What was Somerset Maugham's first Christian name?

W. Somerset Maugham - Freedom From Religion Foundation Orders W. Somerset Maugham On this date in 1874, William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris, France. Maugham was orphaned when he was ten years old, and soon moved to live with relatives in England. He underwent medical training at St. Thomas Hospital in London, becoming a doctor in 1897. After publishing his first book, Liza of Lambeth (1897)—inspired by his time in London—Maugham left his medical career to pursue writing. His literary skill and concise writing style helped him become an accomplished novelist, playwright and short story writer. Maugham is most famous for writing the semi-autobiographical novel Of Human Bondage (1917). His other popular works include The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Cakes and Ale (1930), The Razor’s Edge (1944), and the short story “Rain” (1923). He married Syrie Wellcome following her divorce from Henry Wellcome in 1917. The marriage was unhappy and they divorced in 1928. They had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, born in 1915. Many of Maugham’s significant relationships were with men; Frederick Gerald Haxton, Maugham’s American secretary, was his lover and companion from 1914 until Haxton’s death in 1944. Maugham was a nonbeliever who saw no need for religion. “I remain an agnostic, and the practical outcome of agnosticism is that you act as though God did not exist,” Maugham wrote in his memoir The Summing Up (1938). In the notebook he kept from 1892–1949, he discussed religion and his lack of religious beliefs more extensively. Maugham wrote: “I’m glad I don’t believe in God. When I look at the misery of the world and its bitterness I think that no belief can be more ignoble” (A Writer’s Notebook, 1949). He continued: “The evidence adduced to prove the truth of one religion is of very much the same sort as that adduced to prove the truth of another. I wonder if that does not make the Christian uneasy to reflect that if he had been in Morocco he would have been a Mahometan, if in Ceylon a Buddhist; and in that case Christianity would have seemed to him as absurd and obviously untrue as those religions seem to the Christian.” D. 1965 “I do not believe in God. I see no need of such idea. It is incredible to me that there should be an after-life. I find the notion of future punishment outrageous and of future reward extravagant. I am convinced that when I die, I shall cease entirely to live; I shall return to the earth I came from.”  —W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer’s Notebook (1949) Compiled by Sabrina Gaylor and Eleanor Wroblewski © Freedom From Religion Foundation. All rights reserved. In This Section


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Name the constellation in the Northern hemisphere that contains the very bright star Vega, a part of the summer triangle?

What are the Constellations of the Summer Triangle. The Constellations of the Summer Triangle written by: George Garza•edited by: RC Davison •updated: 5/19/2011 Stars from three constellations in the northern hemisphere form an imaginary triangle - the Summer Triangle, which is an asterism. The constellations Aquila, Cygnus, and Lyra contain the stars Altair, Deneb, and Vega. Together these stars create a nightly picture of a triangle in space. slide 1 of 6 The Summer Triangle As you would expect, given its name, the Summer Triangle predominates the sky during the summer season. However, the constellations of the summer triangle can be seen for at least a portion of the night at any time during the year (in mid-northern latitudes). This asterism is a large triangle formed by the three first-magnitude stars Altair, Deneb, and Vega. It is best seen during northern summer and autumn evenings.   slide 3 of 6 Deneb in the Constellation Cygnus In the months between June and October, Cygnus, the Swan, can be seen in the northern hemisphere. The stars form a distinctive large cross, and the constellation is also known as the Northern Cross. Cygnus is also the home of Cygnus X-1, a well known black hole candidate. Finally, the constellation also contains two Messier objects, both of which are open star clusters. Here are some interesting facts about Deneb: It is a white supergiant (A2 1a Spectral Class) Distance: (light years) 1800. Diameter: it is very large, 60 times the Sun's diameter Mass: 30 times the Sun's mass. Luminosity: It is also 60,000 more luminous that the Sun.   Some of the other stars in the Cygnus constellation are: M39 an Open Star Cluster M29 an Open Star Cluster Deneb "Tail of the Hen" (Summer Triangle Star) Albireo also known as "Beak of the Hen" Sadr which means "Breast" Gienah Cygni which means "Wing" Azelfafage If Cygnus interests you, consider the article Nothing but the Facts About the Constellation Cygnus slide 4 of 6 Vega in the Constellation Lyra A small but an easy to spot constellation in the northern skies, Lyra contains the star Vega (the fifth brightest star in the night sky). It is an ancient constellation, listed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century. Lyra represents the lyre or harp of the Greek musician Orpheus. As legend has it, Orpheus played the instrument so well he could tame wild beasts with its music, and even impressed the gods with his abilities. Lyra can be found high in the night sky, underneath another star constellation, the head of Draco, the dragon. Lyra is visible throughout the summer and well into the fall and is the last of the three constellations that make up the Summer Triangle.


