Which Briton won an ice-skating Gold at the Lake Placid Olympics?

Sochi 2014: Britain used to be good at ice skating – what went wrong? | Richard Williams | Sport | The Guardian Sochi 2014: Britain used to be good at ice skating – what went wrong? Richard Williams The days of Curry, Cousins and Torvill and Dean seem a lifetime away – now we lead the medals table for good commentary Adelina Sotnikova won gold in the women's figure skating final at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Photograph: The World of Sports SC/REX The days of Curry, Cousins and Torvill and Dean seem a lifetime away – now we lead the medals table for good commentary Friday 21 February 2014 10.13 EST First published on Friday 21 February 2014 10.13 EST Share on Messenger Close You think 15 is young to be skating at the Winter Olympics? After all, that's the age of Yulia Lipnitskaya, the Russian prodigy who satisfied the minimum-age requirement only by a matter of weeks in order to compete in Sochi this week. But in 1932 an 11-year-old named Cecilia Colledge represented Britain in the Winter Games at Lake Placid; she finished eighth. Four years later she was back to win a silver, close behind her idol, the immortal Sonja Henie. She went on to win the world championship in 1937, became the first woman to perform a double jump, and invented the layback and camel spin, both still a part of every competitor's repertoire. Britain used to be good at figure skating. Amazingly, we are still ranked fifth in the discipline's all-time Olympic medal table, or fourth if you count Russia and the Soviet Union as a single entity. Only they, the United States and Austria stand ahead of us. It started with Madge Syers, one of the 15 children of a London builder, who won the gold medal in the first Olympic women's singles event, held during the Summer Games in London in 1908. Jeannette Altwegg – already a junior Wimbledon finalist – took gold in Oslo in 1952. Then came John Curry and Robin Cousins, winners in the men's singles events at Innsbruck in 1976 and Lake Placid in 1980 respectively, and Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who last week celebrated the 30th anniversary of their triumph in Sarajevo . Their bronze in Lillehammer in 1994, the reward for their brief return to Olympic competition, is Britain's last medal on the rink. Nowadays we're good at commentating on ice skating. That came as a relief this week after the barrage of uncontrolled enthusiasm from the people paid to report on the events at other Olympic venues, for whom "Stonking!" seemed to represent the ultimate term of approbation. However fevered the atmosphere down in the Iceberg skating palace, Sue Barker and Robin Cousins blended decorum with expertise. Crucially, they knew when to keep quiet. When Lipnitskaya fell, there was not even an "Aaah!" Later Cousins told us exactly how it had happened. Barker did remark, apropos of the wonderfully graceful Carolina Kostner, that "she knows how to sell a programme", immediately evoking 50s images of young women in cinema aisles with torches and trays of ice creams. But there was nothing remotely as stupid as this remark from one of the halfpipe commentators, about a competitor in the women's event on Thursday: "She's skiing the equivalent of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours – a seminal album!" Cousins and Barker had a series of wonderful events through which to guide us. In the pairs, a Russian couple performed a complete routine to the sound of wire brushes on a snare drum, interrupted only momentarily by a few semi-abstract phrases from an acoustic guitar. After this startling break from the traditional pattern of selecting music from the era of the mighty Wurlitzer, they were immediately beaten into second place by a couple of their compatriots skating to 42nd Street. In the ice dance, behind the superb USA and Canadian teams, two more Russians won a bronze with a spectacularly moody routine inspired by the film Black Swan. Later it would be suggested in the overseas press that the surprise victory of the 17-year-old Adelina Sotnikova in the women's singles , the first for a Russian skater, had come about through bias among t


Prince Andrew - Biography - IMDb Prince Andrew Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trivia  (19) | Personal Quotes  (19) Overview (4) Andrew Albert Christian Edward Windsor Nickname 6' (1.83 m) Mini Bio (1) Prince Andrew was born on February 19, 1960 in Westminster, London, England as Andrew Albert Christian Edward Windsor. He was previously married to Sarah Ferguson . Spouse (1) Nephew of Princess Margaret . Two children, with Sarah Ferguson , Beatrice Elizabeth Mary (b. 8 August 1988) and Eugenie Victoria Helena. (b. 23 March 1990). (October 2001 - present) Works as an ambassador for British Trade International, the government agency responsible for the promotion of overseas trade and investment. Served 22 years in the British navy. Appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1979. Created Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh in 1986. Saw active duty as a helicopter pilot during the Falklands War (1982) Is a single-figure handicap golfer Great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The first child born to a reigning monarch since Princess Beatrice in 1857, 103 years earlier. Second cousin of Catherine Oxenberg . Attended Lakefield College in Ontario, Canada. Personal Quotes (19) I've always been told I was extremely well-behaved as a kid. She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother. I could have worse tags than 'Airmiles Andy' - although I don't know what they are. Today is reality. Yesterday is history. The Royal Family have always had an interest in a number of different areas of society. We are a part of society. People say to me, Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange. But of course I have not experienced any other life. It's not strange to me. People say to me, 'Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange.' I look at Canada like a second home. We've had American TV shows in Britain for years and that hasn't affected our culture at all. It's slightly complicated for people to grasp the idea of a head of state in human form. It would not be a bad idea if bankers were to go and sit occasionally with politicians in their political surgeries, where they might get a sense of the injustice that some of the community feel about the banks. I'm in a privileged position and I'm going to do my utmost to use that privileged position on behalf of the U.K., its citizens, its businesses and people. I'll tell you where the injustice is. It's with the person earning £12,000 to £15,000-a-year who is being asked to be restrained by their business or employer. Yet the taxpayer has bailed out the banks, so why are they not showing restraint? Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed. When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue. You, I, we all encounter behaviors that we might say, I wouldn't do that. But she has a huge amount of contact with how people live. She sees more hospices and sink estates than most people. The Queen's intelligence network is a hell of a lot better than anyone's in this palace. Bar none. She knows everything. I don't know how she does it. And she sees everything. Sarah will talk to me about someone and I don't know who she's talking about, but if she talks to my mother, the two of them will know exactly - and across several generations, too. It's almost a responsibility for all the people of the United Kingdom, regardless of race, color or creed, and an understanding that you have an individual connection with each and every one. See also


What is the national game of the Basques?

The Pays Basque | The Pyrenees Guide | Rough Guides Europe » France » The Pyrenees » The Pays Basque The three Basque provinces – Labourd (Lapurdi), Basse Navarre (Behe Nafarroa) and Soule (Zuberoa) – share with their Spanish neighbours a common language – Euskera – and a strong sense of identity. The language is widely spoken, and Basques refer to their country as Euskal-herri (or, across the border in Spain, Euskadi). You’ll see bilingual French/Euskera toponym signage and posters throughout the region (sometimes only in Euskera), so in this section we have given the Euskera for all locations in brackets after the French. Apart from the language and the traditional broad beret, the most obvious manifestations of Basque national identity are the ubiquitous trinquets (enclosed) or frontons (open) concrete courts in which the national game of pelota is played. Pairs of players wallop a hard leather-covered ball, either with their bare hands or a long basket-work extension of the hand called a chistera (in the variation known as cesta punta), against a high wall blocking one end of the court. It’s extraordinarily dangerous – the ball travels at speeds of up to 200kph – and knockouts or worse are not uncommon. Find out more


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In the song, Heartbreak Hotel is on which street?

Heartbreak Hotel Lyrics - Elvis Presley Well, since my baby left me Well, I found a new place to dwell Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street At Heartbreak Hotel Where I'll be--where I get so lonely, baby Well, I'm so lonely I get so lonely, I could die Although it's always crowded You still can find some room For broken-hearted lovers To cry there in the gloom And be so, where they'll be so lonely, baby Well, they're so lonely They'll be so lonely, they could die Well, the bellhop's tears keep flowin' And the desk clerk's dressed in black Well, they've been so long on Lonely Street Well, they'll never, they'll never get back And they'll be so, where they'll be so lonely, baby Well, they're so lonely They'll be so lonely, they could die Well now, if your baby leaves you And you have a sad tale to tell Just take a walk down Lonely Street To Heartbreak Hotel And you will be, you will be, you will be lonely, baby You'll be so lonely You'll be so lonely, you could die Well, though it's always crowded You still can find some room For broken-hearted lovers To cry there in the gloom And they'll be so, they'll be so lonely, baby They'll be so lonely


