Which Irish musician released a 1988 album entitled ‘Watermark’?

Enya: Watermark - Music on Google Play ( 69) Description Watermark is the second studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 19 September 1988 by Warner Music internationally and on 10 January 1989 by Reprise Records in the United States. After the release of her previous album Enya in 1987, she met Rob Dickins, chairman of Warner Music UK and fan of her first album, signed her to the label. Her contract allowed her considerable artistic and creative freedom with minimal interference from the label's management. Enya recorded Watermark in ten months with her long time recording partners, manager, producer and arranger Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. It was initially recorded in Ireland in demo form before production relocated to London to re-record, mix, and master it. Watermark is formed of music in different styles, and displays Enya's sound of multi-tracked vocals with keyboards and elements of Celtic and New age music, though Enya believes her music does not belong in the latter genre. Watermark received many positive reviews from critics.


What is the name of the spiked metal plate fixed to a boot for climbing on ice or rock?

Rock, Ice and Mountain Climbing Terms, Glossary, Definitions - Santiam Alpine Club Glossary of rock, ice and mountain climbing terms Alpine: Concerning high mountains, originally, concerning the Alps. Alpine start: An early morning start to ascend before the sun softens the snow or to return before nightfall. Alpine style: Lightweight, fast climbing that emphasizes the role of speed in safety, to climb and return quickly during a window of good weather. AMS (acute mountain sickness, hypoxemia, hypoxia): Symptoms of low blood oxygen due to high altitude: headache, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, malaise and disturbed sleep. Also see HADE below. Anchor: A point where the rope is secured to the snow, ice or rock to provide protection against a fall. An equalized anchor system places equal weight on multiple devices to reduce the chance of failure. Any individual anchor point, whether one piece of protection or an anchor system, must be able to hold a fall. The condition of the rock, snow or ice determines whether an individual anchor device or an anchor system is required to provide adequate security. Equalized anchor system Approach: The nontechnical section of the climb that leads to the technical part of the climb. Ascender (Jumar, Clog): A mechanical braking device used for belaying oneself from a vertical fixed rope. By contrast, for a traverse protected by horizontal fixed line, carabiners on slings are often used to connect the climber to the main rope. As carabiners have no braking capability, a climber will fall to the lower anchor or to the lowest point between two anchors. Self-belay from prusik or bachmann knot is a known unsafe technique. Unlike a carabiner, prusik cord burns through quickly once it begins sliding on the main line. Avalanche: Movement down the mountain of previously stationary snow, rock, or both. Snow avalanche conditions for open slopes can often be predicted by monitoring the weather. As days of high avalanche danger and known avalanche areas are generally avoided, more climbers are injured by a single falling rock or piece of ice. Bachmann (bachman) knot: A friction knot similar in design and purpose to a prusik knot with the difference that the Bachmann can be set up in a self-regulating configuration. When used in a z-pulley, when tension is released the Bachmann slides along the main rope. When tension pulls the knot tight, the knot prevents downward motion of the pulley. Although similar in purpose to an ascender, a Bachmann knot will burn quickly through the prusik cord should it begin to slip. Bachmann knot video Base weight: The weight of a pack before food, fuel and water. Some thru-hikers flirt with hypothermia by skimping on two warm and dry items to reach a base weight below 10 pounds, 4.5 kilograms, by omitting a stove and carrying a single-wall shelter instead of a double-wall tent. Together, these safety upgrades can sum to as little as 2 additional pounds, 1 kilogram. Dry hiking reduces weight by carrying only enough water to reach the next known water source, another way to leave oneself unprepared for an emergency. A mountaineer's pack loaded with safety gear — a helmet, a harness, a rope plus the appropriate protection for the route — is often not weighed. What is, is. "That is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to" remain indifferent about "what the meaning of the word 'is' is," and about whom is boasting of a light pack as they toss their sleeping bag into another's tent. "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles." Either way, base weight is likely to be about the same. Belay: A safety technique where a stationary climber provides protection by means of ropes, anchors and braking devices or techniques, to an ascending or descending partner. A static belay is when a fall is held fast. A dynamic belay is when a fall is brought to a gradual stop by allowing the rope to slide somewhat to not overload the anchor with the force of the fall. Static belay is often used on ice and rock where the anchors are bombproof and the pitch is near vertical. Dynamic belay i


A pneumonectomy is the removal or part-removal of which part of the human body?

Surgery of the Lungs: Pneumonectomy, Lobectomy, Sleeve Lobectomy, Wedge Resection, Segment Resection Home > Patient's Guide > Lung Surgery > Types of Lung Surgery A Patient's Guide to Lung Surgery Types of Lung Surgery Pneumonectomy A surgical procedure in which an entire lung is removed.A pneumonectomy is most often done for cancer of the lung that cannot be treated by removal of a smaller portion of the lung. A pneumonectomy is an open chest technique (thoracotomy). Lobectomy Also called a pulmonary lobectomy, it is a common surgical procedure that removes one lobe of the lung that contains cancerous cells. Removal of two lobes is called bilobectomy.   Sleeve Lobectomy A surgical procedure that removes a cancerous lobe of the lung along with part of the bronchus (air passage) that attaches to it. The remaining lobe(s) is then reconnected to the remaining segment of the bronchus. This procedure preserves part of a lung, and is an alternative to removing the lung as a whole (pneumonectomy).   Wedge Resection A wedge resection is a surgical procedure during which the surgeon removes a small, wedge-shaped portion of the lung containing the cancerous cells along with healthy tissue that surrounds the area. The surgery is performed to remove a small tumor or to diagnose lung cancer. A wedge resection is performed instead of a lobectomy (removing a complete lung lobe) when there is a danger of decreased lung function if too much of the lung is removed. A wedge resection can be performed by minimally-invasive video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) or a thoracotomy (open chest surgery).   Segment Resection (Segmentectomy) A segment resection removes a larger portion of the lung lobe than a wedge resection, but does not remove the whole lobe.


Which US President ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to Russia (USSR) detonating its first atomic bomb?

Soviets explode atomic bomb - Aug 29, 1949 - HISTORY.com Soviets explode atomic bomb Publisher A+E Networks At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.” In order to measure the effects of the blast, the Soviet scientists constructed buildings, bridges, and other civilian structures in the vicinity of the bomb. They also placed animals in cages nearby so that they could test the effects of nuclear radiation on human-like mammals. The atomic explosion, which at 20 kilotons was roughly equal to “Trinity,” the first U.S. atomic explosion, destroyed those structures and incinerated the animals. According to legend, the Soviet physicists who worked on the bomb were honored for the achievement based on the penalties they would have suffered had the test failed. Those who would have been executed by the Soviet government if the bomb had failed to detonate were honored as “Heroes of Socialist Labor,” and those who would have been merely imprisoned were given “The Order of Lenin,” a slightly less prestigious award. On September 3, a U.S. spy plane flying off the coast of Siberia picked up the first evidence of radioactivity from the explosion. Later that month, President Harry S. Truman announced to the American people that the Soviets too had the bomb. Three months later, Klaus Fuchs, a German-born physicist who had helped the United States build its first atomic bombs, was arrested for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviets. While stationed at U.S. atomic development headquarters during World War II, Fuchs had given the Soviets precise information about the U.S. atomic program, including a blueprint of the “Fat Man” atomic bomb later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, and everything the Los Alamos scientists knew about the hypothesized hydrogen bomb. The revelations of Fuchs’ espionage, coupled with the loss of U.S. atomic supremacy, led President Truman to order development of the hydrogen bomb, a weapon theorized to be hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. On November 1, 1952, the United States successfully detonated “Mike,” the world’s first hydrogen bomb, on the Elugelab Atoll in the Pacific Marshall Islands. The 10.4-megaton thermonuclear device instantly vaporized an entire island and left behind a crater more than a mile wide. Three years later, on November 22, 1955, the Soviet Union detonated its first hydrogen bomb on the same principle of radiation implosion. Both superpowers were now in possession of the so-called “superbomb,” and the world lived under the threat of thermonuclear war for the first time in history. Related Videos


Which British designer designed the iPod?

