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Musically, how are twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid known?
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The Proclaimers The Proclaimers The Proclaimers are a Scottish music duo composed of twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid (born 5 March 1962). They are best known for their songs "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", "Sunshine on Leith", "I'm On My Way" and "Letter from America", and their singing style with a Scottish accent. The band tours extensively throughout the world. They have released 11 studio albums since 1987, with the latest being "The Angry Cyclist" (August 2018), as well as three compilation albums and a DVD. Craig Reid and Charles Reid were born in Leith on 5 March 1962, and grew
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Reid Brothers (Glasgow) Reid Brothers (Glasgow) Reid Brothers (Glasgow) Ltd was an engineering supply business based in Glasgow, Scotland. The firm was established in 1868, and was wound up as a company in around 1990, although the name continues to be used. Reid Brothers expanded from their Glasgow bases, establishing branches all over the world, including Johannesburg, South Africa, Rhodesia, Zambia. The company was very well known and respected through the 19th and 20th centuries, trading worldwide. Some business activities of Reid Brothers or their shareholders included the Clyde Nail Co. Ltd and the Waverley Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. The involvement of
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Who wrote the novel 'The Call Of The Wild'?
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The Call of the Wild (1976 film) Dickey meets Jack London; sort of "Deliverance" in the Klondike." The Call of the Wild (1976 film) The Call of the Wild is a 1976 American television film based on Jack London's 1903 novel "The Call of the Wild". The film, starring John Beck, was directed by Jerry Jameson from a script by the poet and novelist James Dickey. One of several adaptations of London's novel, this version was produced following the success of the 1972 film "Deliverance", an adaptation of Dickey's novel of the same title. The author's son, Christopher Dickey, wrote in his 1998 memoir, "Summer of Deliverance",
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The Call of the Wild worked well as a serial. As Doctorow points out, it is good episodic writing that embodies the style of magazine adventure writing popular in that period. "It leaves us with satisfaction at its outcome, a story well and truly told," he said. "The Call of the Wild" was enormously popular from the moment it was published. H. L. Menken wrote of London's story: "No other popular writer of his time did any better writing than you will find in "Call of the Wild"." A reviewer for "The New York Times" wrote of it in 1903: "If nothing else makes Mr.
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How many MP's are there in the House of Commons?
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House of Commons house of parliament. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons usually becomes the prime minister. Since 2010 the House of Commons of the United Kingdom has had 650 elected members, and since 2015 the House of Commons of Canada has had 338 members. The Commons' functions are to consider through debate new laws and changes to existing ones, authorise taxes, and provide scrutiny of the policy and expenditure of the Government. It has the power to give a Government a vote of no confidence. The House of Commons of the Kingdom of England evolved from an
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Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom longest continuously serving woman MP (though she was not the longest serving MP overall, and would therefore not gain any official duties). There are currently 208 female MPs in the House of Commons. <nowiki> </nowiki> In February 2018 the Electoral Reform Society reported that hundreds of seats were being effectively 'reserved' by men, holding back women’s representation. Their report states that 170 seats are being held by men first elected in 2005 or before – with few opportunities for women to take those seats or selections. Broadly speaking, the longer an MP has been in Parliament, the more likely they
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Which English county has districts called Bromsgrove, Wyre Forest and Malvern Hills?
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Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844 was replaced by the new non-metropolitan and ceremonial county of Worcestershire. The new county regained its historic border with Herefordshire, which became a unitary authority. The former "Hereford & Worcester" districts of Redditch, Worcester, Bromsgrove, Wychavon and Wyre Forest were retained with little or no change. The Leominster and Malvern Hills districts crossed over the historic border, so a new Malvern Hills district was created from the parts of those two districts within the restored Worcestershire boundaries. The external boundaries of the new county are shown in Fig 11; they have not altered since the 1998 split. Following the abolition
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Wyre Forest District authorities Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Solihull and Tamworth. The Wyre Forest parliamentary constituency, which covers most of the district, is represented by the Conservative MP Mark Garnier. He has held the seat since the 2010 general election, when he gained it from Richard Taylor of Health Concern, who had held the seat from 2001 to 2010. Elections to Wyre Forest District Council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the seats on the council being elected at each election. Since the first election to the council in 1973 no party
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Who did Queen Victoria succeed on the throne?
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Legitimacy of Queen Victoria the son of the Duke of Cumberland, also called George. Both George III and the Duke of Kent died in January 1820. The Prince Regent became George IV and Drina was third in line to the throne after her uncles, the Duke of York and Duke of Clarence (the future William IV). She would ultimately take the throne as Queen Victoria in 1837. Rumours about Victoria's parentage centred on a controversial Irish soldier and adventurer called Sir John Conroy who was her mother's private secretary and the comptroller of her household. The Duchess of Kent was the same age as
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Queen Victoria God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India." As Sovereign, Victoria used the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. Before her accession, she received no grant of arms. As she could not succeed to the throne of Hanover, her arms did not carry the Hanoverian symbols that were used by her immediate predecessors. Her arms have been borne by all of her successors on the throne. Outside Scotland, the blazon for the shield—also used on the Royal Standard—is: Quarterly: I and IV, Gules, three lions passant guardant in
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To whom was Mike Todd married when he was killed in a plane crash in 1958?
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Mike Todd Mike Todd Michael "Mike" Todd (born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen, June 22, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an American theater and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of "Around the World in 80 Days", which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. He is known as the third of Elizabeth Taylor's seven husbands, and is the only one whom she did not divorce (he died in a private plane accident a year after their marriage). He was the driving force behind the development of the eponymous Todd-AO widescreen film format. Todd was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Chaim
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1958 Central African Airways plane crash 1958 Central African Airways plane crash The 1958 Central African Airways plane crash occurred when a Vickers Viscount airliner crashed during a scheduled passenger flight from Wadi Halfa, Sudan, to Benghazi, Libya, on 9 August 1958 about nine kilometers southeast of Benina International Airport in Libya. A total of forty-seven passengers and seven crew members were on board of whom only eighteen survived, making it the deadliest ever plane crash in Libya at the time of the accident. According to an International Civil Aviation Organization accident digest, the plane crashed while making an approach to runway 33R, and while flying
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In which month is the Henley Royal Regatta held?
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Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the three other regattas rowed over approximately the same course, Henley Women's Regatta, Henley Masters Regatta and Henley Town and Visitors' Regatta, each of which is an entirely separate event. The regatta lasts for five days (Wednesday to Sunday) ending on the first weekend in July. Races are head-to-head knock out competitions, raced over a course of 1 mile,
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Henley Royal Regatta and a four-day regatta was duly staged. Competition was not for the usual Henley trophies but for different cups and some events were restricted to ‘armed services’ crews. A two-day ‘Royal Henley Regatta’ (as opposed to Henley Royal Regatta) was staged between VE Day and VJ Day. Crews rowed three-abreast over a shortened course beginning at the Remenham Barrier. As in 1919, different trophies to the usual regatta prizes were on offer. The canoeing and rowing events for the 1948 London Olympic Games were contested in early August, a month after the Royal Regatta. The course was widened to accommodate
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Which instrument is played by classical musician John Lill?
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John Lill John Lill John Richard Lill CBE (born 17 March 1944 in London) is a British classical pianist. Lill studied at the Royal College of Music and with Wilhelm Kempff. His talent emerged at an early age, and he gave his first piano recital at the age of nine. At age 18, he performed Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto under Sir Adrian Boult. This was followed by his much-acclaimed 1963 London debut playing Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 at the Royal Festival Hall. In 1970 he won the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition (ex-aequo with Vladimir Krainev). It was said by
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John Lill (cricketer) John Lill (cricketer) Dr John Charles Lill (born 7 December 1933 in Adelaide) is a former Australian first-class cricketer who represented South Australia. He was a member of the South Australian team which won the Sheffield Shield in 1963/64. A right-handed top order batsman, Lill was good enough to tour New Zealand in 1959/60 with the Australian team. He played two matches against New Zealand but they weren't given Test status. This was because it was in effect a 'Second XI', with the first choice players given a rest after back to back tours of India and Pakistan. Lill fared
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Which company is the tyre supplier for all teams in Formula One in 2011?
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2011 Formula One World Championship 2011 Formula One World Championship The 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 65th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. The original calendar for the 2011 Formula One World Championship consisted of twenty rounds, including the inaugural running of the Indian Grand Prix before the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Pirelli returned to the sport as tyre supplier for all teams, taking over from Bridgestone, marking their return to Formula One for the first time since the 1991 season. Red Bull Racing was the reigning Constructors' Champion. Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel was the defending Drivers' Champion,
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Renault in Formula One One, it set up a young driver academy, which is tasked with finding future Renault Sport Formula 1 World Champions. Renault in Formula One Renault are currently involved in Formula One as a constructor, under the name of Renault F1 Team. They have been associated with Formula One as both constructor and engine supplier for various periods since 1977. In 1977, the company entered Formula One as a constructor, introducing the turbo engine to Formula One in its first car, the Renault RS01. In 1983, Renault began supplying engines to other teams. Although the Renault team won races and competed
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Which singer's 2011 album is called '21'?
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21 (Adele album) 21 (Adele album) 21 is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele. It was released on 24 January 2011 in Europe and on 22 February 2011 in North America. The album was named after the age of the singer during its production. "21" shares the folk and Motown soul influences of her 2008 debut album "19", but was further inspired by the American country and Southern blues music to which she had been exposed during her 2008–09 North American tour An Evening with Adele. Composed in the aftermath of the singer's separation from her partner, the album typifies the
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A Girl Called Eddy (album) A Girl Called Eddy (album) A Girl Called Eddy is the self-titled debut album from singer-songwriter A Girl Called Eddy. All tracks written by Erin Moran except where noted. The album's release met with multiple favorable reviews and "earned her the No. 1 spot on Amazon.com's 2004 list of customer favorites". Named to "Uncut" magazine's 2004 Albums of the Year, "The Village Voice's" Pazz & Jop critic's list of 2004 albums, and "The Wall Street Journal"'s Top 10 of 2004. The track "Somebody Hurt You" was used in series 3, episode 1 of the BBC animation show "Monkey Dust" to
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In Physics, momentum is the product of mass and which other quantity?
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Momentum–depth relationship in a rectangular channel Momentum–depth relationship in a rectangular channel In classical physics, momentum is the product of mass and velocity and is a vector quantity, but in fluid mechanics it is treated as a longitudinal quantity (i.e. one dimension) evaluated in the direction of flow. Additionally, it is evaluated as momentum per unit time, corresponding to the product of mass flow rate and velocity, and therefore it has units of force. The momentum forces considered in open channel flow are dynamic force – dependent of depth and flow rate – and static force – dependent of depth – both affected by gravity. The
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Angular momentum Angular momentum In physics, angular momentum (rarely, moment of momentum or rotational momentum) is the rotational equivalent of linear momentum. It is an important quantity in physics because it is a conserved quantity—the total angular momentum of a system remains constant unless acted on by an external torque. In three dimensions, the angular momentum for a point particle is a pseudovector r × p, the cross product of the particle's position vector r (relative to some origin) and its momentum vector p = "m"v. This definition can be applied to each point in continua like solids or fluids, or physical
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In Yorkshire what are the 'Huddersfield Broad' and the 'Huddersfield Narrow'?
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Huddersfield Narrow Canal Ring which is a circular route crossing the Pennines twice - the other crossing is the Rochdale Canal. The canals are linked at the western (Lancashire) end by the Ashton Canal and at the eastern (Yorkshire) end by the Huddersfield Broad Canal and a length of the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The South Pennine Ring takes in Huddersfield, Golcar, Slaithwaite, Marsden, Saddleworth, Diggle, Uppermill, Greenfield, Stalybridge, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, Failsworth, Rochdale, Littleborough, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Elland and Brighouse. The Huddersfield Canal area is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Huddersfield Narrow Canal The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is an
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Huddersfield Cricket League Huddersfield Cricket League The Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League is the premier cricket competition in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The league has been in existence since 1891 and has 30 teams representing suburbs of Huddersfield and villages in the Huddersfield District area. There are now teams from South Yorkshire and Saddleworth in the League. A number of local players have come from the Huddersfield League to play for in the English County Championship, mainly for Yorkshire and then have gone on to represent England. Other county players have played club cricket in the Huddersfield League. Many Huddersfield Cricket League players have
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What was the name of the actor brother of Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave who died last year?
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Jemma Redgrave Jemma Redgrave Jemma Rebecca Redgrave (born 14 January 1965) is a fourth-generation English actress of the Redgrave family. Born in London, she is the daughter of the actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife, Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. She has a brother, Luke Redgrave, who is a camera operator, and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died in 1997 and her father died in 2010. She is the niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave and cousin of Joely Richardson, Carlo Nero and Natasha Richardson. Jemma Redgrave enrolled at
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Lynn Redgrave with her sister Vanessa in "Three Sisters" in London, and in the title role of Baby Jane Hudson in a television production of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" in 1991. She made a return to films in the late 1990s in films such as "Shine" (1996) and "Gods and Monsters" (1998) for which she received another Academy Award nomination. Lynn Redgrave is the only person to have been nominated for all of the 'Big Four' American entertainment awards (Grammy, Emmy, Oscar and Tony) without winning any of them. Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, to actors Sir Michael Redgrave
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Which vocal group released the best selling album on 2010 in Britain - 'Progress'?
