What is Rupert Murdoch’s real first name?

Real History and the origins of Rupert Murdoch   Rupert Murdoch's Jewish origins: a matter of controversy A well placed correspondent with connections to the newspaper world (who has asked to remain anonymous) reports to us: "I shall quote exactly what Candour [a rightwing British journal edited by A K Chesterton] said in its June 1984 issue (vol. XXXV, no. 6):  BIOGRAPHICAL details of [Rupert] Murdoch's past are sketchy and often contradictory. One reads that his grandfather was an impoverished Presbyterian minister who migrated to Australia from England, that his father was a low-paid reporter for a British newspaper in Australia, and yet, young Rupert divided his time between his family's suburban home near Melbourne and the family's sheep ranch in the country. He was educated first at the fashionable Geelong private school, and went on to the elitist and aristocratic Oxford University in England. "Rupert's father Sir Keith Murdoch [see below] attained his prominent position in Australian society through a fortuitous marriage to the daughter of a wealthy Jewish family, née Elisabeth Joy Greene. Through his wife's connections, Keith Murdoch was subsequently promoted from reporter to chairman of the British-owned newspaper where he worked. There was enough money to buy himself a knighthood of the British realm, two newspapers in Adelaide, South Australia, and a radio station in a faraway mining town. For some reason, Murdoch has always tried to hide the fact that his pious mother brought him up as a Jew... And that, as I am sure you know, makes him a Jew according to the law of the Talmud, and indeed according to the present laws of Israel. Spotlight [a rightwing Washington weekly published by Willis Carto] in fact examined Murdoch in considerable depth in no fewer than three issues, 30th January and 6th and 13th February [1984]. My friend Ivor Benson whom I regarded as a very judicious observer and commentator, reckoned, along with Spotlight, that his meteoric ascent was completely artificial, and that he was a front for far more powerful super-rich subversives, Michel Fribourg, Armand Hammer and Edgar Bronfman, "all of them part of a super-rich 'Zionist Mafia'", to quote Benson, who added: "By comparison with these three, Murdoch is just an ambitious midget who has been given the job of drawing all the public attention away from those who make the real decisions." (Benson's Behind the News, March 1984) Could well be. Certainly I can confirm that at least part of his meteoric ascent was artificial. I remember my brother-in-law [a former editor of The Times] telling me, at the time of Murdoch's acquisition of The Times, that it was a strange business. Murdoch was by no means the highest bidder. For my part, I myself have always had good personal motives to take a favourable view of Murdoch, because my brother-in-law was easily his favourite editor of The Times, and, when my brother-in-law died (in office), Murdoch treated my sister completely fairly, from a financial point of view, without making the slightest difficulty. But, despite that reason for some prejudice in his favour, I have always been forced to the judgement that he has been a force for unspeakable evil. His was the "breakthrough" which made the tabloids genuinely pornographic. In my opinion at least, his policy with The Times completed its collapse from its position as the most respected newspaper in the world. And his republicanism makes me sick -- it is not for the purpose of creating a better world, but quite obviously purely destructive. And I could go on. PS: QUITE recently, a Times correspondent actually resigned because he was not allowed to report properly what was going on in Israel, or even to use accurate words to describe facts which were undisputed. He stated: "Murdoch's executives were so scared of irritating him that, when I pulled off a little scoop by tracking, interviewing and photographing the unit in the Israeli army which killed Mohammed al-Durrah, the 12-year-old boy whose death was captured on film and became the iconic image of the


By what name is Aragorn first known to the hobbits when they meet him in Bree?

Aragorn II Elessar | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom powered by Wikia The Fellowship of the Ring , " The Prancing Pony " Strider at The Prancing Pony in Bree Aragorn joined Frodo Baggins , Bilbo's adopted heir, and three of his friends at the Inn of the Prancing Pony in Bree. [8] Though originally the hobbits were suspicious of Strider, they eventually trusted him and prepared to escape Bree and the Ringwraiths. [9] These four had set out from the Shire to bring the One Ring to Rivendell. Aragorn was aged 87 at that time, nearing the prime of life for one of royal Númenórean descent. With Aragorn's help, the Hobbits escaped the pursuing Nazgûl . [10] The elf-lord Glorfindel later arrived and led them to Rivendell. [11] There, Aragorn chose to join Frodo, thus forming the Fellowship of the Ring that was formed to guard Frodo, tasked with destroying the Ring in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor. Besides Aragorn, Gandalf, and Frodo, the company included Frodo's cousins Pippin and Merry , his best friend Samwise Gamgee , Legolas the elf , Gimli the Dwarf, and Boromir of Gondor. [7] All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be Blade that was Broken, The crownless again shall be king. — Bilbo's poem about Aragorn [9] Before the group set out, the shards of Narsil were reforged, and the restored blade was named Andúril. Aragorn accompanied the group through an attempt to cross the pass of Caradhras and through the mines of Moria. He helped protect Frodo from an Orc captain and became group leader after Gandalf was presumed lost in battle with a Balrog . [12] Aragorn led the company to Lórien , where Lady Galadriel gave him the Elessar . [13] After Lórien, Aragorn and the Fellowship sailed down the river Anduin to the Falls of Rauros . Though his original plan was to set out for Gondor and aid its people in the War, he felt responsible for Frodo after the loss of Gandalf. [14] "Fear not! he said. "Long have I desired to look upon the likenesses of Isildur and Anarion, my sires of old. Under their shadow Elessar, the Elfstone son of Arathorn of the House of Valandil Isildur's son heir of Elendil, has naught to dread!" — Aragorn proclaiming his lineage [14] " Aragorn saying goodbye to Boromir after his death After passing into the Argonath , the Fellowship camped in Amon Hen . Frodo saw that Boromir had been driven mad by the influence of the One Ring trying to take it. Frodo put the ring on, rendering him invisible, and ran away from Boromir. Frodo climbed to the high seat on Amon Hen; from there he could see Sauron 's eye looking for him. The Hobbit felt the eye but it was distracted by Gandalf the White later found in Fangorn Forest by (Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli looking for Merry and Pippin.) Frodo would struggle against the power of Sauron, finally taking the ring off. Then Frodo knew what had to be done: He was to go alone to Mordor to destroy the ring. On the way back to the river he meets Sam, who goes with him. Aragorn at Amon Hen At this same time, the others were attacked by Saruman's Uruk-hai and a battle ensued. During the ensuing battle, Boromir was killed defending Merry and Pippin and giving up his desire for the ring in a last attempt to resist the ring. After discovering that Frodo had left, Aragorn and the others decided that they would leave Frodo and Sam to continue their quest on their own. Legolas , Gimli , and Aragorn put Boromir's body and war gear in one of the elven boats as a funeral boat and tribute to Boromir for his bravery and courage. His body would be sent to the Falls of Rauros. [15] While Frodo continued his quest with Samwise Gamgee, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli went to Rohan to free Merry and Pippin, who had been captured by the Uruk-hai working for Saruman. The Three Hunters The Three Hunters, by Ted Nasmith In the fields of Rohan , the Three Hunters Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli encountered


The fishing boat Orca appeared in which film?

Farewell and Adieu in Menemsha Whatever happened to Orca from Jaws? By Christopher Balogh posted May 20th, 2015 at 12:55pm Courtesy of Jim Beller Robert Shaw takes a break with "Bruce," the mechanical shark. The Orca might be the most famous fishing boat in cinema. It relentlessly pursued a 25-foot porker, set the scene for scar stories and was owned by the saltiest captain on Amity Island. It also became one of the symbols of a new era in cinema — the summer blockbuster. It’s gone forever. We will never see Orca on the hunt again. And not due to the appetite of a 3-ton fish; looters and a lack of oversight doomed this film icon. The film Jaws made many boys into fishermen, but it also kept kids away from the beach for a while. This movie, which introduced a completely new level of terror to children even taking a bath, also evolved into a never-give-up story of filmmaking. The film’s 27-year-old director, Steven Spielberg, was learning how to make a big movie on the fly and having to deal with an enormous amount of production problems due to the film’s nautical nature. Filmmaking around the ocean is not easy. As a result, Spielberg needed the help from the locals of Martha’s Vineyard, specifically those folks in and around the fishing village of Menemsha. Spielberg hired locals as extras and some even got speaking parts or worked as part of the crew. One townie, in particular, can be considered the backbone of that local support. Photo by Lynn and Susan Murphy Orca 2 prepares for its scene. “Lynne Murphy arguably saved parts of the film production, more than any other local,” says Matt Taylor, author of Jaws: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard . The 292-page book that he and Jim Beller, a Jaws historian and collector, comprised is full of photographs and memories of the islanders during the shooting of the film. Lynne Murphy was a local marine mechanic when Hollywood came to town. He was hired to assist with anything from towing the robotic shark to fixing the electronics on the underwater platforms for action scenes. According to Taylor, during the rehearsals for towing the shark close to the Orca, Murphy would use a buoy in place of the Orca — to get the shark as close as possible without dinging the real boat until “action” was called. In watching the scene where Chief Brody is about to blow the hell out of the shark, there is an unintentional wake, which is actually caused by Murphy’s boat. That’s how close Murphy had to get to the Orca to make the shark look like it was actually coming at the boat. Photo by Lynn and Susan Murphy Lynn Murphy towing the Orca. In 1974, production ended. As in some cases when a film wraps, props and equipment are sold on the spot. Murphy bought the fiberglass Orca replica for a dollar. However, there were two Orcas used in the production of the film. The first was the operational Orca, which was purchased nearby in Marblehead, Massachusetts. It originally was used as a lobster boat under the name of Warlock. The production team revamped it with some paint and added a mast pulpit. It became known on set as Orca 1. This is the boat used in most of the regular fishing scenes. But when you see a boat that’s sinking or being destroyed, that’s Orca 2. Orca 2 was created out of fiberglass that came from the mold made from the original boat. There was no motor attached and several breakaway sterns were built into the replica. In the infamous scene where the shark chomps on Quint as Chief Brody throws a scuba tank into the shark’s mouth — that’s Orca 2. Photo by Cal Acord Filming on the Orca with Robert Shaw on the pulpit. The production team shipped the Orca 1 back to Universal Studios in Hollywood, California. Taylor says that within a brief time, it was sold to a fisherman in Los Angeles. A year later, after the movie became a hit and was the first film to top $100 million, Universal Studios bought Orca 1 back from him — paying 10 times what they originally sold it for. It was then placed on the backlot studio tour near the Amity Island section of the ride. Taylor and a bit of Hollywood lore sa


Which cabinet member is heir to a wallpaper fortune?