Jonathan Ive interview: Apple's design genius is British to the core - Telegraph Apple Jonathan Ive interview: Apple's design genius is British to the core Apple’s design guru Jonathan Ive, who receives a knighthood today for creating  products such as the iPad, tells Shane Richmond why this country’s  industrial heritage lies behind his success. Sir Jonathan Ive is to be given greater control over Apple's product design department Photo: Rex Features By Shane Richmond , Head of Technology (Editorial) 6:30AM BST 23 May 2012 Read part two of The Telegraph's Jonathan Ive interview. Just one person looks twice at Jonathan Ive as we walk through the Apple store in London's Covent Garden and that's a member of staff. The customers are oblivious to the presence of the man responsible for the design of the computers, iPads, iPhones and iPods that they are admiring, tapping and caressing throughout the shop. Ive, a softly spoken, thoughtful Brit, has worked at Apple in California since 1992, and since 1997 has been in charge of its designs. This may well make him the most influential designer in the world. In creating the iPod he unleashed a product that profoundly altered the music industry, while the iPhone is doing the same to the mobile phone industry. The most recent product from his team, the iPad, is setting the standard for an entirely new category of computer. His incredible run of success has made him revered in the design community and helped him to amass a fortune in excess of £80 million. Even so, he says, he isn’t recognised all that often. “People’s interest is in the product, not in its authorship,” he says. Considerably more people will know Ive’s face after today, when he is to be knighted for services to design and enterprise. The honour, he says, is “incredibly humbling”. Related Articles Apple's design chief: profile 23 May 2012 “All I’ve ever wanted to do is design and make; it’s what I love doing. It’s great if you can find what you love to do. Finding it is one thing but then to be able to practise that and be preoccupied with that is another,” he says. “I’m very aware of an incredible tradition in the UK of designing and making, and so to be recognised in this way is really wonderful.” Ive was born in 1967 in Chingford, Essex, but raised in Staffordshire, where he went to Walton High School, a large comprehensive in Stafford. He says his father, a teacher, was a significant influence on his decision to pursue design. “My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you can make something yourself.” Ive talks about Apple’s attention to detail in its products – details that often won’t be seen by consumers at all – as a desire to “finish the back of the drawer”. “We do it because we think it’s right,” he says. The seed of that idea was planted while watching his father work. “Growing up, I enjoyed drawing but it was always in the service of an idea. I drew all the time and I enjoyed making.” He studied design at Newcastle Polytechnic, now Northumbria University, where he still returns frequently to give guest lectures. “One of the things that was interesting about my time at the school of art and design is that you were in very close proximity to graphic designers, fashion designers and fine art students. That’s one of the things that really characterised my time at college and I think it characterises a lot of the energy and vitality in London, this density of such creative diversity.” It was while he was at university that Ive first encountered an Apple Mac. Having considered himself to be technically inept, he was amazed to find a computer that he could use. “I suddenly realised that it wasn’t me at all. The computers that I had been expected to use were absolutely dreadful.” That experience made Ive curious about Apple and the people behind it. Later, at Tangerine, the design agency he co-founded, he worked for Apple as a consultant. Twenty years ago, he moved to California to join the company full time. Despite that, he says,


Saint Apollinia is the patron saint of which medical profession?

CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Saint Apollonia – The Patron Saint of Dentistry Saint Apollonia – The Patron Saint of Dentistry Ever since I have known that dentistry had a patron saint I have been interested in her and have from time to time gathered material germane to the subject. On a recent excursion to Quebec I made a visit to Sainte Anne and you may be sure that one of the things that drew me thither was to see this portion of the jaw of Saint Apollonia. I made a brave effort to locate this piece of jaw but not being a French scholar and French being the “official” language at Saint Anne, I was unable to find it. I am very much afraid it either is not there or else is not accounted among the valued possessions of the church. Upon my return home, I concluded to gather together the material I have and present it to the dental profession. In my search for material I have been aided by my friend, Mr. Charles G. Marrett, and the pictures I show I have obtained mostly from friends who have traveled abroad and have been on the outlook for pictures of Saint Apollonia for me, knowing I am interested in the subject. An article on Saint Apollonia appeared in the July, 1913, number of the Dental Brief. This article, however, has many inaccuracies and I also believe I can add much to the subject. Dr. Koch, in his History of Dental Surgery, refers to this Saint and a painting of Saint Apollonia was presented to the Philadelphia Academy of Stomatology by Dr. C. N. Pierce in 1900. So far as I know these are the only references to Saint Apollonia in our dental literature. For centuries before there was any dental profession, men and women suffering from toothache had been accustomed to call upon Saint Apollonia to come to their assistance. Poor mortals, that was about all they could do, for a medieval toothache was a pretty hopeless affair. If Apollonia declined to help you, you might try a charm, or go upon a little pilgrimage, but in the end you would probably be quite speedily reduced to the drastic remedy of extraction, and be forced to hunt up some one with a pair of forceps or tweezers – the barber, surgeon or the blacksmith. Extraction could have been no laughing matter in those rough days. Wise and wealthy people saved up their toothaches till the day came round for one of the great annual fairs or markets, and then had their decayed stumps harvested, amid a blare of trumpets, by artists in gorgeous costumes. On such occasions the victim would be further enheartened by a large and interested concourse of spectators. But perhaps the best thing to do, if Saint Apollonia refused her aid was to seek some monastery and ask the good brothers to take your tooth out. They were usually willing to do so, if approached in the proper spirit. They kept up this tooth pulling practice, too, into quite recent times. Not so very many years ago, if we happened to be on the Capitoline Hill at Rome on one of the proper days, we should have seen a gloomy band of men, women, and children toiling up the long, steep stairs to the portals of the church of Santa Marie in Araceli, not barefooted or on their knees, but with swollen, aching cheeks, done up in cloths or handkerchiefs, which would be tied in large disconsolate bow knots in a way no longer the fashion for pedestrian toothaches. On the upper step a squad of Franciscan friars, forceps in hand, awaited the sufferers, and there on the crest of Araceli’s marble staircase, the populace of Rome, amid much unrestrained and hearty screeching, were wont to have their teeth out at the expense of the church. On the whole, Apollonia does not seem to have done her duty very well. Teeth are tolerably scarce in Christian history. Even such an exquisite as King Henry III of France at the height of his fascinations did not possess a tooth to his name. We find there are two Saint Apollonias; a real one, as historic as Queen Elizabeth or Julius Caesar, and no handsomer; and a legendary one, all youth and grace and loveliness. And it is the latter the artists painted, and the toothache patients invoked.


The ‘Harvester Judgement’ was a benchmark legal case for ensuring workers in which country were paid a fair basic wage?

Harvester Judgment : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki More info on Harvester Judgment   Wikis Advertisements    Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Encyclopedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Harvester Judgment was a benchmark legal case for ensuring workers in Australia were paid a fair basic wage. The case had national ramifications and was of international significance. [1] The Harvester Judgment was delivered in the Australian Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration by H.B. Higgins in 1907. The case involved one of Australia's largest employers, Hugh Victor McKay , the owner of the Sunshine Harvester Works, a company which built agricultural machinery. Higgins ruled that McKay was obliged to pay his employees a wage that guaranteed them a standard of living which was reasonable for "a human being in a civilised community", regardless of his capacity to pay. This gave rise to the legal requirement for a basic wage , which dominated Australian economic life for the next 60 to 80 years. Jack. R had been appointed President of the newly created Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration in 1908 and had been a Justice of the High Court of Australia since 1906. The hearing took place in Melbourne from 7 October 1907 to 8 November 1907. Higgins heard evidence from employees of McKay's factory and also their wives. In defining a 'fair and reasonable wage', Higgins employed Pope Leo XIII 's Rerum Novarum of 1891, an open letter to all the bishops that addressed the condition of the working classes. Higgins ruled that remuneration "must be enough to support the wage earner in reasonable and frugal comfort". Higgins set a 'fair and reasonable' minimum wage for unskilled workers of 7/- ( 7 shillings ), which is around 70 cents, or 42/- per week. McKay successfully appealed the decision to the High Court. In R v Barger [2] the High Court found Higgins's decision constitutionally invalid because the legislation was essentially concerned with the regulation of employment conditions, a power not held by the Commonwealth Parliament and not capable of being supported by the excise power. [3] The High Court further found a tax based on compliance with certain labour conditions which could differ from State to State was a discrimination within the meaning of section 51(ii) and a preference within the meaning of section 99. (16) [4] Notwithstanding that victory, the 1907 Harvester decision was regarded as a benchmark in Australian industrial case law. Higgins regarded the minimum wage as sacrosanct and applied the Harvester reasoning to subsequent judgments in his long and distinguished career as president of the Conciliation and Arbitration Court. While another view doubts it was realistic. [5] References ^ Ford, Olwen (2001). Harvester Town: The making of Sunshine 1890-1925. Sunshine & District Historical Society Incorporated. ISBN 0959598944.


‘The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there’, are the opening words to which novel?

Rereading: The Go-Between by LP Hartley | Books | The Guardian Rereading Rereading: The Go-Between by LP Hartley A story of lost innocence, hypocrisy and Britishness – but LP Hartley's masterpiece can also be read as a sophisticated gay novel Julie Christie in Joseph Losey's 1970 film of The Go-Between. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar Ali Smith Friday 17 June 2011 18.55 EDT First published on Friday 17 June 2011 18.55 EDT Share on Messenger Close "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." For the past year or so, when I've been giving readings, I've asked the people in the audience if they know or remember LP Hartley's 1953 novel, The Go-Between. Generally there's a single yes or a couple of yeses; otherwise silence, a shaking of heads. Then I'll say the first half of its first line and the audience will come back loud and strong on their own with the second half. Certainly Hartley and his multi-awardwinning work (his Eustace and Hilda trilogy, completed in 1947, was hugely acclaimed, and the film version of his 1957 novel, The Hireling, won the main award at Cannes in 1973) have all but disappeared from contemporary literary consciousness. I first read his best-known novel, The Go-Between, at the age of 16 in 1979 (in a Penguin copy with Julie Christie under a parasol on the front, a still from Joseph Losey's 1970 film adaptation), because Hartley was the most contemporary writer on our Sixth Year Studies English course. I opened the same book again for the first time in three decades a couple of years ago. Can a book ambush you? From the prologue ("Are you vanquished, Colston, are you vanquished?") to the epilogue ("Tell him there's no spell or curse except an unloving heart") it felt, as I reread, uncannily familiar, like something I knew – and had no idea I knew – by heart. A combination of knowing and not-knowing is this novel's driving force. It announced itself to Hartley when he was in Venice in May 1952, working on a completely different project; he put it immediately aside and wrote The Go-Between quite fast, revising his draft as soon as October and November. It's set at – or rather, framed by – the mid-point of the 20th century, "the most changeful half a century in history", when Leo Colston, a man in his mid-60s, sits down in a drab realist 1950s room, the rain hammering at the window, to sort through some old papers. Almost straight away he comes upon a red cardboard box once used for his childhood Eton collars: in it are inconsequential odds and ends; some dried-up sea-urchins, some rusty magnets, "which had almost lost their magnetism", and a diary. He picks each thing up in turn. "Something came and went between us: the intimate pleasure of recognition." But about the "Diary for the year 1900", with its Zodiac figures circling the announcement of this new "Golden Age", the "glorious destiny of the 20th century", he can remember nothing except a sense of baleful loss. He opens it: the combination lock, which he knows without knowing, is set to the letters of his own name. His own long-gone story breaks open on him all over again. Leo is 12 years old and visiting his upper-class schoolfriend Marcus's family seat, Brandham Hall in Norfolk, in the summer of 1900. He is wearing his too-hot Norfolk jacket (which makes him a sort of clothing joke), having come away unprepared for heat, in fact confident there wouldn't be any such thing, since he considers himself something of a magician; in the novel's prologue he relates how a curse he wrote in blood in his diary last term has caused two bullies to concuss themselves by falling off the school roof. He has ordered up a cool summer in the same way. But the summer is hotter than is imaginable. "In the heat, the commonest objects changed their nature. Walls, trees, the very ground one trod on, instead of being cool were warm to the touch: and the sense of touch is the most transfiguring of all the senses . . . In the heat the senses, the mind, the heart, the body, all told a different tale. One felt another person, one was another pers