Which American President was in office 1901-1909?

Theodore Roosevelt | whitehouse.gov Air Force One Theodore Roosevelt With the assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the 26th and youngest President in the Nation's history (1901-1909). He brought new excitement and power to the office, vigorously leading Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy. With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy. He took the view that the President as a "steward of the people" should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution." I did not usurp power," he wrote, "but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power." Roosevelt's youth differed sharply from that of the log cabin Presidents. He was born in New York City in 1858 into a wealthy family, but he too struggled--against ill health--and in his triumph became an advocate of the strenuous life. In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game--he even captured an outlaw. On a visit to London, he married Edith Carow in December 1886. During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan. He was one of the most conspicuous heroes of the war. Boss Tom Platt, needing a hero to draw attention away from scandals in New York State, accepted Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for Governor in 1898. Roosevelt won and served with distinction. As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none. Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a "trust buster" by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest. Other antitrust suits under the Sherman Act followed. Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . " Aware of the strategic need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. His corollary to the Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in Latin America to the United States. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world. Some of Theodore Roosevelt's most effective achievements were in conservation. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects. He crusaded endlessly on matters big and small, exciting audiences with his high-pitched voice, jutting jaw, and pounding fist. "The life of strenuous endeavor" was a must for those around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then jumped back into politics. In 1912 he ran for President on a Progressive ticket. To reporters he once remarked that he felt as fit as a bull moose, the name of his new party. While campaigning in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic. Roosevelt soon recovered, but his words at that time would have been applicable at the time of his death in 1919: "No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every way." The Presidential biographies on Wh


Jett Riviera is the son of which model and TV personality?

