In what Soap would you expect to find Miffield Hall later renamed to Home Farm Manor?

White family to take over Emmerdale’s Home Farm | ATV Today White family to take over Emmerdale’s Home Farm October 04, 2014 Broadcasting , Soapworld Doug Lambert Emmerdale’s Home Farm will have a new family set to make their mark on village life in the coming weeks, however one of the members is a familiar name from the past. When Home Farm is put up for auction and an open day held for potential purchasers, feisty Nicola King, played by Nicola Wheeler, is rude to prospective buyer Chrissie White. She has no idea who she is and it’s typical of Nicola to make assumptions. Soon Nicola’s fibs and fabrications are blown apart by the arrival of Chrissie’s fiancé, ex-villager Robert Sugden who has joined his partner to look around the house. Before long Chrissie’s wealthy father Lawrence White arrives to inspect the property, because he wants to buy in the area and Home Farm seems just the ticket. Lawrence will be played by acclaimed actor John Bowe. Whilst his daughter Chrissie is being played by newcomer Louise Marwood. “I am delighted to be joining the cast of Emmerdale and having already recorded scenes involving Edna’s long forgotten past, it is now fantastic to have been given the keys to Home Farm. I can’t wait to stir things up…” – John Bowe Forthright in his views, Lawrence is not impressed with Chrissie’s choice of husband and on getting wind of Robert’s reluctance to return to the village, promptly puts in an offer. Could Lawrence be determined to rock his daughter’s relationship? In his first major TV role Ryan Hawley (History Boys, both in the West End and the UK theatre tour) will play Robert Sugden. Chrissie’s troubled fourteen-year-old son Lachlan played by Thomas Atkinson is set to join his family shortly. “Home Farm has always been the seat of power in Emmerdale. In Lawrence, we have a family man, with serious status and a complex history. Robert’s going to have to prove himself worthy – not just of the big House on the Hill, but of Lawrence’s daughter, Chrissie. But will the ghosts of his past hold him back?” – Kate Oates, Series Producer  Home Farm Owners A quick run down of the main owners of Home Farm through the years. Originally Miffield Hall the manor house of Beckindale village dates back to the 1500’s although it was drastically altered in the 1700s into the Home Farm we know of today. Verney Family The first notable family were the Verney’s who occupied the sprawling mansion; they would also lease on their land a little farm known as Emmerdale to the Sugden family who remained the farmers of the land until the 1990s. Miffield Hall, and the Miffield estate, has been home to drama long before the cameras began recording village life in 1972 but its recent times that have seen its most memorable moments. First seen in Yorkshire Television’s Emmerdale Farm in 1973 Miffield Hall in its final days as a Verney family home. The then Lord Miffield, George Verney, had a run in with Jack Sugden of the Emmerdale Farm family, resulting in Verney giving Sugden a good posh horsewhipping outside the local boozer, the Woolpack Inn. Luckily for Jack George later left to live in Cannes and Miffield Hall became a teacher training college. In 1978 following the death of George his nephew Gerald Verney took over the manor as the final short-lived last Lord Miffield. Following crippling death duties Gerald was forced to sell the family home of 400-years to pay the debts. The estate was sold to a conglomerate called North Yorkshire Estates, or NY Estates for short. It was also a time for change for the area as Beckindale Village saw Miffield Hall renamed Home Farm. NY Estates The first manager of NY Estate was the underhand Trevor Thatcher swiftly followed by Mauruce Westrop and then Richard Anstey. In 1982 a pompous oaf called Alan Turner (pictured right, with Joe Sugden) took over Home Farm and bullied and blackmailed the staff of NY Estate to get his own way. One who didn’t suffer Turner’s stupidity was groundsman Seth Armstrong who would often deliberately wind up Turner, leading to a long running catchphrase “Get out


What Netflix exclusive programme chronicles the life of Piper Chapman and her experiences in an American State Prison?

BBC is launching Britflix as a rival to Netflix - Times of India Times of India Ssharad Malhotraa's love for cricket BBC is launching Britflix as a rival to Netflix The rise of subscription services Netflix and Amazon Prime has seen the distributors become leading forces in the area of film and television production The Independent | May 17, 2016, 01.26 PM IST The rise of subscription services Netflix and Amazon Prime has seen the distributors become leading forces in the area of film and television production. Now, in a landmark move, the BBC has been given the green light to start its very own platform to rival those reputable US streaming giants. Netflix launches service in India Netflix's entry into the Indian market comes at a time when the high-speed 4G networks are coming up and prices of 4G mobile devices have been falling. According to The Daily Telegraph, the project - named Britflix - could see the channel team up with its British rivals ITV as well as "a number of other production companies." Culture secretary John Whittingdale suggested the paid-for medium - which is still in the early stages of development - would take over the existing iPlayer service following the Beeb's White Paper requesting "some form of additional subscription services" to provide British residents with a library of varied content. Netflix overtakes HBO in exclusive content Netflix is counting on a vast library of original programming to help keep subscribers on board as it faces tougher competition. The planned service would act as a library comprised of old and new BBC content as well as a home for exclusive original series akin to Netflix's House of Cards or Amazon Prime's Transparent. "We're moving into a different world where more and more content is going to be made available on demand," said Whittingdale. Netflix working on its first German series Video streaming giant Netflix said Wednesday it is making its first original German series, to debut in 2017. "If they want to explore that kind of thing, we'd encourage them. There may come a moment in the future where all television is delivered online, and if you do that it becomes a more realistic practical possibility if you wanted to move towards an element of voluntary subscription." There is currently no word on when the channel - home to such dramas as Peaky Blinders and Line of Duty - will start work on Britflix. WATCH: Netflix RAP 101 most popular English shows on television 1101 101 most popular English shows on television Will and Grace (1998 TV series): Will and Grace is set in New York City and focuses on the relationship between Will Truman, a gay lawyer and his best friend Grace Adler, a Jewish woman who owns an interior design firm. Also featured are their friends Karen Walker, a rich socialite and Jack McFarland, a struggling gay actor/singer/dancer who has numerous other brief careers. The interplay of relationships features the trials and tribulations of dating, marriage, divorce and casual sex, as well as comical key stereotypes in Jewish culture. 101 most popular English shows on television Will and Grace (1998 TV series): Will and Grace is set in New York City and focuses on the relationship between Will Truman, a gay lawyer and his best friend Grace Adler, a Jewish woman who owns an interior design firm. Also featured are their friends Karen Walker, a rich socialite and Jack McFarland, a struggling gay actor/singer/dancer who has numerous other brief careers. The interplay of relationships features the trials and tribulations of dating, marriage, divorce and casual sex, as well as comical key stereotypes in Jewish culture. 101 most popular English shows on television Mike and Molly (2010 TV series): Mike, a Chicago police officer, meets fourth-grade teacher Molly at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting and they fall in love, thanks in part to their mutual love of pie and the desire to resist it. Both face challenges in their quest to lose weight – Molly from her slender sister and mother and Mike at the diner where he frequently eats. But having found each other, t


Neighbours is set Melbourne in the fictional suburb of Erinsborough but what is the name of the road in which it is set?

Official Neighbours Tours Official Neighbours Tours     Where is Ramsay Street? Where are the studios? Where is Erinsborough High? Which Neighbours star will we meet? Our tours to  world famous Ramsay Street and to other famous sites of the show, will answer all of these questions and many more! This is truly a must-see for all tourists. Discover the insider secrets, the behind the scenes news, meet the stars or take pictures on the set (when filming is not occurring).


In which reality show would you expect to find siblings Kim, Khloe, Kortney, Kendell, Kylie and Rob?

Keeping Up With Kendall & Kylie? Is Another Kardashian Spinoff In The Works? | Access Hollywood Keeping Up With Kendall & Kylie? Is Another Kardashian Spinoff In The Works? February 27, 2015 7:33 AM PST Can't get enough Kardashians? Well, you might be in luck because Kendall and Kylie Jenner may be getting their own reality show spinoff. According to Variety , a show insider says that a series revolving around the family's youngest sister duo is possibly in discussions at E! and Ryan Seacrest Productions. However, the magazine's sources add that formal negotiations with the girls have not taken place. Further, a spokesperson for E! has denied claims that a spinoff is in the works in a comment to Access Hollywood. PHOTOS: Reality Sisters Kylie & Kendall Jenner Kendall and Kylie grew up right before our very eyes as the daughters of Bruce and Kris Jenner and half-siblings of Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." Kendall has since skyrocketed to success in the modeling world. She's the new face of Estee Lauder and can be seen strutting down the runway in fashion shows worldwide, most recently at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City and currently at Milan Fashion Week in Italy. WATCH: Kendall Jenner Faces Fashion Week Criticism Meanwhile, Kylie has made a name for herself with a hair extension line and other business endeavors. The two have teamed up in the past as co-authors of the novel "Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia" and on fashion collections at Topshop and PacSun. The sisters also have quite the social media presence. Kendall has reached over 20 million followers on Instagram and over 9 million followers on Twitter. Kylie isn't far behind with 18 million Instagram followers and over 8 million Twitter followers. "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," which premiered in 2007, has had several spinoff series in the past – "Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami" (2009-2010), "Khloe & Lamar" (2011-2012), "Kourtney & Kim Take New York" (2011-2012), "Kourtney & Kim Take Miami" (2013), and most recently, "Kourtney & Khloe Take The Hamptons" (2014). There has also been speculation of a rumored spinoff focusing on the employees of Kourtney, Kim and Khloe's DASH clothing store, with the potential titles "Dash Dolls" or "Dash Divas." WATCH: Kardashians’ $100 Million Deal? Bruce Jenner is also said to be starring in a rumored upcoming docu-series that will follow his journey as he goes through a reported transition. Contrary to a report earlier this week that the Kardashian family had secured a $100 million deal with E!, which the network called "grossly inaccurate," Variety is now saying the contract is estimated to be about $20 million for three more seasons of the mothership show. Plus, the stars will reportedly get a $75,000 clothing budget per season. Season 10 of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" premieres on March 15 on E! -- Paige Feigenbaum


Faulty Towers ran for a total of four years, but how many episodes were produced and released?