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Progress (Take That album) Progress (Take That album) Progress is the sixth studio album by British band Take That. It is the band's first and only album to feature the return of Robbie Williams since his initial departure from the band in 1995, and the final album to feature Jason Orange due to his departure from the band in 2014. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2010. The album received positive reviews, with most critics commending the influence of electronic music and synthesizers. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, becoming the third fastest-selling album of
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Progress (Take That album) the century and the fifth fastest-selling album of all-time in the United Kingdom. "Progress" also became the biggest-selling album of 2010 by selling over one million copies in 24 days. As of June 2011, the album had sold 2.8 million copies in the UK. The album also became a commercial success in Continental Europe, where it charted within the top ten of twelve countries. "Progress" has been certified three-times platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for shipments of three million copies inside Europe. On 10 June 2011, the album was released alongside the EP "Progressed", which features
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Actor James McArthur who died in October last year was most famous for playing 'Danny Williams' in which police series?
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James MacArthur Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. The episode "Ho'apono" from the 2010 version of "Hawaii Five-0" was dedicated to MacArthur. James MacArthur James Gordon MacArthur (December 8, 1937 – October 28, 2010) was an American actor best known for the role of Danny "Danno" Williams, the reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad in the long-running television series "Hawaii Five-O". Born in Los Angeles, MacArthur was the adopted son of playwright Charles MacArthur, and his wife, actress Helen Hayes. He grew up in Nyack, New York, along with the MacArthurs' biological daughter, Mary. He was educated at Allen-Stevenson School
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Leonard Williams (actor) Leonard Williams (actor) Leonard Williams (born West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire 1914 - died London 15 November 1962) was an English actor. He was best known for playing Sergeant Percy Twentyman on the police television series "Z-Cars". According to Brian Blessed he was "the joker of the cast", who spent his time on set making his colleagues laugh. Williams also played the characters of Theodore Craythorpe & Harry Whittle in the BBC radio comedy series "The Clitheroe Kid". He also made regular appearances opposite Harry Worth on television. He died of a heart attack at his flat in Lexham Gardens, Kensington.
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In Physics, using Newton's Second Law of Motion, force is the product of mass and which other quantity?
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Kepler's laws of planetary motion planets. However, Newton states in his Principia that he considers forces from a mathematical point of view, not a physical, thereby taking an instrumentalist view. Moreover, he does not assign a cause to gravity. Newton defined the force acting on a planet to be the product of its mass and the acceleration (see Newton's laws of motion). So: The Sun plays an unsymmetrical part, which is unjustified. So he assumed, in Newton's law of universal gravitation: As the planets have small masses compared to that of the Sun, the orbits conform approximately to Kepler's laws. Newton's model improves upon Kepler's
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Force extent that was independent of their mass and argued that objects retain their velocity unless acted on by a force, for example friction. Sir Isaac Newton described the motion of all objects using the concepts of inertia and force, and in doing so he found they obey certain conservation laws. In 1687, Newton published his thesis "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica". In this work Newton set out three laws of motion that to this day are the way forces are described in physics. Newton's First Law of Motion states that objects continue to move in a state of constant velocity unless
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Which 32 mile canal runs from the Bridgewater canal in Manchester to join the Aire and Calder Navigation Canal at Sowerby Bridge in Yorkshire, passing through the town that gives the canal its name?
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Rochdale Canal Rochdale Canal The Rochdale Canal is a navigable broad canal in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain. Its name refers to the town of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, through which it passes. The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire. As built, the canal had 92 locks. Whilst
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Barnsley Canal Barnsley Canal The Barnsley Canal is a canal that ran from Barnby Basin, through Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England to a junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation near Wakefield. It was built in the 1790s, to provide a transport link from coal reserves at Barnsley to a wider market. Both the Aire and Calder Navigation and the River Don Navigation took a keen interest in the project, the former buying many of the initial shares, and the latter constructing the Dearne and Dove Canal to link the canal to their waterway. Water supply issues meant that the AIre and Calder
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Clarissa, Countess of Avon, aged 90 is the widow of which Prime Minister?
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Clarissa Eden style her "the Dowager Countess of Avon". Clarissa Eden Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon ("née" Spencer-Churchill; born 28 June 1920) is the widow of Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897–1977), who was UK Prime Minister from 1955–1957. She married Eden in 1952, becoming Lady Eden in 1954 when he was made a Knight of the Garter, and then becoming Countess of Avon in 1961 on her husband's elevation to the peerage. She is also the niece of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Her memoir, sub-titled "From Churchill to Eden", was published in 2007 under the name of Clarissa Eden.
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Clarissa Eden published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2007, and Phoenix brought out a paperback edition in 2008. In 2004 Haste had collaborated with Cherie Booth, wife of the then Prime Minister Tony Blair, to produce a biographical chapter about Lady Avon as part of a wider study of Prime Ministerial spouses. Clarissa Avon noted that after meeting Haste she realised that the latter's "enthusiasm and professionalism could make it happen". A photograph on the dust jacket of her memoir, depicting a young, pensive Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, cigarette in hand, conveyed an alluring and slightly Bohemian image. The book was generally well received
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In which English town can you drive on Barbara Castle Way?
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Barbara Castle Helen Brook, Germaine Greer, Jayaben Desai, Bridget Jones, and Beyoncé. Several women politicians have cited Castle as an inspiration for embarking on their careers, including Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry, Tulip Siddiq, and former Conservative MP Edwina Curry. Since Castle's death there have been several plans mooted to memorialise her with a statue in her constituency town of Blackburn, most recently in 2018. In the town a dual carriageway that constitutes part of the ring road is named Barbara Castle Way. She was commemorated on a postage stamp issued as part of the Royal Mail's Women of Distinction series in
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Any Which Way You Can You Can" was the 5th highest-grossing film of 1980. The film has had total gross receipts of $70,687,344 in North America. Any Which Way You Can Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 American action comedy film, starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, and Ruth Gordon in supporting roles. It was directed by Buddy Van Horn. The film is the sequel to the 1978 hit comedy "Every Which Way but Loose". Two years after throwing his fight with Tank Murdock, Philo Beddoe is still fighting in underground bare-knuckle boxing matches to make money on the
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Who was the Pope throughout World War II?
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Vatican City in World War II Vatican City in World War II Vatican City pursued a policy of neutrality during World War II, under the leadership of Pope Pius XII. Although the city of Rome was occupied by Germany from 1943 and the Allies from 1944, Vatican City itself was not occupied. The Vatican organised extensive humanitarian aid throughout the duration of the conflict. The Lateran Treaty of 1929 with Italy recognized the sovereignty of Vatican City. It declared Vatican City a neutral country in international relations, and required the Pope to abstain from mediation unless requested by all parties. In 1939, the city state was
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Education in Poland during World War II place. Prominently, the Roman Catholic Church operated underground seminaries for the education of priests. One well-known seminary was run by the Archbishop of Kraków, Cardinal Sapieha and trained future Cardinal and Pope, John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla). This is a partial list of professors who risked their lives teaching under the Nazi and Soviet occupations. Dates of death are given for those executed for their teaching activities. These are some notable underground-university students: Ukrainian education in occupied Poland was more developed than before the war. Education in Poland during World War II World War II saw the cultivation of underground
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Which opticians, known in short as 'D&A', merged with Boots in 2009?
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Boots Opticians stores and 5,000 staff after Boots purchased a controlling share in D&A. Boots Opticians, combined with the old D&A, has become a large franchiser in the sector with 183 franchisees. Boots Opticians Boots Opticians Ltd. operates a chain of ophthalmic and dispensing optician stores in the United Kingdom. The company is a subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance (58%) and De Rigo (42%). The company first began trading in the British optical retail market in 1983 in Nottingham, before opening practices in Peterborough, Leeds, Mansfield, Luton and Derby in 1984. Boots Opticians Ltd. was formed in 1987, with the acquisition of
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Marratt and Ellis Opticians Marratt and Ellis Opticians Marratt & Ellis Opticians was a company established in 1828 in London, England. Initially known as J S Marratt, then Marratt and Short, this optician's was situated at 63 King William Street, the northern end of London Bridge where King William Street meets Gracechurch Street. Marratt and Ellis was at one time a large business engaged in sight testing, dispensing spectacles, making artificial eyes and a supplier of optical and scientific instruments. There are many examples of opera glasses, thermometers, barometers and meteorological instruments etc. which are engraved with the company name. IN 1828 a business
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Which team won a 1960's Gillete Cup Final using bowlers Thomson, Buss, Snow, Bates and Dexter?
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1963 Gillette Cup Final were batting. Dexter made use of the conditions, by selecting his fastest bowler, John Snow, to bowl. Worcestershire struggled to play him, and Snow took three wickets, and only conceded 13 runs across his eight overs. A partnership between Worcestershire's final two batsmen gave them some hope of victory, but despite scoring 21 runs together, they did not manage to overhaul Sussex's total, and Sussex won the match by 14 runs to become the first winners of the Gillette Cup. Dexter drew a lot of criticism for his tactics throughout the competition, and particularly in the final. The competition had
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1960 Speedway World Team Cup 1960 Speedway World Team Cup 1960 Speedway World Team Cup was the first FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. The final took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. The World Champion title was won by Sweden team (44 pts) who beat England (30 pts), Czechoslovakia (15 pts) and Poland (7 pts). Sweden's reigning World Champion Ove Fundin went through the entire World Team Cup undefeated. This feat would not be matched until Australia's Jason Crump went through the 2001 Speedway World Cup undefeated. To honour Fundin's deeds in 1960, the winners of the current Speedway World Cup (which replaced the Team World
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Musically, how are brothers Ron and Russell Mael known?
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Sparks (band) concert will also be a part of the documentary. Sparks (band) Sparks is an American pop and rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals). The duo formed in 1968 under the name Halfnelson. Known for their quirky approach to songwriting, Sparks' music is often accompanied by intelligent, sophisticated, and acerbic lyrics, and an idiosyncratic, theatrical stage presence, typified in the contrast between Russell's animated, hyperactive frontman antics and Ron's deadpan scowling. They are also noted for Russell Mael's distinctive wide-ranging voice and Ron Mael's intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style. While
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Ron Mael Ron Mael Ronald David "Ron" Mael (born August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. Mael's music career spans more than 50 years. With his younger brother Russell, he formed the pop band Halfnelson in 1971. After the release of their first album, the band name was changed to Sparks. Ronald David Mael was born on August 12, 1945, in Culver City, California. The Mael brothers grew up in Pacific Palisades – an affluent beach suburb of Los Angeles – with their father, Meyer Mael (of Russian and Austrian Jewish descent), who was a graphic designer
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Which 1950's/60's ITV series was set in the fictional 'Oxbridge General Hospital'?
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General Hospital (UK TV series) General Hospital (UK TV series) General Hospital is a British daytime soap opera produced by ATV that ran on ITV from 1972 to 1979. It was not modelled after the American drama of the same name. Rather, it was an attempt to replicate the success of its predecessor, "Emergency - Ward 10". The original theme music was "Girl in the White Dress" by the Derek Scott Orchestra which was used until 1975, when it was replaced by Johnny Pearson's "Red Alert" for the 60-minute episodes. In 1972, ITV started to broadcast programmes on weekday afternoons, triggering a new wave of
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If 60's Was 90's If 60's Was 90's "If 60's Was 90's" is a song by Beautiful People. Recorded in 1991, the song was first released on their album "If 60's Were 90's" in 1992 but was not released as a single until 1994 after the success of Rilly Groovy, charting at #74 on the UK Singles Chart and #5 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The song was written by group-leader Du Kane, with the programming done by Luke Baldry at Kane's mother's house in Sussex. The song is a downtempo cover version of Jimi Hendrix's "If 6 Was 9", sampling vocals
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Founded in 1879, what is the official news publication of the Salvation Army?
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The War Cry "The War Cry". In 1970, the Salvation Army's US National Headquarters started publishing a nationwide version of "The War Cry". The War Cry The War Cry is the official news publication of The Salvation Army. Today national versions of it are sold in countries all over the world to raise funds in support of the Army's social work. The first edition of "The War Cry" was printed on 27 December 1879 in London, England. In 1880, US Salvation Army Commissioner George Scott Railton published the "Salvation News", a small newsletter. He published the first US edition of "The War Cry"
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The Salvation Army in Asia with the first outpost in India. The Army also established outposts in Australia in 1879, Japan in 1895 and China in 1915. The Salvation Army flag is a symbol of the Army's war against sin and social evils. The red on the flag symbolises the blood shed by Jesus Christ, the yellow for the fire of the Holy Spirit and the blue for the purity of God the Father. The oldest official emblem of The Salvation Army is the crest. In 1878 Captain W.H. Ebdon suggested a logo, and in 1879 it was to be found on the
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"Which fictional work features the 'Seven Commandments', which are summarised by the statement ""four legs good, two legs bad""?"
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Animal Farm thought", which they formally name Animalism, an allegoric reference to Communism, not to be confused with the philosophy Animalism. Soon after, Napoleon and Squealer partake in activities associated with the humans (drinking alcohol, sleeping in beds, trading), which were explicitly prohibited by the Seven Commandments. Squealer is employed to alter the Seven Commandments to account for this humanisation, an allusion to the Soviet government's revising of history in order to exercise control of the people's beliefs about themselves and their society. The original commandments are: These commandments are also distilled into the maxim "Four legs good, two legs bad!" which
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Legs (comics) Legs (comics) Legs is a fictional character in the who appeared as a supporting character in various "Batman"-related comics during the 80s and 90s. Co-created by writers John Wagner and Alan Grant, and artist Norm Breyfogle, he first appeared in "Detective Comics" #587 (June 1988). Legs was created during "Detective Comics" debut of Wagner and Grant, co-writers established for their work on Judge Dredd comics for 2000 AD. However, due to poor sales of their comics within months of their debut, which left both men questioning the viability of their new jobs, Wagner soon left the project alone to Grant.
