The poet Byron was the sixth Baron Byron of which northern town?

Lord Byron (George Gordon) | Poetry Foundation Poetry Foundation Poet Details 1788–1824 The most flamboyant and notorious of the major Romantics, George Gordon, Lord Byron, was likewise the most fashionable poet of the day. He created an immensely popular Romantic hero—defiant, melancholy, haunted by secret guilt—for which, to many, he seemed the model. He is also a Romantic paradox: a leader of the era’s poetic revolution, he named Alexander Pope as his master; a worshiper of the ideal, he never lost touch with reality; a deist and freethinker, he retained from his youth a Calvinist sense of original sin; a peer of the realm, he championed liberty in his works and deeds, giving money, time, energy, and finally his life to the Greek war of independence. His faceted personality found expression in satire, verse narrative, ode, lyric, speculative drama, historical tragedy, confessional poetry, dramatic monologue, seriocomic epic, and voluminous correspondence, written in Spenserian stanzas, heroic couplets, blank verse, terza rima, ottava rima, and vigorous prose. In his dynamism, sexuality, self-revelation, and demands for freedom for oppressed people everywhere, Byron captivated the Western mind and heart as few writers have, stamping upon nineteenth-century letters, arts, politics, even clothing styles, his image and name as the embodiment of Romanticism. George Gordon Noel Byron was born, with a clubbed right foot, in London on 22 January 1788, the son of Catherine Gordon of Gight, an impoverished Scots heiress, and Captain John ("Mad Jack") Byron, a fortune-hunting widower with a daughter, Augusta. The profligate captain squandered his wife’s inheritance, was absent for the birth of his only son, and eventually decamped for France, an exile from English creditors, where he died in 1791 at thirty-six, the mortal age for both the poet and his daughter Ada. In the summer of 1789 Byron moved with his mother to Aberdeen. (His half sister had earlier been sent to her maternal grandmother.) Emotionally unstable, Catherine Byron raised her son in an atmosphere variously colored by her excessive tenderness, fierce temper, insensitivity, and pride. She was as likely to mock his lameness as to consult doctors about its correction. From his Presbyterian nurse Byron developed a lifelong love for the Bible and an abiding fascination with the Calvinist doctrines of innate evil and predestined salvation. Early schooling instilled a devotion to reading and especially a "grand passion" for history that informed much of his later writing. With the death in 1798 of his great-uncle, the "Wicked" fifth Lord Byron, George became the sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale, heir to Newstead Abbey, the family seat in Nottinghamshire. He enjoyed the role of landed nobleman, proud of his coat of arms with its mermaid and chestnut horses surmounting the motto "Crede Byron" ("Trust Byron"). An "ebullition of passion" for his cousin Margaret Parker in 1800 inspired his "first dash into poetry." When she died two years later, he composed "On the Death of a Young Lady"; throughout his life poetic expression would serve him as a catharsis of strong emotion. At Harrow (1801-1805), he excelled in oratory, wrote verse, and played sports, even cricket. (After a quack doctor subjected him to painful, futile treatments for his foot, London specialists prescribed a corrective boot, later fitted with a brace, which the patient often refused to wear.) He also formed the first of those passionate attachments with other, chiefly younger, boys that he would enjoy throughout his life; before reaching his teen years he had been sexually initiated by his maid. There can be little doubt that he had strong bisexual tendencies, though relationships with women seem generally, but not always, to have satisfied his emotional needs more fully. In the summer of 1803 he fell so deeply in love with his distant cousin, the beautiful-and engaged-Mary Chaworth of Annesley Hall, that he interrupted his education for a term to be near her. His unrequited passion found expression in such po


What was the subject of Hugh Gray's famous photograph, published in the Daily Express on 6th December 1933?

The Loch Ness Monster! The Loch Ness Monster! Andrew – January 13, 2012 Posted in: Cryptozoology The Loch Ness Monster (Scottish Gaelic: Niseag) is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next. Popular interest and belief in the animal has varied since it was brought to the world’s attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal, with minimal and much-disputed photographic material and sonar readings. The most common speculation among believers is that the creature represents a line of long-surviving plesiosaurs. The scientific community regards the Loch Ness Monster as a modern-day myth, and explains sightings as a mix of hoaxes and wishful thinking. Despite this, it remains one of the most famous examples of cryptozoology. The legendary monster has been affectionately referred to by the nickname Nessie (Scottish Gaelic: Niseag) since the 1950s. Origins Loch NessThe term “monster” was reportedly applied for the first time to the creature on 2 May 1933 by Alex Campbell, the water bailiff for Loch Ness and a part-time journalist, in a report in the Inverness Courier. On 4 August 1933, the Courier published as a full news item the claim of a London man, George Spicer, that a few weeks earlier while motoring around the Loch, he and his wife had seen “the nearest approach to a dragon or pre-historic animal that I have ever seen in my life”, trundling across the road toward the Loch carrying “an animal” in its mouth. Other letters began appearing in the Courier, often anonymously, with claims of land or water sightings, either on the writer’s part or on the parts of family, acquaintances or stories they remembered being told. These stories soon reached the national (and later the international) press, which described a “monster fish”, “sea serpent”, or “dragon”, eventually settling on “Loch Ness Monster”. On 6 December 1933 the first purported photograph of the monster, taken by Hugh Gray, was published in The Daily Express, and shortly after the creature received official notice when the Secretary of State for Scotland ordered the police to prevent any attacks on it. In 1934, interest was further sparked by what is known as The Surgeon’s Photograph. In the same year R. T. Gould published a book, the first of many that describe the author’s personal investigation and collected record of additional reports pre-dating the summer of 1933. Other authors have claimed that sightings of the monster go as far back as the 6th century. HistorySaint Columba (6th century)The earliest report of a monster associated with the vicinity of Loch Ness appears in the Life of St. Columba by Adomnán, written in the 7th century. According to Adomnán, writing about a century after the events he described, the Irish monk Saint Columba was staying in the land of the Picts with his companions when he came across the locals burying a man by the River Ness. They explained that the man had been swimming the river when he was attacked by a “water beast” that had mauled him and dragged him under. They tried to rescue him in a boat, but were able only to drag up his corpse. Hearing this, Columba stunned the Picts by sending his follower Luigne moccu Min to swim across the river. The beast came after him, but Columba made the sign of the cross and commanded: “Go no further. Do not touch the man. Go back at once.” The beast immediately halted as if it had been “pulled back with ropes” and fled in terror, and both Columba’s men and the pagan Picts praised God for the miracle. Believers in the Loch Ness Monster often point to this story, which notably takes place on the River Ness rather than the loch itself, as evidence for the creature’s existence as early as the 6th century. However, sceptics question the narrative’s reliability, noting that water-beast stories were extremely common in medieval saints’ Lives; as such, Adomnán’s tale is likely a recycling of a common motif attached to a local


Who was the only President of the Confederate States of America?

Confederate States of America - American Civil War - HISTORY.com Confederate States of America A+E Networks Introduction During the American Civil War, the Confederate States of America consisted of the governments of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860-61, carrying on all the affairs of a separate government and conducting a major war until defeated in the spring of 1865. Convinced that their way of life, based on slavery, was irretrievably threatened by the election of President Abraham Lincoln (November 1860), the seven states of the Deep South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas) seceded from the Union during the following months. When the war began with the firing on Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861), they were joined by four states of the upper South (Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia). Google Formed in February 1861, the Confederate States of America was a republic composed of eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union in order to preserve slavery, states’ rights, and political liberty for whites. Its conservative government, with Mississippian Jefferson Davis as president, sought a peaceful separation, but the United States refused to acquiesce in the secession. The war that ensued started at Fort Sumter , South Carolina , on April 12, 1861, and lasted four years. It cost the South nearly 500,000 men killed or wounded out of a population of 9 million (including 3 million slaves) and $5 billion in treasure. Did You Know? On July 15, 1870, Georgia became the last former Confederate state to be restored to the Union, more than five years after the Civil War's end. The Confederacy’s eastern military fortunes went well for the first two years, with major victories at First Manassas (Bull Run), ‘Stonewall’ Jackson’s Valley Campaign, and the Seven Days’ Battles, where Gen. Robert E. Lee took command of the main eastern army in June 1862 and cleared Virginia of federal troops by September. His invasion of Maryland was checked at Sharpsburg (Antietam) in mid-September, and he returned to Virginia, where he badly defeated federal forces at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. The main western Confederate forces-commanded by Generals Albert Sidney Johnston , P. G. T. Beauregard, and Braxton Bragg-suffered defeats at Forts Henry and Donelson and Shiloh in Tennessee , and at Corinth, Mississippi , but they held that flank through 1862. Davis formed his government at the first Confederate capital in Montgomery, Alabama . The Confederacy’s Permanent Constitution provided for presidential item veto, debating seats for cabinet members, and six-year terms for the president and vice president (the president was ineligible for successive terms); it prohibited the foreign slave trade and forbade Congress from levying a protective tariff, giving bounties, or making appropriations for internal improvements. After initial problems, Davis’s government grew stronger as he learned to use executive power to consolidate control of the armed forces and manpower distribution. But some Southern governors resisted Davis’s centralization and tried to keep their men and resources at home. Although Davis used authority effectively, the insistence on preserving states’ rights plagued him constantly. Vice President Alexander H. Stephens , an early dissident, for example, sulked in his native Georgia and finally urged its secession from the Confederacy. But nothing gave the government more trouble than its poverty. There was only $27 million worth of specie in the Confederacy, and money remained scarce. A federal blockade gradually shrank Southern foreign trade and drained financial reserves. Christopher G. Memminger, treasury secretary, followed conservative policies. A campaign to raise funds through a domestic loan in February 1861 lagged; a $50 million loan drive launched in May did little better. Finally Congress resorted to a ‘produce loan,’ which allowed planters to pledge produce as security for bonds. Although initially popular, this expedient also failed. The next


Which England cricketer, who died in 2011, was nicknamed 'The Barnacle' because he was so difficult to get out?