Who's who in the coalition cabinet | Politics | The Guardian Who's who in the coalition cabinet Full list of Conservative and Liberal Democrat cabinet members, with mini-profiles of the key players The cabinet table at 10 Downing Street. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian Staff Wednesday 12 May 2010 19.30 EDT First published on Wednesday 12 May 2010 19.30 EDT This article is 6 years old David Cameron – prime minister, first lord of Treasury, minister for civil service Nick Clegg – deputy prime minister, lord president of the council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform) Nick Clegg outside his home in south London Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The Blairite adviser who couldn't understand why Clegg was wasting his career by becoming a Lib Dem MEP knows better now. The young European idealist who helped Leon Brittan, the British EU commissioner, to negotiate Chinese entry to the World Trade Organisation, also found his Spanish lawyer wife in Brussels. Multilingual and well-connected, he won his Sheffield Hallam seat only in 2005 but leapfrogged older colleagues to succeed Menzies Campbell as party leader in 2007. Critics complain he is too far to the right of his own party, too pro-market and not sufficiently concerned for the poor. His deal with Cameron will reinforce those fears, but he has great self-confidence as his TV performances showed. In-tray Persuading Lib Dem activists at Sunday's Birmingham conference that they can trust him not to sell out; avoiding the blame for painful cuts and tax rises which Tories have persuaded him to back; promoting core Lib Dem values such as Europe, civil liberties and the environment in the face of core Tory scepticism; not letting Cameron squash him in the battle of the Alpha males. William Hague – secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs William Hague. Photograph: Warren Allott/AFP/Getty Images The Foreign Office has long been preparing for Hague's arrival: his relations with officials are already good, his diary and policy programme ready. The new National Security Council has already met. He walked in the door today to a department hopeful that its new Tory boss will have the clout in government to restore the status of the department. Under Labour, the FCO lost out: isolated from the invasion of Iraq, and overshadowed by the much richer Department for International Development, it felt neglected. Hague counts in Tory circles, and Cameron is likely to allow him more freedom – although Lib Dem ministers will watch for outbreaks of Euroscepticism. In-tray Afghanistan is a priority, and the subject of Hague's first security briefing yesterday morning. David Cameron hopes to withdraw British troops within five years. Iran was the subject of Hague's second briefing, focusing on the standoff with the west over its suspected development of a nuclear weapon. Plus the relationship with the EU. George Osborne – chancellor George Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer. Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters Osborne has a problem: the City and influential financial pundits at the FT do not respect him. "Ask Osborne an economic question and you get a political answer," one complained. That handicap is more than compensated for by the regard with which David Cameron holds him. They are the Blair and Brown of the new regime, without the destablising personal rivalry. Cameron resisted all pressure not to appoint Osborne as chancellor. He is 39 this month, which makes him the youngest chancellor since 1886. He is a child of privilege, heir to a 17th-century baronetcy and to the Osborne & Little wallpaper fortune made by his father. In-tray Cutting the £163bn deficit and the debt mountain without hurting the economic recovery, the poor or British enterprise; sorting out bank regulation – both the rules and the structure; placating the City, which does not like his plan to abolish the Financial Services Authority. He is back-pedalling on the proposal; simplifying the tax system and cutting red tape; persuading voters to take him more seri


Who was the target of Operation Neptune Spear?

Operation Neptune Spear - Raid on Osama Bin Laden's Hideout Compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan References Operation Neptune Spear On May 01, 2011, in a televised address to the Nation, U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed that Osama Bin Laden had been killed that day as a result of a US military operation, codenamed Neptune Spear, by US Special Operations Forces inside a compound in Bilal, a suburb of Abbottabad; a city of 100,000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province home to to the headquarters of one of the brigades from the Pakistani Army's 2nd Division, as well as the Pakistani Military Academy, the country's equivalent to the US Military Academy at West Point. Abbottabad is located between Pakistan's capital Islamabad, and Peshawar, approximately 30 miles from Islamabad. The compound was reportedly a large million dollar property, built about 5 years prior to the operation, and was believed to have been made specifically for Osama Bin Laden. Equipped with 12-18 foot tall and thick walls topped with barbed wire, multiple interior walls, additional privacy walls, and 2 security gates, it nonetheless lacked internet and phone access. It was suggested by US officials that the inhabitants of the compound probably had very little interaction with those around them. The Associated Press reported Osama Bin Laden's compound to be located only 100 yards away from a Pakistani Military Academy. Though the reported distance between the 2 sites varied in the immediate reporting, the location of the compound was clearly near or within the jurisdiction of Abbottabad Cantonment, controlled by the Pakistani military. Planning the Operation The operation came as a result of a lead that first emerged in August 2010, surrounding a courier for Osama Bin Laden operating out of Pakistan. The operation followed months of additional information-gathering, with President Obama chairing 5 National Security Council meetings. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA) and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) were among the agencies noted to have participated in the intelligence gathering effort. The courier was reported to have been a former protï¿½gï¿½ of Khalid Sheik Mohammed. The Washington Post reported that the compound used by Osama bin Laden was put under extensive surveillance by CIA agents, which included the establishment of a nearby safehouse, for months prior to the raid. The surveillance effort was reported have been very costly, requiring approval from Congress for the reallocation of millions of dollars from within the budgets of various agencies to fund the operation. Following the raid by US Navy Seals, the safe house was closed and CIA assets moved. Planning for the raid itself was also extensive, beginning around March 2011. The planning process was reported to have involved the construction of a full size replica of the compound or sections of the compound at Harvey Point, North Carolina. Another mock compound was also said to have been constructed within a secret portion of Bagram Air Base. The raid itself was reported to have been launched from Jalalabad Airfield, also in Afghanistan. The Raid The raid, conducted by Joint Task Force Neptune, reported to consist of US Navy SEALs from Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU; also commonly referred to as SEAL Team 6) and helicopters from the US Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) , as well as possibly other elements, was designed to minimize collateral damage and risk to non-combatants in the compound and to Pakistani civilians in the area.  The final order for the operation was given on the morning of 29 April 2011. It consisted of a helicopter insertion after which a firefight ensued, resulting in the death of Osama Bin Laden. CIA Director Leon Panetta said that 25 Navy SEALs had conducted the raid. Accompanying the US Navy Seal team was a bomb-sniffing dog. US personnel were on the ground for approximately 40 minutes. Media sources reported that Pakistani Intelligence was involved in helping the


The role of a special adviser (Spad) in Westminster - BBC News BBC News Media playback is unsupported on your device The role of a special adviser (Spad) in Westminster 19 March 2012 Last updated at 13:47 GMT David Cameron criticised the number of political appointees known as special advisers (Spads) under Labour and promised to scale them back - but the number has gone up under the coalition. Giles Dilnot looks into the role and finds out why the public only hears about those in trouble.


Which member of Take That announced that he is to leave the group last month?

Take That | Biography, News, Photos and Videos | Contactmusic.com Biography Take That (1990 - 1996, 2005- ) Take That are an English pop band that achieved great success in the 1990s. Although the band split in 1996, they reformed over a decade later to renewed commercial success. Formation: Take That were formed in 1990 by their manager Nigel Martin Smith in Manchester. The five band members were Mark Owen, Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Howard Donald and Robbie Williams. The band's first release to find commercial success was a cover version of Tavares' song 'It Only Takes A Minute,' which reached number seven in the UK singles chart. The follow-up tracks, 'I Found Heaven' and 'A Million Love Songs' (written by Gary Barlow) were both top 20 hits. Career: The band's cover of Barry Manilow's 'Could It Be Magic' was their biggest success so far in their career. The single reached number three in the UK singles. In 1992, Take That's debut album was released. Entitled Take That & Party, the album included all the band's singles up until that point. In 1993, the band released a new album, Everything Changes, which contained original tracks written by Barlow. The single 'Pray' was their first number one single. Disappointingly for the band, their single 'Babe' was beaten to the highly coveted Christmas number one slot by Mr. Blobby, a character from Noel Edmonds' family entertainment show. Although the band began to garner international acclaim with the release of Everything Changes, they failed to find success in the United States. A new album Nobody Else was released in 1995 and went to number one in the UK album charts. 'Back To Good' was the second release from the album and was their biggest-selling single. The track reached number one in 31 countries across the world and also gained the band their only US chart entry. Robbie Williams announced that he was leaving Take That in 1995. The band continued to promote Nobody Else as a four piece and completed the Nobody Else Tour without Williams. In February of the next year, the band announced that they would be splitting up. The announcement was followed by the release of their Greatest Hits album. A cover of The Bee Gees' 'How Deep Is Your Love?' was the band's last number one single success until they reformed in 2005. A new compilation of Take That's' hit singles was released in November 2005. Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection reached the top of the UK. A new song on the album, 'Today I've Lost You' had originally been intended as the follow-up to 'Back For Good' but the band spilt before a recording was made. At the same time as the album release, an ITV documentary about the band was aired. TAKE THAT: For The Record showed the band speaking out about the split and their activities over the last 10 years. Later that month, they announced that they would be touring the next year, without Robbie Williams. The tour was named the Ultimate Tour and featured guest slots from Beverley Knight and Lulu. Support bands for the tour included The Pussycat Dolls and the Sugababes. In May 2006, Take That signed a record deal with Polydor Records. The contract is reported to be worth £3 million. The first album to be released under the new contract was Beautiful World, which sold over £1.5 million in the UK. 11 of the 12 songs on the album had been written by professional songwriters, unlike their previous albums, which had largely been penned by Gary Barlow. The remaining song, 'I'd Wait For Life' was a joint composition attributed to the whole band. The first single from the album was 'Patience'. The song reached number one in the UK in its second week on sale. Take That followed up the success of the single with a performance at the BRIT Awards, where they won the Best Single award. The second single, 'I'd Wait For Life' fared less well, reaching number 17 and then falling from the Top 40 the next week. Beautiful World finished up as the fourth best-selling album of 2007 and the band signed another record contract, this time with Interscope, who would release their album in the US


