What was built in Berlin in 1778, after a victory of the Prussian Army?

Brandenburg Gate: A Brief History - History in the Headlines Brandenburg Gate: A Brief History June 19, 2013 By Barbara Maranzani Credit: Thomas Wolf/Wikimedia Commons Brandenburg Gate: A Brief History Author Brandenburg Gate: A Brief History URL Google On Wednesday, Barack Obama became the fourth U.S. president to deliver a speech near Berlin’s famed Brandenburg Gate, following in the steps of John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. The Brandenburg Gate, an 18th century triumphal arch that has become one of the most recognizable landmarks in Europe, has played witness to some of the most significant moments in modern history. From political speeches set against the backdrop of a divided city, to its role in the emotional reunification of a nation, here’s a look back at some key moments in the history of the Brandenburg Gate. October 1806: Napoleon steals a statue Built between 1788 and 1791 by Prussian King Frederick William II as a key entry point to the city of Berlin, Brandenburg Gate was topped off with a statue known as the “Quadriga,” which depicted a statue of the goddess of victory driving a chariot pulled by four horses. The statue remained in place for just over a decade, before falling into the clutches of Napoleon Bonaparte and his Grand Army. After occupying Berlin that fall and triumphantly marching beneath the arches of the Gate, Napoleon ordered the Quadriga dismantled and shipped back to Paris. The horse and goddess were hastily packed up in a series of crates and moved across the continent. Napoleon, perhaps preoccupied with the crumbling of his recently established empire, appears to have forgotten about the statue, and it languished in storage until 1814, when Paris itself was captured by Prussian soldiers following Napoleon’s defeat. The Quadriga was returned to Berlin and once again installed atop the Brandenburg Gate, this time with one change: As a symbol of Prussia’s military victory over France, an iron cross was added to the statue. The cross was later removed during the Communist era, and only permanently restored in 1990 during the unification of Germany. January 1933: Hitler comes to power After a meteoric rise to power at the head of his Nazi Party and a power struggle with German President Paul von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler was appointed to the position of chancellor on January 30, 1933. That evening, the new chancellor was treated to a torchlight procession through Berlin, as thousands of brown shirted stormtroopers and SS members passed under the Brandenburg Gate to the presidential palace, where Hitler and high-ranking members of the Nazi Party were cheered. It was the first of many large-scale propaganda events held by the Nazis as they tightened their control over Germany in the years leading up to World War II. The end of the war destroyed much of Berlin, but the Brandenburg Gate survived, albeit with heavy damage. In one of the last cooperative measures before the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the East and West Berlin authorities worked together on its restoration. Once the wall went up, however, access to the Gate, located in what was now East Berlin, was cut off. June 1963: “I am a Berliner” Almost two years after the Berlin Wall was erected, John F. Kennedy delivered one of the most famous addresses of his presidency to a crowd of more than 120,000 gathered outside West Berlin’s city hall, just steps from the Brandenburg Gate. Like Ronald Reagan after him, Kennedy’s speech has been largely remembered for one particular phrase. In Kennedy’s case, it was in German—poorly spoken German, some believed. Kennedy had tried out a variation of the “I am a Berliner” line in an earlier speech, and worked on the German passages with his speechwriters and State Department translators to ensure the correct pronunciation, going so far as to spell the possibly tricky phrases phonetically. In the 50 years since Kennedy’s speech, German linguists have chimed in on the debate, insisting that the president’s grammar was essentially correct and that contrary to popular belief, he did


Which of Christ's 'Twelve Apostles' is buried in Spain?

Feast of Saint James the Apostle in Spain Home   Calendar   Holidays   Spain   Feast of Saint James the Apostle Feast of Saint James the Apostle in Spain Many people in Spain celebrate the life and deeds of James, son of Zebedee, on Saint James' Day (Santiago Apostol), which is on July 25. Saint James was one of Jesus' first disciples. Some Christians believe that his remains are buried in Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is situated in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. The cathedral is the reputed burial-place of Saint James the Great, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is situated in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. The cathedral is the reputed burial-place of Saint James the Great, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. ©iStockphoto.com/Javier García Blanco What Do People Do? Many events are organized on and before Saint James' Day in the Basque Country and Galicia. These include: Special church services to honor the life and work of Saint James. Exhibitions of art work by artists born or living in or near Santiago de Compostela. Theatre productions and street shows. Concerts of modern and traditional music, including bagpipe performances. Traditional dance events held outside. Special services are held in the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela on July 25. Church officials swing a large incense burner at full speed during this service. They fill the whole church with incense smoke. Public Life Saint James' Day is a public holiday in the autonomous communities of the Basque Country and Galicia on July 25. Public life is generally quiet. Many businesses and other organizations are closed. Many stores are closed but some bakers and food stores may be open. Public transport services generally run to a reduced schedule, although there may be no services in rural areas. Large events may cause some local disruption to traffic, particularly in Santiago de Compostela. Regional or local authorities may move the public holiday to a different date, particularly if July 25 falls on a Sunday. If July 25 falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, many businesses and organizations are also closed on Monday, July 24, or Friday, July 26. In the rest of Spain, July 25 is not a public holiday. Background St James, son of Zebedee, was an apostles and a brother of John the Apostle, according to Christian belief. He lived at the same time as Jesus. He may have traveled to the area that is now Santiago de Compostela. St James was beheaded in Judea in the year 44 CE. Some Christians believe that his disciples carried his body by sea to Padrón on the Galician coast. They then buried his body under what is now the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. St James' relics were discovered sometime between 791 CE and 842 CE. Santiago de Compostela then became a place of pilgrimage. Pope Leo XIII asserted that the relics of St James at Compostela were authentic in a papal bull. This papal bull was published on November 1, 1884. Symbols Common symbols of St James include a traveler's hat and a scallop shell. The scallop shell is used to mark a network of pilgrimage routes. These routes lead to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela from many European countries, including: Austria. Portugal. Switzerland. Thousands of people walk, cycle or ride a horse along the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela each year. Many people hope to arrive just before Saint James' Day. Feast of Saint James the Apostle Observances Select another year-range:


Which cruise liner caught fire and burned out in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool in 1953?

Fire On 'empress Of Canada' - British Pathé British Pathé This video has no sound Description Unissued / Unused material. 1950's. Liverpool, Merseyside. Various shots of the liner ship 'Empress of Canada' lying on side smoking. Shots of fire tugs playing water on hull. Firemen standing on hull using hoses. Crumpled funnels against quayside. Various shots of dock workers surveying the damage. (Orig. Neg.) Some lengths of spacing between shots - MD. Tags


Who left BBC TV to become ITV's chief political editor, replacing Michael Brunson?

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Cauliflower and Broccoli belong to which family of vegetables?

Cauliflower | Gardening Tips | Garden Guides Eeeeeewwwwwww ...e picking off 21 small green caterpillars from my cauliflower and broccoli plants! I put all the little buggers into my platform bird feeder ;) Based on the number of birds trying to get in there, I will guess they are a welcome treat :D What could… More Pepper leaves has holes in them Hello, I have bell pepper plants and something is eating them. I planted them at the end of April. I haven't seen any bugs around them, but these holes are appearing all over the leaves. I am using Ortho Max-garden insect dust. I live in Maryland and for the past… More Brassicas, Broccoli, Brussel sprouts, Cauliflower etc I have a strange white fly that is at the bottom of all my Brassic leaves. when i was mulching this afternoon I saw these little white creatures flying about. They are not fluffy lice as they all have wings. I suspect whitefly? How bad is this and how can… More Blanching cauliflower Hello, I am growing cauliflower for the first time and I am curious about "blanching." I know you cover the heads with the leafs when they are about 2-4 inches in diameter. I read that doing that keeps moisture from the head. When it rains, would I need to cover… More Cauliflower Problem I was told that I needed to blanch my cauliflower when it was 3-5 inches and I was told bigger by my father-in-law. Well, I only have one that is ready(3-5) but when I went out to cover it or blanch it I noticed that it is purple inside!? What… More Cauliflower Help ...t be able to help me. I purchased several started cauliflower plants (to many if you ask me!) but with the first ones I bought we had a bad problem with beetles. They ate them down to nothing. I spred some garden dust and that took… More Cauliflower from outer space!!! ... Please somebody tell me what is going on with my cauliflower. :rolleyes: I bought this plant from a garden store about a month ago with a small white head on it. Now, this plant is growing real crazy looking!!LOL I have pictures from the front and back showing how… More Pin holes in potted cauliflower leaves Hello, I am growing cauliflower in a pot this year and I have noticed several, pin holes in the leaves of the plant. The plant is growing otherwise healthy in a good potting soil. I live in Maryland and for the past 4-6 weeks, it has been raining a good… More


In which opera is the heroine a Druid priestess?

