Where specifically did James Cameron dive down to in 2012?

James Cameron Completes Record-Breaking Mariana Trench Dive James Cameron Completes Record-Breaking Mariana Trench Dive Solo sub dive is deepest ever. View Images The DEEPSEA CHALLENGER sub during a February test off Papua New Guinea. Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic At noon on Monday, local time, (10 p.m. Sunday ET) James Cameron 's "vertical torpedo" sub broke the surface of the western Pacific, carrying the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker back from the Mariana Trench 's Challenger Deep—Earth's deepest, and perhaps most alien, realm. Related Content Tourists Try to See Great Barrier Reef Before It's Gone The first human to reach the 6.8-mile-deep (11-kilometer-deep) undersea valley solo, Cameron arrived at the bottom with the tech to collect scientific data, specimens, and visions unthinkable in 1960, when the only other manned Challenger Deep dive took place, according to members of the National Geographic expedition. After a faster-than-expected, roughly 70-minute ascent, Cameron's sub, bobbing in the open ocean, was spotted by helicopter and would soon be plucked from the Pacific by a research ship's crane. Earlier, the descent to Challenger Deep had taken 2 hours and 36 minutes. Expedition member Kevin Hand called the timing of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER sub's ascent "perfect." "Jim came up in what must have been the best weather conditions we've seen, and it looks like there’s a squall on the horizon," said Hand, a NASA astrobiologist and National Geographic emerging explorer . Before surfacing about 300 miles (500 kilometers) southwest of Guam, Cameron spent hours hovering over Challenger Deep's desert-like seafloor and gliding along its cliff walls, the whole time collecting samples and video. Among the 2.5-story-tall sub's tools are a sediment sampler, a robotic claw, a "slurp gun" for sucking up small seacreatures for study at the surface, and temperature, salinity, and pressure gauges. (See pictures of Cameron's sub .) Now "the science team is getting ready for the returned samples," said NASA's Hand. Cameron—best known for creating fictional worlds on film ( Avatar , Titanic , The Abyss )—is expected to announce his initial findings later today. After analysis, full results are to be published in a future edition of National Geographic magazine . ( Video: Cameron Dive Is an Exploration First. ) "The Ultimate Test" Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Don Walsh , who descended to Challenger Deep in 1960, said he was pleased to hear that Cameron had reached the underwater valley safely. "That was a grand moment, to welcome him to the club," Walsh, said in a telephone interview from the sub-support ship. "There're only three of us in it, and one of them—late Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard—"is dead. Now it's just Jim and myself." Expedition physician Joe MacInnis called Cameron’s successful descent today "the ultimate test of a man and his machine." After breaching the ocean surface, the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER was first spotted by a helicopter owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen , a longtime Cameron friend. Allen was on the scene for the historic dive and posted live updates of the event on Twitter from aboard his yacht, the Octopus, which is providing backup support for the mission. Science in Three Dimensions Throughout the Mariana Trench dive, 3-D video cameras were kept whirring, and not just for the benefit of future audiences of planned documentaries. "There is scientific value in getting stereo images because ... you can determine the scale and distance of objects from stereo pairs that you can't from 2-D images," Cameron told National Geographic News before the dive. But "it's not just the video. The sub's lighting of deepwater scenes—mainly by an 8-foot (2.5-meter) tower of LEDs—is "so, so beautiful," said Doug Bartlett , a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California. "It's unlike anything that you'll have seen from other subs or other remotely operated vehicles," said Bartlett, chief scientist for the DEEPSEA CHALLENGE project , a partnership with the


Who played Sir James Bond in the original version of Casino Royale?

Casino Royale (1967) - 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 In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH. Directors: From $9.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 25 titles created 25 May 2011 a list of 43 titles created 16 May 2012 a list of 26 titles created 05 Nov 2012 a list of 26 titles created 21 Jul 2013 a list of 42 titles created 02 Jul 2015 Search for " Casino Royale " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     Oscar. Another    3 nominations. See more awards  » Photos A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated. Director: Irvin Kershner A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own. Directors: Clive Donner, Richard Talmadge Stars: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world. Director: Peter R. Hunt A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program. Director: Terence Young A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: Guy Hamilton Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Lewis Gilbert James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. Director: Terence Young James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE. Director: Terence Young 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen Edit Storyline After the death of M, Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH and Le Chiffre, Bond thinks up the ultimate plan. That every agent will be named James Bond. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle. Written by simon Casino Royale is too much for one James Bond! See more  » Genres: 28 April 1967 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Charles K. Feldman's Casino Royale See more  » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)| Mono (35 mm prints) Color: Black and White (archive footage: Keystone Cops)| Color (Technicolor) Aspect Ratio: Cameos by Frank Sinatra , Sophia Loren , and Barbra Streisand were planned. See more » Goofs When the pod from the flying saucer "drives" up out of the water in the underground dock, the cable pulling it is p


Felix Baumgartner holder of the world freefall record was born in which country?

Felix Baumgartner | Red Bull Stratos Red Bull Stratos Go Red Bull Stratos Pilot "I love a challenge, and trying to become the first person to break the speed of sound in freefall is a challenge like no other." Felix Baumgartner With a passion for expanding boundaries, especially in the air, Red Bull Stratos pilot Felix Baumgartner is an expert parachutist best known for completing an unprecedented freefall flight across the English Channel using a carbon wing. Felix, born April 20, 1969, grew up in Salzburg, Austria where he dreamed of skydiving and flying helicopters and was inspired by astronauts on TV. He made his first skydive at age 16. After sharpening his parachute skills as a member of a Special Forces demonstration team for the Austrian military, he supported himself by repairing motorcycles before becoming a skydiving professional. Eager to test the limits, Felix set a record for history's lowest BASE jump (from Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue), twice set world records for the highest BASE jump from a building (Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei 101 tower), and even landed his canopy inside a cave in Croatia. Felix was named to Vienna's Street of Champions and nominated for a World Sports Award and two categories in the NEA Extreme Sports Awards. A licensed gas balloon pilot, he has earned private helicopter licenses in Austria and the United States, as well as a commercial European helicopter license, and he is an advocate for the nonprofit Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation. In training for Red Bull Stratos, Felix divides his time between Switzerland and the United States, but, he says, "The air is where I am at home."


Which constituency did George Galloway win in 2012?

Why did George Galloway win in Bradford West? | Politics | The Guardian Bradford West byelection 2012 Why did George Galloway win in Bradford West? We give marks out of five to the various factors, from George Galloway's own personality to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq George Galloway in Bradford the morning after his byelection win. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images Friday 30 March 2012 10.00 EDT First published on Friday 30 March 2012 10.00 EDT This article is 4 years old Personality: 5 The Respect party didn't win a 10,000 majority. George Galloway did. George Galloway and his easy charm, peerless way with words and genius ability to play to his own strengths while exploiting the weaknesses of others (and hiding his own). Dissatisfaction with mainstream politics: 5 "George is the only one who tells the truth – the rest of them are all liars" was a frequent refrain on the streets of Bradford . Many Galloway voters said they had never bothered to vote before. Iraq and Afghanistan: 4 These wars may be old news to many, but they are fresh in the minds of many Galloway voters, who have not forgiven Labour – and particularly Tony Blair – for wading into them. Palestine: 4 Galloway got the biggest cheer at his 3am victory street party when he shouted: "Long Live Palestine!" Many of his most loyal supporters in Bradford have joined him on his Viva Palestina aid convoys to Gaza. Poor Labour operation: 4 Labour tried, with Ed Miliband, Yvette Cooper and others rolling in to town to shore up support. But the campaign was complacent. Keeping the candidate away from all live hustings allowed Galloway to claim Imran Hussain was afraid of him. Local politics: 4 Even your proudest Bradfordians admit their city has seen better days. There's a big hole in the ground where a Westfield shopping centre never materialised, a project to restore the historic Odeon cinema is mired in controversy and the city centre is awash with pawn shops and pound shops. Plus the city now ranks 145th out of 155 in the education league tables and youth unemployment has tripled in three years. Tory vote collapsing: 2 The Conservative candidate, Jackie Whiteley, did manage to lose 10,000 votes, some of which no doubt went to Galloway. But this was no swing away from the Tories. It was Galloway getting out the first-time voters and preying on the disaffected Labour contingent. The Bradford factor: 2 Bradford West hasn't been a particularly safe Labour seat for some time, but the party has held the constituency in its various incarnations since 1974. Shadow home secretary says local factors in Bradford West were key to George Galloway's surprise byelection victory Published: 1 Apr 2012 Helen Pidd, the only national newspaper reporter at the Bradford West count, explains how the former MP defied all expectations Published: 30 Mar 2012 Respect candidate takes seat from Labour with 10,140 majority, claiming 'the most sensational victory in British political history' Published: 29 Mar 2012 Labour leader under fire from party left in the wake of George Galloway's victory by majority of over 10,000 Published: 30 Mar 2012


"Who wrote the book ""A Bridge Too Far""?"

