What is the alternative name of The First Battle of Manassas fought on 21st July 1861, the first major land battle in the US Civil War?

First Battle of Bull Run - American Civil War - HISTORY.com First Battle of Bull Run First Battle of Bull Run Author First Battle of Bull Run URL A+E Networks Introduction On July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in the first major land battle of the American Civil War. Known as the First Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas), the engagement began when about 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river known as Bull Run. After fighting on the defensive for most of the day, the rebels rallied and were able to break the Union right flank, sending the Federals into a chaotic retreat towards Washington. The Confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North, who realized the war would not be won as easily as they had hoped. Google Prelude to the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) By July 1861, two months after Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter to begin the Civil War, the northern press and public were eager for the Union Army to make an advance on Richmond ahead of the planned meeting of the Confederate Congress there on July 20. Encouraged by early victories by Union troops in western Virginia , and by the war fever spreading through the North, President Abraham Lincoln ordered Brigadier General Irvin McDowell to mount an offensive that would hit quickly and decisively at the enemy and open the way to Richmond, thus bringing the war to a mercifully quick end. The offensive would begin with an attack on more than 20,000 Confederate troops under the command of General P.G.T. Beauregard camped near Manassas Junction, Virginia (25 miles from Washington , D.C.) along a little river known as Bull Run. Did You Know? After First Manassas, Stonewall Jackson further distinguished himself in the Shenandoah Valley, Second Manassas and Fredericksburg. The man Lee called his "right arm" was accidentally shot by his own men at Chancellorsville and died of complications relating to the injury. The cautious McDowell, then in command of the 35,000 Union volunteer troops gathered in the Federal capital, knew that his men were ill prepared and pushed for a postponement of the advance to give him time for additional training. But Lincoln ordered him to begin the offensive nonetheless, reasoning (correctly) that the rebel army was made up of similarly amateur soldiers. McDowell’s army began moving out of Washington on July 16; its slow movement allowed Beauregard (who also received advance notice of his enemy’s movements through a Confederate espionage network in Washington) to call on his fellow Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston for reinforcements. Johnston, in command of some 11,000 rebels in the Shenandoah Valley, was able to outmaneuver a Union force in the region and march his men towards Manassas. Battle Begins at Bull Run McDowell’s Union force struck on July 21, shelling the enemy across Bull Run while more troops crossed the river at Sudley Ford in an attempt to hit the Confederate left flank. Over two hours, 10,000 Federals gradually pushed back 4,500 rebels across the Warrington turnpike and up Henry House Hill. Reporters, congressmen and other onlookers who had traveled from Washington and were watching the battle from the nearby countryside prematurely celebrated a Union victory, but reinforcements from both Johnston and Beauregard’s armies soon arrived on the battlefield to rally the Confederate troops. In the afternoon, both sides traded attacks and counterattacks near Henry House Hill. On Johnston and Beauregard’s orders, more and more Confederate reinforcements arrived, even as the Federals struggled with coordinating assaults made by different regiments. The “Rebel Yell” at Bull Run (Manassas) By four o’clock in the afternoon, both sides had an equal number of men on the field of battle (about 18,000 on each side were engaged at Bull Run), and Beauregard ordered a counterattack along the entire line. Screaming as they advanced (the “rebel yell” t


In 1916 the USA purchased the Virgin Islands from which country?

On 4th August 1916 the USA Purchased the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 Million | Link4Business On 4th August 1916 the USA Purchased the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 Million 1 The Virgin Islands were named by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage (1493) for Saint Ursula and her virgin followers. Over the next three hundred years, the islands were held by Spain, Britain, the Netherlands, France, and Denmark-Norway. The Danish West India Company settled on Saint Thomas in 1672, on Saint John in 1694, and purchased Saint Croix from France in 1733. During the 18th and 19th Centuries Sugarcane, produced by slave labour, drove the islands’ economy but following the abolition of slavery by Governor Peter von Scholten in 1848 the islands were not economically viable and became a drain on the Danish state budget. For several decades the U.S. expressed an interest in taking over the islands but the Danes were concerned about the status and rights of the inhabitants and no agreement was reached.  In 1915, after the sinking of the Lusitania, the issue of the U.S. purchase of the Danish West Indies again became an important issue in U.S. foreign policy. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of State Robert Lansing feared that the German government might annex Denmark, in which case the Germans might also secure the Danish West Indies as a naval or submarine base from where they could launch additional attacks on shipping in the Caribbean and the Atlantic. Lansing thus approached Constantin Brun; the Danish Minister to the United States, about the possible purchase of the Danish West Indies in October of 1915, but Brun rejected the proposal. Many Danes resisted U.S. acquisition of these islands as they expected that the unfortunate civil rights record of the U.S. in the early twentieth century would have disastrous consequences for the predominantly black population of the Danish West Indies. The Danes required that any treaty transferring ownership of the islands to the United States must make provisions for a local plebiscite, U.S. citizenship for the islanders, and a free trade agreement. The U.S. refused and threatened to occupy the islands to prevent their seizure by Germany. Preferring peaceful transfer to occupation, the Danish government gave in and so it was that the Lansing and Brun signed the treaty in New York on August 4th 1916. It was approved by the Danish parliament and people and the U.S. Senate with the formal transfer taking place on March 31, 1917, when the U.S. government paid Denmark $25,000,000 in gold coin. The U.S. Virgin Islands are an organized, unincorporated United States territory. Even though they are U.S. citizens, Virgin Island residents cannot vote in presidential elections. Oddly though, Virgin Island residents are able to vote in presidential primary elections. At the national level, the U.S. Virgin Islands elects a delegate to Congress from its at-large congressional district. However, the elected delegate, while able to vote in committee, cannot participate in floor votes. Seems that the Danes were right to be concerned about the transfer. And you though America was a democracy! Trackbacks/Pingbacks […] here: On 4th August 1916 the USA Purchased the Danish Virgin Islands for … accounting, business, danes, history, investments, islands, link4business, literature, marketing, […] Leave a Reply


Which Football League club moved into its new home in 2007 at the New Meadow, now known as the Greenhous Meadow for sponsorship purposes?

New Meadow | OpenBuildings View original size Report The New Meadow, also known as the Greenhous Meadow for sponsorship purposes, is the home ground of Shrewsbury Town Football Club and is a UEFA Category three stadium. The stadium is situated on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury, England, between the districts of Meole Brace and Sutton Farm. It was built to replace the Gay Meadow stadium, home of the Shrews since 1910. The ground was completed in the summer of 2007, in time for the 2007”“08 English football season. 'The New Meadow' was an unofficial name, used as the working title for ground during planning/construction, and along with other descriptive titles, such as 'Oteley Road Stadium' ( pronounced Ot-Lee) was used during the first year of its existence. However, on 21 July 2008, along with launching their new team-wear range, the stadium was named in honour of sports kit manufacturer Prostar, a sponsor that the club had spent a year looking for. The naming rights deal was supposed to last for four years  , but only lasted two seasons. In April 2010, a public vote was held amongst supporters by club sponsor Greenhous on the name of the stadium, which was to include "Greenhous". A majority voted for Greenhous Meadow with reference to their previous stadium Gay Meadow. The stadium The stadium was constructed by Hall Construction, a construction company who have built several Football League stadiums and grandstands. It currently has a capacity of 9,875 seated spectators, with on-site supporters' bars, including plasma-screen TVs, showing re-runs of recent Shrewsbury matches, as well as live streaming football updates. In addition, there are several corporate and hospitality suites, which the club states will be used both on match days and for general community use, therefore assisting the club in gaining revenue. The stadium can expand to a capacity of up to 40,000 through future development if necessary. Following consultation with supporters groups, the stadium consists of blue seating, with the club's initials (STFC) spelt out in amber on each side of the ground. This is following considerable outcry when the club initially stated that seating would consist of the club's original blue and white colour scheme. Despite originally being blue and white, the club has adopted a distinctive blue and amber colour scheme since the 1970s, which many supporters feel is a unique and distinctive part of the club. Like many modern football grounds, the ground has 'cashless turnstiles', meaning that no payments are accepted on the turnstile itself. To obtain access to the ground, non season ticket holding spectators must purchase a ticket from the club in advance of the game, or on the day from ticket booths situated at the ground, (away fans have their own designated ticket booth) Commercial and hospitality The Club now also has a plush hospitality suite, offering services day and night, on a full week basis; this consists of one major restaurant and over ten corporate boxes, these are held for an array of occasions varying from businesses holding meetings or for clients to entertain business colleagues, private functions such as group meals and parties, and for other events for the public to attend such as Slimming World, football programme fairs and company meetings. The restaurant itself has earned rave reviews from local and far flung visitors, and is generating a constant flow of income for the club, coupled with this, many events such as charity balls, and sportsmans' dinners have been held at the club, enabling after-dinner speakers such as Ron Atkinson, Neil Ruddock and others to come to the club. Other events the stadium has held include an amateur boxing event in order to raise money for local charities. Greenhous Meadow now also has a fully operational clubshop open throughout the week; the club shop is now purpose-built, as opposed to being a stand-alone cabin, as they once had. The ground has good access to the A5 road/ A49 road (at the Shrewsbury by-pass), and also sits adjacent to the Shrewsbury


Which is Charles Dickens' thirteenth published novel, its characters include: Uncle Pumblechook, Bentley Drummle, John Wemmick and Biddy?