Performed in Italian with projected English translations Performance running time: 3 hours 5 minutes including 1 intermission Norma Opera Overview “One of the most electrifying spinto voices of our time…with its molten sheen and a beguiling pulse at its core.” - Opera News on Sondra Radvanovsky If you’re drawn to vocal acrobatics, Bellini’s Druid priestess Norma will thrill and astonish you. The absolute pinnacle for any prima donna with the technical prowess, sumptuous voice, and dramatic fire to master its perilous challenges, Norma stands as a crowning jewel of the bel canto repertoire. This timeless story of love betrayed runs the gamut of emotions from loyalty and passion to jealousy, revenge, and redemption. You’ll hear melodies ranging from the stunningly serene “Casta diva” to the frenzy of vocal fireworks that pour forth as Norma’s rage overflows. Don’t miss world-acclaimed soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in this dazzling masterwork!   Coproduction by Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and Gran Teatre del Liceu. PRODUCTION SPONSORS  Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera #LyricNorma Norma Opera Resources Synopsis In ancient Gaul, the Druids have been invaded by the forces of Rome.  Despite her hatred for Rome, the Druid high priestess Norma breaks her vows by falling in love with Pollione, the Roman proconsul, and bearing him two children. He abandons Norma in favor of a young priestess, Adalgisa. The guilt-ridden girl confides in Norma, who is sympathetic until she learns that it is Pollione whom Adalgisa loves. Norma castigates her lover for his betrayal. Out of revenge, she plans to kill their children, but cannot bring herself to do it. Adalgisa attempts to persuade Pollione to return to Norma, but he refuses. He tries to abduct Adalgisa, but the Druids capture him and bring him to Norma for punishment. When she confesses to the Druids that she has broken her vows and must die, Pollione understands her nobility of heart and chooses to die with her.


Which legislation, passed in 1799 and 1800, banned Workers Associations (Trade Unions)?

The National Archives | Exhibitions | Citizenship | Struggle for democracy Document           (187k) | Transcript Trade union delegation ignored, 1830 Document | Transcript Despite the Combination Acts, workers continued          to press for better pay and working conditions during the early          part of the 19th century, and trade unions grew rapidly in London          and elsewhere. Finally, after violent Luddite protests in 1811 and 1812, Parliament repealed the Combination          Acts in 1824 and 1825. Trade unions could now no longer be ignored          as a political force, though employers remained reluctant to          treat workers' representatives as their equals. During the 1830s labour unrest and trade union          activity reached new levels. For the first time men began to          organise trade associations with nationwide aims, such as Robert          Owen's short-lived Grand National Consolidated Trades Union,          formed in February 1834. Agricultural workers were also adopting          new forms of collective action - a notable example being the          Swing Riots in 1830-1. Anti-Swing poster, c.1830 The Tolpuddle Martyrs In March 1834, with the connivance of the Whig government, six agricultural labourers who had formed a trade           union in the Dorsetshire village of Tolpuddle were arrested           on trumped-up charges and transported to Australia. The unfair           treatment of the 'Tolpuddle Martyrs', as they became known,           triggered brief public protests throughout Britain. But the           harsh sentences discouraged other workers from joining trade           unions, and many of the nationwide organisations, including           the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union, collapsed. Rapid trade union growth Although trade union membership continued to grow during           the next two decades, up to around 1850 they tended to be           overshadowed by political movements such as Chartism .           But in the improved economic conditions of the 1850s and 1860s           the foundations of a powerful trade union movement were established           and membership rose from approximately 100,000 in the early           1850s to around a million by 1874. TUC's questions for Document          (171k) | Transcript Gas stokers' plea for clemency, 1873 Document          (134k) | Transcript Engineers, miners and agricultural labourers formed          new national or regional trade organisations. The Trades Union          Congress (TUC), a national forum for co-ordinating trade union          demands, was founded in Manchester in 1868. The 1871 Trade Union          Act, introduced by William Gladstone's Liberal government, established          the legal status of trade unions - although other legislation          made it difficult for unions to organise picketing and strikes. 'New unionism' The economic slump of the 1870s and 1880s presented new challenges.           Labour leaders such as Thomas Mann, one of the chief organisers           of the successful London dock strike (1889), argued that the           trade union movement needed to become far more open and inclusive. 'New unionism' reached out to the many unskilled workers in           Britain who lacked union representation. The first women's           'trade societies' also began to emerge during this period.           The strike by the female workers at the Bryant & May match           factory, in the East End of London, in July 1888 highlighted           the expanding boundaries of trade union activity in Britain. Conspiracy and Protection Tom Mann, first Secretary of th


History of Oxfam | Oxfam GB History of Oxfam Explore the story of an extraordinary organisation, 70 years in the making... Loading timeline, please wait... 1942. Oxford Committee for Famine Relief set up In the middle of World War II the Committee initially lobbies the government for the relaxation of the Allied blockade of occupied Europe, and to ensure the supply of vital relief to civilians, especially in Belgium and Greece. 1943. Our first appeal The Oxford committee launches ‘Greek Week’ and raises £10,700 for the Greek Red Cross. That’s more than £370,000 in current money – an incredible effort from one city in wartime Britain. Emergency response 1945. ‘Save Europe Now’ campaign launches Famine committees around the UK – including in Oxford – get behind the campaign to persuade the UK government to let Brits send food parcels to Germany. Campaign with Oxfam 1948. First Oxfam shop opens 17 Broad Street in Oxford is chosen as the site of the UK’s first permanent charity shop. It’s still open today – and still depends on our brilliant volunteers. Find your local Oxfam shop 1949. Oxford committee goes global Well, almost. As the US Marshall Plan takes effect, most of the famine committees around the UK call it a day. The Oxford Committee fights on, boldly pledging to relieve “suffering arising as a result of wars or other causes in any part of the world”. Countries we work in 1951. Leslie Kirkley becomes General Secretary And so begins his 24-year tenure at Oxfam, during which he transforms the organisation from a local charity into a world-renowned aid agency. His efforts later earn him a CBE, a knighthood and – less famously – a meeting room named in his honour at Oxfam HQ. 1951. Famine hits Bihar, India For the first time, the Oxford Committee responds to an emergency in a developing country. Emergency response 1953. First emergency response We launch our first response to a disaster, in this case an earthquake in the Ionian Islands in Greece. Leslie Kirkley himself (see 1951) flies out to assess the damage. Emergency response 1954. Support for Africa Struggling communities in Algeria, Kenya and Tanzania are given financial support, as our work reaches Africa for the first time. Countries we work in 1958. Support for South America True to its aims to provide relief wherever it’s needed, the Oxford Committee funds its first project in Brazil. Countries we work in 1959. Oxfam takes to the classroom With the 1960s fast approaching, the Oxford Committee appoints ‘Regional and Schools Organisers’. We’ve been inspiring local groups and students to get fired up about poverty and injustice ever since. Oxfam Education 1959. World Refugee Year With many Europeans still living as refugees after WWII, Oxfam General Secretary Leslie Kirkley is appointed Chairman of UK Publicity for the national campaign to ‘close the camps’. Oxfam’s involvement helps build our reputation across the UK. The GROW campaign 1960. Pledge giving begins Our small army of ‘pledge giving’ collectors begin asking neighbours and workmates to give a shilling a month in return for a small newsletter. Within four years, 26,000 collectors are raising £200,000 from 300,000 pledged givers. Set up a regular gift 1961. Congo captures hearts £20,000 arrives in the mail in one day in response to press coverage and an appeal for the famine in Congo. Emergency response 1963. Beatlemania hits Oxfam Heard of The Beatles? No, us neither. Still, they were kind enough to get involved in Oxfam’s Hunger £Million campaign back in 1963, apparently. Very decent of them. Whoever they are. Campaign with Oxfam 1963. Oxfam Canada founded The first of the international Oxfams is launched. Today, we’re a confederation of 19 organisations working in around 90 countries worldwide. 1963. Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) formed In the wake of the Skopje earthquake disaster in the former Yugoslavia, the DEC is formed, consisting of Oxfam, the British Red Cross, Christian Aid and War on Want. To this day, the DEC coordinates UK agencies’ responses to disasters. 1964. Oxfam Activities i


Which European city is served by 'Malpensa Airport'?

Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) Travel Guide Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) Find all the information regarding Milan Malpensa Airport: Flights (Departures, Arrivals and Airlines), Parking, Hotels and Accommodation, Car hire, Transport and other information about the milano malpensa airport. Plan your travel from or to Milan Airport with the information provided in this site. Check Milan Travel Guide at Bautrip for more information about Milan. Milan Malpensa Airport (IATA: MXP ICAO: LIMC) is the largest airport of Milan, and one of the three in the Milan influence area. The airport is located in the province of Varese, 50km at the NW of Milan. The airport is connected to Milan by the Milano-Varese highway as well as by the "Malpensa Express" train starting from the Milano Centrale railway station and Milan Cadorna railway station. It takes about 50 and 40 minutes respectively to reach Milano city center (click here for Malpensa Express train details) . Milano Malpensa Airport (IATA: MXP) is the largest airport of Milan Malpensa Airport has two terminals Milan Airport handled over 18 million passengers in 2015 Terminal 2 is used by Low Cost Carriers (current only EasyJet) The Duomo di Milano is one of the most visited sights of the city Milan or Milano is the second largest city in Italy and the capital of Lombardy. Is the main industrial, commercial and financial centre of Italy and is well known to host several international events and fairs. What to do in Milan? Feast your eyes on the Last Supper painting, visit the Piazza Duomo, or walk on the roof of Duomo. Explore the Castello Sforzesco, go shopping at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. Book your hotel at the city right now. Transport Malpensa Milano airport is located 50 kms far from Milan city center, and is well connected by: - Train : connects both terminals (departs from T1) with Milan City centre. Trains also stop in other cities. - Bus : buses run to downtown Milano and to other italian cities and villages. - Taxi : the taxi rank is located outside each terminal. To reach Milan city center is about 90 euros. To get more information about transportation in Malpensa Milan airport, follow the links in each connection type.     Inter Terminal Shuttle To connect from Malpensa Terminal 1 to Terminal 2, the Airport provides a free shuttle service. Terminals Malpensa airport (MXP) has two main passenger terminals: Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.   Terminal 1 It has 3 concourses and 4 floors. It handles international, Schengen and non-Schengen flights. All Airlines except EasyJet use this Terminal Terminal 1 links with the parking lots: P1, P2, P3 and P4.   Only EasyJet uses this terminal. The building has two floors. Parking at T2: P5.   To connect both terminals Malpensa Airport provides a free shuttle service. Services Malpensa airport provides various services to all passengers that request it.   Both terminals offer: Shops, restaurants and snack bars, stores with different products, ATMs, ground transportation (bus, shuttles, taxis. Trains depart from T1), assistance for passengers with special needs, Tourist information, currency exchange and VAT refund, car rental, nursery assistance, children play areas, parking lots, escalators and elevators, TOTEM, restrooms, conference rooms, VIP Lounges, etc.   If you plan to hire a car please, check here the best prices . Passengers Malpensa was the 29th busiest airport in Europe in 2015 in terms of passengers, handling more than 18M passengers. Is the second busiest aiport in Italy after Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in terms of total passengers, freight and cargo. The next biggest airport in Italy is Venice Airport.