Trevor Bailey has died: Former Former England cricketer and voice of Test Match Special passes away at 87 | Daily Mail Online Former England cricketer and radio pundit Trevor Bailey has died at the age of 87. He was found dead on Thursday morning after a fire at a retirement complex in Essex. Firefighters found Bailey in the kitchen when they arrived on the scene. A woman, believed to be his wife Greta, was rescued from the Crowstone Road flat. One of the greats: Trevor Bailey pictured at Westcliff station in Essex in 2005 Bailey played 61 times for England in a ten-year career between 1949 and 1959. He will be best remembered for his heroic partnership with Willie Watson at Lord's in 1953, that lasted four-and-a-half hours and secured England a memorable draw against Australia. The draw helped England to a famous Ashes series win, their first in 19 years. Bailey, who played for Essex throughout his career, was nicknamed 'Barnacle Bailey'. He scored 1,000 runs and took 100 wickets in the same season on eight separate occasions. He later became a hugely popular pundit during his many years on radio's iconic Test Match Special programme. Finest hour: Bailey reaches his half century on the day he defiantly held off Australia in the Lord's Test of 1953 Former Prime Minister Sir John Major, an avid cricket fan, said: 'Trevor Bailey is one of the great all-rounders in the history of English cricket. 'One of my abiding memories as a small boy is of Trevor Bailey and Willie Watson batting at Lord's to save the Test match against the Australians. It was a superb effort, without which we would not have won back the Ashes in 1953. 'Trevor was a great servant of English cricket - a fine bowler and a team player, prepared to bat anywhere from number one to seven, and with great skill and success. 'He has certainly earned his place in the history of English cricket.' This is how you do it: Bailey giving a demonstration to youngsters in Essex in 1956 The BBC's cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew wrote on his Twitter page: 'Desperate news re. Trevor Bailey. Dogged batsman, aggressive bowler. Intelligent cricketer. Wonderfully concise pundit. Great sense of humour.' And Henry Blofeld, his former colleague on Test Match Special, said: 'He was a tremendous colleague, a great friend and man, I shall miss hugely. 'To work with, he was exactly like he was as a cricketer. Trevor was canny and let nothing pass. He hated people who were never giving all. It was like the way he batted and bowled. 'He had a good sense of humour. He would always say 'Ah, the medicine' whenever he heard the cork of a champagne bottle crack in the background. 'He hasn't been well for some time and found life a bit of a struggle, but going the way he did is most unfair.' Legendary line-up: Trevor Bailey (right) with Fred Trueman, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Brian Johnston Former England captain David Gower said: 'I knew him more as commentator - that very familiar voice on radio with Test Match Special. I worked with him a few times in my early days as a broadcaster. He was a great lover of the game. So many people of that ilk, it becomes absolutely manifest - the game was everything to them. A great admirer of everyone who played it well - a very good man indeed all round. 'I suspect a lot of younger people like myself will remember him for what he brought to the radio. The game has been taken far and wide over the years and there are so many voices that become associated with the game. Trevor was very much part of that Test Match Special team pretty much in its heyday.' During his long stint on the radio, Bailey worked alongside other former greats like Fred Trueman, and commentating legends like John Arlott and Brian Johnson. During that time, he was often known by another nickname 'The Boil.' He delighted millions of cricket lovers with his forthright views and distinctive tones, and will always be associated with a golden period for the long-running show. ECB chairman Giles Clarke said: 'Trevor Bailey was not only one of the finest all-round cricketers this c


Which musical note is the longest, at 8 crotchets?

Note lengths Note lengths Each note has a duration which is   specified by its appearance when it is written down (see below) This duration is not an absolute one (it does not define how many   seconds it should last), but is relative to the speed of the beats The duration will always be closely related to the speed of      the beats such as: a whole number of beats a simple fraction like a half or a quarter of a beat an additive combination of the above two You do not get a note which lasts for 7/16 of a beat       or 1.46 of a beat As will be seen below, the notation tends to limit the       possible durations that can be written, but in traditional       music, this is not a problem The most basic note is a circular shape   which sits on a five-line stave :   In printed music, it is sometimes more of an oval than a circle It is of a size so that when it sits between two lines of a stave , it just touches both lines This is usually called the head of the note The pitch of a note is given by its vertical position on the stave The duration of a note is given by its   appearance: whether the circle is hollow or filled in whether the circle has a stem or not whether the stem has a curly tail       or a straight beam how many tails or beams the stem has (rarely) whether the circle has one or two lines each side Whether it is followed by one or more dots . Whether it is tied to the next note (of the same      pitch). Although the horizontal dimension of a stave represents the passing of   time, this representation is not meant to be accurate or to scale,   so the horizontal distance between different notes on a stave should not   be used to judge the length of a note . It can sometimes be a useful guide, but it is not to       be relied upon There are eight different durations of basic note which have a specific name The relative durations are all powers of two,       i.e. the length is doubled or halved to get the next durations The names of the different lengths of notes are listed here with at least two examples on a stave : Semibreve or Whole note - Hollow circle Minim or Half note - Semibreve with a stem Crotchet or Quarter note - Minim with filled circle Quaver or Eighth note - Crotchet with one beam or tail Semiquaver or Sixteenth note - Crotchet with two beams or tails Demisemiquaver or Thirty-second note - Crotchet with three beams or tails Hemidemisemiquaver or Sixty-fourth note - Crotchet with four beams or tails Breve or Double whole note - Semibreve with one or two vertical lines each side The following table also gives a duration which is the number of seconds that one note would last relative to a semibreve of 64 time units (e.g. seconds). English note name Double whole note 128 In a normal piece of music, the basic time unit is the beat , as specified by the time signature . The beat is normally a reasonable counting speed, somewhere between 40 and 200 per minute (in other words, from less than one per second to more than 2 per second) - see metronome markings . The time signature also specifies what length of note the beat is (usually crotchet or quaver, but sometimes minim) so this then governs the relative lengths of all other notes in the piece. In the example below, the metronome marking says that there 120 beats per minute (two per second). The time signature says there are three beats per bar, and that those beats are crotchets. So each crotchet should last (sound) for half a second, and each quaver should last (sound) for a quarter of a second. In practise, a musician does not work out the length of each notes in seconds. He/she would establish the speed of the beats and the numbers of beats in a bar in their head (by counting "1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 ..." evenly, with a slight emphasise on each "1") at approximately the correct speed, each count taking about half a second in this case. He/she would then look at the music, and judge where each beat occurs, by looking at the length of each note in turn from left to right, and then fit


Who is the only post World War 2 Conservative Prime minister not to win a general election?

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - RationalWiki Prime Minister of the United Kingdom From RationalWiki v - t - e The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the Head of Government of the United Kingdom . By an unwritten rule, the Prime Minister must be a Member of the House of Commons (the lower house of Parliament). The last Prime Minister from outside the Commons, Lord Salisbury, left the office in 1902. [1] Spencer Perceval remains the only Prime Minister to ever be assassinated, after an angry rich man from Liverpool lost the plot. Contents [ edit ] Appointment The Prime Minister is not directly elected. Instead, the public vote for a single Member of Parliament, a representative from their constituency. There are 650 MPs in total. If one political party has a majority in the Commons, then the leader of that party will be appointed Prime Minister. Otherwise, party leaders will attempt to form a coalition or lead a minority government. Whoever has the support of the most Members of Parliament will generally be the Prime Minister. Note that the monarch's role is purely constitutional , they cannot simply pick their favourite. [ edit ] Evolution of the role The position was not yet created, but historians accept Robert Walpole as the first Prime Minister, as he held the role of First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons. He spent over twenty years in this role, although was not a Prime Minister in the modern sense, as he was chosen by the monarch, not Parliament. The existence of the role was denied by many, and only received official acknowledgement in 1905, as a member of the order of precedence, making Henry Campbell-Bannerman the first "official" PM. Legal recognition was only given by the Ministers of the Crown Act 1937, before then the "Prime Minister" was simply the most powerful member of the Cabinet, generally the Party Leader of the party with the most seats. [ edit ] Early Prime Ministers Early UK politics was one huge episode of Blackadder. After the mighty Robert Walpole set things going with a twenty-year stint up to 1742, there followed a succession of lords this and dukes of that. Only a few stand out from the pack: Lord North was PM from 1770 to 1782. He presided over the American Revolution, a slow-burning resentment which he stoked to roaring flames with his punitive taxes and laws. After defeat at Yorktown (and struggling to control a week-long series of religious riots in London), he became the first PM to lose a parliamentary motion of no confidence. But he managed to keep the Falkland Islands British. Yay. William Pitt the younger took the job aged 24, fought off Napoleon and brought Ireland into political union with Britain, creating the United Kingdom . The Duke of Wellington, spent his 22 months as Prime Minister getting the first major electoral reform and Catholic emancipation laws through Parliament, despite blaming anything that went wrong in the country on liberals. Robert Peel introduced Income tax and an early industrial safety law, and restricted female and child labour in factories. All rather surprising for a conservative - his batting for that side included creating the country's first police force and making the aristocratic, land-owning Tory party into the modern, business-friendly Conservative Party we all know and love . Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) and W.E. Gladstone (Liberal) alternated Prime Ministerial duties from 1868 to 1885, and presided over a series of progressive laws that greatly improved life for most people in the UK; a majority of men became eligible to vote, women could own property, and trade unions were legalised. They are also the only nineteenth-century politicians that most twenty-first century people can name, if you don't count royals. [ edit ] Prime Ministers 1900 to 1945 [ edit ] Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895 - 1902) Gascoyne-Cecil ( Conservative ), later 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, presided over the installation of Workmen's Compensation; the world's shortest war - the Anglo-Zanzib