Which UK children’s tv show, launched in 1968, had a mascot called Murgatroyd?

Magpie DVD review Search Magpie DVD review Smarter and sexier than Blue Peter, this 70s children's entertainment show had an occult theme tune and an ex-Bond girl... tumblr "One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl and four for a boy..." ran the famous signature tune by the Murgatroyd Band of archetypal seventies show Magpie. ITV launched the show in 1968, ten years after its BBC rival Blue Peter. Initially a forty minute programme transmitted once a week, Magpie then ran twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays until the summer of 1980. The presenters were Susan Stranks, the late Tony Bastable, Pete Brady, Douglas Rae, Mick Robertson, Jenny Hanley and Tommy Boyd. Sadly only about 10% of all the programmes made still exist. This collection features twelve of the best episodes from 1972 to 1980. As one would expect from Network, the DVD is well presented with a range of extras. The shows are arranged in chronological order, each one prefaced by the famous Thames "river and skyline" ident. The first from 1972 is something of a landmark as Tony Bastable, who later fronted ITV's Eighties computer show Database, takes over as producer and is replaced on the studio floor by Mick Robertson, looking like a cross between Brian May and Marc Bolan. An item about a new football boot is followed by a rather dry historical scene about Puritans and Royalists fronted by Susan Stranks (once Juke Box Jury's "typical teenager"). Things suddenly feel very educational, a criticism often levelled at Blue Peter. It seems Magpie wasn't averse to cramming in as many facts as possible when it suited them. The next item about horse-drawn ploughing, would hardly grab the kids of today. The final item features a hilarious looking (from a modern technology point of view) "portable" studio camera which is so big the cameraman needs to wear a cumbersome support to carry it. The next show was trailed as a Halloween special featuring Peter Cushing, a pity it doesn't feature on the disc. The next programme moves on to 1975 and is a special on canals. By now, ex-Bond girl Jenny Hanley has replaced Susan Stranks. Jenny and Douglas Rae feature in a filmed sequence taking a canal trip whilst Mick Robertson gets the short straw, remaining in the studio with a model boat and some canal facts. Perhaps the most interesting canal fact is that a Chinaman invented the lock. Like the canals, this show has a very leisurely pace which is fine as a documentary but as kids TV it must have left the children of the day wondering what was on the other channel. Magpie was very much a product of its time. This is reflected in a show from 1976 which features Mick Robertson spending an afternoon with James Hunt prior to the Monaco Grand Prix. The 1976 Christmas show is included too. Originally transmitted on Christmas Eve it features traditional carol singing, a reminder of the Magpie appeal (which unlike its rival asked for hard cash) and an unusually positive approach to graffiti in Luton.   Disc two features six programmes from 1977 to 1980, beginning with a retrospective of a summer tour of France linked by Mick in a studio set of a French cafe. A heavily-permed Tommy Boyd joins the team in the next show, which has an item on the Titanic, Indian bead craft and Boyd's cycle trip to Amsterdam. Another show features David McKee, creator of Mr Benn, as a judge on a Christmas card competition, an item on Yoga and Tommy Boyd spending a day with the Navy. The 1979 review of the year looks at the best Magpie moments of the previous twelve months including film of a young Sharron Davies training for the upcoming Moscow Olympics. The highlight of this disc is a live show from Beaulieu, the estate of Lord Montague famed for its Motor museum. Cue lots of dressing up, vintage cars and a close-up look at Donald Campbell's Bluebird. The final episode on the disc is a mixture of cricket, tap-dancing and yet another retrospective this time of Jenny Hanley's most daredevil moments. Extras Disc One features a 1971 documentary "My Brother David". which explores the difficulties of bringing up


The Antionette Perry Awards for Excellence are better known by what name?

How two Kansas brothers came to influence the nation’s art and literary circles | The Wichita Eagle June 9, 2016 5:11 PM How two Kansas brothers came to influence the nation’s art and literary circles By Beccy Tanner Order Reprint of this Story This Sunday night, when some of you turn your televisions to CBS at 7 p.m. to watch the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre – better known as the Tonys – think about the Kansas connection. There would not be a Tony Award had it not been for a Kansan who created the awards in honor of his partner, Antoinette Perry. Brock Pemberton, a Broadway producer and founder of the Tony Awards, grew up in Leavenworth and attended both the College of Emporia in Emporia and the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He was a nephew of Marshall Murdock, founding editor and publisher of The Wichita Eagle. Pemberton also had a brother named Murdock Pemberton. Both were nurtured in their young careers by Marshall Murdock and William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette. The two Pembertons later move to New York. In the 1920s and 1930s, Brock Pemberton produced plays. Some of his best-known hits included “Harvey,” about a man whose best friend is an imaginary rabbit, and “Personal Appearance,” later made into the movie “Go West, Young Man.” During World War II, Brock Pemberton was instrumental in establishing USO shows for the military. Brock Pemberton’s partner in theater was Antoinette Perry, an actress, director and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. He nicknamed her “Tony.” She died in 1946. The first Tony was awarded in 1947 to recognize outstanding talent and technical achievement. When Brock Pemberton died in 1950, he was awarded posthumously a Tony for his role as founder and original chairman of the awards. He is buried in a New York cemetery. His brother went on to become the first art critic at the New Yorker magazine and one of the founders of the Algonquin Round Table, the literary world’s most celebrated group of writers, critics and actors. Murdock Pemberton died in 1982. There is a tombstone for him in Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Emporia.


According to the Bible, how many pieces of silver did each of the Philistines offer Delilah to find out where Samson’s strength lay?

15. Samson Brings Down the House (Judges 16) | Bible.org 15. Samson Brings Down the House (Judges 16) Related Media Introduction The Bible does not read like a fairy tale and most certainly the Book of Judges does not. The way our author tells the story chapter 16 does not end with a “happily ever after” for Samson. 1 So lest we hesitate to even begin this message, let me start with the good news: 32 And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets. 33 Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight (Hebrews 11:32-34, emphasis mine). 2 Let’s face it, from what we have read in Judges, we might not expect to see Gideon, Samson, or Jephthah in heaven, but the writer to the Hebrews tells us that they will be there. These men are listed among those who are included in the hall of faith, and faith pleases God. 3 I am inclined to read Hebrews 11 in such a way as to conclude that it was Samson who, by faith, “gained strength in weakness.” I am also inclined to read Judges in such a way that Samson does not come to faith until the final moments of his life, which would mean that he came to faith during the events described in our text! Never was Samson weaker than he was as he stood between the two supporting columns of that Philistine “temple of doom” in Gaza. His eyes had been gouged out, and he was undoubtedly shackled in chains. Here is the time when Samson really “gained strength in [his] weakness.” 4 I start with this because we can read Judges 16 knowing that Samson came to faith in the end and that in spite of his many flaws, he is one of those chosen to eternal life. Whatever else Samson was and did, he ended up in the hall of faith. And here is where our text should encourage us as well. I’ll speak to this at the end of this message. A Brief Review We were introduced to Samson’s parents in chapter 13. There, the Angel of the Lord appeared first to Manoah’s wife, and eventually Manoah was able to speak with the Angel as well. The Angel promised Manoah that although his wife was barren, she would give birth to a very special child. This child was to be a Nazirite from the time of his conception. Samson’s parents appear to be godly people who sincerely desired to raise their son in the fear of the Lord. The Spirit of the Lord began working in Samson’s life sometime in his youth, but the exact nature of the Spirit’s “stirring” (or “control”) is not stated. While the reader’s hopes are high after such an impressive beginning, our author quickly dispels any illusions about Samson’s piety. When Samson saw a Philistine woman in Timnath, he decided that this was the woman he wanted for his wife. In spite of his parents’ objections, Samson insisted on them getting this woman for him. The whole wedding attempt was a miserable failure when viewed from Samson’s fleshly point of view. The week-long wedding celebration ended on a sour note when the groom’s guests forced his wife to persuade Samson to reveal the answer to his riddle. Samson met his obligation by killing 30 Philistines and giving his guests their clothing. Samson then went home in anger. When his anger subsided (and his passion revived), he took a young goat and set off to visit his bride (to consummate their union). Samson was shocked and enraged to learn that his wife had been given to his best man. This prompted Samson to set the Philistines’ farmlands ablaze by the use of 300 foxes (or jackals). In retaliation, the Philistines burned Samson’s “wife” and father-in-law to death. Now Samson felt justified to attack an unspecified number of Philistines and kill them. The Philistines formed a posse to pursue Samson into Israelite territory. The men of Judah did not want to engage the Philistines in battle, and so they agreed to hand Samson over to them. When the men of Judah came upon Sams


In which board game do players use a ‘doubling cube’, which has the numbers 2,4,8,16,32,64 on it?