For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

In 1953, Frank Sinatra defeated a child and won an Oscar / The Dissolve by Mike D'Angelo Truly great acting is seldom recognized in its own time—at least officially, with trophies and such. Performance Review takes a retrospective, highly opinionated look at past award-winners. Each entry focuses on a specific category in a given year, in several different awards ceremonies, in an effort to determine the year’s most criminally overlooked performance. Academy Award: Frank Sinatra, From Here To Eternity [There are spoilers below for a 61-year-old movie, if that sort of thing bothers you.] Thanks to The Godfather, Frank Sinatra’s Oscar-winning performance in From Here To Eternity is now less discussed than the notion that he got the role after the mob killed Harry Cohn’s favorite horse and left its head beside Cohn’s pillow. While that story is probably apocryphal, it’s certainly true that Sinatra, whose career (in both film and music) was foundering at the time, begged to be cast; he wound up accepting a salary of only $8,000 (about $70,000 today), a tiny fraction of what he made for starring in 1940s musicals like Anchors Aweigh and On The Town. His turn as Eternity’s hotheaded Private Maggio provided instant resuscitation, perhaps in part because it gave him a rare opportunity to play a victim: Ernest Borgnine’s vicious Staff Sergeant Judson repeatedly calls Maggio a wop, then effectively beats him to death (offscreen), though first, Sinatra gets to deliver a poignant final speech in Montgomery Clift’s arms. The role isn’t much of a challenge, frankly, and Sinatra is arguably at his best during more lighthearted moments, when Maggio is pleasantly drunk and chasing skirts. From the perspective of his fan base, however, From Here To Eternity was a revelatory change of pace, far tougher and grittier than any previous film in which he’d appeared (even though it was considerably watered down from James Jones’ novel). Sinatra was duly rewarded, and immediately went on to do much more interesting work—his sneering disdain as the villain in Suddenly, an assassination thriller made the following year, received no Oscar recognition, but takes the kind of risks that Eternity never demands of him. New York Film Critics Circle: N/A The rest of this column will discuss the other 1953 Oscar nominees, as none of the big three critics’ groups had started awarding a Supporting Actor prize back then. In fact, two of the groups didn’t yet exist. Sometimes it’s nearly impossible to fathom why a Oscar voters single out a particular performance. Roman Holiday is a thoroughly charming movie, justly remembered for making newcomer Audrey Hepburn an instant superstar. (She won Best Actress that year.) It also features typically solid work from Gregory Peck as Joe Bradley, the reporter who falls in love with Hepburn’s princess while surreptitiously pursuing a story about her. There isn’t much to be said, however, about Eddie Albert, who somehow got a Supporting Actor nod for playing Irving Radovich, the photographer who follows Joe and the princess around Rome. Albert is likable, and the closely trimmed beard he sports in this movie was a good look for him, but the role itself is fundamentally a plot convenience: Irving is omnipresent, forever snapping photos from around a corner, as a reminder to viewers that Joe’s original motive was anything but honorable. Albert isn’t bad, but he’s barely given anything to do but hide, point, and click. Even during a slapstick scene in which Joe tries to prevent Irving from spilling the beans about the princess to their editor, Peck gets the focus and all the good lines. Honestly, it’s not clear to me how this negligible performance made any impression on the Academy, unless people loved Hepburn so much, they also wound up feeling great affection for Irving, who ultimately agrees not to publish his photos of the princess. (Joe also declines to run his story, but his decision is less altruistic, given the romance.) Those would be some mighty impressive coattails. Los Angeles Film Critics Association: N/A Still,


For which fruit is the US state of Georgia famous?

Peach State Fruit | State Symbols USA Ripe peaches on the tree; photo by Steve Adams on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution / no derivative works). Peach Georgia designated the peach as the official state fruit in 1995. Georgia is known as "The Peach State" because of its reputation for producing the highest quality fruit - Georgia-grown peaches are recognized for their superior flavor, texture, appearance and nutritious qualities. Georgia


Which is the financial centre and main city of Switzerland?

Swiss Cities & Towns: Population, Map, Distance Table 49,000 90,000 Except for Geneva, all major Swiss cities have been losing inhabitants since about 1970, while the wider metropolitan areas are still growing. Young people are still moving away from peripheral rural regions. Therefore some peripheral alpine valleys in Switzerland (not the well known tourist destinations , however) might soon face real big problems to keep their infrastructure up and running and to find anybody willing to take over local political offices. In total, Switzerland's society is rather becoming more urban. Lucerne has incorporated its suburb Littau in 2010, so the current population is about 76,000 inhabitants. The incorporation does not effect the population number given for the metropolitan area (city including suburbs). Besides, suburbs are growing together and Switzerland's Mittelland region stretching from Lake Geneva to Bodensee is not so far from being just one metropolitan area. Jokingly, people are already addressing the economical center Zurich as Downtown Switzerland and there is a rock band from the Swiss capital Bern ironically calling themselves Züri West ... Terminology used on this page: City: historical city with a population of at least  20,000 inhabitants today. On the map below, cities are noted in   bold capital letters Town: traditional smaller town with a distinct  historical nucleus, regional center (market place).  On the map below, towns are noted in normal letters. Suburb: late 20th century boom town near a big city,  in Switzerland usually based on a former village that has lost  its rural identity due to uncontrolled growth. Suburbs mentioned  here have more than 10,000 inhabitants, the largest ones (Köniz,  Vernier and Emmen) between 25,000 and 40'000. Yet they lack what   many smallers towns do have: an urban identity.  There are dozens of smaller suburbs with similar characteristics.  Suburbs are indicated on the map below with brown squares, but without a name. Capital cities / towns of cantons [federal states] are underlined Important alpine resorts are indicated in small letters and small brown  dots corresponding to their generally small resident population. Switzerland's major cities and towns For road maps with detailed route proposals and estimated journey time see: www.map24.ch , for maps of Swiss cities and towns see: www.ortsplan.ch , www.search.ch or www.google.com Distances between cities and towns in Switzerland 1 mile = 1.609 km - How to read this distance table To keep the table compact, smaller towns can only be found in the rows of the first column, while major cities appear in the other colums as well but with abbreviations only (first column gives abbreviations in brackets, note that abbreviations of cities are not common in Switzerland). Please note that the shortest way is not necessarily the fastest one. There are only two alpine expressways (A2 St. Gotthard and A13 San Bernardino), while there are lots of pass roads with low speed limits due to hairpin curves. Besides, not all pass roads are open all year. Time needed Net travel speed by train is about 100 km/hour on main lines and 50 km/h on alpine narrow gauge lines. For travel by car calculate 100 km/h on expressways, 50 km/h on distances below 50 km or in the alps and 20 km/h within metropolitan areas (between cities and their suburbs, see tables below). These figures include effects of speed limits, traffic lights and a certain amount of traffic congestion you are likely to encounter on a daily basis. Transit tourists using the alpine routes from northern Europe to Italy should calculate an extra four hours of stop-and-go or even standstill due to heavy congestion on Easter and Pentecoast weekends from Thursday to Tuesday as well as on July / August weekends from Friday to Monday. If you're using a recreational vehicle (RV) or a trailer, add five hours for crossing the alps for reduced uphill and downhill speed and narrow curves as well as for letting an overheated engine cool down. Public transport: train


Who is the only man (at 2009) to have won motorbike and F1 car World Championships?

“BIG JOHN” SURTEES | THE LONE RACER MOTORCYCLE & F1 WORLD CHAMPION | The Selvedge Yard by JP “BIG JOHN” SURTEES | THE LONE RACER MOTORCYCLE & F1 WORLD CHAMPION In all of history it has happened only once. Only one man has ever won the World Championship in both motorcycle and auto racing– John Surtees. In 1956, at the wee age of 22 yrs old, he became the 500cc motorcycle World Champion. Then in 1960, he switched full-time to auto racing, and was crowned Formula One World Champion in 1964. At 26 yrs of age, he’d become the only man ever to win a World Championship on two wheels and four. There has been no one since, and perhaps nevermore. Grand Prix motorcycle racing career Active years 1972 Italian Grand Prix . 1954 — John Surtees with Norton motorcycles. Surtees rode these machines in the Isle of Man TT races in 1954 , finishing 11th in the Junior race and 15th in the Senior. Over his TT racing career he won on six occasions. In 1960, Surtees moved from motorcycles to car racing, and remains the only man to have been world champion in both. — Photograph via National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto . John Surtees racing for MV Agusta. When MV approached him at the end of the 1955 season, young 21-year-old Surtees, who was born into a well-to-do family of motorcycle enthusiasts in Catford, had already won 77 races, mainly with Norton 350’s and 500’s. He was capable of bringing Cascina Costa its first 500 title during his first season with the Italian brand. Inventor of a new style that was challenged and that is at the roots of today’s riding technique with the body outstretched towards the inside of the curve, he won another six titles in the 350 and 500 classes between 1958 and 1960. Of course they were “easy” years for MV due to the fact that the leading rivals pulled out. via . John Surtees getting air… . This pic is often credited as being John Surtees scratching on his father’s Vincent in the 1950s. But it’s been proven now, by his own acknowledgement that it’s not. . Isle of Man TT, 1957 — John Surtees . 1957 — TT Assen, (Left to Right) John Surtees – Keith Campbell – Libero Liberati – Dickie Dale. . 1958 — At the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. Germany was banned from taking part in International events following WWII– as such, the German GP only became part of the Formula One World Championship in 1951. (Left to Right)  June Hartle, John Hartle, John Surtees, John Surtees sister & mother. via . John Surtees grew up the son of a London motorcycle dealer, and had his very first professional race in the sidecar of his father’s Vincent, which they handily won. However, they were later disqualified by race officials when discovered his age. In 1950, at just 16 yrs of age, he joined Vincent as an apprentice. John Surtees first made the motorcycling world take notice when, in 1951, he gave Norton’s reigning star Geoff Duke a run for his money in an ACU race at the Thruxton Circuit. . England, 1960 — British motorcycle racer John Surtees fine tunes his Formula II Cooper motorcycle. — Image by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis . John Surtees drives his F1 Lotus up University Avenue heading towards the raceway for the 1960 U.S. Grand Prix.  This pic is so rad I want to cry.   via . 1962– John Surtees, driver for Lola-Climax, at the Belgium Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps. — Image by © Schlegelmilch/Corbis . Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, Netherlands, 1963 — John Surtees (GB), for Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC in the iconic 156 F1– first built by Ferrari in 1961 to comply with new F1 regulations at the time that lowered engine displacement from 2.5 to 1.5 liters. It was powered by the V6 “Dino” engine (named after Enzo’s late son) that could produce up to 200 hp. The early “sharknose” design was breath-taking, but Ferrari design scrapped it by the end of the ’63 season for the more conventional intake seen above. via . 1963– Richie Ginther, driver for BRM, leads John Surtees, driver for Ferrari, around a corner at the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo. — Image by © Schlegelmilch/Corbis . Zandvoort, Netherlands, 1964 — John Su


In which city was Martin Luther King assassinated in 1968?

