What was the name of the ship commanded by Captain Pugwash?

Captain Pugwash - Childrens TV | Jedi's Paradise Captain Pugwash Captain Pugwash is a 50’s children’s TV show. The characters were first created by John Ryan in 1950 and appeared in the first 12 issues of the 'Eagle' comic. He was turned down by 12 publishers before Captain Pugwash was published. He also created the comic strips - 'Harris Tweed: Extra Special Agent' and 'Lettice Leefe: the Greenest Girl in School'. Also he created Sir Prancelot. In 1957 Captain Pugwash appeared on BBC television for the first time and approximately 120 episodes were produced. All the voices and narration were provided by Peter Hawkins.   John Ryan devised his own method of animation, using cut- out puppets and props with cardboard levers to make boats rock and to help the characters move their eyes, mouths and limbs (see the Puffin Annual article  for a behind the scenes insight). Contrary to popular belief, the names of Captain Pugwash's crew were not in any way smutty! Which the Guardian newspaper (UK) found out to its cost, when they published an article about the programme characters having smutty names, such as Seaman Staines and Master Bates. A lawsuit on behalf of John Ryan ensued and the paper had to print an apology and pay damages.   In 1998 a new series was commissioned called - The Adventures of Captain Pugwash. It consisted of 26 episodes at cost of £1.5 million to make. This version of Captain Pugwash was state-of-the-art and produced on computers. This time the voices were provided by James Saxon. Story Captain Pugwash was a pirate of the high seas who commanded the ship, The Black Pig. He was supported in his adventures by his able crew, Pirate Barnabas, Master Mate, Pirate Willy and Tom the Cabin Boy.  Captain Pugwash's search for the hidden treasure involved him in all sorts of terrible mishaps including the odd scrape with his arch-enemy, Cut-throat Jake, the Pirate Captain of the Flying Dustman. Captain Pugwash Characters Captain ‘Horatio’ Pugwash He is a pirate, but he isn't very good at it. He's not very bright, but others on his crew are worse. Each time he is confronted by his nemesis, Cut- throat Jake, he runs away, so is a bit of a scaredy cat. Also he's not very good at navigating. So overall he's a bit rubbish.   He redeems himself by coming out with some rather strange comments, like 'Jumping Jellyfish' or 'Stuttering Starfish'. Master Mate He accidentally blew a hole in the prison where Cutthroat Jake was being held, so letting him escape and come after Pugwash again! Tom He is the Cabin Boy of the ship and basically looks after the crew, cooks all their meals and even steers the ship. He is the brains of the operation and is always giving the Captain advice on how to get out of a sticky situation. He even thought of dangling a crate of biscuits in front of a Sea Monster, so it would chase after it, and give the ship a tow.   Tom also has his own pet mouse. Cut-throat Jake His is Captain Pugwash's number one enemy and pursues him relentlessly. He's even attempted to steal the Black Pig.   Beware of a man with hairy knuckles. Pirate William (Willy) He is the lowest ranking pirate.   He is scared of mice. Pirate Barnabus Captain Pugwash Episodes Series 1 (1957 - 1966)  ?. Down The Hatch  ?. Cannon Ball  ?. Monster Ahoy!  ?. A Mouse A ‘Midships  ?. The Firework Party  ?. Surprise Attack  ?. The Highwayman  ?. The Captain’s Dream  ?. Gold Dust  ?. Abandon Ship  ?. Flying Buccaneer  ?. A New Ship  ?. The Cuckoo Clock  ?. The Powder Magazine  ?. Ivory Castle (Cargo)  ?. New Sails  ?. On Trail  ?. The Map  ?. Night Attack  ?. Ghost Ship  ?. The Test  ?. The Secret Weapon  ?. The Crown Jewels  ?. The Doctor  ?. Press Gang  ?. Man Overboard  ?. King Of The Barbary Pirates  ?. Arctic Circle  ?. The Smugglers  ?. Tug-Of-War  ?. Solid Gold  ?. Heads Or Tails  ?. Mobertory Bay  ?. Secret Mission  ?. Pleasure Cruise  ?. Black Pepper  ?. Home Grown  ?. Pirate Romance  ?. The Fortune Tellers  ?. The Wreckers  ?. Twins  ?. The Secret Of The Stinkas  ?. A Cure For Hiccups  ?. High Society  ?. The Submarine  ?. The Haunted Ree


After the mutiny on the Bounty, where did Christan Fletcher and his mutineers settle?

The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants April 28 marks the anniversary of the world's most famous mutiny by Borgna Brunner Phrases in the Pitcairnese Dialect I starten. – I'm going. Bou yo gwen? – Where are you going? I gwen down Farder's morla. – I'm going down to Father's place tomorrow. Bou yo bin? – Where have you been? I gwen out yenna fer porpay. – I'm going out yonder for red guavas. Foot yawly come yah? – Why did you come here? Up a side, Tom'sa roll. – Up at that place, Tom fell down. Source: Ray and Eileen Young, New Zealand residents descended from Midshipmen Edward Young of the Bounty. Courtesy of the Pitcairn Island Web site. It is not surprising that the most famous of all mutinies , that of the British HMS Bounty , has become ideal fodder for popular history and legend. The mutiny has generated five films (who can think of Fletcher Christian without picturing Marlon Brando ?) as well as countless books (including a historical novel by Mark Twain , The Great Revolution in Pitcairn). Set in the paradisiacal islands of the South Seas, the mutiny involved a host of colorful characters, including the tyrannical Captain Bligh , the aristocratic Fletcher Christian (a distant relation of William Wordsworth's ), numerous uninhibited Tahitian women, and a pack of sailors made up of cockney orphans and ruffian adverturers. Anglo-Tahitian Culture Preserved What has also helped to perpetuate the romantic fascination with the mutiny is the existence of a small community on Pitcairn Island directly descended from the mutineers and their Tahitian wives. Living on a 1.75 square mile volcanic speck in the South Pacific that is surely one of the most isolated places on Earth, the contemporary Pitcairn Islanders still bear the surnames of the eighteenth century mutineers (Tom Christian, for example, is the great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher). The islanders speak a dialect that is a hybrid of Tahitian and eighteenth-century English. It is as if history had been preserved in a petri dish (another admittedly romantic notion about an already widely romanticized past). Paradise The Bounty left England on Dec. 23, 1787, and reached Tahiti in 1788. It was sent to collect a cargo of breadfruit saplings, which was then to be transported to Jamaica where the breadfruit would serve as food for slaves working on the plantations. After sailing 27,000 miles over ten months, the crew spent a sybaritic idyll on Tahiti, where they reveled in the subtropical climate, lush surroundings, and overwhelming warmth and hospitality of the Tahitians. A scientist of the time, gladly abandoning reason for passion, claimed that the Tahitians knew "no other god but love; every day is consecrated to it, the whole island is its temple, all the women are its idols, all the men its worshippers." Many of the men found Tahitian companions, and Fletcher Christian and a Tahitian named Maimiti fell deeply in love and later married. For Christian, Maimiti had the face that launched one mutinous ship. Breadfruit Bligh On April 4, 1789, the Bounty embarked on the second leg of its journey with a cargo of a thousand breadfruit saplings aboard. A little more than three weeks later, near the island of Tonga , the crew, led by first mate Fletcher Christian, staged a mutiny against Captain William Bligh, under whom they claimed to suffer inhuman treatment. Bligh and eighteen loyal sailors were set adrift in a 23-foot open boat. According to Captain Bligh's diary, the mutineers threw breadfruit after him as he was forced off the Bounty, and yelled, "There goes the Bounty bastard, breadfruit Bligh!" Miraculously, Bligh and his loyalists survived the seven-week, 3,600-mile voyage in the cramped boat, finally reaching the island of Timor . Discovering Pitcairn Pitcairn's coordinates are 25 04 S, 130 06 W. After the mutiny, Christian and his sailors returned to Tahiti, where sixteen of the twenty-five men decided to remain for good. Christian, along with eight others, their women,


Lucy Honeychurch is the heroine of which EM Forster novel later made into a film?

Why I'd like to be ... Julian Sands in A Room With a View | Film | The Guardian Role model Why I'd like to be ... Julian Sands in A Room With a View Continuing our series in which writers reveal the movie characters they want to emulate, Laura Barton revives her tomboy teen admiration for George Emerson in the 1985 adaptation of EM Forster's novel of Edwardian repression Julian Sands and Helena Boham Carter in A Room With a View: 'Breathtaking kisses in barley fields.' Photograph: Moviestore Collection Share on Messenger Close I was perhaps 12 the first time I saw A Room With a View, Merchant Ivory's sumptuous adaptation of EM Forster's novel, which explored themes of passion and repression in the Edwardian era, set against the backdrops of Italy and England. There were Baedekers and mackintosh squares, cornflowers, carriages, breathtaking kisses in barley fields . Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sang Puccini's O Mio Babbino Caro; Denholm Elliott read Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh; a swarthy Italian was stabbed to death in the Piazza della Signoria, his bloodied face washed clean in the Fountain of Neptune. For a tomboy on the cusp of adolescence, it was a perplexing film. I knew that I was expected to identify with Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Lucy Honeychurch, the exquisitely beautiful heroine with the pouty mouth who wears such embroidered finery and plays Beethoven till it makes her peevish. But I recall on that first viewing (and indeed subsequent viewings too) a greater aspiration towards Julian Sands as George Emerson, a young man who works on the railways and reads Nietzsche on the side, who is earnest in his pursuit of truth and beauty, but also given to bursts of uncontained amusement. Reading on a mobile? Click to view There was lust in there, certainly — how not to blush before a man so startlingly handsome and so given to passionate kissing amid Italian fields? But there was another kind of desire in me, too. Part of it lay in his approach to life, in his embracing of the "eternal 'Yes'" — in his fondness for painting Thoreau quotations on wardrobe doors and question marks on picture frames, as well as for climbing up into the trees and shouting at the sky: "BEAUTY! JOY!" until he falls from the branches. But it lay in his easy physicality too. He was forever climbing trees, or walking back to the Pensione Bertolini in the rain. He rode a bicycle with such confident pleasure, he leapt over tennis nets, and in one particularly memorable scene he joined Lucy's brother Freddy and the family vicar Mr Beebe as they cavorted joyously, nakedly in a lake on a hot day. To borrow the words of Walt Whitman, speaking of another Emerson entirely: "I was simmering, simmering, simmering; Emerson brought me to a boil." With some delight I realised that I wanted to be George Emerson. How wonderful it would be to ride a bicycle so assuredly! How splendid to bathe in a Surrey lake so gladly and without care! How thrilling it would be to live openly, without reservation or hesitation! Much of Forster's novel was concerned with the matter of "inside" and "outside" — Lucy has led a buttoned-up existence, her horizons, her education, her person restricted by the fact that she is female and upper-class; George has been raised in unconventional fashion, without religion, with a reverence for nature and the world, for free-thinking and sensuality. The central question is whether Miss Honeychurch could ever be persuaded to reject the confines of her social standing and her gender, and to live as passionately she plays the piano — to leave the room, in effect, and step into the view. Reading on a mobile? Click to view Watching this film on the edge of my teenage years, on the brink of womanhood, I felt very keenly the looming restrictions ahead: the pressure to conform, the necessity of behaving as a girl is supposed to behave. And it seemed to instil in me a kind of resolution: I would sooner be an Emerson than a Honeychurch, I would rather be a George than a Lucy. There is a moment in the film where Sands leans against a doorframe . He is


