Ergophobia is the irrational fear or what?

Ergophobia – Causes of Ergophobia – Treatment of Ergophobia Share your stories and support others... Ergophobia Tweet Working nine-to-five Monday through Friday can be a real drag. Having a job can cause stress and anxiety in almost everyone’s life, but what if that stress and anxiety were so bad that you could barely even go to work? People who suffer from Ergophobia have a persistent fear of work, finding work or functioning and experience undue anxiety about the workplace environment, even though they realize their fear is irrational. They may fear losing a job, not being able to perform certain aspects of their job (such as meeting deadlines or giving presentations) or experience extreme anxiety with any basic task. These fears and anxieties can manifest into actual physical symptoms and this phobia can even be debilitating, making completing any sort of work near impossible. Physical symptoms of Ergophobia: Panic attacks Causes of Ergophobia Since every individual is different it’s hard to determine a cause of ergophobia. But, with most other phobias, it’s probably a result of some sort of trauma experienced earlier in life. Getting fired, losing a job, or being mocked or humiliated in the workplace could be a few reasons why people develop this fear. There are many different instances of trauma that could lead to this phobia and they don’t always have to originate in the workplace. For example, a person who has had extremely negative experiences making presentations in school can have a fear of making presentations in the workplace. This could also be the same with meeting deadlines. A person could have had negative experiences with meeting deadlines in the past; therefore they now have a fear of it in their present workplace. Although ergophobia is considered to be an irrational fear, there are rational elements that may fuel it. For example, a person may be so worried that they wont be able to complete a task efficiently that it may prevent them from completing the task altogether. This could put that person’s job in danger, therefore fueling the phobia even more. This is why it is very important to realize you have ergophobia and seek treatment. People that do have this phobia are usually aware that they have it and self-diagnose. But, it’s important to consult with a professional psychologist or psychiatrist to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment of Ergophobia Treatment of ergophobia can be in the form of medication or therapy, or both. Medications that are prescribed are taken to reduce anxiety in the workplace. A person with ergophobia can also greatly benefit from therapy. The most common type of therapies used are cognitive-behavioral and desensitization therapy . With the right help and treatment, someone with ergophobia can definitely overcome their fears and anxiety. If you think you may have this phobia, seeking help from a professional psychologist or psychiatrist can help you better understand yourself and this phobia. Overtime you can overcome your fears and anxiety, regain your confidence and lead a happy work life. View Resources


What spirit usually goes into the making of a mint julep?

Derby Tradition: In Search of the Perfect Mint Julep | TIME.com Food Derby Tradition: In Search of the Perfect Mint Julep With the Kentucky Derby just a day away, TIME takes a look at the history and remarkable innovation of the South's most notorious cocktail Follow @TIMEStyle This weekend’s Kentucky Derby at the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville marks the start of horse racing’s Triple Crown season. But for an ever-growing portion of the non-teetotaling population, it’s greater significance is the annual celebration of the South’s greatest cocktail: the mint julep. Sugar, mint and spirit, all piled high with ice and served in a silver cup, the julep is a drink so accessible and delicious that it’s no wonder it has earned as devoted a following above the Mason-Dixon Line as below. In fairness, the title of this article is a bit misleading—if you were to ask 100 bartenders how to make a mint julep, you’d likely receive well over 100 different responses. This is to say that there is practically no limit to the ways in which a julep can be constructed. That’s not a recent phenomenon either. The 1968 Dictionary of Drink and Drinking describes the contention over the subject thusly: “The exact composition and making of a julep is a subject upon which any two Americans (one of whom is not necessarily a true Southenah, sah) are prepared to do verbal battle instanter.” The word “julep” itself is derived from an Arabic word that means “rose water.” Somewhere along the line, however, the rose and the water disappeared, and mint and sugar took their places. While it’s not known when exactly mint juleps—at least those that resemble the commonly accepted modern version of the cocktail—rose to prominence in the United States, most scholarship indicates that they had taken hold in Virginia by the late 18th century. And when I say taken hold, I mean Virginians consumed mint juleps everywhere, all the time, at an absolutely prolific rate. Here’s how a 2005 Baltimore Sun article depicted the prodigious consumption: “They drank them at dawn in their mansions, they drank them before going into battles during the Civil War. They drank them traveling down the Chesapeake Bay.” On the other hand, traditionalists (especially those from Kentucky ) would insist that these were not true mint juleps: the spirit used was rye—or even more blasphemously, rum—rather than bourbon. Even if bourbon is to be accepted as an essential ingredient in a mint julep (and many of today’s forward-thinking bartenders would tell you it’s not), the method of preparing the cocktail is far from agreed upon. Some bartenders and aficionados suggest pre-mixing a mint syrup to ensure consistency, while others insist upon making each drink from scratch to ensure freshness. Hell, they can’t even agree on what sort of glass to use—most prefer the traditional silver (or copper) cup, but a vocal minority claim a tall, thin collins glass is actually preferable, given the difficulty of removing all the silver polish from the bottom of the fabled julep cup. Then there’s the endless debates over the order in which the ingredients should be added, how much muddling of the mint ought to take place and what sort of ice should be used. So perhaps the best thing to do then, rather than attempting to provide hard and fast rules for julep construction, is to describe how some of the country’s top bars and bartenders go about making theirs. The classic mint julep that Colin Bryson of Sweetleaf in Long Island City makes requires close to a dozen mint leafs, a half-ounce of simple syrup, a sugar cube, 2.5 ounces of bourbon, a cup’s worth of ice and a julep cup (silver or copper). The precise portions can be (and often are) tweaked, but the principle ingredients remain the same. Bryson gently muddles the mint, sugar cube and simple syrup in a shaker before adding bourbon and transferring the concoction to the julep cup. He then adds crushed ice (small, rounded pellets) and garnishes with mint. For a drink that has created so much fervent debate, the mint julep is remarkably simple to cre


What is the chemical name for Laughing Gas?

General Chemistry Online: FAQ: Introduction to inorganic chemistry: What is laughing gas? Introduction to inorganic chemistry Next Question What is laughing gas? Laughing gas is nitrous oxide, N2O (more properly called dinitrogen oxide). It is a colorless gas with a sweet odor and taste. Inhalation leads to disorientation, euphoria, numbness, loss of motor coordination, dizziness, and ultimately a loss of consciousness. The gas is used as an anaesthetic, as a propellant in whipped cream cans, and as an oxidizing agent in racing cars. What is the structure of nitrous oxide? Linear structure of N2O. Click on the picture for a 3D Chime model. Formal charge considerations suggest that the most important resonance structures are A third structure involving a triple bond between the nitrogen and oxygen is unlikely because that would result in high formal charges. These resonance structures can be used to explain experimental bond lengths. The nitrogen-nitrogen bond is 1.126 Angstroms long which is slightly longer than the triple bond length in N2 (1.098 Angstroms). The nitrogen-oxygen bond is 1.186 Angstroms long. This is longer than the typical N=O bond (about 1.14 Angstroms), which agrees with the prediction of partial single-bond character for the NO bond in N2O. The molecule is not strongly polar, despite the large electronegativity difference between nitrogen and oxygen. The resonance structures again can be used to explain why: the negative formal charge is concentrated on the terminal nitrogen in the structure at left,. The oxygen bears a negative formal charge in the other structure. Each structure is polar, but the dipole moments point in opposite directions. The dipole moment is expected to be small due to cancellation of the contributions from both structures. The low polarity of the gas makes it both fat and water soluble. This allows it to travel through the bloodstream and into the fatty membranes of nerve cells where it produces its characteristic effects. Nitrous oxide's fat solubility and low toxicity make it an ideal propellant for whipped cream. It dissolves easily in cream under pressure and bubbles out of solution when the pressure is released, creating a fine creamy foam. How was nitrous oxide discovered? Joseph Priestley (the discover of oxygen, soda pop , and carbon dioxide) described the preparation of "nitrous air diminished" in his classic 1772 paper Observations on Different Kinds of Air. The gas he collected over mercury supported combustion, but did not itself burn. He described the bizarre enlarged double-cone of a candle flame in nitrous oxide with great excitement: "I have now discovered an air five or six times as good as common air... nothing I ever did has surprised me more, or is more satisfactory." But Priestley seems to have overlooked the powerful psychoactive effects of breathing nitrous oxide. Over 20 years later, Humphry Davy wrote about the intoxicating effects of nitrous oxide , comparing them to the effects of alcohol. Breathing air after inhaling high concentrations of the gas sometimes lead to hysterical laughter. It also lead to a cessation of pain and "laughing gas" became the first artifical anaesthetic. It was in common use by surgeons in the late 19th century, and is still widely used in dentistry today. Why is nitrous oxide used in rocket fuels and racing cars? Nitrous oxide supports combustion better than air does. The N2O molecule dissociates at temperatures well below what is required for combustion, delivering an atom of oxygen and freeing molecular nitrogen: N2O(g) N2(g) + O(g) The free oxygen atom quickly reacts with the fuel. A huge gain in horsepower results, since more fuel can be burned in less time. If there is a large excess of nitrous oxide in the engine, the fuel will detonate. At the extremely high temperature produced by the explosion, oxygen atoms freed by decomposing N2O will attack the engine metal, severely damaging it. How is nitrous oxide prepared? The gas is present in trace amounts in Earth's atmosphere as a result of high temperature react