David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page - Great Expectations Great Expectations Many of the locations in Great Expectations are featured on my map of Dickens' Rochester/Chatham. Dickens wrote to his friend and advisor, John    Forster , telling his plan for Great Expectations: "The book will be written in the first person throughout, and during these    first three weekly numbers you will find the hero to be a boy-child, like David. Then he will be an apprentice. You will not have to complain of the    want of humour as in the Tale of Two Cities. I have made the opening,    I hope, in its general effect exceedingly droll. I have put a child and    a good-natured foolish man, in relations that seem to me very funny. Of    course I have got in the pivot on which the story will turn too -- and which    indeed, as you remember, was the grotesque tragicomic conception that first    encouraged me. To be quite sure I had fallen into no unconscious repetitions,    I read David Copperfield again the other day, and was affected by    it to a degree you would hardly believe." Miss Havisham has Pip and Estella play Beggar    My Neighbor to entertain her. Estella uses the game to make Pip aware of    how common he is: "He calls the knaves, Jacks, this boy!" said Estella with disdain, before    our first game was out. "And what coarse hands he has! And what thick boots!" I had never thought of being ashamed of my hands before; but I began to    consider them a very indifferent pair. Her contempt for me was so strong,    that it became infectious, and I caught it. She won the game, and I dealt.    I misdealt, as was only natural, when I knew she was lying in wait for me    to do wrong; and she denounced me for a stupid, clumsy labouring-boy. With the story complete, Dickens decides to change the ending, on        the advice of Edward Bulwer-Lytton. August 1861 River Research for Great Expectations At the opening of the story there had been an     exciting scene of the wretched man's chase and recapture among the marshes,     and this has its parallel at the close in his chase and recapture on the     river while poor Pip is helping to get him off. To make himself sure of the actual course of a boat in such circumstances,     and what possible incidents the adventure might have, Dickens hired a     steamer for the day from Blackwall to Southend. Eight or nine friends     and three or four members of his family were on board, and he seemed to     have no care, the whole of that summer day (22 May, 1861), except to enjoy     their enjoyment and entertain them with his own in shape of a thousand     whims and fancies; but his sleepless observation was at work all the time,     and nothing had escaped his keen vision on either side of the river. From The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster Advertisement for the upcoming serialization       of Great Expectations in Dickens weekly journal All       The Year Round-November 1860. The weekly installments began       the following month. 2012, the bicentenary of Dickens' birth, saw the release of two film adaptations of Great Expectations. The first starred Gillian Anderson, Ray Winstone, and Douglas Booth. The second starred Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes. Great Expectations - Published in weekly parts Dec 1860 - Aug 1861 Read it online | Shop for the Book | Shop for the Video | Illustrations | Locations Dickens' thirteenth novel was published in Dickens' weekly journal All the Year Round without illustrations. An American edition was also published, curiously a week in advance of the English version, in Harper's Weekly . The novel contains a strong autobiographical element, though not as openly as in David Copperfield . Dickens reread Copperfield before beginning Great Expectations to avoid unintentional repetition. Called Dickens' darkest work by some, it was very well received by Victorian readers and remains one of Dickens' most popular wo


Which cocktail is made by muddling sugar with bitters, adding whisky or brandy and a twist of citrus rind?

What is the difference between beer, wine, liquor, alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, vodka, bourbon, stout, scotch, feni, champagne, tequila and gin? - Quora Quora Answer Wiki 6 Answers Harshit Goel , I'm like Jon Snow, I know nothin', but that's why I'm here, to learn things Updated Jan 23, 2016 When I first started drinking (I'm not an alcoholic by any means, but not a teetotaller either), I didn't have an iota of information on any of these and it made me curious, just like you are right now. My curiosity got the better of me and I researched a bit on the subject, and it ultimately led me to answering this question. So, I'm answering this question with my limited knowledge on the subject complemented by copious amounts of data from Wikipedia (may God bless Jimmy Wales :)). So here goes- Alcoholic beverages commonly referred to as 'Alcohol' is a drink which contains a substantial amount of the psychoactive drug ethanol (informally called alcohol). Note- In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (-O H) is bound to a saturated carbon atom.The term alcohol originally referred to the primary alcohol ethyl alcohol (ethanol), the predominant alcohol in alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverages are typically divided into three classes— beers , wines , and spirits —and typically contain between 3% and 40% Alcohol by volume (ABV). Beer (Alcohol content: 4%-6% ABV generally) and Wine (Alcohol content: 9%-16% ABV) are alcoholic beverages produced by fermentation. Beer is generally composed of malted barley and/or wheat and wine is made using fermented grapes. The above two have low alcohol content. So, while being alcoholic drinks they aren't included in the general definition of 'Liquor'. Now what is Fermentation ? Fermentation is a metabolic process that converts sugar to acids, gases or alcohol. It occurs in yeast and bacteria, but also in oxygen-starved muscle cells, as in the case of lactic acid fermentation. Fermentation is also used more broadly to refer to the bulk growth of microorganisms on a growth medium, often with the goal of producing a specific chemical product. Champagne is just a specific variant of wine. To be more specific, a sparkling(carbonated) wine produced from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France following rules that demand secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to create carbonation. Whisky, Rum, Brandy, Vodka, Tequila are all what we call 'Spirits'. Spirits (aka Liquor or Distilled beverage) are beverages prepared using distillation. Distillation is just further processing of fermented beverage to purify and remove any diluting components like water. This increases the proportion of their alcohol content and that's why they are also commonly known as 'Hard Liquor', to distinguish distilled beverages from undistilled ones (implicitly weaker). Distilled beverages like whisky may have up to 40% ABV. In simpler words, you can think of distilled spirits as a more "refined" counterpart of the more "crude" fermented beverages. They being 'Hard Liquor' are not usually meant to be consumed 'neat'. Soda is nothing but carbonated water. Carbonated water (also known as club soda, soda water, sparkling water, seltzer water, or fizzy water) is water into which carbon dioxide gas under pressure has been dissolved. A cocktail is a mixed alcoholic drink/beverage that contains two or more ingredients (like a distilled spirit, soda, fruit juice, honey, herbs etc.) if at least one of them contains alcohol. For example, The Old Fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters then adding alcohol, such as whiskey or brandy, and a twist of citrus rind.  A mocktail as the word 'mock' suggests is not a real cocktail. It is a non-alcoholic drink consisting of a mixture of fruit juices or other soft drinks.  You also asked-"Which can be non-addictive?". Any of the alcoholic beverages can be addictive. But, if you know your limits and don't give into your urges every so often, everything should be fine. Don't let alcohol take control of you. Remember, alco


What model name was assigned to the classic Land Rover design after the introduction of the Discovery and Freelander models in the 1980's and 1990's?

Land Rover Defender Introduction Show navigation Hide navigation Land Rover 90/110 Defender Although the 90/110 family were lineal descendants of the original Land Rover, and one could see the visual similarities between new and old, technically they were almost completely different. By that time, almost every component had been redesigned or renewed. As ever though, the chassis frame was very robust, and most of the body shell was in rot-proof aluminium sheet. The main thrust behind the new models was to provide a softer ride and more wheel movement, an even more rigid chassis frame, and more civilised interiors. These became known at Solihull as the ‘Stage 2’ range. Existing engines were retained, but with a new transmission, new axles, new suspension front and rear, new brakes – and those style changes that have already been mentioned. There were two different chassis: the Ninety had a 92.9in wheelbase (prototypes had been built around a 90in. frame), the One-Ten a 110in. wheelbase. The Ninety was unveiled in June 1984, the One-Ten a year earlier in March 1983, so there was a messy overlap with old-style leaf-spring models. The two wheelbase types shared derivatives of the same chassis, with the same layout and components. There were stout spring towers at the front of the frame and the rear coil springs were squeezed between the frame side members and rear axle pads themselves. There were no common components with the Range Rover. Front location was by radius arms and a Panhard rod, and rear by radius arms and an upper A-bracket. Self-levelling (by a Boge Hydramat strut, as on the Range Rover), was standard on the One-Ten County Station Wagons, optional on other types. Steering was by recirculating ball: power-assisted worm-and-roller steering was optional. This was the first time for a Land Rover to have servoassisted disc front brakes. The existing 2.25-litre petrol unit got a new Weber carburettor, and produced 74bhp, the 2.25-litre diesel was unchanged at 60bhp, while the V8 3.5-litre unit was tuned to 114bhp. A modified version of the Rover-Triumph LT77 five-speed gearbox (with special ratios) was standard: the basis of this piece of kit was as used in several BL private cars, TR7 and Rover SD1 included. It was linked to the latest LT230 two-speed transfer gearbox, which provided five high-ratio and five low-ratio forward gears; the centre diff’ was lockable. However, the V8 engine, for the time being, came with the Range Rover type of LT95 four-speed gearbox. Over the years Land Rover tried to use common drive-line components as much as possible, which explains the number of times the Discovery is mentioned here. Except that the wheelbase lengths had to be slightly reshuffled, and flexible wheel-arch extensions fitted (which meant that users could scrape gateposts, or pieces of countryside without incurring a big repair bill), the light alloy bodies looked, and were, much as before. This time around, the front-end styles were all the same, and the one-piece windscreen was 25 per cent larger. In the next twenty years, changes were persistent, and can be summarised: March 1983 The new-generation One-Ten went on sale, with 74bhp 2.25-litre petrol, 60bhp 2.25-litre diesel and 114bhp 3.5-litre V8 petrol engine options. A wide variety of body options – pick-up, van, estate car, and a wide high-capacity pick-up – was topped out by the latest County Station Wagon. January 1984 The One-Ten was up-rated with a 2,495cc diesel instead of the earlier 2,286cc engine. Peak power rose from 60bhp to 67bhp, peak torque from 103lb.ft 114lb.ft. The two engines look very similar and many old models seem to have been up-rated at rebuild/restoration time. June 1984 The new 92.9in wheelbase Ninety model arrived – a short-wheelbase version of the One-Ten: only four-cylinder engine types – petrol or diesel – were available at first. All Land Rovers got one piece passenger door windows, with a package of trim upgrades to suit. Soon after this, the last old-type leaf-spring Land Rover was made. May 1985 A new, 114bhp 3.5-litre V8-powered


In 2013 Yahoo purchased which pictures and video microblogging website business that was founded in 2007 in New York City by David Karp?

Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1billion: Founder David Karp is next tech tycoon | Daily Mail Online Share this article Share Mayer announced that Karp will stay on as CEO of Tumblr and continue to run and develop the site. Despite a massive user base, Tumblr's revenue was only $13million last year. Even that figure was only made possible after $125million in capital investments. The deal also faced almost immediate backlash from Tumblr users, who feared Yahoo!'s ownership would change the character of the site and water down the features that make it successful. Mayer sought to allay concerns on both sides - and even used an internet meme to make light of the criticism. The GIF she posted reads: 'Yahoo. Tumblr. Now Panic and Freak Out.' Rich man: David Karp, who founded Tumblr in 2007 in his mother's Manhattan apartment, just made hundreds of millions of dollars after his company was purchased by Yahoo Moving on up: Karp lives with his girlfriend Rachel Eakley, a graduate student and chef, in a modest apartment in Manhattan's West Village Instead, Mayer urged users and Yahoo! investors alike the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' - a reference to a famous British propaganda poster produced during World War II. Tech news site  AllThingsD reports that Mayer, who took over as Yahoo! CEO in July, wanted to quickly snatch up Tumbler as 'the stake in the ground of what her strategy is going forward for Yahoo!.' Tumblr, which is a mico-blogging platform for quickly posting pictures, text and video, also functions as a social media site. Its platform manages to blend elements of all of the major social networking sites. Sharing and posting photos is simple and easy, like Instagram. GIFs and videos are all easy to share, as well. But, the site also has a new feed function, allowing users to follow other Tumblr blogs like social media networks Facebook and Twitter. The simple layout of Tumblr has spawned millions of diverse, quirky, blogs. An enormously popular Tumblr called '#whatshouldwecallme' features a series of animated GIFs explaining the reactions to daily life of a 20-something woman. Miss Eakley has been Karp's constant companion at public events for several years However, celebrities like Joe Jonas and Lady GaGa also have popular Tumblr pages and companies like the shoemaker Cole Haan use the site as a creative way to market their products. Tumblr is also popular with many porn stars and features numerous sexually-explicit blogs. Tumblr boasts remarkable loyalty among its users. Some 85percent of Tumblr users make 20 or more posts a month. Mayer cited some of these facts when addressing critics who worried Yahoo was paying too much for a company that has yet to turn a profit. In her Tumblr post, she wrote: 'The combination of Tumblr+Yahoo! could grow Yahoo!’s audience by 50% to more than a billion monthly visitors, and could grow traffic by approximately 20%. 'In terms of working together, Tumblr can deploy Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help its users discover creators, bloggers, and content they’ll love.' She also addressed the fears of Tumblr users, who threatened to leave the service in droves or to otherwise protest the takeover. 'Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going.  We will operate Tumblr independently.  David Karp will remain CEO,' Mayer wrote. 'The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve.  Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.' Very young and very rich: Karp and Eakley, who enjoy spending their Sunday mornings at brunch in Manhattan's East Village, are now due for a major lifestyle change However, Karp - a high school dropout who taught himself how to code - had expressed grave reservations about giving up his brainchild to a Silicon Valley tech giant. In a 2012 interview with the Guardian, he said he had been swatting away buy-out requests for years. 'Particularly in the first three years, the


Who according to a song by Ian Dury was a charmer, as a writer he was brahma. velvet jackets and pyjamas, the gay divorcee and other dramas?

Ian Dury - There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards Lyrics Meaning | Lyreka Ian Dury There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards Lyrics Song Meaning Noel Coward was a charmer. As a writer he was brahma. Velvet jackets and pyjamas, "The Gay Divorcee" and other dramas. Verse 2 There ain't half been some clever bastards (Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders) There ain't half been some clever bas-tards. Verse 3 Van Gogh did some eyeball pleasers. He must have been a pencil squeezer. He didn't do the Mona Lisa, That was an Italian geezer. Verse 4 There ain't half been some clever bastards (Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders) There ain't half been some clever bas-tards. Verse 5 Einstein can't be classed as witless. He claimed atoms were the littlest. When you did a bit of splitting-em-ness Frighten everybody shitless There ain't half been some clever bastards. Probably got help from their mum (who had help from her mum). There ain't half been some clever bastards. Now that we've had some, Let's hope that there's lots more to come. Verse 7


What is the first forename of David and Victoria Beckham's fourth child, a girl born in 2011 in Los Angeles?

Harper Seven Beckham: David and Victoria name their baby girl | Daily Mail Online Victoria 'doing well' after welcoming fourth child Sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz 'excited' to meet their new sister The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge send message of congratulations Emma Bunton and Mel B tweet their congratulations to Victoria After months of speculation, David and Victoria Beckham have announced they have decided to call their little girl Harper Seven Beckham. David confirmed the news on his Facebook page after he and wife Victoria welcomed the baby, who weighed 7lb 10oz, at 7.55am yesterday morning. The footballer wrote: 'I am so proud and excited to announce the birth of our daughter Harper Seven Beckham. She weighed a healthy 7lbs 10oz and arrived at 7.55 this morning, here in LA. New addition: David and Victoria Beckham have welcomed a new addition to their family, a 7lbs 10oz baby girl 'Victoria is doing really well and her brothers are delighted to have a baby sister xx' The Seven in the name is believed to be a reference to David's football number when he played for Manchester United and England, while the Harper could be referring to Harper's Bazaar magazine or perhaps To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee. RELATED ARTICLES     Following the birth of the couple's fourth child, a spokesperson said: 'David and Victoria Beckham are delighted to announce the birth of their daughter. ‘Happy and healthy she arrived at 7.55 am this morning at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz are excited to welcome their new baby sister to the family.' The child was born by elective Caesarean, in the same way as the Beckhams' older children. The original: David posted a picture of wife Victoria having a rest on the beach before she gave birth to daughter Harper Seven WHAT'S IN A NAME? Friends close to the couple have said that Harper, an old fashioned English name, is one that Victoria has always liked. It could be a reference to To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee or even the fashion and lifestyle magazine Harper's Bazaar, the cover of which Victoria has graced on a couple of occasions. It has proved to be a popular name in the U.S. and other celebrities, such as Foo Fighters Dave Grohl, Lisa Marie Presley, and Neil Patrick Harris have named their daughters Harper. As for the middle name Seven, it has been considered a lucky number for thousands of years among many cultures. In the Bible, there are the seven days of creation, and ancient Rome had seven gods, which gave their names to days of the week. But the most likely reason the Beckhams chose it is because it was David's shirt number at Manchester United and for England. Harper was also born at 7.55am, during the seventh month and weighing 7lbs 10oz. And a source told The Sun that David was so happy about the new arrival that he was literally crying with joy. The insider said: 'David has been crying with joy. They are all so happy.' The pair are also said to be 'stunned' because the little girl looks so much like Victoria did when she was a baby. Following the birth of the little girl, David's sister Joanne tweeted: 'Big congrats to my sister in law @victoriabeckham and my big bro on the birth of my beautiful niece :) can't wait 2 see u all xx' A delighted Mel B, who is expecting her third child later this year, also expressed her excitement on the network site, writing: 'Congrats!!! Yipeee another spice baby is born, damn it wish it was me this AM cos I feel like I'm about to POP!' And Emma Bunton added: 'Big kiss to @victoriabeckham can't wait to meet your gorgeous little girl!' Victoria has remained active throughout her pregnancy - working on her fashion line and travelling up until last month. Just days ago the LA Galaxy star, 36, posted a portrait of his heavily pregnant wife that put her form on show in all its glory. He wrote on his Facebook page: 'Took this pic of Victoria while she wasn't looking. She looks amazing, so close now to the baby being born!' And, earlier this week, David and Victoria were wished good luck for their arriv


What is the most common name of the British bird Pandon Haliaetus, also known as the sea hawk, fish eagle or fish hawk?

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Under what name does author Daniel Handler write children's fiction?

Daniel Handler: ‘How old does a child need to be to appreciate Lemony Snicket?’ | Books | The Guardian A life in ... Daniel Handler: ‘How old does a child need to be to appreciate Lemony Snicket?’ The bestselling author talks to Stuart Jeffries about humour, the new TV version of the Snicket books, and pirates Jim Carrey as Count Olaf in the film adapation Lemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). Photograph: Allstar Saturday 7 February 2015 02.00 EST Last modified on Tuesday 20 September 2016 06.12 EDT Share on Messenger Close There is a simple test to see whether a child will like reading Lemony Snicket books, says the man who wrote them over tea at a Dublin hotel: “If there was a small child here who said, ‘Can I have one of those cookies?’, I might say, ‘One of those cookies is poisoned. We have no idea which one.’” And, adds Daniel Handler, who wrote the bestselling, 13-volume series A Series of Unfortunate Events, under the pen name Lemony Snicket, “there’s the sort of child who is alarmed by that and the sort of child who delights in it.” So the latter would enjoy the bittersweet adventures of the tragically orphaned Baudelaire siblings and their travails with venal uncle Count Olaf and his unpleasant henchpersons? “That’s right,” laughs Handler, joined by his wife, graphic artist Lisa Brown, who is sketching on a nearby sofa. “People say, ‘How old does a child need to be to appreciate Lemony Snicket ?’ And I say, ‘It’s not how old, it’s the arrival of irony.’” Daniel and Lisa’s nine-year-old son, Otto, perhaps unsurprisingly given his genetic makeup, understood all this very early. “Before he could talk,” says Handler, “we would go for a walk and I would say: ‘If I see a tree, I’m going to go crazy,’ and he would point at a tree and I would pretend to go crazy. Or I’d say: ‘If I see a piece of gum on the sidewalk I’m going to fall on the ground,’ and he’d point at the gum. I still meet children who, when I make that kind of joke, are alarmed.” Handler affects dismay that such children exist. “Some of them are my nieces. You can’t win them all.” Handler, a 44-year-old San Franciscan, completed the Lemony Snicket books in 2006, and then started a sequence of prequels called All the Wrong Questions , which so far amounts to five novels. But we’re meeting to talk about his latest foray into grownup fiction, a novel called We Are Pirates. To enjoy it, Handler argues, you’ll need the temperament his son mastered when preverbal. “I think all of my work has a certain tone: it looks askance at the world, it understands that it can be serious and hilarious at the same time. And there seem to be people who get that. And people who don’t, of course.” Will the readership for We Are Pirates be those irony savvy kids who grew up reading Lemony Snicket? “I don’t know,” he replies. “The last couple of Snicket tours that I’ve gone on, I’ve been meeting more and more people in their 20s who grew up on my work. And when All the Wrong Questions started, I was meeting a lot of twentysomethings, a lot of Snicket tattoos. So I’m curious to see if this is something they’re interested in.” They may well be enticed by the jacket blurb, which describes We Are Pirates as “a dark, rollicking, stunningly entertaining human comedy”, although Handler balks at the dark comedy tag. “I think of dark comedies as books that have scorn for everybody. That’s not what I want. I think of a dark comedy as Evelyn Waugh – this is ridiculous and this is ridiculous. That’s part of it but also this is sad and human and pitiful and wondrous, even.” But in today’s popular imagination, piracy signifies none of those things. Rather, it suggests either the camp or the terrifying – the former typified by Johnny Depp impersonating Keith Richards for the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise, the latter involving harrowing tales of kidnappings off the coast of Somalia. Handler confounds these notions and instead performs a genre mash-up. “If you can understand that a book can contain machetes and minor inconveniences, be horrific and funny, then you’ll


The insignia of King John of Bohemia, killed at the Battle of Crecy, has now become the crest of which noble Englishman?