Where to stay and what to do in Lisbon - Telegraph Travel Where to stay and what to do in Lisbon Lisbon is a city where you can see the Portuguese soul. Mary Lussiana , Destination expert 18 May 2016 • 5:44pm The fragrant Jacaranda trees are blossoming on every avenue as the city’s restaurants move their tables out into the spring sunshine. New hotels are opening apace for visitors flocking to discover the endless charms that have for so long remained in the shadow of bigger, brasher capitals. Yet, Lisbon is still a city where you can see the Portuguese soul in the tiled facades lining the narrow streets, hear its music in the leafy squares and bathe in its special light. For charm and character, the city’s boutique hotels make for a memorable stay. STAY Palacio Belmonte Belmonte scores top marks for history, romance, and having the best views in the city – over the terracotta rooftops of Lisbon’s ancient quarters and on to the ever-blue Atlantic. This intimate 10‑suite palace feels like the most opulent b&b in the world. Not the kind of place where guests are confined to their room, this is a palace you’ll have all to yourself (and a handful of other guests, of course). The drawing rooms are lined with original 18th-century azulejo tiles and period oil paintings. And, of course, there’s the orange tree-shaded black marble swimming pool. Doubles from £249. Read the full review: Palacio Belmonte Belmonte scores top marks for having the best views in the city. Memmo Alfama  The 19th-century building has been immaculately restored by talented architect Samuel Torres de Carvalho, who has brilliantly blended the old with the new to create a property which seamlessly fits 21st-century needs into heritage housing. Interiors mix a range of textures, from the thick, exposed, ancient stone walls at the entrance to the modern, micro-cement walls in the bathrooms. All is imbued with the Memmo mantra 'make yourself at home', as written on the wall by reception. The stylish terrace, complete with red-tiled lap-pool, is the crowning glory. Doubles from £111. Read the full review: Memmo Alfama The mantra at Memmo Alfama is 'make yourself at home'. LX Boutique Hotel This couldn’t be better placed for river-front views and city-centre access. The feel is modern, fresh and slightly artsy-chic. The five floors feature recognisable Lisbon themes, such as a sultry Fado floor, a literary level and the boho Bairro Alto-themed landing. Plump for a front-facing room. Here the French windows open up on to a vista of terracotta rooftops that spill out to the river. Soft blue and grey tones are used throughout, maintaining the light and airy feel. There’s also a good sushi restaurant, Confraria do Sushi, which serves delicious sashimi and maki rolls. Doubles from £87. Read the full review: LX Boutique Hotel The feel of LX Boutique Hotel is modern, fresh and slightly artsy-chic. Valverde Hotel Inspired by townhouse hotels in New York and London, the interiors celebrate the best of Portugal with Porto decorators, Bastir, mixing Braz Gil Studio porcelain with antique prints and art from Vieira da Sila against a backdrop of heavy fabrics, geometric rugs and highly veneered retro furniture. A nod to Lisbon’s Moorish heritage is visible in the pierced, sliding wooden screens in some rooms and the design of the floor tiles in others. Rooms are characterful and cosy, with sloping ceilings and warm colours, and spacious, chic, black and white bathrooms, complete with cast-iron stand-alone tubs and good rain showers. Doubles from £145. Read the full review: Valverde Hotel Valverde is inspired by townhouse hotels in New York and London. The best hotels in Lisbon Almalusa Baixa/Chiado Tucked away in the corner of one of Lisbon’s most attractive squares, this new boutique hotel is housed in an 18th-century building on the site of the city’s old arsenal. The 28 rooms and suites brim with character, understated style and every modern comfort. Its listed-building status means that every room is different, and authentic elements, from original flagstone floors to fi


Which Nobel Prize winner shot himself in 1961?

Ernest Hemingway: Nobel Prize & Suicide Nobel Prize & Suicide NEXT  The last decade of Ernest Hemingway's life was marked by professional accomplishment and personal disaster. By his fifties, a life of hard living and hard drinking began to catch up with him. His ailments included liver problems, diabetes, depression and the lingering physical damage related to his many injuries. Hemingway had endured a lifelong streak of freak accidents, from that skylight accident in Paris to the time his infant son stuck his finger in his eye and tore his cornea. In 1954, while on safari with Mary in Africa, the couple was seriously injured in two successive plane crashes (the plane that came to rescue them after the first crash crashed as well). He was recovering from those injuries at the same time that his literary career and personal fame reached its peak. In September 1952, Life magazine published Hemingway's novella The Old Man and the Sea . The book focuses on Santiago, a weathered, quiet, long-suffering Cuban fisherman who spends days at sea wrestling with a marlin, only to see the fish eaten by sharks on the way back to port. Hemingway's literary reputation had dwindled in recent years, thanks largely to his 1950 novel Across the River and Into the Trees, which was regarded as about as bad a book as Ernest Hemingway was capable of writing. The story of Santiago and the elegant telling of his epic, Christ-like suffering was wildly popular among critics and readers. Writers flocked to Hemingway's home to do profiles of Papa, the fishing, hunting writer of near-mythical status. Even Hemingway, his own harshest critic, was pleased with the book, calling it the "best I can write ever for all of my life." 11 The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and in 1954 Hemingway was honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature. Upon presenting the prize, the secretary of the Swedish Academy said that Ernest Hemingway had done more for American literature than any of his colleagues, as a writer who "makes us feel we are confronted by a still young nation which seeks and finds its exact form of expression." 12 Hemingway was still recovering from the plane crashes and was unable to travel to Sweden to receive the prize. The American ambassador accepted it for him and read his speech aloud, which included the phrase: "Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses he will endure or be forgotten." 13 Hemingway's depression, which had plagued him at times throughout his life, worsened in his later years. By the time he and Mary moved to Ketchum, Idaho, in 1960, Hemingway was receiving shock treatments for depression that made him lose his memory. The loss of his memory, the store of details and experience upon which his writing was based, was more than he could take. The man who valued striving and surviving above all else could no longer carry on the fight. A first, unsuccessful suicide attempt occurred in spring 1961. Then on 2 July 1961, just a few weeks before his 62nd birthday, Ernest Hemingway positioned himself in the foyer of his Ketchum home and shot himself in the head with a double-barreled shotgun. He was buried in Ketchum. His epitaph was a poem he wrote for a friend years earlier: "Best of all he loved the fall/ The leaves yellow on the cottonwoods/ Leaves floating on the trout streams/ And above the hills/ The high blue windless skies/ Now he will be a part of them forever." Hemingway often inscribed letters and books with the French expression il faut d'abord durer—first, one must last. Hemingway's lasting contribution to American literature includes not only his own impressive bibliography, but the books of countless of other writers who were inspired by his prose. John Updike said that "an entire generation of American men learned to speak in the accents of [his] stoicism"; Raymond Carver recalled that his generation of aspiring young writers "managed to work Hemingway'


Which singer appears as bar-owner 'JD' in the film 'Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels'?

Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels: Amazon.co.uk: Guy Ritchie: DVD & Blu-ray Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. Customers also viewed these available items Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images ? Product Description A brutally comic tale about a group of London friends who find themselves deep in debt to an East End tough, LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS is quick-paced, stylized, and highly entertaining. In his debut feature film, director-writer Guy Ritchie weaves a tangled web of shady, blithely eccentric characters and several storylines, all of them coming together in a gleeful explosion of murder and mayhem. When streetwise charmer Eddy (Nick Moran), the son of steely bar owner JD (Sting), botches a gambling scheme with his dad's nemesis, porn king Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty), he's got one week to come up with 500,000 pounds or he loses his fingers--and so do his friends Tom (Jason Flemyng), Bacon (Jason Statham), and Soap (Dexter Fletcher). While the pals scheme to make the money, Harry indulges his penchant for valuable antique shot guns, stolen for him by a couple of inept burglars. Soon the missing guns, a paranoid group of marajuana growers, a mean-spirited debt collector (Vinnie Jones) and his young son, and a violent bunch of thugs, are all thrown together in this tightly-woven, genuinely funny story that takes its inspiration from old British comic gangster flicks like THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN and more recent films like RESERVOIR DOGS and THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.


The Four Noble truths are a key feature of which religion?

BBC - Religions - Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths The Four Noble Truths Last updated 2009-11-17 This article examines the Four Noble Truths, four principles which contain the essence of the Buddha's teachings. On this page The Four Noble Truths Statue of Buddha, 1st-2nd century CE, Afghanistan © "I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path. That's all I teach", declared the Buddha 2500 years ago. The Four Noble Truths contain the essence of the Buddha's teachings. It was these four principles that the Buddha came to understand during his meditation under the bodhi tree. The truth of suffering (Dukkha) The truth of the origin of suffering (Samudāya) The truth of the cessation of suffering (Nirodha) The truth of the path to the cessation of suffering (Magga) The Buddha is often compared to a physician. In the first two Noble Truths he diagnosed the problem (suffering) and identified its cause. The third Noble Truth is the realisation that there is a cure. The fourth Noble Truth, in which the Buddha set out the Eightfold Path, is the prescription, the way to achieve a release from suffering. The First Noble Truth Suffering (Dukkha) Suffering comes in many forms. Three obvious kinds of suffering correspond to the first three sights the Buddha saw on his first journey outside his palace: old age, sickness and death. But according to the Buddha, the problem of suffering goes much deeper. Life is not ideal: it frequently fails to live up to our expectations. Human beings are subject to desires and cravings, but even when we are able to satisfy these desires, the satisfaction is only temporary. Pleasure does not last; or if it does, it becomes monotonous. Even when we are not suffering from outward causes like illness or bereavement, we are unfulfilled, unsatisfied. This is the truth of suffering. Some people who encounter this teaching may find it pessimistic. Buddhists find it neither optimistic nor pessimistic, but realistic. Fortunately the Buddha's teachings do not end with suffering; rather, they go on to tell us what we can do about it and how to end it. In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions The Second Noble Truth Origin of suffering (Samudāya) Our day-to-day troubles may seem to have easily identifiable causes: thirst, pain from an injury, sadness from the loss of a loved one. In the second of his Noble Truths, though, the Buddha claimed to have found the cause of all suffering - and it is much more deeply rooted than our immediate worries. The Buddha taught that the root of all suffering is desire, tanhā. This comes in three forms, which he described as the Three Roots of Evil, or the Three Fires, or the Three Poisons. The Three Fires of hate, greed and ignorance, shown in a circle, each reinforcing the others. Photo: Falk Kienas © The three roots of evil These are the three ultimate causes of suffering: Greed and desire, represented in art by a rooster Ignorance or delusion, represented by a pig Hatred and destructive urges, represented by a snake Language note: Tanhā is a term in Pali, the language of the Buddhist scriptures, that specifically means craving or misplaced desire. Buddhists recognise that there can be positive desires, such as desire for enlightenment and good wishes for others. A neutral term for such desires is chanda. The Fire Sermon The Buddha taught more about suffering in the Fire Sermon, delivered to a thousand bhikkus (Buddhist monks). Bhikkhus, all is burning. And what is the all that is burning? The eye is burning, forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning, also whatever is felt as pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant that arises with eye-contact for its indispensable condition, that too is burning. Burning with what? Burning with the fire of lust, with the fire of hate, with the fire of delusion. I say it is burning with birth, aging and death, with sorrows, with lamentations, with pains, with griefs, with despairs. The Fire Sermon (SN 35:28


In which 1970s TV detective series did the character Frank Haskins appear?