Dueling D-Day Authors: Ryan Versus Ambrose Dueling D-Day Authors: Ryan Versus Ambrose Ambrose Stephen Ambrose is facing still more charges that he used material from a source without proper attribution–and this time the source in question is Cornelius Cornelius Ryan , Ambrose’s predecessor as America’s favorite World War II chronicler. Ryan, the best-selling author of A Bridge Too Far and The Longest Day, died in 1974. Four years earlier, in September 1970, he had written a letter to Ambrose’s then-publisher, Doubleday , accusing Ambrose of “a rather graceless falsification which concerns me and my book, The Last Battle.” Ryan complained that Ambrose, in a 1970 book about Dwight Eisenhower, had copied two quotations from The Last Battle without attributing them to Ryan’s earlier book–and had garbled the quotations to boot. Ambrose, in a reply to Ryan written later that same month, apologized for the “careless error” and said he would fix it in future editions. But when the Ambrose book in question, The Supreme Commander, was republished in 1999, the garble had been fixed but the attribution still omitted any mention of Ryan or The Last Battle. Click Here To Read Ambrose’s Reply Ambrose did not return a phone call today seeking comment. He has had relatively little to say since accusations surfaced earlier this month that he has borrowed phrases and passages from certain sources over the years without putting the words within quotation marks–a practice that many of Ambrose’s critics consider a form of plagiarism. Ambrose has pointed out in his own defense that he footnotes the passages in question and then cites the sources in his endnotes. Critics respond that footnoting “borrowed” passages isn’t good enough, since the words still are being presented to the reader as having been written by Ambrose himself. The critics note that college students are forbidden to do what Ambrose does when they write research papers, so why should Ambrose–a former history professor–get away with it in his books? The Ryan situation is somewhat different, since Ambrose is not accused of presenting Ryan’s words as his own, but of denying Ryan proper attribution. Ryan’s complaint may seem relatively minor, but to Doug McCabe Douglas McCabe , an archivist who oversees the Cornelius Ryan Collection at Ohio University, it demonstrates that Ambrose’s attribution problems go back almost to the beginning of his scholarly career. “It brings into question all his professional work,” McCabe says. McCabe is curator of manuscripts for the Archives and Special Collections division at the university’s Alden Library in Athens, Ohio, where the Cornelius Ryan Collection is housed. McCabe provided Forbes.com with copies of the Ryan letter and Ambrose’s reply, both of which are part of the collection. Ambrose published his first book in 1962 and has produced some 30 more since then, churning them out at such a steady clip that some critics wonder if he may have cut a few ethical corners along the way by borrowing too many improperly attributed passages from his sources. Since 1994, when his D-Day appeared, Ambrose has been a perennial star performer for his current publisher Simon & Schuster Viacom . The current controversy was touched off when The Weekly Standard exposed attribution problems in Ambrose’s current hardcover bestseller, The Wild Blue. Subsequently Forbes.com uncovered similar problems in at least four earlier Ambrose books, including his current paperback bestseller Nothing Like It in the World. (See: The Ambrose Saga ) Ambrose has his defenders, too. Among them is former Senator George McGovern George McGovern , whose World War II experience as a bomber pilot is described in The Wild Blue. In a letter to the editor published yesterday in The New York Times, McGovern conceded that Ambrose should have used quotation marks for the disputed passages. But he also praised Ambrose as a “brilliant author” who has earned his current popularity. “He is not only a superb historian, but also a gifted writer whose books are devoured by the public, and a patri


Which tough guy actor played a cross dressing pirate in the film Stardust?

Stardust Cast and Characters: Heroes, Pirates, Witches, and Princes | Emanuel Levy Stardust Cast and Characters: Heroes, Pirates, Witches, and Princes July 30, 2007 by EmanuelLevy Leave a Comment While the heart of “Stardust” is the journey of Tristan and Yvaine, it required a large and talented ensemble to fill that journey with the proper humor, drama and surprises. Hero Cox The casting all hinged on finding a young actor to embody the hero, Tristan Thorne, who grows up as a bit of a bumbling lad in the tiny English village of Wall, only to discover he is destined for incredible adventures beyond its borders and his wildest dreams. To play Tristan, the filmmakers plucked a relative newcomer who was ready for his breakthrough role: Charlie Cox, who was previously seen in “The Merchant of Venice” with Al Pacino and “Casanova” with Heath Ledger, but had never had a leading role with so many opportunities, including the chance to fall in love with Siena Miller and Claire Danes and cross swords with Robert De Niro. “For Tristan, we wanted someone who could start out a bit more awkward and become truly handsome, dashing and courageous along the way, someone with a sense of innocence and a sort of nave, single-minded drive,” notes producer Di Bonaventura. “Matthew had a very clear point-of-view of what he wanted and Charlie came along as the favorite very early in the process.” Cox auditioned “again and again and again” for the role, at first not realizing he was expanding on Vaughn's idea of the character with each progressive performance. “Usually, an actor auditions once, gets the part and then works out the character, but we actually developed the character during the audition process,” Cox notes. “That was a huge advantage because, as soon as I got the role, I already knew Matthew and I were going in the same direction.” Cox knew he would have to allow the audience to believe in this young man when he is being thrust into completely improbable adventures. “You have to have the audience believe in this world where a woman can be a star, where there are evil witches and magical spells, so you really have to bring your performance up a little, because these are obviously not everyday occurrences,” Cox explains. “It was a real challenge to find the balance between constantly raising the stakes and yet keeping it as real as possible.” Tristan starts out wanting one thing: to win the heart of the village beauty, Victoria. In his besotted yearning for Victoria, he journeys across the great brick barrier that surrounds Wall into the forbidden realm beyond to bring back a fallen star. “Tristan doesn't really consider what this will entail when he makes the promise,” says Cox. “He has no idea what he is going to see or experience on the other side of the wall, but he intends to stand by his word.” When Tristan does find the fallen star inside a massive crater, she turns out not to be the asteroid he would have found in Wall, but a ravishing young woman, Yvaine, who has turned her ankle in her cosmic fall. From the second he sees her, sparks fly between them. “They really don't get along well in the beginning,” Cox admits. “They're both kind of pissed off with each other and yet they desperately need each other, so they bicker and argue until, slowly, they begin to trust each other.” That trust takes Tristan completely by surprise as he begins to fall head over heels for Yvaine. “The fun part is that Tristan falls in love long before he realizes he's in love,” Cox muses. “He's in denial and he doesn't want to believe it's true, but he just can't escape it. As he figures out his own heart, you start to see the character come into his own.” As Tristan and Yvaine journey through Stormhold towards Wall, they encounter all kinds of dangers and threats, including the pirate Captain Shakespeare, which precipitated a scene in which Cox actually had to swash and buckle with Oscar-winner Robert De Niro. Little in his previous professional work could have prepared Cox for this unusual and nerve-wracking event. Comments Cox: “De Niro an


Which type of lady's hat was banned at Ascot in 2012?

Royal Ascot pins down hat guidelines | Sport | The Guardian Royal Ascot pins down hat guidelines Fascinators, beloved of the Duchess of Cambridge, under threat as Queen's favourite race meet issues stricter dresscode Royal Ascot's new rules may call time on the Duchess of Cambridge's fascinators. Photograph: Tim Ockenden/PA Tuesday 17 January 2012 20.35 EST First published on Tuesday 17 January 2012 20.35 EST Close This article is 5 years old It is a centrepiece of Britain's social calendar, a place where pageantry, fashion and thoroughbred animals have come to be part of the mix since Queen Anne first saw its potential as a racecourse 300 years ago. Yet after organisers at Royal Ascot decided that sartorial standards have been on the slide in recent times, not even her descendents are being spared a clampdown that could end the wearing of fascinators in the royal enclosure. The item of headgear, often favoured by the Duchess of Cambridge, is under threat as part of a move to tighten and clarify the dress code at the annual summer event, which also happens to be the Queen's favourite race meet. Nick Smith, a spokesman for Ascot , said: "It is stretching a point to say standards have collapsed but there is no doubt that our customers would like to get back to a situation where it is universally acknowledged that this is a formal occasion and not an occasion where you might dress as you would at a nightclub. "It is probably fair to say that the dress code hasn't necessarily been enforced quite as rigorously as we might have liked." Along with the royals, thousands of visitors who flock to the less formal grandstand enclosure during the week-long meet in June will also be obliged to adhere to strict new guidelines. The less formal Silver Ring is not expected to be affected by the changes. A new dress code states: "Hats should be worn; a headpiece which has a base of four inches (10cm) or more in diameter is acceptable as an alternative to a hat." Women will also be expected to wear skirts or dresses of "modest length" that fall just above the knee or longer. This clarifies previous guidance which stated that miniskirts were "considered unsuitable". For men, a waistcoat and tie are now compulsory in this area of the course and cravats will not be allowed. Black shoes must also be worn with morning dress. Although rules on the wearing of fascinators in the royal enclosure will be tightened, a hat or fascinator will be compulsory for women in the grandstand, which is open to the public and subject to less stringent rules. The move comes amid criticism of sartorial standards, often led by some press coverage bemoaning the supposed display of too much flesh at race meets, and marks a significant change to previous years, when female race-goers were advised that "many ladies wear hats". Strapless or sheer-strap tops and dresses will be banned. For men, a suit and tie will now be imperative. Charles Barnett, Ascot's chief executive, said the overarching intention was to be "as helpful as possible" to visitors and to assist racegoers in understanding what is "cherished" about the dress code at Royal Ascot. "It isn't a question of elitism and not being modern in a world where there is less and less requirement to dress smartly – far from it," he said. "We want to see modern and stylish dress at Royal Ascot, just within the parameters of formal wear, and the feedback we have received from our customers overwhelmingly supports that."


By what name are Dave Myers and Simon King better known?