Hundred Years' War | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Castillon The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France for control of the French throne. Many allies of both sides were also drawn into the conflict. The war had its roots in a dynastic disagreement dating back to the time of William the Conqueror , who became King of England in 1066 while retaining possession of the Duchy of Normandy in France. As the rulers of Normandy and other lands on the continent, the English kings owed feudal homage to the King of France. In 1337, Edward III of England refused to pay homage to Philip VI of France , leading the French King to claim confiscation of Edward's lands in Aquitaine. Edward responded by declaring that he, not Philip, was the rightful King of France, a claim dating to 1328, when Edward's uncle, Charles IV of France , died without a direct male heir. Edward was the closest male relative of the dead king, as son of Isabella of France , daughter of Philip IV of France and sister of Charles IV. But instead, the dead king's cousin, Philip VI, the son of Philip IV's younger brother, Charles, Count of Valois , was crowned King of France in accordance with Salic law, which disqualified the succession of males descended through female lines. The question of legal succession to the French crown was central to the war over generations of English and French claimants. The war is commonly divided into three phases separated by truces: the Edwardian Era War (1337–60) , the Caroline War (1369–89) and the Lancastrian War (1415–53) , which saw the slow decline of English fortunes after the appearance of Joan of Arc in 1429. Contemporary European conflicts directly related to this conflict were the War of the Breton Succession , the Castilian Civil War , the War of the Two Peters , and the 1383–85 Crisis . The term "Hundred Years' War" is a periodization invented later by historians to encompass all of these events. The war owes its historical significance to multiple factors. Although primarily a dynastic conflict, the war gave impetus to ideas of French and English nationalism. Militarily, it saw the introduction of weapons and tactics that supplanted the feudal armies dominated by heavy cavalry . The first standing armies in Western Europe since the time of the Western Roman Empire were introduced for the war, thus changing the role of the peasantry. For all this, as well as for its duration, it is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in medieval warfare . With respect to the belligerents, English political forces over time came to oppose the costly venture; while English nobles' dissatisfactions, resulting from the loss of their continental landholdings, was a factor leading to the civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses . In France, civil wars, deadly epidemics , famines and bandit free companies of mercenaries reduced the population drastically. Contents Further information: Peerage of France [[File:Hommage of Edward I to Philippe le Bel.jpg|thumb|180px|Homage of Edward I of England (kneeling) to Philip IV (seated) – 1286. As Duke of Aquitaine , Edward was also a vassal to the French King.]] The Anglo-Norman dynasty that had ruled England since the Norman conquest of 1066 was brought to an end when Geoffrey of Anjou and Empress Matilda 's son Henry (great-grandson of William the Conqueror ) became the first of the Angevin Kings of England in 1154 as King Henry II. [1] The King of England, in what is now known as the Angevin Empire , directly ruled more territory on the continent than the King of France. A complication was that as dukes on the continent, English kings owed homage to the King of France. However the dukes had autonomy from the 11th century onward, neutralizing the issue. [2] John of England inherited the Angevin domains from King Richard I . However, Philip II of France acted decisively to exploit the weaknesses of King John, both legally and militarily and by 1204 had succeeded in taking control of most of t


What is the most common name of the British bird Falco Columbarius, a pigeon hawk, the males having a blue grey back?

Merlins aka Pigeon Hawks (Falco columbarius) Birds of Prey ... Falcon Information ... The Sport of Falconry The Merlin (Falco columbarius) is a small type of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey sometimes known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the Merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter. European and North American variants Some regard the North American and Eurasian (F. columbarius) populations as two distinct species. The first modern taxonomist to describe the Merlin was Carl Linnaeus, a Swede who reported his type specimen came from America. Thirteen years after Linnaeus's description Marmaduke Tunstall recognized the Eurasian birds as a distinct taxon aesalon in his Ornithologica Britannica. If two species of Merlins are recognized, the Old World birds would thus bear the scientific name F. aeasalon. Description The Merlin is 24–33 cm (9.5–13 in) long with a 50–67 cm (20–26 in) wingspan. Compared to other small falcons , it is more robust and heavily built. Males average at about 165 g (5.8 oz) and females are typically about 230 g (8 oz). There is considerable variation, however, throughout the birds' range and—in particular in migratory populations—over the course of a year. Thus, adult males may weigh 150-210 grams (5.3-7.4 oz), and females 190-255 grams (6.7-9 oz). Such sexual dimorphism is common among raptors ; it allows males and females to hunt different prey animals and decreases the territory size needed to feed a mated pair. The male Merlin has a blue-grey back, ranging from almost black to silver-grey in different subspecies. Its underparts are buff- to orange-tinted and more or less heavily streaked with black to reddish brown. The female and immature are brownish-grey to dark brown above, and whitish buff spotted with brown below. Besides a weak whitish supercilium and the faint dark malar stripe – which are barely recognizable in both the palest and the darkest birds –, the face of the Merlin is less strongly patterned than in most other falcons. Nestlings are covered in pale buff down feathers, shading to whitish on the belly. The remiges are blackish, and the tail usually has some 3-4 wide blackish bands, too. Very light males only have faint and narrow medium-grey bands, while in the darkest birds the bands are very wide, so that the tail appears to have narrow lighter bands instead. In all of them, however, the tail tip is black with a narrow white band at the very end, a pattern possibly plesiomorphic for all falcons. Altogether, the tail pattern is quite distinct though, resembling only that of the Aplomado Falcon (F. berigora) and (in light Merlins) some typical kestrels . The eye and beak are dark, the latter with a yellow cere. The feet are also yellow, with black claws.  Light American males may resemble the American Kestrel (F. sparverius, not a typical kestrel), but merlin males have a grey back and tail rather than the reddish-brown of the kestrels. Light European males can be distinguished from kestrels by their mainly brown wings. In the north of South Asia, wintering males may be confused with the Red-necked Falcon (F. chicquera) if they fly away from the observer and the head (red on top in F. chicquera) and underside (finely barred with black in F. chicquera) are not visible. Subspecies That the Merlin has a long-standing presence on both sides of the Atlantic is evidenced by the degree of genetic distinctness between Eurasian and North American populations. Arguably, they might be considered distinct species, with gene flow having ceased at least a million years ago, but probably more. By and large, color variation in either group independently follows Gloger's Rule. The Pacific temperate rain forest subspecies suckelyi's males are almost uniformly black on the upperside and have heavy black blotches on the belly, whereas those of the lightest subspecies, pallidus, have little non-dilute melanin altogether, with grey upperside and reddish underside pattern. American group Falco columba


Which first lady of the USA was born in Missouri in 1885 and died there in 1982? She became the longest-lived first lady.

Bess Truman (1885 - 1982) - Find A Grave Memorial Jackson County Missouri, USA Presidential First Lady. She was the wife of the 33rd United States PresidentHarry S Truman. She was born in Independence, Missouri the eldest child and only daughter of David Willock and Madge (Gates) Wallace. She developed the reputation as a tomboy. "The first girl I ever knew who could whistle through her teeth." said a classmate. After her father's death in 1903 she moved with her mother and four brothers into the home of her maternal grandfather, George Porterfield Gates. Married on June 28, 1919, their only child Mary Margaret born on February 17, 1924, the family moved to Washington in 1934. When Mr. Truman became President on April 12, 1945, after serving only eighty-two days as Vice President, Mrs. Truman became the country's First Lady. Considered one of the hardest-working of the White House hostesses, she did what was required of her even when it did not please her. A reporter once asked her what she wanted to do when her husband was no longer President, and her response was "Return to Independence." At 97 when she died in her home, the home of her maternal grandfather, she was the longest living First Lady to date. Perhaps what tells us the most about the character of Bess Wallace Truman was published in McCall's magazine (April 1949). The magazine quoted Jonathan Daniels, former Press Secretary to President Roosevelt, as saying "Bess Truman is a lady unchanged by the White House and determined to remain always what she is." (bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)


The Oresund Bridge connects Copenhagen to which Swedish city?

This Amazing Bridge Turns Into a Tunnel and Connects Denmark and Sweden «TwistedSifter This Amazing Bridge Turns Into a Tunnel and Connects Denmark and Sweden   The Øresund is an engineering marvel that connects the Danish capital of Copenhagen to the Swedish city of Malmö. A cable-stayed bridge runs nearly 8 km (5 miles) to an artificial island where it transitions into a tunnel that runs another 4 km (2.5 miles). The award-winning double-track railway and motorway opened on July 1, 2000.     The Øresund was designed by the Danish engineering firm COWI and the main architect was George K.S. Rotne. The bridge and tunnel run across the Øresund strait and is jointly operated by the neighbouring states from both countries. To use the Øresund you must pay a toll.     The cable-stayed bridge features two 204 m high pylons supporting the 490 m long bridge span across the Flinte Channel. The motorway runs on the upper level while the railway runs below. Most of the bridge structures, including the piers and spans, were built on land and towed out by large floating cranes. Only the pylons were cast ‘in situ’.


Which racehorse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2007 and 2009, the first to win in non-consecutive years and the King George VI Chase five times?