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The principal Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons has the official title Chairman of Ways and Means. Who is the current holder of the post, the MP for Chorley?
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Chairman of Ways and Means Chairman of Ways and Means In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of Ways and Means is a senior member of the House of Commons who acts as one of the Speaker's three deputies. The position is currently held by Sir Lindsay Hoyle, member of parliament for Chorley, who was elected by secret ballot on 8 June 2010. The Chairman of Ways and Means is the principal Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, presiding over the House in the Speaker's absence. The Chairman also takes the Chair of the Committee of the Whole House. The Chairman's title is derived from
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Speaker of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Speaker of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland The Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons was the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament in Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972. The Speaker had an official residence, Stormont House. All the Speakers were members of the Ulster Unionist Party on their election. There was initially one Deputy Speaker, also invariably an Ulster Unionist, who was also the Chairman of Ways and Means. In 1958 a second Deputy Speaker was appointed, and given the title Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means. From 1963 onwards, this post was
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Which English county has districts called Blaby, Charnwood and Melton?
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Borough of Charnwood Borough of Charnwood The Borough of Charnwood is a local government district with borough status in the north of Leicestershire, England, which has a population of 166,100 as of the 2011 census. It borders Melton to the east, Harborough to the south east, Leicester and Blaby to the south, Hinckley and Bosworth to the south west, North West Leicestershire to the west and Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire to the north. It is named after Charnwood Forest, an area which the borough contains much of. The administrative centre of the borough is located in Loughborough, which is also the district's largest town
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Rutland and Melton (UK Parliament constituency) Charnwood wards of East Goscote, Queniborough, Six Hills, Syston, and Thurmaston. 1997-2010: The county of Rutland, the borough of Melton, and the district of Harborough wards of Billesdon, Easton, Houghton, Scraptoft, Thurnby, and Tilton. 2010-present: The county of Rutland, the borough of Melton, and the district of Harborough wards of Billesdon, Nevill, Thurnby and Houghton, and Tilton. The constituency was created in 1983 from the former seats of Rutland and Stamford and Melton. Initially it covered all of Rutland and Melton Borough and part of Charnwood. A boundary change implemented in 1997 saw the area of Charnwood replaced with part
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Valencia was the venue for the 2007 and 2010 America's Cup, as the defending yacht was from which landlocked country?
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2007 America's Cup 2007 America's Cup The 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race. The Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta and "Match Race" in the sport of sailing. As per the Deed of Gift of the America's Cup the yacht club that holds the Cup is the one that chooses the location for the next challenge to take place. "Alinghi", the syndicate representing the Société Nautique de Genève, the winners of the thirty-first edition, are based in Switzerland which is a landlocked country, so "Alinghi" put
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Landlocked country the status of the three transcontinental countries, Asia has between 9 and 15, while South America has only 2. North America and Australia are the only continents with no landlocked countries (not including Antarctica, which has no countries). Landlocked country A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas. There are currently 50 such countries, including five partially recognised states. Only two, Bolivia and Paraguay in South America, lie outside Afro-Eurasia (the Old World). As a rule, being landlocked creates political and economic handicaps that access to
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Nigel Ogden presents a BBC Radio Two programme featuring music played on which instrument?
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Nigel Ogden Nigel Ogden Nigel Ogden is an English theatre organist, known for presenting and performing on the BBC Radio 2 programme "The Organist Entertains" from 1980 to 2018. Ogden was born in Manchester, England, the son of a church organist, and had several years of piano lessons, before taking up the organ at the age of twelve. As a child, his family took him to Blackpool Tower Ballroom to hear performances on the Wurlitzer organ there, by Reginald Dixon. He studied to be a teacher, then worked as a sales demonstrator for an organ retail business in Hyde, Cheshire, where he
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BBC Radio Orkney BBC Radio Orkney BBC Radio Orkney is a local opt-out of BBC Radio Scotland for the Orkney Islands, which is based in Castle Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, in Scotland. Depending on the time of year, there are either two or three broadcasts per day on weekdays on the BBC Radio Scotland frequency: the flagship breakfast programme "Around Orkney", a short lunchtime news at 12:54pm featuring local news and weather for Orkney and Shetland, and "Radio Orkney's Evening Programme". "Around Orkney" is a news programme broadcast weekday mornings from 7:30 to 8:00am (opting out from BBC Radio Scotland's "Good Morning Scotland"), featuring
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Give either of the first names of Blackpool footballer DJ Campbell?
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DJ Campbell DJ Campbell Dudley Junior "DJ" Campbell (born 12 November 1981) is an English footballer who last played as a forward for Maidenhead United in the Conference South. Campbell's early career was in non-League football between 2000 and 2005, during which time he was capped by England C. Following a successful spell at Yeading he then moved into the Football League with Brentford. Campbell then went on to play in the Premier League for Birmingham City, Blackpool and Queens Park Rangers, and in the Football League for Birmingham, Leicester City, Blackpool, Derby County, Ipswich Town, Blackburn Rovers and Millwall. Born in
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DJ Campbell reading out the e-mails. For some reason my mate said 'just go back to Blackpool', and then I said I wanted to. Then at that exact moment, the lady on the TV said they had just had an e-mail from a guy in Blackpool saying 'sign DJ Campbell'. The way that happened was crazy really — fate, I guess. But the people in Blackpool know I love the club." He added: "You just realise when you come to places like this and see good people, you realise how much you do love the game and it makes everything so much
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Which Lerner and Lowe musical is based on the TH White novel 'The Once And Future King'?
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The Once and Future King the book would disagree with this estimate. White is a great writer." Although Walt Disney initially purchased the film rights to "The Ill-Made Knight" in 1944, he eventually produced an adaptation of "The Sword in the Stone" (released in 1963). This movie reflects more the sense of humour of Disney's team of animators than White's. The movie adds a more comical side to the original story, including song and dance, as in most Walt Disney films. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1960 musical "Camelot" (which was made into a movie in 1967) is based mostly on the last two
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The Once and Future King The Once and Future King The Once and Future King is a work by T. H. White based upon "Le Morte d'Arthur" by Sir Thomas Malory. It was first published in 1958. It collects and revises shorter novels published from 1938 to 1941, with much new material. "The Once and Future King" contains much deliberately anachronistic humour, affectionate mockery of the source text and commentary on totalitarianism. The work explores human nature regarding power and justice. As the young Arthur becomes king, he attempts to quell the prevalent "might makes right" attitude with his idea of chivalry, even as he
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Which Pope made Henry VIII 'Defender of the Faith' in 1521?
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Defender of the Faith Defender of the Faith Defender of the Faith (Latin: "Fidei defensor" (feminine: "Fidei defensatrix"); French: "Défenseur de la Foi") is a phrase that has been used as part of the full style of many English and later British monarchs since the early 16th century. It has also been used by some other monarchs and heads of state. ""Defender of the Faith"" has been one of the subsidiary titles of the English and later British monarchs since it was granted on 11 October 1521 by Pope Leo X to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland. His wife Catherine of Aragon
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Defender of the Faith was regarded as an attack on "the Faith") and Henry was excommunicated. However, in 1544, the Parliament of England conferred the title ""Defender of the Faith"" on King Henry VIII and his successors, now the defenders of the Anglican faith, of which they (except the Catholic Mary I) remain the Supreme Governors (formally above the Archbishop of Canterbury as Primate). King James V of Scotland was granted the title of Defender of the Faith by Pope Paul III on 19 January 1537, symbolizing the hopes of the papacy that the King of Scots would resist the path that his uncle,
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In which town was the first 'Ikea' store in the UK opened
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IKEA IKEA has also expanded its product base to include flat-pack houses and apartments, in an effort to cut prices involved in a first-time buyer's home. (This practice is not new; the defunct Canadian retailer Eaton's sold houses in a similar fashion), The IKEA product, named BoKlok was launched in Sweden in 1996 in a joint venture with Skanska. Now working in the Nordic countries and in the UK, sites confirmed in England include London, Ashton-under-Lyne, Leeds, Gateshead, Warrington and Liverpool. At the end of September 2013, the company announced that solar panel packages, so-called "residential kits", for houses will be
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IKEA Ottawa and Heerlen with , or a "boutique" shop in Manhattan). A new format for a full-size, city centre store was introduced with the opening of the Manchester (United Kingdom) store, situated in Ashton-under-Lyne in 2006. Another store, in Coventry opened in December 2007. The store has seven floors and a different flow from other IKEA stores. IKEA's Southampton store which opened in February 2009 is also in the city centre and built in an urban style similar to the Coventry store. IKEA built these stores in response to UK government restrictions blocking retail establishment outside city centres. In Hong
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Sent as a gift to King James II of Scotland in 1457, what is the alliterative name of the medieval bombard siege gun located outside of Edinburgh Castle?
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Mons Meg Mons Meg Mons Meg is a medieval bombard in the collection of the Royal Armouries, but on loan to Historic Scotland and located at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. It was built in 1449 on the orders of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy and sent by him as a gift to James II, King of Scots in 1454. The bombard was employed in sieges until the middle of the 16th century, after which it was only fired on ceremonial occasions. On one such occasion in 1680 the barrel burst, rendering Mons Meg unusable. The gun remained in Edinburgh Castle until
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James II of Scotland died hastily." The Scots carried on with the siege, led by George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, and the castle fell a few days later. Once the castle was captured James's widow, Mary of Guelders, ordered its destruction. James's son became king as James III and Mary acted as regent until her own death three years later. James married Mary of Guelders at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, on 3 July 1449. They had seven children: By his unknown mistress, James also left one illegitimate son: James II has been depicted in plays, historical novels and short stories. They include: James II
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Traditionally, athletes from which country lead the parade at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games?
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Parade of the Athletes Parade of the Athletes Parade of the Athletes is a retrospective mix by Dutch DJ Tiësto of his live set performed during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece on 13 August 2004 (see 2004 in music). This was the first time that a DJ was asked to perform for a ceremony at the Olympics. Recognizing one of their own, the Dutch team came up to the booth while Tiësto was performing this set. All of the songs on this track are original songs composed by Tiësto except for "Adagio for Strings", which is his
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Parade of the Athletes own remix of Samuel Barber's piece by the same name (the remix was also influenced by William Orbit's original electronic remix of the song in 1999), and "Athena", which is also a remix of Adagio in G minor, a piece often attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by Remo Giazotto. The album contains 8 new tracks composed exclusively for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony, and 4 other well-known tracks ("Traffic", "Lethal Industry", "Adagio for Strings" and "Forever Today"). An unmixed version was also released. Parade of the Athletes Parade of the Athletes is a retrospective mix by
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Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, which 2011 drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese, tells the story of a boy who lives alone in a Paris railway station?
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Hugo (film) Hugo (film) Hugo is a 2011 historical adventure drama film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese and adapted for the screen by John Logan. Based on Brian Selznick's book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret", it tells the story of a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s. "Hugo" is Scorsese's first film shot in 3D, of which the filmmaker remarked, "I found 3D to be really interesting, because the actors were more upfront emotionally. Their slightest move, their slightest intention is picked up much more precisely." The film was released in the
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Martin Scorsese the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the 2014 Golden Globe Awards, with the film being nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy as well. Also, "The Wolf of Wall Street" was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actor for Jonah Hill, Best Director for Martin Scorsese, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Terence Winter but did not win in any category. In a 2016 critics' poll conducted by BBC, the film was ranked one of the 100 greatest motion pictures since 2000. Scorsese and
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The 'Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults' is a British charity better known by what acronym?
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Mencap of Parents of Backwards Children, the organisation changed its name to The National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children in 1955, becoming The Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults following patronage from Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Elizabeth II in 1981. Fryd had written to "Nursery World" magazine inviting other parents to contact her. Many wrote back expressing their anger and sorrow at the lack of services for their children. Since 1969 the Society has been commonly known by the abbreviation "Mencap" (presumably from "Mentally Handicapped") and, in 2002, its full legal name was shortened to the Royal
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National Institute of Mentally Handicapped 35,000 parents since its inception by organising group parent training programs based on child characteristics and parent demographic features. In 2011, Lady Gaga visited the organization and discussed ideas to support disabled children. National Institute of Mentally Handicapped National Institute of Mentally Handicapped is an autonomous organization functioning under the aegis of Indian Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with the primary objective of empowering mentally handicapped people. NIEPID- "National Institute for the Empowerment of Person with Intellectual Disability" is formerly known as NIMH. Based in Secunderabad in Hyderabad, the organization was registered in 1984 and began offering its services
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"Which English author famously helped to create the ""Go to work on an egg"" advertising slogan used by the United Kingdom's Egg Marketing Board during the 1950's?"