Hairy Biker Si King reveals how headache turned to battle for his life - Mirror Online TV Hairy Biker Si King reveals how headache turned to battle for his life The 46-year-old TV chef suffered a brain aneurysm and was rushed in to hospital for immediate life-saving treatment  Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Hairy Biker Si King has revealed for the first time how he survived a potentially fatal brain aneurysm. The TV chef went to hospital after suffering from a blinding headache for four days and was rushed in for immediate life-saving treatment. Now back at home, he has put all work on hold to recover from what he calls as “a bit of a shemozzle with my head”. And in an exclusive Mirror interview he is as jovial and bubbly as ever as he tries to play it down. “I am fine” he says. “There have been no lasting effects – none that you’d notice other than I am slightly madder than I was before. No deficit as they say.” Si King admits it was touch-and-go when he became ill three months ago (Photo: Rex) But as much as 46-year-old Si tries to make light of his experience, aneurysms (see right) are truly life-threatening. And he admits it was touch-and-go when he became ill three months ago. “I just started getting a severe headache,” he says. “Over a four-day period it got worse and worse and worse. I thought, ‘Oh my god I am in trouble here’. So I went and had a procedure. "Now I go for check ups. It is a continual treatment and I will need some more. It was a life-or-death thing. It was critical when I went into hospital but now it’s not. It’s good they have fixed it.” Before the aneurysm struck Si was feeling the healthiest he had been in years after losing more than three stone on a diet with fellow Hairy Biker Dave Myers . Best of buddies: Dave Myers and Simon King (Photo: Rex) Si is full of praise for Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary. “They were the most incredible staff and it is an incredible hospital. Hats off to the NHS ,” he says. As he works his way back to full health he is spending his days at home in Newcastle gardening, walking and cycling to build up his strength. He is also enjoying spending a lot of time with his wife Jane and his sons Alex, James and Dylan. “I walk at least two miles a day and cycle when I can because with brain injuries it can be difficult. Your stamina levels drop for one reason or another,” he says. “I’m not back working yet. I want to keep myself right. The last thing I want to do is fall over on a shoot. I want to make sure I am 100% fit. And I’m getting there.” Video Loading Share this video Watch Next Until recently much of Si’s year has been spent in far-flung locations while his wife stayed at home with their boys. So is he getting under her feet now? He laughs: “She’s not fed up. I think she secretly quite likes it. We haven’t done it for such a long time. We go, ‘Oh, this is quite nice’. “I have been home for James, my middle son’s, birthday for the first time in four or five years. Those little family do’s are very special at the moment.” Now fitness fanatics: The pair prefer to spend more time outdoors (Photo: BBC) On the Hairy Dieters series Si went from more than 19 stone to 15½. But his weight has crept up thanks to his illness. “I have put about a stone back on due to not being particularly well,” he says. “I am starting to lose it now – it’s a lot easier trying to lose seven kilos than 23 kilos, which is what originally happened.” The Hairy Dieters series also spawned a massive selling cookbook. In particular, middle-aged men of a certain girth took the pair’s straight-talking to their hearts and Si is constantly cheered by the positive reaction he gets from people. “I was just at the garden centre and this woman came up and said, ‘Hey Si, you are keeping the weight off’. I thanked her and she showed me a picture on her phone. Eight months ago she was a size 18 and she’s now a 12 to 14. How fantastic is that? Her husband who was on the diet as well and lost four ston


"Who was the leading man in the film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's""?"

25 Things You May Not Know About 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' | Moviefone 25 Things You May Not Know About 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' by Gary Susman Everyone thinks they know 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' the classic, urbane romantic comedy released 50 years ago today, on October 5, 1961. The film that cemented Audrey Hepburn's reputation as an all-time fashion icon, set the bar for every New York fantasy/romantic comedy from 'Barefoot in the Park' to 'Sex and the City,' and gave birth to a thousand Manic Pixie Dream Girls (or at least 25 others). Yet there's a lot you may not know about the movie -- who the real-life Holly Golightly was, how radically different the film might have been if 'Breakfast' author Truman Capote had gotten his way, why the Oscar-winning song 'Moon River' almost got cut from the film, which classic outfits Hepburn herself came up with, how many cartons of cigarettes the tobacco-loving characters smoked on-screen, and what Mickey Rooney has to say about his still-controversial performance. 1. Who was the real-life Holly Golightly? So many women have been named as possible inspirations to Truman Capote -- including Gloria Vanderbilt, Oona Chaplin, writer/actress Carol Grace (who became Walter Matthau's wife), writer Maeve Brennan and model Suzy Parker -- that Capote called the whole speculation "the Holly Golightly sweepstakes." He claimed there was a real Holly, a woman who lived downstairs from him when he was a writer who'd just moved to New York in the early 1940s (like the autobiographical narrator of Capote's tale), though he never identified her by name. A New Yorker named Bonnie Golightly filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against Capote claiming he'd based the character on her. 2. As George Costanza learned during a memorable 'Seinfeld' episode where he watched the film instead of reading the book for his book club, there are a lot of major differences between Capote's 1958 novella and George Axelrod's screenplay to the 1961 movie. There's the setting (the 1940s, not the contemporary 1960s), the nameless narrator (called Paul in the film), Holly's age (she's still in her late teens in the story but played by 31-year-old Hepburn on-screen), Holly's fondness for marijuana (gone in the film). Holly's bisexuality (ditto), and the wistful, ambiguous ending (replaced in the film by a conventional romantic happy ending). Most of all, there's the sense many readers get that Holly is a professional escort, for taking money from wealthy men whom she sometimes sleeps with. In interviews , Capote described Holly not as a prostitute or golddigger but called her an American geisha girl. The film downplayed any suggestion of prostitution, with Paramount publicists issuing statements like , "The star is Audrey Hepburn, not Tawdry Hepburn." 3. Capote envisioned his friend Marilyn Monroe in the part, but her acting coach, Paula Strasberg, talked her out of it, saying the role's call-girl-like nature was bad for her image. Others supposedly in line for the role included Jane Fonda, Shirley MacLaine and Kim Novak. Capote was a friend of Hepburn's but thought she was miscast. So did Hepburn herself, until director Blake Edwards persuaded her she could do it. 4. Blake Edwards pleaded on his knees with the producers not to hire George Peppard as the male lead. (Steve McQueen was considered but was unavailable.) Indeed, Peppard tried to play the role as a traditional matinee idol, not a vulnerable, flawed, naive young man. So said co-star Patricia Neal , who played Paul's sugar mama (known in the film as "2-E"). She and Peppard had been friends before the filming, but she wrote in her memoir that she was put off by his apparent desire "to be an old-time movie hunk." (Later, of course, Peppard would age into that more standard, macho kind of leading man, most memorably as the leader of TV's 'The A-Team.') 5. How did Edwards manage to shoot the memorable opening scene, in which a taxi rolls down an empty 5th Avenue at dawn, Holly gets out in front of Tiffany's and she nibbles on a Danish while gazing longingly through the jewele


What is the name of the bike used to set the pace in a Keirin race in any indoor cycling race?

Track Cycling Events - Keirin Your Shopping Cart is Empty Track Cycling Events - Keirin The Keirin is a mass start Track Cycling event for Sprinters, created in 1948 in Japan but not included in the Olympic programme until 2000. Traditionally only six riders contest a Keirin but the number of riders can vary on the event, for example in the Japanese Keirin Series nine riders line up for each event. Held over two kilometres (8 laps on a 250m Track, 6 laps on a 333m Track and 5 laps on a 400m Track), riders draw lots prior to the race to determine starting position behind the pacer which is usually a Derny, Motorcycle or non-competing rider. The riders are required to remain behind the pacer, but are allowed to move position as much as they like as long as they remain behind the rear wheel of the Derny/Pacer. The Derny starts at the deliberately slow speed of about 25 km/h, gradually increasing in speed and leaves the track approximately 600-700 meters before the end, at a speed of about 50 km/h. As the Derny/Pacer leaves the track, this is when the racing begins with the rider who completes the remaining distance first, the winner. In competitions, this event is conducted in several rounds in order to reduce the number of competitors to one "final" round of ideally six riders. Eliminated cyclists may get the opportunity to try again in the repechages. Women also contest the Keirin with the only difference being that races are held over 1.5km (6 laps on a 250m Track, 4 laps on a 333m Track and 2 laps on a 400m Track) and the Derny leaves the track at 45 km/h. 2012 will see the Women's Keirin step up a level as it will be included in both the Olympic Games and Japanese Keirin Series for the first time. Keirin in Japan Keirin racing is one of the most popular sports in Japan due to it being one of the only sports the public are able to bet on. In 1957 the Nihon Jitensha Shinkokai (NJS) or Japanese Keirin Association (JKA) was founded to establish a uniform system of standards for the sport in Japan which is today regulated by the JKA. Aspiring professional keirin riders, the vast majority of which are Japanese, compete for entrance into the JKA Keirin School, however entry standards are that high that only ten percent of applicants are accepted. Riders in the Keirin School then undergo a strict15 hours per day training regime working towards graduation exams in order to be NJS approved and become eligible to participate in professional Keirin races in Japan. Japanese Keirin races start with all nine riders presented to the crowd and bowing in respect before attaching their bikes to the starting gate. Each rider is assigned a number and colour for betting purposes in order to make them easily recognisable to the crowd. At the sound of the gun, the riders leave their starting blocks and attempt to gain position behind the pacer, which is this instance is a non-competing rider wearing purple As the pace quickens, the pacer will usually depart the track with between one and two laps remaining, but the actual location where the pacer leaves varies with every race. With 1½ laps remaining, officials begin sounding the bell at increasing frequency until the riders come around to begin the final lap of the race. In addition to informing riders that they are approaching the final lap the sound of the bell and it's increasing frequency adds to the excitement of the racing as the pace further increases and riders start to attack. The race is monitored by four referees, each located in a tower next to one of the four corners and after every race, each of the four referees will wave either a white or red flag. A white flag indicates that no infractions occurred in that area. A red flag, however, signals a possible infraction and launches an inquiry into the race. Judges then examine the race on video to decide if a participant committed a rules violation; if so, he is disqualified and retires from the remainder of the meet. Japanese Keirin - Ranking and Race Grades Riders are classified in terms of ranking, this ensures that the level of


What was the name of the punk group that had 3 members arrested for criticising Valdimir Putin?