"Fawlty Towers" Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 8:34 AM, PST NEWS trailers and videos full cast and crew trivia official sites memorable quotes Overview 92 out of 104 people found the following review useful: He's from Barcelona... from Bookseller of the Blue Ridge 7 December 2004 If you were to look up some of the most hysterical moments on the BBC, you would no doubtably come across two names. Those names would be John Cleese and Ricky Gervais. While Gervais recently found comedy through his program called 'The Office', Cleese has been providing wit, wisdom, and down-right hysteria for the past several decades. While away from his namesake (Monty Python), you can find Cleese comfortable in several other roles that showcase his bubbling talent. One of those programs just happens to be the funniest bit of crumpet called 'Fawlty Towers'. Remembering this show when I was a child and was on our local PBS station, I eagerly bought it when it was released on DVD about a year ago. Since then, I have watched random episodes here and there but never fully taking in the enjoyment from watching it all. So, today I decided to sit down and watch this series from beginning to end and I have yet to finish laughing. If this program doesn't define comic genius, I don't know what does. Never have I witnessed a show that has continually been fresh, hysterical (I cannot use that word enough), real, and outlandish all at the same time. Normally, with our current television programming, you need to pick or choose which it will be, but thankfully 'Fawlty Towers' is all of these and many more. Cleese remains in top form as Basil Fawlty, the owner/manager of the B&B that just happens to have his hands and over-worked imagination in everything. With the aid of his helpers Manuel (he's from Barcelona) and Polly (co-writer Connie Booth and ex-wife of Cleese), Cleese always seems to find himself in a heap of trouble with his wife Sybil (the dragon of the hotel). Armed with physical humor and a snake-like banter, we witness everything from a dead body, hotel inspectors, a failed anniversary party, a moose head, and a Himalayan rodent of sorts happen to this simple, everyday, B&B. This is not only a few of the episodes you will find in the complete set, but also the daily stress that Basil finds himself falling into daily. This series, again, is hysterical. Cleese is the master of his trade while proving that he can manage any task thrown in front of him. While some will argue that he overshadows the rest of the cast, I would say 'hogwash' to that. My two favorite characters in this series were Major and Manuel. The comedy that they provide cannot be found on television today. All I need to say is thank God for the BBC. Grade: ***** out of ***** from Manila, Philippines 14 May 2004 Just saw again the first four episodes of John Cleese's wonderful, wonderful Fawlty Towers, the dysfunctional hotel run by the inimitable Basil Fawlty (Cleese), and his battle-wagon wife, Sybil (Prunella Scales). Amazing how many belly laughs and guffaws the show can still inspire, and this is probably my third or fourth viewing (still, it's been years). Even more amazing is the short documentary on the realBasil Fawlty--Donald Sinclair, manager and owner of the Gleneagle, an ex Navy commander who (as Ray Marks, present manager of the Gleneagle puts it) thought running the Gleneagle "would have been a wonderful job, if it wasn't for the guests. The guests spoiled his job." According to legend, the Monty Python troupe once booked rooms at the Gleneagle, in the seaside town of Torquay; they still remember some of the things Sinclair did to them there. Pythoner Eric Idle carried an alarm clock inside his briefcase at the hotel reception; when Sinclair heard the ticking he said "My God, there's a bomb in there!" and threw it off a cliff. Later, Pythoner Terry Gilliam sat down to a meal and ate American style, cutting up the food first before picking up the pieces with his fork; Sinclair, passing by, picked up Gilliam's knife and snapped "we don't eat like that he


What is a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant called?

Batman (military) | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia French orderly during the Napoleonic Wars . In the French Army the term for batman was ordonnance. Batmen were abolished after World War II . In the sixties there were still "batmen" in the French Army. Germany Edit In the German Army the batman was known as Ordonnanz ("orderly") from the French "ordonnance", or colloquially as Putzer ("cleaner") or as Bursche ("boy" or "valet"). The main character Švejk of the antimilitarist, satirical novel The Good Soldier Švejk by the Czech author J. Hašek is the most famous portrayal of a batman drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War . (The 1967 German song " Ich war der Putzer vom Kaiser " is actually based on the British instrumental hit " I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman " of the same year, with original German lyrics.) [1] [2] India Edit The old British term "orderly" continued into the post-independence Indian Army . It has now, however, been replaced with the Hindi word sahayak, which translates as "assistant" or "helper". There have been suggestions to do away with the practice, as the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force already have. [3] Italy In the Italian Army the term for batman was attendente, from the Italian verb attendere (same meaning of the English verb to attend). Attendenti were eventually abolished in 1971. Pakistan The term Batman, introduced by the British, is still used in the Pakistan Army. Senior officers are provided with batmen, considered general household help. Russia and the Soviet Union Edit The Imperial Russian Army used the term denshchik (Russian: Денщик) for a batman. In the Russian Empire higher-ranking cavalry officers often chose Cossacks for these roles as they could be reasonably depended on to survive combat , and were also known for resourcefulness on campaign . However, they were hired help, and had to be provided with a horse also. The lower-ranking officers from serf-owning families brought a servant from home they were familiar with, particularly the infantry and artillery officers that did not require additional protection in combat, and tended to leave the servants with the unit baggage train . After abolition of serfdom in the Russian Empire (1861), many officers went on campaign without servants. Although the positions were abolished in the post-Revolutionary Soviet Union, the recognition that higher-ranking officers required assistance soon fostered an unofficial reintroduction of the role through secondment of an NCO to the officer's staff, usually also as the driver, which also at one stage became their unofficial role and title as many officers often "lived" out of their vehicles. The term was borrowed from the French, but adopted to Russian pronunciation as ordinarets (Russian: Ординарец). Several ordirnartsy of the marshals and generals commanding Fronts and armies during the Second World War wrote memoirs about their service. For example Zhukov 's "driver" was a semi-professional racing car driver Aleksandr Nikolaevich Buchin who met Zhukov by accident literally on the first day of the war when Zhukov's previous elderly driver failed to get the vehicle he was in out of the rut. Buchin drove Zhukov throughout the war and although he begun the war as a private, he ended the war in the rank of a captain. Buchin wrote his memoirs called One hundred and seventy thousand kilometres with Zhukov, at the suggestion of the marshal in the 1970s. Turkey The term "posta" is informally used to apply to a soldier that attends an officer. United Kingdom Edit The official term used by the British Army in the First World War was Soldier-Servant. Every officer was assigned a servant, usually chosen by himself from among his men. The term batman replaced this in the inter-war years. By the Second World War, only senior officers of the Army and Royal Air Force were officially assigned their own batmen, with junior officers usually having the services of one batman between several officers. Batwomen also served in the women's services. Batman was usually seen as a desira


According to the poet Dante, for whom were the tortures of the sixth Circle of Hell reserved?

Dante's Inferno - Circle 6 - Canto 10     Dante opts for the most generic conception of heresy--the denial of the soul's   immortality (Inf. 10.15)--perhaps in deference to spiritual and   philosophical positions of specific characters he wishes to feature here, or   perhaps for the opportunity to present an especially effective form of   contrapasso: heretical souls eternally tormented in fiery tombs. More   commonly, heresy in the Middle Ages was a product of acrimonious disputes   over Christian doctrine, in particular the theologically correct ways of   understanding the Trinity and Christ. Crusades were waged against "heretical   sects," and individuals accused of other crimes or sins--e.g., witchcraft,   usury, sodomy--were frequently labeled heretics as well.   Heresy, according to a theological argument based on the dividing of Jesus'   tunic by Roman soldiers (Matthew 27:35), was traditionally viewed as an act   of division, a symbolic laceration in the community of "true" believers.   This may help explain why divisive, partisan politics is such a prominent   theme in Dante's encounter with Farinata.   Set in a northern Italian monastery, Umberto Eco's best-selling novel The   Name of the Rose (1980)--made into a film (1986) starring Sean Connery,   Christian Slater, and F. Murray Abraham--provides a learned and entertaining   portrayal of heretics and their persecutors only a few decades after the   time of Dante's poem.       Farinata cuts an imposing figure--rising out of his burning tomb "from   the waist up" and seeming to "have great contempt for hell"--when Dante   turns to address him in the circle of the heretics (Inf. 10.31-6).   His very first question to Dante--"Who were your ancestors?" (10.42)--  reveals the tight relationship between family and politics in   thirteenth-century Italy. As a Florentine leader of the ghibellines, Farinata was   an enemy to the party of Dante's ancestors, the guelphs (before the   ghibellines were defeated and the guelphs splintered into white and black   factions). Although Farinata's ghibellines twice defeated the guelphs   (in 1248 and 1260), the guelphs both times succeeded in returning to   power--unlike the ghibellines following their defeat in 1266. Farinata's   family (the Uberti) was explicitly excluded from later amnesties (he had   died in 1264), and in 1283 he and his wife (both posthumously charged   with heresy) were excommunicated. Their bodies were disinterred and   burned, and the possessions of their heirs confiscated.   These politically motivated wars and vendettas, in which victors banished   their adversaries, literally divided Florence's populace. While there is   certainly no love lost between Dante and Farinata, there is a measure of   respect. Farinata, called magnanimo--"great-hearted"--by the narrator   (10.73), put Florence above politics when he stood up to his victorious   colleagues and argued against destroying the city completely (10.91-3). What does it say about Dante, himself an exiled victim of partisan   politics, to present Farinata as both a political enemy and a defender   of Florence?       Whereas Farinata cuts an imposing figure, extending out of his tomb   and towering above his interlocutor, Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti lifts   only his head above the edge of the same tomb. A member of a rich and   powerful guelph family, Cavalcante--like Dante's ancestors--was an   enemy to Farinata and the ghibellines. To help bridge the hostile   guelph-ghibelline divide, Cavalcante married his son (see   Guido Cavalcanti below) to Farinata's daughter   (Beatrice degli Uberti). While Farinata's primary concern is politics,   Cavalcante is obsessed with the fate of his son (Inf. 10.58-72),   whom Dante in another work calls his best friend. Cavalcante's alleged   heresy may be more a matter of guilt by association with his son's   world-view than a reflection of his own spiritual beliefs.   Guido Cavalcanti   Dante's best friend, Guido Cavalcan


What is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet?