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Go to work on an egg Go to work on an egg "Go to work on an egg" was an advertising slogan used by the United Kingdom's Egg Marketing Board during the 1950s as part of more than £12 million it spent on advertising, including a series of television adverts starring the comedian Tony Hancock and actress Patricia Hayes in 1965. The commercials were created by British director, Len Fulford. The proposition was that having an egg for breakfast was the best way to start the working day. Author Fay Weldon helped to create the campaign. In 2007, plans to rebroadcast the original television adverts were
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Go to work on an egg rejected by the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre, which observed that the adverts did not suggest a varied diet. The advert was instead made available on an anniversary website. Go to work on an egg "Go to work on an egg" was an advertising slogan used by the United Kingdom's Egg Marketing Board during the 1950s as part of more than £12 million it spent on advertising, including a series of television adverts starring the comedian Tony Hancock and actress Patricia Hayes in 1965. The commercials were created by British director, Len Fulford. The proposition was that having an egg for
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Eric Coates' light orchestral serenade 'By The Sleepy Lagoon' is the appropriately titled introductory music to which long running radio show?
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By the Sleepy Lagoon waltz for full orchestra lasting roughly four minutes in duration. Michael Jameson suggests that the piece is "elegantly orchestrated" with "a shapely theme for violins presented in the salon-esque genre entirely characteristic of British light music in the 1920s and '30s". In 1942, Coates's original orchestral version was chosen (with added seagulls) to introduce the BBC Home Service radio series "Desert Island Discs", which it still does to this day on BBC Radio 4. In early 1940, songwriter Jack Lawrence came across the piano solo version of "By the Sleepy Lagoon" and wrote a song lyric, then took it to
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By the Sleepy Lagoon Lagoon" by local youths. The name became permanent (although the reservoir itself has since disappeared) after the media's extensive use of the song title when reporting on the 1942 Sleepy Lagoon Murder. By the Sleepy Lagoon "By the Sleepy Lagoon" is a light orchestral valse serenade by British composer Eric Coates composed in 1930. In 1940, lyrics were added with Coates's approval by Jack Lawrence, and the resultant song "Sleepy Lagoon" became a popular music standard of the 1940s. Coates had originally been inspired to write the piece in 1930 while overlooking a beach in West Sussex. His son, Austin
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Capturing light energy to conserve free energy in the form of ATP, which organelles found in plant cells conduct photosynthesis?
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Photosynthesis Earth's atmosphere, and supplies all of the organic compounds and most of the energy necessary for life on Earth. Although photosynthesis is performed differently by different species, the process always begins when energy from light is absorbed by proteins called reaction centres that contain green chlorophyll pigments. In plants, these proteins are held inside organelles called chloroplasts, which are most abundant in leaf cells, while in bacteria they are embedded in the plasma membrane. In these light-dependent reactions, some energy is used to strip electrons from suitable substances, such as water, producing oxygen gas. The hydrogen freed by the splitting
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Plant primitive plants lacking some tissue types. Plants are photosynthetic, which means that they manufacture their own food molecules using energy obtained from light. The primary mechanism plants have for capturing light energy is the pigment chlorophyll. All green plants contain two forms of chlorophyll, chlorophyll "a" and chlorophyll "b". The latter of these pigments is not found in red or brown algae. The simple equation of photosynthesis is as follows:- 6CO + 6HO → (in the presence of light and chlorophyll) CHO + 6O By means of cells that behave like nerves, plants receive and distribute within their systems information
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The final plate of William Hogarth's 'A Rake's Progress' series depicts a scene inside which institution, founded in London in 1247?
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A Rake's Progress, 3: The Tavern Scene A Rake's Progress, 3: The Tavern Scene Tavern Scene or "The Orgy" is a work by William Hogarth from 1735, the third picture from the series "A Rake's Progress". "A Rake's Progress" totals eight oil paintings from 1732-33. They were published as engravings from 1734. The series depicts the fictional Tom Rakewell's decline and fall. He was the free spending son and heir of a rich merchant. In the story, he comes to London, wasting his money on luxurious life, buying the services of prostitutes and gambling. He ends up in Fleet Prison, and finally at the Bethlem Hospital, or
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A Harlot's Progress in London" #330. A Harlot's Progress A Harlot's Progress (also known as The Harlot's Progress) is a series of six paintings (1731, now destroyed) and engravings (1732) by the English artist William Hogarth. The series shows the story of a young woman, M. (Moll or Mary) Hackabout, who arrives in London from the country and becomes a prostitute. The series was developed from the third image: having painted a prostitute in her boudoir in a garret on Drury Lane, Hogarth struck upon the idea of creating scenes from her earlier and later life. The title and rich allegory are reminiscent
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According to Greek mythology, who was the mother of the twins Apollo and Artemis?
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Apollo Apollo Apollo (Attic, Ionic, and Homeric Greek: , "Apollōn" ( ) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the "kouros" (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered to be
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Twins in mythology upon. However, other cultures attribute the outcome of twins to superior virility of the father. In various mythologies, twins often represent the dualistic nature of the universe. In Greek mythology, twins Apollo and Artemis, are the sun god and moon goddess, respectively. Similar forms of higher beings are reflected throughout different mythologies, as twin brothers Kuat and Iae represent the sun and moon in the Xingu mythology of Brazil. Egyptian God, Geb, and his twin sister, Nut, represented the binary nature of the world, with Geb being the God of the Earth, and Nut being the Goddess of the sky.
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Consisting of several RNA and protein molecules arranged into two subunits, which component of cells coordinate synthesis by reading the messenger RNA copy of the DNA and assembling the appropriate amino
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Messenger RNA Messenger RNA Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a large family of RNA molecules that convey genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where they specify the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression. RNA polymerase transcribes primary transcript mRNA (known as pre-mRNA) into processed, mature mRNA. This mature mRNA is then translated into a polymer of amino acids: a protein, as summarized in the central dogma of molecular biology. As in DNA, mRNA genetic information is in the sequence of nucleotides, which are arranged into codons consisting of three base pairs each. Each codon encodes for a specific
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Messenger RNA begins with transcription, and ultimately ends in degradation. During its life, an mRNA molecule may also be processed, edited, and transported prior to translation. Eukaryotic mRNA molecules often require extensive processing and transport, while prokaryotic mRNA molecules do not. A molecule of eukaryotic mRNA and the proteins surrounding it are together called a messenger RNP. Transcription is when RNA is made from DNA. During transcription, RNA polymerase makes a copy of a gene from the DNA to mRNA as needed. This process is similar in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. One notable difference, however, is that eukaryotic RNA polymerase associates with mRNA-processing
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Which female East Anglian mystic wrote 'Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love', a 14th century work documenting a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ experienced during a severe illness?
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Revelations of Divine Love Revelations of Divine Love The Revelations of Divine Love (which also bears the title A Revelation of Love — in Sixteen Shewings above the first chapter) is a 14th-century book of Christian mystical devotions written by Julian of Norwich. It includes her sixteen mystical visions and contemplations on universal love and hope in a time of plague, religious schism, uprisings and war. Published in 1395, it is the first published book in the English language to be written by a woman. At the age of thirty, 13 May 1373, Julian was struck with a serious illness. As she prayed and
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Revelations of Divine Love in the streets". Seeing these images may have affected Julian, who was just six years old when the plague first hit Norwich. Although she does not speak of the plague directly, her book shows a deep sensitivity to suffering and dying. There are many resources both in Norwich, the UK and Worldwide. Julian's writings have been translated into many languages including modern English, French and Catalan. Revelations of Divine Love The Revelations of Divine Love (which also bears the title A Revelation of Love — in Sixteen Shewings above the first chapter) is a 14th-century book of Christian mystical devotions
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Which English football club, who currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One South, are the world's oldest football club, having been founded in 1857?
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Sheffield F.C. Sheffield F.C. Sheffield Football Club is an English football club from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, although now based in Dronfield, Derbyshire. They play in the Northern Premier League Division One East, at level 8 of the English football league system. Founded in 1857, the club is officially recognised as the oldest existing club now playing association football in the world. Sheffield F.C. initially played games under the Sheffield Rules and did not officially adopt the FA rules until 1878. The club competes in the Rules derby with near neighbours Hallam. In 2004 they were given the FIFA Order of Merit –
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Northern Football Club Northern Football Club Northern Football Club are a rugby union club that was founded in 1875, and is based in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. Their strip is coloured navy Blue, Red and White. They currently play in Durham/Northumberland 1, the seventh tier of the English rugby union system, having been relegated from North 1 East as at the end of the 2017-18 season. Northern Football Club was founded in 1875 as Elswick Football Club but was renamed in its second season changing the team's colours to red white and blue, which have remained the team strip throughout its history and
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What is the name given to the botanical gardens near Mevagissey in Cornwall that were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family, over a period from the mid-18th century up to the beginning of the 20th century?
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Lost Gardens of Heligan Lost Gardens of Heligan The Lost Gardens of Heligan (, meaning "willow tree garden"), near Mevagissey in Cornwall, are one of the most popular botanical gardens in the UK. The gardens are typical of the 19th century Gardenesque style with areas of different character and in different design styles. The gardens were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family from the mid-18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, and still form part of the family's Heligan estate. The gardens were neglected after the First World War and restored only in the 1990s, a restoration that was the
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Paris in the 18th century 18th century were both always short of cash. While the nobles tended to dress in rich and elaborate costumes and bright colors, the bourgeois wore rich fabrics but dark and sober colors. The bourgeois played a very active role in each neighborhood; they were the leaders of the religious "confréries" which organized charitable and religious activities for each profession, managed the finances of the parish churches, and ran the corporations which governed each profession in Paris. Some professions were able to advance up the professional and social scale. At the beginning of the 18th century, doctors were members of the
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Which restoration dramatist was also responsible for designing Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard?
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Blenheim Palace was an untrained architect, who usually worked in conjunction with the trained and practical Nicholas Hawksmoor. The duo had recently completed the first stages of the Baroque Castle Howard. This huge Yorkshire mansion was one of England's first houses in the flamboyant European Baroque style. The success of Castle Howard led Marlborough to commission something similar at Woodstock. Blenheim, however, was not to provide Vanbrugh with the architectural plaudits he imagined it would. The fight over funding led to accusations of extravagance and impracticality of design, many of these charges levelled by the Whig factions in power. He found no
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James Howard (dramatist) James Howard (dramatist) James Howard (c. 1640 – July 1669) was an English dramatist and member of a Royalist family during the English Civil War and the Restoration. He was the eighth son of Thomas Howard and , daughter of James, Lord of Heenvliet, Holland, and grandson of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1584–1640), and Elizabeth Home (d. 1633), daughter of the earl of Dunbar. Howard wrote two comedies, "All Mistaken", or "the Mad Couple", (c.1667), and "The English Mounsieur" (1666). Both of these starred Nell Gwynn, the mistress of Charles II. Howard had three brothers who also wrote
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Which American Football player, who played for the 'Chicago Bears' between 1985 and 1993, was nicknamed 'The Refrigerator'?
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William Perry (American football) William Perry (American football) William Anthony Perry (born December 16, 1962) is a former American professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. Perry played college football for Clemson University, and was recognized as an All-American. He was selected in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. In reference to his imposing size, he was popularly known as "The Refrigerator" or, abbreviated, "The Fridge." Perry also occasionally played at fullback at the
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William Perry (American football) Ford's Clemson Tigers football team from 1981 to 1984. He was a member of a national championship team in 1981, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as a junior in 1983. As a freshman in 1981, he earned his "refrigerator" nickname when a fellow player could barely squeeze into an elevator with Perry and their laundry which they were taking to be washed. The player, Ray Brown, said "Man, you're about as big as a refrigerator." In 1985, he was selected in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears; he had been hand-picked
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Which American statesman and scientist almost killed himself whilst demonstrating the electrical nature of lightening by flying a kite in a thunderstorm?
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History of electrical engineering theory of electricity. In the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin conducted extensive research in electricity, selling his possessions to fund his work. In June 1752 he is reputed to have attached a metal key to the bottom of a dampened kite string and flown the kite in a storm-threatened sky. A succession of sparks jumping from the key to the back of his hand showed that lightning was indeed electrical in nature. He also explained the apparently paradoxical behavior of the Leyden jar as a device for storing large amounts of electrical charge, by coming up with the single fluid, two
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Kite experiment and from the electric fire thus obtained, he kindled spirits, and performed all other electrical experiments which are usually exhibited by an excited globe or tube." The kite was not struck by visible lightning; had it been, Franklin would almost certainly have been killed. However, Franklin did notice that loose threads of the kite string were repelling each other and deduced that the Leyden jar was being charged. He moved his hand near the key and observed an electric spark, proving the electric nature of lightning. The Kite Experiment was described in The Pennsylvania Gazette, October 19, 1752 as follows:
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In which country would you find the ruins of the ancient Inca city known as Machu Picchu?
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Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 3,300 metres on the first day. The second day ascends over Dead Woman's pass- the highest point on the Inca Trail at 4,200 metres. This is the most dangerous point in terms of altitude sickness, however, you do not spend long at this elevation and by the afternoon you'll be back at 3,600 metres. The trail only descends from this point until you reach Machu Picchu at 2,430 metres. Inca Trail to Machu Picchu The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (also known as "Camino Inca" or "Camino Inka") is a hiking trail in Peru that terminates at Machu Picchu. It
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Machu Picchu though his statements "were given no importance by the leading citizens." Only later did Bingham learn that Charles Wiener also heard of the ruins at Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu, but was unable to reach them. Armed with this information the expedition went down the Urubamba River. En route Bingham asked local people to show them Inca ruins, especially any place described as having a white rock over a spring. At Mandor Pampa, Bingham asked farmer and innkeeper Melchor Arteaga if he knew of any nearby ruins. Arteaga said he knew of excellent ruins on the top of Huayna Picchu.
