facing Millennium Embroidery Café and occasionally plays in summer. In July of each year, Lower Sunbury is the start of the colourful traditional ceremony of Swan Upping, where two livery companies carry out marking of the swans on all upper reaches of the River Thames. In August, the traditional Sunbury Amateur Regatta takes place on the stretch of the river around Rivermead Island. Lower Sunbury has similar property plot
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Rowing on the River Thames Rowing on the River Thames The River Thames is one of the main rowing areas in England, with activity taking place on the Tideway and on the 45 separate lock reaches on the non-tidal section. The river hosts two major rowing events, The Boat Race and Henley Royal Regatta, and many other regattas and long distance events take place on the river. Dorney Lake in Buckinghamshire was opened specifically as a rowing lake besides the Thames, and has become the venue for a few events that formerly took place on the river. Other lakes adjacent to the Thames are the
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Which tradesmen performed most of the wedding ceremonies at Gretna Green?
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Gretna Green thousands of weddings. Today there are several wedding venues in and around Gretna Green, from former churches to purpose-built chapels. The services at all the venues are always performed over an iconic blacksmith's anvil. Gretna Green endures as one of the world's most popular wedding venues, and thousands of couples from around the world come to be married 'over the anvil' in Gretna Green. In common law, a "Gretna Green marriage" came to mean, in general, a marriage transacted in a jurisdiction that was not the residence of the parties being married, to avoid restrictions or procedures imposed by the
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Gretna Green Both are accessed from the A74(M) motorway and are near the border of Scotland with England. Gretna Green is one of the world's most popular wedding destinations, due to its romantic wedding traditions dating back over centuries, which originated from cross-border elopements stemming from differences between Scottish marriage laws and those in neighbouring countries. It has usually been assumed that Gretna's "runaway marriages" began in 1754 when Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act came into force in England. Under the Act, if a parent of a person under the age of 21 objected to the minor's marriage, the parent could legally veto
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Which Spanish city is the scene of the annual bull-running from July 6 to 14th?
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Running of the bulls RTVE, the public Spanish national television channel, for over 30 years. It is the highest profile event of the San Fermín festival, which is held every year from 6–14 July. The first bull running is on 7 July, followed by one on each of the following mornings of the festival, beginning every day at 8 am. Among the rules to take part in the event are that participants must be at least 18 years old, run in the same direction as the bulls, not incite the bulls, and not be under the influence of alcohol. In Pamplona, a set of
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Running of the bulls (normally in August). Compared to encierros, animals are not directed to any bullring. These festivities are normally organized by the youngsters of the village, as a way for showing their courage and ability with the bull. Some sources consider this tradition a masculine initiation rite to adulthood. Numerous bull-running events happen in France in the region around Sommières, in accordance with the Camargues tradition, in which no bulls are intentionally injured or killed. For instance, in Calvisson, the annual event takes place around 20 July over a period of five days. There are four events: the , in which at
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Which architectural style was widely promoted by the famous Inigo Jones?
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Neoclassical architecture represented in the Palladian architecture of Georgian Britain and Ireland. The baroque style had never truly been to the English taste. Four influential books were published in the first quarter of the 18th century which highlighted the simplicity and purity of classical architecture: "Vitruvius Britannicus" (Colen Campbell 1715), "Palladio's Four Books of Architecture" (1715), "De Re Aedificatoria" (1726) and "The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs" (1727). The most popular was the four-volume "Vitruvius Britannicus" by Colen Campbell. The book contained architectural prints of famous British buildings that had been inspired by the great architects from Vitruvius to
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Inigo Jones Inigo Jones Inigo Jones (; 15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) was the first significant. English architect (of Welsh ancestry) in the early modern period, and the first to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings. As the most notable architect in England, Jones was the first person to introduce the classical architecture of Rome and the Italian Renaissance to Britain. He left his mark on London by his design of single buildings, such as the Queen's House which is the first building in England designed in a pure classical style, and the Banqueting House, Whitehall,
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What do we call a bell-tower not attached to a church?