The 1970s Detective ready reckoner | Den of Geek Search The 1970s Detective ready reckoner Solving crimes with fast food, fags and floozies, here are some of the shows that clearly inspired Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes... Hawaii Five-O (ITV 1970-82) Jack Lord "Book 'em Danno!" was Steve McGarrett's catchphrase which ended most episodes of the long-running Hawaii Five-O. The show began with one of the best signature tunes ever written for television. Exotic locations, high drama, action and mystery... what's not to like? Jack Lord's central performance as the bequiffed McGarrett was always watchable. Great though Lord was, the real star was Hawaii itself. Charlie Barlow Barlow at Large, Barlow (BBC 1971-73,1974-76) Stratford Johns The larger-than-life detective played by Stratford Johns, originally appeared in Z Cars, then together with Frank Windsor's John Watt moved to Bristol for Softly Softly. These two series spin-offs saw the character go it alone. While the pedigree of the writing can't be faulted, Barlow without Watt was harder to get used to... Lt Columbo Columbo (NBC 1971-78, 1991-92, 2001) Peter Falk Lt Columbo from the LAPD may have lacked sartorial elegance but he had detective acumen in spades. The crumpled cop was a perennial favourite appearing in several series from the seventies to the current decade. Glass-eyed, cigar chomping, Peter Falk was an unlikely but engaging star. Columbo would appear about 20 minutes into each episode (usually parking his car badly) to solve a crime the viewers had already witnessed. Occasionally he was accompanied by his ironically named, bored Bassett hound Fang. Stars as varied as William Shatner and Johnny Cash played the "villain of the week" (often a hero of the unseen Mrs Columbo). They dreaded the detective's dogged pursuit for the truth and especially his catchphrase "Just one more thing...". Jason King Jason King (ITV 1971-2) Peter Wyngarde If Columbo was sartorially challenged then Jason King was very much the man about town. Peter Wyngarde's smooth ladies man was a successful author (crime novels about Mark Caine) who solved crimes almost as a hobby, the books paying for his champagne lifestyle. Previously seen in Department S, King was so flamboyant a character he almost demanded his own series. Whilst the series had panache, the leading man was seen as an ageing playboy with a decadent approach which felt out of place in the sober early seventies. Escapist stuff and no more... Frank Cannon Cannon (BBC 1972-9) William Conrad Bulky William Conrad was Frank Cannon, a man few criminals got past, both metaphorically and literally. The series was an adequate schedule filler which the BBC used to show after the Nine o' clock News throughout the seventies. Cannon lacked charm and a subordinate, having to do the legwork himself, not an easy task given his large frame. The show was much parodied and the stories were a bit predictable. Piet Van Der Valk Van Der Valk (ITV 1973,1977,1992) Barry Foster Amsterdam was an unusual setting for a crime series. Van Der Valk used its locale to the full. Barry Foster was the rather cynical, seen-it-all leading man. The Simon Park Orchestra took Eye Level, the memorable signature tune written by Jack Trombey to the top of the charts - the first TV theme to reach such heights. The whole thing was a refreshing departure for its creators. Euston films had hitherto been renowned for dark thrillers set in London's gangland underworld. That said Amsterdam had its own crime for Van Der Valk to tackle such as drugs and prostitution. It was a successful package, so much so, ITV resurrected the idea twice, in 1977 and again in the early nineties. Theo Kojak Kojak (CBS/ABC 1974-78, 1989-90) Telly Savalas Bald headed, lollipop-addicted, Theo Kojak arrived on British screens in 1974. Played by the ebullient Telly Savalas, Kojak was a natty dresser, never one to turn up to the scene of a homocide without a dazzling waistcoat and a jaunty-angled trilby. Savalas' charisma lit up the screen and his disarming way of addressing people as "pussycat"


Who played Ellie May in the Beverley Hillbillies?

Donna Douglas - IMDb IMDb Actress | Soundtrack An honest-to-goodness Southern Belle, similar to her most famous character role, "Elly May Clampett" on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Donna Douglas grew up in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area, loving "critters". She got married soon after high school, had a son, divorced and won a couple of beauty contests, all within the span of a few years. She... See full bio » Born: a list of 45 people created 05 Jun 2013 a list of 34 people created 16 Apr 2014 a list of 30 images created 25 Nov 2014 a list of 35 images created 21 Sep 2015 a list of 48 people created 21 Dec 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Donna Douglas's work have you seen? User Polls The Beverly Hillbillies Elly May Clampett (1962-1971) Lover Come Back Deborah, Peter's Secretary (1961)  1999 The Nanny (TV Series) Donna Douglas  1978-1979 Project U.F.O. (TV Series) Mrs. Ferrell / Wendy  1974 McMillan & Wife (TV Series) Rita  1970-1973 Love, American Style (TV Series) Annabelle (segment "Love and the Love Kit") / Gloria Gilchrest (segment "Love and the Other Guy")  1972 Night Gallery (TV Series) Mildred McVane (segment "Last Rites for a Dead Druid")  1964 The Defenders (TV Series) Mary Andrews  1962 Sam Benedict (TV Series) Francine  1961-1962 Mister Ed (TV Series) Girl / Blanche / Jane Parker  1961 Dr. Kildare (TV Series) Jenny  1961 Pete and Gladys (TV Series) Blonde / Model  1961 Surfside 6 (TV Series) Amy / Paula Creston  1961 Cain's Hundred (TV Series) Edie  1960-1961 The Aquanauts (TV Series) Nancy Gard  1961 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) Rhonda Sheridan - The Celluloid Cowboy (1961) ... Rhonda Sheridan  1961 Checkmate (TV Series)  1961 Michael Shayne (TV Series) Dusa Quick  1960 Route 66 (TV Series) Dana  1960 The Detectives (TV Series) Sandra Hoyle  1960 Lock Up (TV Series) Gloria Larkey  1959 Bachelor Father (TV Series) Louise / Alice  1959 U.S. Marshal (TV Series) Joyce Markham - Granny's Spring Tonic (1963) ... (performer: "Granny's Spring Tonic" - uncredited) - Home for Christmas (1962) ... (performer: "Jingle Bells", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas") Hide   2005 Biography (TV Series documentary) Herself  2004 TV Land's Top Ten (TV Series documentary) Herself  2001 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) Herself  1993 CBS This Morning (TV Series) Herself  1993 Jerry Springer (TV Series) Herself  1990 Hard Copy (TV Series) Herself  1985 Our Time (TV Series) Herself  1985 Elvis: Memories (Video documentary) Herself  1984 Hee Haw (TV Series) Herself  1967-1968 The Linkletter Show (TV Series) Herself  1966-1967 Password All-Stars (TV Series) Herself - Celebrity Contestant - Steven Hill vs. Donna Douglas (1966) ... Herself - Celebrity Contestant  1967 Go!!! (TV Movie)  1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV Series) Herself  2015 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Herself  2015 Inside Edition (TV Series documentary) Herself Single: "He's So Near" / "Turn Around" (Arlen Records) Publicity Listings: 1 Interview | 14 Articles | 9 Pictorials | 10 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Alternate Names: Did You Know? Personal Quote: [death bed message to Max Baer Jr. ] Tell Maxie I thought I was going to get better. See more » Trivia: Donna Douglas performed as a gospel singer and wrote the book, "Miss Donna's Mulberry Acres Farm", which was published in 2011. Also that year, she sued Mattel, claiming that the toy manufacturer used her name and likeness for a Barbie doll, without her approval. The suit reportedly was settled. Earlier, she sued Disney, CAA, Whoopi Goldberg and others, claiming that the idea for the 1992 smash ... See more » Trademark: Platinum blonde hair See more » Star Sign:


"Which Dickens character wore ""a little straw hat trimmed with cherry-coloured ribbons""?"