From which Disney animated picture does the song 'I'll Make A Man Of You' come?

Mulan - i'll make a man out of you - YouTube Mulan - i'll make a man out of you Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Nov 27, 2006 Lovely song from the movie Mulan! Category


In the magazine 'Private Eye', on which subject is 'Piloti' a regular columnist?

Private Eye: The First 50 Years by Adam Macqueen - review | Books | The Guardian Private Eye: The First 50 Years by Adam Macqueen - review It may not be perfect, but Lord Gnome's organ is still worth celebrating Eye-types: three of the magazine's founders, Christopher Booker, Richard Ingrams and Willie Rushton, in 1962. Photograph: Jane Bown Wednesday 9 November 2011 04.00 EST First published on Wednesday 9 November 2011 04.00 EST Share on Messenger Close Having read Adam Macqueen's commendably exhaustive encyclopaedia of Private Eye , the British satirical fortnightly, I now feel I know rather more about Lord Gnome's organ than I wish to. Still, this could be because I knew a fair bit about it to begin with, and Macqueen's book has only filled in the blanks. I've been with the Eye for nearly four of its five decades – I remember cutting out and pasting a cartoon clipped from its pages on to a school exercise book in 1972, when I was 12. As I recall it depicted Lord Longford – known for, among other things, his zealous campaign against pornography – walking past a couple of sniggering schoolboys, one of whom is whispering to the other, apropos of the bare-domed peer: "They say it makes you go bald." Needless to say, my teacher took a dim view of this decal, the creator of which I'm ashamed to say I can't remember, although it may have been the incomparable McLachlan, just one of the many great cartoonists to have found a home at the Eye over the years. My pedagogues at secondary school also took a dim view of the Eye-inspired satire rag I photocopied and distributed, and which was named – in an homage to Dave Spart, their parody Trotskyite columnist – "The Alternative Voice". I don't think I got that close to being expelled for my shameless guying of teachers, revelations of their eccentricities and outright malfeasance, but it was made fairly clear that things would go badly for me if I didn't desist. What I'm trying to say is that the Eye and I have form, and when I grew big enough not simply to be a reader and emulator but also a target of its pasquinades, I confess I felt nothing but – as the late, lamented Peter Cook, the organ's one-time proprietor, would've put it, in character as Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling – "stupefying pride". I have never, ever considered cancelling my subscription – to do so would be beyond infra dig. To respond to a guying from the Eye is, as anyone in British public life should know, a very stupid thing to do, calling forth the well-attested-to "Curse of Gnome". Recipients of this inky-black spot include stellar egotists such as Piers Moron and Andrew "Brillo Pad" Neill (a deliberate misspelling of both their last names is rigorously enforced Eye house style); rampaging financiers such as the late Sir "Jams" Goldsmith and "Tiny" Rowland; press barons such as the Dirty Digger and the late "Cap'n Bob" Maxwell. Indeed, of the latter – who tried to snow the peskily truth-seeking Eye under with a blizzard of litigation during the early 90s, as his publishing empire sank into the murky waters of its own gross turpitude – it might almost be said that Lord Gnome stood behind him on the deck of his yacht and gave him a hefty shove. (That's enough Curse of Gnome, Ed.) I make no apology for lacing this review with some of the in-jokes that Private Eye has established as its stock-in-trade during the past half-century. Frankly, if you're interested in the evolution of British politics and society and haven't at least a nodding acquaintance with the City commentary of "Slicker", the poetical works of EJ Thribb (aged 17-and-a-half), the agricultural updates of "Muckspreader", the architectural ones of "Piloti", the investigative journalism of the late Paul Foot – and the very much current Francis Wheen – and the parodies by Craig Brown, then you've no real business being here at all. Private Eye is, quite simply, as integral to British public life as the Times used to be – and this parallel is deeply instructive. Founded in 1961 by a cabal of ex-public school boys – Christopher Booker, Richard Ingrams, W


In which Charles Dickens novel does the character 'Bentley Drummle' appear?

Bentley Drummle in Great Expectations NEXT  Character Analysis Bentley Drummle is Pip's lifelong nemesis. He's mean, haughty, and abrasive. Oh, and did we mention, rich? Jaggers actually likes Drummle (well, he is a shady lawyer), but tells Pip to stay away from him. Drummle eventually marries Estella, to Pip's great anguish, and he becomes an abusive husband. He dies while mistreating a horse, and we're only a little sorry.


Which bird is also known as the 'Yaffle', an imitation of its cry?

World Wide Words: Yaffle Random page Yaffle Yaffle is a local or dialect English name for the green woodpecker. Readers familiar with the cult BBC children’s television series Bagpuss will know of Professor Yaffle, who is indeed a woodpecker. What brought it to mind was spotting one of these handsome birds in my garden, assiduously searching the edge of the lawn for ants. On the rare occasions one sees rather than hears a green woodpecker — with its green back, yellow rump and a crimson head that flashes in the sunlight as it turns its long bill — it seems too exotic to be a native British bird. Mostly, the signal that one is nearby is its characteristic laughing call, which provoked this odd name for the bird. Other names for it, now rare, include rain bird (because its cry was said to bring wet weather), hickwall, wickwall, woodwall, and yuccle, though these have turned up in so many forms in various British dialects, such as eccle or ickwell, that their links are sometimes hard to detect. While we’re sure yaffle is imitative (the word could at one time also refer to the yelp of a dog), the other names are much harder to pin down; the Oxford English Dictionary hazards a guess that they, too, might be imitative, but they’re so old that they have been transformed out of recognition. It has a number of other senses, derived from various English dialect words. It can be a description of somebody who is eating greedily, which is known in this sense in Royal Navy slang. And in the Newfoundland dialect it refers to a handful. This is from another English dialect word, spelled yafful in the English Dialect Dictionary. Share this page


Who directed the 1968 film 'The Producers'?

The Producers (1968) trailer - YouTube The Producers (1968) trailer Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 26, 2009 The Producers is a 1968 comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks, which tells the story of a theatrical producer and an accountant who attempt to cheat their investors by deliberately producing a flop show on Broadway. The films stars Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder and features Dick Shawn. The Producers was the first film directed by Mel Brooks, who won an Academy Award for his screenplay. Category


Which city was the capital of the Untied States from 1790 to 1800?

U.S. Congress (1790-1800) | Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia Library of Congress For ten years, members of both the House of Representatives and Senate met in the same building at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets. The building was constructed in 1787 as one of two buildings earlier planned for the State House Square. Originally designed as the Philadelphia County Courthouse, it was converted in 1790 for the use of the federal congress when Philadelphia became the nation's capital through the Residence Act of 1790. After the federal government moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800, Congress Hall became a county municipal building. This 1848 lithograph by Augustus Kollner shows flag-flying Congress Hall on the corner, with Independence Hall and Old City Hall in the background. Congress Hall was restored to its 1796 appearance through multiple renovations starting in 1913 and continuing through the twentieth century. The National Park Service formally took control of Congress Hall when a law passed by Congress in 1948 created Independence National Historical Park. Library of Congress Members of the first to sixth Congresses sat in this room on the first floor of Congress Hall during Philadelphia’s decade as capital of the United States. In 1793, Congress Hall was enlarged 27 feet to the south in order to seat the increase of representatives from 65 to 106, based on the federal census of 1790, and to seat additional senators as new states entered the union. When the federal government left Philadelphia in 1800, the interior of Congress Hall became Philadelphia County courtrooms and offices. Twentieth-century preservation groups and the National Park Service returned the first floor to its 1796 appearance, pictured here, in 1975.


In which opera would you hear 'The Wedding Chorus'?