The Backgammon Doubling Cube History Tournament play The Backgammon Doubling Cube History Backgammon, in its original form, did not use the doubling cube. Common backgammon, played for single points does not use the doubling cube either. For that reason, many players have never used one before and when first faced with the option and opportunity to do so, might not understand what it means and how it affects the game. The original doubling cube was introduced to Backgammon in the 1920s. However, tracing back the roots of the cube to much earlier times, a similar item was used as far back as the 17th century in a game very similar to backgammon. It is unknown if the doubling cube used in the 1600s was reintroduced 250 years later or if someone came up with the idea anew after all that time had passed. The doubling cube itself is a simple cube with six sides similar to the dice that sits in the middle of the board during a game. On the cube are the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64. Each number represents an increase in the stakes of any given backgammon game. The first turn of the game has the doubling cube placed in the center of the board with 64 facing upwards. This represents 1 times the normal stakes, meaning no one has yet doubled. When a player doubles, they turn the cube to the next highest value, in this case 2, and then 4 and so on. After a player has doubled, if the opponent accepts the double, they are given possession of the cube and have the sole right to decide if the stakes should rise again during the game. The doubling cube is only used during  match play. A match in Backgammon is a series of games in which players strive to earn enough points to reach the target amount. The amount of  points necessary to win a match varies depending on the format and circumstances of the match. This style of play makes it so players can focus on the larger picture rather than any one game. Each game in a match is worth one point. However, the doubling cube is introduced to allow players the ability to raise the stakes or value of that game exponentially. When the game begins, neither player has control of the doubling cube. It sits in the middle of the board. If a player feels they might win the game, they can use the doubling cube and double the stakes. The decision to do so must be done before a turn begins. The opponent is then given the opportunity to accept the double or decline it. If the opponent decides he does not have a chance to come back and win, he can decline the cube and surrender the game. The winning player then gains 1 point in the match. However, if they accept the cube, the value of the game rises to 2 points and the cube is given to the player who accepted the double. From now on, the player with the cube is the only one who may decide to double the game. Using the doubling cube adds a psychological and mathematical level to the game that enhances money and tournament play. It makes the game harder and more compelling. BG Calendar


In which mountain range is the 2000 film ‘Vertical Limit’ set?

Movie Review -  - FILM REVIEW; Man vs. Mountain, the Nth Round - NYTimes.com FILM REVIEW; Man vs. Mountain, the Nth Round By ELVIS MITCHELL Published: December 8, 2000 The director Martin Campbell knows what his competition is for ''Vertical Limit,'' a shallow yet empty action extravaganza set on the notorious Himalayan peak K2. It's the ''Cliffhanger'' trailer, which neatly jettisoned the (heh, heh) plot and shoehorned in every heart-stopping leap and explosion that took place in the blissful, snowcapped setting, where even sub-arctic temperatures couldn't keep Sylvester Stallone from wearing T-shirts. (The trailer is the best picture Renny Harlin ever made.) This time, it's Chris O'Donnell against the mountain. He plays Peter Garrett, a former mountaineer scaling K2 to save his sister, Annie (Robin Tunney), who is trapped with her fellow climbers in an icy crevasse that looks as if it were made of Tide. The height and the temperature are sure to kill them -- that is, if merciless winds and Annie's employer, the survive-at-all-costs entrepreneur Elliot Vaughn (Bill Paxton), don't do them in first. ''Vertical Limit'' starts with a sequence that sets up the schisms between Peter and Annie, as well as Peter's reluctance to climb again. In this section, a pleasure climb that morphs into a nightmare version of a Mountain Dew commercial, Mr. Campbell shows the same breezy brio that he displayed in the opening of ''Goldeneye.'' Both demonstrated his talent for exposing human quirks in the middle of two-fisted choreography. This initial tease of a scene shows more class and thought than the rest of the movie, which lumbers from lardy exposition to climax overload. After the opening, ''Vertical Limit'' leaps three years ahead. Peter is now a photographer shooting in the Himalayas. Annie is there with the excessive and crudely manipulative Vaughn, who wants to use their expedition to publicize a new business venture. Vaughn has tried the climb before; someone notes, ''As you know, that attempt ended in tragedy.'' (Apparently, the oxygen is so thin at that height that even the ability to come up with competent dialogue is threatened.) The Vaughn base camp looks like a parking lot party at a Phish concert. When Annie and her group are lost, Peter volunteers to help, despite his issues. He is joined by Montgomery Wick (Scott Glenn), who is much tougher than his name would suggest. An ornery cuss, Wick is weathered enough to look as if he has spent the last 20 years sleeping on a mountain face, and when he gets ready to join Peter on the trip, he shaves his long beard with a blade and no water. The aging Mr. Glenn looks like David Carradine, and his lines make him sound like a deranged version of Mr. Carradine's Caine from ''Kung Fu.'' ''Vertical Limit'' is like an enabler for Mr. Campbell's action addiction. The picture includes so many explosions on the mountain that you may leave the theater wondering why any of the Himalayas are still standing; the director begins to seem as cold and manipulative as Vaughn. The film gives lip service to Pakistani politics -- a brief mix of the book ''Into Thin Air'' and the old movie ''The King of the Khyber Rifles'' -- but only so that nitroglycerin can be introduced into the story. And it piles on characters like snowflakes in a blizzard, though they exist solely to be dispatched in some of the garishly cinematic demises that Mr. Campbell and company have in store. After a particularly pointless conversation about mortality, someone says: ''All men die. It's what they do before then that counts.'' Such a sentiment doesn't begin to explain ''Vertical Limit.'' ''Vertical Limit'' is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for violence, explosions, avalanches and intense and harrowing scenes of mountain climbing. VERTICAL LIMIT Directed by Martin Campbell; written by Robert King and Terry Hayes, based on a story by Mr. King; director of photography, David Tattersall; edited by Thom Noble; music by James Newton Howard; production designer, Jon Bunker; produced by Mr. Campbell, Lloyd Phillips,


In 2003, which UK retailer won a legal battle to advertise for employees in jobcentres?

Ann Summers - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Ann Summers   Wikis       Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ann Summers Ltd Ann Summers is a British High street retailer selling knickers and sex toys. Contents 3 External links History The company was named after the female secretary (Annice Summers) of the male founder (Caborn Waterfield). [1] The company has targeted female consumers with the arrival of Jacqueline Gold. Passion8 , Stringfellows , Playboy , Beate Uhse AG , Nookii, Utopia Supplies, LoveHoney , Temptations Direct, Sh! Women's Erotic Emporium and more traditional retailers ( Superdrug , Boots [2] ) / internet sellers ( Amazon.com [3] ) are some of Ann Summers competitors. Having worked at Royal Doulton , Jacqueline Gold decided she did not want to go into management, and asked her father David Gold to gain extra work experience. After acquiring the four stores of the "Ann Summers" chain in 1972 with his brother Ralph Gold, they gave Jacqueline at the age of 19 summer work experience in May 1979 - Jacqueline was paid £45 a week, less than the tea lady. [4] As her parents had separated when she was 12, Jacqueline was not close to her father. Gold also didn't like the atmosphere at "Ann Summers", which was Gold Group's "up market" clean sex shop. Jacqueline says of her introduction: "It wasn't a very nice atmosphere to work in. It was all men, it was the sex industry as we all perceive it to be." Ann Summers, 79 Wardour Street, London Ann Summers in Kingston upon Hull . But a chance visit to a Tupperware-style fashion party in an east London flat in 1981 changed everything - Jacqueline saw the potential of selling sexy lingerie and sex toys to women in the privacy of their own homes. Jacqueline launched the Ann Summers Party Plan - a home marketing plan for sex toys, with a strict "no men allowed" policy. These parties were and remain immensely popular, providing women with an excuse to meet for a party and talk about sex, and have entered British popular culture. They also provided the company with a way of circumventing the law which limited their presentation space for sex toys [5] . Jacqueline was made Chief Executive of the company in 1987. Jacqueline transformed the chain into a multi-million pound business, with a sales force today of over 7,500 women as party organisers; 139 [6] high street stores in the UK, Ireland , Channel Islands and Valencia , Spain ; with an annual turnover of £110 million in 2006/7. [7] In 1999 the chain relaunched its website, and in 2000 it acquired the five stores of the Knickerbox brand [8] and its range of premium site lingerie kiosks - "Knickerbox" concessions are now in every Ann Summers store. Although the chain has one licensed sex shop in Bristol selling a wide range of products, Jacqueline has described the latest award-winning new store concept as: "Wonderful! Every time I walk in, it feels as if I‘m entering an intimate, sexy and very girly boudoir. I just love it." [9] The company's head office was raided as part of an immigration check in 2004, consequently 15 staff were arrested and 10 were subsequently deported. [10] The company employs a series of celebrity models to show off its lingerie, who presently include Kate Lawler , Nancy Sorrell and Emma B . After a number of years of falling sales and profits, sales have increased back to 2005 / 2006 levels of £117m [11] and profits to £3m, up from £1.53m pre-tax for the period 2006/7. [7] [12] Previously profits had doubled to £9.5m in 2001/2, [13] £8.9m in 2002/3 [5] [14] ,falling to £3.2m in 2003/4 [15] - following investment in a new building and technology, dropping further to £2.2M in 2004/5. [16] Ann Summers lingerie factory in Portsmouth closed in 2005, with over 50 redundancies. [17] Other parts of Gold Group International(GGI), the parent company have been sold, such as Gold Air,


Haddonfield, Illinois is the setting for which 1978 horror film?