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Bell tower known examples are the Bell Tower ("Zhonglou") of Beijing and the Bell Tower of Xi'an. Bell tower A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell towers, often part of a municipal building, an educational establishment, or a tower built specifically to house a carillon. Church bell towers often incorporate clocks, and secular towers usually do, as a public service. The Italian term
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Do Not Ask What Good We Do the 2010 election. A majority of those he spoke with and listened to were Republicans, especially among the 87 new legislators. The title of the book, "Do Not Ask What Good We Do", is taken from a sentence in a letter from Fisher Ames to Thomas Dwight, dated May 30, 1796: "Do not ask what good we do : that is not a fair question, in these days of faction." The prologue to the book details how, on the night of Obama's inauguration, a group of around 15 Republican Representatives and Senators met in the Caucus Room, a "high-end D.C.
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Which philosopher’s body was stuffed and placed in a case at University College, London?
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History of University College London pass the Commons. A third bill was introduced in the Lords in February 1898 and finally passed both houses, despite a number of blocking amendments, receiving Royal Assent on 12 August. The University of London was reformed under the University of London Act 1898 to become a federal teaching university for London while retaining its position as an examining body for colleges outside of the capital. UCL became a school of the University "in all faculties". The philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), advocate of Utilitarianism, is often credited with being one of the founders of the original 'University of
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University College London during the First World War in 1917, although limitations were placed on their numbers after the war ended. In 1898, Sir William Ramsay discovered the elements krypton, neon and xenon whilst professor of chemistry at UCL. In 1900, the University of London was reconstituted as a federal university with new statutes drawn up under the University of London Act 1898. UCL, along with a number of other colleges in London, became a school of the University of London. While most of the constituent institutions retained their autonomy, UCL was merged into the University in 1907 under the University College London
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Whose body was preserved in a barrel of brandy for the sea journey home?
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Dining in Lord Admiral Nelson", a reference to the fact that his body was preserved in a barrel of brandy after his death at Trafalgar. Most Messes attempt to furnish the night with military music and marches, with live bands if possible, or recorded music. Depending on how formal the ceremony is, the diners may be required to march to their seats. In recent times, Marines have established a variant of the mess in a "field environment", substituting in mess dress for utilities and combat equipment (to include camouflage facepaint), canteen cups, and tentage, while still retaining the formal nature of the
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Brandy of brandy produced. Cognac and South African brandy are examples of brandy produced in batches while many American brandies use fractional distillation in column stills. After distillation, the unaged brandy is placed into oak barrels to mature. Usually, brandies with a natural golden or brown colour are aged in oak casks (single-barrel aging). Some brandies, particularly those from Spain, are aged using the solera system, where the producer changes the barrel each year. After a period of aging, which depends on the style, class and legal requirements, the mature brandy is mixed with distilled water to reduce alcohol concentration and
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Penelope was the wife of which Greek hero?
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Suitors of Penelope Suitors of Penelope In Greek mythology, the suitors of Penelope (also known as the Proci) are one of the main subjects of Homer's "Odyssey". In "The Odyssey," Homer describes Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War. Prior to the Trojan War, Odysseus was King of Ithaca, a Greek island known for its isolation and rugged terrain. When Odysseus departs from Ithaca to fight for the Greeks in the war, he leaves behind a newborn child, Telemachus, and his wife, Penelope. Although most surviving Greek soldiers return shortly after the end of the fighting, Odysseus does not return to Ithaca until
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Greek hero cult Greek hero cult Hero cults were one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion. In Homeric Greek, "hero" (, ) refers to a man who fought (on either side) during the Trojan War. By the historical period, however, the word came to mean specifically a "dead" man, venerated and propitiated at his tomb or at a designated shrine, because his fame during life or his unusual manner of death gave him power to support and protect the living. A hero was more than human but less than a god, and various kinds of supernatural figures came to be
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Who was given asses’ ears by an angry Apollo?
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Apollo follower, Midas, who happened to be present. Then Apollo struck the strings of his lyre. It was so beautiful that Tmolus at once awarded the victory to Apollo, and everyone were pleased with the judgement. Only Midas dissented and questioned the justice of the award. Apollo would not suffer such a depraved pair of ears any longer, and caused them to become the ears of a donkey. Marsyas was a satyr who was punished by Apollo for his hubris. He had found an aulos on the ground, tossed away after being invented by Athena because it made her cheeks puffy.
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Silly Asses have not yet penetrated space and that they test their atomic weapons on the planetary surface, he strikes them from the record, commenting that Earth people are 'Silly Asses'. The author was influenced by the rival atomic tests by the Soviet Union and the United States. Silly Asses "Silly Asses" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was published in the February 1958 issue of "Future Science Fiction", after having been twice rejected by other outlets. It was subsequently included in the collections "Have You Seen These?" in 1974 and "Buy Jupiter and Other Stories"
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Which 20 century artist was famous for his ‘drip’ style of painting?