Bridal Chorus Variations | Wedding Music Project Bridal Chorus Variations BRIDAL CHORUS mp3 download [HERE COMES THE BRIDE WEDDING MARCH BRIDAL MARCH] ----BRIDAL CHORUS sheet music & other wedding sheet music links below Wedding Piano, Romantic String Quartet, Pipe Organ, Orchestra, & the "traditional piano" BRIDAL CHORUS Wedding March. Take these variations to your wedding venue to see which style and length best fits your wedding. Bridal Chorus options are perfect for wedding planners, wedding chapels, churches, & as a wedding planning helper for the couple. Your mom or grandma may have walked down the aisle to this timeless classic bridal march! Sheet Music link below. Buy Now www.weddingmusicproject.com/blog/processionals/wedding-march-download-mp3-wagner/ BRIDAL CHORUS: Immediate download of romantic string quartet, gentle piano, Orchestra, pipe organ, trumpet, or traditional piano playing the Wedding March|Bridal March|Bridal Chorus. Different styles, speeds and lengths all intended to fit your bridal processional needs. Composed as a part of the opera Lohengrin, the original lyric began as follows: "Faithfully guided, draw near to where the blessing of love will preserve you Triumphant courage is the reward of love, and joins you in faith now as the happiest of couples!" Today, no lyrics are sung to the bridal chorus, though if you are observant, you might spy a young lady singing "Here comes the bride, all dressed in white" as she pretends to be getting married. There are no further lyrics, though it might be nice if someone were to compose a romantic lyric for this eminently recognizable & stately song that has graced so many weddings in the past 120 years. Note that the BRIDAL CHORUS is often called the WEDDING MARCH, BRIDAL MARCH, or "HERE COMES THE BRIDE." The title 'Bridal March' may be confusing; there are other bridal processional songs that are generically referred to as 'a bridal march'. (The term "Wedding March" is even broader yet...) The Bridal Chorus made it's debut in 1850 as part of Wagner's opera Lohengrin, directed by his good friend and ardent supporter Franz Liszt, a well known pianist and composer in his own right. It premiered in the Unites States in 1871, and the UK in 1875. In some religious circles it's use is disallowed, due to it's supposed sentimental rather than sacred nature, and that partly due to it's frequent appearances in film and television in the past. In some faith traditions, liturgical music is always sung and has no instrumental accompaniment; since there are no lyrics for the Wedding March (other than the original opera lyrics, which have never been translated or re-written satisfactorily for serious use in English weddings), it's liturgical use is impossible on many levels. Though some might object to the context in which it appears in the opera, hardly any wedding guests will be considering the original setting upon hearing it's familiar strains gracing the bride's entrance; as such perhaps it can be compared to putting religious lyrics to "secular" bar tunes (as is the case with many cherished Christian hymns) - the new "marriage" of words and music rises above the origin of the music. The Bridal Chorus arrangements we offer here have become some of our most popular song choices; to these we plan to add a flute solo, possibly with harpsichord and small orchestra accompaniment, a wedding piano and organ duet, and a solo trumpet with orchestra. (*Editors note - the trumpet version has been added). I am also toying with the idea of composing lyrics, which almost necessarily must begin with "Here comes the bride" (to change that line would be akin to rewriting the first line of one's anthem) though it is a formidable task. I do, however have an approach that I think might make this most cherished of bridal processionals more appealing to young couples getting married in the 21st century. Time will tell. credits released July 20, 2010 Bridal Chorus Variations was arranged and produced by Steve Millikan for the Wedding Music Project. Musicians include Kara Day-Spurlock, Cole


Give the name of the villain from the 'Friday the 13th.' series of movies?

Friday the 13th Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 148 out of 206 people found the following review useful: The Texas Chainsaw massacre Remake... Or was it Friday the 13th? 14 February 2009 *** This review may contain spoilers *** Did you know a horror franchise drowned a day before this week? The Producer and Directer weren't paying any attention... They were counting their money while that cult icon drowned. It's name was Friday the 13th. I watching the night it happened. Losing my temper... there. I was a fan. Friday the 13th should have been awesome. Every minute! It was... It wasn't a very good remake. We can give up now... fans. You see Friday the 13th was my favorite movie... and today it was raped. I mistakingly had high expectations of this movie. Of course I was bothered by the fact that Marcus Nispel, who did such a smash up job on Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, was directing. In fact besides the fact that Jason wore a hockey mask, had an affinity for machetes and his mother was in it for five seconds. It was almost impossible to differentiate between the two movies. Lots of slack jawed yokels and shaky camera action in the dark, just like Chainsaw. Poor story telling with numerous loose ends, just like Chainsaw. Terrible adaptation, just like Chainsaw. Okay, maybe I'm being a little too hard on the movie. The first few minutes of the movie were incredible. Of coarse there' no rhyme or reason to Jason's return from the grave, but they never had on in the original either. The elements that they took from the first four movies were there, and yes I said 'Four' movies. There were elements from the Final Chapter despite what the propaganda says. The acting wasn't terrible. Yoo's character was probably the funniest character to ever be in a Friday the 13th to date. The under the dock kill was so classic that it felt like it belonged and it was good to see Jason in his old sack mask again. Many key elements were there, but only for a second or two. Mrs. Voorhees head wasn't really elaborated on and wouldn't be caught as significant to anyone who hadn't seen the original movies. Despite all the hype about how Jason gets his hockey mask in this movie, it was a big let down and just seemed a little too convenient. The locals in the town were basically rejects from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In fact the scenery may have appeared New Englandish... but the locals just screamed, "I'm from Texas!" Jason Voorhees. How could they screw up a character like Jason Voorhees? Give these folks a hand though. They did it. I started to realize that Jason wasn't quite himself around the sleeping bag death scene. First and foremost Jason is a killer, not a sadistic torturer. Sure he's done some pretty brutal things to his victims, but roasting a person alive, just isn't his style. It's too much set up for Jason honestly. Additionally, if Jason has you on the ground with a machete coming down at you, you are DEAD. He doesn't lock you in his basement and keep you alive for months because you're a pretty girl who looks like his mother. Jason kills. And he especially kills if you impersonate his mother. The end... in more ways than one. When I watched the ending of this movie I literally had the feeling that I was ripped off. The pay off with the wood chipper wasn't even utilized here. And then for some reason the survivor(s), another thing that was lame, decided to dump his body in the lake. This means they had to actively decide it was a good idea to get rid of the evidence that they were not the manics that killed a bunch of people, but it also means that they had to take Jason out of the chipper, take the chain off his neck, remove his mask, and carry him all the way out to the dock. And if Jason was playing possum the entire time, why didn't he just kill them when he still had access to a wood chipper and a barn full of tools? In fact this movie raised nothing but questions. Who killed Mrs. Voorhees? What ever happened to her? Why did Jason miraculously come back from the dead? Why was his body still intact after all those years in the


From which Disney animated picture does the song 'When You Wish Upon A Star' come?

When You Wish Upon a Star | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia When You Wish Upon a Star Share When You Wish Upon a Star is a featured article , which means it has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Disney Wiki community. If you see a way this page can be updated or improved without compromising previous work, please feel free to contribute. When You Wish Upon a Star Composer Now That's What I Call Movies (UK) Followed By [Source] "When You Wish Upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney 's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio . [1] The original version was sung by Jiminy Cricket ( Cliff Edwards ) [1] and is heard over the opening credits and in the final scene of the film. It has since become the representative song of The Walt Disney Company . The recording by Cliff Edwards and Chorus was released by Victor Records as catalogue number 261546 and 26477A (in USA) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice Label as catalogue number BD 821. Edwards recorded another version in 1940 for an American Decca Records "cover version" of the score of Pinocchio, conducted by Victor Young and featuring soprano Julietta Novis and The King's Men. It was first released on a 4-record 78-RPM album set, and years later as one side of an LP, backed by selections from The Wizard of Oz. A recording with Christian Rub (with Mister Geppetto 's voice), Cliff Edwards and Chorus was released by Victor Records as catalogue number 26479B (in USA) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue number BD 823. It won the 1940 Academy Award for Best Original Song. [1] It was also the first Disney song to win an Oscar. Contents When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do She brings to those who love The sweet fulfillment of Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true When your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme Chorus (Singing): When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true You'll find your dreams come true Influence The American Film Institute ranked the song seventh in their 100 Greatest Songs in Film History, the highest ranked Disney animated film song, and also one of only four Disney animated film songs to appear on the list, with the others being " Some Day My Prince Will Come " from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ranked at #19, " Beauty and the Beast " from Beauty and the Beast ranked at #62, and " Hakuna Matata " from The Lion King ranked at #99. The song reached the top one in Billboard's Record Buying Guide, a predecessor of the retail sales chart. Popular versions included Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Horace Heidt and, of course, Cliff Edwards. In Japan , Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark , the song has become a Christmas song, often referring to the Star of Bethlehem. The Swedish language version is called Ser du stjärnan i det blå, roughly translated: "do you see the star in the blue(sky)", and the Danish title is "Når du ser et stjerneskud", which translates as "When you see a shooting star". In Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway, the song is played on television every Christmas Eve in the traditional Disney one-hour Christmas cabaret, and the gathering of the entire family to watch this is considered a Scandinavian tradition. The song was also covered by Dion and the Belmonts in 1960 . The song was covered by KISS bassist Gene Simmons, on his eponymous solo album in 1978 . Simmons said that he covered it because he related to ut and was a fan of Disney movies. "When I first heard that song I could barely speak English but I knew the words were true. Anybody can have what they want, the world and life can give its rewards to anyone." [2] In 1986 , Linda Ronstadt recorded the classic song for her Platinum-certified album For Sentimental Reasons. Released as the album's first single, it peaked at #32 in Billboard Magazine at year's end. Bill


Which city was the capital of the Philippines from 1946 to 1975?