Halloween (1978) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 32 titles created 06 Feb 2011 a list of 23 titles created 29 Jan 2013 a list of 41 titles created 20 Oct 2013 a list of 38 titles created 4 months ago a list of 38 titles created 2 months ago Search for " Halloween " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 4 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards  » Videos While Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to hospital, and the serial killer is not far behind her. Director: Rick Rosenthal     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X   Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep. Director: Wes Craven A group of camp counselors is stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp which, years before, was the site of a child's drowning. Director: Sean S. Cunningham Two siblings visit their grandfather's grave in Texas along with three of their friends and are attacked by a family of cannibalistic psychopaths. Director: Tobe Hooper When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter. Director: William Friedkin A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game. Director: Wes Craven Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time and now the life of her own son hangs in the balance. Director: Steve Miner Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. Director: Sam Raimi Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece on Halloween. Can Dr. Loomis stop him? Director: Dwight H. Little A family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts. Director: Tobe Hooper There is panic throughout the nation as the dead suddenly come back to life. The film follows a group of characters who barricade themselves in an old farmhouse in an attempt to remain safe from these flesh eating monsters. Director: George A. Romero     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X   After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger. Director: Rob Zombie Edit Storyline The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael. After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out on the night before Halloween. No one knows, nor wants to find out, what will happen on October 31st 1978 besides Myers' psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis. He knows Michael is coming back to Haddonfield, but by the time the town realizes it, it'll be too late for many people. Written by Massive Fan HE came home for HALLOWEEN. See more  » Genres: 25 October 1978 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: John Carpenter's Halloween See more  » Filming Locations: Mono | Stereo (Stereo Scream Sound) Color: Did You Know? Trivia John Carpenter wrote the part of


The Mackinac Bridge connects the Upper and Lower peninsulas of which US state?

MDOT - Mackinac Bridge Mackinac Bridge Mackinac Bridge Mackinac Bridge The Mackinac Bridge is located on Interstate 75 in northern Michigan at the Straits of Mackinac.The iconic bridge connects Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. Mackinaw City is located at the south end of the bridge, while St. Ignace is located at the north end. Area attractions include the fort grounds at Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, designated a National Historic landmark in 1960, and camping and recreational opportunities on both sides of the bridge. The Mackinac Bridge Authority opened an eight-acre Bridge View Park on June 12, 2002. The park, on the north side of the bridge, is a spectacular place to view and photograph the "Mighty Mac."


What was the title of the 1967 black comedy war film starring Michael Crawford and John Lennon?

How I Won the War (1967) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error How I Won the War ( 1967 ) Approved | An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe. Director: a list of 31 titles created 24 May 2011 a list of 45 titles created 10 Sep 2011 a list of 21 titles created 31 May 2012 a list of 24 titles created 06 Jan 2013 a list of 49 titles created 06 Sep 2015 Title: How I Won the War (1967) 5.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Magical Mystery Tour (TV Movie 1967) Comedy | Musical Directors: George Harrison, John Lennon, and 3 more credits  » Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison Ringo finds himself the human sacrifice target of a cult and the band must try to protect him from it. Director: Richard Lester The filmed account of the Beatles's attempt to recapture their old group spirit by making a back to basics album, which instead drove them further apart. Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg A biography of the rock music star. Director: Andrew Solt A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom. Director: Richard Lester George Harrison's friends, family, and bandmates unite for a tribute concert on the one-year anniversary of his death. Director: David Leland A "typical" day in the life of The Beatles , including many of their famous songs. Director: Richard Lester The first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise humanitarian relief funds for the refugees of Bangladesh of 1971 war. Director: Saul Swimmer The Beatles Anthology (TV Mini-Series 1995) Documentary | Music An autobiographical documentary of the greatest of the rock bands. Stars: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr In England, the times are a changing: it's mods and rockers. On the day Nancy gets off the London train, cases in hand, looking for the YWCA, Colin has had enough of missing out on the ... See full summary  » Director: Richard Lester Set in post-nuclear-holocaust England, where a handful of bizarre characters struggle on with their lives in the ruins, amongst endless heaps of ash, piles of broken crockery and brick, ... See full summary  » Director: Richard Lester Edit Storyline This film features former Beatle John Lennon and Roy Kinnear as ill-fated enlisted men in under the inept command of Lieutenant Earnest Goodbody. The story unwinds mostly in flashbacks of Lieutenant Goodbody who has lower-class beginnings and education which make him a poor officer who commands one of the worst units of the army. Written by Jenny Evans <J.Evans@uts.edu.au> See All (39)  » Taglines: If You Think Richard Lester's 'How I Won The War' Is Just Another War Film, Forget It... See more  » Genres: 23 October 1967 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Cómo gané la guerra See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia John Lennon recorded all post-synchronization work for his character in the film from December 28-29, 1966, at Twickenham Film Studios in London, England. See more » Quotes Goodbody : [talking aloud to himself] I can't, I fear, I can't march properly on my own, as an officer, in the public eye. Juniper : [sitting in back of a truck, smoking, holding a broom] Isn't that sickening when that happens to a chap? Couldn't your drill instructor do something about it? Like a quick jab up the crotch with a broom bass? [holds up broom] (uncredited) Written by Kenneth Alford , pseudonym of F. J. Ricketts Whistled during the attack on the oasis and heard as a theme in the desert scenes (United States) – See all my reviews Although (unfairly) ravaged by critics at the time and so generally dismissed ever since, HOW I WON THE WAR is both a brilliant anti-war film and anti war film film (much more so than the


The Seychelle Islands lie in which body of water?

Seychelles travel guide - Wikitravel Time Zone UTC+4 The Seychelles [1] are a group of 115 islands, only a few inhabited, in the Indian Ocean that lie off the coast of East Africa , northeast of Madagascar . Understand[ edit ] The Seychelles were disputed between France and Great Britain during the age of colonialism, with Britain ending up in control in 1814 after the Napoleonic Wars. The islands achieved independence in 1976; however, free elections did not occur until 1993. The politics of this island group remain in something of a state of flux, although this should not bother the tourist seeking a relaxing beach vacation. Get in[ edit ] No visa is required, but Seychellois (pronounced se-sel-wa) authorities make sure you are not entering to stay for good. Therefore, the following items MUST be presented to the immigration officer: A passport valid on the date of entry to and exit from Seychelles. Your return ticket. Your hotel voucher. At least 150 USD per day. They will ask for cash, show them. If you have credit cards, show them - you may be asked for the credit balance you have. A statement of good health and a statement that you are not importing plants or infected animals (The flight attendants in your flight will provide you these papers). Visitors without pre-booked accommodation are likely to be compelled to book one at the airport for the length of their stay before being allowed to leave the airport. An initial entry permit is granted for 1 month but can be extended for a maximum of 3 months at a time up to a maximum of 1 year in total. See the official travel web-site [2] . By plane[ edit ] The only international gateway to the Seychelles is Seychelles International Airport (SEZ) near Victoria . Air Seychelles [3] . International service is also available from Addis Ababa (Ethiopian Airlines [4] ), Nairobi (Kenya Airways [5] ), Dubai (Emirates [6] ), Abu Dhabi (Etihad [7] ) and Doha (Qatar Airways [8] ), and regular charter services from Frankfurt (Condor [9] ). Centre of Victoria By boat[ edit ] The strict controls imposed on cruising yachts in the early 1990s have been gradually lifted and rules and regulations are no longer so complicated. However, some restrictions remain in force, mostly for the sake of environmental protection as most of the islands are surrounded by coral reefs near the surface. By plane[ edit ] Air Seychelles [10] operates multiple daily flights between Mahe and Praslin. Over two dozen flights vary in frequency from 15 minute to 2 hour intervals, depending on time of day. On Mahe the flights depart from the modest domestic terminal, located just next to the international terminal. The tiny airport on Praslin is modern and comfortable. Air Seychelles also operates once daily or several times per week between Mahe and the islands of Bird, Denis, Fregate, Desroches and Alphonse. Assumption Island and Coetivy can be reached by air charter. By helicopter[ edit ] Zil Air provides charter helicopter flights to/from most of the inner and outer Seychelles islands. It is the only scenic flight operator in the Seychelles. Scenic flights can be booked to cover the main islands of Mahé, Praslin, La Digue and the surrounding smaller islands of (among others) Cousine, Félicité, Grande Seour, Curieuse and Bird Island. By boat[ edit ] As of June 2013, online bookings and e-ticketing has been made possible for trusted ferry operators in the Seychelles by Seychellesbookings. Cat Cocos and Inter Island ferry offer their routes between Praslin, Mahe and La Digue through this site, making live seat availability and reservation accessible online for the first time. They also offer a range of discounts on Island accommodation, restaurants and activities to complement ferry bookings. Cat Cocos operates 2 catamaran ferries (With a 3rd ferry coming into service in 2013) serving multiple daily crossings between Mahe and Praslin and a daily crossing extension to La Digue. The sailing normally takes one hour. Non residents should budget roughly between €90 and €100 per person (price at July 2013) for a same


Which jazz pianist, bandleader and composer was backed by the Red Hot Peppers?

Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Dr. Jazz (1926) - YouTube Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Dr. Jazz (1926) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Apr 20, 2014 Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (Oct.20,1890 - July 10,1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana. Widely recognized as a pivotal figure in early jazz, Morton is perhaps most notable as jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential spirit and characteristics when notated. His composition "Jelly Roll Blues" was the first published jazz composition, in 1915. Morton is also notable for naming and popularizing the "Spanish Tinge" (habanera rhythm and tresillo), and for writing such standards as "King Porter Stomp", "Wolverine Blues", "Black Bottom Stomp", and "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say", the latter a tribute to New Orleans personalities from the turn of the 19th century to 20th century. Reputed for his arrogance and self-promotion as often as recognized in his day for his musical talents, Morton claimed to have invented jazz outright in 1902, much to the derision of later musicians and critics. The jazz historian, musician, and composer Gunther Schuller says of Morton's "hyperbolic assertions" that there is "no proof to the contrary" and that Morton's "considerable accomplishments in themselves provide reasonable substantiation". However, the scholar Katy Martin has argued that Morton's bragging was exaggerated by Alan Lomax in the book Mister Jelly Roll, and this portrayal has influenced public opinion and scholarship on Morton since. Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Dr. Jazz (1926) Category


Which British luxury liner made her maiden voyage from Southampton in May 1936?

Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5 May 27 Queen Mary's Maiden Voyage On this day in    1936, the British luxury liner RMS Queen Mary made her    maiden voyage. She traveled from Southampton, England to New York. Back and Forth. For more than 30 years, the    Queen Mary made 1001 ocean crossings, transporting hundreds of thousands    of passengers across the Atlantic. In 1967, the ship known as "The    Inevitable Ship" was sold to the city of Long Beach, California. History Moments. The Cunard Line began    plans for a pair of new super liners to replace the Mauretania, Aquitania    and Berengaria on their North Atlantic route back in 1926. The first keel    plate was not laid until 1930. Work began on the new Southampton dry dock    in June of 1931, only to be halted that December because of the Depression    and an inability to secure further bank loans. By then the hull plating    was 80% complete; the ship stood nine stories tall. In April of 1934, 28    months later, construction resumed and continued through 1936, when King    Edward VIII made an inspection tour of the ship. On This Day in 1936, the Queen Mary    departed Southampton at 4:33 PM, arriving in at Cherbourg, France at 8:47    p.m. and departing at 12:39 a.m. the following morning. She arrived in New    York, at Pier 90, 5 days, 5 hours, and 13 minutes later. Queen Mary Fights in the War. The Queen    Mary did its part for the war effort. From 1940 to 1946, she carried a    total of 765,429 military personnel, sailing a total of 569,429 miles. The    luxury liner carried up to 15,000 troops at a time. The ship not only    carried wounded returning to the United States; she transported Winston    Churchill three times to conferences, and carried 12,886 G.I. brides and    children.


In Greek mythology, who tore his eyes out when he discovered that he had married his mother?

Oedipus, Greece, Greek mythology Greek Mythology Zethos Oedipus Tragic king   of Thebes, con of Laius and Jocasta, who was left to die by his father with   a spear through his foot, since an oracle had said Oedipus would kill him.   The baby was found by a shepherd, who named him and gave him to be adopted   by the king Polybus of Corinth. When it was prophesised that Oedipus would kill his father, he left, not knowing   Polybus was not his real parent. On his way he met a man he took for a robber,   and killed him. This turned out to be Laius, thus the prophecy was fulfilled. On his way towards Thebes he met the Sphinx, a creatures who would only let   the person who could solve its' riddle live. The question was: what begins   with four legs, lives with two and dies with three. The wise Oedipus answered:   man, for he is born crawling, lives walking and dies with a cain in his hand.   Then he killed the monster. As a reward for killing the Sphinx Oedipus married Queen Jocasta, neither   of them knowing who he really was. They had four children: Antigone, Ismene,   Crean and Polynices. On discovering who he really was, Oedipus tore out his   eyes, cursed himself and his sons and left Thebes with Antigone, and Jocasta   committed suicide. He died at a shrine of the Eumenides near Athens and became the protecting   hero of the city. The story of Oedipus inspired Shakespeare when he wrote king Lear, and when   Freud spoke of the Oedipus complex, he meant the son's secret wish to kill   his father and marry his mother. Greek Gods


In which part of the human body is the metacarpus?

II. Osteology. 6b. 2. The Metacarpus. Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body. Henry Gray (18211865).  Anatomy of the Human Body.  1918.   6b. 2. The Metacarpus   The metacarpus consists of five cylindrical bones which are numbered from the lateral side (ossa metacarpalia I-V); each consists of a body and two extremities.    1   Common Characteristics of the Metacarpal Bones.The Body (corpus; shaft).The body is prismoid in form, and curved, so as to be convex in the longitudinal direction behind, concave in front. It presents three surfaces: medial, lateral, and dorsal. The medial and lateral surfaces are concave, for the attachment of the Interossei, and separated from one another by a prominent anterior ridge. The dorsal surface presents in its distal two-thirds a smooth, triangular, flattened area which is covered in the fresh state, by the tendons of the Extensor muscles. This surface is bounded by two lines, which commence in small tubercles situated on either side of the digital extremity, and, passing upward, converge and meet some distance above the center of the bone and form a ridge which runs along the rest of the dorsal surface to the carpal extremity. This ridge separates two sloping surfaces for the attachment of the Interossei dorsales. To the tubercles on the digital extremities are attached the collateral ligaments of the metacarpophalangeal joints.    3   The Head or Digital Extremity (capitulum) presents an oblong surface markedly convex from before backward, less so transversely, and flattened from side to side; it articulates with the proximal phalanx. It is broader, and extends farther upward, on the volar than on the dorsal aspect, and is longer in the antero-posterior than in the transverse diameter. On either side of the head is a tubercle for the attachment of the collateral ligament of the metacarpophalangeal joint. The dorsal surface, broad and flat, supports the Extensor tendons; the volar surface is grooved in the middle line for the passage of the Flexor tendons, and marked on either side by an articular eminence continuous with the terminal articular surface.    4   Characteristics of the Individual Metacarpal Bones.The First Metacarpal Bone (os metacarpale I; metacarpal bone of the thumb) (Fig. 229) is shorter and stouter than the others, diverges to a greater degree from the carpus, and its volar surface is directed toward the palm. The body is flattened and broad on its dorsal surface, and does not present the ridge which is found on the other metacarpal bones; its volar surface is concave from above downward. On its radial border is inserted the Opponens pollicis; its ulnar border gives origin to the lateral head of the first Interosseus dorsalis. The base presents a concavo-convex surface, for articulation with the greater multangular; it has no facets on its sides, but on its radial side is a tubercle for the insertion of the Abductor pollicis longus. The head is less convex than those of the other metacarpal bones, and is broader from side to side than from before backward. On its volar surface are two articular eminences, of which the lateral is the larger, for the two sesamoid bones in the tendons of the Flexor pollicis brevis. FIG. 229 The first metacarpal. (Left.) ( See enlarged image )     The Second Metacarpal Bone (os metacarpale II; metacarpal bone of the index finger) (Fig. 230) is the longest, and its base the largest, of the four remaining bones. Its base is prolonged upward and medialward, forming a prominent ridge. It presents four articular facets: three on the upper surface and one on the ulnar side. Of the facets on the upper surface the intermediate is the largest and is concave from side to side, convex from before backward for articulation with the lesser multangular; the lateral is small, flat and oval for articulation with the greater multangular; the medial, on the summit of the ridge, is long and narrow for articulation with the capitate. The facet on the ulnar side articulates with the third metacarpal. The Extensor carpi radialis longus is inserte


Adele Casagrande founded which Italian fashion house in 1925 in Rome?

Fendi Designer Eyewear | The Vision Gallery | South Edmonton You are here: Home » Frame Selection » Fendi Eyewear Fendi is an Italian fashion design house that was founded by Adele Casagrande in Rome in 1925. Today the brand is overseen by Silvia Venturini Fendi and designed by Karl Lagerfeld.  It is known for being luxurious and glamorous, down to the tiny details. Some of the frames in their lines (one for men and one for women) certainly fit the bill in an obvious way. Oversized acetate frames are decorated with dozens of tiny Swarovski crystals and tortoiseshell frames have gold metal detailing at the top, while other pairs are made of injected nylon and decorated with enamel trim – and those are just some of their non-prescription sunglasses! Fendi’s prescription eyewear for both men and women is a little more sedate, but still as flashy and glamorous. Some are fully rimmed, while others only have partial rims. The latter are made from a mix of metal and acetate, while the former consist of acetate. The colors range from blue to black, some with the trademark Fendi F pattern on the outside of the earpieces so that the world knows who designed your eyeglasses. Fendi 0003


Who played Will Scarlet in the 1980’s UK tv series ‘Robin of Sherwood’?