Kauto Star: Story of five-time King George VI Chase winner - BBC Sport Kauto Star: Story of five-time King George VI Chase winner By Frank Keogh From the section Horse Racing Share this page Read more about sharing. Kauto Star is the equine star who got the racing world talking with his steeplechase heroics. He created history on Boxing Day 2011 at Kempton Park by becoming the first horse to win a fifth King George VI Chase. The gelding is the only horse to have regained the Cheltenham Gold Cup having lost it, and won a total of 16 Grade One races. Discover more about his story and the team behind a racing hero who has been retired at the age of 12. Kauto Star Foaled: 19 March, 2000 Breeding: Village Star-Kauto Relka (France) Career placings 21/11F2353/112/21F/111111/211122/1U11-11F-133-P11P Owner says: Horse's name is pronounced 'Kaw-to Star' not "Kay-to Star'. Jockey and trainer once preferred the latter. Bred in France where he was nicknamed 'L'Extraterrestrial'. Kauto Star factfile Breeding: Village Star-Kauto Relka (France) Races: 41 Wins: 23 Key victories: Cheltenham Gold Cup (2007, 2009); King George VI Chase (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011); Betfair Chase (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011) Height: 16.3 hands high (1.6m from floor to shoulder) Weight: 520-530kg (81-83 stone) In 41 races, he was victorious 23 times, only unplaced on seven occasions and was the first horse to win over £2m in prize money over jumps. Kauto Star ran in the UK for more than seven years, during which time he never finished out of the first three when completing a race. The French import delivered on his promise during the 2006-07 season, winning all six of his high-class races at six different tracks, over distances ranging from two miles to more than three-and-a-quarter miles. In 2009 he became the first horse to regain the Cheltenham Gold Cup, having lost to stablemate Denman the previous year. Just as many felt he was heading towards retirement, he won the Betfair Chase at Haydock for the fourth time in November 2011 and then followed it up by creating history in the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day. What now for Kauto Star? Analysis "Racing's marketing folk will have their work cut out with the retirement of Kauto Star coming hot on the heels of Frankel's exit to stud. The two have done wonders for racing's public profile, particularly 'Kauto' with his endearing ability to bounce back after setbacks, as well as his big-race successes. Now the sport is bereft of two charismatic performers within 11 days of each other. As Kauto Star is spoken of in the same hushed tones as the legendary Arkle (1960s), Red Rum ('70s) and Desert Orchid (late '80s/early '90s), we mayhave a wait for the next jumping great. " Two of horse racing's all-time greats have been retired in the space of 11 days - but they are set for very different futures. While the world's top-rated Flat horse Frankel goes off to stud for a breeding career where earnings could top £100m, Kauto Star - a gelding, and therefore castrated - will have a more leisurely time. Owner Clive Smith says the brilliant steeplechaser is likely to stay with his trainer Paul Nicholls in Somerset until the end of the year before he is moved to new stables near his Surrey home. "He's done all his work now and deserves a lordly retirement. It'll be nice to see him more often. His income will be nothing now, but that's not important to me," said Smith. A rare mix of talent, versatility and courage, the horse will be remembered as a National Hunt icon alongside names such as triple Gold Cup winners Arkle and Best Mate, three-time Grand National victor Red Rum and Desert Orchid, who won the King George on four occasions. Trainer - Paul Nicholls Born: 17 April 1962 Alveston, Bristol Big wins: Gold Cup 1999 See More Business, 2007 Kauto Star, 2008 Denman, 2009 Kauto Star; Champion Chase Call Equiname 1999, Azertyuiop 2004, Master Minded 2008, 2009; Grand National Neptune Collonges 2012 He says: "Kauto Star is a once-in-a-lifetime horse." The son of a policeman, Nicholls was a jump jockey in the 1980s and won the


The flag of South Africa has six colours. Red, white and blue are on the old South African flag. Green, yellow and black are the colours of which South African political organisation?

South Africa This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website South Africa 2:3~ image by Mark Sensen and Antonio Martins, 09 Mar 2000 Flag adopted 27 Apr 1994 South Africa : national index Origin and colours of the new flag The strips are red/orange and blue, the same of the previous flag . The added colors are the same of African National Congress 's flag, which is composed of three equal horizontal strips: black, green and yellow. Therefore I argue that the new flag is the merge of the two flags. Apart from strips' colors (orange and blue instead of red and green), the colour of the second fimbration (green instead of black) and the absence of a coat in the triangle, the new South African flag is very similar to Vanuatu's . Giuseppe Bottasini C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network), reporting on the election in South Africa, showed the "interim" flag which will be used for the next five years; the new parliament will choose a permanent flag. In English blazon, it is: Tierced in pairle couchy sable, gules and azure, a pairle couchy vert fimbriated or to dexter and argent to chief and base. I think the interim flag for South Africa is said to be composed of the colours of flags of past administrations. Which is as plausible as anything, since it includes all the heraldic tinctures. Anton Sherwood The current South African flag was designed by Mr Fred Brownell, State Herald of South Africa. Bruce Berry, 26 Mar 1999 Colour Specifications Album 2000 gives the official (Pantone) and approximate (CMYK) specifications as follows: Red:            179c         C0-M90-Y90-K0 Blue: Reflex Blue c        C100-M80-Y0-K0 Ivan Sache, 15 Jan 2002 The South African flag pantones as I have them are: Uncoated surfaces:                        Coated surfaces: Source: SA Bureau of Standards - Specifications for the National Flag, 2nd ed. Bruce Berry, 21 Jan 2002 The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics (Flags and Anthems Manual, London, 2012 [ bib-lna.html ]) provides recommendations for national flag designs. Each National Olympic Committee was sent an image of their flag, including the PMS shades, by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) for their approval. Once this was obtained, the LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specifications may not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the National Olympic Committee believed their flag to be. For South Africa : PMS 179 orange/red, 3415 green, reflex blue, 1235 yellow and black. The vertical flag is the horizontal version reversed and turned 90 degrees anti-clockwise - black at the top, orange/red on the left, blue on the right. Ian Sumner, 10 Oct 2012 Symbolism of the flag The colours of the South African flag do not really have symbolic meanings in themselves.  People do sometimes assign meanings to the colours (such as red for blood, yellow for mineral wealth etc.) but this is not the case with the current South African flag.  According to Mr. Frederick Brownell, the former State Herald who played a large role in the original design, while the colours of the flag do not have any official symbolism, they do represent a synopsis of the country�s flag history.  The design in turn, represents a converging of paths, the merging of both the past and the present. Black, gold and green, which were first incorporated into South African national flags in the 19th century, also feature prominently in the flags of the liberation movements, particularly the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan-African Congress (PAC) and Inkatha .  These colours can thus be said to broadly represent the country's black population. Blue, white, red and green reflect the British and Dutch (later Boer) influence, as shown in the earliest flags flown in South Africa, and also featured prominently in the old South African National Flag ( 1928-1994 ) and thus represent the white population of South Africa. The green pall (the Y-shape) is commonly interpreted to mean the


Named for a Shakespearean queen, which is the largest of the moons of Uranus?

The Mysterious Moons of Uranus | Astronotes The Mysterious Moons of Uranus admin – July 31, 2013 Posted in: Planets With only two planets in our solar system without moons (Mercury and Venus) our curiosity is a little spoilt for choice. Normally when people begin to search about for information on planets with the most interesting moons dominant planets like Jupiter and Saturn tend to win people’s attention while others fall to the side-lines, destined to go unloved and unnoticed. But even the less noticed have a lot to offer so let’s uncover the mysteries of the rather small moons of the Georgian Planet Uranus. William Herschel: It’s a law of astronomy communication that this picture must be used in any article about things Uranian. (Image credit :via Wikimedia.org)   Uranus itself is a very interesting planet so of course it should have some interesting moons. It actually has the third most moons in the solar system with 27 known natural satellites orbiting around the planet. Now these moons are actually quite small with Uranus’s largest moon Titania having half the diameter of our own moon! Uranus’s moons are also quite light, in fact if you were where to add up the mass of all Uranus’s moons it would account for less than half of the mass of Neptune’s largest moon Triton. But these moons are anything but boring! Uranus has five quite big moons that where obviously the first moons of the planet to be discovered due to their size. Oberon and Titania are the largest of the five and were found by the planet’s discoverer William Herschel in 1787. Then the moon-hunting astronomer William Lassel (1799-1880) who discovered the first moon of Neptune…just 17 days after Neptune was discovered! He discovered Ariel and Umbriel in 1851. It wasn’t until a century later when the final of the five major moons, Miranda was discovered by Gerard Kuiper. The rest of Uranus’s moons were not to be discovered until the Voyager 2’s 1986 fly by and by the Hubble Space Telescope and more advanced ground telescopes. None of the moons have been found to have any form of atmosphere most likely due to their size and lack of ability to have a large enough gravitational force to have one so I don’t think there will be any future plans to set up homes on these chilly worlds. Uranus and Ariel seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit:NASA-Space Telescope Science Institute)     The rest of the moons of Uranus are a lot smaller with many astronomers believing that they are actually captured asteroids and in comparison to some of the other systems of satellites orbiting around the other planets even Uranus’s major moons aren’t exactly big but they still have their peculiarities. In their naming for example, they already differ from other moons, thanks to William Herschel. When Herschel first discovered the planet Uranus in 1781 he originally wanted to name the planet Georgium Sidus (George’s star) or the Georgian Planet after King George III as a tribute to the king but unanimous disapproval across world astronomers meant that Uranus was more suitable in sticking with the tradition of naming planets after gods from Roman and Greek mythology (except for Earth of course). But the Herschel family got a mini celestial coup when William’s son Sir John originated a pattern of naming the Uranian moons after characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope (see Comments for more on this). We all have our faults, but Titania has more than most. (Image credit: NASA)   So as I have stated most of Uranus’s moons are quite tiny and we lack information on many of them but we can look at a few of its most interesting moons, especially the five major moons. Let’s begin with Uranus’s largest two moons, the husband and wife of Uranus’s lunar system, Titania and Oberon. Titania is the largest of the moon of Uranus and is named after the Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer-night’s Dream. Like all of Uranus’s moons it is made of half water ice and half rocky material with some astronomers referring to these types of moons as “dirty ice balls”


Who is the English film director of The King's Speech and Les Miserables?