Manila | national capital, Philippines | Britannica.com national capital, Philippines Alfredo Lim Manila, capital and chief city of the Philippines . The city is the centre of the country’s economic, political, social, and cultural activity. It is located on the island of Luzon and spreads along the eastern shore of Manila Bay at the mouth of the Pasig River . The city’s name, originally Maynilad, is derived from that of the nilad plant, a flowering shrub adapted to marshy conditions, which once grew profusely along the banks of the river; the name was shortened first to Maynila and then to its present form. In 1975, by presidential decree, Manila and its contiguous cities and municipalities were integrated to function as a single administrative region, known as Metropolitan Manila (also called the National Capital Region); the Manila city proper encompasses only a small proportion of that area. Manila, looking across Roxas Boulevard. Paul A. Souders/Corbis Manila. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Manila has been the principal city of the Philippines for four centuries and is the centre of its industrial development as well as the international port of entry. It is situated on one of the finest sheltered harbours of the Pacific region, about 700 miles (1,100 km) southeast of Hong Kong . The city has undergone rapid economic development since its destruction in World War II and its subsequent rebuilding; it is now plagued with the familiar urban problems of pollution , traffic congestion, and overpopulation . Measures have been taken, however, to ameliorate those problems. Area city, 15 square miles (38 square km); National Capital Region, 244 square miles (633 square km). Pop. (2000) city, 1,581,082; National Capital Region, 9,932,560; (2010) city, 1,652,171; National Capital Region, 11,855,975. Landscape City site Manila occupies the low, narrow deltaic plain of the Pasig River , which flows northwestward to Manila Bay . The swampy delta of the southward-flowing Pampanga River lies to the north of the city. Immediately to the northeast and east of the urban region lies a stretch of lowlands, beyond which rise the peaks of the southern range of the Sierra Madre . Laguna de Bay , the large lake from which the Pasig River flows, flanks Metropolitan Manila to the southeast. Enclosing Manila Bay to the west is the mountainous Bataan Peninsula . Although the city’s area is constricted, it is an excellent port site because of its sheltered harbour, its access to inland agricultural areas by way of the river, and its relative proximity to the Asian mainland. Climate Baguio The city is protected from extreme weather conditions by the hills of the Sierra Madre and the mountains of the Bataan Peninsula. The tropical climate is characterized by a wet season that lasts from June to November and by a dry season lasting from December to May . The wettest months are July , August , and September , when thunderstorms are especially common. The average annual rainfall totals about 80 inches (about 2,000 mm). There is little monthly variation from the mean annual temperature, which is in the low 80s F (about 27 °C). Plant and animal life The city is dotted with palms, banyans, acacias, and other tropical trees, and bamboo grows in many public parks. Domestic mammals—such as water buffalo , horses, dogs, pigs, and goats—are common, while wild birdlife includes shrikes, doves, and pigeons. Manila Bay abounds with sardines , anchovies , mackerel , tuna , snappers , and barracuda . The city’s natural beauty is marred, however, by air and water pollution caused by the expansion of industry and the growing number of motor vehicles. City layout The city is bisected by the Pasig River. It is divided into six administrative divisions that comprise 17 districts. Most of the districts developed from the original fortress city of Intramuros (“Within Walls”) and the 13 villages located outside its walls. About two-thirds of the districts lie to the north of the river and the remaining third lies to the south. The two sections of the city are connected by


What is the fruit of the Carambola tree called?

Star fruit (carambola) nutrition facts and health benefits Custom Search Star fruit (carambola) nutrition facts Star fruit, also known as carambola, is a star shaped tropical fruit with sweet and sour flavor. Carambola is native to Malayan peninsula and cultivated in many parts of Southeast Asia, Pacific islands and China for its fruits. Although abundant and plentiful, carambola is yet to gain popularity, especially in the western world. Scientific name: Averrhoa carambola. The genus averrhoa includes two well-known sorrel (Oxalidaceae) families of fruiting trees, carambola and bilimbi (tree cucumber). The fruit is recognized as belimbing manis in many South East Asian regions and kamrakh in India. Averrohoa carambola tree with fruits. Photo courtesy: konaboys. Star fruit. Photo courtesy: scottzona. Star fruit is a small, bushy evergreen tree that grows very well under hot, humid, tropical conditions. The plant bears small lilac colored, bell-shaped flowers in clusters which subsequently develop into oblong shaped fruits with characteristic five angled edges (sides or ribs) that appear like a starfish in cross sections. Both sweet and sour varieties begin to yield under cultivable orchards, and ready for harvesting when the plants reach about 3-4 years old. Carambola fruit features light-green to yellow with attractive smooth waxy surface and weighs about 70-130g. Inside, its crispy, juicy pulp can either be mildly sweet or extremely sour depending upon the cultivar type and amount of oxalic acid concentration. In some seed types, 2-5 tiny edible seeds found at the center of each angled cavitiy. Health benefits of star fruit Star fruit is one of very low calorie exotic fruits. 100 g fruit just provides 31 calories, which is much lower than for any other popular tropical fruits. Nonetheless, it has an impressive list of essential nutrients, antioxidants, and vitamins required for well-being. The fruit along with its waxy peel provides a good amount of dietary fiber. Fiber helps prevent absorption of dietary LDL cholesterol in the gut. The dietary fibers also help protect the mucous membrane of the colon from exposure to toxic substances by binding to cancer-causing chemicals in the colon. Star fruit contains good quantities of vitamin-C. Vitamin C is a powerful natural antioxidant. 100 g of fresh fruit provides 34.7 mg or 57% of daily-required levels of vitamin C. In general, consumption of fruits rich in vitamin C helps the human body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the body. Star fruit is rich in antioxidant phyto-nutrient polyphenolic flavonoids. Some of the important flavonoids present are quercetin, epicatechin, and gallic acid. Total polyphenol contents (Folin assay) in this fruit is 143 mg/100 g. Altogether, these compounds help protect from deleterious effects of oxygen derived free radicals by warding them off the body. In addition, it is a good source of B-complex vitamins such as folates, riboflavin, and pyridoxine (vitamin B-6). Together, these vitamins help as co-factors for enzymes in metabolism as well as in various synthetic functions inside the body. It also carry small amount of minerals and electrolytes like potassium, phosphorus, and zinc and iron. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure; thus, it counters bad influences of sodium. Medicinal uses Star fruit and its juice is often recommended in many folk medicine in Brazil as a diuretic (to increase urine output), expectorant, and to suppress cough. ( Medical disclaimer ). Selection and Storage Photo courtesy: scottzona. Fresh star fruits can be available twice in a season. In Florida, for example, Arkin cultivars are available from December to March. In general, fruits just short of ripening stage are picked up for shipment and storage; since the ripe fruits tend to bruise easily, especially their thin ribbed edges. While buying, choose uniform, large, attractive looking, yellow-orange fruits. Avoid green, small s


Emma Thompson has won an 'Oscar' as Best Actress and for which other category?

Emma Thompson - Biography - IMDb Emma Thompson Biography Showing all 91 items Jump to: Overview  (2) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (2) | Trivia  (52) | Personal Quotes  (33) | Salary  (1) Overview (2) 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Bio (1) Emma Thompson was born in London on April 15, 1959, into a family of actors - her father was Eric Thompson , who has passed away, and her mother, Phyllida Law , has co-starred with Thompson in several films (her sister, Sophie Thompson , is an actor as well). Her father was English-born and her mother is Scottish-born. Thompson's wit was cultivated by a cheerful, clever, creative family atmosphere, and she was a popular and successful student. She attended Cambridge University, studying English Literature, and was part of the university's Footlights Group, the famous group where, previously, many of the Monty Python members had first met. Thompson graduated in 1980 and embarked on her career in entertainment, beginning with stints on BBC radio and touring with comedy shows. She soon got her first major break in television, on the comedy skit program Alfresco (1983), writing and performing along with her fellow Footlights Group alums Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie . She also worked on other TV comedy review programs in the mid-1980s, occasionally with some of her fellow Footlights alums, and often with actor Robbie Coltrane . Thompson found herself collaborating again with Fry in 1985, this time in his stage adaptation of the play "Me and My Girl" in London's West End, in which she had a leading role, playing Sally Smith. The show was a success and she received favorable reviews, and the strength of her performance led to her casting as the lead in the BBC television miniseries Fortunes of War (1987), in which Thompson and her co-star, Kenneth Branagh , play an English ex-patriate couple living in Eastern Europe as the Second World War erupts. Thompson won a BAFTA award for her work on the program. She married Branagh in 1989, continued to work with him professionally, and formed a production company with him. In the late 80s and early 90s, she starred in a string of well-received and successful television and film productions, most notably her lead role in the Merchant-Ivory production of Howards End (1992), which confirmed her ability to carry a movie on both sides of the Atlantic and appropriately showered her with trans-Atlantic honors - both an Oscar and a BAFTA award. Since then, Thompson has continued to move effortlessly between the art film world and mainstream Hollywood, though even her Hollywood roles tend to be in more up-market productions. She continues to work on television as well, but is generally very selective about which roles she takes. She writes for the screen as well, such as the screenplay for Ang Lee 's Sense and Sensibility (1995), in which she also starred as Elinor Dashwood, and the teleplay adaptation of Margaret Edson 's acclaimed play Wit (2001), in which she also starred. Thompson is known for her sophisticated, skillful, though her critics say somewhat mannered, performances, and of course for her arch wit, which she is unafraid to point at herself - she is a fearless self-satirist. Thompson and Branagh divorced in 1994, and Thompson is now married to fellow actor Greg Wise , who had played Willoughby in Ang Lee 's Sense and Sensibility (1995). Thompson and Wise have one child, Gaia, born in 1999. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Larry-115 Spouse (2) ( 20 August  1989      - 1 October  1995) (divorced) Trivia (52) Gave birth to her first child at age 40, a daughter Gaia Romilly Wise on December 4, 1999, and jokingly called her "jane.com". Child's father is her husband Greg Wise . Ranked #91 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Attended and graduated from Camden School for Girls, and the all-women Newnham College of Cambridge University with an English degree (1982). Jodhi May also attended Camden School for Girls. She co-wrote, co-produced, and co-directed Cambridge University's first all-female revue "Woman's Hour" (1983).