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In 1844, Samuel Morse used which four-word Biblical quote when he sent the world's first public telegraph message?
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American Morse code which supplanted American Morse. American Morse Code was first used on the Baltimore-Washington telegraph line, a telegraph line constructed between Baltimore, Maryland, and the old Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The first public message "What hath God wrought" was sent on May 24, 1844, by Morse in Washington to Alfred Vail at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) "outer depot" (now the B&O Railroad Museum) in Baltimore. The message is a Bible verse from Numbers 23:23, chosen for Morse by Annie Ellsworth, daughter of the Governor of Connecticut. The original paper tape received by Vail
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Morse Message (1962) Morse Message (1962) In 1962 a radio message in Morse code was transmitted from the Evpatoria Planetary Radar (EPR) and directed to the planet Venus. The word “MIR” (, meaning both “peace” and “world”) was transmitted from the EPR on November 19, 1962, and the words “LENIN” () and “SSSR” (, the abbreviation for the Soviet Union — ) on November 24, 1962, respectively. All three words were sent using the Morse code. In Russian, this letter is called Radio Message “MIR, LENIN, SSSR”. This message was the first radio broadcast for extraterrestrial civilizations in the history of mankind. It
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First climbed by Chris Bonnington in 1966, what is the name of the 449ft. high sea stack off the coast of the Orkney Islands?
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Old Man of Hoy Old Man of Hoy The Old Man of Hoy is a 449-foot (137m) sea stack on Hoy, part of the Orkney archipelago off the north coast of Scotland. Formed from Old Red Sandstone, it is one of the tallest stacks in Britain. The Old Man is popular with climbers, and was first climbed in 1966. Created by the erosion of a cliff through hydraulic action some time after 1750, the stack is no more than a few hundred years old, but may soon collapse into the sea. The Old Man stands close to Rackwick Bay on the west coast of
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Sule Stack of the Orkney Islands. Bird species nesting on the stack include: Sule Stack Sule Stack or Stack Skerry is an extremely remote island or stack in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland. It is formed of Lewisian gneiss. Sule Stack lies north of the Scottish mainland, and west of the Orkney mainland, at . Sule Stack's sole neighbour, Sule Skerry, lies to the north east and the remote islands of Rona and Sula Sgeir lie further to the west. Sule Stack and Sule Skerry are home to thousands of gannets and as a result are listed as
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Named after a completely fictional English village, which Dairy Crest soft blue cheese was launched amid a blaze of publicity in 1982 only to cease production ten years later, largely because it was terrible?
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Lymeswold cheese was branded Westminster Blue, because some non-English speakers had difficulty pronouncing the name Lymeswold. In 1979 the Milk Marketing Board began discussions with the large dairy firm Unigate that led in 1981 to the restructuring of its processing and marketing activities under the Dairy Crest brand to use surplus milk production for making other dairy products. The initiatives that followed included the launch in 1982 of Lymeswold cheese. The name was derived from public competition to name the new cheese. It was at first produced at Cannington creamery in Somerset. The cheese's creation was hailed by Peter Walker, then Agriculture
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Dairy Crest In 1991, the company established a joint venture with French dairy company Yoplait called "Yoplait Dairy Crest" (often abbreviated to YDC) which is 51% owned by Yoplait and 49% by Dairy Crest and which distributes Yoplait brand products in the United Kingdom. In 1995, it bought the "Cathedral City" brand of cheese from Mendip Foods Ltd. The business was privatised in August 1996, and Dairy Crest was listed on the London Stock Exchange. In July 2000, it acquired the dairy and cheese products division of Unigate in London and in November 2002, it acquired the St Ivel spreads company which
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Born and raised in Honolulu, by what name is the American singer-songwriter Peter Gene Hernandez better known?
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Bruno Mars Bruno Mars Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and dancer. He is known for his stage performances, retro showmanship and for performing in a wide range of musical styles including R&B, funk, pop, soul, reggae, hip hop and rock. Mars is accompanied by his band, The Hooligans, who play a variety of instruments such as electric guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, drums and horns, and also serve as backup singers and dancers. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mars moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a
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David Hernandez (singer) Jose Pride Festival on August 18, 2013. He came out as gay after releasing his single "Beautiful". David Hernandez (singer) "'David Anthony Hernandez" (born May 31, 1983) is an American singer and the twelfth place finalist of FOX's seventh season of the television series "American Idol". He moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue his music career after his time on "American Idol". Hernandez was born in Phoenix, Arizona, but grew up mostly in Glendale. He was raised by his single mom, Spring Hernandez. His father is a truck driver and he has a younger sister named Alexandra, 8 years
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She is the mother of Morgan le Fay by her first husband Gorlois and mother of King Arthur by her second husband Uther Pendragon. What is her name?
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Gorlois Gorlois In Arthurian legend, Gorlois () of Tintagel, Duke of Cornwall, is the husband of Igraine prior to Uther Pendragon. He is the father of Morgan le Fay, Morgause, and Elaine. Gorlois' name first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Historia Regum Britanniae" (), in which Uther falls in love with Igraine and wars with Gorlois to get to her. Uther asks for Merlin's aid in pursuing her, and Merlin concocts some drugs that disguise Uther in the form of Gorlois. As Gorlois, he approaches his love easily and they sleep together, conceiving Arthur. Unbeknownst to either of them, the real
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Morgan le Fay is called Morcades, a name that R. S. Loomis argued was another variant of Morgan). At a young age, Morgan is sent to a convent after Arthur's father Uther Pendragon, aided by the half-demon Merlin, kills Gorlois and rapes and marries her mother, who later gives him a son, Arthur (which makes him Morgan's younger half-brother). There, Morgan masters the seven arts, and begins her study of magic, going on to specialize in "astronomie" (astronomy and astrology) and healing. The late addition known as the Vulgate "Suite du Merlin", besides describing Morgan's unmatched beauty and amazing voice, presents more of
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Which American Vice-President killed his political rival, Alexander Hamilton. in a duel in 1804?
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Burr–Hamilton duel Burr–Hamilton duel The Burr–Hamilton duel was fought between American politicians Aaron Burr, the sitting Vice President of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the former Secretary of the Treasury, at Weehawken, New Jersey. It occurred on July 11, 1804, and was the culmination of a long and bitter rivalry between the two men. Hamilton shot first, only to miss and hit a tree directly behind Burr; Burr responded by shooting and mortally wounding Hamilton, who was carried to the home of William Bayard Jr., where he died the next day. The Burr–Hamilton duel is one of the most famous personal
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Aaron Burr months of his tenure as president of the Senate, he oversaw the 1805 impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. Burr shot his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a famous duel in 1804, the last full year of his single term as vice president. He was never tried for the illegal duel and all charges against him were eventually dropped, but Hamilton's death ended Burr's political career. Burr left Washington, D.C., and traveled west seeking new opportunities, both economic and political. His activities eventually led to his arrest on charges of treason in 1807. The subsequent trial resulted in
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Today a senior Police rank in both Italy and Romania, what name was given to the public official in the Roman Republic's Cursus honorum system, who supervised financial affairs?
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Cursus honorum the 2nd century BC, when the practice was abandoned and both classes became free to run during all years. While part of the "cursus honorum", this step was optional and not required to hold future offices. Though the office was usually held after the quaestorship and before the praetorship, there are some cases with former praetors serving as aediles. After holding either the office of quaestor or aedile, a man of 39 years could run for "praetor". The number of Praetors elected varied through history, generally increasing with time. During the republic, six or eight were generally elected each year
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Cursus honorum Cursus honorum The cursus honorum (Latin: "course of offices") was the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in both the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire. It was designed for men of senatorial rank. The cursus honorum comprised a mixture of military and political administration posts. Each office had a minimum age for election. There were minimum intervals between holding successive offices and laws forbade repeating an office. These rules were altered and flagrantly ignored in the course of the last century of the Republic. For example, Gaius Marius held consulships for five years in a
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Who was the King of Bulgaria who, during World War II, declared a symbolic war against the UK and the USA but, much to Hitler's annoyance, refused to declare war against the Soviet Union?
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Military history of Bulgaria during World War II Military history of Bulgaria during World War II The military history of Bulgaria during World War II encompasses an initial period of neutrality until 1 March 1941, a period of alliance with the Axis Powers until 9 September 1944 (on 8 September, the Red Army entered Bulgaria) and a period of alignment with the Allies in the final year of the war. Bulgaria functioned as an authoritarian state during most of World War II. Tsar Boris III (reigned 1918–1943) ruled with a prime minister and a parliament. The government of the Kingdom of Bulgaria under Prime Minister Georgi Kyoseivanov declared
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Opposition to World War II population. Opposition to World War II Opposition to World War II was most vocal during the early part of World War II, and stronger still before the war started. Some communist-led organizations with links to Comintern opposed the war during the period of the Hitler-Stalin pact but then backed it after Germany invaded the Soviet Union. However, the most popular communist organization in the US at the time, the Communist Party of the USA, firmly maintained an anti-fascist outlook on intervention throughout WWII, basing their policies on the need for a Popular Front against fascism. In Britain, Oswald Mosley and
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Which American singer, songwriter and actress was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara, California in 1984?
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Stage name other person with the same name. For example, the actor/writer/director Albert Brooks was born Albert Einstein and changed his surname so his name would not be a distraction which would evoke the renowned physicist with the same name. Singer Katy Perry, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, released her self-titled album under the name Katy Hudson, but later used her mother's maiden name to avoid confusion with actress Kate Hudson. Singer-songwriter John Weldon Cale adopted JJ Cale to avoid confusion with John Cale of the Velvet Underground. Singer David Bowie, was born David Robert Jones, and changed his surname to avoid confusion
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Barbara Brown (American actress) Forrest Taylor, in 1939 in New York City. Taylor died in 1968, and Brown died on July 7, 1975 in Los Angeles; both were interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills. Barbara Brown (American actress) Barbara Ann Brown (October 18, 1901 – July 7, 1975) was an American actress. Barbara Brown was born in 1901 in Los Angeles, California, to Selma C. (née Teutschmann; 1874–1947) and Edward Brown. Her mother was the daughter of German immigrants. Brown began acting on the stage in California. In 1922, she had leading roles in Oliver Morosco's productions "Wait Till We're Married" and
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What was the name of the Royal Navy submarine responsible for the sinking of the General Belgrano during the Falklands War?
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HMS Conqueror (S48) HMS Conqueror (S48) HMS "Conqueror" was a British nuclear-powered fleet submarine which served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. She was the third submarine of her class, following the earlier and , that were all designed to face the Soviet threat at sea. She was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. "Conqueror" the only nuclear-powered submarine to have engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes, sinking the cruiser "General Belgrano" during the 1982 Falklands War. "Conqueror" was ordered on 9 August 1966 and was laid down at Cammell Laird's Birkenhead shipyard on 5 December 1967; she was launched on
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History of the Royal Navy sinking the Argentine cruiser ARA "General Belgrano". In the latter stages of the Cold War, the Royal Navy was reconfigured with three anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft carriers and a force of frigates and destroyers. Its purpose was to search for and destroy Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic. There were also mine countermeasures and submarine forces as well as support ships. As the Cold War ended, the Royal Navy fought in the Gulf War against Iraq, with Sea Skua anti-ship missiles sinking a large proportion of the Iraqi Navy. The WRNS was amalgamated with the RN in 1993. The Strategic
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Which castle is the official residence of the Duke of Northumberland?
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Duke of Northumberland son of the fifth Duke, was a soldier. Lord Algernon Percy, second son of the sixth Duke, was a politician. Lord Eustace Percy, seventh son of the seventh Duke, was a politician who was raised to the peerage as Baron Percy of Newcastle in 1953. Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, wife of the twelfth Duke, is Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland since 2009. See also Earl of Beverley for younger sons of the first Earl of Beverley. <section end=members/> <section begin=residences/> The seat of the Dukes of Northumberland is Alnwick Castle, which is located in Alnwick, Northumberland. The family's London residence is
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Duke of Northumberland Syon House in Brentford, which replaced, as their London residence, the demolished Northumberland House in the Strand. Warkworth and Prudhoe castles were the residences of the Earls of Northumberland in the Middle Ages, and ownership was retained by the later Dukes. Both are now in the custody of English Heritage. Albury Park is a former residence which has been converted into apartments, while the surrounding estate is still directly owned by the Duke. The traditional burial place of the Dukes is the Northumberland Vault in Westminster Abbey in London, the Percys thus being the last family to maintain such a
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What is the name of the Chief Executive of RBS who turned down his controversial £1million bonus in January 2012?
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group turned down his own bonus shortly after. In June 2012 a failure of an upgrade to payment processing software meant that a substantial proportion of customers could not transfer money to or from their accounts. This meant that RBS had to open a number of branches on a Sunday – the first time that they had had to do this. RBS released a statement on 12 June 2013 that announced a transition in which CEO Stephen Hester would stand down in December 2013 for the financial institution "to return to private ownership by the end of 2014". For his part
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2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election The 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 25 March 2012 to select the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE), the highest office in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), by a 1,193-member Election Committee (EC) to replace the incumbent Chief Executive. Won by the former non-official convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Leung Chun-ying, the election was the most competitive as it was the first election with more than one pro-Beijing candidate since the 1996 election. The incumbent Chief Executive Donald Tsang, who served for the second half
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What is the name, after its chairman, of the ongoing public enquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal?