Which famoust picture by Constable shows a wagon in the river near Flatford?

Flatford Mill InfoBritain - Travel Through History In The UK : Flatford Mill   Flatford Mill, Suffolk "But I should paint my own places best... I associate my careless boyhood to all that lies on the banks of the Stour. They made me a painter. That is I often thought of pictures of them before I ever touched a pencil." (From a display at Bridge Cottage, Flatford Mill) The nineteenth century artist John Constable found most of his inspiration close to his childhood home in the Stour Valley in Suffolk.  Living in East Bergholt, his father Golding Constable, a wealthy miller, often had business at nearby Flatford Mill. This lovely little area was to provide the scene for many of Constable's most famous paintings, and has been preserved as a memorial. Maintaining this area as it was in Constable's time is difficult. East Anglia has sunk about 20cm relative to the sea over the last two hundred years, and water levels are rising all the time. Nevertheless scenes depicted in famous paintings are still easily recognisable.     Willy Lott's house. Most famously there is the ford outside farmer Willy Lott's house. This is where the empty hay wagon makes its crossing in Constable's painting of 1821 The Haywain. Standing beside Willy Lott's house looking over the water brought home to me how important the idea of crossing over is in the painting. Constable was working during a crucial period of change in human history, as society crossed over from a rural to an urban industrial society. Constable's famous painting of the hay wagon, suggests that crossing over is a part of daily life. The empty hay wagon will soon be crossing back full of hay and life will go on as normal. And yet there is also a sense of the irrevocable nature of change. It is low tide in the painting, and wheel marks left by the wagon wheels will soon be washed away by the rising tide. The life represented by the wagon will similarly pass. A visit to Flatford Mill made me think of how the world changes and stays the same, which perhaps is the feeling that comes over most powerfully in The Haywain.   The Haywain. This image is copyright free   Constable was a romantic painter, and there is no doubt he idealised nature and rural life. Nevertheless in the best of his paintings we see a realism to set alongside romance. There is no simple divide between the rural life Constable celebrated and the industrial society that was emerging. Crossing the bridge beside Bridge Cottage and turning left you will come to the lock depicted in Flatford Mill: scene on a navigable river. This 1817 painting shows a barge approaching the bank, a man on deck leaning hard on a pole as he guides the vessel in. Meanwhile in the foreground two young boys get ready to help pull the barge in. One boy is on the river bank, reaching down to the tow rope, while his companion sits on a horse, looking back. At first glace you would think they were playing. The shoeless boy on horse back rides without a saddle, and seemingly has jumped carelessly on the horse's back in a game. But looking more closely you realise these boys are at work. The man heaving on the pole isn't playing. He is relying on the boys to do their bit with the tow rope. The little boy on the horse looking back is waiting for the signal to start driving his horse forward. This is the realism that underlies the painting's romaticism. As with The Haywain opposites are held together. There is an innocence and peace, along with hard work which starts early.     Dry-dock at Flatford Mill It should also be remembered that the mill represented an early form of industrial production. Not very far away in Lavenham , where for a short time Constable went to school, water power supported industrial scale cloth production. Visiting Lavenham today it is easy to see the town as a beautiful, quaint throwback to a pre industrial era. In fact Lavenham was an industrial town, in the same way that Flatford Mill was an industrial concern. Beside the mill a dry dock where barges were built for Golding Constable still survives. Boat Building Near


Who is the author of the Game of Thrones series of novels?

George R.R. Martin | Website of author George R.R. Martin Tor offers big ebook deal on Wild Cards     January 13, 2017 Haven’t tried Wild Cards yet? Here’s your chance.  Tor is now offering an ebook bundle special on first five volumes of Wild Cards   Available for only $39.99 from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N4FQ1X1 or http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765397188 Here’s your chance to find out who Gregg … Read More GAME OF THRONES Emmy victories     November 3, 2016 The HBO series was up for 24 awards and came away with 12 on Emmy night’ this year, breaking a record set by the sitcom Frasier with a total haul of 38 Emmys. The Battle of the Bastards episode was … Read More High Stakes Published     August 29, 2016 Perfect for old fans and new readers alike, High Stakes (Wild Cards) delves deeper into the world of aces, jokers, and the hard-boiled men and women of the Fort Freak police precinct in a pulpy, page-turning novel of superheroics and … Read More 2016 Alfie Awards at World Con     August 23, 2016 The highlight of this years Hugo Losers Party during the iconic World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention was George RR Martin’s the presentation of this year’s Alfie Awards. Some wonder, what the hell are the Alfie Awards? Well, to understand … Read More WILDCARDS Television Deal     August 10, 2016 The Wild Cards Are Coming…to Television!  We are proud to announce that Universal Cable Productions has acquired the rights to adapt the beloved mosaic novels Wild Cards and will begin development of the series into a what we all hope will … Read More Game of Thrones Anniversary Edition     August 6, 2016 Random House announced that it will release the GEORGE R. R. MARTIN BOX in conjunction with bestselling author George R. R. Martin and HBO Global Licensing®. Each GEORGE R. R. MARTIN BOX will include a Special Collectible Edition of the … Read More Browse News:


Who wrote the novella A Clockwork Orange?

A Clockwork Orange Movie Review (1972) | Roger Ebert Tweet Stanley Kubrick 's "A Clockwork Orange" is an ideological mess, a paranoid right-wing fantasy masquerading As an Orwellian warning. It pretends to oppose the police state and forced mind control, but all it really does is celebrate the nastiness of its hero, Alex. Advertisement I don't know quite how to explain my disgust at Alex (whom Kubrick likes very much, as his visual style reveals and as we shall see in a moment). Alex is the sort of fearsomely strange person we've all run across a few times in our lives -- usually when he and we were children, and he was less inclined to conceal his hobbies. He must have been the kind of kid who tore off the wings of flies and ate ants just because that was so disgusting. He was the kid who always seemed to know more about sex than anyone else, too -- and especially about how dirty it was. Alex has grown up in "A Clockwork Orange," and now he's a sadistic rapist. I realize that calling him a sadistic rapist -- just like that -- is to stereotype poor Alex a little. But Kubrick doesn't give us much more to go on, except that Alex likes Beethoven a lot. Why he likes Beethoven is never explained, but my notion is that Alex likes Beethoven in the same way that Kubrick likes to load his sound track with familiar classical music -- to add a cute, cheap, dead-end dimension. Now Alex isn't the kind of sat-upon, working-class anti-hero we got in the angry British movies of the early 1960s. No effort is made to explain his inner workings or take apart his society. Indeed, there's not much to take apart; both Alex and his society are smart-nose pop-art abstractions. Kubrick hasn't created a future world in his imagination -- he's created a trendy decor. If we fall for the Kubrick line and say Alex is violent because "society offers him no alternative," weep, sob, we're just making excuses. Advertisement Alex is violent because it is necessary for him to be violent in order for this movie to entertain in the way Kubrick intends. Alex has been made into a sadistic rapist not by society, not by his parents, not by the police state, not by centralization and not by creeping fascism -- but by the producer, director and writer of this film, Stanley Kubrick. Directors sometimes get sanctimonious and talk about their creations in the third person, as if society had really created Alex. But this makes their direction into a sort of cinematic automatic writing. No, I think Kubrick is being too modest: Alex is all his. I say that in full awareness that "A Clockwork Orange" is based, somewhat faithfully, on a novel by Anthony Burgess . Yet I don't pin the rap on Burgess. Kubrick has used visuals to alter the book's point of view and to nudge us toward a kind of grudging pal-ship with Alex. Kubrick's most obvious photographic device this time is the wide-angle lens. Used on objects that are fairly close to the camera, this lens tends to distort the sides of the image. The objects in the center of the screen look normal, but those on the edges tend to slant upward and outward, becoming bizarrely elongated. Kubrick uses the wide-angle lens almost all the time when he is showing events from Alex's point of view; this encourages us to see the world as Alex does, as a crazy-house of weird people out to get him. Advertisement When Kubrick shows us Alex, however, he either places him in the center of a wide-angle shot (so Alex alone has normal human dimensions,) or uses a standard lens that does not distort. So a visual impression is built up during the movie that Alex, and only Alex, is normal. Kubrick has another couple of neat gimmicks to build Alex into a hero instead of a wretch. He likes to shoot Alex from above, letting Alex look up at us from under a lowered brow. This was also a favorite Kubrick angle in the close-ups in " 2001: A Space Odyssey ," and in both pictures, Kubrick puts the lighting emphasis on the eyes. This gives his characters a slightly scary, messianic look. And then Kubrick makes all sorts of references at the end of "A Clockw


Which artist is renowned for his paintings using the splatter and drip action method?