Australian National Anthem - YouTube Australian National Anthem Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Nov 15, 2008 This is the Australian National Anthem with lyrics. Category


Which Cape is at the northernmost tip of the country in Queensland?

1000+ images about cape York on Pinterest | York, Capes and Australia Forward WOMPOO PIGEON (Ptilinopus magnificus) -  one of the most magnificent fruit pigeons in the Wet Tropics of Australia. The unmistakable deep-throated call "wallop the blue" is often heard in the lowland and adjacent upland rainforest. It was once found from the tip of Cape York Peninsula to Illawarra in NSW, however due to loss of habitat it is now seldom seen in NSW. See More


Which creature features on the flag of Western Australia?

Western Australia State Identity, Flag, Coat of Arms, Floral & Animal Emblems - Aussie-Info.com State Identity Current flag adopted: circa 1953 All State flags, except the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory, use the Australian flag, based on the Blue Ensign, but have the particular badge of that State on the right hand side where the Southern Cross would be. The flag of Western Australia is the Blue Ensign with the State badge. The badge consists of the native Black Swan within a yellow circle. The choice of the black swan was suggested in 1870 by Governor Weld for the badge for the colony. Western Australia's present Coat of Arms was granted by Queen Elizabeth on 17 March 1969. Before then the Black Swan had long been adopted by early settlers as their unofficial emblem. The earlier unofficial Coat of Arms had a latin motto "Cygnis Insignis" meaning "distinguished by its swans" but this was not used on the official Coat of Arms. The WA Coat of Arms has two Red Kangaroos, each holding a boomerang, supporting a shield which features the black swan on a base of rippled blue and silver. Above the shield is an Imperial Crown on a black and gold wreath between two Kangaroo Paw flowers.


Who founded and conducted The London Symphony Orchestra?

London Philharmonic Orchestra - 必应 Sign in London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony Orchestras. The founders' ambition was to build an orchestra the equal of any European or American rival. Between 1932 and the Second World War the LPO was widely judged to have succeeded in this regard. After the outbreak of war the orchestra's private backers withdrew and the players ... (展开) s reconstituted the LPO as a self-governing cooperative. In the post-war years the orchestra faced challenges from two new rivals; the Philharmonia and the Royal Philharmonic, founded respectively in 1946 and 1947, achieved a quality of playing not matched by the older orchestras, including the LPO. By the 1960s the LPO had regained its earlier standards, and in 1964 it secured a valuable engagement to play in the Glyndebourne Festival opera house during the summer months. In 1993 it was appointed resident orchestra of the Royal Festival Hall on the south bank of the Thames, one of London's major concert venues. Since 1995 the residency has been jointly held with the Philharmonia. In addition to its work at the Festival Hall and Glyndebourne, the LPO performs regularly at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne and the Brighton Dome, and tours nationally and internationally. Since Beecham, the orchestra has had ten principal conductors, including Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Klaus Tennstedt and Vladimir Jurowski. The orchestra has been active in recording studios since its earliest days, and has played on hundreds of sets made by EMI , Decca and other companies. Since 2005 the LPO has had its own record label, issuing live recordings of concerts. The orchestra has played on numerous film soundtracks, including Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03). 答 London Philharmonic Orchestra伦敦爱乐乐团例句：Tonight's concert is given by the london philharmonic orchestra, under klaus tennstedt. 今晚的音乐会由克劳斯田斯德特指挥的伦敦爱乐乐团演出。很高兴为您解答，... Background In the 1920s the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) was the city's best-known concert and recording orchestra. Others were the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, the orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society, the BBC's Wireless Symphony Orchestra and Sir Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orchestra. All except the last of these were essentially ad hoc ensembles, with little continuity of personnnel,[n 1] and none approached the excellence of the best continental and American orchestras. This became obvious in 1927 when the Berlin Philharmonic, under Wilhelm Furtwängler, gave two concerts at the Queen's Hall. The chief music critic of The Times later commented, "the British public ... was electrified when it heard the disciplined precision of the Berlin Philharmonic ... This apparently was how an orchestra could, and, therefore, ought to sound". After the Berliners, London heard a succession of major foreign orchestras, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra under Willem Mengelberg and the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York under Arturo Toscanini. Among those determined that London should have a permanent orchestra of similar excellence were Sir John Reith, director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. In 1928 they opened discussions about jointly setting up such an ensemble, but after 18 months of negotiations it became clear that the corporation and the conductor had irreconcilable priorities. Beecham demanded more personal control of the orchestra and repertoire than the BBC was willing to concede, and his priorities were the opera house and the concert hall rather than the broadcasting studio. The BBC went ahead without him, and under its director of music, Adrian Boult, launched the BBC Symphony Orchestra in October 1930, to immense acclaim. In 1931 Beecham was approached by the rising young c


Peter Pears was the life-long partner of which composer?

Peter Pears —   Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm male vocalist Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears (Farnham, 22 June 1910 – Aldeburgh, 3 April 1986) was an English tenor and life-long partner of the composer Benjamin Britten. He was educated at Lancing College and went on to study music at Keble College, Oxford, serving as organist at Hertford College, but left without taking his degree. He later studied voice for two terms at the Royal College of Music. He met Britten in 1936, when he was a member of the BBC Singers… read more


Which Italian violinist was believed to be in league with the devil?

The Devil’s Violin | Books Go Social The Devil’s Violin May 20, 2015 | 1st pages , Mystery   Prologue When there is no hope for the future and the present is constant pain, then the past will absorb the soul searching for good things. (Ancient Hindu proverb)    A faint smile formed around the hollow cheeks of the bedridden man. Rain continued to slash the windows. This sound was transformed into melodies. Showers of ascending and descending notes flooded his consciousness. Crisp images embedded in memory arrived in rapid succession. The hundreds of concerts and the cities they were held in: women and the rooms he made love to them in. The money—oh yes, the millions he earned and lost in four decades. He had jumped off the edge of the universe and changed the way the world would listen to music: the artist as prophet. With his attenuated imagination, he was shaping the future. The world of sounds and textures would follow in his wake. In his possession was a well guarded ritual passed down through the centuries by a chosen few: the artists, philosophers, writers, mathematicians, musicians and speculative scientists. The power of this manuscript, properly interpreted, had increased his musical vision. This document and scores similar to it were at the foundation of cultural, political and social change throughout the ages. Secret brotherhoods with one credo: to know, to dare, to be silent. After re-inventing violin technique and performing with a personal passion beyond belief, audiences became suspicious. He appeared to be from another world. Many people were convinced that he was in league with the Devil. More than a few believed him to be the Devil. The image he had created for himself always caused him regret. It was impossible for anyone to understand the turmoil experienced in the process of making the invisible, audible. Today his mind was at war with his body. He knew he was dying. In the darkness of his Mediterranean apartment a vampire was sucking the blood from his veins. Long, pointed finger nails scraping the marrow of his bones. Surely, God must be laughing. Crawling out of bed with only the strength of his arms to aid him, he grabbed the knife from the table and crouched on the floor. His breathing was labored, but for the sake of his son he must finish what he’d begun three days ago. When Achilles returned with the doctor he would tell him the secret. He removed the final plank of the flooring and inserted the violin case with the real 1742 Guarneri into the hiding spot, the instrument fashioned by the erratic genius of Cremona which had been his life-long companion: the voice which soared among the clouds. Tucked behind the lining inside the case was the document he valued most dearly, translated from the original Latin into Italian and English: the magic formula of his success. The ailing legend replaced the planks making sure they looked untouched. The copy of the Devil’s violin he purchased in Paris a decade ago was on the bed. Last week, he had promised the real Guarneri to the mayor of Genoa, the city of his birth, for their museum. They would always believe the copy to be the original. His smile returned. The prophet knew that as time passed, the value of the original violin would increase a thousand fold. This unique instrument must be kept in the family. Niccolo Paganini welcomed the new healer with little enthusiasm. He told his son that they would need to talk after the examination. There was no time for last words. One of the most mysterious personalities that ever lived—died within minutes of the doctor’s arrival. The next day, Achilles emptied his father’s apartment and removed the body unaware of the treasure buried beneath the floor. The Devil’s Violin Description: Dan Brown meets Raymond Chandler! With his diverse background of art evaluation and Desert Storm duty, FBI Special Investigator Chris Clarke is ready for all comers. Only one fugitive haunts his thoughts: the notorious and ruthless assassin known only as “The Man in Black,” whose trail of contract killings had never led law enforc


Which flag was nicknamed The Stars and Bars?