Greek alphabet - definition of Greek alphabet by The Free Dictionary Greek alphabet - definition of Greek alphabet by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Greek+alphabet Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Wikipedia . ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Greek alphabet - the alphabet used by ancient Greeks alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language alpha - the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet beta - the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet gamma - the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet delta - the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet epsilon - the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet zeta - the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet eta - the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet theta - the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet iota - the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet kappa - the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet lambda - the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet mu - the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet nu - the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet xi - the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet omicron - the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet pi - the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet rho - the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet sigma - the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet tau - the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet upsilon - the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet phi - the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet khi , chi - the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet psi - the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet omega - the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet Translations


What is the sixth planet in our Solar System?

Planet Saturn: Facts About Saturn’s Rings, Moons & Size Planet Saturn: Facts About Saturn’s Rings, Moons & Size By Charles Q. Choi, Space.com Contributor | November 17, 2014 10:25pm ET MORE Credit: NASA/JPL Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest planet in the solar system. Saturn was the Roman name for Cronus, the lord of the Titans in Greek mythology. Saturn is the root of the English word "Saturday." Saturn is the farthest planet from Earth visible to the naked human eye, but it is through a telescope that the planet's most outstanding features can be seen: Saturn's rings. Although the other gas giants in the solar system — Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune — also have rings, those of Saturn are without a doubt the most extraordinary. Physical characteristics of Saturn Saturn is a gas giant made up mostly of hydrogen and helium . Saturn is big enough to hold more than 760 Earths, and is more massive than any other planet except Jupiter, roughly 95 times Earth's mass. However, Saturn has the lowest density of all the planets, and is the only one less dense than water — if there were a bathtub big enough to hold it, Saturn would float. The yellow and gold bands seen in Saturn's atmosphere are the result of super-fast winds in the upper atmosphere, which can reach up to 1,100 mph (1,800 km/h) around its equator, combined with heat rising from the planet's interior. Saturn spins faster than any other planet except Jupiter, completing a rotation roughly every 10-and-a-half hours. This rapid spinning causes Saturn to bulge at its equator and flatten at its poles — the planet is 8,000 miles (13,000 kilometers) wider at its equator than between the poles. Saturn's most recent curiosity may be the giant hexagon circling its north pole, with each of its sides nearly 7,500 miles (12,500 km) across — big enough to fit nearly four Earths inside. Thermal images show it reaches some 60 miles (100 km) down into the planet's atmosphere. It remains uncertain what causes it. Other titanic storms appear in Saturn’s atmosphere once every Saturn year (approximately 30 Earth-years), disrupting the temperature and winds of the planet’s skies. Six such storms have been observed on the planet since 1876, but in 2011, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft became the first orbiter to observe one. Like other giant planets, Saturn also has northern and southern lights , caused by particles from the sun. Composition & structure Atmospheric composition (by volume): 96.3 percent molecular hydrogen, 3.25 percent helium, minor amounts of methane, ammonia, hydrogen deuteride, ethane, ammonia ice aerosols, water ice aerosols, ammonia hydrosulfide aerosols Magnetic field: Saturn has a magnetic field about 578 times more powerful than Earth's. Chemical composition: Saturn seems to have a hot solid inner core of iron and rocky material surrounded by an outer core probably composed of ammonia, methane, and water. Next is a layer of highly compressed, liquid metallic hydrogen, followed by a region of viscous hydrogen and helium. This hydrogen and helium becomes gaseous near the planet's surface and merges with its atmosphere. Internal structure: Saturn seems to have a core between about 10 to 20 times as massive as Earth. Orbit & rotation Average distance from the sun: 885,904,700 miles (1,426,725,400 km). By comparison: 9.53707 times that of Earth. Perihelion (closest approach to sun): 838,519,000 miles (1,349,467,000 km). By comparison: 9.177 times that of Earth. Aphelion (farthest distance from sun): 934,530,000 miles (1,503,983,000 km). By comparison: 9.886 times that of Earth. Saturn's moons Saturn has at least 62 moons . Since the planet was named after Cronus, lord of the Titans in Greek mythology, most of Saturn's moons are named after other Titans, their descendants, as well as after giants from Gallic, Inuit and Norse myths. Saturn's largest moon, Titan , is slightly larger than Mercury, and is the second-largest moon in the solar system behind Jupiter's moon Ganymede. ( Earth's moon is the fifth largest.) Titan is veiled under a very thick, n


What is the name of the visit attraction in Bodelva, Cornwall, where biodomes house plants from around the world?

The biodomes - Picture of Eden Project, Bodelva - TripAdvisor Want the lowest hotel prices? You're in the right place. We check 200+ sites for you. The biodomes - Picture of Eden Project, Bodelva Recommended length of visit: More than 3 hours Description:  Trek through the world's largest indoor rainforest, take in the sights... read more Trek through the world's largest indoor rainforest, take in the sights and smells of our Mediterranean Biome, and explore our huge outdoor gardens. At the Eden Project you'll discover the fascinating relationships between plants and people. You'll also find a full calendar of family events throughout the year and music festivals in the summer. As an educational charity we run transformational social and environmental projects locally and internationally. Other Recent Reviews


What was the name for the Zimbabwean Capital 'Harare' before 1982?

Harare Map, Capital of Zimbabwe Population Density 4,330/sq mi (2,540/sq km) Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe. The city was a fort when the Pioneer Column founded it in 1890. The city was formally known as Salisbury. It became a city in 1935 and was made the capital of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1953 to 1963. The city was renamed Harare on April 18th, 1982 during the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence. The name has been taken from the Shona chieftain Neharawa. Harare was politically and economically affected in the early 21st century. In May 2005,the Zimbabwean government demolished the shantytowns in the other cities of the country, resulting in a sharp reaction from the international community. The Harare is the largest city in Zimbabwe and is also the administrative, commercial and communications center of the country. Geography of Harare :  The city of Harare is situated in the northeastern part of Zimbabwe. Harare is also the capital city of Zimbabwe. As per the Harare geography, the city lays on the geographical coordinates of 17° 50' South and 31° 03' East latitude and longitude respectively. It is situated at an elevation of 1480 meters (4858 feet) above sea level. Harare is set above the lowlands of the Zambezi River in the north and Limpopo River in the south. The geography of Harare features that it lies on a high-lying plateau. Harare enjoys a warm and wet season from November to March/April, cool and dry climate from May to August and a hot and dry climate in September/October. Manyame River is a major river of Harare that flows in the southwestern part of the city. Some of the nearby cities and towns of Harare are: Arcadia Eastlea History of Harare :  As per the history of Harare, the city was founded in 1890 by Pioneer Column, which was a military volunteer force organized by Cecil Rhodes. This force was led by Major Frank Johnson. Harare was given the status of a fort at that time. It was then known by the name of 'Fort Salisbury'. The name was kept after the then British Prime Minister, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. After sometime, the place was known only as 'Salisbury'. In 1897, Salisbury was declared as a municipality. Railway was introduced in Salisbury in 1899 in the month of May. Cleveland Dam built the Seke Dam in 1913 to introduce piped water in Salisbury. In course of time a locomotive steam boiler was established for supplying electricity. By 1935, a number of industries and factories came up in the region. It was in the year of 1935, that Harare was declared as a city. According to the history of Harare, it served as the capital of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland for ten long years from 1953 to 1963. Thereafter, it became the capital city of Southern Rhodesia. Zimbabwe achieved its independence on 18th April, 1980. On the same day in 1982, Harare got its current name. The name Harare has been derived from the Shona inhabitants Neharawa. They used to inhabit at 'The Kopje', on which the city of Harare stands presently. Due to the pleasant weather, the city is also known as the 'Sunshine City'. As per the contemporary history of Harare, it is one of the developed cities of southern Africa with a multi-ethnic character. When to Visit :  Best Time : Spring or winters (May to August) The weather of Harare is pleasurable almost throughout the year. The climate of Harare can be divided into three, warm and wet season from November to March/April, somewhat cool and dry months from May to August and a hot and dry season in September/October. The average annual temperature of Harare is low due to the influence of the south-easterly cool winds. It stands at 17.95°C. This low annual temperature is also due to the fact that Harare is located at a high altitude. Harare climate supports the growth of natural vegetation of open woodland. July is the coldest month in Harare while October is the hottest month of this city of Zimbabwe. The month of January is the mid-summer time in Harare. The temperature during July varies from 7°C to 20°C and that during October ranges bet


What was the surname of the lead character in the 'Dirty Harry' series of movies?