The Great Train Robbery of 1963 was close to what Buckinghamshire county town, which later hosted its criminal trial?

The Great Train Robbery The Great Train Robbery Great Train Robbers 'planned second Royal Mail rail heist' Today is the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Great Train Robbery It has gone down as the greatest British heist in history. Now, previously unseen documents suggest that criminals linked to the Great Train Robbery planned a second raid on another Royal Mail rail service only months later. Police investigating the original theft received a series of "reliable" tip-offs that a second raid – to be at least as vast in scale – was being organised by individuals connected to the earlier one. Informants told police that the gang were planning to ambush a mail train travelling from Weymouth, in Dorset, to London Waterloo. The existence of the proposed heist is disclosed in a new book The Great Train Robbery: The Untold Story From The Closed Investigation Files. Andrew Cook, the author, has studied more than 1,000 pages of previously unseen documents from the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Post Office and the Metropolitan Police to build an authoritative account of the raid, in which £2.6 million in cash – the equivalent of around £44 million today – was stolen when a Glasgow to London Euston mail train was forced to stop in remote Buckinghamshire countryside. The documents also implicate several individuals who were never charged, including two on a list of 14 suspects given to police by an informant within days of the raid, in August 1963. Related Articles Swedish cleaner who crashed train cleared 18 Jan 2013 British have invaded nine out of ten countries 04 Nov 2012 Oliver Cromwell – the metrosexual: how the Lord Protector became the skin protector 06 May 2012 The trench talk that is now entrenched in language 25 Nov 2012 The source also gave an incredibly detailed description of the crime and all the other names on the list were later prosecuted. One of the two was Henry Smith, who had a criminal record dating back to 1947, and was only traced after a nine month manhunt. Officers could find no evidence to link him to the hideout used by the gang after the robbery but concluded "there was not the slightest doubt in our minds of police that Smith... was one of the robbers actually at the scene and taking a very active part in the commission of the offence". They believe Smith – who died in 2008 – spent his money from the raid on buying, through associates, "32 houses (including a row of 11), a drinking club and a hotel in the Portsmouth and Gosport districts". The second individual on the list who was never charged – even though police concluded he was "strongly suspected" – is still alive. The files also lend credence to theories that the original gang included a high ranking Post Office official who passed on details via an intermediary. A total of 17 people faced trial for the robbery, but it is thought there were four other men who helped rob the train, as well as several more who assisted in the organisation, who were never prosecuted. The individuals involved in planning the second raid are not known and several of those involved in the first one had already been arrested by the time it was allegedly being planned. However, police believe there was a clear overlap between the two. The files suggest the gang due to carry out the raid on the Weymouth-Waterloo line would be "at least on the scale of the one that carried out" the first one and, according to some reports, the haul targeted would be up to £6 million – more than twice that stolen from the Glasgow train. The raid was expected to happen early in the New Year 1964, when large amounts of money was due to be transported by rail. The first vague tip-offs were received in September 1963. Then, just before Christmas that year, the officer leading the hunt for the Great Train Robbers, Commander George Hatherill, received further information from three sources about the second operation. According to one document, the intelligence "suggests very strongly that an attack ... was being planned by criminals some of whom were connected with the (original) gang". In res


The cauliflower was first cultivated on or in the region of what island?

Cauliflower Festival - Margaretville HOME  •   History  •   Photos  •  Recipes   •   Vendors  •  Products   •   Directions  •  Contact Info HISTORY OF CAULIFLOWER Described by Arab botanists and known to the Romans, the cauliflower originally came from Cyprus, and was introduced to France from Italy in the middle of the 16th century. Today, food writers everywhere are extremely fond of quoting Mark Twain's contention that "a cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education," but somehow they always neglect to complete that opinion with its beginning: "Training is everything," he wrote (in Puddn' Head Wilson). "A peach was once a bitter almond; a cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education." Twain could be saying that a cauliflower is just a cabbage that resembles a brain (which, indeed, it does); the absence of many other quotable about this vegetable, however, speak clearly to the cauliflower's humble status in the food world. "Do I dare to eat a cauliflower?" somehow doesn't have the same poetic ring to it that T.S. Eliot's "Do I dare to eat a peach?" does, and one can scarcely imagine children being as entranced by James and the Giant Cauliflower as they are by Ronald Dahl's masterpiece, James and the Giant Peach. It's hard to imagine that this vegetable, now taken somewhat for granted, was once the rage at the court of Louis XIV and served in rich and elegant dishes there as well as in Brittany, where it was cultivated extensively. Menon, a food writer of the 18th century, suggested serving it in a rich sauce made with veal, ham and cream, or as part of a stew of sweetbreads, mushrooms and foie gras. Such decadent and meaty dishes would probably find no place in the diets of many 21st century gourmands, save for the bravest (foodies in particular will think of Tony Bourdain and his love for strange organ meats), but once again the cauliflower is being celebrated, now by the residents of Margaretville-far away from the French court, yes, but no less sophisticated or worldly. INTRODUCTION TO THE CATSKILLS Cauliflower was first cultivated in Margaretville in 1891, when William F. VanBenschoten planted a handful of seeds on his farm on a mountaintop overlooking the village. The vegetable thrived in the region, and when Mr. VanBenschoten's first crop found a ready market in New York City, his neighbors followed suit and planted some, too. While some farms in the area continued to grow cauliflower through the 1990s, the heyday of the industry in the Catskill Mountains ran from the early 1900s through the 1940s. Not only did the industry support farm families and outside laborers, but it also supported railroad workers, truck drivers, crate manufacturers, produce agents and commission houses. So important to the local economy was the industry that the Catskill Mountain News (which was then and still is one of the most important sources of information to residents of the Catskill Mountain Region) treated bad weather, disease outbreaks, crop predictions and cauliflower prices as front page news. Increased competition from agribusiness operations, primarily in Long Island and California, led to a decline in the Catskill Region cauliflower industry by the 1950s. Long-time Margaretville residents, however, never forgot the cauliflower and its importance in the county. A portion of this article has been reprinted courtesy of the Catskill Mountain Regional Guide magazine...


On 1st April 1980 a 25-day riot and siege began at what UK prison?