Pussy Riot: will Vladimir Putin regret taking on Russia's cool punks? | World news | The Guardian Close This article is 4 years old For two very full, very long days in Moscow, I have talked constantly to people about Pussy Riot . About how, back in February, three young women from a feminist punk-rock band sang a song in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. How they were arrested, imprisoned, refused bail, and now face up to seven years in jail. How the orders for this seem to have come right from the very top of the Russian government. And how their trial – starting tomorrow – seems certain to become a defining moment in Putin's political career. It is, many people say (practically everybody, in fact), a moment when Russia's future is, in some as yet undetermined way, being decided. At 9pm on Thursday night, I'm at a rally of a couple of thousand anti-government protesters, hearing Pussy Riot's name being chanted in the crowd, and I think I have a grasp of the story. It's an astonishing tale of how three young women have brought Putin his biggest political headache yet. A story about art versus power. Of civil society versus church and state. Or as one film-maker who's documenting it says, "punks versus Putin". (He goes on to say, "It's Crime and Punishment, basically, but there's also a band in jail so it's a bit like The Monkees. Or a really warped Beatles film.") I think I have it sort-of clear, and then three hours later, I'm led into a basement in an industrial art space and the story untangles. It becomes not just astonishing but absurd. Because here are Pussy Riot: in their balaclavas and brightly coloured dresses and tights, sitting cross-legged on the floor of a tiny, hot, brightly lit rehearsal room. They're not the three young women in jail: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alekhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29 – or Nadia, Masha and Katya, as they're known. Nobody has been allowed to see them. Not their husbands, families or friends. But Pussy Riot is not just three women. It's a collective of "more than 10" women, including two others who performed in the cathedral and are still at large. And all of them have vanished since the arrests. They've all gone to ground. This isn't surprising given the danger they're in. They've spent five months in hiding, waiting to see if they'll be arrested too. And this is their first interview for western media. Although they're not the imprisoned women, they don't have to be. That's the intention of the balaclavas – they're meant to be anonymous, indivisible, representative. It doesn't matter which of them got arrested. That's the point – that they're not individuals, they're an idea. And that's the thing that has gripped Russia and caught the attention of the rest of the world, too: that the Russian government has gone and arrested an idea and is prosecuting through the courts with a vindictiveness the Russian people haven't before seen. An idea perpetrated by three young, educated, middle-class women, or devushki (girls), as the Russians call them. And it's this that's the shock walking into the room. They're so young. So smiley. So nervous and bashful and embarrassed at the attention and not sure how to sit, or quite what they should and shouldn't say. Pussy Riot aren't just the coolest revolutionaries you're ever likely to meet. They're also the nicest. They're the daughters that any parent would be proud to have. Smart, funny, sensitive, not afraid to stand up for their beliefs. One of them makes a point of telling me how "kindness" is an important part of their ideology. They have also done more to expose the moral bankruptcy of the Putin regime than probably anybody else. No politician, nor journalist, nor opposition figure, nor public personality has created quite this much fuss. Nor sparked such potentially significant debate. The most amazing thing of all, perhaps – more amazing even than calling themselves feminists in the land women's rights forgot – is that they've done it with art. How does that feel? "It feels like a unique position to be in, but


What name links Mary Shelly and the man who wrote the music for the California State song?

Mary Shelley Biography WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR: Books: Mounseer Nongtongpaw; or, The Discoveries of John Bull in a Trip to Paris (London: Printed for the Proprietors of the Juvenile Library, 1808). History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland, with Letters descriptive of a Sail round the Lake of Geneva, and of the Glaciers of Chamouni (London: Published by T. Hookham, jun., and C. & J. Ollier, 1817). Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (3 volumes, London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818; revised edition, 1 volume, London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831; 2 volumes, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833). Valperga: or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca, 3 volumes (London: G. & W. B. Whittaker, 1823). The Last Man (3 volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1826; 2 volumes, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833). The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck (3 volumes, London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1830; 2 volumes, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834). Lodore (3 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1835; 1 volume, New York: Wallis & Newell, 1835). Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal, volumes 86-88 of The Cabinet of Biography, in Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, conducted by Reverend Dionysius Lardner (London: Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman and John Taylor, 1835-1837; republished in part as Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, 2 volumes (Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1841). Falkner (3 volumes, London: Saunders & Otley, 1837; 1 volume, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1837). Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France, volumes 102 and 103 of The Cabinet of Biography (London: Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1838, 1839); republished in part as Lives of the Most Eminent French Writers, 2 volumes (Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1840). Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843, 2 volumes (London: Edward Moxon, 1844). The Choice--A Poem on Shelley's Death, edited by H. Buxton Forman (London: Printed for the editor for private distribution, 1876). Tales and Stories, edited by Richard Garnett (London: William Paterson, 1891). Proserpine & Midas: Two Unpublished Mythological Dramas, edited by A. Koszul (London: Humphrey Milford, 1922). Mary Shelley's Journal, edited by Frederick L. Jones (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1947). Mathilda, edited by Elizabeth Nitchie (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1959). Collected Tales and Stories, edited by Charles E. Robinson (Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976). The Journals of Mary Shelley, 2 volumes, edited by Paula Feldman and Diana Scott-Kilvert (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987). Editions: The Last Man, edited by Hugh J. Luke, Jr. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965). Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, edited by M. K. Joseph (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1969). Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus [1818 text], edited by James Rieger (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1974). Other: Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, edited, with a preface and notes, by Mary Shelley (London: Printed for John & Henry L. Hunt, 1824). The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 4 volumes, edited, with a preface and notes, by Mary Shelley (London: Edward Moxon, 1839). Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments. By Percy Bysshe Shelley, 2 volumes, edited, with a preface and notes, by Mary Shelley (London: Edward Moxon, 1840). Letters: Letters of Mary Shelley, edited by Henry H. Harper (Norwood, Mass.: Plimpton, 1918). The Letters of Mary W. Shelley, edited by Frederick L. Jones (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1944). My Best Mary: The Selected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, edited by Muriel Spark and Derek Standford (London: Wingate, 1953). The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 3 volumes, edited by Betty T. Bennett (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980, 1983, 1988). By the ti


At Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands there is a memorial statue to which branch of the British armed services?

About the Area - West Highland Hotel About the Area About the Area Glenfinnan (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Fhionghain) is a village in Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland. In 1745 the Jacobite Rising began here when Prince Charles Edward Stuart (“Bonnie Prince Charlie”) raised his standard on the shores of Loch Shiel. Seventy years later the 18-metre-high (60 ft) Glenfinnan Monument – at the head of the loch – was erected to commemorate the historic event. Jacobite rising Prince Charles initially landed from France on Eriskay in the Western Isles. He then travelled to the mainland in a small rowing boat, coming ashore at Loch nan Uamh just west of Glenfinnan. On arrival on the Scottish mainland, he was met by a small number of MacDonalds. Stuart waited at Glenfinnan for a number of days as more MacDonalds, Camerons, Macfies and MacDonnells arrived. On Monday 19 August 1745, after Prince Charles judged he had enough military support, he climbed the hill near Glenfinnan as MacMaster of Glenaladale raised his royal standard. The Young Pretender then announced to all the mustered clans he claimed the Scottish and the English thrones in the name of his father James Stuart (‘the Old Pretender’). A MacPhee (Macfie) was one of two pipers with Bonnie Prince Charlie when he raised his banner above Glenfinnan. Afterwards brandy was distributed to the assembled highlanders to celebrate the occasion. Eight months later Charles Stuart’s claim to the thrones of Scotland and England ended in failure at Culloden on the 16 April 1746. Many Macfies, who came from Glenfinnan, followed Donald Cameron of Lochiel on the right flank of the Jacobite Army at the battle. Charles Stuart returned to the area after Culloden during his flight to evade the government troops of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. After being hidden by loyal supporters, he boarded a French frigate on the shores of Loch nan Uamh close to where he had landed and raised his standard the previous year. The Young Pretender died in Rome in 1788 after never setting foot on Scottish soil again. The Prince’s Cairn now marks the spot from where he departed into exile. Monument The Unknown Highlander In 1815, the Jacobite cause was no longer a political threat. Alexander Macdonald of Glenaladale, a minor branch of the Clan Donald, built a memorial tower at Glenfinnan to commemorate the raising of the standard of the Young Pretender. The tower was designed by the Scottish architect James Gillespie Graham. The statue of an anonymous highlander (referred to at the point of commission as Charles Edward Stewart), by John Greenshields, was not added until 1835.[1] The monument’s location at Glenfinnan was made possible because in 1812 a new road – built by Thomas Telford – opened between Fort William to Arisaig. Since 1938, the Glenfinnan Monument has been in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. The Trust have also constructed a visitor centre, which provides tickets, information and exhibitions, and a shop, cafe, and toilets. The tower has also become a monument to Alexander Macdonald, who died before its completion. Hundreds of Jacobite enthusiasts gather at the tower each year on 19 August to remember the Rising of ’45. Glenfinnan lies about halfway between Fort William and Mallaig on the picturesque West Highland Railway. Along with a regular rail service by First ScotRail, the line is used by the Jacobite Steam Train. Sir Robert McAlpine had the Glenfinnan Viaduct constructed between 1897 and 1898. The structure, which is built entirely out of concrete, has 21 arches with spans of 15 m (49 ft) and reaches a height of 30 m (100 ft) above the valley. To commemorate the viaduct’s centenary in 1997, a plaque was unveiled at the base of one of its arches. The landscape in which the viaduct is located has made it popular with film producers. In 1969, it was used in Ring of Bright Water, starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna. It has since come to prominence in the cinematic releases of the Harry Potter series. The Hogwarts Express, which is the Jacobite Steam Train, is film