Dr. King is assassinated - Apr 04, 1968 - HISTORY.com Dr. King is assassinated Publisher A+E Networks Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at theLorraine Motelin Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights leader was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers’ strike and was on his way to dinner when a bullet struck him in the jaw and severed his spinal cord. King was pronounced dead after his arrival at a Memphis hospital. He was 39 years old. In the months before his assassination, Martin Luther King became increasingly concerned with the problem of economic inequality in America. He organized a Poor People’s Campaign to focus on the issue, including an interracialpoor people’s marchon Washington, and in March 1968 traveled to Memphis in support of poorly treated African-American sanitation workers. On March 28, a workers’ protest march led by King ended in violence and the death of an African-American teenager. King left the city but vowed to return in early April to lead another demonstration. On April 3, back in Memphis, King gave his last sermon, saying, “We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop…And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.” One day after speaking those words, Dr. King was shot and killed by a sniper. As word of the assassination spread, riots broke out in cities all across the United States and National Guard troops were deployed in Memphis and Washington, D.C. On April 9, King was laid to rest in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets to pay tribute to King’s casket as it passed by in a wooden farm cart drawn by two mules. The evening of King’s murder, a Remington .30-06 hunting rifle was found on the sidewalk beside a rooming house one block from the Lorraine Motel. During the next several weeks, the rifle, eyewitness reports, and fingerprints on the weapon all implicated a single suspect: escaped convict James Earl Ray. A two-bit criminal, Ray escaped a Missouri prison in April 1967 while serving a sentence for a holdup. In May 1968, a massive manhunt for Ray began. The FBI eventually determined that he had obtained a Canadian passport under a false identity, which at the time was relatively easy. On June 8, Scotland Yard investigators arrested Ray at a London airport. He was trying to fly to Belgium, with the eventual goal, he later admitted, of reaching Rhodesia. Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe, was at the time ruled by an oppressive and internationally condemned white minority government. Extradited to the United States, Ray stood before a Memphis judge in March 1969 and pleaded guilty to King’s murder in order to avoid the electric chair. He was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Three days later, he attempted to withdraw his guilty plea, claiming he was innocent of King’s assassination and had been set up as a patsy in a larger conspiracy. He claimed that in 1967, a mysterious man named “Raoul” had approached him and recruited him into a gunrunning enterprise. On April 4, 1968, he said, he realized that he was to be the fall guy for the King assassination and fled to Canada. Ray’s motion was denied, as were his dozens of other requests for a trial during the next 29 years. During the 1990s, the widow and children of Martin Luther King Jr. spoke publicly in support of Ray and his claims, calling him innocent and speculating about an assassination conspiracy involving the U.S. government and military. U.S. authorities were, in conspiracists’ minds, implicated circumstantially. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover obsessed over King, who he thought was under communist influence. For the last six years of his life, King underwent constant wiretapping and harassment by the FBI. Before his death, Dr. King was also monitored by U.S. milita


In which county is the UK prime minister's official country residence Chequers?

Chequers | estate, England, United Kingdom | Britannica.com estate, England, United Kingdom Globe Theatre Chequers, formally Chequers Court, country house, administrative and historic county of Buckinghamshire , England , situated 30 miles (50 km) northwest of London, the official country residence of the prime ministers of Great Britain. The estate is about 1,500 acres (600 hectares) in extent. Chequers owes much of its present character to the remodeling, in 1565, of its predecessor. In the 19th century the exterior was plastered and the interior redecorated in neo-Gothic style. In 1917 Viscount Lee of Fareham made provision, with parliamentary approval, for the house to become a weekend retreat and place for prime ministers to entertain guests. Since 1921, when David Lloyd George became the first prime minister occupant, his successors have usually spent time there during their terms of office, and ministerial weekends at Chequers have become a part of British political life. Chequers, Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, Eng. prime minister the head of government in a country with a parliamentary or semipresidential political system. In such systems, the prime minister—literally the “first,” or most important, minister—must be able to command a continuous majority in the legislature (usually the lower house... Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: August 14, 2008 URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chequers Access Date: January 18, 2017 Share


Who created the UK TV spoof 007 character Basildon Bond?

Parodies & Imitations | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Novels and Comic Books The Book of Bond, or, Every Man His Own 007, sanctioned by Glidrose Productions , official Bond novel publishers, is a tongue-in-cheek guide to being a superspy. It was credited to "Lt.-Col. William 'Bill' Tanner" (a literary Fleming character), but was actually written by Kingsley Amis , who would later go on to write the Bond novel, Colonel Sun under another pseudonym, Robert Markham . The book's first hardcover edition had a false slipcover giving the title as The Bible to be Read as Literature (in the novel From Russia with Love , a fake book with this title hides a gun). Michael K. Frith and Christopher B. Cerf of the Harvard Lampoon wrote Alligator, by "I*n Fl*m*ng" in 1962. Another "J*mes B*nd" story titled "Toadstool" appeared in a Playboy magazine parody published by the Lampoon. Rumour has it this has not been reprinted because of plagiarism issues (some sections are very close to Fleming.) The cover of Alligator parodies the Signet Books paperback covers used for the Fleming novels in the 1960s, including a short Fl*m*ng biography, and a bibliography of nonexistent B*nd novels: Lightningrod, For Tomorrow We Live, The Chigro of the Narcissus, Toadstool, Doctor Popocatapetl, From Berlin, Your Obedient Servant, Monsieur Butterfly, and Scuba Do - Or Die. There exists a very short book titled Pussy L'amour and the Three Bears, starring James Bear. Although the book James Bond: The Legacy mentions it, one known copy exists, and belongs to the owner of Bondian.com. Sol Weinstein wrote four novels about Israel Bond, Agent Oy-Oy-Seven, beginning in 1965: (i) Loxfinger, (ii) Matzohball, (iii) In the Secret Service of His Majesty – the Queen, and (iv) You Only Live Until You Die. As with the Harvard Lampoon volumes mentioned above, the covers of the American editions of the first three Israel Bond books were also based upon the cover designs Signet Books used for Fleming's Bond novels. Cyril Connolly wrote the short story "Bond Strikes Camp", satirizing a homosexual relationship between M and Bond. William Henley Knoles, under the pseudonym "Clyde Allison", wrote a 20-novel series between 1965 and 1968, about Agent 0008, a thinly disguised version of Bond. The books were more stories of action and softcore S&M, than legitimate satire, but their scarcity makes them sought-after Bond collectibles. The series included: (i)Our Man From Sadisto, (ii) Our Girl From Mephisto, (iii) Nautipuss, (iv) Go-Go Sadisto, (v) The Desdamona Affair, (vi) Gamefinger, (vii) Sadisto Royale, (viii) 0008 Meets Gnatman, (ix) For Your Sighs Only, (x) The Lust Bomb, (xi) The Merciless Mermaids, (xii) Mondo Sadisto, (xiii) 0008 Meets Modesta Blaze (also parodying comic strip heroine Modesty Blaise), (xiv) The Sex-Ray, (xv) Roburta The Conqueress, (xvi) From Rapture With Love, (xvii) The Ice Maiden, (xviii) The Sin Funnel, (xix) Platypussy, and (xx) The Desert Damsels. An Agent 00004 appeared in the science fiction epic The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, published in the early 1970s. This character, named Fission Chips, is a somewhat dim-witted Englishman working for British Intelligence, taking orders from a superior named "W." He is obsessed with an organization known as " B.U.G.G.E.R. " which he might have completely fabricated. Bridge experts Philip and Robert King wrote a collection of bridge game-related short stories titled Your Deal, Mr. Bond; the title story features 007. (This shouldn't be confused with the official Bond novel, No Deals, Mr. Bond by John Gardner . Kim Newman's Anno Dracula novel Dracula Cha-Cha-Cha features a vampire agent of the Diogenes Club named "Hamish Bond". The segments of the novel featuring this character are filled with references to the James Bond novels and films, including chapters titled "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", "From Bavaria with Love", "Live and Let Die" and "The Living Daylights". Bond's archenemy is a vampiric Blofeld , (although there's a twist), and an alteration in h


Which TV programme's theme tune was called Hit and Miss?

John Barry 7 + 4 - Hit And Miss - 1960 45rpm - YouTube John Barry 7 + 4 - Hit And Miss - 1960 45rpm 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 Mar 26, 2009 Hosted by David 'Hello There' Jacobs, 'Juke Box Jury' was a fun TV panel show which ran from 1959 to 1967. Around six new releases were played on the jukebox and four celebs had a chance to voice whether they love or loathe it, giving it a 'hit' or a 'miss'. Magpies' Susan Stranks was comissioned each week to give a teenage opinion. I just about remember the Beatles on there and asked my Dad to save the sound on his tape recorder. The tape was soon chewed up by Tina, our savage Bull Terrier (b*tch!) Category


In the 1963 film The Great Escape, what names were given to the three tunnels?