Scarlet Inside - A Tribute to Will Scarlet from Robin of Sherwood Robin    Hood Links - just what it says About     Ray Winstone - biography, career details, interviews (including Starlog     interview about the role of Will Scarlet). Constantly updated. Please  take a moment to sign my guestbook: or feel  free to mail me directly with your thoughts to Alys The     font used for the text throughout this site is Book Antiqua. Most Windows     PCs will already have it installed, but if you do not, you can download     it here , unzip it and install it in your Windows/Fonts directory.     It makes a pleasant change from Times New Roman. The DVDs of all three series of 'Robin of Sherwood' are now available in     PAL Region 0 coding (Europe).     They are available as doubles and have remastered pictures and sound and     come complete with extras such as new interviews with the entire main     cast and creative team. Click here to buy the videos and DVDs you want. From 10 Nov 2003 the complete 'Robin     of Sherwood' DVDs is available in a single     boxed set . The     Region 1 NTSC version of Robin of Sherwood is currently available exclusively     on the Network     website for ordering. It is a limited edition (1500 only) 9 disc box     set and features all the material currently available on the UK discs.     The price is £99.99 plus shipping. The artwork on the actual discs     and individual sleeves reflects the UK editions but the actual outer box     is exclusive to this particular version. Unfortunately the discs won't     be available individually. These limited edition RoS NTSC DVDs will only be available via the Network     Video     Website. The     complete PAL and NTSC box set videos of 'Robin of Sherwood' have now been     deleted, and only the PAL individual videos (3 episodes each) are now     available. The best online price is at Black     Star , so check with them for availability. Site first created 22 August 1998 If    you would like to link to my site, please    let me know and feel free to use either of these banners..


In the UK, which item of furniture in the House of Commons at Westminster was originally designed by Augustus Welby Pugin in the 19th Century?

The Arts & Crafts Home PANELLING THE GOTHIC REVIVAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL           ARCHITECTURE The Gothic Revival was an architectural movement           which originated in mid-18th century England. In the nineteenth           century, increasingly serious and learned neo-Gothic styles           sought to revive medieval forms, in distinction to the classical           styles which were prevalent at the time. The Gothic Revival           was paralleled and supported by medievalism, which had its           roots in antiquarian concerns with survivals and curiosities.           The movement had significant influence throughout the United           Kingdom as well as in Europe and North America, and perhaps           more Gothic architecture was built in nineteenth and twentieth           centuries than had originally ever been built. In English literature, the architectural Gothic Revival and           classical Romanticism gave rise to the Gothic novel genre,           beginning with Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole,           4th Earl of Orford, and inspired a 19th century genre of medieval           poetry which stems from the pseudo-bardic poetry of "Ossian." Poems like "Idylls of the King" by Alfred Tennyson,           1st Baron Tennyson recast specifically modern themes in medieval           settings of Arthurian romance. In German literature, the Gothic           Revival also had a grounding in literary fashions. History Survival and revival Gothic architecture did not die out completely in the 15th           century, but instead lingered on in on-going cathedral-building           projects and the construction of churches in increasingly           isolated rural districts of England, France, Spain and Germany.           In Bologna, in 1646, the Baroque architect Carlo Rainaldi           constructed Gothic vaults (completed 1658) for the Basilica           of San Petronio which had been under construction since 1390;           there, the Gothic context of the structure overrode considerations           of the current architectural mode. Similarly, Gothic architecture           survived in an urban setting during the later 17th century,           as shown in Oxford and Cambridge, where some additions and           repairs to Gothic buildings were apparently considered to           be more in keeping with the style of the original structures           than contemporary Baroque. Sir Christopher Wren's Tom Tower           for Christ Church College, Oxford University, and, later,           Nicholas Hawksmoor's west towers of Westminster Abbey, blur           the boundaries between what is called "Gothic survival" and the Gothic revival. In the mid 18th century, with the rise of Romanticism, an           increased interest and awareness of the Middle Ages among           some influential connoisseurs created a more appreciative           approach to selected medieval arts, beginning with church           architecture, the tomb monuments of royal and noble personages,           stained glass, and late Gothic illuminated manuscripts. Other           Gothic arts continued to be disregarded as barbaric and crude,           however: tapestries and metalwork, as examples. Sentimental           and nationalist associations with historical figures were           as strong in this early revival, as purely aesthetic concerns.           A few Britons, and soon some Germans, began to appreciate           the picturesque character of ruins - "picturesque" becoming a new aesthetic quality - and those mellowing effects           o


What is the name of a brooch or ring with a portrait profile carved in relief?

cameo | Definition, meaning & more | Collins Dictionary Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Word origin of 'cameo' C15: from Italian cammeo, of uncertain origin cameo in American English (ˈkæmiˌoʊ ; kamˈēōˌ) Definitions nounWord forms: plural ˈcameˌos 1.  a carving in relief on certain stratified gems (sardonyx, agate , etc.) or shells so that the raised design, often a head in profile, is usually in a layer of different color from its background. see also intaglio 2.  a gem, shell, etc. so carved 3.  a.  a minor but well-defined role in a play, film, etc., esp. when performed by a notable actor Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition, compiled by the editors of Webster’s New World Dictionaries. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin of 'cameo'


The epitaph of which Hollywood actress is ‘She did it the hard way’?

A Centennial Tribute to Bette Davis - Classic Movies - Best Source For Classic Films, Movie Stars and Directors A Centennial Tribute to Bette Davis Classic Movies - Best Source For Classic Films, Movie Stars and Directors > A Centennial Tribute to Bette Davis A Centennial Tribute to Bette Davis Her epitaph reads, “She did it the hard way.” Hard way or not, Bette Davis did ither way. And while she had her detractors over the years — and for some people her films are an acquired taste — there’s no doubt that she was one of the best. Bette Davis was nominated 11 times for Best Actress Oscars (counting her famous write-in votes for Of Human Bondage), and won twice. Only Katharine Hepburn exceeds those totals (12 and four). Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born April 5, 1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts. After studying dance and then drama as a youth, and debuting on Broadway in 1929 inBroken Dishes, she went to Hollywood in 1930. According to a biography written by Meredith Leonard, “When she arrived in Hollywood, the studio representative who went to meet her train left without her because he could find no one who looked like a movie star.” But she persevered, and The Man Who Played God (1932) finally put her in the public eye. After her role in Of Human Bondage (1934), she was finally a star. She won Best Actress Oscars for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938). She began to get the kind of roles she wanted after an unsuccessful lawsuit against Warner Brothers, but after the 40s, her career waned, only to be reborn in the 60s with the horror films What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), as well as parts in made-for-TV films. But it is for her roles in films like Dark Victory (1939), The Letter (1940), andNow, Voyager (1942) that she is best remembered by her fans, who have created a number of great Web sites which you’ll find listed in alphabetical order on Part II of this four-part tribute, last updated in 2008 in honor of what would have been Ms. Davis’ 100th birthday. Part I: Introduction


In the game of scrabble, how many points is the ‘F’ tile worth?

Stefan Fatsis is the author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic  and is a panelist on Hang Up and Listen . Follow him on Twitter. Any Scrabble player can tell you that the X is actually worth eight points. But as Butts was creating the game, in a fifth-floor walkup in Queens, he tinkered—with the layout of the board, with the total number of tiles, with their distribution, and with their respective point values. “It’s not hit or miss,” Butts said long afterward. “It’s carefully worked out.” Seventy-five years later, Butts’ carefully worked out point values are under attack. Late last month, a University of California–San Diego, cognitive science postdoc and casual player named Joshua Lewis conducted a computer analysis to recalibrate Scrabble’s letter values based on the game’s current lexicon. Lewis reposted his findings to Hacker News, and they were picked up by Digg and went viral. Around the same time, Sam Eifling, writing for Deadspin, asked a programmer friend to do the same . Both were inspired by the fact that while the language had changed dramatically from the time Butts performed his calculations, the game of Scrabble had not. Advertisement It’s a fair observation. Since Scrabble was adopted in chess parlors in New York in the 1950s, competitive players have dissected its strategic quirks. One early realization was that short words have outsized value, so players scoured the preferred source (the now-defunct Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary) and compiled lists of two- and three-letter words. They also recognized that the most common letters showed up in a lot of words, so they recorded and memorized seven- and eight-letter words—ones that would earn the 50-point bonus for using all seven tiles at once—that contained A, E, I, N, R, S, and T, among other single-point letters. You didn’t need a computer to see that the Q, though worth the most points, was a pain in the rack but the Z not so much. Since the publication in 1978 of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, a compilation of several standard college dictionaries, the game’s word list has grown by tens of thousands of words. From a playing vantage, the addition of QI (a Chinese life force) and ZA (short for pizza) in the last lexicon update, in 2006, were game-changers. Players feared the new words would cheapen Scrabble, boosting scoring and elevating the role of chance. It didn’t happen. The Q became less of a hindrance, a slightly fairer tile than before, and players adjusted strategy to account for the new gimmes. That need to adjust validates Lewis’ and Eifling’s suspicion that the values assigned to letters aren’t in perfect harmony with the frequency of their use in English or in its narrower subset, the Scrabble word list. The two approached the problem differently. Eifling and software developer Kyle Rimkus totaled the number of letters in Scrabble-eligible words (1.58 million), isolated the frequency of each letter, and then calculated how overvalued or undervalued each letter was compared to its existing point value. Lewis’ approach was more complicated. He weighted letters not only by appearance in the Scrabble lexicon but also by the frequency with which they appear in words of different lengths (with emphasis on two-, three-, seven-, and eight-letter words) and by their ability to “transition” into and out of other letters. The findings don’t differ much. In both analyses, the values of about half the letters change by one or two points. One or the other found that B, C, F, H, K, M, P, X, Y, and Z are overvalued, which makes some intuitive sense. For instance, the X (eight points) and the Z (10) can be easy money, especially since they occur in a number of short words; bumping them down to six points apiece is a logical move. Similarly, the H was set by Butts at four points, but it now appears in nine two-letter words and combines beautifully with other letters, while the M appears in 12 two-letter words. Living-room players detest the C, but they haven’t studied seven- and eight-letter “bingos,” in which C’s abound. The c


Which US actress was born Edna Gillooly in 1932?