Dirty Harry (film series) | DirtyHarry Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Dirty Harry (film series) Share Dirty Harry is the name of a series of films and novels starring fictional San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan , portrayed by Clint Eastwood . Eastwood's character also helped popularize the .44 Magnum , as Harry Callahan is famously shown wielding his Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver. The film series spanned 17 years. Contents Main article: Dirty Harry Dirty Harry ( 1971 ), directed by Don Siegel . In this film Harry tracks serial killer Scorpio. Eastwood's iconic portrayal of the blunt-speaking, unorthodox detective set the style for a number of his subsequent roles, and the box-office success of the film led to the production of four equally successful sequels . The "alienated cop" motif was one subsequently imitated by a number of other films. This film features Eastwood intoning, "You've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" (The line is often misquoted as "Do you feel lucky, punk?") This movie became iconic, mirrored by other movies, especially the rest of the Dirty Harry films, because it was a portrayal of social protests, pointing out that it was easier for the justice system to protect potential suspects ahead of enforcing the rights of victims while ignoring citizens who were in danger or who had been murdered. It was the sixth-highest grossing film of 1971 after Fiddler on the Roof , Billy Jack , The French Connection , Summer of '42 , and Diamonds Are Forever . Magnum Force (1973) Main article: Magnum Force Magnum Force ( 1973 ), directed by Ted Post . The main theme of this film is vigilante justice , and the plot revolves around a group of renegade traffic cops who are executing criminals who have avoided conviction in court. Despite Harry's penchant for strong-arm methods, he does not tolerate coldblooded murder of the accused and resolves to stop the killers. In this film Harry's catch-phrase is "A man's got to know his limitations." The Enforcer (1976) Main article: The Enforcer (1976 film) The Enforcer ( 1976 ), directed by James Fargo . In this film, Harry is teamed up with an inexperienced female partner Kate Moore ( Tyne Daly ), and takes on a terrorist ring calling themselves The People's Revolutionary Strike Force . The film contains feminist themes and is generally considered more " politically correct " than its predecessor Template:Citation needed . Harry opposes introducing inexperienced inspectors to the dangers of police work, whether male or female, and sees the homicide department as too dangerous for his new partner, who worked until recently in Records. He has nothing against female police officers; he simply feels that Moore is too green. However, "by the book" Inspector Moore, though starting out overenthusiastic, proves herself valuable, and matures quickly, earning Harry's respect in the process. Sudden Impact (1983) Main article: Sudden Impact Sudden Impact ( 1983 ), directed by Clint Eastwood . The film's plot revolves around an aging, but still bitter "Dirty" Harry Callahan being sent to a small town to follow up a lead in a murder case, which leads him directly to a rape victim who is out to avenge herself and her catatonic sister by killing the people who sexually assaulted them. It is best known for the phrase "Go ahead, make my day," which is often incorrectly attributed to the first film. The Dead Pool (1988) Main article: The Dead Pool The Dead Pool ( 1988 ), directed by Buddy Van Horn . In the final film of the series, Harry finds out about a game called Dead Pool, in which people bet on which celebrity will die next. Eventually, someone tries to rig the game by killing certain celebrities. The film was not a commercial success, and it remains the final entry in the series due to Eastwood's refusal to reprise the character, feeling his age would make Harry a parody. Dirty Harry inspired films Edit Frank Miller , creator of the Sin City graphic novels , revealed in an interview that he created the


What is the name of the home ground of Queen of the South Football Club in Dumfries, Scotland?

Palmerston Park | Queen Of The South FC | Football Ground    Guide Queen Of The South FC Palmerston                  Park Telephone No: 01387 254 853 Fax No: 01387 240 470 Pitch Size: 112 x 73 yards Club Nickname: Doonhamers Home Kit Colours: Royal Blue & White Official Web Site: What's  The                   Ground Like? Palmerston           Park is a great looking traditional ground, with a           nice blend of new and old stands. On one side of the           ground is the relatively new Rosefield Salvage           (East) Stand. This smart looking, all seated single           tier stand, is covered and runs the full length of           the pitch. It has a capacity of 2,192 seats.           Opposite is the Gates Power Grandstand, a classic           looking covered seated stand, that has a raised           seated area. It only runs for around half the length           of the pitch, straddling the half way line. There           are small portions of terracing at the front of the           stand and at either side. At one end           is the Portland Drive Terrace. This is a fair sized           terrace, that is partly covered (to the rear). The           roof has a gable perched upon it, which features a           traditional looking clock. The stadium has benefited           recently with the re-opening of the Terregles Street           End. This open terrace had been closed for some           years, but after some repairs and safety work, it is           now in use once again, boosting the overall capacity           of the ground by almost 2,000. Palmerston Park also has a           striking set of floodlights. Future                     Developments Martin Buchan informs me;           'The club have drawn up plans to bring the ground up           to the 6,000 capacity needed for SPL football. This would involve the building of a new stand at the           Teregles End of the ground, which would be similar           in design to the existing East Stand. The Portland           Drive Terrace would also be made all seated. In           addition the pitch would be extended to comply with           the current rules for European matches'. What Is It Like For Visiting            Supporters? Away fans are located in          the relatively new Rosefield Salvage Stand, which is          shared with home supporters. Around half this stand is          allocated, which is around 1,100 seats. If demand          requires it, then the Terregles Street open terrace          can also be allocated, taking the total allocation to          around 3,000. The facilities in the Rosefield Salvage          Stand and view of the action are pretty good and even          a small amount of away supporters can really generate          some noise from it. Plus unlike the Terregles Street          End it has cover. R Shields a visiting Clyde supporter informs me; 'This          is perhaps one of the best, if not the best day out in          the first division. A hospitable ground, good          facilities, placed in a town that is enjoyable to          visit. Queens are good competition, and if I had to          single out a favourite away game, then this would be          it!' Whilst Philip           Addison a visiting Darlington supporter adds; 'The           ground was a mixture of a new stand, an updated old           stand and old terraces. It felt like a throwback to           watching football in years gone by. The atmosphere           was lively, especially at times when a bagpipe


What is the name of the clerical detective created by G.K. Chesterton?

The Mystery of the Clerical Detective The Mystery of the Clerical Detective It�s no mystery why priests and religious are natural choices to be the protagonists of mystery fiction. What is a mystery, after all, but the story of a confrontation between good and evil, an attempt to restore justice to creation, and to shed light into the darkness? This is what ministry is about, as well, so calling the ordained or vowed forces of good to the scene of a crime makes perfect literary sense. When we consider the question of clerics and mysteries, the first figure most of us think of is G.K. Chesterton�s Father Brown. The first Father Brown story was published in 1910 in the Saturday Evening Post, years before Chesterton had even converted to Roman Catholicism. Forty-eight Father Brown stories were published before Chesterton�s death, and for many, the unassuming Catholic priest, who solved mysteries through close observation and intuition, remains the model clerical detective, unmatched by any subsequent efforts by other authors. Not that these authors haven�t tried. Their success depends on the same factors by which we judge any piece of fiction in general and mystery fiction in particular: is the writing evocative or flat and cliched? Are the characters three-dimensional, or are they just types who do little but lie flat on the page? Do the situations in the narrative arise organically and naturally, or are they obvious constructs? And what does the religious identity of the detective add to the story? Is it relevant to the tale, or is it merely a gimmick in a narrative that could it have just as well have been told with a gas station attendant searching for clues instead? Let�s see how this works: Kate Gallison has penned a series featuring an female Episcopal priest named Mother Lavinia Grey. In Grave Misgivings , Mother Grey must figure out why the grave of a young woman�s grandfather isn�t where it�s supposed to be, and then who could have murdered an old enemy of the same grandfather. The plot isn�t much to begin with, and it�s not helped by simplistic writing or enhanced by the fact that the sleuth at hand is a priest. There�s nothing distinctively spiritual about her perspective, her job doesn�t impact the case at all, nor does she bring any particular moral weight to the resolution. Just a little better, which means still not very good, is the series featuring Sister Mary Helen, written by a real religious sister, Carol Ann O'Marie. I read Death of an Angel , in which the intrepid older Sister Mary Helen solves the mystery of a local murder-rapist, and tries to help a sad young woman with problems of her own. Granted, here the protagonist acts out of her vocation - she's compassionate, and one of the victims of the murderer was an acquaintance of hers. But the mystery itself is amazingly clumsy, and the characters are flatter than my floor. Not exactly a good read. Jesuit priest and novelist Fr. Brad Reynolds is worlds beyond either Gallison�s or O'Marie's attempts in at least one of the volumes of his series featuring Father Mark Townsend, solving mysteries up in Washington state. Cruel Sanctuary is a surprisingly gripping book, rich with detail, psychological truth , a plot in which events are consistent and reasonable, rather than randomly picked from the Red Herring Basket, and a protagonist whose spiritual life actually impacts his actions as he gets involved in trying to figure out why street kids are getting murdered in Seattle. He's concerned about the street kids, but what gets him engaged in the mystery is that a note from him to one of the kids that he'd attached to some money is found on the dead body of the boy, implicating the priest, if not in his murder, at least in some people's minds, an inappropriate relationship with the boy. He's got to find out who's really responsible, not only out of compassion for the boy and his family, but to clear his own name as well. It makes sense. His attempts to knit the clues together ring true. A lot of people like the mysteries of Notre Dame Th


What is the real name of Actor/Comedian Robbie Coltrane?

Robbie Coltrane - IMDb IMDb Actor | Soundtrack | Writer Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's most popular comedians who was head of debating society at school and won prizes for his art, is now a film star who played in two James Bond films and in the "Harry Potter" franchise. Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950, in Rutherglen, a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. His mother, Jean ... See full bio » Born:


What was the real name of author George Orwell?