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Drip painting work of the mid-twentieth-century artists Janet Sobel and Jackson Pollock. Pollock found drip painting to his liking; later using the technique almost exclusively, he would make use of such unconventional tools as sticks, hardened brushes and even basting syringes to create large and energetic abstract works. Pollock used house or industrial paint to create his paintings—Pollock's wife Lee Krasner described his palette as "typically a can or two of … enamel, thinned to the point he wanted it, standing on the floor besides the rolled-out canvas" and that Pollock used Duco or Davoe and Reynolds brands of house paint. House
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Drip painting Drip painting Drip painting is a form of abstract art in which paint is dripped or poured on to the canvas. This style of action painting was experimented with in the first half of the twentieth century by such artists as Francis Picabia, André Masson and Max Ernst, who employed drip painting in his works "The Bewildered Planet", and "Young Man Intrigued by the Flight of a Non-Euclidean Fly" (1942). Ernst used the novel means of painting Lissajous figures by swinging a punctured bucket of paint over a horizontal canvas. Drip painting was however to find particular expression in the
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The Society of Harmonious Fists was responsible for which rebellion?
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United States involvement in regime change was intended to prevent regime change, and retain US control over the Philippines. The Boxer Rebellion was a proto-nationalist movement in China between 1898 and 1901, so called because it was led by fighters who called themselves the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists. The United States was part of an Eight-Nation Alliance that brought 20,000 armed troops to China, defeated the Imperial Chinese Army, and captured Beijing. The Eight-Nation Alliance was a military coalition formed to defeat the rebellion, and the eight nations, in addition to the US, were Japan, Russia, Britain, France, the Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary.
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Harmonious Society euphemism for "stability at all costs," and has garnered its share of critics. The government often uses "Harmonious Society" to justify the suppression of dissent and the tight control on information in China. Some social commentators have pointed out the irony that in building a "harmonious society" the country has become less just, less equal, and less fair. Meanwhile, some of Hu's critics say that application of the "Socialist Harmonious Society" concept has resulted in anything but itself. China scholar Cheng Li said that Hu's failure in implementing the Socialist Harmonious Society program has been his "gravest pitfall" during his
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Boris Rankov was on the winning side six times in which famous event?
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Boris Rankov Boris Rankov Nikolas Boris Rankov (born 9 August 1954) is a British professor of Roman history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a former rower and current umpire. Rankov was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the only son of Radoslav and Helga Rankov. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School (1963–73), then subsequently Corpus Christi College, Oxford (MA 1980, DPhil 1987). He is best known for his participation in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race, which Oxford won six times between 1978 and 1983, three times with Rankov in the 4 seat and three times in the 5 seat. This
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Boris Rankov of Western Australia from 1986–1989, at the Classics Department at Royal Holloway University of London since 1990, and was Head of Department from 1999–2002. He married Peta Ginette Moon in 1975. He has two daughters. Boris Rankov Nikolas Boris Rankov (born 9 August 1954) is a British professor of Roman history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a former rower and current umpire. Rankov was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the only son of Radoslav and Helga Rankov. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School (1963–73), then subsequently Corpus Christi College, Oxford (MA 1980, DPhil 1987). He is
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American Greg Louganis twice won Olympic gold at which sport?
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Greg Louganis Greg Louganis Gregory Efthimios "Greg" Louganis (; born January 29, 1960) is an American Olympic diver, LGBT activist, and author who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, on both the springboard and platform. He is the only male and the second diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games. He has been called both "the greatest American diver" and "probably the greatest diver in history". Louganis was born in El Cajon, California, and is of Samoan and Swedish descent. His teenage biological parents placed him for adoption when he was eight
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Greg Louganis he was simply overshadowed in the public imagination by other American Olympians, most notably Mary Lou Retton. In 2016, Louganis was pictured on boxes of Wheaties cereal, where prominent American athletes are famously featured, as part of a special "Legends" series that also included 1980s Olympians Janet Evans and Edwin Moses. This occurred approximately a year after a change.org petition was launched that requested that he be featured, although General Mills denied any influence from the petition. Greg Louganis Gregory Efthimios "Greg" Louganis (; born January 29, 1960) is an American Olympic diver, LGBT activist, and author who won gold
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