David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page - Barnaby Rudge Barnaby Rudge FAQ & Email In 1778 the Catholic Relief Act was enacted to    help ease restrictions on Britain's Catholics. The Protestant Association,    led by Lord George Gordon, opposed this act and demanded its repeal. On    June 2, 1780 the Protestant Association marched to the House of Commons    and were joined by a riotous mob of 50,000 Dickens described as "sprinkled    doubtless here and there with honest zealots, but composed for the most    part of the very scum and refuse of London." For the next few days the mob terrorized London, burning Catholic churches,    and the businesses and homes of Catholic families. They also burned Newgate,    Fleet, and King's Bench prisons, releasing prisoners. Finally King George    III ordered troops called out to quell the riots. Nearly 300 rioters were killed, 450 taken prisoner of which 25 were hanged.    Lord George Gordon, held in the Tower of London, was tried and found not    guilty of treason. The execution of criminals in England was carried out publicly at Tyburn    from the 12th century. The first permanent gallows at Tyburn appeared in    1571. From 1783 most public executions were performed at Newgate prison. Public execution was meant to be a deterrent to crime, they too often, however,    took on a circus atmosphere. Dickens attended    an execution at the Horsemonger Lane Gaol in 1849 and reported his reaction    in a letter to The Times. The last public execution took place at    Newgate on May 26, 1868. The daughter of Henry VIII and the Catholic Catherine of Aragon ascended    to the throne as Mary I (1553-1558). Mary tried to re-establish the religion    of her mother and atrocities committed against Protestants during her reign    became a rallying cry of the Protestant mob during the Gordon Riots. Dickens tried his hand at two historical novels, Barnaby Rudge, in    1841, and A Tale of Two Cities 18 years    later. Unlike the humorless A Tale of Two Cities, Barnaby Rudge contains much of Dickens classic wit. The scenes where Gabriel Varden's    fanatical wife allies with her maid, Miggs, against the exasperated locksmith    are some of the funniest in Dickens. In the preface to Barnaby Rudge Dickens states that he based Barnaby's    pet raven, Grip, on two pet ravens that Dickens had owned, both deceased.    It is said that Edgar Allan Poe got the idea for his poem The Raven from Grip in Barnaby Rudge. Dickens and Poe in Philadelphia Victorian readers were quite taken by the spoiled, coquettish daughter of    the honest locksmith, Gabriel Varden. According to Vanda Foster and Richard    Dunn in the Dickensian, Dolly inspired songs, dances, paintings,    'the Dolly Varden look' in ladies' fashion in the 1870's, and lending her    name to a hat style, a spotted calico material, a species of trout, a variety    of horse and the buffer on a railway tender. William P. Frith's famous painting of Dolly Varden, now in the Victoria    and Albert Museum, was taken from the description given in chapter 19 of Barnaby Rudge: "As to Dolly, there she was again, the very pink and pattern of good looks,    in a smart little cherry-coloured mantle, with a hood of the same drawn    over her head, and upon the top of that hood, a little straw hat trimmed    with cherry-coloured ribbons, and worn the merest trifle on one side-just    enough in short to make it the wickedest and most provoking head-dress that    ever malicious milliner devised." Dickens' life during the serialization of Barnaby Rudge Feb 1841 - Nov 1841 Spends a week in Brighton with Catherine March 1841 The family's pet raven Grip, on whom Barnaby's pet raven in the novel was based, dies. June 1841 Begins a month-long visit to Scotland with Catherine August 1841 Entire family goes to Broadstairs for a two-month visit. Dickens makes frequent visits to London. The Pic-Nic Papers, a collection of poems, short stor


What is the name of the puzzle that uses a 9x9 square grid divided into nine 3x3 grids, the object is to have all the numbers from 1 to 9 appear in each row, column and 3x3 grid?

Cross+A :: Puzzles Cross+A Cross+A Puzzles Cross+A can solve and generate many kinds of logic puzzles. The created puzzle can be saved as a graphic file (Windows Bitmap, Windows Metafile, EPS, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, SVG and CorelDRAW formats are supported). Also the batch creating of puzzles is available. Logic Puzzles Pipelink Kakuro (also known as "Cross Sums", "Kakro") is a logic puzzle, a mathematical equivalent of crosswords. The puzzle consists of a playing area of filled and empty cells similar to a crossword puzzle. Some black cells contain a diagonal slash from top left to bottom right with numbers in them, called "the clues". A number in the top right corner relates to an "across" clue and one in the bottom left a "down" clue. The object of a kakuro is to insert digits from 1 to 9 into the white cells to total the clue associated with it. However no digit can be duplicated in an entry. For example the total 6 you could have 1 and 5, 2 and 4 but not 3 and 3. Hitori (from Japanese "Hitori ni shite kure"; literally "let me alone") is played on a grid of squares. At the beginning, each cell contains a number. The goal is to paint out some cells so that there are no duplicate numbers in any row or column, similar to the solved state of a Sudoku puzzle (except with black squares added to the grid). Orthogonal connections are important as well; painted-out (black) cells cannot be connected orthogonally, and the other cells must be connected orthogonally in a single group (i.e. no two black squares can be adjacent to each other, and all un-painted squares must be connected, horizontally or vertically, to create a single shape). Slitherlink (also known as "Fences", "Loop the Loop", "Dotty Dilemma", "Sli-Lin", "Great Wall of China") is a logic puzzle. It was invented by Nikoli Puzzles in Japan. Slitherlink is played on a rectangular lattice of dots. Some of the squares formed by the dots have numbers inside them. The objective is to connect horizontally and vertically adjacent dots so that the lines form a single loop with no loose ends. In addition, the number inside a square represents how many of its four sides are segments in the loop. Link-a-Pix (also known as "Paint by Pairs") consists of a grid, with numbers filling some squares; pairs of numbers must be located correctly and connected with a line filling a total of squares equal to that number. Squares containing '1' represent paths that are 1-square long. Paths may follow any horizontal or vertical direction. Paths are not allowed to cross other paths. There is only one unique way to link all the squares in a properly-constructed puzzle. When completed, the squares that have lines are filled; the contrast with the blank squares reveals the picture. Fill-a-Pix (also known as "Mosaik", "Japanese Mosaic", "Nurie Puzzle", "Nampre Puzzle") consists of a grid with number clues scattered in various places. Each number shows how many of the nine squares - the one with the number plus the eight around it - should be filled in. It is necessary to determine which squares are filled in and which should remain empty until the hidden picture is completely exposed. Battleships (also known as "Solitaire Battleships", "Battleship Solitaire") is a logic puzzle based on the Battleships guessing game. In a square grid of 10 x 10 small squares, an armada of battleships is located. There is one battleship of 4 squares, two cruisers of 3 squares, three destroyers of 2 squares, and four submarines of 1 square. Each ship occupies a number of contiguous squares on the grid, arranged either horizontally or vertically. The boats are placed so that no boat touches any other boat, not even diagonally. The numbers on the bottom and on the right of the grid show how many squares in the corresponding rows and columns are occupied by ships. Occasionally some squares may contain given ship or water segments as hints to help start the puzzle. The object is to discover where all ships are located. Hashiwokakero (from Japanese "Hashi o kakero"; literally "build bridges"; also known as "Hashi", "Bridge


What is the common name of the garden weed taraxacum officinale?

Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) | Plants & Fungi At Kew Cultivation Taraxacum officinale (Photo: Wolfgang Stuppy) Taking the fruits from dandelion clocks can provide hundreds of plants if they are sown onto an all-purpose compost in deep pots, to accommodate the roots, or straight onto open soil. Plants are likely to start flowering in their second year. There are seed suppliers who stock a thick-leaved variety, more suitable for growing as a salad vegetable. The dandelion is so successful at colonising abandoned areas of the garden that no help is really needed to grow it. The plentiful one-seeded fruits are carried on the wind and can travel relatively long distances so neglecting a garden will usually ensure that this plant appears. Removing it is more difficult, as the long, thick taproots will delve down deeply into a border or lawn and even in cracks in paving, making them hard to remove completely. Chopping off the top of the plant is not enough to kill it as it will sprout again from the remaining roots. Rabbits love the leaves so if you have one as a pet it may appreciate a patch of dandelions being allowed to grow in a corner of the garden. The flowers and fruiting heads are attractive but this plant can soon take over and, because it is so strongly associated with a poorly kept garden, deliberate cultivation is rare. References and credits Clapham, A. R., Tutin, T. G. & Moore, D. M. (1987). Flora of the British Isles. 3rd Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Mabberley, D. J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book. A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. 3rd Ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Mabey, R. (1996). Flora Britannica. Sinclair-Stevenson, London. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (Feb 2003)  Available online . New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Ltd. Taraxacum officinale. (Feb 2003).  Press, B. & Gibbons, B (1993). Photographic Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe. New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd, London. Preston, C. D., Pearman, D. A. & Dines, T. D. (2002). The New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Kew science editor: Nicholas Hind Kew contributors: Sustainable Uses Group Copyediting: Kew Publishing Authored in partnership with ARKive. For thousands of videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species visit www.arkive.org While every effort has been taken to ensure that the information contained in these pages is reliable and complete, the notes on hazards, edibility and such-like included here are recorded information and do not constitute recommendations. No responsibility will be taken for readers’ own actions.


Which musical instrument was played by Jelly Roll Morton?

A. The Music     Dixieland developed in the early 20th century (1900 – 1928);1 its four main influences were ragtime, military brass bands, the blues, and gospel music.         1. The usual instrumentation of a Dixieland band was (and still is) trumpet (or cornet), clarinet, trombone, piano, string bass (or tuba), drums, and banjo (or guitar).         2. The primary feature of Dixieland jazz is “collective improvisation,” that is, rather than each musician taking a solo in turn (as in most styles of jazz today), Dixieland jazz musicians all improvise at the same time.         Each instrument has its own specific role:               trumpet or cornet: plays the melody (jazzed up)               clarinet: adds to (embellishes) the melody               c. trombone: usually embellishes the bass line but sometimes plays the melody; plays “afterbeats” (adding to the rhythm) and sound effects such as “smears” and “slides”               piano and banjo (or guitar): play chords               string bass or tuba: plays the bass line               drums: keeps the beat steady and swinging         4. Dixieland bands (excluding piano and using tuba rather than string bass) were originally small marching bands.         5. Besides playing for dances and parties, in the early 1900s Dixieland bands would also play for funerals (marching along with the procession) in celebration of the life of the departed.         There were few long solos in Dixieland jazz until the appearance of trumpeter Louis Armstrong .               a. Louis Armstrong was the first great jazz soloist (improviser) and one of the most important figures in jazz history.               There are those who say that without Louis Armstrong, there would be no jazz today.         Almost all early Dixieland jazz musicians were African American.               a. Interestingly, the very first jazz record was made by an all white group known as the Original Dixieland Jass Band (this group spelled jazz "jass").               It was entitled "Livery Stable Blues” and was recorded in 1917.               c. Most early jazz recordings were made on brittle hard plastic (shellac) records called 78s ; the number 78 refered to the number of revolutions per miniute (RPM) that the record would make when played on a record player of the day.         The collective improvisation of Dixieland jazz represented, in part, African Americans' newfound freedom.               a. Although hardly experiencing civil rights, African Americans were no longer slaves and celebrated their newfound freedom through jazz improvisation, playing whatever they wanted; they were not "restricted" to notes written on a page, but instead could play whatever they "heard" in their hearts and minds (the music was not read, it was played "by ear").               Freedom was and continues to be an integral issue regarding all styles of jazz.         2. Early jazz made its way from New Orleans, to Chicago, to New York, to the rest of the country.         3. Dixieland was the musical backdrop of city life during the Roaring Twenties (AKA the Jazz Age) and the early years of the Harlem Renaissance .


In which book did Aunt Ada Doom see 'something nasty in the woodshed'?