USFlag.org: A website dedicated to the Flag of the United States of America - Confederate Stars and Bars   Confederate Stars and Bars Civil War Era Flags pictured on this page are available for purchase from my friends at U.S. Flag Depot, Inc. The First Official Flag of the Confederacy. Although less well known than the "Confederate Battle Flags",the Stars and Bars was used as the official flag of the Confederacy from March 1861 to May of 1863. The pattern and colors of this flag did not distinguish it sharply fom the Stars and Stripes of the Union. Consequently, considerable confusion was caused on the battlefield. The seven stars represent the original Confederate States; South Carolina (December 20, 1860), Mississippi(January 9, 1861), Florida (January 10,1861), Alabama (January 11, 1861), Georgia (January 19, 1861), Louisiana (January 26, 1861), and Texas (February 1, 1861). The Confederate Battle Flag. The best-known Confederate flag, however, was the Battle Flag, the familiar "Southern Cross". It was carried by Confederate troops in the field which were the vast majority of forces under the confederacy. The Stars represented the 11 states actually in the Confederacy plus Kentucky and Missouri. The second Official Flag of the Confederacy. On May 1st,1863, a second design was adopted, placing the Battle Flag (also known as the "Southern Cross") as the canton on a white field. This flag was easily mistaken for a white flag of surrender especially when the air was calm and the flag hung limply. The flag now had 13 stars having been joined officially by four more states, Virginia (April 17, 1861), Arkansas (May 6, 1861), Tennessee (May 7, 1861), North Carolina (May 21, 1861). Efforts to secede failed in Kentucky and Missouri though those states were represented by two of the stars. The third Official Flag of the Confederacy.On March 4th,1865, a short time before the collapse of the Confederacy, a third pattern was adapted; a broad bar of red was placed on the fly end of the white field. Confederate Navy Jack: Used as a navy jack at sea from 1863 onward. This flag has become the generally recognized symbol of the South. Note: It is necessary to disclaim any connection of these flags to neo-nazis, red-necks, skin-heads and the like. These groups have adopted this flag and desecrated it by their acts. They have no right to use this flag - it is a flag of honor, designed by the confederacy as a banner representing state's rights and still revered by the South. In fact, under attack, it still flies over the South Carolina capitol building. The South denies any relation to these hate groups and denies them the right to use the flags of the confederacy for any purpose. The crimes committed by these groups under the stolen banner of the conderacy only exacerbate the lies which link the seccesion to slavery interests when, from a Southerner's view, the cause was state's rights. Note contributed by BJ Meksikatsi. Farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia by Robert E. Lee After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles who have remained steadfast to the last that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that would have attended the continuance of the contest, I determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. By the terms of the agreement, officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged. You may take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you his blessing and protection. With an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous con


Which political retreat began as Shangri-La?

Presidential Retreat - Catoctin Mountain Park (U.S. National Park Service) Presidential Retreat Presidential Retreat Presidential Retreat Catoctin Mountain Park was originally submarginal land purchased by the government in 1936, to be developed into a recreational facility. The facility was to demonstrate how rough terrain and eroded soil could be turned into productive land again. The New Deal's Works Progress Administration, WPA, began the work in the newly created Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area, joined by the Civilian Conservation Crops, CCC, in 1939. Camp Misty Mount was first used by the Maryland League for Crippled Children. After the first year, the League moved to a second camp in 1938, Camp Greentop, because Camp Misty Mount's terrain was difficult to negotiate in a wheelchair. A third camp, Camp Hi-Catoctin, was completed in the winter of 1938-1939 and was used for three years as a family camp for federal employees. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was accustomed to seeking relief from hot Washington, D.C. summers and relaxing on weekends, aboard the presidential yacht "Potomac" or at Hyde Park, NY. In 1942, the U.S. Secret Service were very concerned about the President's continued use of the "Potomac." World War II had brought an attack on Pearl Harbor and German U-boats close in Atlantic waters. Presidential safety was a concern and Presidential health was also a concern. The muggy climate of Washington, D.C., was considered detrimental to his health, affecting his sinuses. A new retreat, a place to relax, within a 100 mile radius of Washington, D.C. and in the cool mountain air was sought. Several sites were considered, but Camp Hi-Catoctin in the Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area was selected after the President's first visit on April 22, 1942. A camp was already built on the site and the estimated conversion cost was $18,650. It was also almost 10 degrees cooler than in Washington, D.C. The camp for federal employee's families became the camp of one federal employee, the President of the United States. Roosevelt quickly renamed the camp to "Shangri-La" from James Hilton's 1933 novel, Lost Horizon.   Dwight D. Eisenhower's oil painting of one of the cottages at Camp David (Oil, undated, by Dwight D. Eisenhower, David H. Marx, Shrewsbury, N.J.) At the close of World War II, there was some debate over the future of Shangri-La. Should it be returned to the National Park Service? Should it be maintained as a national shrine or monument? Should it be transferred to the Maryland State Forest and Park System, as was the original plan of the demonstration area? In a letter to Maryland Governor Herbert R. O'Connor, President Truman wrote: "I have decided because of the historical events of national and international interest now associated with the Catoctin Recreation Area that this property should be retained by the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior. This action is in accord with the position expressed by the late President Roosevelt before his death." In 1952, Truman approved a compromise under which the land north of Maryland Route 77 would remain Catoctin Mountain Park operated by the National Park Service and the land south of Maryland Route 77 would become Cunningham Falls State Park. The official transfer took effect in 1954. President Eisenhower renamed the retreat, after he took office in 1953, "Camp David," after his grandson. Camp David continues to serve as the Presidential Retreat today. It is a private, secluded place for recreation, contemplation, rest, and relaxation. Many historical events have occurred at the Presidential Retreat; the planning of the Normandy invasion, Eisenhower-Khrushchev meetings, Camp David Accords with Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt, discussions of the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam War discussions, and many other meetings with foreign dignitaries and guests. Maintaining the privacy and secluded atmosphere of the retreat is an important role for Catoctin Mountain Park. The Presidential Retreat still remains within park boundarie


Which action painter was Jack the Dripper?

Action painting (Jackson Pollock) - YouTube Action painting (Jackson Pollock) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 29, 2009 Paul Jackson Pollock (1912- 1956) American abstract expressionist (Jack the Dripper) Paul Jackson Pollock was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. He was regarded as a mostly reclusive artist. He had a volatile personality and struggled with alcoholism all of his life. (He died at the age of 44 in an alcohol related single- car crash) Pollock painted with his canvases laid out on the studio floor, and developed what was later called his "Drip" technique. He used hardened brushes, sticks, and even basting syringes as paint applicators. Pollock's technique of pouring and dripping paint is thought to be one of the origins of the term action painting. By defying the convention of painting on an upright surface, he added a new dimension, literally, by being able to vieuw and apply paint to his canvases from all directions. Quote by Jackson Pollock:


On a computer keyboard the character that resembles an inverted V is called what?

Computer keyboard key explanation You are here: Help > Keyboard Computer keyboard key explanations When dealing with technical commands that use the keyboard (for example, web pages or the command line ), you may hear such things as forward slash , backslash , and caret . Many times, this can be confusing for anyone unfamiliar with each of the symbols on a keyboard. The table below identifies non- alphanumeric keys with a description or link for additional information. Key/Symbol


The Gasworks Gang were which comic paper character’s sworn enemies?

Lord Snooty : definition of Lord Snooty and synonyms of Lord Snooty (English) This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2010) Lord Snooty (or Lord Snooty and his Pals) was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano , first appearing in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the longest running strip in the comic until Dennis the Menace and Gnasher overtook it. The central character was Lord Marmaduke of Bunkerton, known to his friends as Snooty, a very ordinary boy who just happens to be an Earl . The strip was mostly drawn by Dudley D. Watkins until his death in 1969, though Leo Baxendale and Albert Holroyd occasionally filled in for Watkins. The strip had an 18 month hiatus from the comic between June 1949 and December 1950. It was at this point that Snooty's original pals (from Ash Can Alley) were replaced with his new pals who lived in the castle. Some of these had previously appeared in other Beano strips. Robert Nixon then drew it for the next few years, before being succeeded by Jimmy Glen in 1973. Ken H. Harrison took over in 1988, and continued to draw it until the strip disappeared from The Beano in 1990. Lord Snooty was the only remaining strip left from the first issue when it was cancelled. In 2000, Lord Snooty made a special appearance in the Bash Street Kids Book 2001, along with Snitch and Snatch. In 2005 Snooty was revived, briefly, in the Beano serial Are We There Yet? by writer-artist Kev F Sutherland, in which he goes hip-hop as Snoot Doggy-Dogg. Over the years, the strip featured the following characters: Snooty Snooty's original pals (who appeared to live with him in Bunkerton Castle): Skinny Lizzie - thin girl, part of Ash Can Alley gang (1938–1950) Hairpin Huggins - tall thin boy, part of Ash Can Alley gang (1938–1950) Happy Hutton - unhappy boy, part of Ash Can Alley gang (1938–1950) Gertie the Goat - a goat, member of Ash Can Alley gang (1938–1950) Scrapper Smith - loves to fight, originally member of Ash Can Alley gang, stayed on to live in castle. The character gained his own strip in 1955 which lasted until 1959. (1938–1990) Rosie - short blonde girl loves to cook, originally part of Ash Can Alley gang, and stayed on to live in castle (1938–1990) Snitch and Snatch - identical twins who cause mischief and mayhem. They did not appear in the first issue but joined Snooty's pals later on in 1938. (1938–1990) Snooty's later pals (who became his pals in the strip's second series): Joe - very fat and greedy. (a.k.a. Big Fat Joe ) First appeared in Beano no 1, had his own strip, joined Snooty in 1950 (1938,1950–1990) Liz - a very tall girl. (a.k.a. Swanky Lanky Liz) Joined Snooty in 1950. Previously had her own strip from 1948 to 1949. In this strip the character was shown as a swanky stuck up (with a nose which literally stuck up) snob these traits were lessened when she became one of Lordy Snooty's pals.(1948–1990) Thomas - an indecisive boy, whose hair was shaped like a question mark, he originally had his own strip entitled Doubting Thomas (1949–1990) Polly - a black girl. (1950s-1985) Other characters: Professor Screwtop, inventor who appears sometimes to help out the gang. He occasionally appeared in other Beano strips such as the Bash Street Kids . Angus, Snooty's pet stag . Pongo, a dog originally from the strip Polly Wolly Doodle and her Great Big Poodle. [1] Cyril, The Castle Jackdaw . Mary, A mule originally had her own strip called Contrary Mary which was in the Beano's first issue, she joined Snooty's gang in 1950. [2] The Gasworks Gang, sworn enemies of Snooty and his pals. He and his friends have featured in the comic every now and again since the strip was retired, usually in minor cameos. Major appearances include issue 3093 (dated 27 October 2001) where a one off strip called 'Lord Snooty's Day Out' appeared (drawn again by Ken H. Harrison), and in issue 3185 (dated 2 August 2003) where as part of the 65th anniversa