Which toy company at one time produced what they hoped would be a rival to Lego called Betta Bilda?

clackers photos on Flickr | Flickr 10 Did you know that toys and games have been part of childhood for thousands of years? As early as 4000 B.C. (before Christ), games became a source of entertainment. At that time, people of Babylon played a game that preceded the present day game of chess.   4000 BC - A Babylonian game, which is the ancestor of modern draughts begins to be played   3000 BC - First Game resembling modern Backgammon is played in Sumeria.   2000 BC - Stone marbles first used in Egypt.   1000 BC - Kites appear in China. Stone Yo-Yos begin to be used in Greece   600 BC - An ancestor of chess called ‘Chaturanga’ is played in India.   1759 - Roller skates are invented by Joseph Merlin.   Victorian Era - Victorian children had fewer toys than you have today. Poor Children - Poor families made their own, such as cloth-peg dolls and paper windmills. Children would save their pocket money to buy marbles, a spinning top, skipping ropes, kites or cheap wooden toys.   Rich Children had rocking horses with real horse hair manes, and dolls houses full of beautifully-carved miniature furniture. Other popular toys for rich children included china or wax dolls for the girls and clockwork train sets for the boys. Girls played with dolls and tea sets whilst boys played with toy soldiers and marbles.   During Victorian times, people became fascinated by toys that made pictures move. One of the earliest and simplest of these was the thaumatrope. This is a disc with a picture on either side that is attached to two pieces of string or a stick. When you spin the disc quickly, the two pictures appear to combine into one.   1901 - Meccano goes on sale in the UK. Invented by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, it captures the spirit of the age with a challenging construction toy. One of the century's leading toy makers and creator of Hornby train sets (1920, and see 1925) and Dinky Toys, Hornby died in 1936.   1902 - In the USA, the Teddy Bear is created by a Russian emigrants Morris MiTchtom who had seen a report of US President Teddy Roosevelt who declined to shoot a bear cub while out hunting. Clifford Berryman's celebrated newspaper cartoon captured this moment and Mitchcom launched his range of "Teddy" bears in his Brooklyn shop. German toymaker, Margarete Steiff began making jointed toy animals including bears, and they were also able to cash in on the teddy bear craze in the USA, which spread worldwide.   1903 - Edwin Binney & Harold Smith patent the first ‘Crayola’ crayons.   1908 - Plasticine goes on sale.   1909 - Kewpie Doll-devised by Rosi O’Neill patented in 1935   1910 - Daisy Air Rifles go on sale.   1914 - Tinker Toys - interlocking construction toy.   1914 - Frank Hornby manufactures ‘0 Gauge’ Clockwork model trains   1925 - The first electric ‘Hornby’ train appears..Hornby produce the first electric train sets in the world.   1928 - Mickey Mouse is created by Walt Disney. The licensed toy is born. Dolls from 1930   1929 - Duncan Yo-Yo’s are first launched in Los Angeles when Frank Duncan saw waiters from the Philippines playing with their tradit-ional Yo-Yo. It can be traced back to Ancient Greece - in the Philippines it was a weapon (like a boomerang) for hunting and war until later it became a sporting item then later a plaything. In 1930 Frank Duncan brought over demonstrators to Europe to play the music halls - and the craze took off.   1930 - Charlotte Cla in the USA starts making Micky Mouse dolls based on the first Disney cartoon first screened in 1928.   1932 - US architect, Alfred Butt begins work on what will become the board game, Scrabble. He calls it Lexico. (See 1940) In Denmark, Ole Kirk Christiansen started his Lego toy company. Lego means 'play well' in Danish. (leg godt). Later he discovered Lego in Latin means 'to put together'.   1934 - Corgi starts to manufacture toy cars and other models. In 1965 their model Aston Martin from the first James Bond film became the very first BATR Toy of the Year.   1935 - Monopoly arrives in the UK. Invented in the USA by Charles Darrow in 1933, patent filed 31st


"Who directed the films 'Picnic at Hanging Rock"" and ""Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'?"

Peter Weir - IMDb IMDb Director | Writer | Producer Peter Weir was born on August 21, 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as Peter Lindsay Weir. He is a director and writer, known for The Truman Show (1998), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Dead Poets Society (1989). He has been married to Wendy Stites since 1966. They have two children. See full bio » Born: a list of 37 people created 27 Mar 2012 a list of 33 people created 16 Jul 2013 a list of 26 people created 06 Oct 2013 a list of 36 people created 08 Feb 2015 a list of 21 people created 9 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Peter Weir's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for     6     Oscars. Another    33 wins & 51 nominations. See more awards  » Known For  1971 Three to Go (segment "Michael")  1971 The Comedy Game (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)  1964 The Mavis Bramston Show (TV Series) (production assistant) Hide   2011 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself  2011 Rencontres de cinéma (TV Series) Himself  2011 The Hour (TV Series) Himself - Guest  2011 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Himself  2004 The Hundred Days (Video documentary) Himself  2004 Master and Commander: Cinematic Phasmids (Video documentary short) Himself  2004 Larry King Live (TV Series) Himself - Guest  2003 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself  2003 Tinseltown TV (TV Series) Himself  1996 La mémoire retrouvée (TV Movie documentary) Director  1995 The Celluloid Heroes (TV Movie) Himself  2005 Cinema mil (TV Series) Himself Himself - Nominee: Best Picture, Best Director Related Videos 3 Print Biographies | 7 Interviews | 4 Articles | 1 Pictorial | See more » Alternate Names: Did You Know? Personal Quote: What I can't do is what I consider children's films, infantile subject matter. The caped-crusader-type stuff is not for me...When I began making films, they were just movies.'What's the new movie? What are you doing?' Now they're called 'adult dramas'. Sounds like a porno film because the majority of the marketplace is devoted to children. See more » Trivia: Directed 5 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Linda Hunt , Harrison Ford , Robin Williams , Rosie Perez and Ed Harris . Hunt won an Oscar for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). See more » Trademark: His characters often interact with technology, especially television, in ways that harm them or surprise the viewer, e.g. the church big screen TV in The Mosquito Coast (1986); the living room TV and TV control center in The Truman Show (1998); radio playing in the barn in Witness (1985), and so on. Star Sign:


Who did Sophie Rhys-Jones marry in 1999?

BBC - History - Prince Edward's wedding (pictures, video, facts & news) Prince Edward's wedding Prince Edward's wedding 19 June 1999 Prince Edward married Sophie Rhys-Jones at St George's Chapel in Windsor. At the couple's request, the ceremony was primarily for family and friends and did not follow the pattern of previous royal weddings. Photo: Prince Edward, his wife Sophie Rhys-Jones and her pageboys and bridesmaids leave St George's Chapel in Windsor after their marriage, 19 June 1999. (Press Association) Introduction Prince Edward and Sophie's public romance A look at the differing childhoods and career paths of Edward and Sophie, leading up to the announcement of their engagement. A look back at the differing childhoods and career paths of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhy-Jones, leading up to the announcement of their engagement. Prince Edward announces his engagement Prince Edward announces his engagement to Sophie Rhys-Jones and their plans for a family wedding at Windsor. Prince Edward announces his engagement to long-term girlfriend Sophie Rhys-Jones, and their plans for a family wedding at St George's Chapel, Windsor. Crowds cheer the wedding of Prince Edward to Sophie Peter Hunt reports from Windsor as crowds gather to cheer the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones. Peter Hunt reports from Windsor as crowds gather in the streets outside St George's Chapel, to cheer the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones. Highlights from Prince Edward's wedding Jennie Bond reports on the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Jennie Bond reports on the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones at St George's Chapel, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, before family and close friends. This event features in: More information about: Prince Edward's wedding How the couple met Prince Edward, the third and youngest son of the Queen, was born on 10 March 1964. Educated, like his brothers Charles and Andrew, at Gordonstoun in Scotland, he became head boy and excelled in drama. He also showed an early interest in the media and listened to the radio avidly. He read history at Cambridge University where he continued his theatre interests. After university he entered the Royal Marines but resigned his commission three years later. Keen to pursue his love of acting and performing, he began television presenting. In 1993 the prince set up his own television company, Ardent Productions, (notable for producing It's a Royal Knockout). Sophie Rhys-Jones was born in Oxford on 20 January 1965. After attending school and college in Kent, she worked for a London public relations firm and later a radio station. It was at a strategy session for a charity event that the pair had their first formal meeting in 1993. Their relationship began soon after, and their engagement was announced in January 1999. The wedding day Prince Edward married Sophie Rhys-Jones at St George's Chapel in Windsor. The Queen revived the 11th Century title of the Earl of Wessex for the groom, and the bride became Her Royal Highness, the Countess Wessex. Prince Edward walked to the chapel for the late afternoon ceremony with his two supporters, Prince Charles and Prince Andrew. Sophie arrived traditionally late and climbed the steps of the chapel accompanied by a fanfare from the band of the Royal Marines. She wore a dress designed by Samantha Shaw, which consisted of a long fitted coat with long sleeves and an ivory train, made from hand-dyed silk organza and silk crepe, with rows of pearls and crystal beading. She also wore a diamond tiara from the Queen's private collection and a pearl necklace. At the couple's request, the wedding was primarily for family and friends and did not follow the pattern of previous royal weddings. Guests were asked to wear "evening dress" and no hats. However, the Queen Mother did wear a lavender hat. Princes William and Harry, and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie attended, but the Duchess of York was not invited. After the ceremony a procession of open-topped, horse-drawn carriag


Which author created the character Jason Bourne?