George Orwell (Author of 1984) Fiction , Politics , Journalism Influences edit data Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language, and a belief in democratic socialism. In addition to his literary career Orwell served as a a police officer with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922-1927 and fought with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War from 1936-1937. Orwell was severely wounded when he was shot through his throat. Later the organization that he had joined when he joined the Republican cause,The Workers Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), was painted by the pro-Soviet Communists as a Trotsk Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language, and a belief in democratic socialism. In addition to his literary career Orwell served as a a police officer with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922-1927 and fought with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War from 1936-1937. Orwell was severely wounded when he was shot through his throat. Later the organization that he had joined when he joined the Republican cause,The Workers Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), was painted by the pro-Soviet Communists as a Trotskyist organization (Trotsky was Joseph Stalin's enemy) and disbanded. Orwell and his wife were accused of "rabid Trotskyism" and tried in absentia in Barcelona, along with other leaders of the POUM, in 1938. However by then they had escaped from Spain and returned to England. Between 1941 and 1943, Orwell worked on propaganda for the BBC. In 1943, he became literary editor of the Tribune, a weekly left-wing magazine. He was a prolific polemical journalist, article writer, literary critic, reviewer, poet and writer of fiction, and, considered perhaps the twentieth century's best chronicler of English culture. Orwell is best known for the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (published in 1949) and the satirical novella Animal Farm (1945) — they have together sold more copies than any two books by any other twentieth-century author. His 1938 book Homage to Catalonia, an account of his experiences as a volunteer on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, together with numerous essays on politics, literature, language, and culture, are widely acclaimed. Orwell's influence on contemporary culture, popular and political, continues decades after his death. Several of his neologisms, along with the term "Orwellian" — now a byword for any oppressive or manipulative social phenomenon opposed to a free society — have entered the vernacular. ...more


What links Gerry Rafferty to Sherlock Holmes?

Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street | sloppybuddhist What is this world condition? Body is the world condition.  And with body and form goes feeling, perception, consciousness, and all the activities throughout the world. winding your way down on Baker Street light in your head, and dead on your feet well another crazy day


Whose grave in Winchelsea bears the epitaph "I told you I was ill"?

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Southern Counties | Milligan gets last laugh on grave Milligan gets last laugh on grave Spike Milligan decided on his epitaph before he died in 2002 Comedy legend Spike Milligan has finally got the last laugh, more than two years after his death. It follows an agreement with the local diocese over the wording on the headstone of his grave at St Thomas's Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex. Relatives of the former Goon have now decided that it can bear the star's epitaph: "I told you I was ill." However, the inscription had to be written in Gaelic in order for it to be approved by the Chichester Diocese. Milligan, who was an Irish passport holder, was buried close to his home in Udimore after he died, aged 83, from liver failure in February 2002. But fans visiting his grave found it was only marked by some plants and a small statue because his family had been unable to agree on the headstone. We're very pleased it's been resolved and with such a classic Spike line Bill Horsman, of the Goon Show Preservation Society It now bears the words "Duirt me leat go raibh me breoite", or "I told you I was ill", and the English words "Love, light, peace". Bill Horsman, chairman of the Goon Show Preservation Society, said: "News of the headstone going up on Spike's grave is marvellous. "We had been very concerned for some time about the situation. "It was very sad that the grave was in such a state, but it was down to very sensitive family problems and we simply could not get involved. "We're very pleased it's been resolved and with such a classic Spike line. "We all fell about laughing when we heard it." Milligan formed the Goons with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine and was widely regarded as one of the greatest influences on British comedy.


Where is there a barber showing photographs of every head he's had the pleasure to know?

THE BEATLES LYRICS - Penny Lane THE BEATLES LYRICS In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs Of every head he's had the pleasure to have known And all the people that come and go Stop and say hello On the corner is a banker with a motorcar The little children laugh at him behind his back And the banker never wears a mac In the pouring rain, very strange Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies I sit, and meanwhile back In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen He likes to keep his fire engine clean It's a clean machine Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes A four of fish and finger pies In summer, meanwhile back Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray And though she feels as if she's in a play She is anyway In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim And then the fireman rushes in From the pouring rain, very strange Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies I sit, and meanwhile back Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies Penny Lane Visit www.azlyrics.com for these lyrics. Thanks to Zainab Firdausi, pooksie for correcting these lyrics. Writer(s): Paul Mccartney, John Lennon


What fictional character lives at 32 Windsor Gardens?

List of the addresses of fictional characters Donate to Wikibin List of the addresses of fictional characters This is a list of the addresses of fictional characters, from various media such as television, literature, or film. 1 *13 Rue del Percebe (comic of same name by Francisco Ibanez) A * Abbott family (Bless This House) - Birch Avenue, Putney, UK * The Addams Family - Cemetery Ridge, USA * Alexander, Susan (Citizen Kane) - 185 West 74th Street, New York, New York * Anderson family (Father Knows Best) - 607 South Maple Street, USA * Larry Appleton and his cousin Balki Bartokomous (Perfect Strangers) - 711 Calhoun Street, Chicago, Illinois * Jon Arbuckle and his pets (Garfield) - alternately 711 Maple Street, USA (comic strip) or 357 Shady Grove Lane, USA (TV series) * Lew Archer's office (series of novels) - 8411 1/2 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California * Avengers Mansion Headquarters of the Avengers - 890 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City B * Barone family (Everybody Loves Raymond) - 320 Fowler Street, Lynbrook, New York (Long Island) * Batman - Wayne Manor, Gotham City, USA * Baxter family (Hazel) - 123 Marshall Road, Hydsberg, New York * Mr. Bear & others (comic strip Achewood) - 62 Achewood Court * Mr Benn - 52 Festive Road, Putney, London, UK * Frank Black and Family (Millennium) - 1910 Ezekiel Drive, Seattle, WA * Sirius Black (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) - 12 Grimmauld Place, London, UK * Leopold Bloom - 7 Eccles St. * Elwood Blues (The Blues Brothers) - 1060 West Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois (Wrigley Field) (according to his driver's license) * Charlie Bone and family (Children of the Red King) - Number 9 Filbert Street * Ed and Christopher Boone (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) - 36 Randolph Street, Swindon * Boswell family (Bread) - 30 Kelsall Street, Liverpool * The Bower Agency (Who's the Boss?) - 323 East 57th Street, New York, New York * Bower family (Who's the Boss?) - 3344 Oak Hills Drive, Fairfield, Connecticut * The Brady Bunch - 4222 Clinton Way, Los Angeles, California * Emmett Brown (Back to the Future) - 1640 Riverside Drive, Hill Valley, California * Hyacinth Bucket (Keeping Up Appearances) - Blossom Avenue, UK * Bueller family (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) - 164 North Dutton Street, Santa Monica, CA (This is in the 1990 NBC sitcom. In the original film, the Buellers lived in Shermer, Illinois, also the setting for The Breakfast Club and, possibly, the homes of Neal Page from Planes, Trains and Automobiles and the McAllister family from Home Alone, all films directed by John Hughes.) * Phoebe Buffay (Friends) - 5 Morton St. Apt. 14. New York City New York (Manhattan) USA * Bundy family (Married... with Children) - 9764 Jeopardy Lane, Chicago, Illinois * Bunker family (All in the Family) - 704 Hauser Street, New York City, New York (Astoria, Queens) * Burber family - 9 Chickweed Lane (daily comic strip of the same name) * Bureau de l'Invisible (French novel series) - 28 Crawford Street, a corner away from Baker Street in London * Montgomery Burns (The Simpsons) - 1000 Mammon Lane, Springfield, USA C * Minnie Caldwell (Coronation Street) - 15 Jubilee Terrace until 1962, then 5 Coronation Street, Weatherfield, Greater Manchester, UK * Carey, Drew (The Drew Carey Show) - 720 Sedgewick, Cleveland, Ohio * Blake Carrington (Dynasty) - 173 Essex Drive, Denver, CO * Cheers - 112 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts. (This is the address given on the show, though the Bull & Finch Pub, the real-life basis for the bar, is at 84 Beacon Street. This may have been an attempt to keep fan letters from going to the real-life counterpart.) * Clampett family (Beverly Hillbillies) - 518 Crestview Drive, Beverly Hills, California * Joan Clayton (Girlfriends) - 700 block of North Wilton Place, Los Angeles, California * Cleaver family (Leave it to Beaver) - 485 Maple Street (later 211 Pine Street), Mayfield, USA * The Colbys - Belvedere Mansion, Los Angeles, California * Conner family (Roseanne) - 714 Delaware, Lanford IL * Dr. Frasier Crane and Martin Crane - Apartm


What is the only London station to span the Thames, with entrances on both sides of the river?

Ian Visits — 2 Comments ↓ Blackfriars railway station has recently become the first station to span right across the River Thames, with entrances on both sides of the river – but it wasn’t the first time that someone tried to put a railway bridge across the Thames. There were a number of attempts, two notable ones which are quite interesting, and had they been completed, the railway history of the centre of London would have been very different. The first, which actually came closer to being built was to be known as the Westminster Terminus Railway, which was planned to be a railway running from Clapham Junction with a major terminus station just around the corner from Parliament ( route map ). This was all before the two Victoria Stations were planned a bit further down the road. The railway would also include a station at Pimlico which would have spanned the river and would have also included a walkway on the side to offer a pedestrian route across the river. The railway was approved by Parliament in 1854, although it took until February 1856 for the Admiralty to approve the bridge across the Thames after concluding that it would not interfere with river traffic. The purpose of the railway was to divert commuter traffic from Waterloo and London Bridge, where people were then forced to continue their journey by omnibus to Whitehall, causing considerable road congestion. Indeed, the railway was submitted as part of a wider review into London’s transport needs by a Parliamentary Committee in 1855. The bridge/station was no mere idle fancy though, it’s location was specifically chosen to take advantage of passenger river traffic on the twopenny boats, and also cargo deliveries. What is slightly curious about the railway though is that while it was designed to have a station within Westminster, and the bridge would be — as with Blackfriars — just a passing station, the plans submitted clearly show that it is a terminus, and there is no way trains would be able to proceed further. I can only presume they planned to build the bridge station first, and extend it into Westminster proper at a later date. Sadly though, the whole scheme was abandoned just a year later as the Victoria Station & Pimlico Railway secured permission for its railway into the heart of Victoria. The second railway would have had an even more dramatic impact on central London though — potentially affecting the entire Waterloo/Charing Cross complex of stations. The South-Western Railway opened in 1848 what was at the time never intended to be a terminus station at Waterloo — called Waterloo Bridge — with the terminus expected to be much closer to the City of London. During the 1855 hearings, plans were submitted by the railway to build an extension from Waterloo which would run over the Thames, replacing the Hungerford Bridge – which at the time was just a pedestrian bridge leading to the Hungerford food market. The market would remain, but the bridge would be demolished and replaced with a much larger railway bridge, on which a terminus station would be constructed. As with its Pimlico counterpart, this would have entrances on both sides of the river, and a pedestrian pathway along the sides. It’s worth noting that at the time the Hungerford footbridge was privately owned and charged a toll for use, of one half-penny per person to cross it, bringing in around £6,000 per year. One of the motivations for the politicians in considering a railway station across the Thames is that the pedestrian toll could be abolished as a condition of the railway getting its new station. By extending the railway from Waterloo to the north side of the river, it was hoped that a good quantity of road traffic across Westminster and London Bridges could be curtailed. The scheme was however not approved by the Committee and the railway company directed more efforts into upgrading Waterloo instead. However, less than 10 years later, the footbridge had indeed been replaced by a railway, but this time it also destroyed the Hungerford market, which sat on the site of today’s Charing C


Which city connects the headquarters of OPEC, the burial place of Beethoven, and Rigsby's cat in Rising Damp?