Acker Bilk's Official Web Site Includes 'Stranger on the shore', 'Aria', 'Creole Jazz', 'Summer Set' and 'That's my home'. The Frankfurt Concert - 2001 USA release of a concert recorded in the Sixties in Germany. Excellent sound quality. 'Nagasaki', 'St James Infirmary Blues', 'In a Persian Market', ' Dinah', 'Stranger on the shore'. The Frankfurt Concert and and As Time Goes By compliment each other, compare Acker Bilk and the Paramount Jazz Band's style at the beginning and at the present time. Boaters, Bowlers & Bow-Ties The 3B's return! Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball & Chris Barber with their bands For an Up-to-date Acker Bilk Disography please apply to gerard.bielderman@tiscali.nl   or write to Gerard Bielderman, Leie 18, 8032 ZG Zwolle, Netherlands   53 Cambridge Mansions, Cambridge Road, London SW11 4RX, England Tel: +44 (0)20 7978 5885 Fax: +44 (0)20 7978 5882 updated: 2012


Heraldic Colours (or Tinctures) | Patrick Baty – Historical paint consultant Heraldic Colours (or Tinctures) Tinctures One of the main aims of heraldry is to provide easily recognisable symbols and this is achieved by using clear colours and by following strict rules. However, not all of these are colours in the true sense – some are metals, furs, “stains” and “proper”, hence the more correct use of the word tincture.1 As one might expect with a system of coded symbols the tinctures themselves have meaning attached and one can often begin to read more into the message conveyed by the original bearer of the arms. Over time many of these meanings have changed, but there are still certain themes that can be picked up and I outline below the commonly accepted ones. The principal heraldic tinctures have changed little over the years. These are: Metals Ermine – White covered with black spots Vair – White and blue pattern (A number of variations of both of these furs are found.) What are these Tinctures? The exact colours employed in heraldry are usually left to the heraldic artist, whilst remaining within loose bounds. In 1934 the British Colour Council published a Dictionary of Colour Standards in two volumes, one showing 220 colours presented on pure silk ribbon, named, numbered, and coded, and the other giving the history of each colour, the various names by which each had previously been known and the authority for standardisation. Amongst these were seven of the above colours, the purpose of which was to provide a guide to selecting appropriate shades. As the British Colour Council developed its services to industry it became apparent that the bias in the dictionary towards colours for textiles made it less relevant as a standard reference work for Interior Decoration. In 1949 it published the Dictionary of Colours for Interior Decoration , which is discussed in another post. Volume 3 of that work listed the colours and provided a brief history of those illustrated in the other two volumes of colour samples. Under the heading Heraldic Colours it provided details which had been supplied by Somerset Herald 2 at the College of Arms . The following page is from Volume 2 of the Dictionary of Colours for Interior Decoration: Sample page from Dictionary of Colours for Interior Decoration showing Murrey Volume 3 tells us that: “These heraldic terms date from the early thirteenth century, when heraldry became established as a science. The heraldic colour names are mainly of French derivation, or influenced by Latin. The names are still used in heraldry today. It goes on to list the colours and provides examples of most of them: This metal is often represented by yellow. Gold represents glory, generosity, constancy and elevation of the mind. A version was offered in the Dictionary: Gold (CC 72) Azure Blue from Old French azur. Azure signifies piety, sincerity, loyalty and chastity. This was not illustrated in the 1949 edition, but it appeared as Larkspur (BCC 196) in the Dictionary of Colour Standards of 1934. A recent project of mine saw me researching the heraldic Beasts of King Henry VIII for a recreation of a Tudor garden at Hampton Court Palace . As well as identifying which beasts were relevant, I also had to establish how they were to be painted and where each of the tinctures were to be applied. Jane Seymour’s Heraldic Panther. Tudor Garden, Hampton Court Palace. The heraldic panther resembles a leopard. However, it is silver and covered with spots of blue and red and has flames issuing from its ears and mouth. Jane’s panther, which is collared with a coronet and chained, was the dexter supporter of her arms. A panther had been counted among the number of royal beasts since the time of Henry IV and possibly earlier. In this example one can see the following heraldic tinctures: Argent; Or; Gules; Azure and Vert. The latter is shown in its sixteenth century form, for at that stage there was only one satisfactory pigment to achieve a green colour in oil paint – Verdigris . Experiments carried out with it show tha


Who rode a horse called Binky in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels?

My hero: Terry Pratchett | Books | The Guardian My hero My hero: Terry Pratchett ‘I feel part of a tight-knit community of nerds who have only just begun to miss him’ : a fan pays tribute to the author who died yesterday Terry Pratchett. Photograph: SWNSSWNS.com Friday 13 March 2015 06.56 EDT First published on Friday 13 March 2015 03.30 EDT Share on Messenger Close No subject was too big for Terry Pratchett , who died on Thursday – once he’d found a way to make it ridiculous. He took on capitalism, religion, sexism, war, death and why you should never buy food from a man with a tray in the street. His books wore their learning lightly, sweeping the reader along on a river of bad puns, self-deprecating footnotes and weird scenarios constructed with impeccable internal logic. Over the course of more than 40 novels, his Discworld series evolved into something much richer and darker than perhaps even he initially expected. Fittingly for someone who spent his final years talking about the need for reform in assisted dying legislation, Pratchett’s best-loved character was Death, an imposing skeleton – who rode a white horse called Binky and spoke IN SMALL CAPS. It was in the persona of Death that Pratchett’s Twitter account announced: “AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.” Without Terry Pratchett, the world is less magical | Andrew Brown Read more For me, though, the best character in the Discworld is Samuel Vimes, the descendant of a regicidal ancestor, who ends up as commander of the Watch in the chaotic city of Ankh-Morpork . Because Vimes hates authority, the city’s machiavellian ruler, the Patrician, keeps giving him more just to annoy him. At one point, he wades into a war and tries to arrest both sides for “breach of the peace”. Here was Pratchett’s own view of humanity: we are endlessly fallible, but usually worth saving. His fans have known since his 2007 Alzheimer’s diagnosis that Pratchett would not make old bones, but his death is still a shock. The books have never been turned into blockbuster movies, so they still feel like a cult secret – despite sales of more than 80m for the Discworld series alone – and I feel part of a tight-knit community of nerds who have only just begun to miss him. It is some consolation that he died as he lived, demonstrating his humane worldview and corkscrew wit. “DON’T THINK OF THIS AS DYING,” says Death in Good Omens. “JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”


What was Napoleon’s horse that he named after one of his victories?

Faq#13: What was the name of Napoleon's horse? What was the name of Napoleon's horse? By J.F.  Lozier Since so many of the paintings of Napoleon show him  riding a horse, it has become a common trivia question to ask  "What was the name of Napoleon's horse?". However, it is not  an easy one to answer, for Napoleon owned and used over 150  horses during the course of his life. The most famous ones  were: Wagram, a gray Arab Napoleon rode from 1809       onwards, it was brought along during the Elba exile. Roitelet, an English-Limousin chestnut given       to Napoleon by Prince Eugene de Beauharnais, it carried       Napoleon back from Russia and was ridden at Lutzen and       Arcis-sur-Aube. Intendant, a pure white Norman nicknamed       "Coco" by the Imperial Guard. He was mainly used for       parades and reviews because of his calm, steady, and       graceful nature during such ceremonies. Vizir, one of the Emperor's favorites, this       gray Arab was a gift from the Sultan of Turkey in 1805       and 10 years later Napoleon brought it with him to       Saint-Helena. It now resides — stuffed — in the       Musée de l'Armée in Paris. Marengo, a gray Arab captured after Waterloo. His skeleton is kept       at the National Army Museum in London. Tauris, this gray was a gift from Alexander       (Tsar of Russia) was ridden by Napoleon at Vitepsk,       Smolensk, Borodino, during his entrance in Moscow, and       during the retreat from Russia. After being brought to       Elba, it was ridden from Golf-Juan to Paris during the       Hundred Days. Cyrus, one of the horses Napoleon rode at       Austerlitz. Styrie, ridden by Bonaparte across the Great       Saint-Bernard, and at Marengo. Désirée, ridden at       Waterloo. The names of some of his other horses include: Aboukir,  Familier, Cheikh, Triomphant, Austerlitz, Calvados, Cid,  Cordoue, Sagonte, Sélim, Bouffon, Conquérant,  Extrême, Folâtre, Gracieux, Timide, Sahara,  Major, Belle, Distingué, Gisors, Lowska, Favori,  Harbet, Néron, Tamerlan, Hippogriffe, Kurde,  Labrador, Sara, Épicurien, Embelli, Gessner,  Bréant, Wuzbourg, Montevideo, Artaxercés, Aly,  Coceyre, Sultan, Russe, Estime, Arabella, Babylonien,  Euphrate, Hahim, Harbet, Helavert, Héricle, Lydienne,  Lyre, Naïade, Nankin, Naturaliste, Naufragé,  Nausicaa, Navigateur, Navire, Ninon, Emin, Gonsalvo. © Copyright 1995-2015, The Napoleon Series, All Rights Reserved.