Order of Jason Bourne Books - OrderOfBooks.com Home | Characters | Authors Order of Jason Bourne Books Jason Bourne is a fictional character created by prolific American novelist Robert Ludlum . After Robert Ludlum passed away in 2001, the reins were taken over by Eric Van Lustbader , another very prolific American novelist. Jason Bourne suffers from retrograde amnesia, therefore it is unknown to him why the CIA and others are trying to kill him. The Bourne Trilogy was adapted into a trilogy of films starring actor Matt Damon. The three films were both critically and commercially successful. Robert Ludlum wrote the original Bourne Trilogy of The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. Subsequent ongoing novels are still being written by Van Lustbader. Below is a list of all of the Jason Bourne books in order of publication – regardless of author: Publication Order of Jason Bourne Books The Bourne Identity


Who became Lord Protector of England in 1653?

Oliver Cromwell: Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector In 1649, after the proclamation of the republican Commonwealth, Cromwell led a punitive expedition into Ireland, especially remembered for the massacre of the royalist garrison at Drogheda. He then initiated a policy of systematic dispossession of the Irish, transferring their lands to Protestant proprietors. In 1650 he invaded Scotland and routed the Scottish royalists at Dunbar; later he defeated the Scots and Charles II himself at Worcester (1651) and left the rest of the conquest of Scotland to Gen. George Monck. Cromwell, now virtual dictator of the Commonwealth, dissolved the Rump Parliament in 1653 after it had failed to effect reforms demanded by the army and had sought to perpetuate its power. His attempt to replace it by the Nominated (Barebone's) Parliament (see Barebone, Praise-God ), appointed by himself from nominations of the Independent congregations, resulted in a reckless, hopelessly divided body that was finally forced to dissolve itself. A group of army officers then drew up the constitutional document known as the Instrument of Government (1653), by which Cromwell became lord protector (see Protectorate ). The Parliament of 1654, which was elected under the terms of the same document, wanted to prepare a new constitution and was soon dissolved. After that Cromwell resorted to open military government, dividing England into 11 districts, each administered by a major-general. Another, more amenable Parliament was summoned in 1656, and in 1657 it presented to Cromwell a new constitution known as the Humble Petition and Advice and offered him the crown. He declined the crown but accepted (with some modifications) the Humble Petition, which further increased his power and set up a second legislative chamber. The second session of this same Parliament, however, challenged the new constitution, and Cromwell dissolved it (1658) seven months before his death. Cromwell's foreign policy was governed by the need to expand English trade and prevent the restoration of the Stuarts, and by the desire to build up a Protestant league and enhance the prestige of the English republic. He approved the Navigation Act of 1651, which led to the first (1652–54) of the Dutch Wars , and he pressed the war against Spain (1655–58) as a means of encroaching on Spanish rights of colonization in America. The Dutch war resulted in several important naval victories for the English under Admiral Robert Blake , but the Spanish war, apart from the sinking of a Spanish fleet (also by Blake), brought only Jamaica and imposed a great strain on English finances. Sections in this article:


2013 marks the 200th anniversary of which Jane Austen novel?

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen · OverDrive: eBooks, audiobooks and videos for libraries Classic Literature Fiction Literature January 28, 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen'  s Pride and Prejudice, one of the most beloved books of all time. Pride and Prejudice: 200th Anniversary Edition commemorates this anniversary by bringing together adaptations of Jane Austen'  s work, reviews, the author'  s biography, and her inspiration for Pride and Prejudice in one digital volume. In addition to the enduring novel, Pride and Prejudice: 200th Anniversary Edition includes dramatic adaptations of a selection of scenes from Pride and Prejudice by Rosina Filippi; a dramatization of the novel by Mary Keith Medbery Mackaye; reviews of Jane Austen'  s work by noted literary figures of the day; a review of Pride and Prejudice by O.W. Firkins; and A Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh, Jane Austen'  s own nephew. Also included is an excerpt from Cecilia by Frances Burney, featuring the passage that served as the influence for the title of Pride and Prejudice. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library. Adobe EPUB eBook 1 MB Jane Austen (Author) Born in 1775, Jane Austen published four of her six novels anonymously. Her work was not widely read until the late nineteenth century, and her fame grew from then on. Known for her wit and sharp insight into social conventions, her novels about l...


pantechnicon | Definition, meaning & more | Collins Dictionary 1. a large van , esp one used for furniture removals 2. a warehouse where furniture is stored Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Word origin of 'pantechnicon' C19: from pan- + Greek tekhnikon relating to the arts, from tekhnē art; originally the name of a London bazaar, the building later being used as a furniture warehouse pantechnicon in American English (pænˈtɛknɪˌkɑn ; pantekˈnikänˌ) Definitions 1.  Originally a bazaar where all kinds of things were sold 2.  a warehouse 3.  a furniture van: also pantechnicon van 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 'pantechnicon'


Coney is an alternative name for which animal?

Coney Definition and Meaning - Bible Dictionary ko'-ni (shaphan ( Leviticus 11:5 ; Deuteronomy 14:7 ; Psalms 104:18 ; Proverbs 30:26 )): The word "coney" (formerly pronounced cooney) means "rabbit" (from Latin cuniculus). Shaphan is rendered in all four passages in the Septuagint choirogrullios, or "hedge-hog," but is now universally considered to refer to the Syrian hyrax, Procavia (or Hyrax) Syriaca, which in southern Palestine and Sinai is called in Arabic wabar, in northern Palestine and Syria Tabsun, and in southern Arabia shufun, which is etymologically closely akin to shaphan. The word "hyrax" (hurax) itself means "mouse" or "shrew-mouse" (compare Latin sorex), so that it seems to have been hard to find a name peculiar to this animal. In Leviticus 11:5 the Revised Version, margin, we find "rock badger," which is a translation of klip das, the rather inappropriate name given by the Boers to the Cape hyrax. The Syrian hyrax lives in Syria, Palestine and Arabia. A number of other species, including several that are arboreal, live in Africa. They are not found in other parts of the world. In size, teeth and habits the Syrian hyrax somewhat resembles the rabbit, though it is different in color, being reddish brown, and lacks the long hind legs of the rabbit. The similarity in dentition is confined to the large size of the front teeth and the presence of a large space between them and the back teeth. But whereas hares have a pair of front teeth on each jaw, the hyrax has one pair above and two below. These teeth differ also in structure from those of the hare and rabbit, not having the persistent pulp which enables the rabbit's front teeth to grow continually as they are worn away. They do not hide among herbage like hares, nor burrow like rabbits, but live in holes or clefts of the rock, frequently in the faces of steep cliffs. Neither the hyrax nor the hare is a ruminant, as seems to be implied in Leviticus 11:5 and Deuteronomy 14:7 , but their manner of chewing their food may readily have led them to be thought to chew the cud. The hyrax has four toes in front and three behind (the same number as in the tapir and in some fossil members of the horse family), all furnished with nails that are almost like hoofs, except the inner hind toes, which have claws. The hyraxes constitute a family of ungulates and, in spite of their small size, have points of resemblance to elephants or rhinoceroses, but are not closely allied to these or to any other known animals. The camel, the coney and the hare are in the list of unclean animals because they "chew the cud but divide not the hoof," but all three of these are eaten by the Arabs. The illustration is from a photograph of a group of conies in the Syrian Protestant College at Beirut, prepared by Mr. Douglas Carruthers, who collected these specimens in a cliff in the neighborhood of Tyre. Specimens from the Dead Sea are redder than those from Syria. Alfred Ely Day


What is the anatomical name of the big toe?