Strangeways Prison Riot - UK Indymedia UK Indymedia underclassrising.net |   04.03.2010 15:23                                | Sheffield – 20 YEARS ON BUT ALAN LORD STILL IN GAOL Coming the Day after the Poll Tax riot the Strangeways mutineers provided some of the most memorable images of revolt of the time. The fire brigade were asked to train their hoses on the mutineers but repeated intervention from Ken Keating’s Ordsall Class Warriors – cutting of hoses and a robust presence outside the prison walls – prevented this becoming a regular event.ALAN LORD was scapegoated as one of the leaders of the mutiny and is still in prison today – 20 years after the riot. Alan has dramatically escaped once but recaptured. Surely we must use the 20th anniversary to build a campaign for his release as he is now one of the longest serving prisoners in the country and sadly forgotten by us all. FREE ALAN LORD! H.M.P Manchester formerly known as Strangeways was the scene of the worst ever prison riot in mainland Britain. The riot started on the 1st of April 1990 and lasted for 25 days. 147 prison officers and 47 prisoners were injured. Much of the prison was badly damaged or destroyed, the staggering cost of rebuilding coming to £55 million. Strangeways prison was built in 1868 to replace the New Bailey Prison in Salford. The new prison had a capacity to hold 953 men. On the eve of the riot the total number of inmates was 1647. Tension was rising high amongst the inmates in Strangeways prison. Complaints about prison food, overcrowding and staff brutality were amongst the mens many grievances. Strangeways is a category b prison, and grade 2 listed building. The prison walls are said to be 16 feet thick. It’s 234 feet high tower dominates the Manchester skyline and served as a grim reminder to potential law breakers. The prison was built on the grounds of Strangeways Park and Gardens, which gave the prison its original name. Strangeways was also a place of execution, the last hanging to take place there was in 1964. Originally the prison contained an execution shed in B wing. During the second world war a special execution room and condemened cell were built. The quickest recorded hanging took place in Strangeways, Albert Pierrepoint executed James Inglis in only seven and a half seconds, from being led out of his cell until the trapdoor opened to send him on his fatal drop. In total exactly 100 people were hung at Strangeways. The prison consists of two main buildings. Six wings (A, B, C, D, E, F) lead from a central rotunda in the biggest block. Wings (G, H, I, K) are in the second smaller block. Strangeways is a typical Victorian design with wings leading from a central hub. This layout was considered the easiest to supervise with all wings easily visible from one vantage point. The design of Strangeways is called “Panoptican” Panoptican means that the cells circulate around the central warders blocks. Inmates have clear site of their nemesis at all times. It doesn’t seem like it was nearly 20 years since the Strangeways riot erupted. I recall clearly seeing those images of prisoners wearing balaclava’s, hurling slates from the roof, set fire to and systematically destroy the prison. Disturbing and sinister images of mock hangings on the rooftops, images of prisoners wearing nooses around there necks were beamed around the nation. The orgy of violence and destruction was on an unprecedented scale. The governor of the jail at the time Brendan O’friel called it an ‘explosion of evil’ Such scenes left a lasting impression not easily forgotten! Prison officers had advance warning that an incident might occur in the chapel that morning, security was increased as a precautionary measure. 175 prison officers were on duty that day, extra officers were used to escort prisoners to the church service, fourteen officers were inside the chapel instead of the usual eight. An additional seven officers were also stationed in the vestry outside the chapel. The service was attended by 309 prisoners which was about the


What Munich festival, claimed to be world's largest Volksfest (People's Fair), attracts over six million visitors each year?

JSONpedia - Germany JSONpedia Germany Abstract Germany ([ˈdʒɜrməni]; , [ˈdɔʏtʃlantpron]), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (, ), is a Federation parliamentary republic in Central Europe-Western Europe Europe. It includes 16 States of Germany, covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous Member state of the European Union of the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular Immigration to Germany in the world. Germany's capital city and List of cities in Germany by population metropolis is Berlin. Other major cities include Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart.Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was Germania (book) before 100AD. During the Migration Period the Germanic tribes expanded southward. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire.The Latin name Sacrum Imperium (Holy Empire) is documented as far back as 1157. The Latin name Sacrum Romanum Imperium (Holy Roman Empire) was first documented in 1254. The full name "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation" (Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation) dates back to the 15th century. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation.In 1871, Germany became a nation state when unification of Germany into the Prussian-dominated German Empire. After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918–1919, the Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic. Nazi seizure of power of the Nazi Germany dictatorship in 1933 led to World War II and a Genocides in history#Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe. After a period of Allied-occupied Germany, two German states were founded: the West Germany and the German Democratic Republic. German Unity Day, the country was German reunification.In the 21st century, Germany is a great power and has the world's List of countries by GDP (nominal), as well as the List of countries by GDP (PPP). As a global leader in several industrial and technological sectors, it is both the world's List of countries by exports and List of countries by imports of goods. Germany is a developed country with a List of countries by Human Development Index sustained by a skilled and productive society. It upholds a Welfare in Germany and Healthcare in Germany system, environmental protection and a tuition-free Higher education in Germany.Germany was a founding member of the European Union in 1993. It is part of the Schengen Area, and became a co-founder of the Eurozone in 1999. Germany is a member of the United Nations, NATO, the G8, the G-20 major economies, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The national military expenditure is the 9th highest in the world. Known for its rich Culture of Germany history, Germany has been continuously the home of influential German art, German philosophy, Music of Germany, Sport in Germany, List of Germans#Company founders, Science and technology in Germany. sections_text: Content: Etymology Content:The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German language term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ("the German lands") is derived from wikt:deutsch#German (cf. Dutch (disambiguation)), descended from Old High German diutisc "popular" (i.e. belonging to the diot or diota "people"), originally used to distinguish the Vernacular from Latin and its Romance languages. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic wikt:Appendix:Proto-Germanic/þiudiskaz "popular" (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from wikt:Appendix:Proto-Germanic/þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European language wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/tewtéh₂ "people", from which the word "Teutons" also originates. (for diutisc) (for diot) History Content:File:Nebra Scheibe.jpg: The discovery of the Mauer 1 man


Which musician called his children Moon Unit and Dweezil?

Zappa family drama: A look at where Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva are today - LA Times Zappa family drama: A look at where Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva are today Ahmet Zappa Robert Gauthier / Los Angleles Times Ahmet Zappa in his parents' old office at the Zappa family compound in Laurel Canyon. Ahmet Zappa in his parents' old office at the Zappa family compound in Laurel Canyon. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angleles Times) By Randall Roberts Frank Zappa’s rich musical and cultural legacy, and which children have a right to profit off it, have recently become the subject of a public and contentious family battle . The children of Frank and Gail Zappa – Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva – were left unequal shares of the Zappa Family Trust, which owns the rights to a massive trove of music and other creative output by the songwriter, filmmaker and producer — more than 60 albums were released during Zappa’s lifetime and 40 posthumously.  Thanks to a decision by their mother, who died in 2015, Ahmet, 42, and his younger sister, Diva, 36, share control of the trust — to the dismay and anger of their two older siblings, Dweezil, 46, and Moon, 48, who received smaller portions. But each inherited equal levels of their father’s independent spirit, a sensibility that is seeing renewed attention due to the arrival of the documentary “Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words.”  Below is a look at what the Zappa kids are up to now.  Moon Unit Zappa Moon Unit Zappa (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) The eldest Zappa child is arguably the most well-known, due in large part to her teenage star turn on “Valley Girl.” The song, a collaboration between father and daughter that appeared on Frank’s 1982 album “Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch,” poked fun at the California Valleyspeak dialect unique to teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley at the time. In the intervening decades, Moon has continued to live a creative life, appearing on such TV series as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “How I Met Your Mother.” More recently, she voiced a character on the Fox’s animated show “High School USA!” Moon writes for film and television, does stand-up comedy and recently held a storytelling show in Portland, Ore. The artist is also very involved in yoga. During a recent conversation, Moon (who considers “Unit” to be her middle name) said that she had wanted to help spread the word about her father’s work and legacy but that Gail had mostly declined her ideas. She noted this was not a family fight over money or unfair proportions, recently tweeting, “This is about having to ask permission for use on OUR last name & creative exclusion.” “There were so many times that I had gone to her. I had suggested a biopic and a documentary. I had lined up all these elements,” said Moon, adding that she also pitched a family reality show and a curated album of Frank’s music designed with teenage girls in mind. “Every single idea I brought to her, she shot down.”  Moon said she loved “Eat That Question,” the new documentary about her father, calling it “such a universal story about following your calling, and how that road is not an easy road. It requires a kind of stamina and dedication, and that’s a great story, whether you’re a fan of that music or not.” At the top of Moon’s creative to-do list is a project sure to excite fans of Zappa and Los Angeles culture: “I'm working on a book about growing up in my crazy house.” Don’t expect her to pull any punches.  Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times) The oldest son, perhaps best known to the public as an MTV VJ in the 1980s, is the most musically focused of the four kids. It’s Dweezil’s beef with the trust that first drew press attention to the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding use of the Zappa name. Specifically, the trust is trying to prevent Dweezil from touring as either Zappa Plays Zappa or Dweezil Zappa Plays Frank Zappa, citing trademark violations. Until the tussle is settled, Dweezil will be touring under his own name, and he has dubbed tha


The 'Reign of Terror', 1793-94, was a particularly violent political period in which country?