Which prophet rode a horse called Al Borak?

Al Borak Arabians Excerpted from "The Mythology of Horses" by Gerald & Loretta Hausman Arabian The Arabian horse came out of the great deserts of the East, but equine    experts do not know precisely where any more than etymologists know the    origin of the word Arab, which remains a mystery to this day. Yet over the    centuries the stunning desert horse and the nomadic Bedu have become    nearly synonymous. Indeed, the Arab horse was hot-blooded; so was her master. The horse was    the wind, and her master put a bridle to it. As it says in the Koran, the Bedu horseman was a refined instrument of    war, a wielder of death to all infidels; "By the snorting war steeds,    which strike fire with their hoofs as they gallop to the raid at dawn and    with a trail of dust split apart a massed army; man is ungrateful to his    Lord! To this he himself shall bear witness" ("The Chargers" [100:1-7]). The great horse probably existed on the Arabian Peninsula around 2500 b.c.    The mystery of the Arabian's origin is certified by the extreme aridity of    the desert climate; she couldn't have lived in the interior of the Arabian    Peninsula without the aid of people. Where did she come from? "In the beginning there was a wild horse, and that horse was man. . . ." So goes the oldest of Babylonian myths. So the equine didn't come before    man but at the same time. This is to say that the Arab people have not    been known longer than the Arabian horse has been known. Actually, the    name Arab, a Semitic word, refers not to a race or nationality but to an    inhabitant of the desert, one who is either from the valley of the Nile or    the steppes of southern Turkey. In any case, the Arabian horse was bred some 3,500 years ago and raised as "a drinker of the wind, a dancer of fire," the Arab poets say. According    to the Emir Abd-el-Kader, a nineteenth-century Arab king, the lineage of    breeders is as celebrated as the horse. And it goes from Adam to Ishmael,    from Ishmael to Solomon, and from Solomon to the prophet Muhammad. Ishmael, the cast-out son of Abraham and maybe the first Bedu tribesman,    bred and refined the Arabian stock. An even earlier breeder, though, was Baz, the great-great-grandson of Noah. The archetypal mare Baz was named    after him and bred to the stallion Hoshaba. The Bedu horse breeders were an odd lot of belligerent yet congenial    people. They would accept a desert guest as if he were a family member.    The unwritten code of honor called for a traveler to be honored and fed in    camp, and this included his entourage and his animals, which could number    in the hundreds. All a visitor had to do was touch a Bedu tent pole, and he became a    welcome guest. His horse's bridle was then hung from the highest part of    the tent to show the great respect the stranger was going to be given. Thus did the tribes find themselves in the company of other horsemen like    themselves. These were men with whom they shared secrets and passions and    for whom they suspended ancient tribal disputes. In this way, the Arabian    horse became a healer of nations. Not only did she transport the guest to    the host, but she would often become the mother of blooded foals that    united everyone. So peace was achieved when a desert wanderer and his    horse came into a strange camp and found a haven from the sun. In time, the pact was sealed by stallion, mare, and foal. The Bedu raced their best horses, and the winners of these races got the    finest stock from the loser's herd; this diversity made champion racers,    horses of myth, well groomed and proud. An unknown Arab poet of long ago    wrote, "The nostrils of a racer are like petals of a rose. . . . The neck    is an elongated wave from which floats brilliant ripples of silken mane. .    . . The ears, inward pointing, are lilies in trembling water, and the    whole body of the mythical, yet fleshly,


Who did William Hamilton try to assassinate in 1849?

The men who tried to kill Queen Victoria | UK | News | Daily Express UK The men who tried to kill Queen Victoria ON MAY 30, 1842, John Francis came close to making Queen Victoria's reign five years rather than 64. Standing on Constitution Hill with a flintlock pistol, Francis waited for Victoria and Prince Albert to return from a carriage ride through London's parks. By Paul Thomas Murphy 09:47, Sun, Dec 16, 2012 It was his second attempt on the life of the monarch. The day before he had pointed his pistol at the Queen's carriage as she and Albert had made the short trip from Buckingham Palace to the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. He had hesitated and fled but three people, including Albert, had seen him. The police were now on the alert and so were Victoria and Albert : they boldly decided to ride this day in an attempt to flush him out. Their plan worked but not without a hitch. Half an hour before their return, PC William Trounce had spotted Francis but as the Queen's carriage rushed down the hill, Trounce was torn between his desire to show due respect to his monarch and his duty to protect her. He opted for loyalty, turned to face the carriage and salute and was deafened as Francis fired at the Queen at close range. Related articles Jenna Coleman admits it was 'impossible' to turn down Victoria role He thrust his pistol into her face but faithful servant John Brown knocked it to the ground Such was the lax state of royal security during Victoria's reign . A detail of the Metropolitan Police followed her wherever she went and her Prime Ministers and Home Secretaries added to that detail as a response to any threat but it was she who decided when and how she would travel. The day Francis shot at her, the decision to ride was hers, as was the decision to ride the next day among a crowd of thousands clamouring to congratulate her. Between the first attempt on her life in 1840 and the last in 1882, Victoria refused to let her assailants cow her and opted to find her greatest security among her people. HULTON ROYALS COLLECTION Threats to the safety of our monarchy are sadly nothing new Though her decisions might seem to us dangerous, foolhardy even, and run counter to every tenet of royal security today they ultimately served Victoria well, as she converted seven near-tragedies into triumphs. In the wake of each attempt on her life the public rose up to demonstrate its loyalty and affection. Edward Oxford, pictured above, was the first: an unemployed barman who dreamt of a career as an Admiral in the Royal Navy. In June 1840, frustrated that the world did not recognise his greatness he confronted Victoria and Albert on Constitution Hill armed with two flashy duelling pistols. Victoria was four months pregnant with their first child. Had either of Oxford's shots killed the Queen the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line would have been erased but he missed and she rode on. Queen Victoria in pictures Thu, October 13, 2016 Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) was Queen of the United Kingdom and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. Queen Elizabeth II's dresses on display at Buckingham Palace He got his wish, pleading guilty under Peel's act and suffered seven years' penal servitude and at the prison colony at Gibraltar before disappearing into obscurity in Western Australia. A year later, Victoria's fifth assailant, Robert Pate struck. He was the only one of the seven to harm the Queen. Well-known in London for his manic perambulations about Hyde Park, he interrupted one of these when he came upon the Queen's carriage inside the gates of her uncle's mansion on Piccadilly. 'He thrust pistol her face He pushed himself to the front of the crowd, knowing that when the Queen's carriage emerged he would find himself inches from her, and slashed his cane down upon the royal forehead, blackening Victoria's eye and leaving a welt. faithful John knocked the Victoria had intended to go to the opera that night. When her ladies-inwaiting begged her to stay home, she replied "Certainly not: if I do not go, it will


Which musical features the song Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat?

GUYS & DOLLS (Broadway) - "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" [LIVE @ The 2009 Tony Awards] - YouTube GUYS & DOLLS (Broadway) - "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" [LIVE @ The 2009 Tony Awards] Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 19, 2013 The cast of the Broadway revival of the musical GUYS & DOLLS, perform the number "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" live at the 2009 Tony Awards Category


Kenny Everett’s TV show introduced which sexy dance troupe?

Hot Gossip Dance TroupeThe Kenny Everett Years - YouTube Hot Gossip Dance TroupeThe Kenny Everett Years Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Feb 15, 2010 A potted history of the superb and groundbreaking Hot Gossip dance troupe.Kenny Everett Hot Gossip and Thames TV a menage et trois made in heaven. Category


What is the first event on Day 2 of the Decathlon?