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News International phone hacking scandal shortly forced News Corporation to cancel its proposed takeover of the British satellite broadcaster BSkyB. The prime minister David Cameron announced on 6 July 2011 that a public inquiry, known as the Leveson Inquiry, would look into phone hacking and police bribery by the "News of the World", consider the wider culture and ethics of the British newspaper industry and that the Press Complaints Commission would be replaced "entirely". A number of arrests and convictions followed, most notably of the former "News of the World" managing editor Andy Coulson. Murdoch and his son, James, were summoned to give evidence at
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2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations to the closure of the "News of the World" on 10 July 2011. However, the affair did not end there, developing into the News Corporation ethics scandal as wrongdoing beyond the "News of the World" (including the United States) and beyond phone hacking (including paying police for information) came to light. The News of the World royal phone hacking scandal had raised evidence of victims being targeted outside the Royal Family, but this evidence did not lead to criminal proceedings. In lieu of criminal proceedings, several public figures commenced litigation against the "News of the World"'s owner News International and
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In which city did Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff launch the unsuccessful 'Beer Hall Putsch' in 1923?
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Beer Hall Putsch Beer Hall Putsch The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, and, in German, as the Hitlerputsch, Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch, Bürgerbräu-Putsch or Marsch auf die Feldherrnhalle ("March on the general's hall"), was a failed coup d'état by the Nazi Party (NSDAP) leader Adolf Hitler—along with "Generalquartiermeister" Erich Ludendorff and other "Kampfbund" leaders—to seize power in Munich, Bavaria, on 8–9 November 1923. Approximately two thousand Nazis were marching to the Feldherrnhalle, in the city center, when they were confronted by a police cordon, which resulted in the death of 16 Nazis and four police officers. Hitler, who was wounded during the
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Erich Ludendorff He was buried in the in Tutzing in Bavaria. Erich Ludendorff After the war, Ludendorff became a prominent nationalist leader, and a promoter of the Stab-in-the-back myth, which posited that the German loss in World War I was caused by the betrayal of the German Army by Marxists, Bolsheviks, and Jews who were furthermore responsible for the disadvantageous settlement negotiated for Germany in the Treaty of Versailles. He took part in the failed Kapp Putsch (coup d’état) with Wolfgang Kapp in 1920 and the Beer Hall Putsch of Adolf Hitler in 1923, and in 1925, he ran unsuccessfully for the
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The periodontal ligaments are the supporting tissue for which parts of the human body?
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Human tooth is commonly called an alveolus, or "socket". Lying over the bone is the gingiva or gum, which is readily visible in the mouth. The periodontal ligament is a specialized connective tissue that attaches the cementum of a tooth to the alveolar bone. This tissue covers the root of the tooth within the bone. Each ligament has a width of 0.15–0.38mm, but this size decreases over time. The functions of the periodontal ligaments include attachment of the tooth to the bone, support for the tooth, formation and resorption of bone during tooth movement, sensation, and eruption. The cells of the periodontal
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Composition of the human body Composition of the human body Body composition may be analyzed in terms of molecular type e.g., water, protein, connective tissue, fats (or lipids), hydroxylapatite (in bones), carbohydrates (such as glycogen and glucose) and DNA. In terms of tissue type, the body may be analyzed into water, fat, muscle, bone, etc. In terms of cell type, the body contains hundreds of different types of cells, but notably, the largest "number" of cells contained in a human body (though not the largest mass of cells) are not human cells, but bacteria residing in the normal human gastrointestinal tract. Almost 99% of the
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Which famous Roman was assassinated in 48 BC by two men named Achillas and Septimus who were acting upon the orders of King Ptolemy XIII's chief eunuch Pothinus?
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Achillas Achillas Achillas () was one of the guardians of the Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, and commander of the king's troops, when Pompey fled to Egypt in 48 BC. He was called by Julius Caesar a man of extraordinary daring, and it was he and Lucius Septimius who killed Pompey at the suggestion of the eunuch Pothinus and Theodotus of Chios. Achillas subsequently joined Pothinus in resisting Caesar, and having had the command of the whole army entrusted to him by Pothinus, he marched against Alexandria with 20,000 on foot and 2,000 cavalry. Caesar, who was at Alexandria, did
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Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator in the spring of 51 BC as co-ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom by his marriage to his older sister Cleopatra (69–30 BC). In October 50 BC, Ptolemy XIII was promoted to senior ruler along with her, although the eunuch Pothinus acted as regent for him. In the spring of 48 BC, Ptolemy XIII and Pothinus attempted to depose Cleopatra due to her increasing status as queen. Her face appeared on minted coins, for example, while Ptolemy XIII's name was omitted on official documents. Ptolemy intended to become main ruler, with Pothinus acting as the power behind the throne. Ptolemy XIII
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From the 14th to the 19th centuries, the 'Janissaries' were the infantry units that formed the household troops and bodyguards of the Sultans of which Empire?
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History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire By the time the Ottoman Empire rose to power in the 14th and 15th centuries, there had been Jewish communities established throughout the region. The Ottoman Empire lasted from the early 14th century until the beginning of World War I and covered Southeastern Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East. The experience of Jews in the Ottoman Empire is particularly significant because the region "provided a principle place of refuge for Jews driven out of western Europe by massacres and persecution". At the time of the Ottoman conquests, Anatolia had already been home
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Ottoman Army (15th-19th centuries) a standing army in Europe since the Roman Empire. The force originated in the 14th century; it was abolished by Sultan Mahmud II in 1826. The Janissaries were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and bodyguards. Sultan Murad I created the force in 1383. They began as an elite corps of slaves recruited from young Christian boys, and became famed for internal cohesion cemented by strict discipline and order. By 1620 they were hereditary and corrupt and an impediment to reform. For all practical purposes, Janissaries belonged to the Sultan, carrying the title "kapıkulu" (Subject of
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In which country was the 2012 World Indoor Athletics Championships held in March?
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2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first of four IAAF World Athletics Series events in 2012, which includes the World Race Walking Cup, the World Junior Championships and the World Half Marathon Championships. The IAAF announced on March 25, 2007 at an IAAF Council meeting in Mombasa, Kenya that it had received bids from Turkey and Qatar to host the 2010 IAAF World
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2012 in athletics (track and field) 2012 in athletics (track and field) In 2012 the foremost competition in athletics was the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The International Association of Athletics Federations held four other global level competitions in 2012: the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. For the first time since 1945, there was no global level championship for cross country running, as the IAAF World Cross Country Championships moved to a biennial format. Three of the major continental championships were held a month prior to
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The third largest town in the Scottish Highlands, which burgh on the Isle of Lewis is also home to one third of the population of the Western Isles?
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Isle of Lewis 2007 elections 19 are independents, one has Labour and two SNP party affiliation. The Isle of Lewis is in the Highlands electoral region and is part of the identical Na h-Eileanan an Iar Scottish Parliamentiary and Na h-Eileanan an Iar Westminster constituencies, both currently represented by members of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and previously held by members of the Labour Party before the respective elections. Lewis' main settlement, the only burgh on the Outer Hebrides, is Stornoway ("Steòrnabhagh"), from which ferries sail to Ullapool on the Scottish mainland. In the 2001 census Lewis had a usually resident population of
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Battle of the Western Isles Battle of the Western Isles The Battle of the Western Isles was an event in 1586 on the Isle of Jura, in the Scottish Highlands. It was fought between the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg and the Clan MacLean. Jura was divided between the MacLeans, and the MacDonalds of Dunnyveg, and a feud had developed between them. In 1579, the King forced the two sides to come to terms; Angus MacDonald, leader of the MacDonalds, married the sister of Lachlan MacLean, leader of the Macleans. In 1585, Donald MacDonald, head of the MacDonalds of Sleat, went to visit his relative, Angus.
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Which actor and comedian played 'Phileas Fogg' in the 2004 film 'Around The World In Eighty Days'?
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Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film) Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film) Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 American action adventure comedy film based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name. It stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France. The film is set the nineteenth century and centers on Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), here reimagined as an eccentric inventor, and his efforts to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. During the trip, he is accompanied by his Chinese valet, Passepartout (Jackie Chan). For comedic reasons, the film intentionally deviated wildly from the novel and included a number of
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Around the World in Eighty Days (1919 film) Around the World in Eighty Days (1919 film) Around the World in Eighty Days (German: Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen) is a 1919 German silent adventure comedy film, directed and produced by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber and Reinhold Schünzel. It is based on the 1873 Jules Verne novel "Around the World in Eighty Days". In order to win a bet, British gentleman Phileas Fogg attempts to circle the globe in eighty days, along with his French servant, Passepartout. Fogg is wrongly suspected of having robbed the Bank of England and faces the risk
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Which Scottish chemist and physicist invented the vacuum flask?
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Vacuum flask Vacuum flask A vacuum flask (also known as a Dewar flask, Dewar bottle or thermos) is an insulating storage vessel that greatly lengthens the time over which its contents remain hotter or cooler than the flask's surroundings. Invented by Sir James Dewar in 1892, the vacuum flask consists of two flasks, placed one within the other and joined at the neck. The gap between the two flasks is partially evacuated of air, creating a near-vacuum which significantly reduces heat transfer by conduction or convection. Vacuum flasks are used domestically to keep beverages hot or cold for extended periods of time
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Vacuum flask as a thermal bridge and partially reduce the insulating properties of the flask around the area where the spacer contacts the interior surface. Several technological applications, such as NMR and MRI machines, rely on the use of double vacuum flasks. These flasks have two vacuum sections. The inner flask contains liquid helium and the outer flask contains liquid nitrogen, with one vacuum section in between. The loss of precious helium is limited in this way. Other improvements to the vacuum flask include the "vapour-cooled radiation shield" and the "vapour-cooled neck", both of which help to reduce evaporation from the flask.
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Which 1997 film starred Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave and Jennifer Ehle?
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Stephen Fry bibliography and filmography Stephen Fry bibliography and filmography Stephen Fry is an English actor, comedian, author and television presenter. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in "A Bit of Fry and Laurie", and the duo also played the title roles in "Jeeves and Wooster". Fry played the lead in the film "Wilde", was Melchett in the "Blackadder" television series and was the host of celebrity comedy trivia show, "QI". He has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels and three autobiographies, "Moab Is My Washpot", "", and "More
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Jennifer Ehle Blacklist". She played Anastasia Steele's mother in the 2015 "Fifty Shades of Grey" film, and also appeared in "". Ehle married writer Michael Ryan on November 29, 2001, and they have two children. Jennifer Ehle Jennifer Anne Ehle (; born December 29, 1969) is an American actress. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries "Pride and Prejudice". For her work on Broadway, she won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for "The Real Thing", and the 2007 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress
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Which song was a top 40 hit for both Nina Simone in 1974 and Muse in 2001?
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Nina Simone used in remixes, commercials, and TV series including "Feeling Good", which featured prominently in the Season Four Promo of "Six Feet Under" (2004). Simone's "Take Care of Business" is the closing theme of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (2015), Simone's cover of Janis Ian's "Stars" is played during the final moments of the season 3 finale of "BoJack Horseman" (2016), and "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" were included in the film "Acrimony" (2018). The documentary "Nina Simone: La légende" ("The Legend") was made in the 1990s by French filmmakers
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Nina Simone musical "Hair" from the album "'Nuff Said!" (1968) that became a surprise hit for Simone, reaching number 4 on the UK Singles Chart and introducing her to a younger audience. In 2006, it returned to the UK Top 30 in a remixed version by Groovefinder. The following single, a rendition of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody", also reached the UK Top 10 in 1969. "The House of the Rising Sun" was featured on "Nina Simone Sings the Blues" in 1967, but Simone had recorded the song in 1961 and it was featured on "Nina at the Village Gate" (1962).
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In which English county are the Quantock Hills?
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Quantock Hills Quantock Hills The Quantock Hills is a range of hills west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England. The Quantock Hills were England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, being designated in 1956, and consist of heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands and agricultural land. Natural England have designated the Quantock Hills as national character area 144. They are entirely surrounded by NCA 146: the Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes. The hills run from the Vale of Taunton Deane in the south, for about to the north-west, ending at Kilve and West Quantoxhead on the coast of the Bristol Channel. They form
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Quantock Hills rim or circle of hills"; "Cantuc" is Celtic for a rim or circle, and "-ton" or "-tun" is Old English for a settlement. The highest point of the hills is called Will's Neck meaning "ridge of the Welshman", probably referring to a time when the hills marked the boundary between the expanding Saxon kingdom of Wessex and the lands of the Britons or 'Welsh' to the West. A battle was fought locally at that time. The Quantock Hills are largely formed by rocks of the Devonian period, which consist of sediments originally laid down under a shallow sea and slowly
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Which chemical element is named after the Greek word for the sun?
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Naming of chemical elements planets, dwarf planets, a few asteroids, our star, our planet, and our Moon. Uranium, neptunium, plutonium, cerium, and palladium were named after Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ceres, and Pallas respectively, which were at the time of their naming all considered to be planets. (Today, Pluto and Ceres are considered to be dwarf planets, and Pallas is considered to be an asteroid.) The name of the element selenium came from the Greek word for the Moon (Σελήνη, "Selene"). The name helium comes from the Greek word for the Sun (Ἢλιος, "Helios"). This is because the first evidence for helium was in distinctive,
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Mercury (element) of 46.612 days. Most of the remaining radioisotopes have half-lives that are less than a day. and are the most often studied NMR-active nuclei, having spins of and respectively. Hg is the modern chemical symbol for mercury. It comes from "hydrargyrum", a Latinized form of the Greek word ὑδράργυρος ("hydrargyros"), which is a compound word meaning "water-silver" (from ὑδρ- "hydr-", the root of ὕδωρ, "water," and ἄργυρος "argyros" "silver") – since it is liquid like water and shiny like silver. The element was named after the Roman god Mercury, known for his speed and mobility. It is associated with the
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In which classic book and film does the character of Mrs Danvers appear?