The Reign Of Terror | Article about The Reign Of Terror by The Free Dictionary The Reign Of Terror | Article about The Reign Of Terror by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/The+Reign+Of+Terror Related to The Reign Of Terror: Robespierre , The Directory , The French Revolution Terror, Reign of: see Reign of Terror Reign of Terror, 1793–94, period of the French Revolution characterized by a wave of executions of presumed enemies of the state. Directed by the Committee of Public Safety, the Revolutionary government's Terror was essentially a war dictatorship, instituted to rule the ..... Click the link for more information. . Reign of Terror, 1793–94, period of the French Revolution French Revolution, political upheaval of world importance in France that began in 1789. Origins of the Revolution Historians disagree in evaluating the factors that brought about the Revolution. ..... Click the link for more information.  characterized by a wave of executions of presumed enemies of the state. Directed by the Committee of Public Safety, the Revolutionary government's Terror was essentially a war dictatorship, instituted to rule the country in a national emergency. Origins of the Terror Initially the Committee of Public Safety was created (Apr. 6, 1793) to preserve the reforms of the French Revolution French Revolution, political upheaval of world importance in France that began in 1789. Origins of the Revolution Historians disagree in evaluating the factors that brought about the Revolution. ..... Click the link for more information. . Its membership took final form on Sept. 6. Among its twelve members were Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac Barère de Vieuzac, Bertrand , 1755–1841, French revolutionary. A member of the Revolutionary National Assembly and of the Convention, he moved from a moderate to a radical stand, voting for the execution of King Louis XVI. ..... Click the link for more information. , Lazare Carnot Carnot, Lazare Nicolas Marguerite , 1753–1823, French revolutionary, known as the organizer of victory for his role in the French Revolutionary Wars. A military engineer by training, Carnot became the military genius of the Revolution and was chiefly responsible for the ..... Click the link for more information. , Georges Couthon Couthon, Georges , 1755?–1794, French revolutionary. An able lawyer, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly (1791) and to the Convention (1792). He became (1793) an important member of the Committee of Public Safety, the dictatorial body that ruled France in 1793 and ..... Click the link for more information. , M. J. Hérault de Séchelles Hérault de Séchelles, Marie Jean , 1759–94, French revolutionary. A lawyer, he became a favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette, but nevertheless joined the revolutionary cause in 1789. ..... Click the link for more information. , Maximilien Robespierre Robespierre, Maximilien Marie Isidore , 1758–94, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution. Early Life A poor youth, he was enabled to study law in Paris through a scholarship. ..... Click the link for more information. , and Louis de Saint-Just Saint-Just, Louis de , 1767–94, French revolutionary. A member of the Convention from 1792, he became a favorite of Maximilien Robespierre and was (1793–94) a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety (see Reign of Terror). ..... Click the link for more information.  and the Hébertists, J. N. Billaud-Varenne Billaud-Varenne, Jean Nicolas , 1756–1819, French revolutionary. A violent antimonarchist in the Convention, the revolutionary national assembly, he and Jean Marie Collot d'Herbois were the two members of the ultrarevolutionary Hebértists (see Hébert, Jacques ..... Click the link for more information.  and J. N. Collot d'Herbois Collot d'Herbois, Jean Marie , 1750–96, French revolutionary, originally an actor and playwright. Although a member of his Jacobin club, he favored a constitutional monarch. ..... Click the link for more information. . Robespierre became the dominant member. Their aim was to eliminate all internal count


What York-based Quaker family created several substantial social reform trusts as a legacy of its chocolate business?

Quakers around Shoreditch and life around Bunhill Say the bells of Stepney I'm sure I don't know Says the great bell at Bow" Maybe the children of London made up the song to sing the character of its districts [history link] .  The Parish of Shoreditch was known for its poverty. Standing north of the Bishopsgate on the Roman Road from the Thames to Cambridge, it looked south to the City of London , where the Quaker bankers lived, north to Stoke Newington and Tottenham , where the Quaker middle classes withdrew, west to Islington where Charles Lamb peered through the curtains at Quaker women, and east to affluent Hackney and its dissenting academies. But in the immediate area of Shoreditch was a different Quakerdom: the inner city missions of Spitalfields , Hoxton , and Bunhill . "Now was I come up in a spirit through the   flaming sword into the paradise of God. All   things were new and all the creation gave   another smell unto me than before, beyond what   words can utter." In his vision, the Light, or Holy Spirit, guides us in our actions individually and together as a continuing revelation. Fox made "convincements" in the East Midlands, where he and his companions called themselves "Children of Light", but they ran into trouble with the authorities , and found a new name: "This was Justice Bennet of Derby that first called us Quakers because we bid them tremble at the word of God, and this was in the year 1650 ." Travelling North through Yorkshire and Lancashire, in 1652 , Fox found "a great people to be gathered" around Westmorland and Furness, where people called "Seekers" were much in sympathy. Margaret Fell, wife of judge Thomas Fell, gave particular support at her home, Swarthmoor Hall , where a base was established for an organisation. In 1654 the "Valiant Sixty" were sent around the country to spread the word. Francis Howgill and Edward Burrough were delegated to London. They worked hard, speaking and publishing constantly. In his testimony to his companion's life, Howgill describes the characteristic silence of Quaker meetings: The Lord of heaven and earth we found to be at   near at hand, and, as we waited upon him in   pure silence, our minds out of all things, his   heavenly presence appeared at our assemblies,   when there was no language, tongue nor speech   from any creature . . . We came to know a place   to stand in and what to wait in . . . Burrough himself described the inspiration this led to: While waiting upon the Lord in silence . . . our   mouths opened, and we spake with new tongues,   as the Lord gave us utterance, and his spirit led   us, which was poured upon sons and daughters. LOVE AND UNITY 1. General Advice Advised, that friends be tender to the principle of God in all, and shun the occasion of vain dispute and janglings, both amongst themselves and others: for this many times is like a blustering wind, that hurts and bruises the tender buds of plants. The people who formed different movements within christian thought in the 17th century read the 1611 English Bible dilligently - and reached different conclusions. In the following passage, from Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners in a Faithful Account of the Life and Death of John Bunyan (1666), Bunyan , a Baptist , explains how he considered the Quakers had misinterpreted the scriptures. A Quaker defense of their interpretation of scriptures is included in An epistle from the Quakers to the Governor of Barbados in 1671. The debate between Bunyan and the Quakers was carried out by pamphlet war between 1856 and 1657 - Now made availabale on the web by Larry Kuenning. [123]. Also besides these teachings of God in His word, the Lord made use of two things to confirm me in this truth; the one was the errors of the Quakers and the other was the guilt of sin; for as the Quakers did oppose this truth, so God did the more confirm me in it, by leading me into the scripture that did wonderfully maintain it. [124]. The errors that this people then maintained, were:- 1. That the holy script


The original Greek meaning of the word Hippodrome was what?

hippodrome - definition of hippodrome in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of hippodrome in English: hippodrome 1[as name] A theatre or concert hall: ‘the Birmingham Hippodrome’ More example sentences ‘No horse races took place at the Palermo hippodrome in the City of Buenos Aires on August 24 and 25.’ ‘The team has already run an F1 car around the Circus Maximus in Rome, and the historic Sultanahmet hippodrome in Istanbul's city centre.’ Synonyms 2(in ancient Greece or Rome) a stadium for chariot or horse races. Example sentences ‘The most popular entertainments were the theater, frequently denounced by the clergy for nudity and immorality, and the races at the hippodrome.’ ‘About two miles away and once connected by an ancient colonnaded paved road is the largest existing Roman hippodrome found in the world.’ ‘Part of it was thrown into the hippodrome of the town, together with the Chakraswamin, an idol of bronze brought from Thanesar.’ ‘Both these treaties are shown on the base of the obelisk of Theodosius, erected in the hippodrome at Constantinople in 390, as triumphs of Roman arms.’ ‘We've studied the foundations of temples, hippodromes and harbours and our task was to rebuild them from the ruins using the latest technology.’ ‘But as in the conflicts between Blue and Green factions of the Byzantine hippodrome, minor affective preferences can have major political consequences.’ ‘Many of Herod's structures are well preserved - the palace, aqueduct, hippodrome, and the amphitheater.’ ‘Chariot races staged in the hippodrome - always a crowd-pleaser - opened the games.’ ‘The historic heart of Istanbul will welcome a parade of historic racing cars on the route of the ancient hippodrome.’ Synonyms


Cruciverbalist | Define Cruciverbalist at Dictionary.com cruciverbalist [kroo-suh-vur-buh-list] /ˌkru səˈvɜr bə lɪst/ Spell a designer or aficionado of crossword puzzles. Origin of cruciverbalist 1975-80; < Latin cruci‐, stem of crux cross + verbalist Dictionary.com Unabridged British Dictionary definitions for cruciverbalist Expand C20: from Latin crux cross + verbum word Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for cruciverbalist Expand n. "maker of crossword puzzles," by 1990, coined in English from Latin cruci-, comb. form of crux "cross" (see cross (n.)) + verbum "word" (see verb ). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


The Holy See is the highest earthly authority of what religion?