What Is the Olympic Decathlon? A Brief Overview By Mike Rosenbaum Updated October 12, 2016. Jim Thorpe was dubbed “the world’s greatest athlete” after winning the 1912 Olympic decathlon . Athletes compete for the Olympic decathlon title today by competing in 10 events in a grueling, two-day schedule. An Overview of Decathlon Events The men’s decathlon consists of ten events held over two consecutive days. The first day’s events include, in order, a 100-meter run, the long jump , shot put, high jump and a 400-meter run. The second day’s events, in order, include the 110-meter hurdles followed by the discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and a 1500-meter run. Decathlon vs. Heptathlon Contrary to popular belief, there is a women's decathlon event sponsored by the IAAF, the International Association of Athletics Federations, the sponsoring organization for the Olympics and for all other elite level track and field events worldwide. However, while it has been urged to do so, it has not allowed a women's decathlon event at any recent Olympics. continue reading below our video How to Throw a Perfect Curve Ball in Baseball Instead, female Olympic athletes compete for the heptathlon, a seven-event contest that consists of the 100-meter hurdles, the 200-meter sprint, the 800-meter run, the shot put, javelin, long jump and high jump.  The Decathlon Rules The rules for each event within the decathlon are generally the same as for the individual events themselves, although with a few exceptions. Most notably, runners in the decathlon sprint and hurdles events are disqualified after two false starts  rather than after a single false start. This particular rule change in the Olympic non-decathlon events -- from one allowed false to none has been widely and passionately criticized. The Decathlon Association (DECA) resisted this change, but did rule that any false start by a single athlete is charged to the entire field. The significance of this is that although the next false start may be that athlete's first, he will nevertheless be disqualified. This rule change has also been criticized.    The Decathlon Association has also ruled that competitors receive only three attempts in throwing and jumping events . Also, competitors cannot skip any event. Failing to attempt any event results in disqualification. This rule, too, has its detractors; it has been pointed out that any athlete who may want to skip an event that he has no chance of medalling in -- in order, for instance, to conserve energy for another event -- can simply make some token effort at the beginning of the event he wishes to skip, then drop out with an "injury" or for any other plausible reason.  Equipment and Venue Each decathlon event takes place in the same venue, and uses the same equipment, as its individual Olympic Games counterpart. Check the links below for more details on each decathlon event. What is Olympic Distance Running? Gold, Silver and Bronze Athletes in the decathlon must first achieve an Olympic qualifying score to compete for their nation’s Olympic team . A maximum of three competitors per country may compete in the decathlon. Points are awarded to each athlete according to his time or distance, not his placement in the field, according to rather complicated pre-set formulas. If there is a tie in points after 10 events, the victory goes to the competitor who outscored his rival in a greater number of events. If that tiebreaker also results in a draw, the victory goes to the decathlete who scored the most points in any single event.


Corfu Greece | Greece.com All destinations in Ionian Islands > General Information on Corfu Corfu or Kerkyra is the northernmost of the Ionian islands, at the entrance of the Adriatic, towards Albania. It is the second largest island of the group, after Kefalonia . It has a surface area of about 641km² and is inhabited by approximately 114,000 people. Corfu was one of the first Greek islands that opened its doors to tourists, and since then, has evolved into an international tourist centre, attracting visitors from all over the world, and offering well-equipped and modern tourist facilities. Despite the fact that the tourism rate here is among the highest in Greece, Corfu has managed to keep its authenticity. Almost all villages and especially the capital Corfu Town seem untouched, retaining their local colours. Due to the size of the island, visitors can find peace and quiet, wild nightlife and amazing crowded and deserted beaches, all in one. History of Corfu Corfu or Kerkyra owes its name to the nymph Korkira, the daughter of the river god Aesopos. According to mythology, Poseidon, god of sea, fell in love with Korkira, kidnapped her and brought her to the island. It was also the island of Phaeacians, referred in the Odyssey. As Homer said, hospitable Phaeacians helped Odysseus return to Ithaca . Corfu is also considered the island where the Argonauts found refuge from the avenging Colchic fleet, after having stolen the Golden Fleece. Archaeological excavations have proven that the island has been inhabited since the Paleolithic Era (7th–4th centuries B.C.), during which it was a very important commercial centre. Later on, the island became a Corinthian colony and further evolved. The efforts of its inhabitants to gain their independence from Corinthos led to many conflicts. Corfu asked for help from Athenians, who supported the island, and that was one of the many reasons that led to the Peloponnesian War. In 338 B.C., Macedonians, under the rule of Philippos II, won an important battle and conquered Corfu. Starting in 300 B.C., the island was successively attacked and conquered by Spartans, Illyrians and Romans who stayed in Corfu until 337 A.D. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the island became part of the Byzantine Empire and later came under Norman rule, followed by the Venetians . At that point, the island gained a feudal hierarchy, and the population was categorised in three classes: nobles, the bourgeoisie and the commoners. When Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Venice in 1797, Corfu became part of the French State and Napoleon publicly burnt the “Libro d’ Oro” (Golden Book), which was the book enumerating the privileges of the nobles. While Corfu remained under French domination, the English began to occupy the Ionian islands and reached the island in 1815. While Corfu was under the prospering rule of the English, the rest of Greece was still under the Ottoman rule. The island offered financial help to the rest of Greece in the preparations of the Revolution of 1821. In 21 May 1864, the Ionian islands became part of the new Greek state. During the 20th century, Corfu suffered a lot. Both World Wars had serious consequences on the island. Whole blocks of historical and architectural monuments were reduced to piles of ruins including about twenty eight percent of the historical and beautiful old town. Towns & Villages in Corfu Corfu Town: it is the capital and the main port of the island and one of the most beautiful and elegant towns in Greece. It is also the largest town of the Ionian islands with 40,000 inhabitants, a number that doubles in summer. The architecture is a mix of different styles as it was influenced by the many conquerors. Sicilians, Venetians, French and English have left their marks on Corfu Town. Expanding throughout the years, the town is separated into a northern and a southern section between the Esplanade Square (also called Esplanade) and the new fortress. This is the central square of the capital and also one of the biggest in Europe. It was designed based on French garden architecture


Kingdoms of Eastern Europe - Wallachia   Principality of Wallachia The name 'Wallachia' derives from the same Germanic base word as the English name   for the Romano- Britons :   'Wealas'. Situated to the mountainous region immediate south of the Carpathian   Mountains, Wallachia is effectively the 'land of the   foreigners'. In this instance, the word arrived via the Goths who ventured down   toward the Balkans. A local derivative, or evolution, of the word is the   Slavic 'Vlach'. The principalities of Wallachia   and Moldavia were the first Vlach   (Romance-language) states that formed north of the Danube. They appeared   once the incursions by nomadic Steppe people (the Huns , the Mongols )   ceased. They were never subject to the Byzantine emperors in   Constantinople, and they occupied territories that had only been partially   occupied and then swiftly abandoned by the Roman empire in the third   century. During the fourteenth century, while Byzantium was steadily weakening, the principalities of Wallachia (about the size of Luxembourg ) and Moldavia gained a   degree of self-rule which ended with the Ottoman occupation and rule of the Balkans. Edward Dawson is of the opinion that 'Wealas' and its cognates in Germanic   languages probably derives from an earlier form of the name that the Celts used for themselves. The ancient Greeks recorded that the northern barbarians   were Keltoi, and Julius Caesar reported that the Gauls called themselves Celtae   in their own language. Recorded tribal names of Galati and Galaci existed. So   how did 'Celt' become 'Wal'? The Celtic habit was to take a 'w' sound and stick   a 'g' in front of it (G and K are usually interchangeable). This occurred before   the first century AD at least once with another word, that for forest (wood in   English, coed in Welsh ). This   first shift apparently placed a 'k' instead of a 'g'; possibly due to regional   dialects. If one postulates that the original name of the Celts was 'Walt', then   the Celts placed a 'k' in front of it to produce 'Kwalt', which was shortened to   'Kelt'. The Germans would have continued using the original Walt, softening the   't' to a 'th', then dropping it entirely to produce 'Wal'. If so the Wallachians   were not 'foreigners' as such but were remnant Celtic tribes in Wallachia who   were gradually absorbed by Germans and Slavs. (Additional information by Edward Dawson, and Aurel Vilcu, historian at the Institute   for Cultural Memory, Bucharest, Romania. Sources include: Istoria Romaniei,   Bucharest, 1971; Istoria Romaniei, Bucharest, 1962; and Din istoria   Transilvaniei, Bucharest, 1963. External Link: Institute for Cultural Memory .) 1299 - 1300 The power struggle between Toqta of the Golden Horde and Nogai Khan of the Nogai Horde flares up into open conflict, and Toqta is the   eventual victor. With the threat of a break-away khanate ended, the Golden Horde   is fully under the control of one khan again. Nogai's territories, which reach   from the Crimea and the southern Rus principalities to parts of Wallachia, are divided by Toqta between Nogai's brother,   Sareibugha, and his sons. 1310 - 1354 Basarab I 1330 Lithuania defeats the boyars of the Rus and occupies Kiev   and its surrounding territory. The loss of this vassal state by the Golden Horde removes not only it from their control, but also cuts off Wallachia. Basarab   I effectively becomes an independent ruler, although this has increasingly   been the case for five or six years. However, despite this setback, Ozbeg   Khan is still able to threaten the Bulgars , Byzantium , and   the Lithuanians themselves. 1354 - 1364 Phanaroits (Tax Farmer Princes) in Wallachia AD 1711 - 1821 In occupied Wallachia and Moldavia ,   the Ottomans began the destructive practice of appointing Greek tax farmers, known as the   Phanariots (from the Phanar section of Istanbul), as princes. They were placed   in power simply to get as much money out of t


Which capital is on the river Manzanares?