Which 1956 science fiction film was based on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

Article in CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture 6(1) · March 2004 with 44 Reads DOI: 10.7771/1481-4374.1214 · Source: OAI 1st Simone Caroti Abstract In his paper, "Science Fiction, Forbidden Planet, and Shakespeare's The Tempest," Simone Caroti illustrates the way in which Cyril Hume and Fred Wilcox's 1956 science fiction movie Forbidden Planet -- whose plot is inspired by Shakespeare's Tempest -- reconfigures in Shakespeare's play. Caroti begins by defining the genre of science fiction and explaining its attraction for modern audiences. Following Darko Suvin's notions of science fiction, Caroti highlights the theme of cognitive estrangement and shows how Forbidden Planet offers a cultural translation of this theme in The Tempest. The result of Caroti's analysis is to read Prospero and his magic in contemporary terms: the film translates Shakespeare's sense of wonder and the conflict between the rational interpretive self and the forces of the irrational into a search for truth and an understanding of the place of humanity in the universe. CitationsCitations2


Which car manufacturer makes the 'Lucida' model?

Estima Models & Specifications Toyota Estima Model Range The Estima comes in three variants which are known as the Estima, Estima Lucida and Estima Emina respectively. The main difference is that the Lucida and Emina models are approximately 110 mm narrower than the standard Estima, and 70 mm shorter,which makes the Estima the closest model to the UK Previa. As the three models share the same wheel-base, this can be easily identified by the Lucida/Emina having flared front wheel arches to accommodate the size differential. It is the opinion of some that the Lucida/Emina models handle better, particularly  on our narrower roads. In the pictures below you can clearly see (picture resolution permitting) the flared wheel arch on the Toyota Estima Lucida/Emina Model, whereas the Toyota Estima Model's wheel arch is flush.   Toyota Estima Model Toyota Estima Lucida/Emina Model After trying to locate a standard Toyota Estima with a diesel engine, it has become apparent to me that there are none available. After researching a few Japanese dealership web sites, I believe I know why........Toyota do not make them! Only the Lucida/Emina models can be supplied powered by the turbo diesel. The main reason why the Lucida and Emina exist is simply to beat the tax system in Japan. Unlike in the UK, taxation for cars are far more complex in Japan.  Tax rates are determined by different criteria, the main factor being the engine capacity and the body size (area size) of the car.  In other words, small cars with big engines will be categorised in a higher band tax at the same time as a car with a small engine but a bigger body. The Estima, due to its size, is classed in the higher tax band for the road tax.  However, as the Lucida and Emina are slightly shorter than the standard Estima, they falls into lower band category for tax.  This makes significant savings in running costs of the vehicle as the taxes are quite expensive in Japan. (Thanks to JJ aka MAD Mechanic) The reason for their being two smaller Estima models, the Lucida and Emina, rather than just one, is also quite interesting. In Japan, there are five separate divisions under the Toyota corporate umbrella, with each marketing and servicing  selected models. The two similar Estima models, the Lucida and the Emina with the 2.2 TD engine, were designated as such for two of these divisions of Toyota which initially wanted to distribute them. So, the two models were given different names to distinguish sales and statistics between the two divisions, (possibly done by Toyota as a way to stir sales competition within their own sales divisions). They are basically the same in engine, all mechanical parts and interiors. The only difference between the models are minor design features on the front grille section and the rear tail light section. Also there was a model change in 1996 in Japan with the primary differences being different newly designed front and rear lights, the ABS feature and also twin airbags. Due to these added features on the 1996 model and onwards prices are relatively higher. (Thanks to Mike Ainis, Angel Motors Japan) Dimensions External Length   (mm) Width   (mm) Height   (mm) Estima 4750 1800 1790 Estima   Lucida 4690 1690 1820 Estima   Emina 4690 1690 1820 Internal Length   (mm) Width   (mm) Height   (mm) Estima 2800 1635 1220 Estima   Lucida 2890 1520 1220 Estima   Emina 2890 1520 1220 Toyota Estima Specifications Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing what specification a model comes with. That is, in the UK, Previa models are badged GS, GL and GX, so you know what the baseline specification is. With Japanese Estima models, they are badged differently to the UK Previa, with different grades of specification, but without examining each individual model there is no way of knowing what specification is included on the vehicle concerned, as they nearly always come with extra options. As a guide, here are two pages from a 1995 Japanese Buyer's Guide (similar to UK's "What Car") .   Although it is fraction of the entire list, it is quite extensi


Which rider was the first to win the Tour de France six times?

Tour de France Fast Facts - CNN.com Tour de France Fast Facts CNN Library Updated 9:09 PM ET, Thu November 3, 2016 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: Chris Froome of Team Sky celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race Sunday. Hide Caption 1 of 17 Photos: The British rider had all but confirmed his third Tour title a day previously and made the most of Sunday's final stage. Hide Caption 2 of 17 Photos: Froome drinks a glass of champagne as he rides at the start of the 113 km 21st and last stage of the 2016 Tour. Hide Caption 3 of 17 Photos: Team Sky riders set off on the final stage of the 2016 at the end of 21 punishing stages that traversed France. Hide Caption The race began three weeks ago in Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France. Hide Caption 5 of 17 Photos: The opening stage was won by Mark Cavendish of Great Britain and Team Dimension Data. Cavendish, a sprinting expert, crossed the finish line ahead of Marcel Kittel of Germany and Etixx-Quick Step and Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Tinkoff. Hide Caption 6 of 17 Photos: But Cavendish would give up the overall leader's yellow jersey to Slovakia's Sagan (right) over the following stages. Hide Caption 7 of 17 Photos: Froome made his move to the top of the pack on stage eight from Pau to Bagneres-De-Luchon. Hide Caption 8 of 17 Photos: Mikel Nieve (right) of Spain and Geraint Thomas (2R) of Great Britain lead Chris Froome (3R) of Great Britain and Team Sky up the Col de Peyresourde alongside Nairo Quintana (left) of Colombia and Movistar during the 184km stage eight of Le Tour de France from Pau to Bagneres-De-Luchon on July 9. Hide Caption 9 of 17 Photos: Fans of Nairo Quintana wait at the top of the Col du Tourmalet during stage eight. Hide Caption A happy Froome becomes reacquainted with the yellow jersey at the end of the stage. Hide Caption 11 of 17 Photos: Stage 14 was the scene of remarkable drama as Froome, Bauke Mollema and Richie Porte collided with a broadcasters motorbike. Hide Caption 12 of 17 Photos: Froome was forced to run part of the course as he waited for a replacement bike. The British rider initially lost time but race stewards later ruled he should be awarded the same finishing time as Mollema who was able to continue on his original bike after the crash. Hide Caption 13 of 17 Photos: A pre Tour favorite consistently outshone by Froome, Colombia's Quintana rides during the 17 km individual time-trial of stage 18. Hide Caption 14 of 17 Photos: There was more drama on stage 19 as Spain's between Albertville and Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc. Here, Daniel Navarro of Spain recovers from a nasty fall. Hide Caption 15 of 17 Photos: Froome also suffered a painful and unexpected dismount as evidenced by a badly cut knee and torn jersey. Hide Caption 16 of 17 Photos: But by stage 20 from Megeve to Morzine it was clear only a miracle or terrible luck could stop Froome from claiming a third Tour victory. Hide Caption Here's a look at the Tour de France. July 1-23, 2017 - The 104th Tour de France is scheduled to take place. The 103rd Tour de France takes place from July 2-24, 2016. Chris Froome of Britain wins for the second year in a row, and for the third time overall. Facts: The Tour de France is a prestigious multistage bike race that takes place in France and sometimes the surrounding countries. The Tour de France is also known as Le Tour or La Grande Boucle. Read More The race includes 21 stages and covers 3,535 kilometers (approx. 2,197 miles). There have been four cyclists who have won the tour five times: Jacques Anquetil of France (1957 and 1961-1964) Eddy Merckx of Belgium (1969-1972 and 1974) Bernard Hinault of France (1978-1979, 1981-1982, and 1985) Miguel Indurain of Spain (1991-1995), the first competitor to win five consecutive races. Lance Armstrong held the record for most Tour de France wins (seven) but he was stripped of those wins in 2012. France has won more times than any other country. (36) Three Americans have won: Greg LeMond (198


Who directed the 1951 film 'The African Queen'?