BBC - Religions - Christianity: The Trinity The Trinity Last updated 2011-07-21 A difficult but fundamental concept within Christianity, the Trinity is the belief that God is three separate persons but is still a single God. On this page The doctrine of the Trinity is the Christian belief that: There is One God, who is Father, Son , and Holy Spirit. Trinitarian stained glass window © Other ways of referring to the Trinity are the Triune God and the Three-in-One. The Trinity is a controversial doctrine; many Christians admit they don't understand it, while many more Christians don't understand it but think they do. In fact, although they'd be horrified to hear it, many Christians sometimes behave as if they believe in three Gods and at other times as if they believe in one. Trinity Sunday, which falls on the first Sunday after Pentecost , is one of the few feasts in the Christian calendar that celebrate a doctrine rather than an event. Find the date for Trinity Sunday 2014 in the multifaith calendar A fundamental doctrine The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most difficult ideas in Christianity, but it's fundamental to Christians because it: states what Christians believe God is like and who he is plays a central part in Christians' worship of an "unobjectifiable and incomprehensible God" emphasises that God is very different from human beings reflects the ways Christians believe God encounters them is a central element of Christian identity teaches Christians vital truths about relationship and community reveals that God can be seen only as a spiritual experience whose mystery inspires awe and cannot be understood logically Unpacking the doctrine The idea that there is One God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit means: There is exactly one God The Father is God The Holy Spirit is God The Father is not the Son The Son is not the Holy Spirit The Father is not the Holy Spirit An alternate way of explaining it is: There is exactly one God There are three really distinct Persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Each of the Persons is God Common mistakes Bible and why Christians believe in the Trinity The Bible and why Christians believe in the Trinity Christianity adopted this complicated idea of God because it was the only way they could make sense of One God in the context of the events and teaching of the Bible . The idea of the Trinity does not supersede monotheism; it interprets it, in the light of a specific set of revelatory events and experiences. Keith Ward, Religion and Creation, 1996 Encounters with God Humanity met God in three different forms: God the Father: revealed by the Old Testament to be Creator, Lord, Father and Judge. God the Son : who had lived on earth amongst human beings God the Holy Spirit : who filled them with new life and power What the Bible taught The Bible taught that Christians were to worship Father and Son and Holy Spirit. It also taught that Christians should only worship God. Finally, it taught that there was only one God: We must worship only God We must worship God the Father We must worship God the Son We must worship God the Holy Spirit There is only one God This seemed to put Christians in an impossible position from which they were rescued by the doctrine of the Trinity, which solved the puzzle by stating that God must be simultaneously both Three and One. Scripture and the Trinity For obvious reasons the Trinity is not referred to in the Old Testament, although many writers think that the Old Testament does drop heavy hints about it - for example when it uses a plural Hebrew noun to refer to God. The New Testament of the Bible never explicitly refers to the Trinity as such, but it does contain a number of references to the Economic Trinity: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14 One text that is often quoted to provide scriptural authority for the d


An expanded and renamed Schonefeld airport is a replacement for Tegel airport in which European city?

Transfer from Berlin Tegel Airport to Hennigsdorf - Airports Taxi Transfers - Worldwide Airport Transfers Plane Arrival Time: 12:00 Passengers: 1 We offer low cost, fixed price transfers from Berlin Tegel Airport. Prices include a fully licensed driver and insured vehicle, taxes and toll charges, luggage and extras such as child seats and ski equipment, waiting time and flight monitoring. Book a taxi from Berlin Tegel Airport online and save compared to local Berlin taxi rates. The vehicles used for transfers from Berlin Tegel Airport are less than 4 years old and in excellent condition. Private Berlin Tours, hire by the hour, Van Transfers, Minibus and Private Coach Transfers for large groups from Berlin Tegel Airport available on request. For transfers from Berlin Tegel Airport to other destinations not listed please contact us . If you are traveling to Berlin Tegel Airport from a different pick up point please visit Berlin transfers page . With a population of over 4 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city and it is a cosmopolitan city of culture, politics, media, and science. Berlin serves as a continental hub for air and rail transport and is a popular tourist destination. Berlin transportation infrastructure is complex, modern and diverse with excellent road and rail connections. The local public transport network consists of the U-Bahn and S-Bahn rail systems, regional railway services, a tramway system, a bus and ferry network as well as private hire vehicles and local taxi services. Berlin has a bus network of 149 daytime and 63 night time bus routes that cover almost every part of the city. Where the bus service does not stop there is always a tram, rail or taxi service. Berlin is currently served by two airports: Berlin Tegel and Berlin Schönefeld Airport. Tegel airport is located within Berlin, while the smaller Schönefeld Airport is just outside of Berlin, to the south east. Tegel Airport is scheduled to close in 2013 and Schönefeld Airport will be expanded and renamed Berlin Brandenburg Airport, handling all commercial flights to and from Berlin. Transfers from Berlin airport to Charlottenburg . Q: How can I get from Berlin Tegel Airport to Hennigsdorf ? A: Airports Taxi Transfers provides private transfers from Berlin Tegel Airport to Hennigsdorf. Select one of the vehicles below to book your transportation from Berlin Tegel Airport to Hennigsdorf. Q: Can the driver pick us up from an address near Berlin Tegel Airport? A: Private Berlin Tegel Airport transfer can be arranged from any location near Berlin Tegel Airport. For custom transfers that can not be booked online please contact us . Q: Can I book a transfer from Hennigsdorf to Berlin Tegel Airport?


What car maker's name means 'roll' in Latin?

Audi and Volvo - Latin origin of the car company names - High Names 03.20.13 Posted in Naming blog by christa Let’s get back to the car business. We know a lot of the car companies are named after their founders – the trend was spread worldwide from the earliest electric automobiles. These include Ford (after Henry Ford), Peugeot (after the Peugeot family), also later Bentley (after Walter Owen Bentley), Porsche (after Ferdinand Porsche). The trend is also present in Asia by car manufacturers like Toyota (after Kiichiro Toyoda) and Honda (after Soichiro Honda). However, there are still original company names between the world-wide known brands in the car industry. The naming strategy is often so unique that they cannot be put in categories. But Audi and Volvo can. Can you guess what the connection between those two famous car companies is in terms of naming? Latin. Volvo – on the different car company names Despite that Volvo is a Swedish company the founders didn’t name the car Viking or Nordic or anything like that. They decided on the Latin word volvere, meaning to roll. It seems a logical word choice since the purpose of working on a Swedish car project was to build cars that could withstand the cold Scandinavian weather and uneven roads – basically a car that rolls. What they did is only conjugate the verb volvere in first person (because unlike in English many other languages use similar but still different words when saying I roll, you roll, etc) and voilà – you have Volvo. It’s like the car speaks to you – I roll. Audi – on the translated car company names The reason for naming the famous car company Audi isn’t that spontaneous compared to Volvo. The truth is that the founder August Horch (and no the AU in Audi doesn’t come from the first two letters of the founder’s name) had originally founded another car company named August Horch & Co. This happened in 1904 when the German engineer had quit working for Karl Benz. However, after some problems in the company, in 1909 Horch founded a second company – but his family name could not be used again as a name for the company because he didn’t have the rights on the company name. The story says that one of his business partners’ son came up with the name Audi. But this wasn’t a random Latin word that simply starts with the letter A (as you may know by now from our blog posts having a company name that starts with A is great because you get listed early in alphabetically ordered lists). If you speak German you’ll know that horch comes from the infinitive form of horchen and actually has a meaning – to listen (carefully). Now, can you guess what the Latin translation of horchen is? It’s audire – a verb that when conjugated in the same form as horch, becomes audi. The name seemed logical since August Horch could no longer use his own name. And a little more than 100 years later Audi is still one of the most popular names in the car industry.