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Which skier spectacularly summersaulted through 2 barriers, landing on his head, in the downhill race at the winter Olympics in Nagano. Then went on to win 2 gold medals a few days later?

What is the most amazing Olympic moment? - Quora Quora Carly Geehr , former USA Swimming National Team Member Jason Lezak Final Leg Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay 2008 Beijing Olympics I am only recalling a very special moment from our most recent games prior to the 2012 London Games. It may not be the greatest of moments, but captured a moment of raw athleticism, determination and fortitude that I remember watching personally and will tell my kids about in the future. In the men's 4x100 freestyle relay the Americans were nearly a full swimmer's length behind the French. The French had made themselves the villains of that Olympics after their hubris taunts of undoing record hopeful Michael Phelps’ chance at the big show, this very race. The veteran swimmer Jason Lezak, was anchor and the last hope of the Americans. Using feats of skill granted only to dolphins and demigods, he rode the waves of the French swimmer, adding the force of his adversary to his own mighty strokes. As the hopes and dreams of American watching all but hit the floor a glimmer arose. Lezak began to close the distance, then the turn around and we saw the massive lead begin to dwindle. The announcer's voice began to quicken as we began to lean forward as we dared to hope again. We moved closer to our screens as the distance narrowed. The race is almost over and Lezak is now only an arm's length away. The second announcer begins to scream "Can he do it?!" as we were screaming from our living rooms thousands of miles away. "Go, Go, Go, GO, GO, GO, GO!" They are neck and neck as they passed the red rope entering the finish. Not a single American seat was occupied when we saw the 1 followed by United States and the Red, White and Blue immediately precede the French Blue, White and Red. I remember screaming with my wife as we danced and hugged and cheered for the guy nobody had ever heard of, Jason Lezak. I don't care that much about sports, and I never cared about swimming, but I am very patriotic to the country that I love (perhaps you noticed.) When I tell my kids about what it means and Olympian, nay an American, I will always mention this moment. That it means never giving up when faced with surmounting challenges, when you've fallen behind, and when everyone else has all but given up on you, you ride the wave of your adversaries to take victory with in the last moments before it is lost, or in this case, 8/100ths of a second before. Jason Lezak: At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Lezak was the oldest male on the U.S. swim team. He anchored the U.S. 4×100 m freestyle relay team that won the gold medal and set a new world record. In the final 25 meters, Lezak overtook French team anchor Alain Bernard (the world record holder in the 100m freestyle going into the relay) to win gold despite Bernard having nearly a full body length's advantage when Lezak started his leg and half a body length with 25 meters from the end. Lezak split a 46.06, the fastest 100 meter freestyle split in history, by nearly six tenths of a second. Rowdy Gaines commented shortly after the race that "that might be the most incredible relay split I've ever seen in my entire life." The final time of the American team was 3:08:24, which was 3.99 seconds faster than the previous world record. France finished second at 3:08.32, eight hundredths of a second behind—the closest finish in the event's history. The victory came only days after Bernard had issued inflammatory statements, stating that his team would "smash" the United States team in the race. This was a crucial race for Michael Phelps, for he needed it to complete the goal of winning eight gold medals in a single Olympic Games, which would break Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Lezak also earned his first individual Olympic medal, having tied for the bronze with Brazilian swimmer César Cielo Filho in the 100 m freestyle with a time of 47.67. He anchored the 4×100 meter medley relay to give Team USA the title, which was also Phelps's record-setting eighth gold medal of the Beijing


What is the significant total reached when all the numbers on a roulette wheel are added together?

Roulette - Free Play - Odds, Strategies & Betting Systems Play for Real American vs European While a few betting options differ, the biggest difference between American and European roulette is this: the European wheel has 36 numbers and a zero (2.70% house edge), while the American wheel also adds a 00 (5.26% house edge). Rules of Play The first step in playing roulette is to convert your cash into chips. Once this has been done, look over the felt layout and decide what wagers you wish to make. When you’ve determined this, carefully place your chips on the area corresponding to your wager or ask the dealer to do it. Once all wagers are made, the wheel begins to spin. Next, the roulette ball is set spinning in the opposite direction. Once the ball comes to rest in a pocket, winners are announced and receive their payouts. All losing wagers are collected by the house, and then the next round of betting begins. Roulette Betting Options The following are the types of bets that can be made in the game of roulette: Odd or Even Bets The player bets on whether the winning number is odd or even. A payout is issued if they guess correctly. Odds are 19 to 18 (French) and 1.111 to 1 (American). Black or Red Bets Since all pockets on a roulette wheel are colored red or black, the player may wager on which color is going to turn up during the next spin. Odds are 19 to 18 (French) and 1.111 to 1 (American). Straight Up Bets The player chooses a specific number and wagers on it being the winning pocket during the next spin. While the payout is respectable, this betting option offers the worst possible odds in the game. Odds of winning are 36 to 1 (French) and 37 to 1 (American). Dozen Bets The betting layout includes three groups, each comprised of a dozen numbers. These include 1-12, 13-24, and 25-36. Odds are 25 to 12 (French) and 2.167 to 1 (American). Square Bets Also referred to as a “corner” bet, this wager requires the player to select four numbers on the layout that form a square. An example would be 16, 17, 19, and 20. Odds are 33 to 4 (French) and 8.5 to 1 (American). Column Bets A wager on one of the three vertical rows of numbers on the layout. For example, a wager on the first row would commit the player to the following numbers: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, and 34. Odds are 25 to 12 (French) and 2.167 to 1 (American). Top Line Bets Player wagers on 0, 00, 1, 2, and 3. This is only available in the American version, and it offers odds of 6.6 to 1. High Bets A number from 19 to 36 wins this wager, as they are considered the high digits. Odds are 19 to 18 (French) and 1.111 to 1 (American). Row Bets Player wins if the 0 or 00 turns up. Only offered on the American version at 18 to 1 odds. Low Bets The player wins if the ball lands on a number from 1 to 18, as these are considered the low numbers. Odds are 19 to 18 (French) and 1.111 to 1 (American). Street Bets A wager on three numbers that are positioned together in a horizontal line. Odds are 34 to 3 (French) and 11.667 to 1 (American). Split Bets The player places their bet on two numbers, but the pair must be connected horizontally or vertically. Odds are 35 to 2 (French) and 18 to 1 (American). Five Number Bets This wager pays out if 1, 2, 3, 0, or 00 hit. It’s only available in the American version of the game. Trio Bets Only available in the European version of the game, players can wager on one of the following trios: 0, 1, 2 or 0, 2, 3. Six Line Bets Any six numbers taken from two of the horizontal lines on the layout. An example would be 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21. Odds are 31 to 6 (French) and 5.33 to 1 (American). Basket Bets Player wagers on one of three combinations: 0, 00, 2; 00, 2, 3; or 0, 1, 2. Odds are 34 to 3 (French) and 11.667 to 1 (American). Roulette is impossible to master, but understanding the basics of the game can at least help you avoid making wagers with a high house edge. The most important tip I can provide is to concentrate on having fun instead of turning a profit. Roulette Strategy Finding a successful roulette strategy is aki


Who is the only player to have played in both a football and cricket world cup?