The Great Escape: 50th anniversary - Telegraph Film The Great Escape: 50th anniversary The Great Escape made a star of Steve McQueen, the epitome of cool. But behind  the scenes a clash of male egos was giving rise to some decidedly unheroic  behaviour Steve McQueen in The Great Escape Photo: Rex Features By Sinclair McKay 3:43PM GMT 24 Dec 2014 There are classic films , and there are those – very few – that take on extraordinary lives of their own. One of them, the prisoner-of-war adventure The Great Escape, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this June, is now woven deeply into Britain’s cultural tapestry, a landmark in its own right – endlessly quoted, endlessly watched, its style endlessly emulated. The film’s most famous image – Steve McQueen on that Triumph TR6 Trophy motorbike – became an entire generation’s shorthand for cool. Elmer Bernstein’s jauntily catchy theme music, used frequently in beer advertisements, and the unofficial anthem of the England football team’s travelling brass band, is a metonym for good-humoured masculinity. The film was based on a book by the Australian PoW veteran Paul Brickhill, his first-hand account of the ill-fated mass escape in spring 1943 from Stalag Luft III in what is now Zagan, Poland. On March 24 76 men initially escaped via a 330ft tunnel, 30ft below ground (Brickhill suffered claustrophobia and stayed behind), one of the most daring escapes of the Second World War. Seventy-three of the escapees were quickly recaptured, 50 of them executed by the Gestapo. As in the film, hundreds of PoWs had been involved in the escape plot; there really were expert forgeries and dyed clothes; there really had been three painstakingly built tunnels (Tom, Dick and Harry), dug out with cutlery and supported with hundreds of wooden bed boards. And the length of the tunnel through which the prisoners escaped really had been miscalculated, and came up short, so that the men didn’t emerge into the relative safety of a forest, as planned, but just ahead of the tree line, in view of the camp’s observation posts. The film’s director, John Sturges, who had previously been at the helm of the smash-hit western The Magnificent Seven (1960), later said that he was always drawn to 'stories of courage’, plus narratives that involved the selfless, more sacrificial side of human nature. Related Articles Are these the 24 best war films? 15 Sep 2015 Given how much the film is loved now, it is surprising to learn that Sturges had some initial difficulties finding a studio that would back the project. A possible reason is that for the previous few years cinema screens had been blocked solid with war films – a genre that the British understandably took to with relish, but of which the big studios were growing weary. Another possible reason is that the film’s narrative featured no women, no love interest. The lack of a glamorous actress in the cast may have made it seem very much less bankable. McQueen was jealous of James Garner's white sweater (REX FEATURES) Nevertheless, the Mirisch Company and United Artists rode in. As with The Magnificent Seven, this was to be an ensemble piece, and would even feature three of the Seven: James Coburn, Charles Bronson and the rapidly rising star Steve McQueen. The other big American name was James Garner, who was famous for playing the card-sharp anti-hero of the hit television series Maverick. From the British side, the main role of 'Big X’ – Sqd Ldr Roger Bartlett – went to a commanding Richard Attenborough (the original Bartlett, Richard Harris, had dropped out, having apparently objected to the part being diminished in a script re-draft). Donald Pleasence was 'The Forger’, Colin Blythe, crippled by failing eyesight; Gordon Jackson was the RAF intelligence officer Andy 'Mac’ Macdonald. Today part of the pleasure of watching the film is wondering how on earth they managed to force together so many vertiginous egos and actually keep the cameras rolling. The truth was that they didn’t always manage to do so. The three-month shoot took place near Munich, starting in June


What liqueur bearing the letters D.O.M. on the bottle label was developed at Fecamp, France, in the 16th century?

Discovering Whittlesea issue 138, January 2016 by Discovering Magazines - issuu issuu W GA INT RD ER E TIP NING Pa ge S Issue 137 / January 2016 Your favourite free community magazine delivered to your door Inside this issue Straw Bear Festival page 10 Community Matters page 12-14 In the Hot Seat Brian Kell B.E.M. page 63 live happy! with Coates Primary School, The Fold, Coates PE7 2BP 5:30pm, 7:30pm Call Anna on 07539 229365 Whittlesey EVERY TUESDAY Childers, 1a Station Road, Whittlesey 9:30am, 11:30am, 5:30pm and 7:30pm Call Gemma on 01733 350091 / 07456 864419 Whittlesey EVERY WEDNESDAY Childers 1a Station Road, Whittlesey 5:30pm, 7.30pm Call Jaimee on 07703 800270 visit the website to read Kelsey-Beth â€™ s story slimmingworld.co.uk 897 D I S0344 C O V E R 8000 I N G Whittlesea | January 2016 2 Welcome to our January edition... Happy New Year! January has arrived, and with it comes crisp mornings and the possibility of snow! January can only mean one thing to us Whittlesey folk - the Straw Bear Festival. What better excuse do we have to dance, drink and be merry in the cold months of January? Find out everything you need to know on this year’s event on page 10. The new year is a great time for new beginnings, and it is with Welcome to the January edition of Discovering Whittlesea. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy new year, and introduce myself. I’ve lived in Whittlesey all my life and am passionate about the town and area. I have a particular interest in local history, but also love to follow current events and attend the various town festivals we are lucky to mixed feelings that I announce that this will be my last issue as editor of this wonderful magazine. I shall be stepping down to enjoy some time with my family. It is with great pleasure that I welcome Jack and Sarah to the magazine, and I wish them all the luck. Thanks for being amazing contributors, it’s been a real pleasure working with each and every one of you. And no doubt I’ll see you around! Please note - the editorial deadline for the February issue will be January 10th. N ata sh a x have throughout the year. My hobbies include my classic Mini (look out for it at the Whittlesey Festival in September!) and expanding my collection of old Whittlesey photos and postcards – a fascinating but surprisingly expensive pastime! It is with great excitement that I take on the position of editor; though Natasha will be a tough act to follow, I love a challenge and am looking forward to getting stuck into my new role. Have a great January! Ja ck Claire Saberton - Publisher | 01778 421427 | 07837 499061 sales@discoveringmagazines.co.uk Becky Kane - Sales Executive | 07950 369814 Whittlesea 5 6 New Year, New You Your Health -  Pregnancy Posture 10 Straw Bear Festival 12-14 Community Matters 18 Gardeners’ Corner 22-23 Club Matters 26 Will and Probate Services - Leaving your  house to your pet 30 History Page 34 Mayor's Column 36 A Moment with.. Revd. Gill and Revd. Nigel 38 This Month's Recipe 40-41 School News 43 Charity Spotlight 44-46 Charity Matters 48 Legal Corner 52 Policing your Area 53 Pets' Corner 55  Your Finances 57 Whittlesey Christian Church 58-59 Events Diary 61 Local Fishing News 63 In the Hot Seat... With thanks to our contributors... info@discoveringmagazines.co.uk Andy Armstrong - Op. Director | 01733 200609 | 077809 22214 Eamonn Dorling Natasha Shiels - Editor | editor.whittlesea@discoveringmagazines.co.uk John Schwarz - Group Editor | Jack Harris - New Editor Design - Natasha Shiels | Vinny Clark | Sarah Gumbley Emma Gunner | Rob Harradine Photographer - The Studio | www.the-studioonline.co.uk Roy Gerstner Tony Austin Brian Smithyman Ken Wade Mayur Mistry Ubhi Varsani Simon Norris Westfield Nursery Revd Nigel and Revd Gill Dack Pearson Solicitors “Discovering Whittlesea” is published by a local team and is not associated with any other business. Care is taken to ensure that the content and information is correct. However, we cannot take any responsibility for loss, damage or omis


What is the third major Balearic Island with Majorca and Minorca?

Balearic Islands - Holiday and Travel information, reviews and videos Balearic Islands Average overall ratings - Based on 860 reviews. City 500 m² living area 150 m² terrace 150 m² living area 80 m² terrace 90 m² living area 50 m² terrace £ 341 - 979/week £ 47 - 140/night Show details Highlights of Balearic Islands Highlights of Balearic Islands Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of islands set like jewels in the azure Mediterranean Sea; from South to North there lie the islands of Formentera, Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca. Mallorca is some 180 kilometres distant from the port of Barcelona to the North, and Ibiza is around 90 kilometres to the east of the port of Denia on the Costa Blanca. All four inhabited islands have at their disposal modern international airport links. The largest island, Mallorca (also known as the ‘Isle of Dreams’), has a varied landscape of mountains and valleys, rocky coves and sandy beaches. The main geographical feature is the Sierra del Norte, a mountain range running along the northern coast. The island is covered with pines, and with olive and almond trees, which blanket the countryside with blossoms in springtime. Menorca still has the marks of its ancient history and a strong connection with Britain; owing to Admiral Nelson’s stay on the island. Both the capital Mahón and the old town of Ciutadella, at the north end of the island, are set at the ends of deep inlets forming natural harbours. There are many bays and lovely beaches on the island. Ibiza, the third-largest island, has a rugged coastline with many fruit orchards and woods. The main town of the same name is situated above a busy harbour. A narrow channel separates Ibiza from Formentera, the smallest inhabited island in the group. Beaches Between them the Balearic Islands have around 375 recognised beaches, ranging from fine city and resort beaches with fabulous facilities for leisure and relaxation, to tiny coves reachable only by boat; where you can be alone and at peace with the world. There is no doubt that the fine sand on many of the beaches, coupled with glorious scenery and excellent installations make the Balearic Islands one of the worlds premier beach holiday destinations. Whichever island, whichever resort that you choose, there will be a fabulous selection of beaches to suit all tastes within a short distance of your accommodation. Of course the bigger the resort the more likely you are to find comprehensive leisure activities, options for food and refreshments and playgrounds for children, along with the security of lifeguards and first aiders. Most beaches have good quality restaurants and bars offering a wide choice of local and international refreshments. Leisure & Recreation The Balearic Islands are a Mecca for all sorts of sports activities; the range is quite staggering. There are riding schools, tennis clubs, golf courses, athletics clubs, go-kart centres, and much more. Check local information of your intended destination to see what is available. Likewise with water-sports, from diving to windsurfing, all options are covered. Fishing is also very popular and the waters around the islands are rich and fruitful. Surf-casting, rock fishing, along with boat hire – crewed or self hire, are available for fishing expeditions. Alongside fishing there are a number of companies who can offer hunting expeditions and equipment. Cycling is very popular on the islands and several international teams make this their base for pre-season training; as a consequence there are many easy to follow routes of varying difficulty. Even the casual cyclist can enjoy a day or two cycle hire and gently meander along the quiet roads, drinking in the scents and scenery, stopping at a roadside inn for delicious local refreshment. Walking and rambling in the hills and valleys of the islands is a year round pleasure. There are many rural locations, which make ideal bases to intimately enjoy the glorious countryside. Again, safe marked routes are to be found in most areas. In summary, whatever your sport, it is likely to


Who won six consecutive Wimbledon singles titles in the 1980s?