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Mrs. Danvers and Webb Look. In the sketch, instead of the obsession over Rebecca, it is her who is unable to live up to the second wife's lofty expectations. The LGBT-related band Mrs. Danvers takes its name from the character. Val McDermid's modern retelling of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" mentions Mrs Danvers. Stephen King's book, "Bag of Bones", alludes to the character Mrs. Danvers numerous times. Mrs. Danvers serves as something of a bogeyman for the main character, Mike Noonan. King also uses the character's name for the chilly, obedient servant in "Father's Day," a tale in his 1982 film "Creepshow". In
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Mrs. Danvers in 1940. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, but lost to Jane Darwell for "The Grapes of Wrath". Mrs. Danvers would later be played by several actresses for television adaptations, such as Dorothy Black in 1947, Nina Foch in 1962, Anna Massey in 1979, Diana Rigg in 1997, and by Mariangela Melato in an Italian language adaptation. In the book, Mrs. Danvers is given a back story. In contrast, the Hitchcock and all subsequent film adaptations never mention her past. Furthermore, the book depicts her as having a "skull's face" with high cheekbones and sunken
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In which country did the Battle of Majuba Hill take place in 1881?
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Battle of Majuba Hill Battle of Majuba Hill The Battle of Majuba Hill (near Volksrust, South Africa) on 27 February 1881 was the final and decisive battle of the First Boer War. It was a resounding victory for the Boers and the battle is considered to have been one of the most humiliating defeats of British arms in history. Maj. Gen. Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of 26–27 February 1881. Colley's motive for occupying Majuba Hill may have been anxiety that the Boers would soon occupy it themselves, Colley having witnessed their trenches being dug in
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Battle of Majuba Hill down the rear slopes of Majuba, where more were hit by the Boer marksmen, who had lined the summit in order to fire at the retreating foe. An abortive rearguard action was staged by the 15th Hussars and 60th Rifles, who had marched from a support base at Mount Prospect, although this made little impact on the Boer forces. A total of 285 Britons were killed, captured, or wounded, including Capt. Cornwallis Maude, son of government minister Cornwallis Maude, 1st Earl de Montalt. As the British were fleeing the hill, many were picked off by the superior rifles and marksmen
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Fallopia japonica is a pernicious weed spreading through roots and tubers found in various wild places, particularly damp ones, in the UK. What is its more common name?
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Fallopia japonica avoid an epidemic as in the United Kingdom, some provinces in Canada are pushing for relaxation of provincial limits on the use of herbicides close to waterways so knotweed can be aggressively managed with strong chemicals. In spite of its status as an invasive species it is still sometimes sold or swapped in Canada as an edible "false bamboo." Bohemian knotweed, a mutant hybrid— which is a cross between Japanese and giant knotweed that produces huge quantities of viable seeds —now accounts for about 80 per cent of knotweed infestations in British Columbia. Fallopia japonica Fallopia japonica, synonyms "Reynoutria japonica"
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Fallopia convolvulus Age middens. The seeds are too small and low-yielding to make a commercial crop, and it is now more widely considered a weed, occurring in crops, waste areas and roadsides. It can be a damaging weed when it is growing in a garden or crop, as it can not only damage the plant it entwines itself around, but can also hinder mechanised harvesting. It is also an invasive species in North America. Brooke, C. 2018. Court victory for couple in knowtweed tangle with neighbor. "Daily Mail" Saturday. 2018 p. 43 Fallopia convolvulus Fallopia convolvulus, the black-bindweed or wild buckwheat, is
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The charity “Bliss” supports who or what?
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Bliss (charity) Members of the World Prematurity Network call for actions to prevent preterm birth and to improve care for babies born premature. As well as Bliss, the World Prematurity Network includes: In 2016 Bliss raised over £12,000 from their World Prematurity campaign that focused on the need for high quality, family-centred care for all premature babies. Watch the family-centred care video here. Bliss (charity) Bliss is the leading UK charity for babies born premature or sick. It supports families with a baby in neonatal care, works with health professionals to provide training and improve care for babies, campaigns for improved hospital
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Bliss (charity) Bliss (charity) Bliss is the leading UK charity for babies born premature or sick. It supports families with a baby in neonatal care, works with health professionals to provide training and improve care for babies, campaigns for improved hospital resources across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and is actively involved in pioneering neonatal research. It exists to give every baby born premature or sick in the UK the best chance of survival and quality of life. Its Chief Executive is Caroline Lee-Davey. Bliss was founded in 1979 when a letter was sent to the Daily Telegraph in response to
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Heraclium mantegazzianum is a weed thought to be the largest in western Europe. What is its common name?
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Heracleum mantegazzianum Heracleum mantegazzianum Heracleum mantegazzianum, commonly known as giant hogweed, is a monocarpic perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae. "H. mantegazzianum" is also known as cartwheel-flower, giant cow parsley, giant cow parsnip, or hogsbane. In New Zealand, it is also sometimes called wild parsnip (not to be confused with "Pastinaca sativa") or wild rhubarb. Giant hogweed is native to the western Caucasus region of Eurasia. It was introduced to Britain as an ornamental plant in the 19th century, and has also spread to other areas in Western Europe, the United States, and Canada. Its close relatives, Sosnowsky's Hogweed
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What Is to Be Done? (novel) Is to Be Done?" is one of the sources of inspiration for Rand's thought. For example, the book's main character Lopuhov says "I am not a man to make sacrifices. And indeed there are no such things. One acts in the way that one finds most pleasant." Vladimir Nabokov's final novel in Russian, "The Gift", ridicules "What is to Be Done?" in its fourth chapter. What Is to Be Done? (novel) What Is To Be Done? (; also translated as What Shall We Do? and literally translated as "What To Do?") is an 1863 novel written by the Russian philosopher,
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Which novel by Peter Carey won the Booker Prize in 1988?
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Peter Carey (novelist) Book", 1978). Peter Carey (novelist) Peter Philip Carey AO (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist. Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times and is frequently named as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Carey is one of only four writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—the others being J. G. Farrell, J. M. Coetzee and Hilary Mantel. Carey won his first Booker Prize in 1988 for "Oscar and Lucinda", and won for the second time in 2001 with "True History of the Kelly Gang". In May 2008 he was nominated for the
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2012 Man Booker Prize bookmakers had Self at slightly better odds than Mantel, with the others somewhat behind. On 16 October, shortly after 21:40, jury chair Peter Stothard announced that the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize was Hilary Mantel for her "Bring Up the Bodies". By winning, Mantel became the first woman to win the Booker Prize twice, as well as the first British author to do so (South African J. M. Coetzee and Australian Peter Carey have won the award twice each). Mantel joked that "[y]ou wait 20 years for a Booker Prize; two come along at once". She added: "I
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Which actor was born Issur Danielovich?
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Kirk Douglas him to only say "Thank you", and leave the stage. Douglas agreed. But when standing in front of the audience, he had second thoughts: "I intended to just say 'thank you,' but I saw 1,000 people, and felt I had to say something more, and I did." Valenti remembers that after Douglas held up the Oscar, addressed his sons, and told his wife how much he loved her, everyone was astonished at his voice's improvement: Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch Demsky, December 9, 1916) is an American actor, filmmaker, author and centenarian. He is one of the last
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David James (actor, born 1839) insane, David James died leaving a fortune of £41,000 (an enormous sum in those days), which went to his synagogue and other Jewish charities. His son was an actor who also performed under the name David James. David James (actor, born 1839) David James (born David Belasco) (1839 – 2 October 1893) was an English comic actor and one of the founders of London's Vaudeville Theatre. He was born in London to a family of Sephardic Jewish origin. He made his stage debut as a child actor at the Princess's Theatre, London, then managed by Charles Kean. As a young
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Which London underground station was gutted by fire in 1987?
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London Underground London Underground passed back to central government with the creation of London Regional Transport (LRT), which reported directly to the Secretary of State for Transport, still retaining the London Transport brand. One person operation had been planned in 1968, but conflict with the trade unions delayed introduction until the 1980s. On 18 November 1987, fire broke out in an escalator at King's Cross St. Pancras tube station. The resulting fire cost the lives of 31 people and injured a further 100. London Underground were strongly criticised in the aftermath for their attitude to fires underground, and publication of the report
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London Underground into the fire led to the resignation of senior management of both London Underground and London Regional Transport. To comply with new safety regulations issued as a result of the fire, and to combat graffiti, a train refurbishment project was launched in July 1991. In April 1994, the Waterloo & City Railway, by then owned by British Rail and known as the Waterloo & City line, was transferred to the London Underground. In 1999, the Jubilee line was extended from Green Park station through Docklands to Stratford station, resulting in the closure of the short section of tunnel between Green
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To which family of fish does the bream belong?
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Common bream Common bream The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream or carp bream ("Abramis brama"), is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus "Abramis". The common bream's home range is Europe north of the Alps and Pyrenees, as well as the Balkans. It is found as far as east as the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea and the Aral Sea. The common bream lives in ponds, lakes and canals, and in slow-flowing rivers. The bream is usually long, though some specimens of have been recorded;
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Bream Bream Bream ( ) is a species of freshwater and marine fish belonging to a variety of genera including "Abramis" (e.g., "A. brama", the common bream), "Acanthopagrus", "Argyrops", "Blicca", "Brama", "Chilotilapia", "Etelis", "Lepomis", "Gymnocranius", "Lethrinus", "Nemipterus", "Pharyngochromis", "Rhabdosargus", or "Scolopsis". Although species from all of these genera are called "bream", the term does not imply a degree of relatedness between them. Fish termed "bream" tend to be narrow, deep-bodied species. The name is a derivation of the Middle English word "breme", of Old French origin. The term sea bream is sometimes used for porgies (family Sparidae) or pomfrets (family Bramidae).
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In which hills are the Cheddar Caves?
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Caves of the Mendip Hills The caves are recorded in the Mendip Cave Registry and Archive. The caves which are easily accessible to the public are at Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole, but the vast majority of the caves require specialist equipment and knowledge. Many of the caves are gated and operate leader systems in an attempt to reduce the damage caused when the caves are visited. Local caving groups organise trips and continue to discover new caverns. Some estimates put the number of cavers active on the Mendip Hills over a busy weekend at more than 500. Attempts made in the Mendip Hills to
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Caves of the Mendip Hills traverse from one cave to another through the underground rivers led to the development of cave diving; the first cave dive attempt in Britain took place at Swildon's Hole in 1934. The first successful cave dive in Britain was achieved the following year at Wookey Hole Caves, where the last sump is currently the deepest in Britain at . The cave complexes at St. Dunstan's Well Catchment, Thrupe Lane Swallet, Lamb Leer and Priddy Caves have been identified as geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. There are also caves within the Cheddar Complex SSSI. A selection of the better known
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What is Nyctophobia the fear of?
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Fear of the dark same article states that "the phobia has been known to be extremely disruptive to adult patients and… incapacitating". The word "nyctophobia" comes from the Greek νυκτός, "nyktos", genitive of νύξ, "nyx", "night" and φόβος, "phobos", "fear". The fear of darkness or night has several non-clinical terminologies—"lygophobia", "scotophobia" and "achluophobia". Fear of the dark Fear of the dark is a common fear or phobia among children and, to a varying degree, adults. A fear of the dark does not always concern darkness itself; it can also be a fear of possible or imagined dangers concealed by darkness. Some degree of fear
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Fear of the dark guide patients with behavior routines that are performed daily and nightly to reduce the symptoms associated with Nyctophobia. In severe cases anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication drugs can be effective to those dealing with symptoms that may not be manageable if therapy could not reduce the symptoms of Nyctophobia. Despite its pervasive nature, there has been a lack of etiological research on the subject. Nyctophobia is generally observed in children but, according to J. Adrian Williams' article "Indirect Hypnotic Therapy of Nyctophobia: A Case Report", many clinics with pediatric patients have a great chance of having adults who have nyctophobia. The
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Which book by Phillip Pullman was awarded the 2001 Whitbread Prize for Literature?
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Philip Pullman to provide relief for survivors of the Grenfell disaster. In 2017, Pullman also criticised children's authors AA Milne, E Nesbit, and Kenneth Grahame, saying specifically of Milne that he "can't stand the man". "His Dark Materials" is a trilogy consisting of "Northern Lights" (titled "The Golden Compass" in North America), "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass". "Northern Lights" won the Carnegie Medal for children's fiction in the UK in 1995. "The Amber Spyglass" was awarded both 2001 Whitbread Prize for best children's book and the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in January 2002, the first children's book to
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Corine Literature Prize Corine Literature Prize The Corine – International Book Prize, as it is officially called, is a German literature prize created by the Bavarian "Landesverband of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels" first awarded in 2001. It is awarded to German and international "authors for excellent literary achievements and their recognition by the public." The award announced on its website that it would take a break for 2012 and relaunch in 2013, but it never did as of 2017. The "Corine" trophy is a figurine produced by the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. "Corine" was first manufactured in 1760 as part of a sixteen-figure
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In the TV series Red Dwarf, one character was called Arnold J Rimmer. For what did the “J” stand?