Jackson Pollock Paintings Store Jackson Pollock Paintings Jackson Pollock paintings are some of the most recognisable and thrilling images produced in the 20th century. Pollock was dubbed ‘Jack the Dripper’ by Time magazine due to the unusual way he liked to drip and splatter paint onto his canvas.   Some of the inspiration for his paintings came from the Native American sand art he saw as a child and his own method of working resembled a form of ritualised dance around the canvas which was laid out flat on the floor. One, No. 31 View at Art.com Early Years Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming in January 1912, the youngest of five brothers, and grew up in Arizona and California.  He went to school at the Manual Arts High School in California and at the age of 18, moved to New York City to study under the American Regionalist painter, Thomas Hart Benton, at the Art Students’ League.  The main subject matter for his work during this period was the life in rural America he had known as a boy.  During the 1930s, Pollock was relatively unknown and struggled to survive during the years of the Depression.   He succeeded in getting a place on the Federal Art Project which gave him a small income and enabled him to continue painting.  Key Influences Image From Art.com In 1936 Pollock took part in the Experimental Workshop run by the Mexican muralist, David Alfaro Siquieros who encouraged the splattering, hurling and dripping of paint and who introduced Pollock to the idea of ‘controlled accident’.  The dripping and pouring method of painting adopted by Pollock in the 1940s also had roots in Surrealist automatism of that time, a technique which enabled the unconscious mind to express itself freely.  Pollock  also said of his work that it was ‘akin to the method of the Indian sand painters of the West’ , a reference to the American Indian custom of making sand paintings on the floor as part of a religious ritual.  Pollock borrowed ideas from all three sources to develop his own radical style of painting. Moving Forward In 1942, Pollock had a breakthrough when he exhibited a painting at the McMillen Gallery in New York alongside artists such as Picasso, Bonnard and Braque and the young American artist, Lee Krasner .  Krasner introduced Pollock to a wider art scene which then led to an introduction to Peggy Guggenheim who had just opened the Art of This Century Gallery.  She liked his work and offered him a contract. Untitled, Jackson Pollock Image From Art.com In 1945, Pollock married Lee Krasner and they moved to a farmhouse on Long Island where he continued to develop his radical style of painting.  In 1947 he discarded the paint brush and began the process of dripping and pouring the paint from the can or from a stick directly onto a canvas spread on the floor.  These Jackson Pollock paintings, he said, had ‘no beginning and no end’.  Films made in the early 1950s show Pollock engaged in a ritualised dance around the canvas.  Celebrity Artist Jackson Pollock paintings executed by the "drip" method established his reputation.  By the late 1940s, Pollock was a major celebrity and was featured in Time and Life magazines.  Time magazine dubbed him ‘Jack the Dripper’ and Life  magazine, albeit somewhat cynically, ran the headline ‘Is this the greatest living painter in the United States?’  This exposure turned Pollock into a household  name and, for the general public, he symbolised what was incomprehensible yet hugely exciting about modern art.  Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), 1950, oil, enamel and aluminum on canvas by Jackson Pollock by cliff1066 T, on Flickr Final Years Pollock abandoned his drip style in 1951 and began to paint more figuratively again but his painting output started to decline and then ceased altogether.  He held his last one-man show in 1954. He was a hard-drinker all his life and had a tendency to live recklessly.  He began an affair in 1956 which led to separation from his wife.  On 10 August 1956, he was killed instantly when the car he was driving crash


What is the title of the play by Arthur Miller set around the Salem Witch trials of 1692?

The Crucible by Arthur Miller THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller (1952) Top picture: E.G Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, and Beatrice Straight in the 1953 Broadway production. Bottom picture: Arthur Miller. In 1953, Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible" ran on Broadway at the Martin Beck. Despite being a box office success and acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, it was considered second-best to his prior "Death of a Salesman."  As Brook Atkinson for the New York Times reported the day after the opening, "[T]he theme does not develop with the simple eloquence of 'Death of a Salesman.'"  Although the events of the play are based on the events that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, Miller was liberal in his fictionalization of those events.  For example, many of the accusations of witchcraft in the play are driven by the affair between farmer, husband, and father John Proctor (Arthur Kennedy), and the Minister's teenage niece Abigail Williams (Madeleine Sherwood); however, in real life Williams was probably about eleven at the time of the accusations and Proctor was over sixty, which makes it most unlikely that there was ever any such relationship.  Miller himself said, "The play is not reportage of any kind .... [n]obody can start to write a tragedy and hope to make it reportage .... what I was doing was writing a fictional story about an important theme." The "important theme" that Miller was writing about was clear to many observers in 1953 at the play's opening.  It was written in response to Senator McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee's crusade against supposed communist sympathizers.  Despite the obvious political criticisms contained within the play, most critics felt that "The Crucible" was "a self contained play about a terrible period in American history." The Crucible (The Movie) Over twenty years after the opening of the play, the eighty-one-year-old Miller wrote the screenplay for  the production of a movie version of "The Crucible."   As was the play, the movie is a fictionalized version of the events of Salem in 1692. Additionally, the movie was been changed from the play in some minor respects.  For example, the movie opens with a scene of the town girls sneaking into the woods and participating is a ritualistic dance with the slave woman Tituba--until they are all caught by the minister.  In the play this scene was referred to, but not performed.  Another change is that the Slave woman Tituba is portrayed as black, when she was actually an Indian. Although hailed by some, the movie was not as well received as was the play.  One critic stated, "This filmic redux of Miller's theatrical parable is somewhat out of place on the modern landscape.  What was no doubt a powerful and emotive effort in the 1950s, when it was written as a scathing critique of Senator McCarthy's crusade against supposed communist sympathizers, falls flat in the '90s."  Even the star-studded cast was not enough to save the film for some.  "Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis star in this two-hour yelling match between good and evil.  Not recommended for those with a low tolerance for '50s-style misogyny and moralistic posturing."  Not all were so harsh. Another reviewer stated, "With a head on its shoulders and the rawest emotions in its craw, Miller's stage hit "The Crucible" has become a cinematic grabber for grown-ups (**** out of four)."   For a complete list of the cast and clips from the 1996 film, see


Who won the Booker Prize in 1981 for Midnight's Children?

'Midnight's Children' Wins Special Booker Prize 'Midnight's Children' Wins Special Booker Prize By JOHN DARNTON ONDON, Sept. 20 -- Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" was judged the best British novel of the past quarter-century tonight, and the novelist came out of forced seclusion to accept the honor at a crowded ceremony in the second floor of a London bookstore. The 46-year-old author has been in hiding since February 1989, when he was publicly sentenced to death by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini for publication of "The Satanic Verses," a novel Iranian authorities said blasphemed Islam. In the past year, Mr. Rushdie has made an effort to appear more frequently in public. In accepting the honor, which was given to the best among 25 years of winners of the Booker Prize, Britain's most prestigious literary award, Mr. Rushdie made no mention of his underground existence and only a passing reference to the controversy "The Satanic Verses" caused. Handling a copy of "Midnight's Children" temporarily covered in a plain silver jacket -- until it can be specially bound in leather -- he remarked, "Actually, quite a lot of my books tend to get read in a plain wrapper, so there's nothing new about that." 'The Greatest Compliment' He said he was "amazed to be standing here," and added "this is the greatest compliment I have ever been paid as a writer." The runner-up for the Booker of Bookers, the judges said, was "Rites of Passage" by the late William Golding. "Rites of Passage" won in 1980, as Mr. Golding edged out Anthony Burgess, who conspicuously missed the awards dinner. The competition helped establish the value of the prize. In 1981, the winner was "Midnight's Children," the story of a boy, Saleem Sinai, born at the time of India's independence. That year the awards ceremony was first televised and the prize gained a cachet that was seen in added celebrity and books sales. Mr. Rushdie's first novel "was universally trashed, sold less than 900 copies and was remaindered," he said. But "Midnight's Children" quickly sold 43,000 copies. "The Booker Prize changed my life in many ways," Mr. Rushdie said. "Before then my career as a writer was completely obscure. Overnight it wasn't. I gained confidence." Later he put it differently: "I walked into literary London as a stranger and I ran off with a check, which feels O.K." Another former winner found other advantages. "For me the Booker meant that I got foreign rights and paperback rights and American rights," said Bernice Rubens, who won in 1970 for "The Elected Member." "No one can live off the English rights. Also, the publishers put on every other book you ever write 'winner of the Booker Prize' and the public is duped into thinking you won it for that book." Hailing the Prize Itself In a sense tonight's ceremony was also to honor the Booker Prize itself, which was first awarded in 1969 to the best novel by a British, Commonwealth, South African or Irish writer. Martyn Goff, the Booker administrator, said the prize had achieved a distinction after 15 years that it had taken France's Prix Goncourt 53 years to attain. In 1969 the award amounted to $:5,000. Now it is $:20,000, or $30,000. Tonight's ceremony included a Champagne reception attended by several hundred literati at Waterstone's bookstore in Kensington, West London. It was held under tight security. Bodyguards followed Mr. Rushdie at a discreet distance and police officers with walkie-talkies patroled the streets outside. Sipping mineral water, Mr. Rushdie said he had managed to travel recently, even going to visit Vaclav Havel, the president of the Czech Republic. "We have something in common," he said. "We're both writers and the last thing people talk to us about is our writing."