History - 1980s - The Championships, Wimbledon 2017 - Official Site by IBM  READ MORE 1980: Billie Jean King v Martina Navratilova The 37-year-old King returned to Wimbledon for another assault on the title she loved, saving a match point in a 2hrs 40mins encounter against Pam Shriver to reach the quarter-finals. Once there, it was Martina Navratilova who would stand in her way, defeating her 7-6, 1-6, 10-8, in a match that took two days to complete. Once the rain had stopped, BJK agreed to resume on the condition that tournament officials immediatedly suspend the match if the rain resumed, as she wore glasses. So the first set began, the drizzle came, and the chair umpire refused to suspend the match until Navratilova won it in a tie-break.  Delayed overnight, King returned the next day, romping through the second set in just 17 minutes. In the third set the elder competitor served for the match at 6-5, but produced four volleys into the net. Saving match points at 6-7 and 7-8, the ill-fated glasses finally got their comeuppance at 8-9, breaking during the changeover. King had a spare pair, but they weren't quite right. Saving two more match points before Navratilova finally triumphed 10-8, King said afterwards "I think that may be the single match in my career that I could have won if I hadn't had bad eyes." 1980: Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe In any assessment of great sporting moments of the 20th Century, the fourth set tie-break of the 1980 Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles final between the defending champion Bjorn Borg of Sweden and John McEnroe of the USA has earned an unchallenged place. Borg was then 24 and was playing in his fifth consecutive Wimbledon final having won the previous four. For second-seeded McEnroe, this was his first appearance in the final at the age of 21. The Borg-McEnroe fourth set tie-break was to make history. It was to range over 22 minutes, produce 34 contested points, which is a record for a Wimbledon final, and from start to finish produced moment after moment of changing fortunes, with match points and set points following in a tantalising sequence. When McEnroe's viciously top-spun return produced a volley error from the Swede, the match was all square after just over three hours. Borg went for broke in the deciding set, hitting 80 per cent of his first serves and losing only three points on serve in the entire set. McEnroe contributed fully to this astonishing final and twice served to save the match. Borg finally reached his eighth match point when McEnroe missed a low volley. A backhand passing shot ended it and Borg was Champion by 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7, 8-6. 1981: Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe As the sun finally went down on the last day of the wildest Wimbledon fortnight in 104 years, the sign on the main outside scoreboard of the All England Club read "Well done J.P...bad luck, Bjorn." Having come so close and yet so far the year before, John McEnroe finally ended Bjorn Borg's 41-match-winning streak at Wimbledon on the fourth of July, in most memorable fashion. Before play began, McEnroe had criticised the weather, the grass courts, the officiating, and concluded: "There's nothing championship about this tournament except its prestige." In his first match, there was the infamous blow-up when McEnroe delivered both barrels to Edward James, calling him 'the pits of the world.' He was fined $1,500. By the end of the week, he was its latest Champion. But by the time he reached the final, McEnroe had chanelled his anger, and effectively turned the tables on his great rival. Producing 64 winners to the Swede's 47, 23 of them in one set, McEnroe came through 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 to dethrone the mighty Swede.  Nevertheless, he still refused to attend the Champions' dinner. 1981: You cannot be serious  It is one of the most infamous lines in tennis history. Remembered and imitated on an almost daily basis around the world, in 1981, a headband-wearing, frizzy-haired John McEnroe was so furious at Wimbledon umpire Edward James's refusal to call his serve in, that he uttered the immortal words "you cann


In which country did the Mau Mau uprising (1952-60) occur?

Mau Mau Uprising - definition of Mau Mau Uprising by The Free Dictionary Mau Mau Uprising - definition of Mau Mau Uprising by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Mau+Mau+Uprising Also found in: Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Mau Mau (ˈmaʊ ˌmaʊ) n, pl Mau Maus or Mau Mau 1. (Historical Terms) a secret political society consisting chiefly of Kikuyu tribesmen that was founded in 1952 to drive European settlers from Kenya by acts of terrorism 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a secret political society consisting chiefly of Kikuyu tribesmen that was founded in 1952 to drive European settlers from Kenya by acts of terrorism 3. slang E African a Ugandan motorcycle policeman who directs traffic Mau Mau A Kenyan black militant and terrorist movement 1952–60.


What does a numismatist study or collect?

What Is a Numismatist? - Glossary Definition What Is a Numismatist? What Is a Numismatist? Numismatists and Going Beyond Coin Collecting Professional numismatist Bob Campbell from All about Coins Inc.  Image Copyright: © 2014 James Bucki; All rights reserved. Updated January 04, 2017. Definition A numismatist is a person who studies and/or collects coins, paper money, and related objects such as medals, awards and other objects used as instruments of exchange. Additionally, the numismatist will research the history pertaining to the objects he or she collects. Most commonly the word numismatist refers to a person that studies and collects coins . This can include coin dealers , researchers and historians that specifically focus on coins and paper money. Collecting versus Accumulating Many people collect a variety of different objects. This can include art , stamps , toys , rocks/minerals , quilts , baseball cards , comic books , dolls , beer cans , action figures , etc. What sets numismatics apart from other types of collections is that money has a certain universal appeal. Many people have a jar or can on their dresser or countertop in which they deposit their pocket change every evening. This does not make them a numismatist nor a coin collector. continue reading below our video 7 Steps to Organize Your Craft Room This is more of an accumulation of coins rather than a collection. A coin collector will spend time organizing their collection into specific categories. This may include type sets , date and mint sets , year sets , and commemorative coins , just to name a few. The coin collector will house their collection in albums, folders or organized into special cases. Additionally, the coin collector will catalog and label the coins in his or her collection. The Collector versus The Numismatist Although a coin collector will spend time and effort to organize their collection, the numismatist will move beyond organizing his or her coin collection. The numismatist will spend time researching the history of the coin and the history of the society around the time the coin was minted. Many books have been written about coins ranging from ancient coins to modern United States coins. Additionally, there are many online resources that can provide you with the history of your coins. This historical insight adds personal value to the collecting journey for the numismatist. If you think about it, when you hold a coin you are "holding history in your hand." A United States coin that was minted in the late 1700s may have been used by one of the patriots that led the Revolutionary War . In fact some coins can be traced back to Benjamin Franklin . Research is an important part of becoming a numismatist. One way to know if you have advanced from a coin collector into a numismatist is if you have more books on coins then you have coins. Building a numismatic library that focuses on the types of coins that you collect will start you on your path to becoming a true numismatist. Example Usage A numismatist not only knows the value of the coin but also knows the history that surrounds it. See also


Radio DJ Annie Nightingale talks about being Radio 1s first female DJ and why she's still keen to party on Stephen Armstrong 1:00 PM, 28 October 2013 Annie Nightingale’s Friday-night show on Radio 1 plays “dubstep, urban and all things bassotronic” according to the station’s website. The hipster night owls who enjoy it probably have no idea that she has been a fixture on Radio 1 for 43 years – and was its first female DJ. Nightingale finally receives her due respect in Radio 4’s Getting on Air: the Female Pioneers, in which Jane Garvey unpicks the slow arrival of female broadcasters – including Barbara Mandell, the first woman newsreader in 1955, and Jacqui Oatley, the first female football commentator on Match of the Day. Bang in the middle of things there’s Nightingale, with her low, late-night voice and infectious enthusiasm, still keen to party at the age of 73. Brought up in Twickenham, south west London, she fell in love with the blues at the legendary Eel Pie Club and worked up through local newspapers until the late 60s, when she freelanced on Cosmopolitan, the Daily Express, and even TV. “I hadn’t experienced any sexism in papers or magazines,” she says, “so when Radio 1 launched without any female DJs I thought it was a bit strange.” When BBC bosses told her it was because DJs were “husband substitutes” for the housewives in the audience and a female voice would wreck that, she launched her own outraged campaign until the station offered her a job. “It was quite a strange place,” she remembers. “At the first Radio 1 meeting I went to, the head of the station’s wife told me I had to use my femininity. On my first show I hit stop on the record that was going out live – giving eight seconds of dead air. I thought that’s going to be the end of me... I kept the job but on the technical side it was all male. It felt like I was the woman driver and they were waiting for me to make mistakes.” She pauses, then adds, “I think it might have helped me get away with one or two things as well.” In 1973 she returned from a holiday to find Goats Head Soup, the new Rolling Stones album, on her desk. She played Star Star on her show that night. The following day she bumped into Mick Jagger and told him she loved the song. “You played it on the radio?” he seemed shocked – originally the track had been called Starf **ker and that was the key word in the chorus. “Somehow the row blew over my head but my producer was reduced to playing the song to people and asking if they could hear the swear words,” she remembers. “No one could – he kept his job...” She’s keen to point out that, despite recent lurid headlines about the station in the 1970s, she was never mistreated. “Once I was in, they pretty much ignored me – apart from Johnnie Walker, who was great,” she says. “The other DJs wouldn’t hang around between shows. They were off to do personal appearances and gigs where the big money was – playing the records was a minor aspect of what they were doing.” With almost 16 million listeners, the likes of Noel Edmonds, Dave Lee Travis and Tony Blackburn would be headlining roadshows and appearing at packed nightclubs. Nightingale was given more mundane chances. “In those days, Top Shop was opening all over the country, and I would go and do the openings, because I was the only female DJ,” she explains. “I’d do gigs, too; I’d turn up and they’d give me a mic and say, ‘Just talk into that, love.’ I’d say, ‘Hang on, I’m on Radio 1 and I’ve bought my records with me...’ But they’d say, ‘We’ll play the records.’ And there would be a Miss Wet T-shirt contest going on.” It was 12 years before another woman (Janice Long) arrived at the station: “Once I kicked the door down I thought there would be an influx but there was nothing,” she says, still sounding puzzled. In an internal BBC report in 1973 the head of light entertainment wrote that women didn’t have the aptidude or the interest to present sport, politics or music. And yet Nightingale was proving him wrong every week. She still sounds like a fan. “I was in it because I loved music. I was g


Who captained Jules Verne's submarine Nautilus?