The African Queen (1951) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC In Africa during World War I, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. Director: C.S. Forester (novel), James Agee (adapted for the screen by) | 1 more credit  » Stars: a list of 42 titles created 10 Sep 2012 a list of 23 titles created 15 Aug 2013 a list of 25 images created 23 Aug 2014 a list of 32 titles created 26 Apr 2015 a list of 49 titles created 1 month ago Title: The African Queen (1951) 7.9/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     1     Oscar. Another    2 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards  » Videos When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. Director: George Cukor A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other. Director: John Huston Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Director: John Huston Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love. Director: Howard Hawks A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. Director: John Huston During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer. Director: Howard Hawks When a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny. Director: Edward Dmytryk A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence. Director: Delmer Daves A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family. Director: Frank Capra A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them? Director: Alfred Hitchcock A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. Director: Howard Hawks A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. Director: John Ford Edit Storyline September 1914, news reaches the colony German Eastern Africa that Germany is at war, so Reverend Samuel Sayer became a hostile foreigner. German imperial troops burn down his mission; he is beaten and dies of fever. His well-educated, snobbish sister Rose Sayer buries him and leaves by the only available transport, the dilapidated river steamboat 'African Queen' of grumpy Charlie Allnut. As if a long difficult journey without any comfort weren't bad enough for such odd companions, she is determined to find a way to do their bit for the British war effort (and avenge her brother) and aims high, as God is obviously on their side: construct their own equipment, a torpedo and the converted steamboat, to take out a huge German warship, the Louisa, which is hard to find on the giant lake and first of all to reach, in fact as daunting an expedition as anyone attempted since the late adventurous explorer John Speakes, but she presses till Charlie accepts to steam up the Ulana, about to brave... Written by KGF Vissers Did You Know? Trivia Shooting was slow going. Tempers often flared and t


Who was Mrs. Larry Fortensky until early 1996?

Elizabeth Taylor's builder ex-husband Larry Fortensky and their bizarre marriage | Daily Mail Online comments He was Liz Taylor’s eighth and final husband – a man she affectionately called ‘Larry the lion’ whose rugged looks and working-class roots could not have been in greater contrast to her glamorous movie- star lifestyle. And when Larry Fortensky divorced Taylor in 1996, taking £1 million from her estimated £200 million fortune, he slipped happily back into obscurity, shunning all requests for interviews despite being offered a small fortune to ‘kiss and tell’. Fortensky, now 59, in ill-health and a virtual recluse, continued his self-imposed vow of silence even after Taylor’s death last month from congestive heart failure, aged 79. Elizabeth Taylor playing in the snow during a trip with eighth husband Larry Fortensky to Switzerland. The 59-year-old has broken his vow of silence to speak about his ex-wife who died last month But then estranged family members and people he calls ‘assorted hangers-on and leeches’ began cropping up in the media, peddling stories about how Fortensky had begged his ex-wife for money, how she shunned his calls and, most offensively, that she had never truly loved him during their eight-year relationship. ‘Enough is enough,’ he says. ‘It is time for me to tell my story and the truth about Elizabeth and me and to stop these lies once and for all. ‘This is nothing to do with money, I have been offered so much over the years. This is about wanting people to know the real story. I am sick and tired of the lies. I have wonderful memories of my time with Elizabeth and I will treasure her memory for ever.’ Indeed, Fortensky says he and Taylor remained close friends after their divorce, speaking for hours on the telephone several times a month. He says far from begging her for money, he never asked her for a penny. And he reveals Taylor ‘honoured’ their friendship by leaving him £500,000 in her will. Larry today is in ill-health and a virtual recluse. He suffers short-term memory loss Today Fortensky is a shadow of the mullet-haired, hard-partying labourer who met the Oscar-winning movie star when both checked into the famed Betty Ford Clinic in 1988. ‘Elizabeth was in there for pills, I was in there for beer,’ he says stretching back in his favourite leather recliner. ‘I knew who she was, of course, but I can’t tell you that I remember watching any of her films. ‘She was funny and sweet and the more I got to know her the sweeter she became. Of course she was very pretty and I wasn’t too bad-looking in those days either. We had an instant physical attraction.’ His face and body are now bloated by medication taken to counter the effects of a serious accident a decade ago when he fell headfirst down the stairs during a drunken party. His once-golden hair is completely grey. He says he is ‘embarrassed’ by the way he looks. He suffers short-term memory loss as a result of the fall which left him in a coma for six weeks. His sister Donna, 57, who lives with him in a neat rented two-bedroom bungalow in the remote town of Menifee, a two-hour drive south of Los Angeles, says: ‘Larry can remember lots of things about his times with Elizabeth but he struggles to remember if he’s taken his pills. He spends his days watching television. ‘But sparks of the old Larry are still there. He still enjoys a beer and a joke. This has been a hard decision for him to make. He never liked the circus that was around him and Elizabeth when they were together and he hates the circus that’s been going on since her death. He will give this one interview and that’s that.’ Fortensky still treasures mementos from what he quietly refers to as ‘my old life’. He goes into his bedroom and brings out several framed photographs of Taylor. He points to one from 1992 where she is lying in the snow: ‘That was on a trip to Switzerland the year after we married. ‘We were in bed and she sat up and said, “I want to make a snow angel.” She grabbed a fur coat and put it over her nightdress. ‘I chased her outside and she fell in the snow and st


Dunkery Beacon is the highest point of which moorland in the UK?

Exmoor - Dunkery Beacon Dunkery Beacon Dunkery Beacon About Dunkery A wonderful moorland site managed and owned by the National Trust. It has a chain of summits capped with Bronze Age barrows and is Exmoor's highest point at 1,705ft (519m). An ideal site for school groups with amazing views overlooking Devon and Somerset and across to Wales. Classroom and field learning resources focus upon: Access Flora and Fauna, such as Red Deer and Heather Footpath management studies   Moorland management, such as Swaling The Impact of tourism


From which Disney animated picture does the song 'The Bare Necessities' come?

The Bare Necessities of Interpreting Disney's Jungle Book - Overthinking It Overthinking It Contact The Bare Necessities of Interpreting Disney’s Jungle Book What do your favorite cartoons have in common with Joseph Conrad, Guns n Roses, and the Founding of Rome? More than you might expect. Share on Tumblr Ryan It looks like the upcoming live action reboot of The Jungle Book is going to feature a version of the classic song “Bare Necessities.” Given that this new Jungle Book looks like it is going to be much darker than the animated version, how should we be thinking about this song as we get ready to see the new film? Fenzel In thinking about this, I really want to think about what it means when Baloo says Mowgli should just look to the “Bare/Bear Necessities” of life, perhaps with regards to what “Hakuna Matata” has come to mean coming from Timon and Pumbaa. When Rudyard Kipling is saying you should only care about the bare necessities, he is talking about Epicurean philosophy, and perhaps various ideas of natural law in Buddhism, Indian philosophy, Dharmic philosophy, and heck, maybe even traveling Anglo lifestyle stuff. Kipling is not talking about racial archetypes of laziness. But Kipling is also telling fables, which means the target for the moralizing is the reader. Disney’s The Jungle Book is a bildungsroman, and the target of the moralizing is the protagonist, who is supposed to figure out a way to fit morally into the social order by the end of the story (in the Disney story, this means leaving the jungle and fitting in with humans). And it doesn’t really make sense for Mowgli, who has been raised by wolves, to need convincing to adopt a minimalist lifestyle. Mowgli frets, sure, but his life is not terribly complicated, and it does not require Baloo to simplify it. And that’s not really what Mowgli ends up doing anyway: he gets more involved with the jungle, he fights the tiger, he meets a girl, all that stuff. So, my interpretation has to be that Baloo’s message is not notable to Mowgli because of its content or the advice it offers. It is notable because it signifies Baloo is a different sort of “person,” has a different sort of belief system, than he has run into before. Mowgli is interested in Baloo because he is new and exotic (and because he is friendly, trustworthy, strong and likes to have fun) and in Disney Jungle Book movies Mowgli is the good sort of guy who gets along with exotic animals and likes new things, even though he knows deep down he belongs with his own kind. If he were real and post college he’d probably constantly be showing you pictures from his study abroad on his iPad. And that’s kind of what Simba does with Timon and Pumbaa, right? The “Hakuna Matata” stuff? Simba is never supposed to really believe any of that, he’s on a quest for vengeance and justice and to retake his kingdom and has lots of worries for the rest of his days. It’s not that Timon and Pumbaa are worthy advisers, it’s that they are different sorts of “people,” as signified by their stated worldviews, and Simba needs to encounter different sorts of people in order to broaden his horizons and grow up. I have to confess, I do not even believe I really know what “Hakuna Matata” even means, any more than I know which spelling of “Bear/Bear Necessities” is expected, or a joke, or the actual one from the movie. Ryan I had always assumed it was “Bear Necessities”, but it seems like most versions I can find are spelled Bare. I think it is interesting, though because on the rewatch , it actually feels like Baloo is really giving “Bear Necessities”. It is kind of like what you were saying… the content is not really that notable for its content, in part because the content is very specific to Bears. It doesn’t really feel particularly metaphorical or generalizable. I think I had always remembered it as being more like “Hakuna Matata”, in which Timon and Pumbaa are case studies for a mindset, which is basically not giving a fuck about what people think of you… about feeling okay about being an outcast with no responsibility. Fenz


What is L. Frank Baum's most famous story?