Sal's Snippets: I saw something nasty in the woodshed! Sunday, 8 June 2008 I saw something nasty in the woodshed! I was in the middle of reading 'Cold Comfort Farm' this week when I suddenly discovered that this was the production at The Northcott Theatre, which is on the University of Exeter campus. So I finished the book, acquired the tickets and off we went to yesterday's matinee! What fun! I really enjoyed this adaptation of Stella Gibbons' novel! Sue Lawrie, the actress playing Flora Poste, was excellent - and my golly, she had a lot of lines to remember! The other absurd (!) characters were so well cast and Aunt Ada Doom spends most of the play 'upstairs', well above the action on the stage, yet still making her presence very much felt, with the constant, 'I saw something nasty in the woodshed' wailings!! Flora not only has to act/speak her part but she also guides the audience through the plot in a very clever way. Naturally, this all fits in well with her character...organised and level headed. She weaves order and common sense through the proceedings and then, with her job done successfully, she flies off to goodness knows where, with friend Charles and of course, her book, 'The Higher Common Sense'! As for what Aunt Ada did see in the woodshed...well this is only revealed in a whisper to Flora. So we are not quite sure and can only put our imaginations to work when Flora replies to the whisper: 'And did the goat die?' Hence the mind boggles! Clever use of theatrical convention ; sound effects and lighting, which vary the tone and mood very well; props and costumes, which are used to great effect... all helped to make this an excellent adaptation. I particularly liked the presentation of the kitchen 'clock'..a small group of actors who used their arms for the hands and their clicking tongues for the sound. Simple but effective. With names like, 'Starkadder', 'Doom', 'Howling', not forgetting 'Elfine' the free spirit and a three legged cow, you just know there's going to be a treat in store. (We were not allowed to take photos, which is a shame as the old fashioned kitchen 'set' was lovely! ) I returned home , itching to read the book again! And feeling very glad that I haven't got a woodshed! ;-) Posted by Sal at


Marie Antoinette was born into which Royal House?

Marie-Antoinette - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Google Marie Antoinette: Early Life Marie Antoinette, the 15th child of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and the powerful Habsburg empress Maria Theresa, was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1755–an age of great instability for European monarchies. In 1766, as a way to cement the relatively new alliance between the French and Habsburg thrones, Maria Theresa promised her young daughter’s hand in marriage to the future king Louis XVI of France. Four years later, Marie Antoinette and the dauphin were married by proxy in Vienna. (They were 15 and 16 years old, and they had never met.) On May 16, 1770, a lavish second wedding ceremony took place in the royal chapel at Versailles. More than 5,000 guests watched as the two teenagers were married. It was the beginning of Marie Antoinette’s life in the public eye. Did You Know? There is no evidence that Marie Antoinette ever said that starving peasants should “eat cake” if they had no bread. In fact, the story of a fatuous noblewoman who said “Let them eat cake!” appears in the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions, which was written around 1766 (when Marie Antoinette was just 11 years old). Marie Antoinette: Life at Versailles Life as a public figure was not easy for Marie Antoinette. Her marriage was difficult and, as she had very few official duties, she spent most of her time socializing and indulging her extravagant tastes. (For example, she had a model farm built on the palace grounds so that she and her ladies-in-waiting could dress in elaborate costumes and pretend to be milkmaids and shepherdesses.) Widely circulated newspapers and inexpensive pamphlets poked fun at the queen’s profligate behavior and spread outlandish, even pornographic rumors about her. Before long, it had become fashionable to blame Marie Antoinette for all of France’s problems. Marie Antoinette: The French Revolution In fact, the nation’s difficulties were not the young queen’s fault. Eighteenth-century colonial wars–particularly the American Revolution , in which the French had intervened on behalf of the colonists–had created a tremendous debt for the French state. The people who owned most of the property in France, such as the Catholic Church (the “First Estate”) and the nobility (the “Second Estate”), generally did not have to pay taxes on their wealth; ordinary people, on the other hand, felt squeezed by high taxes and resentful of the royal family’s conspicuous spending. Louis XVI and his advisers tried to impose a more representative system of taxation, but the nobility resisted. (The popular press blamed Marie Antoinette for this–she was known as “Madame Veto,” among other things–though she was far from the only wealthy person in France to defend the privileges of the aristocracy.) In 1789, representatives from all three estates (the clergy, the nobility and the common people) met at Versailles to come up with a plan for the reform of the French state, but noblemen and clergymen were still reluctant to give up their prerogatives. The “Third Estate” delegates, inspired by Enlightenment ideas about personal liberty and civic equality, formed a “National Assembly” that placed government in the hands of French citizens for the first time. At the same time, conditions worsened for ordinary French people, and many became convinced that the monarchy and the nobility were conspiring against them. Marie Antoinette continued to be a convenient target for their rage. Cartoonists and pamphleteers depicted her as an “Austrian whore” doing everything she could to undermine the French nation. In October 1789, a mob of Parisian women protesting the high cost of bread and other goods marched to Versailles, dragged the entire royal family back to the city, and imprisoned them in the Tuileries. In June 1791, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette fled Paris and headed for the Austrian border–where, rumor had it, the queen’s brother, the Holy Roman Emperor, waited with troops ready to invade France, overthrow the revolutionary government and restore the power of the mon


In which Canadian city are the Blue Jays baseball team based?

Toronto Blue Jays | Canadian baseball team | Britannica.com Canadian baseball team World Series Toronto Blue Jays, Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto . The Blue Jays play in the American League (AL) and are the only franchise in Major League Baseball that plays in a city not in the United States . The team has won two AL pennants and two World Series titles (1992, 1993). The Blue Jays played their first game in 1977, after joining the AL alongside fellow expansion team the Seattle Mariners . Toronto finished at the bottom of the AL East in each of its first five seasons, which led to the hiring of manager Bobby Cox in 1982. Cox guided the “Jays” (as the team is sometimes known by its fans) to their first winning season in 1983—the beginning of an 11-year streak of years with a record over .500—and a franchise-record 99 wins and a division title in 1985. This meteoric Toronto rise stalled in the 1985 AL Championship Series (ALCS), which the team lost in seven games to the Kansas City Royals after holding a three-games-to-one series lead. Led by the play of outfielder George Bell and shortstop Tony Fernández, the Blue Jays finished near the top of the divisional standings throughout the remainder of the 1980s, including a second-place finish in 1987 in a play-off race that was decided only in the final weekend of the regular season. In 1989 the Blue Jays began playing their home games in the Skydome—known as the Rogers Centre from 2005—which was the first stadium in the world to have a retractable roof. That season, with new manager Cito Gaston, Toronto again captured a divisional crown, but they were defeated by the eventual champion Oakland Athletics in the ALCS. The Jays again lost in the ALCS in 1991 (to the Minnesota Twins ). In 1992 the team reached its first World Series, behind the play of first baseman John Olerud, outfielder Joe Carter, and second baseman Roberto Alomar, and Toronto defeated its former manager Cox’s Atlanta Braves in six games. Toronto returned to the World Series the next year and beat the Philadelphia Phillies on Carter’s series-winning home run in the ninth inning of game six, which was only the second such homer (after Bill Mazeroski’s World Series winner in 1960) in major league history. In the following years, Jays pitcher Pat Hentgen became an AL Cy Young Award winner (as the best pitcher in the league), and the team acquired superstar pitcher Roger Clemens , but Toronto nevertheless began posting losing records for the first time in over a decade. Similar Topics Carolina Panthers Between 1998 and 2007 the Blue Jays finished in third place in the AL East division behind the dominant (and free-spending) New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox teams eight times. The Toronto teams of that era featured slugger Carlos Delgado and pitching ace Roy Halladay , and they finished with winning records more often than not, but they were unable to overtake the two powerhouse franchises. Toronto rehired Gaston (who had been fired in 1997) in the middle of the 2008 season to try to recapture the team’s past glory, but he retired at the end of the 2010 season after having led the Blue Jays to three straight fourth-place finishes. Before the 2013 season, the Blue Jays made a series of transactions to assemble a roster laden with established stars and emerging talents, and the team was widely seen as the favourite in its division, if not in all of Major League Baseball. However, the club instead produced an incredibly underwhelming campaign, finishing in last place in the AL East, with a 74–88 record. The Blue Jays again reloaded in 2015, acquiring perennial All-Stars Troy Tulowitzki and David Price at the trade deadline, who helped propel Toronto to the team’s first play-off appearance in 22 seasons, where the Jays were eliminated in the ALCS.


What trade did St Paul follow during his 18 month stay in Corinth?

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epistles to the Corinthians Home > Catholic Encyclopedia > C > Epistles to the Corinthians Epistles to the Corinthians Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download . Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more  all for only $19.99... Introductory St. Paul founds the Church at Corinth St. Paul's first visit to Europe is graphically described by St. Luke ( Acts 16-18 ). When he reached Troas, at the northwest corner of Asia Minor , on his second great missionary journey in company with Timothy and Silvanus, or Silas (who was a "prophet" and had the confidence of The Twelve), he met St. Luke, probably for the first time. At Troas he had a vision of "a man of Macedonia standing and beseeching him, and saying: Pass over in to Macedonia and help us." In response to this appeal he proceeded to Philippi in Macedonia , where he made many converts, but was cruelly beaten with rods according to the Roman custom. After comforting the brethren he travelled southward to Thessalonica , where some of the Jews "believed, and of those that served God , and of the Gentiles a great multitude, and of noble women not a few. But the Jews , moved with envy , and taking unto them some wicked men of the vulgar sort set the city in an uproar. . . And they stirred up the people and the rulers of the city hearing these things. But the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Ber£a. Who, when they were come thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews , and many of them believed, and of honourable women that were Gentiles and of men not a few." But unbelieving Jews from Thessalonica came to Ber£a "stirring up and troubling the multitude". "And immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go to the sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there. And they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens"  then reduced to the position of an old university town. At Athens he preached his famous philosophical discourse in the Areopagus. Only a few were converted, amongst these being St. Dionysius the Areopagite . Some of his frivolous hearers mocked him. Others said that that was enough for the present; they would listen to more another time. He appears to have been very disappointed with Athens He did not visit it again, and it is never mentioned in his letters. The disappointed and solitary Apostle left Athens and travelled westwards, a distance of forty-five miles, to Corinth , then the capital of Greece . The fearful scourging at Philippi coming not very long after he had been stoned and left for dead at Lystra , together with his ill-treatment by the Jews , as described in 2 Corinthians , must have greatly weakened him. As we are not to suppose that he, any more than his Master, was miraculously saved from pain and its effects, it was with physical pain, nervousness, and misgiving that the lonely Apostle entered this great pagan city, that had a bad name for profligacy throughout the Roman world. To act the Corinthian was synonymous with leading a loose life. Corinth, which had been destroyed by the Romans, was re-established as a colony by Julius Cesar 46 B.C., and made the capital of the Roman Province of Achaia by Augustus . It was built on the southern extremity of the isthmus connecting the mainland with the Morea, and was on the great line of traffic between East and West. Its two magnificent harbours, one at each side of the isthmus, were crowded with shipping and were the scenes of constant bustle and activity. Corinth was filled with Greeks, Romans, Syrians , Egyptians, and Jews , many of the last having lately come from Rome on account of their expulsion by Claudius; and its streets were thronged by tens of thousands of slaves. Crowds, too, came from all parts every four years to be present at the Isthmian games. On the summit of the hill to the south of the city was the infamous temple of Venus, with its thousand female devotees dedicated to a life of shame. It was to this centre of traffic, excitement, wealth, and vice that St. Pa


Napes Needle is on which Lake District fell?

How to Get Down off Napes Needle How to Get Down off Napes Needle Words by NeedleSports How to Get Down off Napes Needle Needle Sports is named after Napes Needle, a prominent rock pinnacle, some 20 metres high, situated amongst the Napes Crags on the southern flank of Great Gable, a mountain in the heart of the English Lake District. Napes Needle was first climbed (solo) by Walter Parry Haskett Smith in June 1886, an ascent considered by many authorities to mark the birth of rock climbing as a sport in its own right. Today the original route of ascent via the Wasdale Crack (as seen in the photo on the right) is graded Hard Severe. The Arête follows the right-hand edge and is the least sustained route of ascent, though it too ends up with some hard moves at the top (above the Shoulder) where it joins the Wasdale Crack route and is also graded Hard Severe. The final moves onto the summit block are the most trying, although manufacturing an adequate belay and descending in safety requires considerably more mountaineering acumen than the ascent (see below)! Although easy by the standard of modern test pieces, an ascent of Napes Needle will always remain a memorable day in any climber's career.   How to Get Down off Napes Needle in Ten Easy Lessons (and survive to tell the tale!) NB: These notes are intended to assist the climber who has already gained some knowledge of rock climbing and is fully aware of its risks but still wishes to progress further up the grades, and indeed the mountains. They are brief and not designed to be comprehensive in any way. Ultimately climbing is a dangerous sport and claims many casualties each year. One of the guiding principals of British climbing and mountaineering is that it is the individual climber is responsible for his or her own safety. If you cannot accept this then this site and probably climbing in general is unlikely to suit you. May we refer you to this very interesting site instead! Whilst climbing Napes Needle is tricky, getting down again in safety can be prove even more so. Although abseiling is possible (with a lot of knowledge and extreme care), there is no obvious anchor, and there have been several fatalities due to this practice which therefore cannot be recommended. Instead the following is suggested : Climb the Needle (by any route - The Arête is the easiest and most pleasant way) to the Shoulder. Belay from the horizontal crack in the summit block. Bring up your second. Attach them to the belay on the Shoulder. Before starting the next pitch, place a camming device (Friend) in the horizontal crack that runs round under the summit block on the Gap (north) side. This needs to be as far round as you can get whilst still allowing your second to be able to reach round to clip it. Climb to the summit and belay by draping a large loop of rope around the overhang of the summit block on the west side (this is the ovehang seen in the photo above). Drop a second loop down to the south side and get your second to attach it to your belay on the Shoulder. Finally drop a third loop down the Gap side and get your second to lean round the "back" of the summit block and clip it into the cam that you placed there previously. Sit down firmly and tighten up these various loops using clove hitches. Bring up your second, instructing them to unclip your runners (but not your belay!) and leave them in situ. Pat each other firmly on the back whilst exclaiming, "Good show Old Boy/Girl!" - or words to that effect. Top-rope/lower your second down to the Shoulder and get them to clip the rope through your runners and re-attach themselves to the belay. Down-climb to the Shoulder (with assistance from your second if required) and belay. If the cam in the back of the summit block is left in place then it is even possible to use it to guide a top rope over the summit. Top-rope/lower your second down to the ground via The Arête (the easiest route to/from the Shoulder). Instruct them to place plenty of runners for you and clip them into the rope(s). If you climbed The Arête on the way up then of course


The FARC are the largest rebel group operating in which South American country?

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC The Colombian government and the leftist FARC rebels signed a cease-fire and disarmament deal 23 June 2016, bringing Colombia a major step closer to ending more than 50 years of guerrilla warfare and terrorism Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londono Echeverri signed the agreement in Havana, which has hosted four years of frequently difficult peace talks. Cuban President Raul Castro and Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende -- whose countries mediated the talks -- watched the events with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, US envoy Bernard Aronson and several other Latin American presidents. Colombia's government and the rebel group FARC reached an agreement May 17, 2014 on ending the illegal drug trade. The deal called for FARC to cooperate with the government in convincing farmers to grow crops other than coca, which is used to make cocaine. The announcement was made Friday in Havana where the two sides have been negotiating an end to a 50-year-old insurgency. Colombia was the world's leading producer of cocaine until Peru recently overtook it in cultivation of coca. The cocaine industry has been the major source of funds for the Marxist rebel group and a cause of crime and instability in the South American country. With the agreement on ending the drug trade, the two sides have resolved three of the six points on their agenda. Previously FARC and the government had reached deals on agrarian reform and political participation. Colombia and FARC rebels had engaged in a bloody civil war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Since 1964, the militant group has engaged in political kidnappings and carried out attacks on security forces in its battle against the government. The FARC has been hammering out peace terms with government negotiators since November 2012 to bring an end to five decades of war. The government wants a peace agreement signed by the end of 2013. Negotiations between the two sides began in October 2012 in Norway and moved to Cuba in November 2012. The first topic on the agenda was the complicated issue of land reform. Other equally thorny topics will follow, including a mechanism to end hostilities, the political future of FARC, the illegal drug trade, and compensating victims of the conflict. On May 26, 2013 the government of Colombia and the country's largest rebel group, FARC, agreed on land reform, after more than six months of peace talks. Their deal called for the economic and social development of rural areas and providing land to poor farmers. Land reform was one of the most contentious issues in the talks on ending five decades of conflict. This step was the first major advance in six months of peace talks taking place in Cuba. A joint statement warned that the agreement is "conditioned on reaching an agreement on the totality of the agenda," because the talks are based on the principle that "nothing is agreed upon until everything is agreed upon." On November 19, 2012 Colombia's leftist FARC rebels announced a two-month unilateral cease-fire as the rebel group and Colombian government resumed peace talks in Havana. FARC said it would halt all military operations and acts of sabotage through January 20. In November 2012 Colombia, at war with the FARC since 1964, launched a controversial bid to negotiate peace with the rebels during talks in Havana, Cuba. On December 03, 2012 Colombia's president set a time limit for peace talks with the rebels of Latin America's longest-running insurgency. Juan Manuel Santos said the talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, should not last any longer than November 2013, at the latest. Critics say Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is negotiating behind the nation's back and handing the FARC whatever they want. Former President Alvaro Uribe, once a Santos ally, charges that the FARC, mostly funded by extortion and drug trafficking, will trick the natio


Which bridge connects Copenhagen and Malmo?

The Oresund Bridge - Scandinavia Travel The Oresund Bridge The Bridge Connecting Denmark And Sweden https://www.flickr.com/photos/newsoresund/ By Terri Mapes Updated September 09, 2016. The Øresund Bridge (locally called Øresundsbron) is the bridge that connects Amager and Oresund in Denmark (on the island Zealand ) with Skane, Sweden, a total length of just over 10 miles (16,4 km). This is the road connection between the metropolitan areas of Copenhagen and Malmo . Perfect for travelers wanting a quick connection between Sweden and Denmark without flying, the Øresund Bridge now carries more than 60,000 travelers daily - amongst them both local commuters and visitors. The Øresund Bridge offers a 4-lane road carrying 6 million vehicles per year, and two train tracks (another 8 million people each year). When was the Øresund Bridge built? Well, in 1991, the governments of Denmark and Sweden agreed on constructing this massive project , and while it took a while to build this monster bridge, the Oresund Bridge was officially opened on July 1, 2000. Building the Øresund bridge included construction of a bridge, a tunnel (2.5 miles long / 4 km) and a new island where travelers go from tunnel-level (on the Danish side) to the level of the bridge. continue reading below our video Long-Haul Flight Survival Tips Øresund Bridge Toll: Travelers have several options when it comes to toll passes for the bridge. Single use toll passes for cars are available for EUR 36, vans and similar vehicles cost EUR 71. Besides a popular annual bridge pass (called BroPas) aimed at commuters, travelers might want to consider purchasing a 10-trip pass with a 30% discount (EUR 260 for cars.) The toll for driving across the Øresund Bridge is paid at the toll station on the Swedish side. Thankfully, they accept both cash and credit cards . There is no border control as both Denmark and Sweden are part of the European Union. Also, check the bridge traffic & toll information . The Øresund Bridge's local name "Øresundsbron" is a combination of the Danish word "Øresundsbroen" and the Swedish word "Öresundsbron", both meaning Oresund Bridge in English. FUN FACT: The high bridge part of the Øresund Bridge has the longest cable-stayed main span of all bridges in the world. That goes for both road and rail traffic! And, the tunnel part of Øresundsbron is the world's longest underwater tube tunnel, also for both road and rail traffic.