Jules Verne-inspired steampunk submarine star of garden show (photos) - CNET Jules Verne-inspired steampunk submarine star of garden show (photos) Jules Verne-inspired steampunk submarine star of garden show (photos) Nautilus SAN MATEO, Calif.--There probably aren't a lot of show gardens that have as a prime feature a Jules Verne-inspired steampunk submarine. But at the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show here this week, visitors will delight in seeing the gorgeous Nautilus as the centerpiece of one of the two gardens landscape designer Nathan Beeck has in the competition for best of show. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET Jules Verne-inspired The Nautilus was created by a team of artists led by Sean Orlando, who, among other projects, also was the lead artist on the Raygun Gothic Rocketship , an Art Deco spaceship built for Burning Man in 2009. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET Entryway The entryway into the Nautilus, which when it is not the centerpiece of a world-class show garden, is a land-based submarine that weighs 11,000 pounds and can roll along at a top speed of 13 miles an hour. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET Nautilus in the garden The Nautilus, seen in Beeck's garden. Each year at the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, the show gardens are the prime attraction for thousands of visitors. Some of the leading garden designers and landscape architects vie for a series of awards. But each of the 16 entries is a stunning achievement. The Nautilus is part of "Vulcania: An Oasis for the Soul," one of two Beeck entries. "The dense foliage of exotic plants reaches to the sky, enveloping you and the sounds of falling water," the garden's description reads. "Light from a glowing lagoon plays across the surfaces of this whimsical, fantasy oasis, vibrating with a new energy. Then you see it: Captain Nemo's Nautilus, reborn out of the imagination of Burning Man, has returned to its island home. The creative wonder it discovered on the Playa has infused the landscape and now radiates from all the botanical, sculptural, and exotic treasures that Captain Nemo has collected from his adventures around the world." Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET Periscope No submarine would be complete without a periscope. Luckily, the Nautilus has one. In fact, it offers night vision, which was ideal at Burning Man, where the submarine first was seen by the public. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET Periscope view The view from the periscope, which in this case, is from the top deck of the Nautilus, overlooking the adjacent pond. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET Upper deck The upper deck of the Nautilus is actually a poop deck featuring shade and a harpoon gun. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET The harpoon gun shoots water, at up to 13 gallons a minute. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET Tent and pool The Nautilus is adjacent to a second major feature of Beeck's design, a glowing lagoon and a pillow-laden tent that is part of his fantasy oasis. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET A close-up look at the tent. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET From afar, the Nautilus seems to blend into Beeck's garden, with plants all around it. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET Rear seating Inside the Nautilus is everything from a small library to a full sound system and this comfortable seating area. Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET


How did Eric Clapton get his nickname, Slowhand? How did Eric Clapton get his nickname, Slowhand? The Yardbirds’ manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, gave Eric Clapton the nickname “Slowhand” in early 1964. The Yardbirds rhythm guitarist, Chris Dreja, recalled that whenever Eric Clapton broke a guitar string during a concert, Eric would stay on stage and replace it. The English audiences would wait out the delay by doing a “slow handclap”. [The British colloquialism is "to be given the slowhand".] Clapton told his official biographer, Ray Coleman, in the mid-80s that “My nickname of 'Slowhand' came from Giorgio Gomelsky. He coined it as a good pun. He kept saying I was a fast player, so he put together the slow handclap phrase into 'Slowhand' as a play on words.” In a June 1999 online chat, Clapton gave a slightly different version of how his nickname came about: “I think it might have been a play on words from the “Clap” part of my name. In England, in sport, if the crowd is getting anxious, we have a slow handclap, which indicates boredom or frustration. But it wasn’t my idea it was someone else’s comment.” In Clapton - The Autobiography (2007), Eric had this to say, "On my guitar I used light-gauge guitar strings, with a very thin first string, which made it easier to bend the notes, and it was not uncommon during the most frenetic bits of playing for me to break at least one string. During the pause while I was changing my string, the frenzied audience would often break into a slow handclap, inspiring Giorgio to dream up the nickname of 'Slowhand' Clapton." NEXT SHOWS


In which 1979 film was the spaceship called Nostromo?

Nostromo (spaceship) | Annex | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Commercial Towing Vessel Nostromo, an M-Class starfreighter property of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, is a tug , a towing vessel, hauling an enormous (some 1.5 miles in length) ore refinery and 20 million tons of raw ore, weighing many times the mass of the Nostromo. The ship itself is still substantial, over 60,000 metric tons and almost 245 metres (800 feet) long, including three decks , four holds, stores, engines , and lots of pipes and ducts; its escape ship is called Narcissus. The ship is fitted with a self-destruct system and separates itself from the ore refinery platform via an umibical detachment system. The interior features a large 'space jockey' cockpit for all crew piloting functions, a medical bay, dining area, central computer room, engineering areas, a hypersleep chamber and a labyrinthine network of connecting corridors. The Nostromo, landing on LV-426 . (Many moviegoers have often mistaken the four-towered refinery as being the Nostromo itself and the Nostromo, when it detached itself from the refinery, as the shuttle Narcissus.) The crew consists of seven people from various fields. In the order credited, they include Captain Dallas ( Tom Skerritt ), Warrant Officer Ripley ( Sigourney Weaver ), Navigator Lambert ( Veronica Cartwright ), Engineering Technician Brett ( Harry Dean Stanton ), Executive Officer Kane ( John Hurt ), Science Officer Ash ( Ian Holm ), and Chief Engineer Parker ( Yaphet Kotto ). There is also a tiger-striped orange tabby cat named Jones (often called "Jonesy" by the crew). The ship is equipped with a MU-TH-R 182 model 2.1 terabyte AI Mainframe (called "Mother" by the crew). At the beginning of the first film, the ship is on a course returning to Earth from Thedus , using a form of FTL drive that requires the crew to spend most of the journey in "hypersleep" in order to conserve the ship's limited resources (food/water/air). At the end of the film, Ellen Ripley destroys the Nostromo in an attempt to kill the xenomorph . Design Edit Images from the collection of scenes Ron Cobb painted under Dan O'Bannon's direction to be "shopped" around with the original Alien script. Top pic is an illustration of the ship (then named "Leviathan"), the middle image is of the blueprint elevations of the same vessel, and the bottom image details the arrangement of the ship's interior. The design of the Nostromo is credited to illustrators Ron Cobb and Chris Foss . Ultimately Chris Foss' highly organic visions of the spacecraft were discarded in favor of Cobb's NASA-like utilitarian renderings. Ridley Scott made his own design contributions as well, adding most of the cathedralesque "refinery" portion, which dominates the craft on screen. Much of the ship's architecture, particularly its interiors and the colossal spires of its refinery structure, are inspired by the cavernous yet simultaneously claustrophobic sensibilities of haunted houses and castles from Gothic Horror films such as Nosferatu . Right (middle image): Cobb's blueprint elevations of a late Nostromo (then named "Leviathan"), notation reads: Basic Lockheed CM 88B Bison transporter frame modified and fitted with a Yutani T7A NLS Stellar Drive. The original Saturn J3000 engines have been replaced by 2 Rolls Royce N66 Cyclone Thrust Tunnels with bi-polar vectoring for mid line life function. Each power plant developing 7,250,000 tons thrust (14,500,000,000 pounds) giving a high impulse total of 14,460,000 tons. [1] Some of this information has filtered into the official canon , as appears below. The canon itself issues from the Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual . The bottom of the Nostromo was built with pieces of Star Wars X-wings toy sets. Gallery


The Shatt-el-Arab (River of Arabia) is the confluence of which two other rivers?

Shatt el Arab - definition of Shatt el Arab by The Free Dictionary Shatt el Arab - definition of Shatt el Arab by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Shatt+el+Arab Also found in: Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Related to Shatt el Arab: Arvand river Shatt al Ar·ab or Shatt-al-Ar·ab  (shăt′ ăl ăr′əb, shät′ äl) A river channel, about 195 km (120 mi) long, of southeast Iraq formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and flowing southeast to the Persian Gulf. The Shatt al Arab forms part of the Iraq-Iran border, and navigation rights to the channel have long been disputed by the two countries.


In UK TV's 'Noel Edmund's House Party', the 'house' was situated near to which village?