How many pints can you get out of one barrel? [Archive] - CPFC BBS Sorry for the randomness, but does anyone know? stinky 19-02-2005, 05:45 PM think of a number. Times it by 10. Take away the number you were thinking of Mong! don't you normally just drink out of the tap? ;) Ardent Eagle Forever 19-02-2005, 05:57 PM Being a boring git, the answer to your question depends on the size of the barrel. There are different names for different sizes of barrel, such as Firkin, Keg, Tun etc. Each type has different capacities either as gallons or pints. Suggest that you look at the CAMRA web site, there might be links to help you find your answer. c_block_lad 80 pints from Guinness kegs afaik griggs 19-02-2005, 06:06 PM There are all different size beer barrels. The smallest generally used in pubs is a Firkin which has a capacity of 41 litres or 9 gallons on average holds 72 pints although good bar staff may be able to get another couple of "pints" out of it by putting a reasonable head on pints, where as a Hogshead has 246 litres or 54 gallons. Most pubs generally dispense from a barell which contains about 288 pints though (164 litres or 36 gallons). You can buy a Pin though for home comsumption made out of plastic which contains approxamatley 20 litres enough for around 9 or 10 pints If you have read Samuel Pepys diaries, he quite often seemed to take home a Firkin to share with a friend after what he already describes as a heavy nights drinking. But somehow I doubt they were drinking something with the potentcy of Stella, what they were drinking was probably 3% at the maximum. The size of barrels though is historically set by taxes more than anything else. A Wooden Fish On Wheels 19-02-2005, 06:11 PM Fullers off-licenses used to sell 32 pint polypins. Handy for parties :) Dave Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels Fullers off-licenses used to sell 32 pint polypins. Handy for parties :) yeah parties ;) Slimbloke'H' How many Kebabs (medium) can you get out of one of those spit thingys.. anyone know suits_you 21-02-2005, 03:45 PM Originally posted by simplex How many Kebabs (medium) can you get out of one of those spit thingys.. anyone know that depends on a multitude of things, are all the kebabs going to be the same size? is there an international law regarding the max and min amount of kebab meat in a warm soft white pitta? tonkers 21-02-2005, 03:46 PM ah i went for a kebab last week and we asked and they told us. The problem is 89% of the time you are pissed when you go for a kebab so i don't know how many. I hope thats helpfull simplex 21-02-2005, 03:49 PM Originally posted by suits_you is there an international law regarding the max and min amount of kebab meat in a warm soft white pitta? Should read is there a law regarding the max and min amount of MEAT in a spit thingy suits_you Originally posted by tonkers ah i went for a kebab last week and we asked and they told us. The problem is 89% of the time you are pissed when you go for a kebab so i don't know how many. I hope thats helpfull exorbitantly


Om which country does Singha beer originate?

Singha | Boon Rawd Brewery Co., Ltd | BeerAdvocate Boon Rawd Brewery Co., Ltd Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.00% Availability: Year-round Added by UncleJimbo on 07-20-2001 BEER STATS look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25 This is a decent beer, but I really had to concentrate to find its flavor. Even a lager should have a distinct flavor that you shouldn't have to strain to find.  160 characters look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25 Review: 330 ml Bottle of Singha Premium Import: ABV: 5% The bottle top has Singha’s dragon logo which looks pretty cool and there is a yellow lion on the front of the bottle. We are also told that this is "The original Thai beer since 1933." On pour we get a light gold looking beer, very clear, that produces a massive frothy white head which eventually flattens afterwards to die out. It is very fizzy and lively, a lot of carbonation. No lacing but a perfectly clear looking beer........... Has a very nice beery smell, faint but pleasant. Of grains, light malts and lager hops. Ok....... The taste is a bit sweet at the start.......caramel and malt sweetness Bitter after taste, which is a little strong, a little too hoppy It is sessionable alright, but there really isn't a whole lot of good tastes in the beer Could work as a session beer, but might get sickly after a while, can taste a bit like washing up liquid if you ask me......not a great beer overall.  976 characters 2.96/5  rDev -2% look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3 It is ok but there is not much of anything here.  More rice taste bt that is not always bad. It does have the charastics of a traditional pale ale.  150 characters 3.03/5  rDev +0.3% look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3 Pours pale yellow. Lots of carbonation apparent. Not much aroma. Taste is generic pilsner, white bread with a grassy finish. No real off/skunky flavors. Light and drinkable, plenty of carbonation. Overall: went well with Thai food and surpassed my low expectations.  270 characters 3.2/5  rDev +6% look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4 I was in Thailand for 2 weeks. I tried about 4 different types of beer while there. I would say Singha was the best. I would rate this beer high for being in Thailand. Especially in the Thai heat it was light and refreshing. If I had it in the United States I wouldn't rank it as high I would probably give it a rating similar to a Coors light.  349 characters 2.9/5  rDev -4% look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75 From Festival de las Naciones. In Teku glass. Watching Los Soprano 4x02. At first it seems pleasant, a bit above standard lagers, with a nice yet a bit alcoholic sweetness. But it goes up to the head pretty quickly, much more one than would expect from its only 5% ABV.  269 characters look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25 Poured from bottle into a pint glass Appearance – The beer pours a clear golden color with a big head of fizzy white foam. The head has a moderate level of retention fading to leave tons of nice foamy lace on the sides of the glass. Smell – The aroma of the brew is heaviest of a grainy and slightly bready smell mixed with some aromas of hay. Along with these smells comes some light grassy smells and a bit of caramel. Taste- The taste begins with light bready taste mixed with a little bit of a caramel sweetness. The caramel sweetness grows stronger in nature as the taste advances with some light fruity tastes of apple and pear joining the taste as well. Upfront there is a little bit of a grassy and herbal which end up fading some as the taste advances, leaving one in the end with a clean bready taste to linger on the tongue. Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the average to thinner side with a carbonation level that is rather normal. For the lighter bready and mild hop flavors of the brew the feel is rather nice and makes for an easy sipping beer. Overall –  OK and easy drinking for a pale lager, but nothing that is worth going out


What year did prohibition start in the USA?

Prohibition - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Google Origins of Prohibition In the 1820s and ’30s, a wave of religious revivalism swept the United States, leading to increased calls for temperance, as well as other “perfectionist” movements such as the abolition of slavery. In 1838, the state of Massachusetts passed a temperance law banning the sale of spirits in less than 15-gallon quantities; though the law was repealed two years later, it set a precedent for such legislation. Maine passed the first state prohibition law in 1846, and a number of other states had followed suit by the time the Civil War began in 1861. Did You Know? In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated the incumbent President Herbert Hoover, who once called Prohibition "the great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far reaching in purpose." Some say FDR celebrated the repeal of Prohibition by enjoying a dirty martini, his preferred drink. By the turn of the century, temperance societies were a common fixture in communities across the United States. Women played a strong role in the temperance movement, as alcohol was seen as a destructive force in families and marriages. In 1906, a new wave of attacks began on the sale of liquor, led by the Anti-Saloon League (established in 1893) and driven by a reaction to urban growth, as well as the rise of evangelical Protestantism and its view of saloon culture as corrupt and ungodly. In addition, many factory owners supported prohibition in their desire to prevent accidents and increase the efficiency of their workers in an era of increased industrial production and extended working hours. Passage of the Prohibition Amendment In 1917, after the United States entered World War I , President Woodrow Wilson instituted a temporary wartime prohibition in order to save grain for producing food. That same year, Congress submitted the 18th Amendment, which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors, for state ratification. Though Congress had stipulated a seven-year time limit for the process, the amendment received the support of the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states in just 11 months. Ratified on January 29, 1919, the 18th Amendment went into effect a year later, by which time no fewer than 33 states had already enacted their own prohibition legislation. In October 1919, Congress passed the National Prohibition Act, which provided guidelines for the federal enforcement of Prohibition. Championed by Representative Andrew Volstead of Mississippi , the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, the legislation was more commonly known as the Volstead Act. Enforcement of Prohibition Both federal and local government struggled to enforce Prohibition over the course of the 1920s. Enforcement was initially assigned to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and was later transferred to the Justice Department. In general, Prohibition was enforced much more strongly in areas where the population was sympathetic to the legislation–mainly rural areas and small towns–and much more loosely in urban areas. Despite very early signs of success, including a decline in arrests for drunkenness and a reported 30 percent drop in alcohol consumption, those who wanted to keep drinking found ever-more inventive ways to do it. The illegal manufacturing and sale of liquor (known as “bootlegging”) went on throughout the decade, along with the operation of “speakeasies” (stores or nightclubs selling alcohol), the smuggling of alcohol across state lines and the informal production of liquor (“moonshine” or “bathtub gin”) in private homes. In addition, the Prohibition era encouraged the rise of criminal activity associated with bootlegging. The most notorious example was the Chicago gangster Al Capone , who earned a staggering $60 million annually from bootleg operations and speakeasies. Such illegal operations fueled a corresponding rise in gang violence, including the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago in 1929, in which several men dressed as policemen (and believed to be have associated with Capo


Which country (according to 2010 statistics) is the country with the highest annual capita consumption of beer?