Tom Hooper - IMDb IMDb Director | Producer | Writer Tom Hooper was educated at one of England's most prestigious schools, Westminster. His first film, Runaway Dog, was made when he was 13 years old and shot on a Clockwork 16mm Bolex camera, using 100 feet of film. At age 18, he wrote, directed and produced the short film Painted Faces (1992), which premiered at the London Film Festival; it was ... See full bio » Born: a list of 27 people created 18 Nov 2011 a list of 28 people created 17 Jul 2013 a list of 35 people created 01 Apr 2015 a list of 42 people created 11 Nov 2015 a list of 32 people created 6 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Tom Hooper's work have you seen? User Polls Won     1     Oscar. Another    28 wins & 48 nominations. See more awards  » Known For  1998 EastEnders: The Mitchells - Naked Truths (Video) (archive directed by)  1997 Byker Grove (TV Series) (4 episodes)  1992 Painted Faces (TV Short) Hide   1992 Painted Faces (TV Short) (producer) Hide   1992 Painted Faces (TV Short) Hide   2012-2015 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself - Interviewee / Himself  2015 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself  2013 Secret Voices of Hollywood (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Director, Les Misérable  2013 Vivir de cine (TV Series) Himself  2010-2012 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Himself - Guest / Himself  2012 MSN Exclusives (TV Series) Himself (2013)  2011 National Movie Awards (TV Special) Himself  2011 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) Himself  2009-2010 The Review Show (TV Series) Himself - Panelist / Himself  2010 2010 Britannia Awards (TV Special) Himself  2009 The Culture Show (TV Series documentary) Himself Himself - Winner: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Related Videos TV commercial: SK-II (Japan) See more » Height: Did You Know? Personal Quote: There were probably two requirements for doing [Les Miserables]: one was everyone signing up to the idea of singing live, the second was Hugh Jackman existing. Because I think if Hugh Jackman didn't exist, I wouldn't have made this film. See more » Trivia: Directed 7 actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Colin Firth , Helena Bonham Carter , Geoffrey Rush , Hugh Jackman , Anne Hathaway , Eddie Redmayne , and Alicia Vikander . Firth, Vikander and Hathaway won Oscars for their work in Hooper's movies. See more » Trademark: Often directs historical dramas and period pieces See more » Star Sign:


Which EU member country's national anthem has no words?

Did You Know The Spanish National Anthem Has No Words? - WorldAtlas.com Did You Know Did You Know The Spanish National Anthem Has No Words? The Marcha Real is one of only a handful of national anthems in the world that has no lyrics. Charles III (or Carlos III) promoted the initial adoption of La Marcha Real in 1770. The Anthem Without Lyrics Interestingly enough, the Marcha Real, the Spanish National Anthem, is one of only four national anthems in the world without lyrics. The other national anthems without lyrics are those of San Marino, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Marcha Real is also one of the oldest national anthems in the world The Birth and Early Usage of the Marcha Real The Marcha Real first appeared as La Marcha de Granaderos in print in the ‘Book of the Ordenance of Newly Played Military Drum and Fife Calls by The Spanish Infantry’, which was authored by Manuel de Espinosa, in 1761. As per this piece of documentation, Manuel de Espinosa de los Monteros is the original composer of the music of the Spanish National Anthem. In 1770, La Marcha de Granaderos was declared to be the official Honor March in the court of Charles III, and began to be played as the official anthem of the nation during the reign of Isabel II. On August 27th, 1908, Marcha Real was established by a Royal Circular Order by Alfonso XIII. Challenges to the Marcha Real There was a threat to the replacement on the Marcha Real as the official anthem after the 1868 Revolution, when General Prim demanded a national contest in search of a new national anthem. However, his efforts did not bear fruit. During the Spanish Second Republic (1931-1939), the Marcha Real was replaced by the Himno de Riego as the official anthem, but the former's glory was again restored after the Spanish Civil War when Francisco Franco declared it as the country’s national anthem under the title of La Marcha Granadera. False Claims About the Spanish National Anthem In 1861, a false notion arose that propagated the fact that Frederick II of Prussia, the King of Prussia and a man well-known for his patronage of music, had gifted the Marcha Real to a soldier of the Spanish army who was learning military tactics in the Prussian kingdom under the orders of the Spanish King Charles III. This belief first arose after the publication of it in the La España militar, and then later the popularization of the false fact was bolstered by Colonel Antonio Vallecillo through his writings in El Espíritu Público. This myth and and various distorted versions of it have continued to be propagated via various publications throughout the years. The Current Version of the Marcha Real The current Marcha Real involves two versions. Namely, these are the longer one, honoring the Spanish King, and the shorter one, honoring the Princess of Asturias and the President of the Government of Spain. The Marcha Real has also been modified to suit three official arrangements, so that it can alternatively be played by an orchestra, an organist, or a military band. Each version and arrangement of the Marcha Real has been further assigned six official adaptations. All of these adaptations have been recorded and released formally on compact discs for people to purchase. Should Lyrics Be Assigned to Marcha Real? Though the original national anthem lacks lyrics, time and again Spanish people have added their own words to their beloved anthem. In the past, lyrics were assigned to the anthem during the rule of Alfonso XIII and General Franco’s dictatorship. In 2008, a lyric competition was held to assign lyrics to the Marcha Real before Madrid's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Though proposed lyrics poured in from all over the country, the competition was withdrawn just 5 days after its opening due to widespread public criticism regarding the suggested lyrics. Currently, the Marcha Real continues to be played at all events of national importance, and members of the public are expected to stand up while the music is being played to pay respect to the country and its royal family. This page was last modif


As in Neandertal, the German word tal translates as what word in English?

Neanderthal - WordReference.com Dictionary of English Neanderthal WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2017 Ne•an•der•thal /niˈændɚˌθɔl, neɪˈɑndɚˌtɑl/USA pronunciation   adj.  Physical AnthropologyAlso,  Ne•an•der•tal /niˈændɚˌtɔl, -ˌtɑl/.USA pronunciation  of or relating to a now extinct human people of Europe and Asia who lived from around 100,000 B.C. to 40,000 B.C. Informal Terms[ often: neanderthal] crude; primitive. Physical Anthropologya member of the Neanderthal people. Informal Terms[often: neanderthal] a person of crude or primitive behavior or mode of thought. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017 Ne•an•der•thal  (nē an′dər thôl′, -tôl′, -täl′; nā än′dər täl′),USA pronunciation adj.  Physical Anthropologyof or pertaining to Neanderthal man. Informal Terms(often l.c.) primitive, unenlightened, or reactionary; culturally or intellectually backward. an unenlightened or ignorant person; barbarian. a reactionary; a person with very old-fashioned ideas. Also,  Ne•an•der•tal  (nē an′dər tôl′, -täl′; nā än′dər täl′)USA pronunciation (for defs. 1, 3). Ne•an′der•thal′er, n.  after Neanderthal, valley in Germany, near Düsseldorf, where evidence of Neanderthal man was first found 1860–65 'Neanderthal' also found in these entries: Forum discussions with the word(s) "Neanderthal" in the title: No titles with the word(s) "Neanderthal".


Named after a character appearing in Acts of the Apostles, what name is given to the act of paying for sacraments and consequently for holy offices or positions in the hierarchy of a church?

Full text of "The Acts of the Apostles" See other formats ^^5»^lFPiittCf^   V   MAR So 1920   .%   ?Lomki %v«!0^   ' Ivisloa T^3Z(o2j. Section • f- i ~> ^   By the same author:  THE FOUR GOSPELS  With a Practical Critical Commentary for Priests and Students XII -f 557 Pages 8vo. With 2 Maps. Cloth, Net, $4.00  "Most gladly do I recommend this excellent work on the Four Gospels. It is well worthy of all support and merits a warm reception among priests and students."  (Signed) A. CARD. GASQUET,  Roma, Palazzo San Calisto {Trastevere),   "This concise and practical work, in a single volume of handy size, is a treaswe for the average reader, priest or layman. Our busy clergy and our earnest ecclesi- astic students have now, what was long needed, an explanation of the Gospels in which, settmg aside curious and irrevelant erudition and discussion, attention is focussed upon the true meaning of the sacred text, the difficultieB and discrepancies of real moment, and the passages which offer a moral or dogmatic value of perma- nent or fundamental interest. It is rightly described as *a text-book in exegesis,' an orderly and connected summary of the most essential points or subjects to which the sacred text gives rise, either in private study or the class-roooL  "I trust that this excellent work will soon be found in the library of every priest."  4* THOMAS J. SHAHAN, Rector of the Caiholic University.   "Father Callan has done a great service to priests and students by publishing this commentary on the Gospels, for, excepting the translation of the sacred text, nothing is harder to produce than a good commentary. An efficient commentator not only chooses the best readings of the text and explains its grammatical con- struction, but he also points out the Scriptural principles of faith and morals, har- monizes apparent discrepancies, and solves chronological and topographical prob- lems. His explanations are brief but clear, full but concise, and they always keep in view the principles of Biblical inerrancy and Catholic teaching, but do not omit secular erudition and scientific research. The experienced commentator does not dwell injudiciously on disputed questions, exegetical speculations or divergent opinions, knowing that they are apt to occasion a great loss of time and a confusion of ideas; but he cannot neglect the light afforded by the context and by parallel passages wherever found.  "Father Callan ha>s fully satisfied all the requirements of a good commentator. Though prepared for his task by the prayerful meditation of a long religious life and the rigorous course of philosophical and theological studies peculiar to the Dominican Fathers, he was especially fitted for the work by his years of experience in the classroom. His commentary is not the erudite and abstruse work of a mere bookworm, but the practical result of his lectures on Sacred Scriptures before his seminary audience. Here he was teacher and examiner: his daily class was to him a test of his own clear insight into the true meaning of the sacred text; the periodical examinations supplied a test of his power of communicating his ideas in a clear and striking way so as to be understood and remembered by his students.  "Even the book's preface and appendix will be found very helpful to the Bible student, for the appendix gives a good harmony of the Four Gospels, a genealogy of the Herods, and a bibliography. In the body of the book is furnished a detailed study of each particular statement and event of the Gospel narrative. Here the author follows the traditional order of the Four Evangelists, prefacing each Gospel by a brief and clear introduction which is followed by the English text of the respec- tive Gospel. Such questions as the census proclaimed before Our Lord's birth, the year of His Nativity, the length of His public life, the date of the Last Supper and of the Crucifixion have been studied by specialists of the highest rank, and have given rise to as many different opinions' as are


Which cocktail is made by adding drambuie to scotch whisky served on the rocks in a stemmed glass?