Noel Edmonds | Uncyclopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia edit Early Career It is thought that Noel Edmonds emerged from Loch Hourn, Scotland in the year 1209. However, he claims to have been born to a family of racoons and raised by wolves on Wimbledon Common along with Nick Ferrari and Aston from JLS. In 1500, he moved to Bristol, where construction began on his secret underground lair. Little remains of the original structure (which today acts as the studio for Deal or No Deal and Question Time) although some of the older 'pilgrims' who watch the game were captured in the 1500's still remain in the studio. Doris Wakeburn recently watched her 1500th game. Edmonds's first foray into politics was during the early 1980's , when Margaret Thatcher chose him to head a diplomatic mission to Buenos Aires to agree an end to the Falkland's War . Edmonds took up the mission with much vigour, although he became lost during the flight over the Atlantic, since he can't fly. Upon arriving in Buenos Aires he organised and presented the BBC 1 one-off, Noel's Peace Treaty for which the Broadcasting Standards Commission received over 800 complaints due to the level of profanity and violence . The Argentines were so impressed by his natural showmanship and seamless blend of family entertainment and light-hearted comedy that they surrendered there and then, to Edmonds personally. After this success, the French renamed Christmas in his honour. Buoyed by this success, Edmonds ran as an independent for Member of Parliament for the constituency of Winterborne Slovakia, in Shropshire. The election race was broadcast over a period of five weeks as Noel's Election Party, which won record viewing figures. The show saw Noel capture prospective MP's who were standing against him, and then question them about their policies and general knowledge. If they got a question wrong, Edmonds would dump several gallons of coloured "gunge" on their heads. This activity was the subject of local radical feminist Julliete Cabbage 's 1992 book, Edmonds and "Gunge" as a Metaphor for Masculine Sexual Abuse Fantasies. The book was highly critical of Edmonds, who one MP riposted by bulldozering Cabbage's house . This event was broadcast as Noel's Orgy of Destruction, which received record viewing figures, but also record complaints after a phallic cloud was clearly seen in the sky, being phallic. edit Controversy While MP, Edmond's very rarely voted or took part in parliamentary discussions, instead opting to arrive every afternoon to present Noel's Lower House Party. During "Lower House", as it became known, Edmonds would question and "gunge" other members of parliament. Although at first a welcome distraction, Edmond's came under fire after he drowned Labour leader John Smith in several gallons of gunge, which Edmonds' later admitted was chemical waste mixed with his own spit. The BBC were forced to pull the plug on "Lower House", despite record viewing figures. Noel also flirted with controversy during his stint as a BBC Newsreader, when during Children in Need, he shaved off his beard. BBC bosses were enraged and took immediate action, ending Noels' reign as "Most Popular BBC Newsreader". Shortly after this incident, Noel publicly vowed to never again remove his beard. ? Did you know... Noel Edmonds is an anagram of "Demon on Sled". Yet more controversy followed Edmonds at the end of the 1990s, (a period to which he refers as "the dark side of Edmonds"). It is believed that he used to have Thatcher and her entourage in stitches with his "hilarious" impersonations of a disabled man. An ill-advised airing of this impression on Prime Minister's Question Time did not go down as well with the public, and calls for Noel "the bee-keeper" Edmonds to perform an undignified and humiliating jig were rife. Edmonds has been criticised for his habit of killing contestants during hilarious TV based stunts, he has responded by issuing an apology and saying: "Look, I'm sorry, but it's a game show, every so often one of those Kestrel swilling plebs is going to survive, it's out of my h


What Is a Baby Whale Called? | Animals - mom.me What Is a Baby Whale Called? Whales have sharp nurturing instincts. Ablestock.com/AbleStock.com/Getty Images Whales, the gentle giants of the ocean, are a curious and majestic group of animals. There are many species of whale -- it’s incredible to think of the differences between aggressive, fast orcas and slow, lumbering blue whales. Whales have intriguing social structures complete with communication, societal roles and the raising of young over a long period of time, making them similar to humans in more ways than you might initially think. The complexities of whale relationships are evident in the way they raise their young. Birth Seasons The birth of a new baby whale, known as a calf, usually occurs during the birth season for that specific type of whale. Orcas, for example, tend to give birth in the spring or fall, while blue and humpback whales do so in the winter. Gestation also varies from whale to whale -- with orcas it lasts around 17 months, with humpbacks 12 and with blues 11. Almost all whale births are to single calves, but rare twin births have been observed in wild whales. Nursing Habits Whales, like humans, spend a great deal of time nursing their young. Killer and humpback whale calves nurse just a few hours after birth and continue to do so for a year or more. Killer whales nurse at all hours, but only for a few seconds at a time. These brief nursing sessions add up to an average of 90 minutes each day. Blue whale calves drink 100 gallons of milk every day for the first seven months after their births. Calves stay close to their mothers while nursing and learning their way around the sea. Sticking Together Different whales have different approaches to the concept of community and family. Toothed whales, such as orcas and dolphins, live and hunt in large groups known as pods. These pods often share the responsibilities of caring for and protecting new calves. Baleen whales, like blue whales and gray whales, tend to travel either in smaller pods or completely solo. Whale calves also reach maturity at different ages depending on their species -- it takes blue whales 10 years to mature, while killer whales can mature in as few as six. Life in the Pod A new calf’s life is hectic from the get-go: Calves are born swimming, and most are immediately aware of the presence of their mothers and the pod around them. Calves are capable of exploring without the aid of their mother within a few days depending on species, but whale mothers will keep the calves in close proximity to prevent them from becoming lost or risking a predatory encounter. Though whale calves are weak at first and must swim in their mother’s slipstream to keep up, they grow quickly. Orcas, for example, put on around 1,000 pounds in their first year of life.


What in Cornwall is the most southerly point of mainland Britain?

BBC - Seven Wonders - South West Cornwall - The Lizard and Lizard Lighthouse South West of England | South West Cornwall - The Lizard and Lizard Lighthouse The twin towers of the Lizard Lighthouse mark the most southerly point of mainland Britain. From earliest times the coastline around Lizard Point was notorious for shipwrecks and stormy weather. The lighthouse was built in 1619 to guide ships in passage along the English Channel and warn of the hazardous waters off Lizard Point. Visitors can ascend 70 metres to the top of the lighthouse tower from where there are breathtaking views. Today The Lizard is a turning point for one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. The coastline on either side of the lighthouse offers dramatic cliff walks and boasts an abundance of rare wild flowers and fascinating geological features. Amongst the many birds which can be spotted is the Chough which is being encouraged to re-colonise here after being virtually extinct in Cornwall for many years. Today the bird is thriving, and it relies on the short turf which characterises the area. The Lizard also played an important role in the history of modern communications. Marconi's famous wireless experiments took place on The Lizard in 1901, and are celebrated at the restored Lizard Wireless Station, Bass Point, and the Marconi Centre at Poldhu. The Lizard and Lizard Lighthouse Facts address: Lizard Point, Lizard, Cornwall, TR12 tel: Lizard Countryside Office 01326 561 407 Lizard Wireless Station 01326 290 384 Marconi Station 01326 241 656 Lizard Lighthouse 0207 4816900 The Lizard National Trust 01326 562882 email: Adults £2.50; Conc £2.00; Students £1.50; Family £6.50. open: Year round access to countryside paths and external views of lighthouse. The lighthouse is currently being renovated and reopens Easter 2005. parking: Car parking at The Lizard and in Lizard town. access: Surfaced paths to viewpoints overlooking Lizard Point are wheelchair friendly. Wheelchair friendly path to viewpoints at The Lizard. Some terrain unsuitable due to steep slopes. Disabled toilets next to car park at The Lizard. Lighthouse access for wheelchair users will be available at ground floor level with special cameras providing viewpoints from Easter 2005. toilets: Toilets and baby changing available. food:


Alan Minter was undisputed World boxing champion at which weight?

Alan Minter : Reflection of 1980s Comment **** Alan Minter was perhaps the most popular man in Britain heading into his fateful clash against Marvin Hagler on September 27, 1980.  After winning the world title in March in Las Vegas from Vito Antuofermo, the new champion turned in a star-making performance in handing the American brawler a decisive trouncing three months later on home soil.  Soon the affable pub owner from Crawley was modeling jeans, recording pop songs, and mapping out a glittering future. Of his new-found star status, Minter explained that it was, “Different when you’re the champion.  People look at you different.  You feel different.  You have to be more noble.  Is that the right word?  Noble?  You feel like you have more of a responsibility to people because they are looking.” Instead, the new champion lowered the bar, even for the standards of prizefighting, when he uttered a racial remark at the press conference to announce the signing of the bout.  Minter was quick to say that he hadn’t meant it, and those that knew him didn’t believe the comment represented his true character.  But the tone had been set, and the ugliness was compounded by the alcohol-fueled nationalistic fervor that marked the night of the contest.  In the end, what should have been, win or lose, a proud moment for Minter and boxing in the United Kingdom descended into shameful scenes. **** The Arrangements: “Alan Minter of Britain retained his undisputed world middleweight boxing title when former champion Vito Antuofermo of the United States retired on his stool at the end of the eighth round of a scheduled 15-round contest at Wembley Arena, Saturday night.” – Associated Press, June 29, 1980 “Alan Minter, the undisputed world middleweight champion, may defend his title against leading contender Marvin Hagler of Brockton, Mass., in September, promoter Bob Arum said Sunday. ” – Winsor Dobbin (Associated Press), June 29, 1980 Alan Minter “I want to be an active champion.  I’ll fight the leading contenders.  If Hagler is the No. 1 contender, I sincerely want to meet him.” – Alan Minter (Associated Press), June 29, 1980 Image courtesy of Boxrec.com “New York impresario Bob Arum, probably the most important boxing promoter in the world, has already secured Minter’s agreement to fight his No. 1 challenger Marvin Hagler in the autumn.  All that remains to be settled is the size of the pile of lovely money involved.” – Frank McGhee (Daily Mirror), June 30, 1980 “Britain’s Alan Minter has signed to defend his undisputed world middleweight boxing crown against American No. 1 contender Marvin Hagler at London’s Wembley Arena Sept 27.” – United Press International, August 22, 1980 “Promoters Harry Levene and Mickey Duff are anticipating a total sell-out at the venue. Attempts were made to secure a bigger venue but open air settings including some football grounds were unavailable for the date.” – Boxing News, August 22, 1980 **** Pre-Fight Banter Turns Ugly: “When I was introduced to him in Las Vegas he wouldn’t look me in the face.  He hasn’t turned up here in London for the official fight announcement although co-promoter Mickey Duff offered him the trip by Concorde to cut down any loss of training time.  I only hope he turns up on the night.”  – Alan Minter (Daily Express), August 22 “I’m in jail.  I have no time for something like that.  I have no fun.  I’m at work at a 24-hour-a-day job.” – Marvin Hagler (Boston Globe), August 31, 1980 “It has taken me 17 years to become champion of the world.  I’m not going to let a black man take it away from me.” – Alan Minter (Daily Mirror), August 22 “Did I say that?  Well, I didn’t mean it the way it might sound.” – Alan Minter (Daily Mirror), August 22 “Minter’s  a world champion and he should learn to behave like one.  I’m sure he didn’t mean to say those words because in this game it doesn’t matter whether you are black, pink, yellow or green when you get into the ring.  He will pay for saying that when we meet at Wembley. ” – Marvin Hagler (Daily Mirror) September 10 Hagler vs Finnegan “The tr


Which 17th century explorer was buried with a pipe and a box of tobacco?