Highest Beer Consumption Per Capita | Beer Consumption By Country Highest Beer Consumption Per Capita By Brettski 70k views 48 items tags f t p @ This list ranks countries by their annual beer consumption per capita. The Irish and Germans may think they're the heaviest drinkers, but they're not. That honor goes to the Czechs. Beer is the most popular, widely consumed alcoholic beverage in the world, and third most popular beverage overall behind water and tea - meaning there are lots of biggest beer drinking countries. Beer may also be the oldest alcoholic beverage, with references to it found within some of humanities earliest known writings. Countries with high consumption of beer per capita likely have a culture that has been making brew for a long time.  What countries drink the most beer? What's the average beer consumption of the country you're from? Today, regional beers are distributed and enjoyed world wide... And judging from this list, some countries enjoy their beer more than others, landing them a spot on this list of beer drinking countries. Collection Photo: user uploaded image 1 ReRank 2 See list ranked by Z G Options B Comments & Embed 1 Czech Republic Europe Total consumption per person: 158.6 litres ; Ireland Europe Total consumption per person: 131.1 litres ; Germany Europe Total consumption per person: 110 litres ; Austria Europe Total consumption per person: 108.3 litres ; Australia Oceania Total consumption per person: 104.7 litres ; United Kingdom Florida, USA Total consumption per person: 99 litres 7 Poland Maine, USA Total consumption per person: 95 litres 8 Denmark Europe Total consumption per person: 89.9 litres ; Finland Europe Total consumption per person: 85 litres ; Luxembourg Wallonia, Belgium Total consumption per person: 84.4 litres 11 Slovakia Europe Total consumption per person: 84.1 litres ; Spain Europe Total consumption per person: 83.8 litres ; United States of America Americas Total consumption per person: 81.6 litres ; Croatia Europe Total consumption per person: 81.2 litres ; Belgium Europe Total consumption per person: 81 litres ; Estonia Europe Total consumption per person: 80 litres ; Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands Total consumption per person: 77 litres ; Lithuania Europe Total consumption per person: 76 litres ; New Zealand Oceania Total consumption per person: 75.5 litres ; Hungary Europe Total consumption per person: 75.3 litres ; Canada Americas Total consumption per person: 68.3 litres ; Latvia Europe Total consumption per person: 68 litres ; South Africa Africa Total consumption per person: 60 litres ; Portugal Europe Total consumption per person: 59.6 litres ; Bulgaria Europe Total consumption per person: 59.5 litres ; Russia Eurasia Total consumption per person: 58.9 litres ; Venezuela Americas Total consumption per person: 58.6 litres ; Romania Europe Total consumption per person: 58.2 litres ; Cyprus Europe Total consumption per person: 58.1 litres ; Switzerland Europe Total consumption per person: 57.3 litres ; Gabon Africa Total consumption per person: 55.8 litres ; Norway Europe Total consumption per person: 55.5 litres ; Mexico Americas Total consumption per person: 51.8 litres ; Sweden Europe Total consumption per person: 51.5 litres ; Japan Asia Total consumption per person: 51.3 litres ; Brazil Americas Total consumption per person: 47.6 litres ; Argentina Americas Total consumption per person: 43.2 litres ; Namibia Africa Total consumption per person: 40 litres ; South Korea Asia Total consumption per person: 38.5 litres ; Colombia Americas Total consumption per person: 36.8 litres ; China Asia Total consumption per person: 30 litres ; Vietnam Asia Total consumption per person: 19 litres ; Kenya Africa Total consumption per person: 12 litres ; Uzbekistan Asia Total consumption per person: 11 litres ; Tanzania Africa Total consumption per person: 8.4 litres ; Uganda Africa Total consumption per person: 6 litres ; Sri Lanka Asia Total consumption per person: 2.45 litres ; India Asia Total consumption per person: 1.3 litres ;


Which beer was advertised in the 1980s using scenes from the film Ice Cold in Alex?

Ice Cold in Alex – Black and White Movies 1958 Movie If you haven’t seen it: Ice Cold in Alex (or Desert Attack, as it was released in the USA, as a heavily edited and far inferior version) is an exciting and inspirational war movie. It tells the story of the crew of a military ambulance in North Africa, desperately trying to make it to the safety of Alexandria. There are scenes of drama, comedy, and unbearable tension, all set against the authentic backdrop of the North African desert during world war two. It stars the great English actor John Mills, and the lovely Sylvia Syms. One piece of advice for you, when you watch Ice Cold in Alex, make sure you have a cold beer handy – at the end of the film you will need it. If you have seen it: Scroll down past the trailer for more. Click below to watch the trailer for Ice Cold in Alex: (If you cannot see the trailer below, your browser may need adjusting) SPOILER ALERT: The plot summary and comments below contain details that might spoil your enjoyment of the movie if you have not already seen it.   Plot: “If you two don’t stop asking Are we Nearly there yet I will turn this ambulance around!” In the opening scenes, the North African town of Tobruk is evacuated because of news the Germans are advancing. Captain Anson, a burnt out alcoholic, drives an army ambulance. Anson, along with Sergeant Pugh, and two nurses, joins the convoy to Alexandria, but they separated from them following an enemy attack. The ambulance crew must make their own way to safety, negotiating minefields, quicksand, mechanical failures, German soldiers, and the relentless heat. On their journey, they pick up a South African soldier, Captain van der Poel. He pays for his passage by offering to share his gin with Anson. At first, Anson is happy to accept the offer, but when one of the nurses is killed by German fire, he realizes everyone is depending on him. He vows that the next drink he will have will be an ice cold beer in Alexandria. He had a dilemma. Should he tell them that he had had the hand-brake on for the past twenty minutes, or just quietly take it off and say nothing? Van der Poel meanwhile, has been acting suspiciously. He has something in his backpack that he does not want anyone to see, but he convinces German soldiers to let them pass by showing it to them. Eventually, Sergeant Pugh discovers that it is a radio transmitter, and tells the others that van der Poel is a German spy. They do not confront him yet though, realizing that they might still need his help in crossing the desert – they even save his life when he falls into quicksand. This proves to be the right thing to do, as van der Poel’s strength is crucial when they face their final challenge – rolling the ambulance up huge sand-dune using the starter handle (twice!). Probably the best beer ad in the world. The crew make it to Alexandria, where they do indeed have the beer they have been dreaming of for so long. Then, they turn the spy over to the military police. However, because of the bond between them, and respect they feel for him, they do not reveal him as a spy, but say that he surrendered to them – that way he would be held as a prisoner of war rather than executed. Steve Sunday Says: I don’t think that anybody in the last fifty years has actually seen this film from the beginning. It is one of those films that is often on TV on Sunday afternoons, and people stumble across it half way through and find themselves unable to turn it off. And what a great film it is! The courage and resilience these characters show make me feel rather ashamed of the way I panic a little whenever I find myself in sunny weather without a hat. Ice Cold in Alex shows us how we can accomplish anything if we are determined enough, and it shows us the importance of putting the handbrake on when we park on a hill. Surely that is dangerous when stood so close to someone as hot as Sylvia. Did you notice how everyone gets dirty, sweaty, and smelly, except the lovely Sylvia Syms? While the men are wallowing about in quicksand and washing themselves in pet


What is used to flavour the Kriek beer from Belgium?

Lindemans Kriek | Brouwerij Lindemans | BeerAdvocate Brouwerij Lindemans Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.00% Availability: Year-round Also known as Kriek Foudroyante Added by Quaffer on 07-28-2001 BEER STATS 4.4/5  rDev +13.4% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 First Lambic beer I have tried. Very, very sweet tasting with strong cherry taste, in fact, the cherry taste almost dominates the whole beer.  Good carbonation and has a sticky (sugary?) feel with a clean finish and no hops taste whatsoever. Almost felt like drinking a carbonated cherry drink-- but it was refreshing indeed. Judging from the feel I'm just not sure if what I drank was a beer or not.  404 characters 3.33/5  rDev -14.2% look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25 Sweeter than I hoped but a touch sour at least. The cherryness really screams at you. If only it weren't so sweet. Hmm, certainly not one of the best krieks out there.  167 characters 3.84/5  rDev -1% look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Pours a deep dark pink color. Clear and effervescent at first. Frothy pink head dissipates leaving lots of lacing and a residual head. Smell is rather subdued with some sweet cherry notes. No tart comes through. Taste is very tart, ripe, sweet cherry up front. While not overly tart, this is the most tart of the Lindeman's lambics. The tartness is so tantalizing it leaves you wanting more. Still though, its quite a nice beer. Feel is light and crisp with medium carbonation. Overall a really nice Kriek. I wish more of that tart cherry character came through in the nose and flavor. But, its still a well crafted beer.  629 characters 4.37/5  rDev +12.6% look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25 Beautiful deep ruby color with a thick white head and lots of sticky lacing. Aromas of tart cherries and yeast funk carry over to the palate. Not terribly sweet, nicely tart, clean finish. An enjoyable quaff from a world-class brewer.  234 characters 3.96/5  rDev +2.1% look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Out of the bottle, poured a ruby red, clear, with a rose coloured persistent head. I got notes of of sour cherry, red liquorice (nibs), orange, and a subtle hint of spicy/mulled wine. Great carbonation, refreshing and palate cleansing. Would be great with dessert or as a palate cleanser between courses or with assorted canapés.  331 characters look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5 750 ml bottle hard-poured into a tulip glass. L - dark ruby red color, almost black without light; two finger bright ruby color head; thick ring of foam around the glass with a layer covering the surface S - Cherries, cough syrup, jolly rancher; the booze mixes with the cherries to create a cough syrup aroma. Cherries are very dominant and takes up most of the aroma. T - Cherry War Head. Cherries are there immediately with a tangy sour finish. Bit of a dry bite at the end, but I think Cherry War Head sums it up nicely. Don't worry, no mouth burn. Juicy and fruity. F - watery in feel; slight viscosity; quite the sour shock on the tongue; juicy and fruity with no alcohol burn O - it is tasty, but not my thing really. Cherries are not a very mellow flavor so it packs a punch, but if you're going to drink a fruit beer, sours are the way to go. Regular beers with fruit are rather gimmicky but this style requires fruit. Very tasty and big on flavor, I'd like to try the Raspberry next. Cheers!  1,009 characters 3.85/5  rDev -0.8% look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75 Lindemans Kriek, 4% ABV, 18 IBU, Lambic Fruit style. Pours thin to medium viscosity, red, with 3 finger light pink head, decent lacing. Nose is tart cherries, taste follows, some sweetness, moderate tartness. Good mouthfeel, carbonation is a bit heavy but works for this beer. Overall excellent, though nowhere as good as their own Framboise or Ommegang Rosetta (a different style cherry beer). Has the usual interesting Lindemans packaging - foil, bottle cap, cork,


What beer brand encouraged you to Follow the Bear in the 1980s?

BBC NEWS | Business | The death of cheap lager The death of cheap lager By Brian Wheeler BBC News Online business reporter The decision to kill off Hofmeister and other low-strength lagers, marks the end of an era in British culture - and in advertising. As advertising icons go, George, the Hofmeister bear, lacked a certain glamour. A pork-pie hat wearing figure in a shiny velour jacket, he was invariably surrounded by a group of generic Cockney geezers marvelling at his skills with a snooker cue. For a brief period in the 1980s the UK's drinkers seemed happy to "follow the bear". But George's antics quickly palled and the ads now look as dated as an episode of Minder. Nobody wants to follow the bear any more So news last week that Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) is to axe Hofmeister along with a raft of other long-neglected lager brands including Kestrel and McEwans, came as little surprise. Few tears will be shed by members of the Campaign for Real Ale at the demise of these low-strength, low flavour beers. But for aficionados of Britain's drinking culture - and students of advertising - it surely marks the end of an era. Pint-drinking culture The 3.2% "standard" lager is a peculiarly British institution - the product of a peculiar mix of economics and cultural factors. Millions of Britons returned from their first package holidays in the 1960s and early '70s with a taste for lager. This continental brew was stronger than the real ale they were used to drinking - at 5% alcohol content - and served in smaller measures than the traditional British pint pot. Heineken emphasises refreshment over potency The breweries liked lager because it could be served from bottles and cans easier than traditional British ale. But they were worried that the British drinker could not consume the stronger beer in the large volumes they were used to - and the breweries needed to keep their profits up. So the first lagers created for the UK market were watered down versions of their continental cousins, brewed for a shorter period of time and, therefore, with less flavour. Enter Hofmeister, Harp, Carling, Skol and a dozen other "standard lagers". The apparently thankless task of selling this weak and flavourless fizz was handed to the marketing department. The result was some of the most memorable advertising ever created. Random lagers Heineken hit on the much copied formula of emphasising "refreshment", masking its lack of potency with its thirst quenching qualities. Managing to position something as reassuringly expensive, when it isn't, is hard to beat in marketing terms Drinks analyst Kevin Baker While Carling's long-running "I bet he drinks..." formula cornered the market in matey camaraderie and surreal humour, catapulting the brand into first place in the UK market, a position it holds to this day. What spurred the advertising creatives on was the need to differentiate between virtually identical products - or "random lagers" as one long-forgotten ad had it. That and the millions being thrown at the market by the breweries. But their earlier ads were recognised as classics Pretty soon adland had a new mantra - "People don't drink lager they drink advertising". But the best was yet to come. Great British lager Marketers have always made the most of lager's "brand heritage", deliberately hyping up its exotic foreign roots - even though it is invariably brewed in the UK. The only known attempt to create a self-consciously British lager - GB - ended in failure. The ill-fated brew was dispensed from a large bar-mounted bathroom tap, to emphasise its quirky no-nonsense British charm. As a drink, it was essentially a smoother, slightly weaker version of the best-selling Stella Artois. But it was withdrawn earlier this year by new owners Interbrew - in favour of a new marketing push for old Australian favourite Castlemaine XXXX. "GB actually did quite well in the test areas, but we decided in the end that it was better to build up an existing brand, rather than start from scratch," an Interbrew spokeswoman told BBC News Online. 'Reassuringly


What is the title of the first James Bond novel published in 1953?

AbeBooks - Rare Book Room: Books. Collectible James Bond Books Home > Rare Book Room > Books. Collectible James Bond Books. Books. Collectible James Bond Books. The big screen blockbuster of Casino Royale sees 007 new boy Daniel Craig gambling at the French Riviera's baccarat tables, but you would need to truly break the bank to afford an original first edition of many of Ian Fleming's James Bond books. He wrote 13 James Bond novels, starting with Casino Royale and ending with Octopussy and the Living Daylights, and all first editions are highly desirable and quite elusive, much like 007 himself. Casino Royale Published in 1953, this Jonathan Cape British edition is the true first. Less than 5,000 copies of Fleming's first James Bond novel were printed, with less than half going for commercial sale, and most are now in the hands of collectors. At a glamorous French casino, expert baccarat player Bond is on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called Le Chiffre, with the help of his beautiful assistant Vesper Lynd. First Edition, First Impression. 8vo. Original black boards, titles to spine and red heart to upper board in red. With the dustjacket. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box by The Chelsea Bindery. Traces of a very small bookseller's label removed from the front pastedown, but otherwise an immaculate copy in very fresh dustjacket minutely tanned in the lower white portion. $34765 Live and Let Die The second James Bond novel, published in 1954. Beautiful, fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner of Mr. Big - master of fear, artist in crime, and Voodoo Baron of Death. James Bond has no time for superstition - he knows that Big is also a top SMERSH operative and threat. After tracking him through the jazz joints of Harlem to the Everglades and on the Caribbean, 007 has realized that Mr. Big is one of the most dangerous men that he has ever faced. First edition, first issue (without the two line credit on the front flap). 8vo. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered and stamped in gilt, gilt vignette stamped on front cover. Original dust jacket printed in magenta, with price to rear flap intact, price to front flap clipped, orange and black, edges of rear cover and flaps slightly browned, slight crease to upper edge, minute rubbing to head of spine and tips. An excellent example of the second James Bond title. $17250 From Russia With Love Fleming's fifth Bond book is widely considered the best novel in the series, and the best of the Bond films. In the book, Russia's lethal SMERSH organization has targeted 007 for elimination. SMERSH has the perfect bait in the irresistible Tatiana Romanova, who lures Bond to Istanbul promising the top-secret Spektor cipher machine. But when he walks willingly into the trap, a game of cross and double-cross ensues. NF/VG+; First Edition; First Printing. Binding is Hard Cover. A handsome, bright First Print copy of the First Edition in Very Near Fine condition in Very Good+ dust-jacket, little rubbing and chipping of dustjacket, showing original price of 13s 6d. A fine collectible. $7700 Dr. No The first Bond book to make it to the big screen, Dr. No was published in 1958 and was the sixth book in the series. Bond travels to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of Strangeways. The tropical island is luxurious, the seductive Honey Rider is beautiful and willing, but they are both part of the empire of Dr. No, whose specialty is torture and obsession is power. The doctor is a worthy adversary for 007, with a mind as hard and cold as his solid steel hands. Jonathan Cape, London, 1958, 1958. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's black cloth. Silver titles to spine. 'Dancing Lady' design on cloth. Near fine in like wrapper. An attractive copy. $2607 Goldfinger In Fleming's seventh Bond novel, published in 1959, readers are introduced to Auric Goldfinger: cruel, clever, frustratingly careful. The sort of man James Bond hates. So it's fortunate that Bond is the man charged to discover what this, the richest man in the country, intends to do with his ill-got


The Chief Electrician responsible for lighting on a film or TV set is known as what?

gaffer - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com Random Word gaffer A gaffer is a member of a movie or television crew. The gaffer runs the production's electrical department. One of the jobs credited at the end of a film is the gaffer. A gaffer is responsible for the electricity that powers the lights, so her job is vital to the success of the movie. You can also call a gaffer a Chief Lighting Technician, and you can call her assistant a Best Boy. The word gaffer is also sometimes used to mean "old man," which is the oldest meaning of the word, originally a contraction of godfather.


Which farm animal appears on the flag of the Falklands Islands?

Agriculture | Falkland Islands Government Back Agriculture For 140 years, until the introduction of the Fishery Conservation Zone in 1987, sheep farming and the export of wool provided the main base of the Islands economy. Since 1987 the sale of fishing licences has become the major income source for the Islands. However, sheep farming remains the major form of land use. The soils of the Islands are acidic and infertile. These inherent difficulties, when coupled with a windy and cool oceanic climate, and added to the geographic isolation of the Falklands, have ensured that wool is still the main land based export. Farmland extends to approximately 1,140,500 hectares and carries approximately 500,000 sheep and 5,000 cattle. Pre-1979 there were 36 farms in the Islands. However, as a result of Government policy to increase the number of locally owned and operated farms through sub-division of some of the larger ‘corporate farms’, there are now 84 farms. Most of these are run as family units with an average size of 10,000 hectares running 6,400 sheep. In 1991, four large farms, equating to about 25% of the total farm land in the Islands, were purchased by the Falkland Islands Government from the Falkland Islands Company, demonstrating the Government’s commitment to agriculture in the Islands. The Falkland Landholdings Corporation was established as a statutory organisation to run these farms, which total 308,000 ha, with 150,000 sheep and approximately 1000 head of cattle. The Islands average annual wool clip for 2010/11 was 1,600 tonnes (greasy) with an average fibre diameter of 24 micron. Sheep breeds are predominantly Polwarth and Corriedale.  In 2005 an ongoing major ovine Embryo Transplant and Artificial Insemination programme was initiated, with the aim of speeding up the lowering of micron and improving meat carcasses in order to increase revenue to farmers. This includes introducing sheep breeds such as Dohne Merino and SAMMS (South African Mutton Merino) on farms. In December 2002 the Islands newly constructed abattoir received accreditation to enable meat exports to the UK and Europe. Sand Bay Abattoir’s first production of sheep meat was exported to the UK in May 2003.  In 2011 the meat from approximately 44,000 sheep and lambs was exported to the UK and into European markets. In addition to the sheep improvement work, funds are available through the Department of Agriculture’s Farm Improvement Programme. Farmers are being encouraged to run their farms as profitable businesses that can compete on world markets and can enrol on the scheme if they can demonstrate a return on funds provided by the Government. Farms in the Falkland Islands are extensively managed and lend themselves to the production of sheep meat, wool and beef grazed almost exclusively on natural pastures with very little use of synthetic chemicals or treatments. A number of farms in the Islands are designated as organic suppliers for their produce. The main charter of the Department of Agriculture is to foster a viable and internationally competitive agricultural industry through integrated applied research, extension, business skill development and regulatory programmes. The Department also provides veterinary, quarantine and agricultural laboratory services to the Islands. For more information visit www.fiagriculture.doa.gov.fk Keep in touch


In Norse mythology, what is the name of the dwelling place of the gods?

Asgard | Norse mythology | Britannica.com Norse mythology Odin Asgard, Old Norse Ásgardr, in Norse mythology , the dwelling place of the gods, comparable to the Greek Mount Olympus . Legend divided Asgard into 12 or more realms, including Valhalla , the home of Odin and the abode of heroes slain in earthly battle; Thrudheim, the realm of Thor; and Breidablik, the home of Balder . Each important god had his own palace in Asgard, and many Germanic peoples believed that these mansions were similar in design to those of their own nobility. Asgard could be reached from earth only by the bridge Bifrost (the rainbow). Learn More in these related articles: Valhalla in Norse mythology, the hall of slain warriors, who live there blissfully under the leadership of the god Odin. Valhalla is depicted as a splendid palace, roofed with shields, where the warriors feast on the flesh of a boar slaughtered daily and made whole again each evening. They drink liquor that... Odin (Norse deity) one of the principal gods in Norse mythology. His exact nature and role, however, are difficult to determine because of the complex picture of him given by the wealth of archaeological and literary sources. The Roman historian Tacitus stated that the Teutons worshiped Mercury; and because dies... Thor (Germanic deity) deity common to all the early Germanic peoples, a great warrior represented as a red-bearded, middle-aged man of enormous strength, an implacable foe to the harmful race of giants but benevolent toward mankind. His figure was generally secondary to that of the god Odin, who in some traditions was... 2 References found in Britannica Articles Assorted References Asgard - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) in Norse mythology, the dwelling place of the Aesir gods. According to Snorri Sturluson, author of the ’Prose (or Younger) Edda’, Asgard was the last place created by the gods, after they made the earth, seas, sky, Jotunheim (Giantland), Midgard (Middle Earth, which would become the home of the humans), and clouds. Article History Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: July 20, 1998 URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Asgard Access Date: January 18, 2017 Share


Taj Mahal - Easy Tours of India Easy Tours of India Save Time. Consult a Specialist Now - 888 597 9274 / 512 345 1122 Toggle navigation Attire What : The Taj Mahal undoubtedly is the most popular tourist attraction amongst India’s long and impressive list of monuments. The Taj Mahal, popularized over the centuries as a symbol of undying love and eternal devotion, gets over three million visitors every year. The Taj Mahal is located in the north western city of Agra and was built by the fifth great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan who was inconsolable over the death of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. Long considered the most beautiful building in the world and the inspiration of great works in poetry, prose and art, the Taj Mahal has fascinated visitors from around the world for centuries. The Taj Mahal has been on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites since 1983 and is counted amongst one of the wonders of the world. Considered the pinnacle of Mughal architecture in India, the Taj Mahal complex took over twenty two years to build. Construction of the complex commenced in 1631 and ended in 1653. The main mausoleum alone was built in a period of eight years. A workforce of over 20,000 laborers augmented by a variety of beasts of burden and elephants along with an army of artisans from as far afield as Central Asia, Persia and Arabia was committed to the project. What emerged from this architectural magnum opus is a monument that is peerless in its purity and magnificence. The Taj Mahal while drawing its inspiration from other Mughal garden tombs such as the Itimad-ud-Daulah Tomb and Humayun’s Tomb outdid all of these previous monuments phenomenally. For the first time white marble was used on such a scale as a principal building material as opposed to red sandstone which was the mainstay of such large projects built earlier. The design, symmetry and minimalism of the Taj Mahal add great detailing and beauty to the mausoleum. Also for the first time the Pietra Dura art form which uses marble fixtures with precious and semi-precious stone inlays to create mosaics and design motifs were applied so prolifically in a tomb. Also used with gusto were various forms of Islamic calligraphy to fill the tomb with verses of the Quran, the Muslim Holy scripture, the 99 names of God as well as classic Persian poetic verse. The central mausoleum building of the Taj Mahal rests on a large marble base and is a multi-chambered cube with chamfered corners and is 55 meters wide at each side. This is topped by a massive onion dome which is 35 meters in height and is topped with a large brass finial with an Islamic crescent ascendant towards the heavens. Inside the main burial chamber of the Taj Mahal there has been extensive use of the Pietra Dura art form (which is known locally in India as Parchin Kari) along with calligraphy to create a rich Islamic and Arabesque patterned mosaic. In the center of the main burial chamber are the Cenotaphs of the Empress Mumtaz Mahal as well as Shah Jahan who was buried here in 1666 despite persistent rumors that he intended to make a matching mausoleum of black marble right across the Jamuna River in a symmetrical pattern to the Taj Mahal of his empress. Around the main mausoleum building of the Taj Mahal are four huge white marble minarets that reach over 40 meters into the sky. While many have conjectured that the minarets have tilted outwardly from the Taj Mahal because of age, this slight tilt was an intentional design element to prevent damage to the tomb in the event of a collapse due to any seismic activity such as an earthquake. The Taj Mahal has been built to pristine symmetry and is identical on all four sides of the building’s fascia. This obsession with symmetry, attributed to Emperor Shah Jahan, transcends the main mausoleum building of the Taj Mahal Complex into other structures as well. Around the Taj Mahal is the Char Bagh Garden. This is a huge Mughal themed garden which is quartered into four symmetrical blocks partitioned by waterways that have been designed to provide perfect reflections of the


In geometry, what is the name given to a triangle with two equal sides and angles?

Triangles - Equilateral, Isosceles and Scalene Triangles A triangle has three sides and three angles The three angles always add to 180° Equilateral, Isosceles and Scalene There are three special names given to triangles that tell how many sides (or angles) are equal. There can be 3, 2 or no equal sides/angles: Equilateral Triangle Three equal angles, always 60° Isosceles Triangle Triangles can also have names that tell you what type of angle is inside: Acute Triangle All angles are less than 90° Right Triangle Has a right angle (90°) Obtuse Triangle Has an angle more than 90° Combining the Names Sometimes a triangle will have two names, for example: Right Isosceles Triangle Has a right angle (90°), and also two equal angles Can you guess what the equal angles are? Play With It ... Try dragging the points around and make different triangles: You might also like to play with the Interactive Triangle . Perimeter The perimeter is the distance around the edge of the triangle: just add up the three sides: Area The area is half of the base times height. "b" is the distance along the base "h" is the height (measured at right angles to the base) Area = ½ × b × h The formula works for all triangles. Note: a simpler way of writing the formula is bh/2 Example: What is the area of this triangle? (Note: 12 is the height, not the length of the left-hand side)   Base = b = 20 Area = ½ × b × h = ½ × 20 × 12 = 120 The base can be any side, Just be sure the "height" is measured at right angles to the "base": (Note: You can also calculate the area from the lengths of all three sides using Heron's Formula .)   Why is the Area "Half of bh"? Imagine you "doubled" the triangle (flip it around one of the upper edges) to make a square-like shape (a parallelogram ) which can be changed to a simple rectangle : THEN the whole area is bh, which is for both triangles, so just one is ½ × bh.


The Kama Sutra was originally written in which ancient language?

The Origin of The Kama Sutra - KamaSutra Chair - Sexual Positions of The Kama Sutra The Tantra Chair Blog & News A Sacred Exploration into The Kama Sutra Subscribe to our newsletter: 2014 The Origin of The Kama Sutra The Kama Sutra is said to be an ancient text which originated in India and is considered by many modern day scientists and experts to be the standard work on sexual behavior. Originally written in the Sanskrit language by Vātsyāyana, Kama basically means ‘to love’ and Sutra means ‘a manual.’ So when one combines the two, the Kama Sutra is in essence, a lovemaking manual. The History of Kama Sutra Kama Sutra also goes by the lessor known name of Kama Shastra, and is one of the three ancient texts that were written in Sanskrit in an attempt to describe what the acceptable goals in the life of person should be. The Indian texts are therefore solely devoted to ‘Karma” which is a legitimate goal, but less exalted as compared to the goal of “Artha” which means power. Both of these aspirations are considered secondary only to the pursuit of “Dharma” which refers to moral value and is considered to be the most worthy of accomplishments. The creation of the Kama Sutra came out of the need for people to have and know the methods of creating the next generation of society, both efficiently and of course, pleasurably. Since creating offspring is the most vital aspect of any civilization, the Kama Sutra was written to provide people with the physical, spiritual and emotional tools necessary to reach their goals. Legend has it, that Nandi, a companion of the god Shiva was inspired to write the original version of The Kama Sutra after once overhearing Shiva make love to his wife, Parvati, which can be dated back to the fourth century. Vatsayana became famous for being a respected articular on the Sutras that were originally passed down by The Buddha to mankind in the attempt to assist them with their trials and tribulations. However, the version of Vatsayana incorporates the works of his own observations on Hindu society as well as the works of other ancient scholars, which is widely accepted and honored by Indian Tradition. The Content of the Kama Sutra Even though the Kama Sutra is now associated with erotica in The West, it is not the only topic in the content of the time-honored, ancient text. The acts of lovemaking are further divided into eight different methods, with each of the eight methods able to be performed in eight different sexual positions. There are 64 various parts of love depicted in the Kama Sutra, comprising of both heterosexual and homosexual acts of sexual gratification. These 64 sections may also be described as the ways in which one can strengthen the intimate connection with their partner. Apart from that, there are also 35 chapters that are solely dedicated on the various ways in which one can attract a spouse, and on how to be a good partner. Even in today’s world, there are many people who still follow the philosophy of this ancient text and believe it to be an inspiring work of art that helps to transcend the physical world.


Under what surname did the Bronte sisters originally publish their work?