World Cup Soccer Facts World Cup Soccer Facts World Cup Soccer Facts - Introduction FIFA World Cup is the most popular soccer tournament that is followed by billions of people around the world on their Television so I wanted to take some time and make this web page dedicated to World Cup Soccer Facts only. There are many facts about soccer World Cup and I will try to list the more relevant soccer World Cup facts. Soccer World Cup Facts 1. The first FIFA World Cup was held in Uruguay back in 1930 and 13 countries participated in the very first World Cup tournament. 2. Brazilian Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima holds the record for most World Cup goals scored. He scored 15 goals making him top World Cup goalscorer and earning him a spot in World Cup soccer facts. 3. The oldest player to lead a Country to the World Cup title was the Italian goalkeeper and captain Dino Zoff, who at the age of 40 captained Italy to their 1982 FIFA World Cup title. 4. Soccer World Cup facts continue with the oldest player to participate in the World Cup tournament and also score a goal. Roger Milla from Cameroon was 42 years old when he played in 1994 FIFA World Cup. 5. World Cup facts continue with German National Franz Beckenbauer who is the only player in the history of World Cup that won the title as a player and coach for Germany. He led Germany to their title in 1974 as a player and than again won the title in 1990 as the Germany coach. 6. First player to miss a penalty kick in World Cup competition was Valdemar de Brito of Brazil back in 1930. 7. After winning their 2nd World Cup title in 1938, Italy went on a 44 year drought before winning their third title in 1982. 8. World Cup soccer facts continue with Hungary holding the record for scoring most goals when they beat El Salvador 10:1 in 1982. 9. Germany and Brazil hold the top spot for most appearances in the World Cup final. Both countries made it to the finals on 7 different occasions. 10. Germany has also made the semi finals the most times. Germany has advanced to the final four teams in 11 different World Cups. 11. Scotland made the World Cup qualifications 8 different times and is the only country that was actually eliminated from the tournament during the first round on 8 different occasions. This makes Scotland the most heartbreaking of all nations, making the world cup 8 times and being eliminated in the first round 8 times :( 12. Brazilian striker Ronaldo was named MVP at the 1998 World Cup final against France even though French came out of this game winners and 1998 World Cup champions. 13. First goalkeeper to win the Most Valuable Player award was the German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn during the 2002 Fifa World Cup. 14. Frenchman Just Fontaine holds the record for most World Cup goals scored when he netted 13 goals in 1958 World Cup. 15. Italy's Vittorio Pozzo is the only head coach to lead the nation to two consecutive World Cup titles as the head coach in 1934 and 1938. 16. Germany has played 99 World Cup matches as of 2012, making them a Nation to have played the most World Cup matches. 17. Brazil has scored 210 goals in all World Cups making them a record holder for most goals scored in World Cup tournament. 18. Record number for most World Cup appearances is held by German soccer player Lothar Matthaus with 25 appearances. 19. Fastest goal in World Cup history was scored by Turkey's Hakan Sukur, 11 seconds into the game against South Korea during the 2002 World Cup. 20. One funny World Cup soccer fact is that India withdrew from the competition in 1950 when they warent allowed to play barefoot in the tournament. 21. I found this World Cup soccer fact surprising. Mexico holds the record for most defeats in World Cup history, loosing 22 matches. 22. Very first hat trick was scored by an American Bert Patenaude during the 1930 World Cup. 23. Another funny World Cup soccer fact is that FIFA prohibited players from swapping shirts after the game in 1986 because they didn't want players to "bare their chests" on the field lol. 24. Sir Viv Richards is the only person to have playe


Which sport features the terms cow corner, a featherbed, dibbly dobbly and a sticky dog?

A glossary of cricket terms | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo A glossary of cricket terms Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Cricket, more than most sports, is full of expressions and terms designed to bewilder the newcomer (and often even the more seasoned follower). In an attempt to unravel some of the stranger terminology, we have put together a cricket glossary. If we are missing anything - and cricket commentators have an annoying habit of inventing new words and phrases - please email us and we will see if we can help. Arm Ball A ball bowled by a slow bowler which has no spin on it and so does not turn as expected but which stays on a straight line ("goes on with the arm") The Ashes Series between England and Australia are played for The Ashes (click here for more information) Asking rate - The runs required per over for a team to win - mostly relevant in a one-dayer Ball Red for first-class and most club cricket, white for one-day matches (and, experimentally, women once used blue balls and men orange ones). It weighs 5.5 ounces ( 5 ounces for women's cricket and 4.75 ounces for junior cricket) Ball Tampering The illegal action of changing the condition of the ball by artificial means, usually scuffing the surface, picking or lifting the seam of the ball, or applying substances other than sweat or saliva Bat-Pad A fielding position close to the batsman designed to catch balls which pop up off the bat, often via the batsman's pads Batter Another word for batsman, first used as long ago as 1773. Also something you fry fish in Beamer A ball that does not bounce (usually accidently) and passes the batsman at or about head height. If aimed straight at the batsman by a fast bowler, this is a very dangerous delivery (and generally frowned on) Bend your back - The term used to signify the extra effort put in by a fast bowler to obtain some assistance from a flat pitch Belter A pitch which offers little help to bowlers and so heavily favours batsmen Blob A score of 0 (see duck ) Bodyline (also known as leg theory ) A tactic most infamously used by England in 1932-33, although one which had been around for some time before that, in which the bowler aimed at the batsman rather than the wicket with the aim of making him give a catch while attempting to defend himself. The fielding side were packed on the leg side to take catches which resulted. This is now illegal. Click here for more . Bosie An Australian term for a googly , now rarely used. Originated from the inventor of the delivery, BJT Bosanquet Bouncer A short-pitched ball which passes the batsman at chest or head height Boundary The perimeter of a cricket field, or the act of the batsman scoring a four or a six (eg "Tendulkar hammered three boundaries") Box An abdominal protector worn by batsmen and wicketkeepers. It is also an old term for a fielder in the gully region. Bump Ball A ball which is played off the bat almost instantly into the ground and is caught by a fielder. Often this has the appearance of being a clean catch Bumper See Bouncer . Bunny Also known as Rabbit . A member of the side who cannot bat and is selected as a specialist bowler or wicketkeeper, and who almost always bats at No. 11. It can also be used to describe a player who often gets out to one bowler - "Atherton was McGrath's bunny" Bunsen A term used by commentators to describe a pitch heavily favouring slow bowlers. From Cockney rhyming slang (Bunsen Burner = turner). Bye A run scored when the batsman does not touch the ball with either his bat or body. First recorded in the 1770s. Carry your bat an opening batsman who remains not out at the end of a completed innings (ie when all his team-mates are out) Charge, giving the When a batsman leaves his crease to attack the ball, usually against a slow bowler. By doing this he can convert a good-length ball into a half-volley Chest-on Used to describe a bowler who delivers the ball with his chest facing the batsman, as opposed to being side on Chinaman A ball bowled by a left-arm slow bowler that turns into the right-hand batsman, in effec


What will be the first city to host the summer and winter Olympics, after being chosen to stage the 2022 Winter Games?

Winter Olympics 2022: Beijing chosen to stage Games - CNN.com Winter Olympics 2022: Beijing chosen to stage Games Ingrid Piper, for CNN Updated 1409 GMT (2209 HKT) July 31, 2015 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. JUST WATCHED India's female athlete with a voice (CNN) Beijing is set to become the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics after it was chosen to stage the 2022 Winter Games. International Olympic President Thomas Bach confirmed Beijing, which hosted the Summer Games in 2008, had been chosen ahead of Almaty in Kazakshtan at the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Friday. Follow @cnnsport "I am so excited. This is China's pride," Zhang Hong, China's women's 1,000m speed skating gold medal winner at the Sochi Games, told CCTV. Only Beijing and Almaty had been left in the running after Oslo, Munich and Stockholm bowed to public pressure and decided not to pursue plans to host the winter sports showpiece. David vs Goliath? Read More Had Kazakhstan's pitch been successful it would have become the first central Asian nation to host the Winter Olympics. With significant oil and gas reserves, it is now the largest economy in Central Asia and had been keen to use this event to increase investment, development and raise its profile. Proven track record But Beijing has already proved its worth as a successful Olympic host, having hosted the summer version of the games in 2008. Its pitch was about being a safe choice and a top tourism destination with the infrastructure to handle large events. Becoming the first city to run both Olympic games could be tempting PR for the IOC. video: #Beijing beats Almaty of Kazakhstan to win the bids for the 2022 #Olympic Winter Games. https://t.co/uQhorovfVy — China Xinhua News (@XHNews) July 31, 2015 Adding to Beijing's bid is the city's proven ability to control smog during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Beijing plans to stage ice events, while snow-based competitions would take place in Zhangjiakou in Heibei Province, 190 km northwest of the city. Only this week Chinese officials re-iterated that pollution would not be a problem. China's Vice Premier Liu Yandong delivers a speech during Beijing's 2022 Olympic Winter Games bid presentation at the 128th IOC session on July 31, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Xu Jicheng, deputy director of Beijing 2022's press and communications department, said that "technically the pollution has been reduced and controlled, we have seven more years to go and it will be sunshine and white clouds." Lack of choice With only two cities -- both run by what could be considered authoritarian regimes -- bidding for the prestige of hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics the question arises as to whether the games -- and specifically the winter games -- have lost their allure. High costs and dubious returns have arguably made democratic countries -- where politicians are forced to listen to their voting public and answerable to budget blowouts -- wary of hosting the world's biggest sporting events.   Liu Yandong, head of the Beijing 2022 Delegation, waves after placing her city's bid for 2022. Kazakhstan's Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President of the National Olympic Committee are pictured with bid committee members presenting their bid. Over the past two years, cities in Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine have all backed away from proposals to host the Winter Olympics. Oslo's decision not to continue was taken for both financial and political reasons, the Norwegian Olympic Committee Secretary General, Inge Anderson told CNN last October. Where once the promise of a boost to tourism and better national sporting facilities would suffice, it seems many countries are heeding the lessons learned from the debt experienced by Greece from the $11 billion bill for 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. More recently, there's the estimated $50 billion price tag for the last Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Human Rights IOC President Thomas Bach has stressed that the Olympic Charter


Who was the first unseeded player to win the Men's Wimbledon Singles Title?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 7 | 1985: Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17 1985: Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17 A West German teenager has become the youngest ever player to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Boris Becker, a 17-year-old unseeded outsider before the tournament began, raised the coveted silver trophy above his head to rapturous applause on centre court. Becker is also the first German ever to win the title, and the first unseeded player. He had dominated the match from the start, taking just three hours and 18 minutes to overpower eighth-seeded Kevin Curren, a South-African-born American. Flamboyant The match was a dramatic clash in the brilliant sunshine, made more spectacular by Becker's flamboyant style. His massive serve sent balls scorching across the net. He scored 21 aces to Curren's 19. Becker also has a habit of flinging himself around the court, diving headlong for volleys and baseline shots. For half a set he played with his shirt caked in dirt after one particularly spectacular fall. The final result was 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. 'Idol' for Germany "This is going to change tennis in Germany," he said after the match. "I am the first Wimbledon winner and now they have an idol." After his defeat, Kevin Curren said he thought the game would see an increase in the number of successful young players, and predicted they would have more intense, but shorter, careers. There was some speculation that Curren had been unnerved by Becker's openly aggressive style. The young player sent a hostile stare to his opponent before and after points, and in the final caught Curren's shoulder as they passed when changing ends. But Becker defended his tactics, saying "I'm going on court to win, to fight, to do what I can." Child prodigy Becker has had a brief but brilliant career. He began playing tennis aged eight, and by 12 years old was concentrating almost wholly on the game. He won the West German junior championship aged 15 and was runner-up in the US junior championship. Last January he took the Young Masters tournament in Birmingham, and won his first Grand Prix tournament at Queen's just three weeks ago. He has won 28 of his 39 matches this year, and is expected to lead West Germany in the Davis Cup against the United States next month.