L. Frank Baum | Oz Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia THE ROYAL HISTORIAN OF OZ "Never give into despair, for behind every gloomy cloud, there is a bright Rainbow..." ―Lyman Frank Baum R.I.P Dorothy Toto and their three comrades travel to the Emerald City. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow 1900 L. Frank Baum (15 May 1856 – 6 May 1919) was an American stage performer, actor, poet and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow , of one of the most popular books ever written in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , better known today as simply The Wizard of Oz. He named himself Royal Historian of Oz and wrote thirteen sequels , nine other fantasy novels , and a plethora of other works, and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. The Original 14 Classic Oz Books by Baum All In Order. Baum would become an iconic figure in story telling. He is responsible for giving a very special gift of spellbinding magic and comort to millions of people from all over the world. Decades later people still could not forget nor resist from falling under his spell and in love with his fictional creations of Wicked Witches, magic shoes and flying Monkeys. An entrancing phenomenon, even over one hundred years after his Death. Baum is a legend in literature, and best known as the man who wrote and told the very first American Fairytale; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz of 1900. Baum's childhood and early life The Royal Historian of Oz! Frank was born in Chittenango, New York, into a devout Methodist family of German (father's side) and Scots-Irish (mother's side) origin, the seventh of nine children born to Cynthia Stanton and Benjamin Ward Baum , only five of whom survived into adulthood. He was named "Lyman" after his father's brother, but always disliked this name, and preferred to go by "Frank". His mother, Cynthia Stanton, was a direct descendant of Thomas Stanton, one of the four Founders of what is now Stonington, Connecticut. Benjamin Baum was a wealthy businessman, who had made his fortune in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. Frank grew up on his parents' expansive estate, Rose Lawn, which he always remembered fondly as a sort of paradise. As a young child Frank was tutored at home with his siblings , but at the age of 12 he was sent to study at Peekskill Military Academy. Frank was a sickly child given to daydreaming, and his parents may have thought he needed toughening up. But after two utterly miserable years at the military academy, he was allowed to return home. Frank Joslyn Baum claimed that this was following an incident described as a heart attack, though there is no contemporary evidence of this. A younger L. Frank Baum. Frank started writing at an early age, perhaps due to an early fascination with printing. His father bought him a cheap printing press, and Frank used it to produce The Rose Lawn Home Journal with the help of his younger brother, Harry Clay Baum, with whom he had always been close. The brothers published several issues of the journal and included advertisements they may have sold. By the time he was 17, Baum had established a second amateur journal, The Stamp Collector, printed an 11-page pamphlet called Baum's Complete Stamp Dealers' Directory, and started a stamp dealership with his friends. L. Frank Baum At about the same time Frank embarked upon his lifetime infatuation with the theater, a devotion which would repeatedly lead him to failure and near-bankruptcy. His first such failure occurred when a local theatrical company duped him into replenishing their stock of costumes, with the promise of leading roles that never came his way. Disillusioned, Baum left the theatre—temporarily—and went to work as a clerk in his brother-in-law's dry goods company in Syracuse. At one point, he found another clerk locked in a store room dead, an apparent suicide. This incident appears to have inspired his locked room story, " The Suicide of Kiaros . At the age of 20, Baum took on a new vocation: the breeding of fancy poultry, which was a national c


Which French artist, 1839-1906, painted 'The Card Players' and 'Mont Sainte Victoire'?

Cezanne - French Artist (1839 - 1906) Kids Art for Peace Sake - promoting peace and empowering our children to be peacemakers. Artist: Paul Cézanne Nationality: French Style: Post Impressionism French painter, Paul Cézanne, usually painted still-lifes and developed the style of using geometric shapes as the basis for his paintings. He believed that everything in the world was made up of either a sphere, a cone, a cylinder or a cube. He began many of his works with these basic shapes layering thick paint with strong outlines to build form. This style of painting influenced artists who came after Cézanne such as Braque and Picasso who painted in a style known as Cubism . Here are three paintings by this great French painter. Mont Sainte-Victoire


Name the 1992 Tory Party Chairman who lost his Bath seat?

Chris Patten: the extraordinary career of an achiever who couldn't retire | Media | The Guardian BBC Chris Patten: the extraordinary career of an achiever who couldn't retire From Tory chairman to Hong Kong governor to academia – and now the expected chairmanship of the BBC Trust Chris Patten with Prince Charles at the 1997 ceremony to hand over Hong Kong to the Chinese. Photograph: Peter Turnley/Peter Turnley/CORBIS Friday 18 February 2011 15.23 EST First published on Friday 18 February 2011 15.23 EST Close This article is 5 years old Chris Patten's political career ended just as David Cameron's was beginning. The then MP for Bath had been Conservative party chairman for two years in the run-up to the 1992 election. When every morning he and the prime minister, John Major, gave press conferences, it was 25-year-old David Cameron who prepared Patten and Major for their daily nine rounds with the media. Patten's re-election campaign that year suffered as he battled to keep the party in power. Each day he would fly by helicopter from the briefing locations in London, clutching a portable fax and television, to his neglected constituency. When he returned 10 hours later, it was back into the arms of another briefing by Cameron and Steve Hilton – now senior adviser in Downing Street but back then also being introduced to frontline politics – this time on the day's events and evening's broadcasts. Patten – who is expected to be named as chairman of the BBC Trust – lost his seat in 1992, having served as an MP for 13 years, coming in with Thatcher's victory in 1979, rising to serve her as environment secretary by 1989 and then having to nurse into being the poll tax policy that would be so unpopular as to finish her off in 1991 and him the next year. In gratitude, John Major gave Patten one of the jobs that would go on to establish his credentials as a tough but dexterous negotiator. Within two months of the election defeat he was in Hong Kong as Britain's last governor, responsible for preparing the colony for the handover to China in five years' time. He irritated the Chinese by announcing immediately that he would be making democratic reforms before he handed Hong Kong over. China felt it had not been consulted and said it would revoke the reforms on the transfer of power. His impact was such that by the end of the year of his arrival, the Hong Kong stock market crashed. By the time of the handover in 1997, he had won admirers and detractors – the Chinese media christened him "Fatty Pang". A member of the Tory Reform Group, he is liked on the left of the political spectrum. After he returned from Hong Kong, the newly elected Labour prime minister, Tony Blair, tasked him with heading up the independent commission on policing in Northern Ireland. When he delivered this, it too came under fire, from Ulster Unionists who objected to an oath of allegiance. Patten's next job was with the European Commission, responsible for foreign affairs and external relations, but he pulled out of a race to succeed Romano Prodi as president of the commission after opposition from France and Germany. Instead he was appointed chancellor of Oxford university, a job in which he said the government's plans for admission targets for state school pupils amounted to "social engineering". He became a voluble proponent of higher fees for universities. In 2000, he said he planned to retire, take up writing and do some "serious gardening". "This is the last public service job I will do. When I finish it, I will be 60 and I would like to enjoy my sixties as much as I can. I don't want to hang around in politics forever." he said then. This year he will be 67. David Cameron approves appointment and Patten now faces a pre-appointment hearing on 10 March. By Jason Deans Published: 25 Feb 2011


In World war II, what were 'Hotspurs' and 'Hamilcars'?

No, Really, Flying Tanks! - Page 2 of 2 No, Really, Flying Tanks! SHARE: Facebook Twitter Continued from Page 1 Russian glider pilot Sergei Anokhin expertly floated his soaring tank to the ground, detached its wings, and drove it back to the airfield. The Russians abandoned their flying tank dreams of WWII. The most successful deployment of tanks by air in WWII was by the British. No, not with the delightful novelty of a true flying tank, but with the General Aircraft Hamilcar Glider. The British used gliders to drop troops behind enemy lines several times during WWII and twice used large Hamilcars loaded with light tanks. Hamilcars, like any glider, were towed behind a bomber and released, leaving it to the pilot to find a relatively smooth place to land the large craft and deploy its men and weaponry. A British Hamilcar unloading an M22 Locust Tank For D-Day and, more specifically, Operation Tonga (the British airborne operation dropping troops into Normandy June 5-7, 1944), around 30 Hamilcars were used to land anti-tank guns, transport vehicles, and Tetrarch light tanks in Normandy. Twenty Tetrarchs were sent and the ones that made their landing were greatly outclassed by German armor. Only three of these tanks lasted past the first couple months after the landings. In March 1945, the British used Hamilcars loaded with tanks once more to support the crossing if the Rhine into Germany. The 6th Airborne Infantry Division’s role in Operation Varsity included the use of 440 gliders, 48 being Hamilcars and of those, eight carried M22 Locust Light tanks. Only one of these tanks, however, survived the landings enough to be useful at all. The British were planning the production of a motorized Hamilcar that would have more range and could be used in the Battle of the Pacific, but the war ended too soon to build them. The Americans also made a great effort to develop a flying tank in the 1930’s, but ultimately canceled the project, already littered with practical problems, when the engineer, John Walter Christie offered to sell his plans to Soviet Russia. The Japanese also experimented with large gliders. This is the Kukusai Ku-7 which could carry a light tank. Only nine were made. Christie basically saw the prospect of flying tanks in the way the nuclear deterrent of the Cold War was framed. In a 1932 issue, Modern Mechanics magazine quoted Christie: “The flying tank is a machine to end war. Knowledge of its existence and possession will be a greater guarantee of peace than all the treaties that human ingenuity can concoct. A flock of flying tanks set loose upon an enemy and any war is brought to an abrupt finish” (source: Daily Mail). By Colin Fraser for War History Online Sources: