Trypanosomiasis is an infectious disease spread by what?

Trypanosomiasis, African (Sleeping Sickness) - Chapter 3 - 2016 Yellow Book | Travelers' Health | CDC Trypanosomiasis, African (Sleeping Sickness) Two subspecies of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei (T. b. rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense). TRANSMISSION The bite of an infected tsetse fly (Glossina spp.). Bloodborne and congenital transmission are rare. EPIDEMIOLOGY Endemic in rural sub-Saharan Africa. T. b. rhodesiense is found in eastern and southeastern Africa, mainly Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. T. b. gambiense is found in central Africa and in limited areas of West Africa, primarily in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Sudan, Central African Republic, Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Chad, and northern Uganda. In 2012, 7,197 sleeping sickness cases were reported to the World Health Organization; T. b. gambiense accounted for >98% of cases. Tsetse flies inhabit rural, densely vegetated areas; people who only travel to urban areas are not at risk. Flies bite during the day, and <1% are infected. Risk of infection increases with the number of fly bites, which is not always directly correlated with duration of travel. CLINICAL PRESENTATION T. b. rhodesiense Symptoms generally appear within 1–3 weeks of the infective bite and may include high fever, a chancre at the bite site, skin rash, headache, myalgia, thrombocytopenia, and less commonly, splenomegaly, renal failure, or cardiac dysfunction. Central nervous system involvement can occur within a month of infection and results in mental deterioration and eventually, death. T. b. gambiense Nonspecific but may include fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, facial edema, pruritus, lymphadenopathy, and weight loss. Central nervous system involvement occurs after months to years of infection and is characterized by somnolence, severe headache, and a range of neurologic manifestations, including mood disorders, behavior change, focal deficits, and endocrine disorders. The clinical course of disease caused by T. b. gambiense is generally less severe than that caused by T. b. rhodesiense, but both are fatal if not treated. DIAGNOSIS Bites are characteristically painful, and a chancre may develop at the bite location. Identification of parasites in specimens of blood, chancre fluid or tissue, lymph node aspirate, or cerebrospinal fluid. Buffy-coat preparations concentrate the parasite, enabling easier visualization for diagnosis. Diagnostic assistance is available through CDC ( www.cdc.gov/dpdx ; 404-718-4745; parasites@cdc.gov). TREATMENT Infection can usually be cured by a course of antitrypanosomal therapy, although long-term sequelae, including permanent damage to the central nervous system, may remain. Treatment drugs (suramin, melarsoprol, eflornithine) are provided by CDC under investigational protocols. Clinicians can consult with CDC for assistance with treatment. PREVENTION Avoid tsetse fly bites. Travelers should wear clothing of wrist and ankle length made of medium-weight fabric in neutral colors, as tsetse flies are attracted to bright or dark colors and can bite through lightweight clothing. Permethrin-impregnated clothing and use of DEET repellent may reduce the number of fly bites. CDC website: www.cdc.gov/parasites/sleepingsickness BIBLIOGRAPHY Brun R, Blum J, Chappuis F, Burri C. Human African trypanosomiasis. Lancet. 2010 Jan 9;375(9709): 148–59. Simarro PP, Franco JR, Cecchi G, Paone M, Diarra A, Ruiz Postigo JA, et al. Human African trypanosomiasis in non-endemic countries (2000–2010). J Travel Med. 2012 Jan–Feb; 19(1):44–53.


The islands of Skye and Mull are in which island group?

Mull | island, Scotland, United Kingdom | Britannica.com island, Scotland, United Kingdom Long Island Mull, second largest island of the Inner Hebrides group, in the Argyll and Bute council area, historic county of Argyllshire , Scotland . Mull lies off the western coast of the Scottish mainland across the Sound of Mull and the Firth of Lorn. The island is mountainous—reaching an elevation of 3,169 feet (966 metres) at Ben More—and its coastline is deeply indented. Granite is quarried on Mull, and the island’s limited farmland is predominantly devoted to sheep and cattle grazing. There are several ancient castles, including Aros and Duart. Tobermory, the largest settlement on Mull, was founded in 1788 as a fishing village. It is now a summer resort. Mull is connected to the mainland by ferry. Pop. (2001) 2,696. Duart Castle, Mull, Scot. Inner Hebrides islands off the Atlantic (western) coast of Scotland. In contrast with the Outer Hebrides, the Inner Hebrides lie close to the west coast of Scotland. They stretch 150 miles (240 kilometres) from Skye in the north to Islay in the south and are separated from the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) by... Argyll and Bute council area, western Scotland, extending from the southwestern Grampian Mountains into the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and North Channel in ragged peninsulas indented and separated by deepwater lochs (sea inlets). Freshwater lochs (lakes) dot the inland areas. It includes many islands of the... 1 Reference found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference history of mullite  (in mullite ) External Links Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: May 06, 2008 URL: https://www.britannica.com/place/Mull-island-Scotland Access Date: January 19, 2017 Share


Which country dominated basketball at the Olympics, winning all the gold medals in the men's competition from 1936 to 1968 and, from when women's competition started in 1976, won the silver medal at the 1976 Olympics, a bronze medal in 1992, and a gold medal in all the other years?

Olympics Timeline: 1950s to the 1980s East     and West Germany compete on separate teams for the first time. Sex tests and drug tests are introduced. Norway wins the     most medals (14) for the first time, coming in one ahead of the     Soviets. Peggy Fleming wins America's only gold medal, in     figure skating. France's Jean-Claude Killy sweeps all three Alpine     events , after some controversy surrounding the disqualification of     Austria's Karl Schranz in the slalom. The Soviets win the gold     in hockey again. Women still have only 12 events, compared to     21 men's events. (There are also two mixed doubles events, in figure     skating and luge.) Summer 1968 Sapporo Winter Games Retiring IOC president Avery Brundage threatens to disqualify 40     Alpine skiers for taking money from ski product manufacturers. He     ultimately makes an example of just one skier, barring Austrian Karl     Schranz. Adding to the controversy, the United States, the     Soviet Union, and others have been routinely circumventing the IOC's     amateur code for decades, with no consequences. The Soviets have been     paying their athletes for jobs they never actually perform, while the     Americans have handed out athletic scholarships to thousands of     athletes. Canada boycotts the Games, in protest of Eastern     European "state amateurs." Norway's Magne Myrmo becomes the     last athlete to win a cross-country skiing event using all-wooden     skis. The Soviet Union maintains its lock at the top of the     Winter Games standing. Summer 1972 Montreal Summer Games The     original estimated cost of the Montreal Games had been $310 million,     but labor problems, financial mismanagement, the addition of an     extravagant stadium, and other expenses—plus increased security,     clearly needed after the events of Munich—drive the price tag     past $1.5 billion. Canada bars the Republic of China (Taiwan)     team from the country, then allows them to enter if they agree not to     compete as "the Republic of China"; the Taiwanese consider this     unacceptable and withdraw. Dozens of other nations, mostly     African, boycott the Games in protest of the inclusion of New Zealand,     whose rugby team is touring racially segregated South Africa. 14-year-old Romanian     gymnast Nadia Comaneci scores seven     perfect 10s on the way to three gold medals, plus a silver and a     bronze. Nobody had achieved even one 10 before. Five American     boxers win gold medals, including three future world boxing champs:     Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks, and Leon Spinks. The Soviet Union     leads the medal count, followed by the U.S. and East Germany. Winter 1980 Moscow Summer Games The     first Games to be held in a communist country. Due to the     Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Carter calls upon the U.S.     Olympic Committee to boycott the Games. The Olympic Charter requires     such committees to "resist all pressures of any kind whatsoever,     whether of a political, religious or economic nature," but theory and     practice diverge; the Americans stay home, and many other countries     follow suit. 80 nations participate in the Games, down from 122     at Munich. Soviet athlete Aleksandr Dityatin wins a record     eight medals in gymnastics. Super-heavyweight Teófilo     Stevenson of Cuba becomes the first boxer to win in the same weight     division three times in a row. Nadia Comaneci wins two more     gold medals. 1981 Not long after Juan Samaranch becomes president of the IOC,     international sports federations are given the right to determine     which athletes may compete. While athletes must live up to the     standards in the Olympic Charter, the door is opened for nations to     admit professional athletes. Athletes are still barred from     receiving money during the Games, whether for participating


With what was Edith Head, who was nominated for 35 Oscars (including every year from 1948 to 1966), associated?

Edith Head - Biography Edith Head, American (1897 - 1981) Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered eight Academy Awards—more than any other woman in history. She was born Edith Claire Posener in Searchlight, Nevada , the daughter of Max Posener and Anna E. Levy. Her father was a mining engineer in the gold mine there. Whether her parents were married is unknown but, in 1901, her mother married Frank Spare and Edith was passed off as his child. Though her birth parents were Jewish, Head would claim to be a Catholic later in life. She moved to San Bernardino, California at an early age. She received a BA in French at the University of California at Berkeley in 1918 and an MA in Romance Languages from Stanford University in 1920. She became a Languages teacher (specializing in French). Her first teaching position was at Bishops School in La Jolla, California; however after one year she took a position teaching both Languages and Art at Hollywood School for Girls. To improve her drawing skills (which at this point were rudimentary) she took evening art classes at Chouinard Art College. On July 25, 1923, she married Charles Head, the brother of one of her Chouinard classmates, Betty Head. This marriage was short-lived, ultimately ending in divorce in 1936, after a number of years of separation, though Edith continued to be known professionally as Edith Head until her death. In 1924, despite lacking art design or costume design experience, Head was hired as a costume sketch artist at Paramount Pictures in the costume department. Later Head admitted to borrowing another student's sketches for her job interview. She began designing costumes for silent films commencing with The Wanderer in 1925, and by the 1930s had established herself as one of Hollywood's leading costume designers. She worked at Paramount for 44 years until she went to Universal Pictures on March 27, 1967, possibly prompted by her extensive work for director Alfred Hitchcock, who had moved to Universal in 1960. She married set designer Wiard Ihnen on September 8, 1940. Their marriage lasted until his death in 1979. During her long career she was nominated for 35 Academy Awards, including every year from 1948 through 1966, and won eight times – more Oscars than any other woman. She was responsible for some of the best-known Hollywood fashion images of her day, with her costumes being worn by the most glamorous and famous actresses in films. Head's influence on world fashion was far reaching, especially in the 1950s when she began appearing on Art Linkletter's television program and writing books on fashion. Although Head was featured in studio publicity from the mid-1920s onward, she was originally over-shadowed by Paramount's Head Designer, first Howard Greer then Travis Banton. It was only after Banton's resignation in 1938 that she achieved fame as a designer in her own right. Her association with the "sarong" dress designed for Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane made her well known among the general public, albeit as a more restrained designer than either Banton or Adrian. In 1944 she gained public attention for the top mink-lined gown she was credited with designing for Ginger Rogers in Lady in the Dark, which gained notoriety as it was counter to the mood of wartime austerity. The institution of an Academy Award for Costume Designer in 1949 further boosted her career as it began her record breaking run of Award nominations and awards, beginning with her nomination for The Emperor Waltz. Head was known for her low-key working style, and unlike many of her male contemporaries usually consulted extensively with the female stars she worked with. As a result she was a favorite designer for several of the leading female stars of the 1940s and 1950s: Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Shirley Maclaine and Anne Baxter, and was frequently 'loaned' out by Paramount to other studios at the request of their female stars. She was also kn


Who has been quoted as saying People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly?

Banksy - Artist - Biography.com Banksy Banksy is the pseudonym of a "guerrilla" street artist known for his controversial, and often politically themed, stenciled pieces. IN THESE GROUPS » quotes “We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.” “People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish. But that's only if it's done properly.” “People who should be shot: Fascist thugs, religious fundamentalists, people who write lists telling you who should be shot.” Banksy Synopsis Banksy, a street artist whose identity remains unknown, is believed to have been born in Bristol, England, around 1974. He rose to prominence for his provocative stenciled pieces in the late 1990s. Banksy is the subject of a 2010 documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop, which examines the relationship between commercial and street art. Artistic Career Banksy began his career as a graffiti artist in the early 1990s, in Bristol's graffiti gang DryBreadZ Crew. Although his early work was largely freehand, Banksy used stencils on occasion. In the late '90s, he began using stencils predominantly. His work became more widely recognized around Bristol and in London, as his signature style developed. Banksy's artwork is characterized by striking images, often combined with slogans. His work often engages political themes, satirically critiquing war, capitalism, hypocrisy and greed. Common subjects include rats, apes, policemen, members of the royal family, and children. In addition to his two-dimensional work, Banksy is known for his installation artwork. One of the most celebrated of these pieces, which featured a live elephant painted with a Victorian wallpaper pattern, sparked controversy among animal rights activists. Other pieces have drawn attention for their edgy themes or the boldness of their execution. Banksy's work on the West Bank barrier, between Israel and Palestine, received significant media attention in 2005. He is also known for his use of copyrighted material and subversion of classic images. An example of this is Banksy's version of Monet's famous series of water lilies paintings, adapted by Banksy to include drifting trash and debris. Banksy's worldwide fame has transformed his artwork from acts of vandalism to sought-after high art pieces. Journalist Max Foster has referred to the rising prices of graffiti as street art as "the Banksy effect." Interest in Banksy escalated with the release of the 2010 documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, was nominated for an Academy Award. In October 2013, Banksy took to the streets of New York City. There he pledged to create a new piece of art for each day of his residency. As he explained to the Village Voice, "The plan is to live here, react to things, see the sights—and paint on them. Some of it will be pretty elaborate, and some will just be a scrawl on a toilet wall." During that month, he also sold some of his works on the street for $60 a piece, well below the market value for his art. Identity Banksy's identity remains unknown, despite intense speculation. The two names most often suggested are Robert Banks and Robin Gunningham. Pictures that surfaced of a man who was supposedly Banksy pointed toward Gunningham, an artist who was born in Bristol in 1973. Gunningham moved to London around 2000, a timeline that correlates with the progression of Banksy's artwork. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation Information


What was the life expectancy of someone who contracted the bubonic plague, the most commonly seen form during the Black Death that peaked in Europe between 1348 and 1350, which had a mortality rate of thirty to seventy-five percent?

Search Results  gold standard Education and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective David Mitch, University of Maryland Baltimore County In his introduction to the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith (1776, p. 1) states that the proportion between the annual produce of a nation and the number of people who are to consume that produce depends on “the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which its labour is generally applied.” In recent decades, analysts of economic productivity in the United States during the twentieth century have made allowance for Smith’s “skill, dexterity, and judgment” of the labor force under the rubric of labor force quality (Ho and Jorgenson 1999; Aaronson and Sullivan 2001; DeLong, Goldin, and Katz 2003). These studies have found that a variety of factors have influenced labor force quality in the U.S., including age structure and workforce experience, female labor force participation, and immigration. One of the most important determinants of labor force quality has been years of schooling completed by the labor force. Data limitations complicate generalizing these findings to periods before the twentieth century and to geographical areas beyond the United States. However, the rise of modern economic growth over the last few centuries seems to roughly coincide with the rise of mass schooling throughout the world. The sustained growth in income per capita evidenced in much of the world over the past two to two and a half centuries is a marked divergence from previous tendencies. Kuznets (1966) used the phrase “modern economic growth” to describe this divergence and he placed its onset in the mid-eighteenth century. More recently, Maddison (2001) has placed the start of sustained economic growth in the early nineteenth century. Maddison (1995) estimates that per capita income between 1520 and 1992 increased some eight times for the world as a whole and up to seventeen times for certain regions. Popular schooling was not widespread anywhere in the world before 1600. By 1800, most of North America, Scandinavia, and Germany had achieved literacy rates well in excess of fifty percent. In France and England literacy rates were closer to fifty percent and school attendance before the age of ten was certainly widespread, if not yet the rule. It was not until later in the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century that Southern and Eastern Europe were to catch up with Western Europe and it was only the first half of the twentieth century that saw schooling become widespread through much of Asia and Latin America. Only later in the twentieth century did schooling begin to spread throughout Africa. The twentieth century has seen the spread of secondary and university education to much of the adult population in the United States and to a lesser extent in other developed countries. [2] However, correlation is not causation; rising income per capita may have contributed to rising levels of schooling, as well as schooling to income levels. Thus, the contribution of rising schooling to economic growth should be examined more directly. Estimating the Contribution of the Rise of Mass Schooling to Economic Growth: A Growth Accounting Perspective Growth accounting can be used to estimate the general bounds of the contribution the rise of schooling has made to economic growth over the past few centuries. [3] A key assumption of growth accounting is that factors of production are paid their social marginal products. Growth accounting starts with estimates of the growth of individual factors of production, as well as the shares of these factors in total output and estimates of the growth of total product. It then apportions the growth in output into that attributable to growth in each factor of production specified in the analysis and into that due to a residual that cannot otherwise be explained. Estimates of how much schooling has increased the productivity of individual workers, combined with estimates of the increase in schooling completed by the labor force, yield estimates of how much the increase in school


What is the study of the relation between the motion of a body and the forces acting on it?

Mechanics | Article about mechanics by The Free Dictionary Mechanics | Article about mechanics by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/mechanics Related to mechanics: Mechanics lien mechanics, branch of physics physics, branch of science traditionally defined as the study of matter, energy, and the relation between them; it was called natural philosophy until the late 19th cent. and is still known by this name at a few universities. ..... Click the link for more information.  concerned with motion motion, the change of position of one body with respect to another. The rate of change is the speed of the body. If the direction of motion is also given, then the velocity of the body is determined; velocity is a vector quantity, having both magnitude and direction, while speed ..... Click the link for more information.  and the forces force, commonly, a "push" or "pull," more properly defined in physics as a quantity that changes the motion, size, or shape of a body. Force is a vector quantity, having both magnitude and direction. ..... Click the link for more information.  that tend to cause it; it includes study of the mechanical properties of matter matter, anything that has mass and occupies space. Matter is sometimes called koinomatter (Gr. koinos=common) to distinguish it from antimatter, or matter composed of antiparticles. ..... Click the link for more information. , such as density density, ratio of the mass of a substance to its volume, expressed, for example, in units of grams per cubic centimeter or pounds per cubic foot. The density of a pure substance varies little from sample to sample and is often considered a characteristic property of the ..... Click the link for more information. , elasticity elasticity, the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence or stress and to return to its original size and shape when the stress is removed. All solids are elastic for small enough deformations or strains, but if the stress exceeds a certain amount known as the elastic ..... Click the link for more information. , and viscosity viscosity, resistance of a fluid to flow. This resistance acts against the motion of any solid object through the fluid and also against motion of the fluid itself past stationary obstacles. ..... Click the link for more information. . Mechanics may be roughly divided into statics statics, branch of mechanics concerned with the maintenance of equilibrium in bodies by the interaction of forces upon them (see force). It incorporates the study of the center of gravity (see center of mass) and the moment of inertia. ..... Click the link for more information.  and dynamics dynamics, branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of objects; it may be further divided into kinematics, the study of motion without regard to the forces producing it, and kinetics, the study of the forces that produce or change motion. ..... Click the link for more information. ; statics deals with bodies at rest and is concerned with such topics as buoyancy buoyancy , upward force exerted by a fluid on any body immersed in it. Buoyant force can be explained in terms of Archimedes' principle. ..... Click the link for more information. , equilibrium equilibrium, state of balance. When a body or a system is in equilibrium, there is no net tendency to change. In mechanics, equilibrium has to do with the forces acting on a body. ..... Click the link for more information. , and the principles of simple machines machine, arrangement of moving and stationary mechanical parts used to perform some useful work or to provide transportation. From a historical perspective, many of the first machines were the result of human efforts to improve war-making capabilities; the term engineer ..... Click the link for more information. , while dynamics deals with bodies in motion and is sometimes further divided into kinematics (description of motion without regard to its cause) and kinetics (explanation of changes in motion as a result of forces). A recent subdiscipline of dynamics is nonlinear dynamics nonline


What is the last in the series that begins: St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Gallup (New Mexico), Flagstaff (Arizona)?

gallup, new mexico - Review of Route 66, United States, North America - TripAdvisor Review of Route 66 Grand Canyon via Sedona and Navajo Reservation See more tours on Viator More attraction details Attraction details Owner description: Affectionately dubbed the "Mother Road," this 2,400-mile route was the first all-weather, continuously paved highway linking Chicago and Los Angeles. The storied path is legendary for spawning America's signature roadside architecture and attractions, vestiges of which remain today. There are newer reviews for this attraction nothing more needs to be said…rolling stones said it all. the stretch of pawn shops is simply magical... Visited October 2015 Ask scott53Wisconsin about Route 66 This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC. 495 reviews from our community Visitor rating “Route 66 Was on Our Bucket List!” Reviewed October 18, 2015 Did a partial Route 66 trip from Oklahoma City, OK to Flagstaff, AZ in October of 2015. 1) Photo-op of the hard-to-find Milk Bottle Grocery in Oklahoma City. Also visited the Murrah memorial site (very serene) 2) Saw the restored Lucille's Route 66 Gas Station in Hydro, OK. 3) Route 66 Museum & McLean-Rogers Park in Clinton, OK with the Art Deco archway. 4) Stopped in Shamrock, TX for the U-Drop-Inn that has been restored and is now being used as the city's Chamber of Commerce. 5) We toured the quirky & free - yet interesting Devil's Rope Museum (barbed wire) with an attached small Route 66 Museum in McLean, TX. 6) In Groom, TX to the north off route 40 is the Britten Leaning Water Tower and to the south side is the 190 foot tall Cross with stations of the cross, the Last Supper, crucifixion and the empty tomb with an angel. 7) Volkswagen Slug Bug Ranch in Conway, TX can be seen from 40 - but could be easily missed. 8) Saw the restored Phillip's 66 gas station and many painted murals in Vega, TX. 9) Adrian, TX was the official Half-Way Point on Route 66. Great photo-op. 10) A true ghost town in Glenrio, TX. 11) A stop in Albuquerque for the Balloon Fiesta and the Sandia Tramway. 12) Then toured the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest using our Senior National Park Pass. 13) Saw the Red Rocks of Sedona, AZ 14) Montezuma Castle & Well (again using our Senior National Park Pass) 15) Side trip up to Grand Canyon (again using our Senior National Park Pass for several days) 16) Four Corners (AZ, NM, UT & CO) 17) Saw Shiprock from afar (sacred Indian land) 18) Monument Valley, NM “Glad we did it - wouldn't do it again” Reviewed October 13, 2015 The nostalgia is great, but the memories and hype are far better than the real thing. We drove I-40 from Oklahoma City to Las Vegas, with Route 66 "side trips" along the way. Highlights were Tucumcari, NM, (where much of Route 66 is still intact, albeit many vacant), and staying at the The Blue Swallow Motel with breakfast at Kix on 66 (see separate reviews). Another highlight were the roadside stops in Seligman, AZ and The Hackberry General Store in Hackberry, AZ (separate review). Do your homework ahead of time - TripAdvisor is great for that. Take the Route for what it is worth, remembering people drove this in a much simpler time, just enjoying themselves and the sights and people along the way, with very few modern day expectations. If you see something interesting as you drive along, stop and enjoy! You won't get another chance! Visited September 2015 “AT least once in your lifetime” Reviewed October 10, 2015 we did all route 66 from Chicago to santa Monica pier Los Angeles for 3 weeks in September with a couple of side trips to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas and then a drive along the south pacific highway to San Francisco. there is a lot to see and do on route 66 it can be a bit awkward to follow in places but with the E to Z of the route a sat nav and a bit of determination we managed ok. we started in Chicago to Springfield il to St louis to Springfield mo to Oklahoma city to Amarillo to Albuquerque to Flagstaff to The Grand Canyon to Las Vegas to San Bernardino [ stay in the


What 1939 film starred Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara?

Gone with the Wind (1939) - 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 Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) G | From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War. Directors: Margaret Mitchell (story of the old south "Gone with the Wind"), Sidney Howard (screenplay) Stars: a list of 28 titles created 06 Mar 2012 a list of 38 titles created 24 Feb 2014 a list of 41 titles created 02 Mar 2015 a list of 28 titles created 24 Oct 2015 a list of 21 titles created 6 months ago Title: Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.2/10 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     8     Oscars. Another    9 wins & 8 nominations. See more awards  » Videos In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. Director: Michael Curtiz When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. Director: William Wyler A spoiled heiress running away from her family is helped by a man who is actually a reporter in need of a story. Director: Frank Capra A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds When two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. Director: Billy Wilder A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife. Director: Alfred Hitchcock Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. Director: Orson Welles An ingenue insinuates herself into the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. Director: Billy Wilder After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. Director: David Lean A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Director: Alfred Hitchcock A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her. Director: Alfred Hitchcock Edit Storyline Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com> Now in 70mm. wide screen and full stereophonic sound! [reissue] See more  » Genres: 17 January 1940 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Lo que el viento se llevó See more  » Filming Locations: $1,192,593        (USA) (26 June 1998) Gross: Mono (Western Electric Sound System) Color: Did You Know? Trivia The idea of a sequel to this film was scrapped, but in the 1990s there was a sequel in the form of a television miniseries. The series was Scarlett (1994), based on the


What country is Mount Fuji in? | Reference.com What country is Mount Fuji in? A: Quick Answer Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan. Located on the island of Honshu, the composite cone volcano stretches to 12,388 feet and is known for its nearly-perfect cone shape. Mount Fuji, sometimes called Mt. Fujiyama, is the 35th highest mountain peak in the world. Full Answer Mount Fuji sits in view of one of the most populated cities on the planet, Tokyo. The mountain is a focal point for both ancient and modern art and is highly regarded within the Japanese culture. The Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park surrounds the snow-capped peak. Its 18 miles of forest, trail and lake make it the most visited park in Japan.


According to Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend, who, in Silene, Libya, saved a princess from a dragon by capturing it, and led it to the king, promising to kill it if his people converted to Christianity?

Origin of the Ancient Assyrians (split) //mod [Archive] - Page 4 - ForumBiodiversity.com » Anthropology Biodiversity Forum (ABF) Not sure if there is anything here. SURETH Eastern phonetic : ' šin ga: [Moral life → Will] English : 1) desire , a longing / craving for a wished-for object / dream , love , passion , lust (?) , yearning , longing , aspiration , sexual lust (?) / sexual appetite (?) / sexual desire (?) / libido (?) ; 2) industry : in a water-mill : a spout by which wheat is brought down from the hopper to the millstones Eastern phonetic : ša ' no: ga [Moral life → Feelings] English : a lover , one person holding affection for another , one who is in love with another , a male lover / sweetheart , a swain / suitor / wooer SUMERIAN saĝ adj. : first, foremost, principal; prime, first rate; first-born; šà-ge-guru: one's heart's desire sa(g), ša(g): to be good, beautiful; to be pleasing to; to be pleased with (-da-); cf. igi-a - sa to be a favorite of (sa is now the preferred reading, at least for OB and earlier) sa(-ga):, ša(-ga) good, beautiful, pleasing sa(g): to be well-formed, perfectly formed, beautifully created (probably connect with sa) saĝa: chief (temple or palace) administrator (some read saĝĝa, conventional reading is still sanga) (šangû) sig, si-ig, sig: to be(come) good, fine, pleasing, beautiful (by-form of sa(g); see also a-sig) sig(-ga), si(-ig)-ga, sig(KAL): good, high or best quality, pleasing, beautiful. ePSD now prefers to read sag, sag(KAL) (cf. sa-ga, sa-ga) The above Sumerian words also remind me of another Sureth word. However, I am confident it will be labelled as a Persian/Kurdish loan. AKKADIAN http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g326/dok101/sangu.jpg I need to start putting my name to some of these, in case one, two, or more are of any significance. The links to the really neat stuff (e.g. the verbs), unfortunately, no longer work. Humanist A re-examination of the Late Period graves at Yorgan Tepe (Nuzi) D.T. Potts Humanist 2012-09-06, 20:38 I am going to continue the lexicon comparison here --> Lexical Comparison of vernacular Syriac ("Sureth"), Akkadian, and other languages (http://www.anthrogenica.com/showthread.php?274-Lexical-Comparison-of-vernacular-Syriac-(-quot-Sureth-quot-)-Akkadian-and-other-languages) For strictly history topics, I will continue posting in this thread. The last comparison of Akkadian and Sureth in this thread (taken from the first post in the above referred to thread): SURETH Eastern phonetic : a: ' lo la: [City] English : a street , a thoroughfare in a city / town / village Dialect : Urmiah Eastern phonetic : ' šu: la: [Industry] English : 1) a job , an occasional piece of work , an occupation , an employment , a task , a labour / labor a definite work undertaken in gross / things to do , a mission (?) / a project (?) / duty (?) ; 2) an affair , a business / business , a trade , commerce (?) , a shop (?) Dialect : Urmiah Diacritical marks for Akkadian do not appear. Please refer to the relevant entry, or entries, in the CAD. AKKADIAN sulu {sula'u, shulu, sullu} s.; 1. street, track, 2. (uncertain meaning) from Old Babylonian on; Sumerian loanword I will also add the below word to SURETH, in the thread linked to above (cannot find in the Sureth Online Dictionary): sawle : shoes Humanist 2012-09-07, 09:35 I would not go to the extreme as to say "forgetting, almost entirely...of the Sumero-Akkadian culture of Babylonia and Assyria" as Jerrold Cooper does below, in his article, “I have forgotten my burden of former days!” Forgetting the Sumerians in Ancient Iraq (http://neareast.jhu.edu/pdf/Forgetting%20Sumerians.pdf), but it is a good read. Cultures forget for many reasons. The examples of Mesopotamian forgetting that I have discussed here included the Sumerian King List’s deletion of a number of early regional states and creation of the myth of a single dynasty in control of Babylonia at any one time—all to create a history of kingship conforming to the ideology propagated by the ruling house; a forgetting of Sumerian alterity, an alterity which may actual


Olympic gold medallists Gaetan Boucher, Donovan Bailey and Alex Baumann represented which country?

Owning the podium: A look at Canada's Olympic medal haul since 1900 - The Globe and Mail Owning the podium: A look at Canada's Olympic medal haul since 1900 Danielle Webb Comments Canada may be known as a winter sports nation, but a look at our historical Olympic medal counts suggest we’re not too bad at the summer sports, either. Since Canada’s first appearance at an Olympic Games in 1900, the country has won 281* medals at 25 Summer Games and 170 medals at 22 Winter Games. On average, that’s 11.2 medals per Summer Games and 7.7 medals per Winter Games. The combined tally of 451 ranks Canada 15th over all in total medals won at all Olympic Games in the modern era (1896 to the present). Scroll down to explore the details of every medal Canada has won, and see how each sport compares. Summer Data source: Sports-reference.com Games,Year,Location,Country,Medal,Sport,Event,Athlete Summer,1900,Paris,France,Gold,Athletics,"Men's 2,500m Steeplechase",George Orton Summer,1900,Paris,France,Bronze,Athletics,Men's 400m Hurdles,George Orton Summer,1904,St. Louis,United States,Gold,Athletics,Men's 56lb Weight Throw,Étienne Desmarteau Summer,1904,St. Louis,United States,Gold,Football,Men's Tournament,Team Canada Summer,1904,St. Louis,United States,Gold,Golf,Men's Individual,George Lyon Summer,1904,St. Louis,United States,Gold,Lacrosse,Men's Tournament,Team Canada Summer,1904,St. Louis,United States,Silver,Rowing,Men's Coxed Eights,Team Canada Summer,1904,St. Louis,United States,Bronze,Lacrosse,Men's Tournament,Team Canada Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Gold,Athletics,Men's 200m,Bobby Kerr Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Gold,Lacrosse,Men's Tournament,Team Canada Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Gold,Shooting,Men's Trap,Walter Ewing Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Silver,Athletics,Men's Triple Jump,Garfield MacDonald Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Silver,Shooting,Men's Trap,George Beattie Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Silver,Shooting,"Men's Trap, Team",Team Canada Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Bronze,Athletics,Men's 100m,Bobby Kerr Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Bronze,Athletics,Men's Long Jump,Cal Bricker Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Bronze,Athletics,Men's Pole Vault,Ed Archibald Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Bronze,Athletics,Men's Hammer Throw,Con Walsh Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Bronze,Cycling,"Men's Team Pursuit, 1,980 yards",Team Canada Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Bronze,Rowing,Men's Coxless Pairs,Team Canada Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Bronze,Rowing,Men's Coxless Fours,Team Canada Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Bronze,Rowing,Men's Coxed Eights,Team Canada Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Bronze,Shooting,"Men's Military Rifle, Team",Team Canada Summer,1908,London,United Kingdom,Bronze,Wrestling,"Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle",Aubert Côté Summer,1912,Stockholm,Sweden,Gold,Athletics,Men's 10km Walk,George Goulding Summer,1912,Stockholm,Sweden,Gold,Swimming,Men's 400m Freestyle,George Hodgson Summer,1912,Stockholm,Sweden,Gold,Swimming,"Men's 1,500m Freestyle",George Hodgson Summer,1912,Stockholm,Sweden,Silver,Athletics,Men's Hammer Throw,Duncan Gillis Summer,1912,Stockholm,Sweden,Silver,Athletics,Men's Long Jump,Cal Bricker Summer,1912,Stockholm,Sweden,Bronze,Athletics,Men's Pentathlon,Frank Lukeman Summer,1912,Stockholm,Sweden,Bronze,Athletics,Men's Pole Vault,William Halpenny Summer,1912,Stockholm,Sweden,Bronze,Rowing,Men's Single Sculls,Everard Butler Summer,1920,Antwerp,Belgium,Gold,Athletics,Men's 110m Hurdles,Tommy Thomson Summer,1920,Antwerp,Belgium,Gold,Boxing,Men's Welterweight,Bert Schneider Summer,1920,Antwerp,Belgium,Gold,Ice Hockey,Men's Tournament,Team Canada Summer,1920,Antwerp,Belgium,Silver,Boxing,Men's Bantamweight,Cliff Graham Summer,1920,Antwerp,Belgium,Silver,Boxing,Men's Middleweight,Art Prud'homme Summer,1920,Antwerp,Belgium,Silver,Swimming,"Men's 1,500m Freestyle",George Vernot Summer,1920,Antwerp,Belgium,Bronze,Boxing,Men's Lightweight,Chris Newton Summer,1920,Antwerp,Belgium,Bronze,Boxing,Men's Middleweight,Moe Herscovitch Summer,1920,Antwerp,Belgium,Bron


Which 16th century dramatist wrote plays for the Earl of Nottingham's company?

Elizabethan Theatre Print of William Shakespeare by Samuel Cousins, 1849. Museum no. DYCE.3164 In the late 16th century all classes of society (apart from royalty) visited the public theatres. The new theatres were popular and their audiences had a voracious appetite for new plays. New companies flourished and writers were employed to satisfy the demand for novelty. The acting companies Companies were hierarchical – actors who had a stake in the company were called 'sharers' and divided up the profit between them; 'hirelings' were just paid a weekly wage, whilst the boys who played women's roles were 'apprentices' and paid very little. Actors specialised in specific roles which they performed as part of their repertoire. The two most famous companies were the Admiral's Men and the Lord Chamberlain's Men, who were rivals. Companies became known by the title of the patron's household, for example 'Leicester's Men' were named after the Earl of Leicester. Leicester's Men consisted of actor James Burbage and four others. William Shakespeare was principal writer with the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Famous Elizabethan actors included Will Kempe, Edward Alleyn and Richard Burbage. Richard Burbage was the leading player in Shakespeare’s company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which later became the King's Men. Burbage created many of the leading roles in Shakespeare's plays. He specialised in tragic roles and was the first Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Richard III. Burbage's family was also involved with the London theatre. His father, James Burbage, became an actor and then a theatre builder. He rented land in Shoreditch and built The Theatre, the first amphitheatre playhouse in London. His sons, Richard and Cuthbert, inherited The Theatre but after problems with their landlord, they dismantled The Theatre and transported the pieces across the River Thames where they rebuilt it and called it the Globe. Richard Burbage acted there until his death in 1619. Plays and playwrights Companies would perform between 30 and 40 new plays every year. Documentation from the period shows that the Admiral's Men performed every afternoon for six days of 40 weeks of the year. Playwrights were expected to produce a number of new plays every year to satisfy demand. Many of these were never published. Plays, when written, became the property of the company and not the playwright. William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe and John Fletcher were just a few of the many playwrights of that era whose work is still performed today. Queen Elizabeth Viewing the Performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Globe Theatre, by David Scott, oil on canvas, Britain, 1840. Museum no S.511-1985 The Globe The Globe Theatre for which Shakespeare wrote many of his most famous plays, was erected in 1599 by the Lord Chamberlain's Men. When the lease on the land at their playhouse, The Theatre, in Shoreditch ran out, the company decided to rebuild it on the south bank of the River Thames. They dismantled the timber frame building and pieced a similar structure together and called it The Globe. This painting from 1840 is one of the earliest attempts to imagine the Globe's interior during performance. In fact Queen Elizabeth never visited the Globe or any other public theatre. The project was financed by seven of the actors (of whom Shakespeare was one) and they became the 'housekeepers' who had investment in the building as well as the company. They also received a share of the takings from the gallery. The 20-sided structure had a capacity of up to 3000 people. A reconstruction of the Globe was built near its original site, on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, in the 1990s. Portrait of Shakespeare (1564-1616), print of an engraving, late 18th century Title page and frontispiece of book Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies, edited by I Hemige and H Condell, printed by Isaac Jaggard and Ed Blount, London, 1623. National Art Library, Dyce 8936 William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) Shakespea


Which country entered 129 archers in the first Olympic archery event in 1900, and has competed in archery at the Olympic Games the most times (12 of the 14 possible)?

The Target: Summer 2006 by World Archery - issuu issuu The TARGET La CIBLE 1 Issue No. Numéro 2006 Official Magazine of the International Archery Federation Magazine officiel de la Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc The World Cup Debuted in Porec Zooming on San-Salvador — the 3rd Stage Opening of the FITA Archery Middle East Center Porec a accueilli les débuts de la Coupe du Monde La 3ème étape sous le soleil du San Salvador Ouverture du centre d’entraînement au Moyen Orient Editorial Éditorial 2006: The Year of new Challenges 2006: l’année de tous les défis Dear Friends in the Archery Family, Chers Amis de la Famille du Tir à l’Arc, The Meteksan Archery World Cup has started and already through the number of participants it is a great success. Never before have so many archers competed in events other than the Outdoor World Championships and the quality of the archers present is very high. This is good news for Archery since it will give the sport a new window to show to the rest of the world that Archery is not only a sport that lives every 4 years at the Olympic Games but also one of the individual sports for the future. FITA management believes very strongly in this concept and we are very much encouraged by the success of the TV distribution and media interest of the event series. The Archery World Cup is possible through the support of our sponsors and I would like to particularly thank Meteksan who through their involvement with IT systems, TV graphics and results systems bring a much needed added value to the venues. Archery is the showcase for this sponsor that wants to develop a strong market in the sport events business. We are sure that this is a win/win situation for both. We are also happy to welcome KIA Motors Corporation which enables us to extend our prize money for this year. We now have 5 partners, which include our official airline, Turkish Airlines, our official watch, Balmain, and our timing supplier, Swiss Timing. The Meteksan Archery World Cup will also bring www.archery.tv which will allow archery fans all around the world to follow live the World Cup competitions. Some of this footage will be available free of charge but some will be based on a video on a demand concept against payment. The purpose is not to gain additional revenues but to cover the cost of this operation and the prices we foresee will not be preventing people from making the choice to view them. However we know that there is an interest and we will monitor this evolution closely in the future. FITA is investing around 500.000 US$ in television and promotional activities this year and this is an investment in the true sense of the sport. Not only will it allow for more people to follow our sport on a regular basis, but it will also assist our member associations in developing their sport on a national basis. Development is the other additional main axe of this year’s work. Through new programs such as the Middle East Archery Center, the new development officer in Benin for West Africa and the Viva America Scholarship project, FITA is making sure that the sport grows on all 5 continents. Development means that the competitions will be more tight and that the traditionally strong countries will be more and more under challenge. This is good for the sport but not always good for some of the historically strong countries. However if there is one thing I have learned about the successful countries in archery and sport in general, it is that they adapt quickly to changes. Best of luck in the World Cup. La Coupe du Monde Meteksan de tir à l’arc a commencé et déjà, par le nombre de ses participants, c’est un grand succès. Jamais autant de tireurs à l’arc n’avaient participé à des épreuves autres que les Championnats du Monde sur Cible Extérieure et le niveau des tireurs présents est très élevé. C’est une bonne nouvelle pour le tir à l’arc, et cela va ouvrir à notre sport une nouvelle vitrine pour montrer au reste du monde que le tir à l’arc n’est pas seulement un sport qui vit tous les quatre ans lors des Jeux Olympiques, mais aus


"Complete the title of a book by Doctor Benjamin Spock: ""The Common Sense Book of ...""?"

Benjamin Spock, World's Pediatrician, Dies at 94 Benjamin Spock, World's Pediatrician, Dies at 94 By ERIC PACE Dr. Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who gently coached anxious postwar parents to trust their ''own common sense,'' only to be blamed by some critics for the self-indulgence of those parents' children, the 60's generation, died on Sunday at his home in San Diego. He was 94. Over half a century, Dr. Spock's homey handbook on child care, now titled ''Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care,'' became one of the best sellers of all time. Therese Zazycki, a spokeswoman for Pocket Books, its main publisher, said yesterday that almost 50 million copies have been sold around the world, translated into 42 languages. Dr. Spock also became well known as an antiwar demonstrator in the 1960's, as he campaigned for nuclear disarmament and against the war in Vietnam and was arrested in protest demonstrations. ''There's no point in raising children if they're going to be burned alive,'' was how he made the connection between parents, pediatricians and politics. Dr. Spock had already broken with authority in his child-rearing handbook, which he saw as giving ''practical application'' to the ideas propounded by two early 20th-century sages, Sigmund Freud and John Dewey, the American philosopher and educator. ''John Dewey and Freud said that kids don't have to be disciplined into adulthood but can direct themselves toward adulthood by following their own will,'' he observed in 1972. And so in the opening chapter of the book, first published in hardcover in 1946 with the title ''The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care,'' Dr. Spock counseled his readers not to ''take too seriously all that the neighbors say.'' ''Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense,'' he wrote. ''What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best.'' Such relaxed advice, given in the easy, practical, reassuring way that he had with parents, was light-years from the stern dictums of earlier standard works, like the 1928 book ''Psychological Care of Infant and Child'' by Dr. John B. Watson. ''Never, never kiss your child,'' Dr. Watson commanded. ''Never hold it in your lap. Never rock its carriage.'' Dr. T. Berry Brazelton of the Harvard Medical School, another noted pediatrician-author, once said of Dr. Spock: ''Before he came along, advice to parents was very didactic. He opened the whole area of empowered parenting. He gave parents choices and encouraged them to think things out for themselves.'' Dr. Spock repeatedly revised his own book over the years, and, for the fifth and sixth editions, which appeared in 1985 and 1992 respectively, he had a co-author: Dr. Michael B. Rothenberg, a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the University of Washington's medical school. Dr. Spock said in an interview in early 1992, when he was 88, that he planned to stay involved in updating the book ''as long as I live.'' Ms. Zazycki of Pocket Books said that, as scheduled, the seventh edition of the book will be published, in mass market paperback and trade paperback versions, on May 2, which would have been the doctor's 95th birthday. Tracey Guest, a spokeswoman for the publishing house Dutton, said yesterday that Dutton will publish a hard-cover version of the seventh edition of Dr. Spock's book on July 1. That new edition is by Dr. Spock and a new co-author, Dr. Steven J. Parker, who is a Boston pediatrician. He was the lead author of a study, published in 1992 in the journal Pediatrics, which found that women with one aspect of the Type A personality -- loosely identified as a hard-driving nature -- tend to have babies who exhibit Type A temperaments. Dr. Spock's literary agent, Robert Lescher, said late in 1997 that Dr. Spock was ''very deeply involved'' in preparing the seventh edition. Altogether, the doctor was the author or a co-author of 13 books. He was also a prolific author of magazine columns for more than 30 years. He wrote columns about raising children for Redbook and Ladies Home Journal and, more recently, for P


Which pantomime is about the Lord Mayor of London?

It's Behind You - Dick Whittington   THE FAIRY TALE? Well actually the Origins of the story of �Dick  Whittington� will not be found in any book of fairy tales. The pantomime is  the only one based on a true subject. There actually was a  Richard  Whittington, and he did become (Lord) Mayor of London in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. �Dick Whittington� is also one of the few �home grown�  pantomime subjects. Whereas many owe their origins and popularity to French,  Italian and other European folk stories and fairy tales, the pantomime  version is taken from Great Britain, along with Robinson Crusoe and Babes in  The Wood. Arguably �Jack and The Beanstalk� is also British in origin, but  this could be disputed. THE STORY OF DICK  WHITTINGTON Richard  Whittington was born somewhere around 1350, legend has it at Pauntley Court  in Gloucestershire. He was not, however the penniless boy he is depicted in  pantomime, but was in fact the son of an Alderman - Sir William Whittington  of Pauntley. He arrived in London around 1379, and began to deal in costly  textiles, and became an extremely wealthy merchant. In fact, his wealth was such, that he made loans to both  King Henry IV and Henry VI. He made large charitable donations, including  the founding of the Whittington School in London, the rebuilding of Newgate  Gaol, and an almshouse for the poor. He married the daughter of an Alderman - Alice  Fitzwarren, (or Fitzwaryn) and became an Alderman himself, before  taking the honorary title of Sheriff in 1393. It was under the patronage of King Richard II that he  became Lord Mayor of London in 1397, and later again in 1406 and 1419. He  became a member of parliament in 1416. Sadly nearly all of Whittington�s good works were  destroyed in the Great Fire of London (1666). There is, however a  window in the Guildhall serving as a memorial, and a small stone image in  the crypt. DICK WHITTINGTON'S CAT: How  a cat came to feature so heavily in the pantomime version is not clear. He  may well have had a cat, but certainly it does not feature in any accounts  of his life. Possibly the answer lies in his life as a merchant. Ships  feature in the pantomime, and Whittington was a merchant. His fortune  depended on the sailing vessels bringing goods from Africa and the Far East.  More humble sailing vessels carrying coal were known as �Cats�, so that  could be one reason the story became confused with the humble moggy. Another  theory is that the French word �Achat�, which means �A Purchase�  might have found itself intertwined in his legend. Interestingly  though, when Newgate prison was rebuilt (under the terms of Whittington�s will) a figure of a cat was carved over one of the gates. In 1572 a  cat appeared carved on a chariot presented by Whittington to the guld of  merchants. History has it that there was once a portrait of  Richard  Whittington that showed him holding a black cat in one hand, and a white cat  in the other. On Highgate Hill (the spot where legend has it he  stood and decided to return to London) stands a statue of his cat, in  front of the �Whittington Hospital�. THE RATS: The pantomime version has the villain depicted as �King  Rat�. It is Whittington�s cat who destroys all the rats in the Sultan�s  Palace, and indeed in his Kingdom, and this act makes Dick Whittington his  vast fortune- half the wealth of the Sultan in return. More likely the very shadow and spectre of the rats,  bringing plague to London frequently made them the ideal villains for  legend. When Samuel Pepys wrote in his Diary of 1668  �To Southwark Fair, very dirty, and there saw the  puppet show of Whittington, which was pretty to see� The  Great Plague had only recently abated in London  three years previously.  Londoners would have no problem associating the rodents with arch villainy. THE LEGEND: The legend of Dick Whittington follows the classic basis  of a Fairy Tale, and indeed a pantomime. The Poor boy makes good through  some heroic or magical deed. By rewarding others he achieves a


"""Goggle box"" is a British term for what?"