"Whom did Maragaret Thatcher describe as ""...The man who paints those dreadful pictures...""?"

Margaret Thatcher: An inspiration to artists? - BBC News BBC News Image caption Has any other post-war politician provoked so much artistic output? The best scene in The Iron Lady is the one that opens the movie. We see an elderly and confused Baroness Thatcher in an inner-city supermarket, circa 2011. She is buying a carton of milk. As she walks toward the counter, a brash, middle-aged businessman rudely cuts in front of her. He is on the phone, haggling over a deal, oblivious to his surroundings. As he leaves and she takes her place at the counter, a young man in a rush queues behind her. He stands a little too close, fidgeting impatiently, earphones in, music blaring. The day's newspaper headlines report: TERROR IN HOTEL BLAST. The message is clear. The once indomitable "Margaret Thatcher the milk snatcher" is now frail and bewildered by callous contemporary Britain: a culture she had a large hand in creating. The irony is lost on the old lady portrayed by Meryl Streep, but not on the viewer. Thatcher's political children have not turned out as she thought they would, but to her bafflement, society has: There is no longer such a thing. The scene is a subtle version of the artistic community's typical comment on Margaret Thatcher's legacy. From Ben Elton and Alexei Sayle to Jeremy Deller and Ken Loach, the prevailing view from the arts is that the first female British prime minister was not a good thing. "You privatise away what is ours," sang Billy Bragg in the aptly-titled Thatcherites. "We'll take it back one day, mark my words, mark my words." Image caption Margaret Thatcher chose her Desert Island Discs while leader of the opposition in 1978 Perhaps her one and only redeeming feature was that she acted as a catalyst for creativity. As Gerald Scarfe, who famously lampooned Thatcher with his scathing caricatures, said: "I didn't agree with her values, but she was amazing material. I could turn her into anything acerbic or cutting, like a dagger or a knife, probing and vicious." Has any other post-war politician provoked so much artistic output? Margaret Thatcher has been the subject of theatre, film and television productions, of books and poems, paintings and performances. For the 1980s alternative comedy movement she was both the inspiration and butt of its jokes. And for many a post-modern political pop song she was the go-to figure. The iconoclastic "living sculptures" Gilbert and George are the only artists I can recall that have openly come out as Margaret Thatcher fans. They once told the Daily Telegraph: "We admire Margaret Thatcher greatly. She did a lot for art. Socialism wants everyone to be equal. We want to be different." It's a comment that reveals another of the ex-prime minster's ironic legacies: in the arts world it is now radical to be Conservative. Image copyright AFP Image caption "She did a lot for art," said George Passmore (left) of Gilbert and George To many, her attitude towards the arts was encapsulated in the notorious Saatchi & Saatchi ad campaign for the V&A, which carried the infamous tag line "An Ace Caff with Quite A Nice Museum Attached". This was Thatcherism applied to high culture. Market economics over intellectual curiosity, consumption over contemplation. But there is a counter argument, an argument that says Margaret Thatcher was the instigator of Britain's recent artistic golden age of flourishing museums, packed playhouses and general creative confidence. At the very least it could be argued that, by deregulating the markets. she helped turn London into the world's capital city, which has brought new money, ideas and peoples to the country. The once shabby capital became the place to be. And then there is the man whose company was behind that V&A ad, Mr Charles Saatchi. When he opened up his eponymous Boundary Road gallery in north London he started a process that would lead to the UK becoming one of the most exciting, innovative and open places in the world for an artist to live and work. Damien Hirst told me that it was Saatchi's gallery that jolted him into action. As a st


In which large gland of the human body where are the Islets of Langerhans?

islets of Langerhans | anatomy | Britannica.com Islets of Langerhans Alternative Titles: islands of Langerhans, pancreatic islets Related Topics endocrine system Islets of Langerhans, also called islands of Langerhans, irregularly shaped patches of endocrine tissue located within the pancreas of most vertebrates. They are named for the German physician Paul Langerhans, who first described them in 1869. The normal human pancreas contains about 1,000,000 islets. The islets consist of four distinct cell types, of which three (alpha, beta, and delta cells) produce important hormones ; the fourth component (C cells) has no known function. The islets of Langerhans are responsible for the endocrine function of the pancreas. Each islet … Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The most common islet cell, the beta cell, produces insulin , the major hormone in the regulation of carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. Insulin is crucial in several metabolic processes: it promotes the uptake and metabolism of glucose by the body’s cells; it prevents release of glucose by the liver; it causes muscle cells to take up amino acids, the basic components of protein; and it inhibits the breakdown and release of fats. The release of insulin from the beta cells can be triggered by growth hormone (somatotropin) or by glucagon, but the most important stimulator of insulin release is glucose; when the blood glucose level increases—as it does after a meal—insulin is released to counter it. The inability of the islet cells to make insulin or the failure to produce amounts sufficient to control blood glucose level are the causes of diabetes mellitus . The islets of Langerhans contain alpha, beta, and delta cells that produce glucagon, insulin, and … Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The alpha cells of the islets of Langerhans produce an opposing hormone, glucagon , which releases glucose from the liver and fatty acids from fat tissue. In turn, glucose and free fatty acids favour insulin release and inhibit glucagon release. The delta cells produce somatostatin , a strong inhibitor of somatotropin, insulin, and glucagon; its role in metabolic regulation is not yet clear. Somatostatin is also produced by the hypothalamus and functions there to inhibit secretion of growth hormone by the pituitary gland . Learn More in these related articles:


Which actor was born Issur Danielovitch?

Kirk Douglas - Biography - IMDb Kirk Douglas Biography Showing all 139 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (2) | Trade Mark  (3) | Trivia  (84) | Personal Quotes  (39) | Salary  (6) Overview (3) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (2) Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born in Amsterdam, New York, in 1916. His parents, Bryna (Sanglel) and Herschel Danielovitch, were Jewish immigrants from Chavusy, Mahilyow Voblast (now in Belarus). Although growing up in a poor ghetto, Douglas was a fine student and a keen athlete and wrestled competitively during his time at St. Lawrence University. However, he soon identified an acting scholarship as a way out of his meager existence, and was sufficiently talented to gain entry into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He only appeared in a handful of minor Broadway productions before joining the US Navy in 1941, and then after the end of hostilities in 1945, returned to the theater and some radio work. On the insistence of ex-classmate Lauren Bacall movie producer Hal B. Wallis screen-tested Douglas and cast him in the lead role in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). His performance received rave reviews and further work quickly followed, including an appearance in the low-key drama I Walk Alone (1948), the first time he worked alongside fellow future screen legend Burt Lancaster . Such was the strong chemistry between the two that they appeared in seven films together, including the dynamic western Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), the John Frankenheimer political thriller Seven Days in May (1964) and their final pairing in the gangster comedy Tough Guys (1986). Douglas once said about his good friend: "I've finally gotten away from Burt Lancaster. My luck has changed for the better. I've got nice-looking girls in my films now". After appearing in "I Walk Alone", Douglas scored his first Oscar nomination playing the untrustworthy and opportunistic boxer Midge Kelly in the gripping Champion (1949). The quality of his work continued to garner the attention of critics and he was again nominated for Oscars for his role as a film producer in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and as tortured painter Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), both directed by Vincente Minnelli . In 1955 Douglas launched his own production company, Bryna Productions, the company behind two pivotal film roles in his career. The first was as French army officer Col. Dax in director Stanley Kubrick 's brilliant anti-war epic Paths of Glory (1957). Douglas reunited with Kubrick for yet another epic, the magnificent Spartacus (1960). The film also marked a key turning point in the life of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo , who had been blacklisted during the McCarthy "Red Scare" hysteria in the 1950s. At Douglas' insistence Trumbo was given on-screen credit for his contributions, which began the dissolution of the infamous blacklisting policies begun almost a decade previously that had destroyed so many careers and lives. Douglas remained busy throughout the 1960s, starring in many films,. He played a rebellious modern-day cowboy in Lonely Are the Brave (1962), acted alongside John Wayne in the World War II story In Harm's Way (1965), again with The Duke in a drama about the Israeli fight for independence, Cast a Giant Shadow (1966), and once more with Wayne in the tongue-in-cheek western The War Wagon (1967). Additionally, in 1963 he starred in an onstage production of Ken Kesey 's "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", but despite his keen interest, no Hollywood studio could be convinced to bring the story to the screen. However, the rights remained with the Douglas clan, and Kirk's talented son Michael Douglas finally filmed the tale in 1975, starring Jack Nicholson . Into the 1970s Douglas wasn't as busy as previous years; however, he starred in some unusual vehicles, including alongside a young


Au Poivre describes a dish involving what spice in its cooking or sauce?