Drambuie Rusty Nail Cocktail Recipe You must be logged in to post a comment. Adding comment …  nathanbass posted 7 months ago I use 2oz scotch to 0.5oz Drambuie. I love the flavor the Drambuie adds, it's just too sweet on a 1:1 ratio Vindice posted 2 years ago Most recipes I have seen and used for the Rusty Nail are .5 oz Drambuie to 1.5 oz Scotch. I find a full 1 to 1 a bit too sweet for my taste. ~ all comments loaded ~


Lake Ecology -- Lake Zones Understanding    Lakes A typical      lake has distinct zones of biological communities linked to the physical      structure of the lake (Figure 10). The littoral zone is the near shore area where sunlight penetrates all the way to      the sediment and allows aquatic plants ( macrophytes )      to grow. Light levels of about 1% or less of surface values usually      define this depth. The 1% light level also defines the euphotic      zone of the lake, which is the layer from the surface down to the      depth where light levels become too low for photosynthesizers .      In most lakes, the sunlit euphotic zone occurs within the epilimnion . Figure 10 However,      in unusually transparent lakes, photosynthesis may occur well below the thermocline into the perennially cold hypolimnion .      For example, in western Lake Superior near Duluth, MN, summertime algal      photosynthesis and growth can persist to depths of at least 25 meters,      while the mixed layer, or epilimnion ,      only extends down to about 10 meters. Ultra- oligotrophic Lake Tahoe, CA/NV, is so transparent that algal growth historically      extended to over 100 meters, though its mixed layer only extends to      about 10 meters in summer. Unfortunately, inadequate management of the      Lake Tahoe basin since about 1960 has led to a significant loss of transparency due to      increased algal growth and increased sediment inputs from stream and shoreline erosion. The higher      plants in the littoral zone, in addition to being a food source and      a substrate for algae and invertebrates, provide a habitat for fish and other organisms      that is very different from the open water environment. The limnetic      zone is the open water area where light does not generally penetrate      all the way to the bottom. The bottom sediment, known as the benthic      zone , has a surface layer abundant with organisms. This upper layer      of sediments may be mixed by the activity of the benthic organisms that live there, often to a depth of 2-5 cm (several inches)      in rich organic sediments. Most of the organisms in the benthic      zone are invertebrates, such as Dipteran insect larvae (midges, mosquitoes, black flies, etc.) or small crustaceans.      The productivity of this zone largely depends upon the organic content of the sediment,      the amount of physical structure, and in some cases upon the rate of      fish predation. Sandy substrates contain relatively little organic matter      (food) for organisms and poor protection from predatory fish. Higher      plant growth is typically sparse in sandy sediment, because the sand      is unstable and nutrient deficient. A rocky bottom has a high diversity      of potential habitats offering protection (refuge) from predators, substrate      for attached algae ( periphyton on rocks), and pockets of organic "ooze" (food). A flat mucky bottom      offers abundant food for benthic organisms but is less protected and      may have a lower diversity of structural habitats, unless it is colonized      by higher plants. THOSE        THAT GO WHERE THEY CHOOSE FISH


Twihards are Twitter followers of which movie franchsie based on a series of novels?

Calling all Twihards... the Twilight franchise is making a comeback - AOL News Calling all Twihards... the Twilight franchise is making a comeback Before you go, we thought you'd like these... Share Oct 1st 2014 10:04AM It's the news all Twilight fans have dreamed of. The popular series of vampire novels-turned money-spinning movies is making a triumphant return... to Facebook. Two years following the release of Breaking Dawn: Part Two, it's been announced that filmmakers are to produce five short films based on Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's epic love story. More videos from AOL


Coventry Cathedra! is dedicated to which Saint?

Our history – Coventry Cathedral Contact us Our history Coventry has had three Cathedrals in the past 1000 years: the 12th century Priory Church of St Mary, the medieval Parish Church Cathedral of St Michael and the modern Coventry Cathedral, also named for St Michael. Coventry’s fortunes and story are closely associated to the story of its Cathedrals – a story of death and rebirth. Coventry’s earliest cathedral, dedicated to St Mary, was founded as a Benedictine community by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and his wife Godiva in 1043. Built on the site of a former religious house for nuns, its sheer size is some indication of the wealth which Coventry acquired in the middle ages. In 1539, with the dissolution of the monasteries, the See of Coventry and Lichfield was transferred to Lichfield and the former cathedral fell into decay. Only in 1918 was the modern diocese of Coventry created in its own right, and the church of St Michael designated as its cathedral. The majority of the great ruined churches and cathedrals of England are the outcome of the violence of the dissolution in 1539. The ruins of St Michael’s are the consequence of violence in our own time. On the night of 14 November 1940, the city of Coventry was devastated by bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe. The Cathedral burned with the city, having been hit by several incendiary devices. The decision to rebuild the cathedral was taken the morning after its destruction. Rebuilding would not be an act of defiance, but rather a sign of faith, trust and hope for the future of the world. It was the vision of the Provost at the time, Richard Howard, which led the people of Coventry away from feelings of bitterness and hatred. This has led to the cathedral’s Ministry of Peace and Reconciliation, which has provided spiritual and practical support, in areas of conflict throughout the world. Shortly after the destruction, the cathedral stonemason, Jock Forbes, noticed that two of the charred medieval roof timbers had fallen in the shape of a cross. He set them up in the ruins where they were later placed on an altar of rubble with the moving words ‘Father Forgive’ inscribed on the Sanctuary wall. Another cross was fashioned from three medieval nails by local priest, the Revd Arthur Wales. The Cross of Nails has become the symbol of Coventry’s ministry of reconciliation. Her Majesty the Queen laid the foundation stone on 23 March 1956 and the building was consecrated on 25 May 1962, in her presence. The ruins remain hallowed ground and together the two create one living Cathedral. Our buildings The place we call ‘Coventry Cathedral’ is in fact two buildings that lie at the very heart of the city of Coventry. The Ruins of the ‘old Cathedral’ are the remains of a medieval parish church, consecrated to be the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Coventry in 1918. In a little over 20 years, this building would be destroyed by enemy air attack in the Second World War. Rather than sweeping away the ruins or rebuilding a replica of the former church, inspired by the message of Christ for reconciliation, the then leaders of the Cathedral Community took the courageous step to build a new Cathedral and preserve the remains of the old Cathedral as a moving reminder of the folly and waste of war. From that point, Coventry Cathedral became the inspiration for a ministry of peace and reconciliation that has reached out across the entire world. The ‘new’ Cathedral was itself an inspiration to many fine artists of the post-war era. The architect, Sir Basil Spence, commissioned work from Graham Sutherland, John Piper, Ralph Beyer, John Hutton, Jacob Epstein, Elisabeth Frink and others – most still to reach the peak of their artistic careers. In the ‘old Cathedral’ it is still possible to see (uniquely) at eye-level, sections of outstanding, hand painted glass by John Thornton (circa 1450). Thornton, born in Coventry, was recognised as a master glass painter of his time and went on to paint the windows of York Minster. Coventry Cathedral is fortunate to have a very fine collection of his glass which is


Which station was the southern terminal of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, and the only underground?

Abandoned Dingle Station: Liverpool Overhead Railway's Last Visible Relic - Urban Ghosts Media 14 December 2015 (Image: Philip Mayer ; former underground platform area inside the abandoned Dingle station) When we think of elevated trains, our minds may travel to places like Chicago or sections of the New York City Subway, perhaps even the superb High Line Park in Manhattan . But until 60 years ago, the northern English city of Liverpool also had an elevated line – the Liverpool Overhead Railway – though ironically, its last visible remnants are underground. Enter the abandoned Dingle station. Liverpool Overhead Railway (Image: Docker’s Umbrella: History of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, Paul Bolger via jsb303 ) By the late 19th century, the expansive system of docks within the burgeoning, 7.5 mile-long Port of Liverpool had become chronically congested. Carriages, trams, carts and horse-drawn omnibuses all competed for space along Dock Road, while numerous railway crossings allowed heavy goods trains to access waterfront warehouses. Clearly, a solution was needed to separate passengers from freight traffic in order for the bustling port, and the local transportation system, to function efficiently. (Image: Philip Mayer ; subterranean Liverpool’s abandoned Dingle station, recently a garage) The solution came in the form of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, an elevated passenger line using cutting-edge electric traction. Opened on February 4, 1893, the five mile-long route from Alexandra Dock in the north to Herculaneum Dock in the south was soon extended to Seaforth Sands, reaching a large number of passengers along the River Mersey. (Image: Dr Neil Clifton ; the Liverpool Overhead Railway in action) By 1896, an additional half mile extension saw the southern end of the line reach Dingle, bringing the total length of the Liverpool Overhead Railway to more than six miles. Due to the rising ground level, Dingle station was actually constructed underground – the only subterranean facility on the otherwise elevated railway. Abandoned Dingle Station (Image: Liverpool Picturebook ; bridge carrying the LOR from Herculaneum Dock to Dingle tunnel) Trains departing Herculaneum Dock station rumbled across a 200 ft lattice girder bridge spanning the Cheshire Lines goods yard before plunging into a half mile-long tunnel to the railway’s terminus at Dingle. (Image: Dan Ciminera ; subway tunnel to the abandoned platform) But unfortunately, by the middle of the 20th century, the Liverpool Overhead Railway’s future looked bleak. The line had escaped nationalisation in 1948 but a 1955 report concluded that much of its wrought iron and steel viaducts were unsafe. With the Liverpool Overhead Railway Company unable to reach the cost of major repairs, the line was closed and its iconic structures demolished completely by 1957. (Image: Kev Keegan ; former platform in Dingle Tunnel disappearing toward Herculaneum Dock) For all its innovative design and features, which included the world’s first railway escalator and use of automatic signalling, it wasn’t long before nothing remained to identify this wonder of Victorian railway engineering, known locally as the Dockers’ Umbrella. Nothing, that is, except the abandoned tunnel leading to the subterranean ghost station beneath Dingle. (Image: Rept0n1x ; abandoned Dingle tunnel portal near the former Herculaneum Dock) The sandstone tunnel mouth, proudly bearing the inscription L.O.RY Southern Extension 1896, remains clearly visible in the cliff face – running beneath Grafton Street – from what had once been Herculaneum Dock. (Images: Dan Ciminera ; Rover P5 and trailer carrying the vintage logos of Rudge and Humber Cycles, the latter regarded as “the aristocrat of bicycles”) Deep inside the tunnel, the expansive space once occupied by the island platform, which was served by a subway and steps from the surface building above, was until recently a subterranean garage belonging to Roscoe Engineering. Recent photographs reveal cars being repaired in the abandoned underground station. But when Roscoe move


Which station was the northern terminal of the Liverpool Overhead Railway?