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Arnold Rimmer II episode "Parallel Universe" was played by Suzanne Bertish, an actress primarily known for her classical stage work. She had been asked by director Ed Bye to play the part. "Young Rimmer", who had minor speaking roles in three episodes in Series III and IV, was played by child actor Simon Gaffney. Series X episode "The Beginning" features another "Young Rimmer", this time at college on Io, who was played by Philip Labey. Arnold Rimmer Arnold Judas Rimmer is a fictional character in the science fiction situation comedy "Red Dwarf", played by Chris Barrie. He is unpopular with his crewmates,
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Red Dwarf sketches as a base for a television show after watching the 1974 film "Dark Star". They changed some elements from the sketches: The 7 trillion year figure was first changed to 7 billion years and then to 3 million and the characters of Arnold Rimmer and the Cat were created. The name Dave Hollins was changed to Dave Lister when a football player called Dave Hollins became well-known, and Hab was replaced by Holly. One of the voice actors from "Son of Cliché", Chris Barrie went on to portray Arnold Rimmer in the "Red Dwarf" TV series. Episodes of "Dave
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In which country did the Battle of Vinegar Hill take place in 1798?
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Battle of Vinegar Hill totalled about 1,200 men. British casualties were around 100. The Battle of Vinegar Hill and the atrocities that occurred in its wake are depicted in the 2015 American musical "Guns of Ireland". Battle of Vinegar Hill The Battle of Vinegar Hill ("Irish": Cath Chnoc Fhíodh na gCaor), was an engagement during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 21 June 1798 when over 13,000 British soldiers launched an attack on Vinegar Hill outside Enniscorthy, County Wexford, the largest camp and headquarters of the Wexford United Irish rebels. It marked a turning point in the rebellion, as it was the last attempt
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Battle of Vinegar Hill Battle of Vinegar Hill The Battle of Vinegar Hill ("Irish": Cath Chnoc Fhíodh na gCaor), was an engagement during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 21 June 1798 when over 13,000 British soldiers launched an attack on Vinegar Hill outside Enniscorthy, County Wexford, the largest camp and headquarters of the Wexford United Irish rebels. It marked a turning point in the rebellion, as it was the last attempt by the rebels to hold and defend ground against the British military. The battle was actually fought in two locations: on Vinegar Hill itself and in the streets of nearby Enniscorthy. By
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Which US state is known as the “Tar-heel” state?
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Tar Heel and when General Lee said, "God bless the Tar-heel boys," they took the name. (p. 6) A letter found in 1991 (dating from 1864 in the North Carolina "Tar Heel Collection") by North Carolina State Archivist David Olson supports the theory that Lee might have stated something similar to this. A Colonel Joseph Engelhard, describing the Battle of Ream's Station in Virginia, wrote: "It was a 'Tar Heel' fight, and ... we got Gen'l Lee to thanking God, which you know means something brilliant." Tar Heel Tar Heel is a nickname applied to the U.S. state of North Carolina. It
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The Daily Tar Heel in the other school's color. The losing school's paper must also place the winning school's logo on their editorial page and declare the winning school is "still the best" on the front page. In conjuncture with the "Daily Tar Heel" financial struggles, in February 2018 the newsroom was moved from the large Rosemary Street office to a smaller, more consolidated space at 210 E. Franklin Street in Suite 210. Though the move has strong ties to the fiscal state of "The Daily Tar Heel", their newer office is closer to UNC's central campus, and is in the midst of action
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Which group of the 1970’s featured Tony Iommi on guitar, “Geezer” Butler on bass and Bill Ward on drums?
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Tony Iommi had minor success in England), the group renamed themselves Black Sabbath. His factory accident affected the Black Sabbath sound; by 1970 Iommi had detuned his guitar from E to E♭ (a minor second down), and from 1971's "Master of Reality" album, had detuned it further to D♭ (a minor third down), to ease the tension on his fingers. Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler did the same to match Iommi. Sabbath was among the first bands to detune, and the technique became a mainstay of heavy metal music. Iommi combined blues-like guitar solos and dark, minor-key riffing with a revolutionary high-gain,
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Bill Ward (musician) reuniting with Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Ronnie James Dio for a tour though under the moniker Heaven & Hell. However, Ward later decided not to participate in the tour or continue participation in the band because of musical differences with "a couple of the other bandmembers" and a reported concern about extended touring. On 11 November 2011, Iommi, Butler, Osbourne, and Ward announced that they were reuniting to record a new album with producer Rick Rubin and to start touring in 2012. In February 2012, however, Ward left before work commenced on "13", the first studio recording to include
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Which group of the 1970-80’s featured Mick Jones on guitar, Paul Simonon on bass and Nicky “Topper” Headon on drums?
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The Clash The Clash The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 as a key player in the original wave of British punk rock. They have also contributed to the and new wave movements that emerged in the wake of punk and employed elements of a variety of genres including reggae, dub, funk, ska and rockabilly. For most of their recording career, the Clash consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Joe Strummer, lead guitarist and lead vocalist Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon, and drummer Nicky "Topper" Headon. Headon left the group in 1982, and internal friction led
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Paul Simonon "Combat Rock" (played by Topper Headon), and 10 of the 12 tracks on "Cut the Crap" (played by Norman Watt-Roy). "Sandinista!" featured bass played by Jones or Strummer, some but possibly not all of which Simonon later re-recorded once he rejoined the sessions after filming "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains". Also, when performing "The Guns of Brixton" live he switched instruments with Joe Strummer, because it was easier for him to sing while playing guitar, instead of bass. Simonon's contrapuntal reggae/ska-influenced lines set him apart from the bulk of other punk rock bassists of the era in their complexity
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In which Australian state is the town of Wagga Wagga?
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Electoral district of Wagga Wagga Electoral district of Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The district has been held by independent MP Joe McGirr since the September 2018 by-election. Wagga Wagga is a regional electorate. It entirely covers two local government areas: the City of Wagga Wagga and Lockhart Shire. It also covers part of the Snowy Valleys Council, which was established following the merger of Tumut Shire and Tumbarumba Shire. Wagga Wagga was created in 1894. In 1920, Wagga Wagga, Albury and Corowa was absorbed into Murray and elected three
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Wagga Wagga union and Australian rules football in the town. Other popular sports in Wagga include soccer, cricket, tennis, and lawn bowls. The local rugby league teams play in the Group 9 Rugby League competition and include Wagga Brothers, South City and Wagga Kangaroos. The Group 9 grand final is a major sport event in Wagga Wagga. Rugby union teams include CSU Reddies, Wagga Agricultural College, Wagga City and Wagga Waratahs in the Southern Inland Rugby Union. Australian rules football clubs in Wagga include Collingullie-Glenfield Park, Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes, Turvey Park and Wagga Tigers in the Riverina Football League and East Wagga-Kooringal, North
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Where did the worst rail disaster in British history occur in November 1952, when 112 people lost their lives?
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Harrow & Wealdstone station of a lift when entering/leaving the Harrow entrance nor does platform 6 using the Wealdstone entrance). Harrow & Wealdstone station Harrow & Wealdstone is a interchange station in Wealdstone in the London Borough of Harrow. It is served by London Overground, London Northwestern Railway, Southern and London Underground services. The station is located between The Bridge, Wealdstone, (which joins the southern end of High Street) and Sandridge Close, Harrow with entrances leading to both. The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash of 1952, killing 112 people, occurred at the station. It remains Britain's worst peacetime rail disaster. The station was opened
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Buttevant Rail Disaster Buttevant Rail Disaster The Buttevant Rail Disaster was a train crash that occurred at Buttevant Railway Station, County Cork in the Ireland, 137 miles from Heuston Station on the Dublin to Cork main line, on 1 August 1980. More than 70 people were injured, and 18 died, resulting as one of Ireland's worst rail disasters to ever occur and the country's worst rail disaster during peacetime history. At 12:45 the 10:00 am Dublin (Heuston) to Cork (Kent) express train entered Buttevant station carrying some 230 bank holiday passengers. The train was diverted off the main line across a 1:8 temporary
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In which classic book and film does the character Miss Trunchbull appear?
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Miss Trunchbull Miss Trunchbull Miss Agatha Trunchbull, also known as Miss Trunchbull or simply The Trunchbull, is the fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School (Crunchem Hall Elementary School in the 1996 film) and one of the main antagonists in Roald Dahl's book and the film, "Matilda", said to look "more like an eccentric and rather bloodthirsty follower of the stag-hounds than the headmistress of a nice school for children". Miss Trunchbull is depicted as being a "gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of pupils and teachers alike" notorious for her wildly excessive and idiosyncratic discipline:
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Miss Trunchbull eat a colossal chocolate cake as punishment for apparently eating a piece of her own chocolate cake only to make the children rewrite the dictionary by hand and blaming Bruce FOR eating the whole cake in the first place. Miss Trunchbull is portrayed by Pam Ferris in the film and Bertie Carvel in the musical. Later, Christopher Sieber portrayed the role in the musical, replacing Carvel. Miss Trunchbull Miss Agatha Trunchbull, also known as Miss Trunchbull or simply The Trunchbull, is the fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School (Crunchem Hall Elementary School in the 1996 film) and one of
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Who, in 1884, invented the flexible film roll for cameras?
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Roll film of Peter's camera. David Henderson Houston (born June 14, 1841; died May 6, 1906), originally from Cambria, Wisconsin, patented the first holders for flexible roll film. Houston moved to Hunter in Dakota Territory in 1880. He was issued an 1881 patent for a roll film holder which he licensed to George Eastman (it was used in Eastman's Kodak 1888 box camera). Houston sold the patent (and an 1886 revision) outright to Eastman for $5000 in 1889. Houston continued developing the camera, creating 21 patents for cameras or camera parts between 1881 and 1902. In 1912 his estate transferred the remainder
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The Man Who Invented Christmas (film) with an average rating of 6.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""The Man Who Invented Christmas" adds holiday magic to the writing of "A Christmas Carol", putting a sweetly revisionist spin on the story behind a classic yuletide tale." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score 60 out of 100, based 32 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Man Who Invented Christmas (film) The Man Who Invented Christmas is a 2017 biographical drama film directed by Bharat Nalluri and written by Susan Coyne based on the book of the same
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Which Irish poet’s epitaph ends “Cast a cold eye, on life, on death. Horseman pass by”?
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W. B. Yeats plant me in Sligo'." In September 1948, Yeats's body was moved to the churchyard of St Columba's Church, Drumcliff, County Sligo, on the Irish Naval Service corvette "LÉ Macha". The person in charge of this operation for the Irish Government was Seán MacBride, son of Maud Gonne MacBride, and then Minister of External Affairs. His epitaph is taken from the last lines of "Under Ben Bulben", one of his final poems: <poem style="margin-left: 2em;">Cast a cold Eye On Life, on Death. Horseman, pass by!</poem> French ambassador Stanislas Ostroróg was involved in returning the remains of the Irish poet from France
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Horseman, Pass By! Horseman, Pass By! Horseman, Pass By! () is a 2005 book by the French writer Michel Déon. It recounts Déon's memories and impressions from Ireland and Irish culture. Michel Déon visited Ireland for the first time in 1956, invited by his friend Christine de Rivoyre. He lived in Greece for several years and moved to Ireland in 1969. He settled with his family in the village of Tynagh in a former rectory from the 18th century. The church was turned into a stable, with the approval of the village priest. Ireland has been the setting for several of Déon's most
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In the 1974 TV comedy “It Ain’t Half Hot Mum”, who played the part of Gunner Beaumont?
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Melvyn Hayes Melvyn Hayes Melvyn Hayes (born Melvyn Hyams, 11 January 1935) is an English actor known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) "Gloria" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum", and the Cliff Richard musical films "The Young Ones" and "Summer Holiday". Born in Wandsworth, London, Hayes attended Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys, Battersea. He was also in a theatrical troupe called Terry's Juveniles and his acting career stretches back to 1950 when he was "disappearing twice daily for £4 per week" performing the indian rope trick in Maskelyne's Mysteries at the Comedy
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It Ain't Half Hot Mum It Ain't Half Hot Mum It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a BBC television sitcom, about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast on the BBC between 1974 and 1981, and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. It was set in India and Burma, during the last months of the Second World War, starting just prior to V-E Day in 1945 (the German surrender is announced in an early episode). "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" was the second of the three sitcom series co-written by David Croft set in the Second World War, the first being "Dad's
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Which famous actress provided the voice of Maggie in “The Simpsons” when she uttered her first word?
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Lisa's First Word Bart was two during the flashback. Maggie's first word was provided by the Academy Award-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor, who would also voice herself in the season four finale, "Krusty Gets Kancelled". While promoting the episode, the producers initially did not reveal who the voice of Maggie would be, prompting speculation as to the identity of the actress. Although it was only one word, the voice came out "too sexy" and Taylor had to record the part numerous times before the producers were satisfied and thought it sounded like a baby. Several sources, including John Ortved's "The Simpsons" history article "Simpsons
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Lisa's First Word that he hopes she never says a word. But as soon as he turns off the light and closes the door, Maggie takes her pacifier out of her mouth and utters the word "daddy", before going to sleep. "Lisa's First Word" was written by Jeff Martin, and directed by Mark Kirkland. "The Simpsons" writers Mike Reiss and Al Jean were discussing about having an episode where Maggie would say her first word, and Reiss thought it would be cute to have her say "daddy" when no one could hear her. Jeff Martin was assigned to write the episode because he
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