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Before 1991, Slovenia was part of which country? Before 1991, Slovenia was part of which country? +1 vote posted Feb 19 by Dilbagh Share this question   Your comment on this question: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . 1 Answer +1 vote In 1918, Slovenes joined Yugoslavia, while the west of the country was annexed to Italy. Between 1945 and 1990, Slovenia was under Yugoslav Communist regime. The country gained its independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991, and is today a member of the European Union and NATO. answer Feb 20 by A.k Your comment on this answer: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . Your answer Thanks for contributing at QueryHome GK Please be sure to answer the question, share your working and research. If you are not sure about answer, use commenting option instead. Use ctrl+k to highlight, ctrl+b to make the text as bold. Preview Email me at this address if my answer is selected or commented on:Email me if my answer is selected or commented on Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification:


"Who began directing with ""Grand Theft Auto"" (1977) and won his first Best Director Oscar for ""A Beautiful Mind"" (2001)?"

Ron Howard - Biography - IMDb Ron Howard Biography Showing all 74 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (6) | Trivia  (41) | Personal Quotes  (19) | Salary  (3) Overview (3) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (1) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13 to the hit comedies Parenthood and Splash, he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films. Howard directed and produced "Cinderella Man" starring Oscar winner Russell Crowe, with whom he previously collaborated on "A Beautiful Mind", for which Howard earned an Oscar for Best Director and which also won awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress. The film garnered four Golden Globes as well, including the award for Best Motion Picture Drama. Additionally, Howard won Best Director of the Year from the Directors Guild of America. Howard and producer Brian Grazer received the first annual Awareness Award from the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign for their work on the film. Howard's skill as a director has long been recognized. In 1995, he received his first Best Director of the Year award from the DGA for "Apollo 13". The true-life drama also garnered nine Academy Award nominations, winning Oscars for Best Film Editing and Best Sound. It also received Best Ensemble Cast and Best Supporting Actor awards from the Screen Actor's Guild. Many of Howard's past films have received nods from the Academy, including the popular hits "Backdraft", "Parenthood" and "Cocoon", the last of which took home two Oscars. Howard was honored by the Museum of Moving Images in December 2005, and by the American Cinema Editors in February 2006. Howard and his creative partner Brian Grazer, were honored by the Producers Guild of America with the Milestone Award in January 2009, NYU's Tisch School of Cinematic Arts with the Big Apple Award in November 2009 and by the Simon Wiesenthal Center with their Humanitarian Award in May 2010. In June 2010, Howard was honored by the Chicago Film Festival with their Gold Hugo - Career Achievement Award. In March 2013, Howard was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. In December 2015, Howard was honored with a star in the Motion Pictures category, making him one of the very few to have been recognized with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Recently, Howard directed "Inferno", the third installment of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon franchise and "8 Days A Week-The Touring Years", a documentary about the rock legends The Beatles. He is also producing second season of "Breakthrough", "Mars", and is directing the first episode of The Genius Series based on the life of Einstein, all for NatGeo. Howard's recent films include the critically acclaimed drama "Rush", staring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brüel, written by Peter Morgan; and "Made In America", a music documentary he directed staring Jay Z for Showtime. Howard also produced and directed the film adaptation of Peter Morgan's critically acclaimed play "Frost / Nixon". The film, which was released in December 2009, was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, and was also nominated for The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the PGA. Howard's portfolio includes some of the most popular films of the past 20 years. In 1991, Howard created the acclaimed drama "Backdraft", starring Robert De Niro, Kurt Russell and William Baldwin. He followed it with the historical epic "Far and Away", starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Howard directed Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise and Delroy Lindo in the 1996 suspense thriller "Ransom". Howard worked with Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise and Kathleen Quinlan on "Apollo 13", which was re-released recently in the IMAX format. Howard's other films include "In The Heart of the Sea", based on the true story that inspired Moby Dick; his adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling novels "Angels & Demons", and


"In August/September 2006, who replaced up to 500 copies of Paris Hilton's debut CD Paris in 48 different UK record stores with his own cover art and remixes by Danger Mouse, with track titles such as ""Why am I Famous?"", ""What Have I Done?"" and ""What Am I For?""?"

Nice | Create Beats Online - Dr. Drum Beat Maker - Digital Beat Making Software • NO LOITRIN in Central Square, Cambridge . Does that mean anything? It looks like he favors Essex named streets & roads when he can. In 2008, he did another notable Essex work in London , for example, and posters on the Banksy Forums picked up & discussed on the Essex link as well. Is there an Essex Street in any of the other nearby towns? It looks like there are several : Brookline , Charlestown , Chelsea , Gloucester , Haverhill , Lawrence , Lynn , Medford , Melrose , Quincy , Revere , Salem , Saugus , Somerville , Swampscott , and Waltham . Most of these seem improbable to me, other than maybe Brookline, or maybe Somerville or Charlestown. But they start getting pretty suburban after that. But, again, why "Essex"? In a comment on this photo , Birbeck helps clarify: I can only surmise that he’s having a ‘dig’ at Essex UK, especially with the misspelling of ‘Loitering’. Here, the general view of the urban districts in Essex: working class but with right wing views; that they’re not the most intellectual bunch; rather obsessed with fashion (well, their idea of it); their place of worship is the shopping mall; enjoy rowdy nights out; girls are thought of as being dumb, fake blonde hair/tans and promiscuous; and guys are good at the ‘chit chat’, and swagger around showing off their dosh (money). It was also the region that once had Europe’s largest Ford motor factory. In its heyday, 1 in 3 British cars were made in Dagenham, Essex. Pay was good for such unskilled labour, generations worked mind-numbing routines on assembly lines for 80 years. In 2002 the recession ended the dream. • • • • • This photo appeared on Grafitti – A arte das ruas on Yahoo Meme. Yes, Yahoo has a Tumblr/Posterous-esque "Meme" service now — I was as surprised as you are. • • • • • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Banksy Ozone’s Angel Pulp Fiction Banksy is a pseudonymous [2] [3] [4] British graffiti artist . He is believed to be a native of Yate , South Gloucestershire , near Bristol [2] and to have been born in 1974, [5] but his identity is unknown. [6] According to Tristan Manco [ who? ], Banksy "was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol, England. The son of a photocopier technician, he trained as a butcher but became involved in graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s." [7] His artworks are often satirical pieces of art on topics such as politics, culture, and ethics. His street art , which combines graffiti writing with a distinctive stencilling technique, is similar to Blek le Rat , who began to work with stencils in 1981 in Paris and members of the anarcho-punk band Crass who maintained a graffiti stencil campaign on the London Tube System in the late 1970s and early 1980s. His art has appeared in cities around the world. [8] Banksy’s work was born out of the Bristol underground scene which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti. [9] Art auctioneers have been known to attempt to sell his street art on location and leave the problem of its removal in the hands of the winning bidder. [10] Banksy’s first film, Exit Through The Gift Shop , billed as "the world’s first street art disaster movie", made its debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival . [11] The film was released in the UK on March 5 . [12] Contents • 8 External links Career Banksy started as a freehand graffiti artist 1992–1994 [14] as one of Bristol’s DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ), with Kato and Tes. [15] He was inspired by local artists and his work was part of the larger Bristol underground scene . From the start he used stencils as elements of his freehand pieces, too. [14] By 2000 he had turned to the art of stencilling after realising how much less time it took to complete a piece. He claims he changed to stencilling whilst he was hiding from the police under a train carriage, when he noticed the stencilled serial number [16] and by employing this technique, he soon became more widely noticed for his art around Bristol an


What is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet?

Letter of the alphabet - definition of letter of the alphabet by The Free Dictionary Letter of the alphabet - definition of letter of the alphabet by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/letter+of+the+alphabet Also found in: Thesaurus , Wikipedia . ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Noun 1. letter of the alphabet - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" spelling - forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language grapheme , graphic symbol , character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" ascender - a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters descender - a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters digram , digraph - two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') initial - the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name" a - the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet b - the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet c - the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet d - the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet e - the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet f - the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet g - the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet h - the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet i - the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet j - the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet k - the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet l - the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet m - the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet n - the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet o - the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet p - the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet q - the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet r - the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet s - the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet t - the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet u - the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet v - the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet double-u , w - the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet x , ex - the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet wye , y - the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet ezed , izzard , zed , zee , z - the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard" alpha - the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet beta - the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet gamma - the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet delta - the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet epsilon - the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet zeta - the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet eta - the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet theta - the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet iota - the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet kappa - the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet lambda - the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet mu - the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet nu - the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet xi - the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet omicron - the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet pi - the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet rho - the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet sigma - the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet tau - the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet upsilon - the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet phi - the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet khi , chi - the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet psi - the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet omega - the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet aleph - the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet beth - the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet gimel - the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet daleth - the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet he - the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet waw - the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet zayin - the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet heth - the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet teth - the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet yodh - the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet kaph - the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet lamedh - the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet mem - the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet nun -


What important discovery was made in 1964 by radio astronomers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson?

Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson - Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ More The Large Horn Antenna and the Discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation As part of the APS historic sites initiative, on December 9, 2008, APS Vice-President Curtis Callan presented a plaque to Bell Labs to commemorate the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB) that provided evidence for the Big Bang. Bell Labs radio astronomers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were using a large horn antenna in 1964 and 1965 to map signals from the Milky Way, when they serendipitously discovered the CMB. As written in the citation, "This unexpected discovery, offering strong evidence that the universe began with the Big Bang, ushered in experimental cosmology." Penzias and Wilson shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978 in honor of their findings. The CMB is "noise" leftover from the creation of the Universe. The microwave radiation is only 3 degrees above Absolute Zero or -270 degrees C, 1 and is uniformly perceptible from all directions. Its presence demonstrates that that our universe began in an extremely hot and violent explosion, called the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago. In 1960, Bell Labs built a 20-foot horn-shaped antenna in Holmdel, NJ to be used with an early satellite system called Echo. The intention was to collect and amplify radio signals to send them across long distances, but within a few years, another satellite was launched and Echo became obsolete. 2 With the antenna no longer tied to commercial applications, it was now free for research. Penzias and Wilson jumped at the chance to use it to analyze radio signals from the spaces between galaxies. 3 But when they began to employ it, they encountered a persistent "noise" of microwaves that came from every direction. If they were to conduct experiments with the antenna, they would have to find a way to remove the static. Penzias and Wilson tested everything they could think of to rule out the source of the radiation racket. They knew it wasn’t radiation from the Milky Way or extraterrestrial radio sources. They pointed the antenna towards New York City to rule out "urban interference", and did analysis to dismiss possible military testing from their list. 4 Then they found droppings of pigeons nesting in the antenna. They cleaned out the mess and tried removing the birds and discouraging them from roosting, but they kept flying back. "To get rid of them, we finally found the most humane thing was to get a shot gun…and at very close range [we] just killed them instantly. It’s not something I’m happy about, but that seemed like the only way out of our dilemma," said Penzias. 5 "And so the pigeons left with a smaller bang, but the noise remained, coming from every direction." 6 At the same time, the two astronomers learned that Princeton University physicist Robert Dicke had predicted that if the Big Bang had occurred, there would be low level radiation found throughout the universe. Dicke was about to design an experiment to test this hypothesis when he was contacted by Penzias. Upon hearing of Penzias’ and Wilson’s discovery, Dicke turned to his laboratory colleagues and said "well boys, we’ve been scooped." 7 Although both groups published their results in Astrophysical Journal Letters, only Penzias and Wilson received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the CMB. The horn antenna was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. Its significance in fostering a new appreciation for the field of cosmology and a better understanding of our origins can be summed up by the following: "Scientists have labeled the discovery [of the CMB] the greatest scientific discovery of the 20th century." 8 ©2009, Alaina G. Levine


Of the 12 Winter Olympics between 1924 and 1976 inclusive, how many were held outside of Europe?

Olympic Games Summer and Winter Locations and History of the Games Olympic games summer and winter locations and history of the games Olympic games summer and winter locations and history of the games Olympic History The Olympic Games took their name from the Greek city of Olympia and though there were important athletic competitions held in other Greek cities in ancient times, the Olympic Games were regarded as the most prestigious. The games were held every four years during August and September and the word "Olympiad", which referred to the four year intervals between competitions, was commonly used to measure time. The first documented Olympic champion was a man named Coroebus, a cook from Elis who won the sprint race in 776 BC. Historians believe that the games had already existed for at least 500 years prior to that date. The Olympic Games originally featured only one event: a race called the "stade", equal to a distance of about 210 yards. By 728 BC two additional races had been added, comparable to the 400 meter and 1,500 meter races of the modern games. The Olympics came to include wrestling, boxing and the pentathlon, as well as specialized events for soldiers and heralds. It was only in 472 BC that the events were spread out over a period of four to five days, previously they had all taken place on a single day. Participation in the Olympic Games was originally limited to free born Greeks, but as Greek civilization was spread by the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Games drew entrants from as far away as Antioch, Sidon and Alexandria. While the only official prize was a wreath or garland, successful athletes were supported by the governments of their cities and devoted much time to training. Most of the competitors were, in fact, professionals. After the Roman conquest of Greece in the second century BC, the Olympic Games suffered a decline in popularity and importance, but the Games persisted until AD 393, when the Roman emperor Theodosius I ordered their abolition. The idea of reviving the Olympic Games originated with Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a 29 year old French aristocrat who first publicly raised the issue in 1892. At a conference on international sport held in Paris in 1894, Coubertin managed to convince delegates from 49 organizations representing nine countries to vote in favor of an Olympic revival. His chief allies in this effort were Dimitrios Vikelas of Greece and Professor William M. Sloane of the United States. The organizers had planned the first modern Olympics for 1900 in Paris, but later decided to move the date forward to 1896 and to change the venue to Athens, though the local government of the Greek capital was initially hostile to the idea. Coubertin and his colleagues of the newly formed International Olympic Committee eventually prevailed, and the first Olympic Games of the modern era were inaugurated by the King of Greece in the first week of April 1896. The Games of 1896, 1900 and 1904 were loosely organized and did not feature national teams produced by rigorous selection. The 1908 Games, held in London in a newly built 66,000 seat stadium, were the first where the events were organized by the relevant authorities in each athletic discipline. More than 2,000 athletes from 22 nations competed in 100 events. The 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm drew more then 2,500 competitors from 28countries and featured the first women's swimming events. No Games were held in 1916 due to World War I, but the Games enjoyed strong growth after the war, with 44 nations participating in the 1924 Olympics in Paris. At the1928 Games in Amsterdam there were more than 290 women among the 3,000athletes, more than double the number that took part in 1924. The Olympic Games were suspended again for 12 years because of World War II, resuming in 1948 in London. The post-war era saw steady growth in the number of countries and athletes competing and a dramatic increase in women's events. Politics began to intrude on the Games in a serious way at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, where Palestinian terrorists att


Where in London was the first Globe Theatre built in 1599?

Shakespeares Globe - History of Shakespeares Globe West End - ATG Tickets Group Bookings Shakespeares Globe Overview Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, located on the south bank of the River Thames, but destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt 1614 then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction is an academic best guess, based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings. It was founded by the actor and director Sam Wanamaker and built approximately 230 metres (750 ft) from the site of the original theatre. The theatre was opened to the public in 1997, with a production of Henry V. The site also includes a reconstruction of the Blackfriars Theatre. The original Globe Theatre was built in 1599 by the playing company Lord Chamberlain's Men, to which Shakespeare belonged, and was destroyed by fire on June 29, 1613. The fire was caused by an accident with a cannon during a production of Henry VIII. The theatre was rebuilt by June 1614 (the exact opening date is not known), but was officially closed by pressure of Puritan opinion in 1642 and demolished in 1644 . The current theatre is based on the 1614 rebuilding, about which more information survives, but with a larger stage and broader staircases. In 1970, American actor and director Sam Wanamaker founded the Shakespeare Globe Trust and the International Shakespeare Globe Centre, with the objective of building a faithful recreation of Shakespeare's Globe close to its original location at Bankside, Southwark. Many detractors maintained that a faithful Globe reconstruction was impossible to achieve due to the complications in the 17th century design and modern fire codes; however, Wanamaker persevered in his vision for over twenty years, and, eventually, a new Globe theatre was built according to a design based on the research of historical advisor John Orrell. The design team was composed of architect Theo Crosby of Pentagram, structural and services engineer Buro Happold, quantity surveyors from Boyden & Co. The construction was undertaken by McCurdy & Co. The theatre opened in 1997 under the name "Shakespeare's Globe Theatre" and has staged live plays every summer. Mark Rylance became the first artistic director in 1995 and was succeeded by Dominic Dromgoole in 2006. The new theatre on Bankside is approximately 230 metres (750 ft) from the original site, measured from centre to centre. The Thames was much wider in Shakespeare's time, and the original Globe was also on the riverbank; however, the original site is now more than a block inland from the riverside. The site for the reconstructed Globe near the present bank of the Thames was chosen to recreate the atmosphere of the original theatre. Like the original Globe, the modern theatre has a thrust stage that projects into a large circular yard surrounded by three tiers of raked seating. The modern Globe from the River Thames. The only covered parts of the amphitheatre are the stage and the seating areas. Plays are staged during the summer, usually between May and the first week of October; in the winter, the theatre is used for educational purposes. Tours are available all year round. The reconstruction was carefully researched so that the new building would be as faithful a replica of the original as possible. This was aided by the discovery of the remains of the original Globe Theatre as final plans were being made for the site and structure. Performances are engineered to duplicate the original environment of Shakespeare's Globe; there are no spotlights, plays are staged during daylight hours and in the evenings (with the help of interior floodlights), there are no microphones, speakers or amplification. All music is performed live on period instruments; the actors can see the audience and the audience can see each other, adding to the feeling of a shared experience and community event. The building itself is constructed entirely of English oak, with mortise and tenon joinery, - no structural steel was used. It is, in this se


Cricketer W G Grace, a first-class cricketer from 1865 to 1908, was a member of what profession?