Steak au Poivre Beef Steaks Steak au Poivre Steak au Poivre is a beef steak, coated in crushed peppercorns, pan-fried and accompanied by a quick sauce made in the same pan. The pepperiness of the dish is mellowed by the sauce: in fact, the dish really is all about the pan sauce. Typical steak cuts used include boneless ones such as filet, entrecôte, strip steak, but can also be rump or sirloin. Classically, the peppercorns used are black ones. They are crushed so that they remain somewhat chunky, not ground. Standard ratios seem to be about 1 generous teaspoon of whole peppercorns per steak. Some people feel that black peppercorns give an acrid taste, and so prefer use to green, white, or red peppercorns, or a mixture of these. You press the steaks into the crushed peppercorns spread out on a surface, to give both sides of the meat a bit of a coating. (You can also buy a paste of crushed peppercorns, oil and garlic to make the process simpler from people such as Williams-Sonoma.) You then pan fry the steaks in oil and / or butter. You can't use a non-stick pan, or you won't get the "Maillard Reaction" (see separate entry) happening that you need in the pan for the flavour of the eventual sauce. Then, when the steaks are cooked to taste, you remove them from the pan, cover them, and make a quick sauce. The quick sauce is where general agreement breaks down. In many restaurants, the sauce became standardized as a brandy cream sauce that many people seem to have tired of. (Maxim's restaurant in Paris in the 1920s appears to have used cream in the sauce.) Julia Child and Jacques Pépin jointly issued a recipe for Steak au Poivre in 1999 in "Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home." For the pan sauce, they used shallots, dark stock, 2 tablespoons of bourbon, cognac or red wine, finished off with a dab of butter. They were very heavy in their use of peppercorns, and advised using mixed. Delia Smith is far lighter on the peppercorns, using only 1 heaped teaspoon per steak, but she recommends coating the steaks with the peppercorns a few hours in advance of cooking for the taste to develop. For the pan sauce, she adds nothing but wine to the cooking pan and has you reduce it to 1/3, and scorns any cream sauces: "Don't be tempted to think that naff restaurants that serve steak au poivre swimming in a sickly cream and brandy sauce have got it right – they haven't. This [ed: wine] version is the classic one and the best." [1] You will also see takes on this dish using chicken or pork. Steak au Poivre is almost always served with some type of potato (thin French fries, baked, mashed, etc.) and a salad. Cooking Tips Some people cheat by brushing the steak with softened butter, then pressing both sides of the steak onto a plate of cracked peppercorns, then refrigerating it to allow the butter coating to harden, sealing the cracked peppercorns to it. Sometimes the meat is just peppered on one side. The steak is seared to a medium rare or rare. You remove the steak, put it on a platter that has been already warmed, then cover it (it will keep on cooking for a few minutes.) Meanwhile, a pan sauce is then usually made. The sauce may be cognac or red wine based, but cream is almost added to the sauce, to help tone down the overtly pepper taste. To make the sauce, you add the sauce ingredients to the pan, reduce the liquid quickly, put the cooked steak on the serving plate, and then drizzle the sauce over it. History Notes The Roman food writer, Apicius, recommended the use of pepper to mask the small of old meat. In the Middle Ages, meat was heavily spiced, but not bad meat -- only the very rich could afford any spices, and it's relatively certain they wouldn't be feeding themselves meat that had gone off. Émile Lerch, in 1950 in La Revue Culinaire magazine, staked his claim to being the inventor of Steak au Poivre,stating that he first made it in 1930. The Restaurant Albert was owned by Albert Blazer, who would go on to head Maxim's later. He said he had received a shipment of frozen beef from America that looked great, but lacked flavour. At t


The Gaudi designed Sagrada Familia church, whose construction began in 1882 and is unlikely to finish before 2026, is in which European city?

Gaudí’s Great Temple | by Martin Filler | The New York Review of Books Sagrada Família: Gaudí’s Unfinished Masterpiece, Geometry, Construction and Site an exhibition at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, September 29, 2014–May 8, 2015 Catalog of the exhibition edited by Oscar Riera Ojeda, with a foreword by George Ranalli and a postscript by Fabian Llonch. Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers, 312 pp., $60.00 1. Although sacred structures of all sorts have been central to every culture throughout history, religious architecture has attained even greater importance in times of social upheaval. This was certainly true in mid-nineteenth-century Barcelona, the ancient Mediterranean port that became an economic powerhouse with the advent of industrialized textile manufacturing. As the strains caused by this rapid shift from small workshop to large factory production worsened, many felt that the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy was unresponsive to the travails of increasingly downtrodden urban laborers. Thus during the 1870s pious (and wealthy) barcelonés conceived a monumental building project for a working-class neighborhood that they hoped would stem religious disaffection by harking back to the devotional fervor, communal brotherhood, and civic pride fostered by the grand cathedral construction campaigns of the Middle Ages. Arxiv Temple Sagrada Família The Sagrada Família, the basilica designed by Antoni Gaudí from the early 1880s until his death in 1926, Barcelona, Spain, 2011 The result is one of the most celebrated shrines in Christendom, known in Catalan as the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family). It was begun in 1882 using the conventional neo-Gothic designs of Francisco de Paula del Villar, who after two years of persistent quarrels with diocesan supervisors quit and handed the job over to his largely untested assistant Antoni Gaudí. Over the next four decades Gaudí worked toward a church that would be both intensely personal yet embracingly universal, startlingly unprecedented though rooted in tradition, and altogether far more rich and strange than anything del Villar ever dreamed of. Although many cathedrals feature ensembles that depict the story of the Gospel, the program of the Sagrada Família sculptures makes most others seem rather subdued. Gaudí’s Nativity Façade, executed between 1894 and 1930, offers a paradisiacal vision of (holy) family life amid a panoply of grottoes dripping with stalactites, dense with leafy bocage, and alive with all sorts of fauna and flora. You have to look closely to find Jesus, Mary, and Joseph through all the busy detail. One can scarcely imagine what this teeming jumble would have looked like had it all been painted in polychrome, as Gaudí wanted to do in the manner of the ancient Greeks. Above the sanctuary rise eight elongated sugarloaf spires (four were completed before the Spanish civil war, another quartet has been added since, with another ten to come). Their surfaces are multicolored mosaic and they are surmounted by torqued and faceted pinnacles topped with marvelous finials like radiant monstrances. Unfurled down the sides of the towers, where only angels can read them, are trompe-l’oeil scrolls joyously inscribed “Excelsis,” “Hosanna,” and “Sanctus.” Contrary to the common misnomer, the Sagrada Família is not a cathedral—site of a bishop’s throne, or cathedra—though it was elevated to the status of a “minor basilica” when Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the half-finished church in 2010. Still under construction after 133 years of financially and politically related fits and starts, it is scheduled to conclude in 2026, the centennial of the architect’s death. (Gaudí died at seventy-three after he was hit by a tram on his way from the Sagrada Família to the parish church where he attended Vespers every evening.) Barcelona’s top tourist attraction, the Sagrada Família welcomes some three million visitors annually—nearly twice the city’s population—whose minimum admission fee of €15 has been the maj


Brian Mulroney was the prime minister of which country?