Disused Stations: Station Date of visit: July 1999 and 16.03.2012 Notes: Dingle station was the southern terminus of the Liverpool Overhead Railway (LOR) which opened in stages between 4 February 1893 and 2 July 1905. In its final form the line was 6½ miles in length running, in the main, adjacent to the Liverpool Dock system on an elevated iron structure that carried the rails 16 ft above street level. From the start LOR train services were electric, using three-coach electric multiple units (EMUs) which drew their power from a live rail located in the centre of the track. The line was an immediate success when it opened in 1893, and it was not long before the first extensions were planned. The 1893 southern terminus was at Herculaneum Dock, close to the residential area of Dingle, but inconveniently located for its residents. To serve Dingle, and thereby increase revenue, the LOR built the ‘Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension’ which consisted of a short section of elevated line and a tunnel ½-mile in length, at the eastern end of which was Dingle station. The Southern Extension and Dingle station opened on 21 December 1896. At street level the station was on the western side of Park Road close to its junction with Dingle Lane. The station building was a three-storey brick structure whose canopy extended over the pavement. On the ground floor were the ticket office and a kiosk. On the first and second floors were offices. At the rear of the building a pedestrian subway led down to platform level. Lined in yellow brick the subway was divided into two by a handrail, and passengers descending to the platform were separated from those leaving the station. Within the subway were two sections with steps but, in the main, the subway was in the form of a ramp. The subway connected into a large 163yd tunnel which connected to the double-track Dingle Tunnel (through which the line ran to Herculaneum) at its western end, and to a short dead-end tunnel, 123ft in length, at its eastern end. The end-wall of the dead-end tunnel was of bare sandstone. It was left un-faced because the LOR had plans to build an extension further out into the Liverpool suburbs - which never materialized. From the point where the pedestrian subway entered the large tunnel passengers crossed a single line by an iron footbridge; this connected to a flight of stairs down to an island platform, 28ft wide and 170ft long. The curving platform had two faces and was provided with a ticket collector’s hut and waiting shelters. At the western end of the platform, just beyond the ramp, was a non-standard signal box built by the Railway Signal Company with a 23-lever frame. There were two sidings, one on either side of the main line to the west of the box, extending to the double-track portal of the Dingle tunnel. The sidings had buffer stops at the western end set into the large tunnel wall. At the time of opening Dingle station had trains every few minutes to Seaforth Sands. Trains entered the station on the north platform face; passengers would disembark, and the train continued into the dead-end tunnel, east of the station. It would then reverse and run into the south platform face to become the next Seaforth Sands service. Dingle had not only the railway line serving the underground station, but also a service operated along Park Road in Dingle by the Liverpool Corporation Tramways Department. Because of this Dingle station also became an interchange facility with many passengers changing between trams and trains. It took only twelve minutes from Dingle to Pier Head station in the city centre, close to the ferry terminals. However on 16 November 1898 Liverpool Corporation introduced electric trams to the Dingle route. They were much quicker than the horse-drawn trams they replaced and, although not as fast as the LOR trains, they did run through the shopping district of the city, making them very convenient for the residents of Dingle. The introduction of the electric trams had an adverse effect on the station’s passenger numbers. On 23 December 1901 a


Bela Fleck, Earl Scruggs, Barney MacKenna of The Dubliners and Pete Seeger are all noted exponents of what musical instrument?

Greatest Banjoists of All Time | List of the Best Banjo Players in History The Greatest Banjo Players of All Time 5.3k votes 1.9k voters 56k views 64 items tags f t p @ List Criteria: Vote up the all time best banjo players in history Who are the best musicians to have ever played the banjo? The banjo is a four or five string instrument. Early versions of the banjo were created by Africans in Colonial America, but today it is most closely associated with bluegrass, folk, country, and traditional Irish music. A mainstay of old-time American music, the banjo is a popular instrument, even today. The greatest banjoists ever are from different eras and genres but are all hugely talented on their instrument. These best banjo players have spent years honing their skills to become the best. These musicians often helped define their respective genres, and many teach others to play the banjo as well. The greatest banjo players of all time are from all over the world and include musicians such as Charlie Poole, Bela Fleck, Earl Scruggs, and Pete Seeger. Even comedian Steve Martin plays the banjo! Vote up the best banjoists in history on the list below, or add a musician who you think is the best banjo player ever, if he or she isn't already on the list. List Photo: user uploaded image Collection Photo: user uploaded image Women 2 See list ranked by Z G Options B Comments & Embed 1


Which country joined the European Common Market with the UK and Ireland in 1973?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 1 | 1973: Britain joins the EEC 1973: Britain joins the EEC The United Kingdom has become a fully-fledged member of the European Economic Community. Ireland and Denmark also joined Britain in becoming the newest members of the community, bringing the total number of member states to nine. At midnight last night a Union Jack flag was raised at the EEC's headquarters in Brussels to mark the occasion. Celebrations were held in the city and one of Britain's new European Commissioners, George Thomson, joined revellers in a torch lit procession. Prime Minister Edward Heath is optimistic that Britain's membership of the community will bring prosperity to the country. He said: "It is going to be a gradual development and obviously things are not going to happen overnight. "But from the point of view of our everyday lives we will find there is a great cross-fertilisation of knowledge and information, not only in business but in every other sphere. "And this will enable us to be more efficient and more competitive in gaining more markets not only in Europe but in the rest of the world." More than 1,000 Britons will relocate to Brussels over the coming months to take up their places as civil servants of the community. Britain will be given four votes within the council, which proposes policies on issues ranging from the environment to public health. Membership applications by the UK to join the EEC were refused in 1963 and 1967 because the French President of the time Charles de Gaulle doubted the UK's political will. It is understood, however, his real fear was that English would suddenly become the common language of the community.


In professional wrestling, an audience favourite is referred to as 'a face'', but what name, also a body part, is given to a cheating, hated performer, whose every move is usually booed?

Glossary of professional wrestling terms | Pro Wrestling | Fandom powered by Wikia Glossary of professional wrestling terms 89,967pages on Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of slang, in-references, and jargon. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses, and the slang itself is often referred to as "carny talk." In the past, wrestlers used this lingo in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the worked nature of the business. In recent years, widespread wrestling discussion on the Internet popularized the terms. Many of the terms refer to the money-making aspect of the sport rather than the athletics themselves. Contents A wrestling event where generally a company's biggest " draws " perform. A-Team A group of a wrestling promotion's top stars who compete at a given event. (Compare " B-Team ") Abort or Abortion To discontinue a feud, angle, or " gimmick " suddenly, usually without explanation or due to a lack of fan interest. This is an older term, not generally used today because of its objectionable basis. Agent or Road agent Management employee, often a former veteran wrestler, who helps wrestlers set up matches, plans storylines, and relays instructions from the bookers . Often acts as a liaison between wrestlers and higher-level management. Referred to as "producers" by WWE. Sometimes they help train and teach younger active wrestlers and give criticism. Angle A fictional storyline. An angle usually begins when one wrestler attacks another (physically or verbally), which results in revenge. An angle may be as small as a single match or a vendetta that lasts for years. It is not uncommon to see an angle become retconned due to it not getting " over " with the fans, or if one of the wrestlers currently involved in the angle is released from his contract. Apter mag An old-style professional wrestling magazine that sticks to kayfabe and usually consists of made-up articles and interviews. The term refers to the magazines at one time connected to journalist Bill Apter , such as Pro Wrestling Illustrated . Refers to a time period from Survivor Series 1997 to WrestleMania X-Seven when the World Wrestling Federation product shifted from being family-oriented entertainment to being "edgier," more crude, and dealing with more "adult" situations (frequently sexual in nature). B a wrestling event featuring the middle and lower-level talent of a wrestling promotion. B-Team group of wrestlers on a B-Show. Frequently, the B-Team will compete at a different venue the same night wrestlers on the A-Team are competing in a different event, although a promotion will sometimes schedule an event with B-Team wrestlers to test a new market. Backyard wrestling the act of staging pro-style wrestling (not to be confused with sport wrestling or amateur wrestling) as a hobby rather than a job, usually (but not always) by untrained performers, predominantly teenagers. The term can also be used for an independent promotion that has very little, if any, notability. Beat down when a wrestler or other performer is the recipient of a beating, usually by a group of wrestlers. the act of cutting oneself or another person open in order to bleed, usually done on the forehead (also called " juicing "). The blade is usually concealed in tape on the hands or somewhere it can be utilized without being obvious. Blind tag a tag made in a tag team match where the wrestler on the apron tags his partner unbeknownst to him or without his consent. It can also refer to such a tag where the tagger's opponent is unaware a tag has occurred, leaving him open to a blindside attack. Most often occurs when the partner in the ring is thrown against the ropes or backed into his own corner. Blow off the final match in a