W. G. Grace (Cricketer) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News W. G. Grace Cricketer Male William Gilbert "W.G. " Grace, was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time. Universally known as "W.G. ", he played first-class cricket for a record-equalling 44 seasons, from 1865 to 1908, during which he captained England, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, the Gentlemen, MCC, the United South of England Eleven and several other teams.…  Read More related links Assn. Plans Annual Festival  Wilkes Barre Times Leader Google News - Sep 04, 2011 '11 with a mass at 10 am at the Prince of Peace Parish, 127 W. Grace St., Old Forge. A variety of homemade foods such as gnocchi, tripe, soffritto, porketta, sausage and peppers, cavatelli and broccoli, meatballs, pizza fritta, pizza, ice cream,' Our Social Networks  Scranton Times Tribune Google News - Sep 01, 2011 '11, Feast Day of Our Lady of Constantinople, Mass, 10 am, Prince of Peace Parish Church, 127 W. Grace St., festival opens, noon, the Poets, 6:30 pm; basket raffle, Sunday night; 457-3499 or felitto.net. Memorabilia sought: SS' Lackawanna County Court Notes 8/31/2011  Scranton Times Tribune Google News - Aug 31, 2011 '-Ã¢â¬âFrank and Grace Spigarelli to Michael Hoffman and Kerry Ann Finnerty; a property at 525 W. Grace St., Old Forge, for $125000. -Ã¢â¬âNicholas A. and Mary Patricia Ross, Dunmore, to Robert and Toni Jones, Jefferson Twp.; a property in Jefferson Twp' Police Blotter  Lincolnshire Review Google News - Aug 30, 2011 'Also arrested were Cherilyn A. Thomas, 25, of 4122 Bonhill Drive, Arlington Heights, on an aggravated identity theft warrant; and Nicarico R. Liddell, 23, of 7133 S. Talman St., Chicago, and Niven D. Beluso, 25, of 4948 W. Grace St., Chicago,' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of W. G. Grace. CHILDHOOD 1848 Birth W. G. Grace was born in Downend, near Bristol, on 18 July 1848 at his parents' home, Downend House, and was baptised at the local church on 8 August. … Read More He was called Gilbert in the family circle, except by his mother who called him Willie, but otherwise he was universally known by his initials W. G. His parents were Henry Mills Grace and Martha (nÃ©e Pocock), who were married in Bristol on Thursday, 3 November 1831 and lived out their lives at Downend, where Henry Grace was the local GP. Downend is near Mangotsfield and, although it is now a suburb of Bristol, it was then "a distinct village surrounded by countryside" and about four miles from Bristol. Henry and Martha Grace had nine children in all: "the same number as Victoria and Albert â and in every respect they were the typical Victorian family". Grace was the eighth child in the family; he had three older brothers, including E. M., and four older sisters. Only Fred, born in 1850, was younger than W. G. Read Less 1854 5 Years Old Grace recorded in his Reminiscences that he saw his first great cricket match in 1854 when he was barely six years old, the occasion being a game between William Clarke's All-England Eleven (the AEE) and twenty-two of West Gloucestershire. 1857 8 Years Old He says he himself played for the West Gloucestershire club as early as 1857, when he was nine years old, and had 11 innings in 1859. 1859 10 Years Old The earliest match in CricketArchive which involved Grace was in 1859, only a few days after his eleventh birthday, when he played for Clifton Cricket Club against the South Wales Cricket Club at Durdham Down, his team winning by 114 runs. … Read More Several members of the Grace family, including his elder brother E. M., were involved in the match. Grace batted at number 11 and scored and not out. Read Less TEENAGE The first time he made a substantial score was in July 1860 when he scored 51 for West Gloucestershire against Clifton; he wrote that none of his great innings gave him more pleasure. … Read More It was through E. M. that the family name first became famous. Read Less His mother, Martha, wrote the following in a


"Sir Edwin Henry Landseer's painting ""Monarch of the Glen"" featured what animal?"

Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873) | Art UK  Art UK | Discover Artists Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873) View all 146 (Born London, 7 March 1802 or 1803; died London, 1 October 1873). English painter, sculptor, and engraver, mainly of animal subjects. He was the son of an engraver and writer, John Landseer (1769–1852), and was an infant prodigy. His career was a story of remarkable social as well as professional success: he was the favourite painter of Queen Victoria (who considered him ‘very good looking although rather short’) and his friends included Dickens and Thackeray. Read more The qualities in his work that delighted the Victorian public, however, subsequently caused his reputation to plummet, for although he had great skill in depicting animal anatomy, he tended to humanize his subjects to tell a sentimental story or point a moral. His most familiar works in this vein include The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner (1837, V&A, London), Dignity and Impudence (1839, Tate, London), and The Monarch of the Glen (1850, Diageo plc). Other paintings by Landseer have been attacked for their cruelty (he made many visits to the Scottish Highlands and frequently painted scenes of deer-hunting). Apart from animal subjects, he also painted portraits and historical scenes. Although he had no previous experience as a sculptor, in 1858 he was commissioned to make four huge bronze lions for the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London; they were cast by his friend Marochetti and unveiled in 1867. By this time Landseer's health had broken down (it was for this reason that he declined the presidency of the Royal Academy in 1865), and in his last years he suffered from bouts of madness, aggravated by alcohol. His brother Thomas (1798–1880) was an engraver, whose prints played a great part in popularizing Edwin's work. Another brother, Charles (1800–79), bequeathed £10,000 to the Royal Academy to found Landseer scholarships. Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press) Share this page


What tourist facility, occupying more than 85 acres, opened in Anaheim, California, in 1955?

Learn and talk about Anaheim, California, 1857 establishments in California, 1876 establishments in California, Anaheim, California, Cities in Orange County, California .net Anaheim (pronounced /ˈænəhaɪm/ ) is a city in Orange County, California , part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area . As of the 2010 United States Census , the city had a population of 336,265, making it the most populous city in Orange County and the 10th most populous city in California. [14] Anaheim is the second largest city in Orange County in terms of land area (after Irvine ) and is known for its theme parks , sports teams, and convention center . Anaheim was founded by fifty German families in 1857 and incorporated as the second city in Los Angeles County on March 18, 1876. [2] The city developed into an industrial center, producing electronics , aircraft parts and canned fruit. It is the site of the Disneyland Resort , a world-famous grouping of theme parks and hotels which opened in 1955, Angel Stadium of Anaheim , Honda Center and the Anaheim Convention Center . Anaheim's city limits extend from Cypress in the west to the Riverside County line in the east and encompass a diverse collection of neighborhoods and communities. Anaheim Hills is a master-planned community located in the city's eastern stretches that is home to many of the city's affluent.[ citation needed ] Downtown Anaheim has three mixed-use historic districts, the largest of which is the Anaheim Colony. The Anaheim Resort , a commercial district, includes Disneyland , Disney California Adventure , and numerous hotels and retail complexes. The Platinum Triangle , a neo-urban redevelopment district surrounding Angel Stadium, is planned to be populated with mixed-use streets and high-rises. Finally, Anaheim Canyon is an industrial district north of SR 91 and east of SR 57 . Contents See also: Timeline of Anaheim, California Anaheim in 1879 Anaheim's name is a blend of "Ana", after the nearby Santa Ana River , and heim, a common Germanic place name compound originally meaning "home". [15] The city of Anaheim was founded in 1857 by 50 German-Americans who were residents of San Francisco [16] and whose families had originated in Rothenburg ob der Tauber , Franconia in Bavaria.[ citation needed ] After traveling through the state looking for a suitable area to grow grapes, the group decided to purchase a 1,165 acres (4.71 km2) parcel from Juan Pacifico Ontiveros' large Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana in present-day Orange County for $2 per acre. [16] For $750 a share, the group formed the Anaheim Vineyard Company. [16] Their new community was named Annaheim, meaning "home by the Santa Anna River" in German. [16] The name later was altered to Anaheim. To the Spanish-speaking neighbors, the settlement was known as Campo Alemán (English: German Field). Anaheim in 1890 Although grape and wine-making was their primary objective, the majority of the 50 settlers were mechanics, carpenters and craftsmen with no experience in wine-making. [16] The community set aside 40 acres (16 ha) for a town center and a school was the first building erected there. [16] The first home was built in 1857, the Anaheim Gazette newspaper was established in 1870 and a hotel in 1871. For 25 years, the area was the largest wine producer in California. [16] However, in 1884, a disease infected the grape vines and by the following year the entire industry was destroyed. Other crops – walnuts, lemons and oranges – soon filled the void. Fruits and vegetables had become viable cash crops when the Los Angeles – Orange County region was connected to the continental railroad network in 1887. Anaheim High School, c.1900 The famous Polish actress Helena Modjeska settled in Anaheim with her husband and various friends, among them Henryk Sienkiewicz , Julian Sypniewski and Łucjan Paprocki. While living in Anaheim, Helena Modjeska became good friends with Clementine Langenberger, the second wife of August Langenberger. [17] Helena Street [18] and Clementine Street [18] are named after these two ladies, and the streets are


What retail chain is named after a character from Herman Melville's book Moby Dick?

Starbuck biography | birthday, trivia | Fictional Sailor | Who2 Starbuck Biography Fictional Sailor   Starbuck is a character in the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by author Herman Melville . Strong and steady, Starbuck serves as first mate on the whaling ship Pequod under the command of the mad Captain Ahab. Starbuck tries to stop Ahab’s obsessive hunt for Moby-Dick, but loyal at the last, he dies at sea with Ahab and his crew after a final battle with the great while whale. The Starbucks coffee chain took its name from the character. Extra credit Unrelated characters named Starbuck also appear in the play The Rainmaker (which debuted on Broadway in 1954) and in the sci-fi TV show Battlestar Galactica (1978-79, with Lt. Starbuck played by Dirk Benedict)… Starbuck was played by actor Leo Genn in the 1956 film which starred Gregory Peck as Ahab.