The Brontë Pseudonyms: A Woman's Image — The Writer and Her Public The Brontë Pseudonyms: A Woman's Image — The Writer and Her Public Marianne Thormahlen, University of Lund, Sweden This essay, which was originally published in English Studies (1994) as 'The Bronte Pseudonyms', appears in the Victorian Web with the kind permission of the author and the English Studies publishers Swets & Zeitlinger, who retain copyright. Notes to this WWW edition Numbers in brackets indicate page breaks in the print edition and thus allow users of VW to cite or locate the original page numbers. Text links take you to material not in the original print version. [GPL]. Adrian Kang, Chew Yong Jack, and GPL created the HTML version, converting footnotes. GPL also linked the text to other portions of the Victorian Web. Clicking on superscript numbers brings you to the top of the left column; hitting the back button on your browser returns you to your place in the body of the main text. Notes 1. Emily Brontë: A Biography (Oxford, 1971), pp. 185-6. On Charlotte and Miss Currer, see also Gérin's Charlotte Bronte: The Evolution of Genius (Oxford, 1967), p. 309, and F.B. Pinion, A Brontë Companion: Literary Assessment, Background, and Reference (London, 1975), p. 278. The first person (as far as I am aware) to suggest that Charlotte may have borrowed her pseudonym from Miss Currer was 'the Hon. Lady Wilson of Eshton Hall' in the 'The Brontës as Governesses', Brontë Society Transactions 9 (1939), 217-18. See also Clifford Whone's report on The Keighley Mechanics' Institute, 'Where the Brontës Borrowed Books', Brontë Society Transactions 11 (1950), 345. (Whone noted the occurrence of Miss Currer's name among Institute members but did not outline any other relevant points in support of the connexion.) 2. Adopting a surname as a first name was of course a convenient way of concealing a person's sex; after all, the choice of 'proper' Christian names that could have been used by men and women alike was severely limited. Charlotte's Shirley was given this 'masculine cognomen' in default of heirs male, pioneering it as a first name for women; see E.G. Withycombe, The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names (Oxford, 1945), p. 118. 3. On phrenology in Charlotte's novels, see Wilfred M. Senseman's 'Charlotte Brontë's Use of Physiognomy and Phrenology', Brontë Society Transactions 12 (1967), 286-89, a recapitulation and part-reproduction of an article in Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 38 (1953), and Ian Jack, 'Physiognomy, Phrenology and Characterisation in the Novels of Charlotte Brontë', Brontë Society Transactions 15 (1970), 377-91. For Anne's use of phrenology, see my 'The Villain of Wildfell Hall: Aspects and Prospects of Arthur Huntingdon' The Modern Language Review 88.4 (October 1993), 834-6. 4. Subtitled A Study of the Bronte Sisters as Early-Victorian Female Novelists, it appeared in 1966 (Gothenburg and London). Another well-researched and informative dissertation, on an adjacent subject, by a Swedish Brontë scholar appeared eight years later, Harriet Björk's The Language of Truth: Charlotte Bronte, the Woman Question, and the Novel, No. 47 in Lund Studies in English (Lund, 1974). 5. See Frank, A Chainless Soul, p. 216, and Chitham, Emily Brontë, p. 198. (Clifford Whone did suggest that the name of another Keighley Mechanics' Institute member, one William Ellis, Esq., might have supplied Emily's pseudonym, but the absence of any further links detracts from the likelihood of this idea; see 'Where the Brontës Borrowed Books', 345.) 6. Cf. Margot Peters's account of Arthur Bell Nicholls's (successful) attempt at vindicating Ireland, and his own Irish family, in the prejudiced Charlotte's eyes; Unquiet Soul: A Biography of Charlotte Bronte (London, 1975), p. 396. — This is not to say that that ancestry was unimportant to the Brontës' personalities and their artistry; see, for instance, Edward Chitham, The Brontës' Irish Background (London, 1986). (There are also many references to the Celtic origins of the Rev. Patr


Who is the Greek god of shepherds and flocks?

PAN - Greek God of Shepherds, Hunters & the Wilds (Roman Faunus) Pan All (pan), Rustic Pan, Greco-Roman mosaic from Daphne C2nd-3rd A.D., Hatay Archaeology Museum PAN was the god of shepherds and hunters, and of the meadows and forests of the mountain wilds. His unseen presence aroused panic in those who traversed his realm. Pan idled in the rugged countryside of Arkadia (Arcadia), playing his panpipes and chasing Nymphs . One of these, Pitys , fled his advances and was transformed into a mountain-pine, the god's sacred tree. Another, Syrinx , escaped but was turned into a clump of reeds from which Pan crafted his pipes. And a third, Ekho (Echo) , was cursed to fade away for spurning the god, leaving behind just a voice to repeat his mountain cries. Pan was depicted as a man with the horns, legs and tail of a goat, a thick beard, snub nose and pointed ears. He often appears in scenes of the company of Dionysos . In the classical age the Greeks associated his name with the word pan meaning "all". However its true origin lay in an old Arcadian word for rustic. Pan was closely identified with several other rustic deities including Aristaios (Aristaeus) , the shepherd-god of northern Greece who shared the god's titles of Agreus (Hunter) and Nomios (Shepherd), the pipe-playing Phrygian satyr Marsyas who challenged Apollon to a musical contest, and Aigipan (Aegipan) , the goat-fish god of the constellation Capricorn. Sometimes Pan was multiplied into a host of Panes , or a triad of gods named Agreus , Nomios , and Phorbas. FAMILY OF PAN [1.1] HERMES & DAUGHTER OF DRYOPOS (Homeric Hymn 19 to Pan) [1.2] HERMES & THYMBRIS (Apollodorus 1.22-23, Scholiast ad Theocritus 1.123) [1.3] HERMES & PENELOPE (Herodotus 2.145, Apollodorus E7.38, Hyginus Fabulae 224, Nonnus Dionysiaca 14.67, Servius ad Aeneid 2.43) [1.4] HERMES (Plato Cratylus 408b, Pliny Natural History 7.204) [1.5] HERMES & SOSE (Nonnus Dionysiaca 14.67) [1.6] HERMES & KALLISTO (Scholiast ad Theocritus 1.3) [1.7] HERMES & ORNEIOS (Scholiast ad Theocritus 1.3) OFFSPRING [1.1] THE PANES x12 (Dionysiaca 14.67) [2.1] KROTOS (by Eupheme ) (Eratosthenes, Hyginus Fabulae 224, Hyginus Astr. 2.27) [3.1] AKIS (by Symaithis ) (Ovid Metamorphoses 13.750) [4.1] EURYMEDON (Statius Thebaid 11.32) [5.1] KRENAIOS (by Ismenis ) (Statius Thebaid 9.318) [7.1] SEILENOS (by Melia ) (Other references) ENCYCLOPEDIA PAN (Pan), the great god of flocks and shepherds among the Greeks; his name is probably connected with the verb paô. Lat. pasco, so that his name and character are perfectly in accordance with each other. Later speculations, according to which Pan is the same as to pan, or the universe, and the god the symbol of the universe, cannot be taken into consideration here. He is described as a son of Hermes by the daughter of Dryops (Hom. Hymn. vii. 34), by Callisto (Schol. ad Theocr. i. 3), by Oeneis or Thymbris (Apollod. i. 4. § 1; Schol. ad Theocrit. l. c.), or as the son of Hermes by Penelope, whom the god visited in the shape of a ram (Herod. ii. 145; Schol. ad Theocrit. i. 123 ; Serv. ad Aen. ii. 43), or of Penelope by Odysseus, or by all her suitors in common. (Serv. ad Virg. Georg. i. 16; Schol. ad Lycoph. 766; Schol. ad Theocrit. i. 3.) Some again call him the son of Aether and Oeneis, or a Nereid, or a son of Uranus and Ge. (Schol. ad Theocrit. i. 123; Schol. ad Lycoph. l. c.) From his being a grandson or great grandson of Cronos, he is called Kronios. (Eurip. Rhes. 36.) He was from his birth perfectly developed, and had the same appearance as afterwards, that is, he had his horns, beard, puck nose, tail, goats' feet, and was covered with hair, so that his mother ran away with fear when she saw him ; but Hermes carried him into Olympus, where all (pantes) the gods were delighted with him, and especially Dionysus. (Hom. Hymn. vii. 36, &c.; comp. Sil. Ital. xiii. 332; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 22.) He was brought up by nymphs. (Paus. viii. 30. § 2.) The principal seat of his worship was Arcadia and from thence his name and his worship afterwards spread over other parts of Greece; and at Ath


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Who was the 16th President of the United States of America?

Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of the United States Home:   Library:   Lincoln, Abraham “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” - ABRAHAM LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States, 1809 - 1865 Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in a log cabin in Hardin County (now LaRue County), Kentucky. He rose from humble origins and less than a year of formal education to become the 16th President of the United States, and one of the great men of American history. Lincoln was elected President on November 6, 1860, and led the United States through the nation's greatest crisis, the Civil War (1861-1865). He is credited with saving the Union from disintegration and eliminating slavery in America. Lincoln was a master politician, leading by persuasion and humor. He appointed three of his opponents for the Republican nomination to his cabinet, naming William Seward , Secretary of State; Salmon Chase , Secretary of the Treasury and later nominating him to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, and Edward Bates , who served as Attorney General. The war’s end was in sight on March 4, 1865 when Lincoln took his second oath of office as President. In his inaugural address he urged merciful treatment for the defeated rebel states. As Lincoln began his second term he worked tirelessly for the speedy “reconstruction” of the war-torn nation. On the evening of April 14, 1865 Lincoln was assasinated as he watched a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. He was the first American President to be assasinated. Thousands of mourners lined the tracks as his funeral train moved him from Washington to his final resting place in Springfield, Illinois. Newspaper publisher Horace Greeley said of Lincoln: “He slowly won his way to eminence and fame doing the work that lay next to himdoing it with all his growing mightdoing it as well as he could, and learning by his failure, when failure was encountered, how to do it better.” If you are aware of books, movies, databases, web sites or other information sources about Abraham Lincoln or related subjects, or if you would like to comment, please contact us . Resource Menu