Ken Jennings - Blog Ken Jennings Want to receive Ken's legendary Tuesday Trivia quiz every week? Enter your e-mail address below! (Email addresses will be kept completely secure, and used only for the weekly trivia mailing.) June 30, 2006 Futile Pursuit The Giant Head bidding passed $200 last night, or in other words, roughly 20 times what I thought it was worth. Suckers! It looks like someone from the Game Show Congress is the current high bidder, so maybe there will be a giant, cathartic Ken-Jennings-piñata bashing event at this year’s GSC. Or maybe there will be a Ken-Jennings-burning-in-effigy, in honor of my 2004 Jeopardy! defeat to Nancy Zerg. “Remember, remember the 30th of November! Gunpowder, treason, and plot!” I think the GSC is just a convention of some kind, but what if there was an actual game show Congress, with elected representatives and debates and GSC-SPAN and so on? “We, the 109th Game Show Congress, hereby resolve that May 8 shall hereafter be known as ‘Wink Martindale Day’ throughout every corner of this great game show nation!” Wouldn’t that be awesome? Since several readers, apparently, actually stayed awake during last week’s exegesis of a 1998 court case involving a Seinfeld trivia book, I thought I’d take a look at another trivia case: 1984’s Horn Abbot v. Sarsaparilla, which wasn’t as legally important, but is not without its interesting features. Does your game closet, or your parents’, contain a beat-up blue copy of the original 1983 edition of Trivial Pursuit? Mine sure does, and I know I’m not alone. An astounding 22 million copies of Trivial Pursuit sold in 1984 alone. But my bookshelf contains another curio: a book called In Further Pursuit of Trivial Pursuit, by someone named Joseph DeBartolo. Its navy-blue cover has the “Trivial Pursuit” part of the title in big, ornate, orange-gold letters, with scrolly filigree above.In other words, it looks exactly like the Trivial Pursuit box, in book form. This, as you might have guessed, was an unauthorized, unlicensed work, as a big fine-print (not-so-fine-print?) disclaimer on the cover states. But the book’s contents are even more eye-opening than the already-dicey cover. The book contains all 6,000 questions from the original Genus edition of TP, categorized as they were on the game cards, but re-ordered alphabetically, and with little explanatory squibs following each answer. The idea, I guess, is that after being befuddled or intrigued by a Trivial Pursuit question, players could look up the answer in this book and get more background on the subject. Some of the In Further Pursuit annotations are genuinely interesting, like this one: A: Sir Walter Raleigh Q: What 17th-century explorer was buried with a pipe and a box of tobacco? W: Raleigh also left instructions for his coffin to be “lined throughout with the wood of my old Havana cigar-boxes.” Others, not so much: A: A Q: What letter is on the left end of the middle row of letters on a typewriter keyboard? W: Yes, it’s there alright! This book would have made a great Trivial Pursuit spin-off, if Horn Abbot, Ltd. (the Trivial Pursuit creators) had cared to license it. According to the court’s ruling, that’s exactly what DeBartolo wanted them to do. He contacted them in March 1984 about his book idea, and apparently got the idea the book was a go, hiring “a team of researchers” (the book credits 21, many of whom sound like friends and family–the book has a distinctly homemade look, and I can’t find evidence of “Sarsaparilla Ltd.” ever publishing another book) and spending “a great deal of his own funds on the book.” In July, Horn Abbot sent DeBartolo a letter reminding them that the book had not yet been approved. And then in November, they claim, someone from Horn Abbot walked into a bookstore and happened to discover DeBartolo’s unauthorized book on the shelves. Within two weeks, they’d filed suit. As you might expect, this wasn’t a difficult case to decide. A week after the suit was filed, the District Court judge issued a restraining order stopping sale of the book. The ruling cites


Which Latin term, usually applied to legal evidence, means 'at first sight'?

Latin phrases glossary and listing - common and interesting Latin       expressions, terminology, translations, meanings, origins glossary, usage in       legal, business, science and English language (with) the defendant being absent (legal term) - in the absence of the accused a capite ad calcem thoroughly/completely/from top to bottom - more                   loosely expressed 'from head to toe' Achilles (Achilles heel) ancient Greek hero weakness - (a Greek word used in Latin - the                   metaphor refers to the legend of the hero Achilles, as a baby held by the heel                   and dipped into the river Styx by his mother Thetis to make him immortal,                   leaving his heel vulnerable, such that when shot there by an arrow he died,                   hence the 'Achilles heel' or simply 'Achilles' is a person's main                   weakness) acta est fabula the drama has been acted out it's all over/it's finished/the end A.D. (anno domini) in the year of the Lord denotes that the year is since Christ's birth in                   the Julian and Gregorian calendars - contrasting with B.C. (Before Christ),                   which signifies years 'Before Christ', which are counted backwards - there is                   no zero year ad hoc improvised/devised/applied spontaneously or purely                   for the purpose ('just for this') a fortiori all the more so, with greater reason ad hominem personally directed - (as when criticizing someone) ad infinitum ad lib (ad libitum) with freedom freely, improvised, spontaneously created - now                   most commonly an instruction or freedom to 'improvise' in performance,                   communication ad litteram precisely/according to the 'letter of the law' ad nauseam to the point of causing nausea/unbearably                   tedious a priori / a posteriori from what comes before/ after (these terms mainly refer to philosophical or                   mathematical assertions) - an 'a priori' fact is self-evident, known without                   need of direct specific experience/evidence (for example 'snow is cold') - an                   'a posteriori' fact is based on observed evidence or experience, etc (for                   example snow fell in Ireland on [a particular date]) ad referendum (ad ref) aged... or 'of the age...' (precedes the age of                   someone/something) affidavit he/she has declared under oath a sworn statement made voluntarily by a person,                   recorded by a qualified person, usually for legal purposes, such as admission                   in a court case agenda (agenda sunt or agendum est) things that must be moved forward list of items for a meeting, order of discussion,                   set of aims, motivational factors - agenda now has a wide range of meanings,                   after initially referring to a meeting schedule Aiax/Ajax a metaphor for size and stength Albion the ancient Greek word for Britain alia iacta est / iacta alia est the die is cast the die is cast - beyond the point of possible                   return, fully committed come what may - see the die is cast and cross the Rubicon in cliches                   origins - the phrase is attributed to Julius Casear, 49BC, on his invasion of                   Rome from Gaul - as with many other Latin phrases the 'i' of iacta is                   alternatively a 'j', so that the word was/is jiacta (although some say Caesar                   spoke this phrase in Greek anyway..) alias dictus (alias) otherwise known as/also known as/aka


What was the character name of TV's 'The Saint'?

The Saint (TV Series 1962–1969) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Simon Templar, a wealthy adventurer known as The Saint, travels around the world in his white Volvo P1800S. Stars: While on holiday in a Greek village, Simon must settle accounts with a crook who is threatening the peace of local inhabitants. 8.9 In Rome, Simon discovers a protection racket targeting the local beggars who must relinquish part of their alms to a person known as the king of the beggars. 8.4 Simon is caught burgling a house by Teal and sentenced to ten years in Princetown Prison. 7.6 a list of 41 titles created 21 Apr 2012 a list of 41 titles created 19 Dec 2012 a list of 34 titles created 13 Jan 2013 a list of 46 titles created 08 Oct 2013 a list of 41 titles created 24 Oct 2015 Search for " The Saint " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: The Saint (1962–1969) 7.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. English Lord Brett Sinclair and American Danny Wilde are both wealthy playboys, they are teamed together by Judge Fullton to investigate crimes which the police can't solve. These two men ... See full summary  » Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Laurence Naismith John Steed and his new accomplices Purdey and Gambit find themselves facing new and deadly dangers in the bizarre world of espionage. Mixing fantasy with a darker edge, the trio face ... See full summary  » Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley A quirky spy show of the adventures of an eccentricly suave British agent and his predominately female partners. Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman John Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace. The series featured exotic locales from all ... See full summary  » Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris Two years after the original "Danger Man" series concluded, it was revamped and retconned. The series returned in a longer format. (1 hour/episode instead of 30 minutes). John Drake was now... See full summary  » Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Earl Cameron A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world. Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Kenneth Tobey An elite department within Interpol, Department S inherited those cases which the other member groups had failed to solve. The brains of the group was Jason King, a hedonistic maverick who ... See full summary  » Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer. Stars: David Janssen, William Conrad, Barry Morse The two top agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of THRUSH. Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll Wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco. Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell The adventures of suave cat burglar Alexander Mundy, who plies his trade for the U.S. Government. Stars: Robert Wagner, Fred Astaire, Malachi Throne Edit Storyline The Saint is a modern day Robin Hood of sorts. He steals from rich criminals (gangsters and the like) and keeps the loot for himself. And he usually manages to get the rich criminals put behind bars after he's stolen their goods. Of course, Chief Inspector Claude Eustace Teal regards him as a common thief, regardless of who he steals from, so the Saint must always stay one ste