Ellen Burstyn Net Worth - Get Ellen Burstyn Net Worth Ellen Burstyn Net Worth Ellen Burstyn Net Worth is$15 Million VN:F [1.9.22_1171] Rating: 3.0/5 (2 votes cast) VN:F [1.9.22_1171] Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Profession: Actor | Voice Actor | Model | Minister of religion Date of Birth: 1932-12-07 Nicknames: Edna Rae Gillooly, Ellen MacRae, Ellen McRae Height: 1.7 m Ethnicity: Irish American Country: Detroit Ellen Burstyn, born Edna Rae Gillooly, is and American actress with roots in theaters who has a net worth of $15 million. Ellen Burstyn was born on December 7, 1932. Burstyn was born to Correine Marie and John Austin Gillooly in Detroit, Michigan. She is the second child, her older brother is Jack Gillooly and her younger brother is Steve Gillooly. When she was young her parent were divorced and she and her brothers lived with her mother and stepfather. Later, she married Neil Burstyn in 1964. He later committed suicide in 1978. Burstyn attended Cass Technical High School with a major in fashion illustration. Her time in school was short as she dropped out after failing her classes. After high school, Burstyn got a job modeling in a Detroit department store. She would eventually move to Dallas, where she continued to model. Her acting career started in 1955 when she went to New York and appeared as the "away we go" girl on the "Jackie Gleeson Show". This was when she decided to change her name to Ellen Mcrae. Burstyn became a very successful actress. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her first Academy Award from her role in the much-acclaimed drama, "The Last Picture" in 1971. After proving herself, Burstyn was often cast for lead roles. Her second nomination came shortly after her rise to fame with her performance for "The Exorcist" in 1973. She finally took home the Academy Award in 1974 for her role Alice Hyatt in the featured film by Martin Scorsese, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." Burstyn's impressive career saw her winning the Tony Award in 1975 in favor of her leading role in the Broadway film "Same Time, Next Year," in which she went on to receive a Golden Globe Award and her 4th nomination for Academy Award for her glamorous presence in the film version of the Broadway production. Her versatility in acting both on stage and film has brought her much success and she became one of the few actresses in Hollywood, who have achieved the prestige Triple Crown of Acting. Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Her career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the next decade included several films and television series. Burstyn's performance in the acclaimed 1971 ensemble drama The Last Picture Show brought her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination, after which she moved from supporting to leading film and stage roles. Burstyn received a second Academy Award nomination for her lead performance in The Exorcist (1973), and won the Academy Award for Best Actress the following year for her work in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. In 1975, she won the Tony Award for her lead performance in the Broadway production of Same Time, Next Year, and received a Golden Globe Award and a fourth Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 1978 film version of the play. Burstyn has worked consistently in film, television and theatre since, receiving multiple awards and nominations along the way, including seven additional Golden Globe Award nominations, five Emmy Award nominations (two wins), and two more Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for her performances in the films Resurrection (1980) and Requiem for a Dream (2000). Burstyn is one of the few actresses to have won the Triple Crown of Acting. Burstyn was born Edna Rae Gillooly in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Correine Marie (n?(C)e Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. She has described her ancestry as "Irish, French, Pennsylvania Dutch, a little Canadian Indian." Burstyn has an older brother, Jack and a younger brother, Steve. Her parents divorced when she was young and


Who played lawyer Andrew Beckett in the 1993 film ‘Philadelphia’?

Philadelphia (1993) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 29 titles created 24 Oct 2011 a list of 25 titles created 17 Jul 2012 a list of 42 titles created 01 Dec 2013 a list of 45 titles created 02 Apr 2015 a list of 37 titles created 6 months ago Search for " Philadelphia " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     2     Oscars. Another    10 wins & 16 nominations. See more awards  » Videos NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. Director: Ron Howard A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island. Director: Robert Zemeckis An eastern immigrant finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there. Director: Steven Spielberg A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner. Director: Nora Ephron Two business rivals who despise each other in real life unwittingly fall in love over the Internet. Director: Nora Ephron Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living. Director: Sam Mendes A detective must adopt the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer. Director: Roger Spottiswoode A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is. Director: Ron Howard On his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes on a 24-hour training course with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears. Director: Antoine Fuqua A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger. Director: Alan J. Pakula The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence. Director: Norman Jewison A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. Director: Tom Hanks Edit Storyline Andrew Beckett, a gay, HIV positive lawyer, is fired from his law firm in fear that they might contract HIV from him. After Andrew is fired, in a last attempt for peace, he sues his former law firm with the help of a homophobic lawyer, Joe Miller. During the court battle, Miller sees that Beckett is no different than anyone else on the gritty streets of the city of brotherly love, sheds his homophobia and helps Beckett with his case before AIDS overcomes him. Written by Geoffrey A. Middleton {gamidd01@morehead-st.edu} Taglines: No one would take on his case... until one man was willing to take on the system. Genres: Rated PG-13 for some graphic language and thematic material | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 14 January 1994 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia The film's journey from script to screen was an extraordinary rocky one. The script underwent over 25 major revisions, the film's rights were embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings, and the subject matter sparked some major protests. See more » Goofs When Andy steps out of Joe's office (after Joe's rejection to become Andy's lawyer), you see him standing and reflecting on his situation. He turns his head to the left, and you can see the lining of a rubber mask on his neck(used to make Hanks' head look shaved). See more » Quotes Joe Miller : What do you love about the law, Andrew? Andrew Beckett : [from the witness stand] I... m


Chionophobia is an irrational fear of which type of weather condition?

Understanding Chionophobia: The Fear of Snow Understanding Chionophobia: The Fear of Snow Search the site Understanding Chionophobia: The Fear of Snow A Look at This Weather-Related Natural Environment Phobia By Lisa Fritscher Updated March 30, 2016 Chionophobia, or intense fear of snow, is a type of phobia categorized as a natural environment phobia. Natural environment phobias include other weather-related phobias like the fear of thunderstorms (astrophobia), the fear of wind (ancraophobia), and, of course, the fear of snow (chionophobia). According to the American Meteorological Society, natural environment phobias like chionophobia are the second most prevalent phobia subtype. Chionophobia and the Fear of Snow Chionophobia is not just a dislike of snow or a rational fear of severe weather forecasts, it is an irrational fear of snow that is typically linked to a fear of bodily harm or death. Though phobias can and do manifest themselves differently in different people's experiences, there are typically two primary fears behind chionophobia: the fear of becoming snowbound and the fear of being stranded in snow. Symptoms of True Chionophobia Like all phobias, the fear of snow may cause a variety of symptoms. Paying undue attention to weather reports, refusing to leave home during snowy weather, and experiencing panic attacks are extremely common in people with chionophobia. For people with true chionophobia, the mere forecast of a winter storm or snowfall can induce physiological symptoms of fear and anxiety like cold sweats, panic attacks, and even an unrealistic feeling of doom and dread. Coping With Chionophobia The best methods for coping with the fear of snow depend on the severity and the level of impact that your fear has on your life. Some people find that becoming educated about different types of snow and their effects on local conditions can calm their fears. Others find that gradual exposure to winter activities is calming. If your fear is severe or life-limiting, however, seek the guidance of a trained mental health professional. Winter weather is a fact of life, but with proper assistance and hard work, there is no reason for it to seriously curtail your life when faced with snowy winter weather. Other Snow-Related Fears Like any phobia, the fear of snow is highly personalized. No two people experience snow phobia in precisely the same way and not all fears related to snow are, in fact, clinical phobias. Nonetheless, the vast majority of known snow-related fears fall into a handful of common categories. Fear of Severe Weather The fear of snow is often, although not always, associated with a more generalized weather-related phobia. Lilapsophobia is the fear of severe weather events, while astraphobia is the fear of more run of the mill storms. Although snowfall is not generally affiliated with thunder and lightning, these events may certainly occur. For those with a fear of weather-related phenomena, even the possibility of a severe storm may be enough to trigger a  phobic reaction . Fear of Being Trapped Avalanches, unstable snow forts, and thin ice are just a few of the potential hazards of winter activities. Most people take precautions to guard against becoming seriously trapped by snow or ice, but for some people, the concept of being trapped is a major anxiety trigger. For people with a strong phobia of being trapped, even the slight sinking feeling of walking through a light layer of snow may be enough to induce a  panic attack . Fear of Injury Snowy conditions are often accompanied by ice, which is slick and potentially dangerous, and sometimes covered by a layer of snow. For those who have medical phobias or a fear of being injured, snow may present an anxiety-inducing risk. Some fears of injury due to ice and snow are rational, so it's important to note that fears that are rooted in rational considerations are never considered phobias. Fear of Cold Hypothermia  and  frostbite  are very real conditions that, if not properly treated, may lead to serious injury or even death. However, they are relati