Who played Gary's flatmate in the first series of Men Behaving Badly?

Your next box set: Men Behaving Badly | Television & radio | The Guardian Your next box set Your next box set: Men Behaving Badly For all their laddish talk, Gary and Tony, the men who never grew up, are rather pathetic – and strangely endearing Boys will be boys ... Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey in Men Behaving Badly. Photograph: FremantleMedia Ltd/Rex Features Thursday 15 November 2012 10.30 EST First published on Thursday 15 November 2012 10.30 EST Share on Messenger Close When Gary proposes to Dorothy during a drunken meal, she responds two days later with a remark that seems to encapsulate the whole lad culture of the 1990s : "Why would I want to marry a man who, although sometimes innocently entertaining, never grew up, only ever thinks of himself, takes no interest in the world, and whose idea of an elegant lifestyle is buying the most expensive lager in the off-licence?" Surprisingly, given the extent to which Men Behaving Badly defined the laddish 1990s, the show hasn't aged too badly. Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey play flatmates Gary and Tony respectively (Gary's previous lodger was Dermot, played by Harry Enfield , but he left after the first series). Their flat is filled with beer cans and overflowing ashtrays. Women are "birds" and conversations generally revolve around things like whether, if you had to choose, bottoms are preferable to breasts. "Can I have one of each?" asks Gary. Yes, it can be cringeworthy and occasionally homophobic, but what stops their behaviour and language becoming downright offensive is their powerlessness. They are just that little bit too dead end (Gary is a dull middle-manager, while Tony has a series of forgettable jobs), too suburban, too old to be behaving so badly – a couple of blokes in their 30s whose refusal to grow up is pitiful rather than admirable. For all their laddish talk, when they actually have to deal with real women, as opposed to the ones on their FHM posters , they are pathetic. Tony's attempts to impress upstairs neighbour Deborah ( Leslie Ash ) fail repeatedly. And Gary is worse. "Your lips are like liver," he tells one woman he's trying to seduce. That said, the female characters are depressingly cliched. Deborah's only function seems to be as gatekeeper to her pants. Dorothy, Gary's long-suffering girlfriend played by Caroline Quentin , is better – she calls out his sexism and has flings of her own. But she doesn't do much to dispel the idea that women are nags out to stop their menfolk having fun. Towards the end of its six-series run, the largely unexamined sexism (Tony hiring a prostitute for Gary's stag night is a real low) starts to seem played for cheap laughs. This is a shame, because if you can get through all this (and many will), you'll find that, as pure sitcom, Men Behaving Badly really works. There are some lovely lines. "I'd marry Debs tomorrow," says a lovesick Tony before remembering: "Oh no, I can't do tomorrow – they're giving away free teas down the library." The physical comedy is genuinely funny, too: Gary playing with Dorothy's removed appendix made me laugh out loud. And the present George and Anthea, Gary's employees, give him in the final episode still makes me smile. There is great chemistry between the men (Clunes and Morrissey were already friends) and they are occasionally endearing: Gary knows he would be lost without Dorothy, while Tony, for all his creepiness (he tries to steal Deborah's underwear), comes across as naive and sometimes even sweet. In many ways, I would like to have found Men Behaving Badly more dated – but laddishness hasn't exactly disappeared. In fact, if anything, the show seems tame compared with the toxic culture of misogyny we currently find ourselves in. Wahey!


In which sitcom did Nicolas Lindhurst first gain national recognition?

Nicholas Lyndhurst - TV Celebrities - ShareTV Nicholas Lyndhurst Nicholas Lyndhurst's Main TV Roles Show [Complete List] BIOGRAPHY: Nicholas was a child student at Corona Theatre School. He appeared in a succession of television commercials and children's films in the late 1970s, and first gained national recognition at the age of seventeen in the sitcom Butterflies written by Carla Lane, in which he played the character Adam Parkinson. He then played the teenage son of Norman Stanley 'Fletch' Fletcher played by Ronnie Barker in Going Straight before achieving stardom in the series Only Fools and Horses in which he played Rodney Trotter, the younger brother of the main character Derek "Del Boy" Trotter. In Only Fools and Horses Nicholas was immortalised by the catchphrase aimed at his character 'Rodney, you plonker'. This programme started as a small comedy in 1981 and rapidly grew in popularity until it reached its peak in 1996 with its Christmas Day show in the UK. Lyndhurst has appeared in the show since the very start, right up to its most recent airing at Christmas 2003. Only Fools and Horses reached No.1 British sitcom ever in the BBC poll in 2003/04. During the 1990s, Lyndhurst also appeared in ITV's The Two of Us with Janet Dibley and The Piglet Files, as well as in a number of stage performances. Between 1993 and 1999, he played the complex lead character of Gary Sparrow in the fantasy sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart. At around the same time, he was the face and voice on the TV and radio commercials for the telecommunications chain People's Phone. In 1995, he was offered the role in The Full Monty playing lead role Gary but declined. Between 1997 and 1999, Nicholas Lyndhurst was the public face of the stationery chain store WH Smith, starring in their adverts as all four members of one family. He won a BAFTA for his acting in the adverts. In 2006, he appeared as Cruella de Vil's chauffeur, Reg Farnsworth, at the Children's Party at the Palace. In 2007, Lyndhurst returned to the BBC with his first new sitcom in thirteen years, After You've Gone, in which he plays a divorced dad moving back into the marital home to look after his daughter (Dani Harmer) and son (Ryan Sampson) together with his mother in law, played by Celia Imrie, after his ex wife goes to work as a recovery nurse on a third world disaster relief mission. Lyndhurst played Freddie Robdal, the 1960s gangster father of Rodney Trotter in the prequel to Only Fools and Horses - Rock & Chips. The show centres around Del Boy, Robdal and Joan Trotter in early 1960s Peckham. It was first broadcast on 24 January 2010, with another special transmitted on 29 December 2010, and the final episode in Easter 2011. He lives in West Sussex with his wife Lucy, a former ballet dancer (married in Chichester, West Sussex, 1999), and their son, Archie Bjorn Lyndhurst (born Westminster, London, 2000) and daughter, April Fjoord Lyndhurst (born Westminster, London, 1989). Lyndhurst has a passion for outdoor activities, including flying aeroplanes, surfing and deep sea diving. He is also a keen beekeeper. TRIVIA: Is left handed. Attended the Corona Stage Academy. When he did a series of adverts for WH Smith a few years ago in which he played an entire family of four, he admitted to enjoying playing the mum best. He is the result of an affair his mother had with a married man. He admits that he used to be shy of marriage as his father treated his mother very badly but took the plunge with his long-term girlfriend, Lucy Filmed an advert for Sealy (a bed company) in 1982. He has no interest in the showbiz scene, avoiding parties and social events in favour of diving which his life-long passion. Related sites for this celeb


Which company was founded in a draper's shop in Glasgow in 1849?

HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Pettigrew & Stephens Ltd Sauchiehall Street,               Glasgow,               Scotland Management of company In 1904, Andrew Hislop Pettigrew was in sole charge of the company. In 1925, he          sold all the ordinary shares of the company to Austin Friars Investment Trust Ltd,          of London, and resigned as chairman. John Campbell, the managing director,          succeeded him as chairman. Company history The company was founded in 1888 as Pettigrew & Stephens. It was registered as        a public limited liability company in 1904 with registered offices at 191 Sauchiehall        Street, Glasgow. The store sold a wide range of goods, including clothes, millinery,        confectionery, carpets, furniture, ironmongery and china. In 1914, it was massively        extended becoming the largest department store in Scotland. In 1923, it was extended        again, with the addition of a specialist men's department. In 1926, Pettigrew & Stephens Ltd was acquired by the Scottish Drapery Corporation Ltd, a        management holding company, of Edinburgh. In 1952, the Scottish Drapery Corporation        Ltd and its subsidiaries were acquired by House of Fraser Ltd, department store        retailers, of Glasgow. In 1955, Pettigrew & Stephens Ltd went into voluntary        liquidation and its business was merged with House of Fraser Ltd. Records held for Pettigrew & Stephens Ltd:


What is the alcoholic beverage similar to cider which is made from fermented pears?

Pear cider - definition of Pear cider by The Free Dictionary Pear cider - definition of Pear cider by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Pear+cider Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . per·ry n. pl. per·ries A fermented, often effervescent beverage made from pears. [Middle English pere, from Old French pere, from Vulgar Latin *pirātum : Latin pirum, pear; see pear + Latin -ātum, n. suff. (from neuter of -ātus, -ate).] perry (Brewing) alcoholic drink made of pears, similar in taste to cider [C14 pereye, from Old French peré, ultimately from Latin pirum pear] Perry (ˈpɛrɪ) n 1. (Biography) Fred(erick John). 1909–95, English tennis and table-tennis player; world singles table-tennis champion (1929); as a tennis player he won eight Grand Slam singles titles including the US Open three times (1933–34, 1936) and Wimbledon three times (1934–36) 2. (Biography) Grayson. born 1960, English potter, embroiderer, and film-maker; won the Turner Prize (2003). 3. (Biography) Matthew Calbraith. 1794–1858, US naval officer, who led a naval expedition to Japan that obtained a treaty (1854) opening up Japan to western trade 4. (Biography) his brother, Oliver Hazard. 1785–1819, US naval officer. His defeat of a British squadron on Lake Erie (1813) was the turning point in the War of 1812, leading to the recapture of Detroit Per•ry