Brian Mulroney | prime minister of Canada | Britannica.com prime minister of Canada Alternative Title: Martin Brian Mulroney Brian Mulroney Brian Mulroney, in full Martin Brian Mulroney (born March 20, 1939, Baie-Comeau , Quebec , Canada), Canadian politician, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1983–93), and prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. Brian Mulroney, 1993. Rick Friedman/Black Star Born the son of an electrician in a paper-and-pulp town northeast of Quebec city, Mulroney grew up bilingual in English and French and received a B.A. (1959) from Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia , and a law degree (1962) from Laval University , Quebec city. In 1965 he began practicing law in Montreal , becoming a labour specialist. In 1974 he gained local celebrity as a member of the Cliche Commission investigating crime in Quebec’s construction industry. Always active in politics, he made a bid in 1976 for the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives but lost to Joe Clark . In 1977 he was chosen president of the Iron Ore Co. of Canada. When Mulroney won election as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party at its convention in June 1983, he had never run for or been elected to public office, but he offered the public a new face from French-speaking Quebec, where the Tories had traditionally been weak. He became prime minister in 1984 in a landslide victory of the Progressive Conservatives over the Liberals and was reelected in 1988. As prime minister, Mulroney sought closer cooperation with the United States on such bilateral issues as trade policies and measures to deal with acid rain in North America . During the early years of his administration Canada’s economic growth was strong, job creation was high, and inflation was kept under control. His government pursued deregulation of key industries and reform of the tax structure, though a steep federal tax on goods and services introduced in 1991 was widely unpopular. Mulroney’s political success was in part forged by his creation of what turned out to be a short-term coalition of Quebec nationalists and western conservatives, and his terms were marked by his continuing efforts to unify the country while recognizing Quebec’s status as a “distinct society.” In 1987 he negotiated the Meech Lake accord on constitutional revision, but he was unable to obtain ratification from all 10 provinces before the deadline expired in 1990. A second attempt resulted in the Charlottetown accord of 1992; these were accepted by all the provincial premiers but were defeated in a popular referendum later that year. Mulroney negotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement with U.S. Pres. George Bush and Mexican Pres. Carlos Salinas de Gortari ; the three reached a preliminary agreement in August 1992, and it was signed on December 17. Early in 1993 Mulroney announced his retirement from politics; he was succeeded as party leader and prime minister by Kim Campbell that June. (From left to right, standing) Mexican Pres. Carlos Salinas de Gortari, U.S. Pres. George H.W. … Dirck Halstead—Time Life Pictures/Getty Images Britannica Stories


Giles Andreae created which popular greeting card character, also used in a Vimto advertising campaign?

Giles Andreae - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia I Love to read n write about Interesting People Giles Andreae Role  Poet Education  Eton College, University of Oxford Books  Giraffes Can't Dance, The Pop‑Up Commoti, Captain Flinn and the pirate, I Love My Daddy, The lion who wanted to Similar People  Emma Dodd, Nick Sharratt, Francesca Simon, Michael Foreman Commotion in the ocean giles andreae Sponsored Links Giles Andreae (born 16 March 1966) is a British artist, poet and greeting card writer, creator of the "Purple Ronnie" and "Edward Monkton" series. Rumble in the jungle giles andreae Life As a child Andreae went to Eton College where he was best friends with David Cameron. He then went on to Oxford University (Worcester College, 1985 – 88). Andreae completed his degree under difficult circumstances as he developed Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph glands, and began an intensive course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy the day before his final exams began. He managed to sit some of his papers, and was awarded an upper second class degree. Giles lives with his wife Victoria, a children’s clothes designer, in Notting Hill, where he shares an office with writer Richard Curtis and radio and TV presenter Mariella Frostrup. He also has a holiday home on the north coast of Cornwall. Giles and Victoria have four children: Flinn, twins – Freya and Nat – and Jackson. One of his books is Princess Pearl. Sponsored Links In 2006 Andreae worked alongside Blunderbus Theatre Company (Nottinghamshire) to adapt his story Giraffes Can't Dance to bring it to stage. The company toured this story across the UK. Purple Ronnie Purple Ronnie is a cartoon character used in greetings cards, T-shirts and other merchandise. Drawn in a simple stick man style with a smiley face and a large oval body, Ronnie is usually shown as a comic poet, the cartoons' rhyming captions being written in a simple style and including mild taboo language. Purple Ronnie cards first came to the market in about 1987, published by Statics Ltd. The character was later used in an advertising campaign for the soft drink Vimto. Edward Monkton Under the name of Edward Monkton, Andreae has created several cartoons used on cards and other merchandise, including "A Lovely Love Story" and "The Lady and the Chocolate". Among his best-loved characters are "The Pig of Happiness", the "Penguin of Death" and "Zen Dog".


What is the two-handled curved blade used for mincing herbs and vegetables, which in Italian means 'half-moon'?

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A mohel is a Jewish man trained in the practice of what?

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How many degrees is each angle in an equilateral triangle?

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Keflavik International Airport is in which country?

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Which politician, buried in Westminster Abbey in 1833, campaigned for more than 50 years against British slavery?

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Cambridge Late Pine, Redgauntlet and Elsanta are varieties of what fruit?

BBC - Food - Strawberry recipes Strawberry recipes Strawberry cheesecake By Paul Rankin This succulent, fragrant fruit is as beautiful as it is flavourful. Traditionally, part of the strawberry's appeal is that its short, six-week season, from early June until mid-August, coincides with the brief, long-awaited British summer. These days, however, the British strawberry season extends from mid-April until mid-December, thanks to the increased use of plastic polytunnels, which provide the berries with a warmer, more protected environment - and a much longer growing season. Just one variety of strawberry, Elsanta, accounts for 80 per cent of the British fruit sold in UK supermarkets, although many other varieties are available from farmers' markets and pick-your-own farms and are worth seeking out. Strawberries have long been a key ingredient in classic British summer foods such as Eton Mess, summer pudding, or strawberries and cream. Recipes using strawberry See all recipes using strawberry Buyer's guide Look for unblemished strawberries with bright-green hulls. Try to buy only British strawberries where possible: you'll be rewarded with a better-tasting product, because Britain has a climate that's ideally suited to growing soft fruits. If you buy freshly picked fruit from local farms or visit a pick-your-own farm, you'll be getting produce that's approaching the peak of ripeness in contrast to imported fruit, which is likely to have been picked early. Locally-picked berries also have less impact on the environment. However, read the labels on strawberries carefully: local fruit isn't always marked as clearly as it could be. Be prepared to pay more for local strawberries too: they're often more expensive than fruit grown in the Mediterranean or even South America. Although the Elsanta variety is justifiably popular, environmentalists point out that a 'strawberry monoculture' is not good for biodiversity. Pick-your-own farms are more likely to offer less-familiar varieties such as Florence, Alice, Rosie, Cambridge Late Pine and Rhapsody, each with its own flavours, aromas and growing seasons. Storage Freezing strawberries can prove disappointing as, once thawed, they become flabby. To get around this problem, freeze whole strawberries in thick raspberry purée or pulp them and freeze to use in other recipes. Preparation Strawberries are the quintessential summer treat. For better flavour, let strawberries come to room temperature before eating them: if possible, put them out to warm in the sun for a couple of hours to bring out their full taste and aroma. As with any other delicate berries, wash and handle them gently and as little as possible to avoid bruising them. Always wash strawberries before hulling them. Dip whole strawberries into melted dark chocolate and set aside until firm, then serve as a tasty canapé at champagne receptions; the berries will complement a rosé bubbly. Garnish summer salads with slices of strawberries, stir the berries into meringues and whipped cream to make Eton mess, or sandwich them between sponge cakes or pastries such as millefeuille. Alternatively, sprinkle a few drops of balsamic vinegar or a dusting of freshly ground black pepper sparingly over strawberries to enhance their flavour. If you end up with a glut when the season draws to a close, add them to homemade ice cream or sorbet, or make homemade vinegar and liqueur. If you make strawberry jam, remember that the berries are low in pectin, so add some lemon juice or bottled pectin to help the jam set. On this page