Madrid Río, the park of the Manzanares River | Estudio Sampere Home » Living Madrid: culture, books, plans » Madrid Río, the park of the Manzanares River Wed15 Madrid Río, the park of the Manzanares River Madrid is known all around the world for many things; its river, however, has never been one of them — though this may be about to change. Inaugurated in April of 2011, Madrid Río is a new park that runs the length of the urban stretch of the Manzanares River. Spanning 1.210.881 square meters of terrain, the park was made possible when the city’s inner beltway, the M-30, was moved from the banks of the river into tunnels constructed beneath the riverbed. The space now void of the highway has since been exploited in a number of different ways for the everyone’s enjoyment. Bridges and Crossings in Madrid Río As the park encompasses land on both sides of the river, it has been necessary to build additional bridges; there are currently 33 crossings altogether which Madrid’s residents can use to take advantage of all the park has to offer. The oldest bridge over the river is the Puente de Segovia , the construction of which dates back to the late sixteenth century. Other historic bridges include the Puente de Toledo and the Puente del Rey, both of which were built during the early eighteenth century. Of the newer constructions, perhaps the most eye-catching is the Puente Monumental de Arganzuela, a 274-meter pedestrian bridge made of two enormous steel tubes.   Bike Paths and sports facilities Madrid Río is an excellent place to go cycling or to take a leisurely bike ride. The park has thirty kilometers of paths that can be ridden on, although these are simultaneously used by pedestrians, thus necessitating the use of caution by cyclists. What’s more is that the park’s bike paths link up with the city’s Anillo Verde , a type of cycling beltway that surrounds the capital. There is also the possibility of connecting to bike path GR-124 from the north of the park, which leads all the way to the mountains as far as the town Manzanares El Real . In the South, Madrid Río’s paths connect to Parque Tierno Galván and Parque Lineal Manzanares Sur, reaching all the way to the city of Getafe. In addition to bike paths, Madrid Río is full of various sports facilities. There are tennis and padel tennis courts, a rock climbing wall, soccer fields, a skate park, and a BMX circuit, among others. The most important facility, however, is Vicente Calderón Stadium , where Atlético de Madrid soccer team play. There are currently plans to demolish the stadium and move the team to La Peineta , however. Be sure to catch a game before you’re forced to go to the other side of the city to do so.


A mutated MC1R gene causes what physical trait?

MC1R gene - Genetics Home Reference MC1R gene Normal Function The MC1R gene provides instructions for making a protein called the melanocortin 1 receptor. This receptor plays an important role in normal pigmentation. The receptor is primarily located on the surface of melanocytes, which are specialized cells that produce a pigment called melanin. Melanin is the substance that gives skin, hair, and eyes their color. Melanin is also found in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye (the retina), where it plays a role in normal vision. Melanocytes make two forms of melanin, eumelanin and pheomelanin. The relative amounts of these two pigments help determine the color of a person's hair and skin. People who produce mostly eumelanin tend to have brown or black hair and dark skin that tans easily. Eumelanin also protects skin from damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation in sunlight. People who produce mostly pheomelanin tend to have red or blond hair, freckles, and light-colored skin that tans poorly. Because pheomelanin does not protect skin from UV radiation, people with more pheomelanin have an increased risk of skin damage caused by sun exposure. The melanocortin 1 receptor controls which type of melanin is produced by melanocytes. When the receptor is activated, it triggers a series of chemical reactions inside melanocytes that stimulate these cells to make eumelanin. If the receptor is not activated or is blocked, melanocytes make pheomelanin instead of eumelanin. Common variations (polymorphisms) in the MC1R gene are associated with normal differences in skin and hair color. Certain genetic variations are most common in people with red hair, fair skin, freckles, and an increased sensitivity to sun exposure. These MC1R polymorphisms reduce the ability of the melanocortin 1 receptor to stimulate eumelanin production, causing melanocytes to make mostly pheomelanin. Although MC1R is a key gene in normal human pigmentation, researchers believe that the effects of other genes also contribute to a person's hair and skin coloring. The melanocortin 1 receptor is also active in cells other than melanocytes, including cells involved in the body's immune and inflammatory responses. The receptor's function in these cells is unknown. Related Information


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In which French city is the HQ of Interpol?

Interpol opens new Singapore headquarters in bid to target cybercrime | South China Morning Post South China Morning Post Interpol opens new Singapore headquarters in bid to target cybercrime   Interpol opens new Singapore headquarters in bid to target cybercrime Law enforcement agency will use headquarters to target cybercrime PUBLISHED : Monday, 13 April, 2015, 10:48pm UPDATED : Thursday, 16 April, 2015, 3:53pm Print Email Global police organisation Interpol yesterday formally opened a new office in Singapore that will provide additional support to law enforcers and boost the fight against internet-based criminal activities. The new Interpol Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) will ensure that the agency is "best-placed to assist police forces around the world address emerging threats," Jurgen Stock, Interpol's secretary general, said. Cybercrime "has been prioritised across the world as people, their homes and national critical infrastructure become smarter, or in other words, networked," Stock said. The Singapore complex, located within the city-state's leafy diplomatic quarter, will complement the agency's headquarters in the French city of Lyon. Interpol has 110 officers from over 50 countries based in Singapore. The state-of-the-art building houses a forensics laboratory to support digital crimes investigations and research the newest methods of cybercriminals. It also has a command and coordination centre that can provide support to national police forces during crises, complementing similar facilities in Lyon and Buenos Aires. Interpol said the Singapore complex played a crucial role in crippling the "Simda" botnet last week which infected more than 770,000 computers worldwide. The botnet - which is a collection of infected computers that take orders from central servers - was used by cybercriminals to gain remote access to computers for the theft of personal details, including banking passwords. At the moment, the "Internet of Things" - where devices from televisions, to refrigerators, door locks and thermostats are interlinked - must be scrutinised for security weaknesses, said Stock. "As technology development speeds ahead, so do the criminals, quite frankly leaving the world's governments and their police forces behind," he said. "If we do not break down the walls of silence, if the world does not work together, we could soon see cybercriminals use our homes against us, and even our bodies." A study by the Hewlett-Packard security unit Fortify released last July found 70 per cent of the most commonly used "Internet of Things" devices contain vulnerabilities, including inadequate passwords or encryption. The study said eight of 10 devices tested leaked private information that could include the user's name, email address, home address, date of birth, credit card or health information. The study followed multiple warnings about the hacking of medical devices, cars, televisions and even toilets that have an internet connection. Stock said another priority is a discussion on "the place of anonymity on the internet and the need of police to identify and trace cybercriminals while nonetheless safeguarding the privacy of other users". Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is also the interior minister, said the IGCI can serve "as a key node in Asia to support international operations against transnational crime". This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: Interpol opens new Singapore base


Which Turkish town was the birthplace of St Paul?

Tarsus-Birthplace of St. Paul, About St. Paul, Journeys of St. Paul, Biblical tour guide, biblical tours, biblical turkey tour, religious tours turkey, religious tour, biblical tour organization, turkey greece biblical ours, seven churches of revelation t About St. Paul Tarsus-Birthplace of St. Paul  Journeys of St. Paul  Tarsus-Birthplace of St. Paul At the of St. Paul's birth and   upbringing, Tarsus was the most important city in the Cilician plain   (Cukurova) which was then know as Smooth Cilicia. When St. Paul was born, Tarsus was already very ancient. Excavations   at Gozlu Kule tumulus near the present city have shown that this   site was occupied since the Neolithic period, from about the seventh   millennium BCE. During its later Bronze Age history the tumulus is   thought to have been the capital of the kingdom of Kizzuwatna. The   famous Hittite queen Puduhepa, before she moved to the Hittite   capital Hattusas, was a priestess in Kizzuwatna, whose capital was '   Tarsa'. The first Greek elements in the settlement's culture date   from the beginning of the twelfth century BCE, the time of upheavals   created by the Sea People. In the Assyrian annals the tumulus appears as Tarzi, and the capital   of the kingdom of Que. The reference to Coa (Que or Cilicia) in the   Second Book of Chronicles is related approximately to this period of   the city' s history in the tenth century BCE: 'Solomon also imported   horses from Egypt and Coa (Cilicia). The agents would acquire them   by purchase from Cilicia, and would then bring up chariots from   Egypt and export them at six hundred silver shekels, with the horses   going for a hundred and fifty shekels. At these rates they served as   middlemen for all the Hittite and Aramean kings (2 Chr 1: 16-17). King Sennacherid (705-651) of Assyria, is know to have moved the   city from the tumulus to its present location on the Cydnus river   (Tarsus Cayi) to a point some 15 km from the sea. Before reaching   the Mediterranean Cydnus flowed into a large lagoon, which was know   as the lake of Rhegma in roman times, and was navigable up to the   city. At present the area where this lake existed is a fertile   cotton field. In the Old Testament, Tarsis is used as a place- name   in the Mediterranean after the sixth-fifth centuries, from which   metals like silver, iron or lead came to Tyre in Phoenicia. Some scholars regard this place as being Tarsus, the major port in   Cilicia having connections with inland states of Anatolia rich in   metals, horses and slaves: ' Tarsish traded with you, so great was   your wealth, exchanging silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares'   (Ez 27: 12). All of what was built in ancient Tarsus after its   re-foundation on the plain lies under the silt of the Cydnus River   and the citys apartment houses, some six meters deep. Following the collapse of the Assyrian kingdom, Cilicia seems to   have survived as an independent state until Anatolia was captured by   Cyrus the Great (555-530 BCE) of the Persian Empire. Tarsus was the   first urban center with the amenities of civilization after crossing   the Cilician Gates to the south, and thus an indispensable stage to   recover before traveling on to Syria and the countries beyond.   According to Xenophon, Cyrus the Younger, and to Arrian, Alexander   the Great did not miss the chance of enjoying the opportunities the   city offered. In Anabasis Cyrus, after crossing the ' impassable' Cilician Gates   (401 BCE) found himself in large and well- watered Cilician plain '   full of an kinds of trees and of vines, which' produces quantities   of sesame and millet and wheat and barley, its capital ' a large and   prosperous city ' with a river called the Cydnus running ' through   the middle of the city. Strabo in Geography says that an immersion   in the Cydnus was ' beneficial both to beasts and to men who suffer   from sinews '. It is know if Alexander knew this when he plunged into the river   some four