Which title is held by the autocratic nominal ruler of Luxembourg?

grand duchy - 必应 A duchy (spelled with capital D when it is part of a country's name or a title of a head of state) is a country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess. The term is … www.bing.com/knows/duchy?mkt=zh-cn The monarchic title Grand Duke is or was used in some independent nations or states in Europe, particularly: in present-day Luxembourg historically for the sovereigns (i.e. … www.bing.com/knows/grand duke?mkt=zh-cn


Frederic Sackrider Remington (1861-1909) specialised in the painting and drawing of what?

Frederic Remington - Documenting the American West Frederic    Remington - Painting the Old West


Which King was born and died in Buckingham Palace?

King George VI - Biography - IMDb King George VI Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trivia  (12) Overview (5) Albert Frederick Arthur George Wettin Nickname 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (1) Albert Fredrick Arthur George was born on December 14, 1895 to the future King George V and Queen Mary who was born a Princess of Teck. It was the anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria 's husband Albert the Prince Consort, his great-grandfather, so it was obvious that his name would start with Albert. He had a nervous stammer, possibly because his father made him write with his right hand when he was a lefty. His great-grandson seams to have inherited his left-handedness. In 1923 he was created Duke of York, and married The Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon ( Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother ), the daughter of the Earl of Strathmore. In 1926 they had their first child, a daughter named Elizabeth, and four years later another daughter named Margaret. Albert's father died in January 1936, making his brother King Edward VIII. He abdicated in December 1936 to marry a twice-divorced American woman, putting England in a crisis. Albert then became King George VI, after his father, and his wife became Queen Elizabeth. His first act as King was to make his brother the Duke of Windsor . A few years later World War II broke out, but the royal family stayed in Buckingham Palace even after it was bombed. A lifelong heavy smoker, the King died in 1952: at the time there was no connection between smoking and the lung cancer that caused his death. Of his six grandchildren, only two had been born before his death, Charles - Prince of Wales and Anne - the Princess Royal. His elder daughter, Elizabeth, became Queen Elizabeth II and his wife became the Queen Mother. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Spouse (1) ( 26 April  1923      - 6 February  1952) (his death) (2 children) Trivia (12) He was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952. Great-grandchildren: Peter Philips (b. 15 November 1977), Zara Philips (b. 15 May 1981), Prince William (b. 21 June 1982), Prince Harry Windsor (b. 15 September 1984), Princess Beatrice of York (b. 8 August 1988), Princess Eugenie of York (b. 23 March 1990) ,Lady Louise Windsor (b. 8 November 2003) and Viscount Severn James Windsor (b. 17 December 2007). Grandchildren: 'Prince Charles' (b. 14 November 1948), Princess Anne (b. 12 August 1950), Prince Andrew (b. 19 February 1960), David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (b. 3 November 1961), Prince Edward Wessex (b. 10 March 1964) and Sarah Armstrong-Jones , Mrs Daniel Chatto (b. 1 May 1964). Children: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (b. 21 April 1926) Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret Rose (b. 21 August 1930). Brother of King Edward VIII ( Duke of Windsor ), Mary the Princess Royal (aka Victoria, 1897-1965), Prince Henry ( Duke of Gloucester ), Prince George ( Duke of Kent ), and Prince John (1905-1919) Saw action at the Battle of Jutland aboard the battleship HMS Collingwood. On 12 March 1949 the King underwent surgery for Buerger's disease - acute inflammation and thrombosis (clotting) of arteries and veins of the legs. On 23 September 1951 he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous lung, but the cancer had spread. In the early hours of 6 February 1952, a blood clot stopped his heart during his sleep. At the time of his death his mother Queen Mary was also dying of lung cancer.


Which character appeared for the first time in the book 'Call For The Dead'?

Which character first appeared in the book Call for the Dead - IT - 402 View Full Document Which character first appeared in the book Call for the Dead George Smiley by John LeCarre 46 The temple at Ephesus was sacred to who Diana 47 In WW2 in what French city did the Germans surrender Reims 48 In the Bible which book follows John Acts of the Apostles 49 Sean Connery has what real first name Thomas 50 Jeffery Archer wrote Kane and Abel what was the sequel called The Prodigal Daughter Page 156 This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full                             Document 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 78 Answers 51 A race is won by four laps of the track - which sport Speedway 52 Retsina is a wine from which country Greece 53 Hedera Helix is better known by what name Ivy 54 What are Hamilton House and Petronella Scottish country dances 55 What was the subtitle of Police Academy Six City Under Siege 56 What is a peruke A wig 57 What does the reference book Crockfords list Church of England clergy 58 Which Italian city is at the heart of its fashion industry Milan 59 Which food was rationed after WW2 ended but not during it Bread 60 Which group had a 1970s UK number one hit with Oh Boy Mud 61 Shamanism is the religion of which people Inuit or Eskimos 62 Black, whooper and Berwick all varieties of what Swan 63 The linden tree is also called what Lime tree 64 What does it mean in the UK if a telephone number starts 0800 It’s a free call - toll free 65 JVC launched VHS in 1976 what does VHS stand for Video Home System 66 The penny red was the first postage stamp to have what Perforations 67 Cultured pearls were first grown in which country Japan 68 What was first sold as a cold cure - not what we use it for now Alka-Seltzer 69 Louis Maxwell became well know for playing which role Moneypenny in early Bond films 70 Who said "I've no problem with drugs - only policemen" Keith Richard 71 Who was the last Roman Catholic King of England James II 72 Which beer was advertised as good for you Guinness 73 Concetta Franconeri became more famous as who Connie Francis 74 On the Thames they go swan upping annually what is it Counting swan population 75 According to the proverb which fruit tastes sweetest Forbidden 76 Who designed clothes under the emporio label Georgio Armani 77 What is a zinfandel White grape variety 78 Greyhound racing in UK what colour does the No one dog wear Red 79 In which building do they elect a new Pope Sistine Chapel 80 Brian Connolly was the lead singer of which 70s group The Sweet 81 Whose autobiography is called "Take it like a Man" Boy George - or George O'Doud 82 The earth pig is what animal Aardvark 83 What is the title of the wife of a Marquis Marchioness 84 What colour is angelica Green 85 What is a lacuna A Space 86 What was Buddy Hollies real first name Charles 87 Who was the Bad in the spaghetti westerns Lee van Cleef 88 What was Ghandi's profession Lawyer 89 What countries official name is Bharat India - in Hindi 90 Edradour is the smallest one in Scotland - what Distillery 91 Citrus Grandis is the Latin name of which fruit Grapefruit 92 What lager reached the parts other beers could not reach Heineken 93 This is the end of the preview. Sign up to                   access the rest of the document. TERM Kenyatta University IT 402                     -                     Spring 2015 1 2 3 4 5 Sampling In Research What is research? According Webster (1985), to researc HYPO.docx


Which railway terminal in Paris takes its name from one of Napoleon's victories?

Next stop Paris: Secrets of France's greatest stations - CNN.com Next stop Paris: Secrets of France's greatest stations By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, for CNN Updated 8:43 PM ET, Tue August 4, 2015 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: Seven Paris train stations smart travelers should know about Gare du Nord – The nine statues on top of Paris's Gare du Nord facade represent eight of the train station's destinations outside France, with Paris herself standing in the center. Hide Caption 1 of 10 Photos: Seven Paris train stations smart travelers should know about Europe's busiest train station – About 700,000 people pass through Gare du Nord every day, making it the busiest train station in Europe in terms of passenger numbers. Hide Caption 2 of 10 Photos: Seven Paris train stations smart travelers should know about Gare Saint-Lazare – Gare Saint-Lazare is the oldest train station in the city. It was just a simple wooden building when it opened in 1837. Hide Caption 3 of 10 Photos: Seven Paris train stations smart travelers should know about Gare de l'Est – To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in spring 2015 the free exhibition Art Liberte saw 30 customized Trabant cars displayed outside Gare de l'Est. Hide Caption 4 of 10 Photos: Seven Paris train stations smart travelers should know about The Orient Express – Gare de l'Est is home to both the original (non-luxurious) Orient Express service and the privately operated Venice-Simplon Orient Express. Hide Caption 5 of 10 Photos: Seven Paris train stations smart travelers should know about Gare de Lyon – Le Train Bleu at Gare de Lyon is one of the city's most celebrated restaurants -- its menu has a price tag to match. Hide Caption 6 of 10 Photos: Seven Paris train stations smart travelers should know about Gare d'Austerlitz – Gare d'Austerlitz is the only Seine-side station in Paris and has fantastic views across the river. It's also one of only two stations on the Left Bank. Hide Caption 7 of 10 Photos: Seven Paris train stations smart travelers should know about Gare Montparnasse – Established in 1840, Gare Montparnasse was rebuilt in the 1960s. The original building was replaced in 1969 by Tour Montparnasse. Hide Caption 8 of 10 Photos: Seven Paris train stations smart travelers should know about Gare de Bercy – Built in 1977, the small and unlovely Gare de Bercy lacks the glamor of the city's other major train stations. Hide Caption 9 of 10 Photos: Seven Paris train stations smart travelers should know about Stopping for a tinkle – In a recent initiative by Gares & Connexions, free-to-play pianos have been set up in public spaces at Gare de Bercy and elsewhere. Hide Caption 10 of 10 (CNN) Whatever it is about train stations -- the air of anticipation, the sheer romance of travel -- Paris's grand rail terminals have it. The center of Paris might be just a few miles across, but it's served by seven major stations, some within spitting distance of each other. All stations serve a different region, with the clue often being in the name. Gare du Nord connects destinations north of Paris while Gare de Lyon's lines head in the general direction of France's third biggest city. Each station tells a story of the world's ongoing love affair with train travel. Read More These grand structures were designed to make the best possible first impression on travelers from around the world, often with monumental artworks. They're still doing so today. Beyond the usual cafes, boutiques and restaurants, the stations regularly host free art exhibitions and public events. Here's our guide to the French capital's ends of the line. Even if you don't have a ticket in hand, it's worth visiting one of these palaces of travel possibility. Gare du Nord Some Gare du Nord platforms are illuminated with romantic lamps. Europe's busiest train station, with some 700,000 people passing through every day, the Gare du Nord has recently been earmarked for a well-deserved makeover. Inaugurated in 1864, there are nine statues c