Why has your thumb got a special name, but your big toe is just called a Big Toe? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk Why has your thumb got a special name, but your big toe is just called a Big Toe? Beth , Derby, UK Our thumbs are the things that separate the humans from the monkeys. They are opposable thumnbs. You don't have opposable Big Toes, nor have they done anything to help the humans except help balance. Kevin, Yaphank, United States Actually, they both have. The correct anatomical name for the thumb is the "pollux" and the big toe the "hallux". Dr Robert Kidd, Sydney, Australia Trace the origins of the two words and you'll find that thumb and toe are actually the same word. This is common in other languages, too: in Latin, thumb is pollex, and big toe is pollex, too; but, in medical Latin, the big toe is differentiated as the pollex maximus - the big thumb. John Bennett, Glasgow, Scotland Thumbs have a different anatomy and function to the other hand digits, but all the 5 foot digits have similar form and function. For example, the thumb's main movements occur roughly at right angles to those of the other hand digits, permitting a strong pincer grip, which is essential for grasping and fine motor skills such as writing. In contrast, the toes all flex and extend in the same direction as each other. Hence the thumb fully deserves its special name. Interestingly, however, muscles attaching to the thumb and big toe both have special anatomical descriptors - "pollicis" and "hallucis" respectively -which are not applied to the other digits. Thus the big toe has been given some recognition, albeit arcanely, as a special digit. Mark Perry, Perth, Australia It is opposable, unlike your big toe, and functions differently to the fingers. Incidentally, Arabic doesn't even have a word for 'toes' big or little - they are called 'foot fingers'. Keith Mason, London, UK Because the human thumb is different from the other fingers as it is opposable (which allows us to grab hold of objects with our thumbs on the opposite side of the object to the other fingers) whereas the big toe is not opposable and is simply bigger than the other toes. Alan Williams-Key, Madrid, Spain It is because in order to evolve to natural walkers humans had to give up the perk of being able to grab objects with their feet. Also, the position of the foot is different than that of the palm. Maroiu Mihai Ioan, Bucharest, Romania My guess is because the thumb is the only opposable digit unlike all other digits which are more or less parallel. Also, one can't really call the thumb a Big Finger (or little finger) because it is shorter and wider then the others. buzzz, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US Could it be becuase the thumb is an opposible digit whereas a big toe (although important for walking) is just another toe in line with the rest? Kevin Hannan, Leeds, UK My big toes have lots of names when I stub them. Iain Stewart, Sydney, Australia You speak for yourself. My big toe's called Brian. Richard, London, UK No names for the toes because most of the time we hide them in our shoes whilst our fingers especially Mr Thumb are always in the limelight. John Matang, Kuching Malaysia I picked up from a GP friend of mine years ago the label "great toe", an archaism or an accurate term? Richard Bowes, Leeds UK This is true of English, but in French there is a special word for big toe ("orteil"), whereas no special word for toe ("doigt de pied" = foot finger). Perhaps as thumbs are used and given significance more than big toes, it's just the way the language has developed. If we needed a special word for it, we'd have one. Toby Smith, Farnborough, England Scientifically the name for the Big Toe is a thumb or Adam. They have similar features and you can paint both. Katie, Montegut USA


What was the name of the member of the crew of Apollo 11 who did NOT walk on the Moon in 1969?

National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com “Forward, drifting right,” Aldrin said. And then, with less than 20 seconds left, came the magic words: “Contact light!” The spacecraft probes had touched the surface. A second or two later Aldrin announced, “O.K., engine stop.” Still later, the now-famous words from Neil Armstrong: “Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.” And, with joy in his voice, CapCom replied: “Roger, Tranquillity, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We’re breathing again. Thanks a lot.” It was 4:17:43 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, Sunday, July 20, 1969. Feat Watched by the World Man’s dream of going to the moon was fulfilled. The most exciting adventure in human memory now neared its climax as the two men prepared to step out on the lunar surface, while their fellow crew member, Mike Collins, kept vigil in his orbiting command module, Columbia, 70 miles above. To me, it is impossible to compare this exploit with the epic feats of the great 15th- and 16th-century navigators, of the 20th-century polar explorers, or of Lindbergh in 1927. The differences are too profound, and one of the most important of those differences is that the whole world was watching. According to estimates, one out of every four persons on the face of the earth watched or heard the astronauts by television or radio as they ventured to the moon. Nearly 850 foreign journalists, representing 55 countries and speaking 33 languages, reported the story from Cape Kennedy and Houston. Americans abroad were thrilled by the impact of the flight on foreign peoples. Dr. Louis B. Wright, former Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library and a National Geographic Society Trustee, observed the effect firsthand in Italy. With 25,000 other people he was attending a performance of Aida in the Roman Arena at Verona on that Sunday night. “At the first intermission,” Dr. Wright recalls, “an announcement was made in four languages: ‘The Americans have just landed on the moon at 10:17.’ My watch said 10:28. “The crowd applauded wildly. Here and there spectators pulled little United States flags from their pockets and waved them. And for days afterward, when Italians met me on the street, they all had one word for the flight—‘Fantastico!’” And so it was—with different inflections—in Buenos Aires and Sydney, Tokyo and Delhi, Dublin, and Madrid. The thrill of a race had added to the excitement. Since 1961, when President John F. Kennedy had announced the goal “before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth,” many people had firmly believed that the Soviet Union was racing to put a Russian on the moon first. In the past year or so, Soviet chances had seemed to dim, but as Apollo 11 approached the moon, the news that Luna 15 was already in lunar orbit lent color to the suspicion that the Soviets hoped to land an unmanned craft, scoop up some lunar soil, and rush back to earth before the American moon samples could get home. Only when Luna 15 crashed in Mare Crisium—the Sea of Crises—some 500 miles from Tranquillity Base, was the way clear for the U. S. triumph. That triumph was an especially heady one for those who argued the advantages of manned space flight. Without a man at the controls, they pointed out, Eagle would almost certainly have crashed into an unforgiving field of boulders. The full story became known only after the astronauts returned to earth. When Neil Armstrong first spotted the landing site through the grid on his window, he did not really know where he was. Actually the crater toward which he was heading—later identified as "West Crater" (an unofficial name) was just within the southwest edge of the planned landing ellipse, a bull’s-eye 7.4 miles long and 3.2 miles wide. But most of the landmarks the astronauts had memorized so carefully before the flight were several miles behind them, and were of no help now. Armstrong had no doubts, however, about what to do; he had faced problems like this many times before in the simulators. Taking over partial control


Swansea City now play their home games at The Liberty Stadium. What was the name of their previous home venue?

Swansea City AFC - YouTube Swansea City AFC The next video is starting stop 3,813 views 5 days ago . . . see the best behind-the-scenes footage from the Swans' Premier League win at Crystal Palace. Swansea City Association Football Club is a Welsh professional football club based in the city of Swansea, South Wales that plays in the Premier League. Swansea City represent England when playing in European competitions, although they have represented Wales in the past. They play their home matches at the Liberty Stadium. The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town and joined the Football League in 1921. The club changed their name in 1969, when it adopted the name Swansea City to reflect Swansea's new status as a city. In 1981, the club were promoted to the original Football League First Division. It was during the following season they came close to winning the league title, but a decline then set near the season's end before finishing sixth, although a club record. It was from here the club suffered a relegation the season after, returning to the Football League Fourth Division a few seasons later, then narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference in 2003. Prior to playing home matches at the Liberty Stadium, the team had previously hosted at the Vetch Field. The Swansea City Supporters Society Ltd owns 20% of the club, with their involvement hailed by Supporters Direct as "the most high profile example of the involvement of a supporters' trust in the direct running of a club". In 2011, Swansea were promoted to the English Premier League, becoming the first Welsh team to play in the top division since its formation in 1992. On 24 February 2013, Swansea beat Bradford City 5-0 to win the 2012-13 Football League Cup (the competition's highest ever winning margin for the final), winning the first major English trophy in the club's history and qualifying for the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League. For more information, as well as all the latest Swansea City AFC news, log onto the club's official website at http://www.swanseacity.net Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SWAN...


Asuncion is the capital of which country?

Asuncion, capital city of Paraguay All... Asuncion, capital city of Paraguay Asuncion is a truly beautiful city, sprinkled with belle Èpoque buildings, colonial residences, shady plazas and intimate cafes with delicately decorated facades. These gems have managed to survive even as commercialism has increasingly brought fast-food joints and neon lights to the wide boulevards. The city is rapidly evolving, but it remains tied to its past. Nothing symbolizes the country's rich history better than the National Pantheon of Heroes. The memorial to Paraguay's fallen war heroes was built under Francisco Solano Lopez in 1864 and loosely modeled after Paris's Les Invalides. Construction halted when Lopez led the country into the devastating War of the Triple Alliance, but the memorial was finally finished in 1936. Lopez himself is interred there along with two of the country's unknown soldiers. The haunting memorial is eerily quite and a pilgrimage place for every citizen that visits the capital. The memorial is located at the Plaza de los Heroes, the very heart of the city. The busy plaza is a great place to watch locals under the shade of leafy trees, and local vendors sell everything from pottery to feather headdresses and knife sharpeners. During public holidays, the square is often taken over by folk-dance performances and live music shows, but it is lively even during regular days. Paraguayans are proud of their history and especially so of the May 1811 revolution that resulted in independence from Spain. The revolution was born at the Casa de la Independencia, an 18th-century whitewashed house that served as a meeting place for the daring locals who plotted the break from Spain. Visitors can enter the house the same way the revolutionaries did ñ through the back alleyway. One of the country's greatest cultural symbols is the Manzana de la Rivera, an 18th- century city block that has been transformed into a cultural complex. Each of the nine houses contains galleries and museums that showcase Paraguay's history and arts. The Viola House, for instance, contains the Museo Memoria de la Ciudad. The museum tells the story of Asuncion through graphics, texts, maps, interactive exhibits and artifacts. Although the Manzana de la Rivera is the cultural center of Asuncion, nearly everyone's favorite museum in the capital is the Museo del Barro. Although it is billed as a contemporary art museum, the most fascinating exhibits are those dedicated to indigenous and colonial art. The thought-provoking collection also features local crafts, pre-Columbian paintings and even political caricatures of Paraguayan leaders. Asuncion is home to the National Congress, housed in one of the capital's newest buildings. Built in 2002, the striking mirrored structure reflects the waters of the nearby river and houses a small museum dedicated to Paraguay's cultural history. Visitors can explore Paraguay's rich natural world without ever leaving the capital at the Natural History Museum. The museum's spectacular display of insects includes a butterfly with a nearly foot-long wingspan and other wonders from around the country. Although Asuncion lacks the nightlife of Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires or other South and Latin American capitals, the city does know how to throw a good party on the weekends. If you look hard enough, you can find a party happening anywhere in the city on Friday and Saturday nights, but the best spots for celebrating the weekend with locals are in the San Roque and la Recoleta districts. There, you can dance in crowded underground clubs, sip on stiff drinks at swanky lounges or feast on a traditional meal at one of the many outstanding local restaurants. Asuncion Geographical Location Asuncion is the largest city of Paraguay and is located in the southwest on the left bank of the Paraguay River. The population of Asuncion’s metropolitan area is 2,100,000. Asuncion Language The two official languages of Paraguay are Spanish and Guarani. Asuncion Predominant Religion


Who in 1890, composed the music for the opera 'Ivanhoe'?

Ivanhoe by Arthur Sullivan You are here: Archive Home > Arthur Sullivan > Major Works > Ivanhoe On Thursday, June 19, 1890, The Times announced: Sir Arthur Sullivan is passing the summer at Weybridge in order to devote his time entirely to the score of his new opera, of which the libretto, founded on Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe,” has been written by Mr. Julian Sturgiss (sic). Mr. Ben Davies will sustain the title rôle, and Mr. Oudin will play the Templar, the music for which part is being specially composed for him. It is hoped that the work will be produced during the month of November at Mr. D’Oyly Carte’s new theatre. Ivanhoe, Sullivan's only Grand Opera, with libretto by Julian Sturgis, eventually opened at Carte's new theatre, The  Royal English Opera House, on 31 January, 1891.


In Hindu mythology, who is the goddess of destruction and death?

Kali | Hindu goddess | Britannica.com Hindu goddess Shiva Kali, (     Sanskrit: “She Who Is Black” or “She Who Is Death”) in Hinduism , goddess of time, doomsday, and death , or the black goddess (the feminine form of Sanskrit kala, “time-doomsday-death” or “black”). Kali’s origins can be traced to the deities of the village, tribal, and mountain cultures of South Asia who were gradually appropriated and transformed, if never quite tamed, by the Sanskritic traditions. She makes her first major appearance in Sanskrit culture in the Devi Mahatmya (“The Glorifications of the Goddess,” c. 6th century ce). Kali’s iconography, cult, and mythology commonly associate her not only with death but also with sexuality , violence, and, paradoxically, in some later traditions, with motherly love. Kali, sandstone relief from Bheraghat, near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh state, India, 10th century … Pramod Chandra Although depicted in many forms throughout South Asia (and now much of the world), Kali is most often characterized as black or blue, partially or completely naked, with a long lolling tongue, multiple arms, a skirt or girdle of human arms, a necklace of decapitated heads, and a decapitated head in one of her hands. She is often portrayed standing or dancing on her husband, the god Shiva , who lies prostrate beneath her. Many of those portrayals depict her sticking out her tongue, which is sometimes said to indicate her surprise and embarrassment at discovering that she is trampling on her husband. Yet the association of Kali with an extended tongue has early roots. A precursor of Kali is the ogress Long Tongue, who licks up oblations in the ancient Sanskrit texts known as the Brahmanas . The Devi Mahatmya tells of Kali springing from the anger of the goddess Durga to slay the demon Raktabija (“Blood-Seed”). During the struggle a new demon emerges from each drop of Raktabija’s blood as it hits the ground; to prevent this, Kali laps up the blood before it can reach the ground. She is also said to have been born when the goddess Parvati shed her dark skin; the sheath became Kali—who is also called Kaushika, “The Sheath”—leaving Parvati in the form of Gauri (“The Fair One”). Similar Topics


Alfredo di Stefano, of Real Madrid fame was born in which country?

Alfredo Di Stefano - Bio, Facts, Family | Famous Birthdays Alfredo Di Stefano Soccer Player Born In Argentina#17 About Forward who excelled with Real Madrid, leading the club to five straight European Cup wins from 1956 to 1960 and scoring 216 goals during his 11 years with the club. Before Fame He incurred a great deal of controversy when he transferred from Argentina to Spain, with both Barcelona and Real Madrid trying to secure him. Trivia He played for Colombia, Argentina, and Spain in international matches. Family Life His grandfather on his father's side was a French immigrant to Argentina, and his mother had a French and Irish background.


In the Old Testament, TWO books are named after women. Ruth is one - name the other.

The Book of Ruth & The Book of Esther—Old Testament Bible | Eleven and a Half Years of Books Eleven and a Half Years of Books The Book of Ruth & The Book of Esther—Old Testament Bible Posted on by Kimberly Campbell Moore As those of you following this blog know, one of the books listed in the Top Ten Books, was the Bible.  Now as many of you probably know, the Bible isn’t a short read.  It makes Les Miserables look like The Lorax.  So, I am covering the Bible in sections. For who listed the Bible as their favorite book, see my original post here. I read the two books in the Old Testament that are named after women and whose main characters are women. The Book of Ruth comes first in the order of Old Testament books, so I’ll discuss that one first. Ruth is about a woman (oddly enough, named Ruth) who marries an Israelite who is living in Moab (a neighboring country) with his mother, father and other brother.  Over the years, his father dies, then he and his brother die.  This leaves only Naomi, his mother.  She tells Ruth and the other daughter-in-law that they should return home to their families, that she is returning to hers.  When they protest (they have been with her for ten years after all) Naomi says; “Turn back my daughters; why will you go with me?  Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?  Tuyrn back my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband.  If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons, would you therefore wait till they were grown?  Would you therefore refrain from marrying?  No my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the Lord as gone out against me”. Orpah leaves then to return to her Moabite family. Ruth states; “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you.  For where you go I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge.  Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.  Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried.  May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you”. Naomi accepts Ruth’s insistence and they return to Naomi’s people.  There they are reliant upon others for sustenance.  Naomi sends Ruth to the fields of a kinsman, Boaz.  Boaz views Ruth with kindness and allows her to do even more gleaning than is typical.  In these times, people could follow threshers and glean leftovers that had fallen for sustenance.  Naomi tells Ruth to go lay at Boaz’s feet.  She does.  Naomi has her husband’s property for sale.  Boaz goes to a man, who (even though not identified as such) is a relative of Naomi closer in genealogical terms than Boaz and offers the property to him first.  Then when the man says yes, craftily informs him that it includes Ruth, the widow.  The man demurs, not wanting to mess up his own inheritance line.  Boaz then agrees to buy it and take Ruth as wife.  The bargain concludes (as they did in this time) with the man handing Boaz his sandal.  (Yes, I know.  Next time you strike a bargain with someone, a sock might be a nice touch!😀 ). The literary standpoint:  This is actually a story that could easily be fleshed out into an entire novel.  There are all sorts of plot devices, and as evidenced by the fact that you still hear it in all sorts of literature etc, the whole “For where you go I will go” speech is obviously a very well written statement. My Christian standpoint:  I believe that the book of Ruth gives us instruction on how we should be with our inlaws.  Many of us do not like them.  However, as our spouse’s family that raised him, they deserve respect.  We should treat them as Ruth treats Naomi, by refusing to leave her and like Boaz treats Ruth before he falls in love with her (I assume this is what happened after she laid at his feet).  I can’t articulate better what I mean, but all those petty things that make us want to slap our in-laws?  We have to stop that shite. Interesting side note:  It just hit me how Ruth’s behavior also parallels Chinese culture.  A woman in historical China (I assume not


Every episode of which TV detective series was introduced with a message on an answering machine?

The Rockford Files - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com The Rockford Files EDIT James Garner stars as Jim Rockford, a private investigator who lives and works from his trailer in Malibu, Los Angeles. Jim is an ex-con who had been imprisoned for five years in San Quentin for armed robbery – a crime which he did not commit and was later pardoned. Jim has a quarter page advertisement in the yellow pages, drives a tan Pontiac Firebird and has an answering machine, which plays at the beginning of every episode; "This is Jim Rockford, at the tone leave your name and message and I'll get back to you". A person then leaves a message – which usually has no relevance to the episode but is often humorous. The series also stars Noah Beery Jr as Jim's father Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, a retired truck driver. Rocky offers words of wisdom, advice or even assistance in some episodes. Rocky frequently pressures his son to leave the PI business and take up safer, honest work, such as trucking. Jim also has a close friendship with Dennis Becker, played by Joe Santos. Dennis is a Los Angeles Police Sergeant, later promoted to Lieutenant. Jim uses Dennis get information, police computer checks and often makes him the hero of the case Jim was investigating. Any time Jim is arrested in the first four seasons, he simply calls for his attorney Elizabeth "Beth" Davenport, played by Gretchen Corbett. Jim and Beth had a previous relationship, but remained friends until Beth went off to run her own private practice and later write legal fiction. In her absence Jim turns to John 'Coop' Cooper, played by Bo Hopkins in the fifth season. Coop is a disbarred attorney who specialises in legal research, and gets embroiled in three of Jim's cases. While Jim was in prison, he met Evelyn 'Angel' Martin, wonderfully portrayed by Stuart Margolin. So named because he was always praying the hard cases not to hit him; Angel is sneaky and is always up to something illegal - often involving Jim in his swindles. As part of his parole, he works for his brother-in-law who owns a LA Newspaper. Roy Huggins and Stephen J Cannell created The Rockford Files. The shows production team included Meta Rosenberg, Juanita Bartlett, Chas Floyd Johnson and David Chase, all of whom have had further successful series in later years. First Telecast: September 13, 1974 Last Telecast: July 25, 1980 Episodes: 1 Pilot Movie + 123 Color Episodes & 8 Made-for-TV Movies NBC Broadcast History September 1974 - May 1977; Friday 21:00 June 1977; Friday 20:30 July 1977 - January 1979; Friday 21:00 February - March 1979; Saturday 22:00 April - December 1979; Fridays 21:00 March - April 1980; Thursdays 22:00 June - July 1980; Fridays 21:00 Nielsen Ratings: (Top 25 or Better) #12 in the 1974-1975 Seasonmoreless