Katie Price gives world a rare glimpse of baby son Jett Riviera | Daily Mail Online comments He's the son of one of the most famous reality star in the country. But Katie Price and Kieran Hayler's newborn son Jett Riviera who made his public debut on the cover of OK! magazine in October, could have been called Prince. Katie gave the world a rare glimpse of her youngest son outside the ITV studios before revealing on Loose Women that her husband didn't like her first choice of name for Jett. Lion cub: Jett is now a healthy baby, but he was born eight weeks premature while Katie and Kieran were on holiday in France Rare glimpse: But Katie and her son defied the odds by almost doubling in weight since his birth in August Mother's instinct: Model Katie Price was spotted arriving at the ITV studios with her baby Jett ahead of a guest appearance on the Loose Women show Talking about naming Jett on the show Katie said: 'I wanted to call (Jett) Prince but he (Kieran) said, "You’re not calling him that!"' She added: 'Kieran is so hands on. He helps with the night feeds. He's so laidback and it's worked really well. 'Harvey's the hard work one and any baby is a breeze compared to him. (Jett) is massive, he's like a big pudding and he loves his milk.' Katie is very protective over her children and while she doesn't mind being in the spotlight she isn't happy about them becoming famous too early in life. Cosy does it: Model Katie Price was spotted carrying Jett on arriving at the ITV studios ahead of a guest appearance on the ITV1 Loose Women show    She said: 'For me I took them out of filming and doing shoots with them because as soon as they started school I think that's when the trouble would start with them being recognised on TV. 'But their dad (Peter Andre) still allows them in his (TV) show and on shoots, even though I’ve asked him not to. It’s difficult because I don’t talk to Pete any more and it’s complicated. 'I do want them to grow up and become successful in their own rights and not on the back of us.' And when questioned if she would allow her daughter to go into glamour modelling she said: 'I don't think you can stop them doing it. I'll just guide them. 'I don't think she'll want to do that. She's not an exhibitonist like me.' Protective: Jett's heart rate fell worryingly low before she was forced to go into labour early While Jett is now a healthy baby, his introduction to the world wasn't an easy one, as he was born weighing 5lbs 2oz eight weeks premature while Katie and Kieran were on holiday in France. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Kieran, who she wed in January, was out shopping at the time and raced to be by her side once she'd text him to tell him the news. The 35-year-old reportedly suffered from a potentially life-threatening infection which would harm her unborn child in her womb and Jett's heart rate fell worryingly low before she was forced to go into labour early. Bobby dazzler: Katie wed her third husband Kieren in March and her wedding rings were clearly visible as she cradled Jett Little boots: Katie Price carries son Jett Riviera into the ITV studios in brown suede boots and a fur gillet Carrying her baby son in a blanket on Wednesday, the reality star looked cosy in a hooded fur gillet and peach coloured jumper and jeans while she wore sunglasses too. Tucked into a baby gro with 'I love (heart) cuddles' printed on it Jett's mum shielded his face from the cold weather with the warm blanket. But Katie and her son defied the odds by almost doubling in weight since his birth in August. She told OK magazine: 'He's healthy. I was massive with my pregnancy - the biggest I've been out of all four pregnancies.' Time to go home: Katie leaves the ITV studios after her appearance on Loose Women still holding Jett Working mum: Katie left the ITV studios in London after her chat with the Loose Women looking happy and relaxed Katie, who is also mother to 11-year-old Harvey from a previous relationship and eight-year-old Junior and six-year-old Princess with ex-husband Peter Andre, also reveal


"Who directed the 2009 World War 2 film ""lnglourious Bastards""?"

Inglourious Basterds (2009) directed by Quentin Tarantino • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd 50 If there is one person who understands the power of language it is one Mr. Tarantino. He has already proven he is a master of dialogue and here he pushes himself even further and tries his hands at writing dialogue not only in a completely different time period but also in not one but three other languages than English. And the thing that increases the insane amount of respect I already had for the man is the fact that he succeeds superbly in capturing the cadence and flair we've come to expect from him in all of them. Tarantino is never one for the complicated plot, he is all about the narrative, both visual and lingual. Here, he perhaps finds… 39 Upon its original release I approached Inglourious Basterds with some trepidation having found Tarantino’s previous two films (Kill Bill vol. II and Death Proof) to be self-indulgent, overly long and poorly plotted. Therefore it came as quite a surprise that I absolutely loved this comic book revenge fantasy despite it suffering from exactly the same issues that dogged his previous films. So why the change of heart despite it featuring familiar complaints? Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, is that the film signalled a return to Tarantino’s great characters and dialogue. Death Proof was torturously boring for me because the film’s characters were just as dull (with the exception of the criminally underused Stuntman Mike) yet in Inglourious Basterds the film… 6 The last time I watched Inglourious Basterds was in a movie theater in 2009. Upon revisiting it last night I was surprised to find I liked it even more the second time around. I was almost surprised at how often I found myself laughing at Brad Pitt's character's facial expressions, he was really great as Lt. Aldo Raine. Mélanie Laurent was also fantastic as the brave, intelligent and dedicated, escaped Jewish Frenchwoman named Shosanna who owns a little movie theater in Nazi occupied France. I loved her character even more when she was putting on her war paint to the tune of David Bowie's "Cat People" (Putting Out Fire). There is a scene where Shosanna is unwillingly and unexpectedly sitting… “There's a special rung in hell reserved for people who waste good scotch. Seeing as how I may be rapping on the door momentarily...” “I must say, damn good stuff, Sir.” Inglorious Bastards is some damn good stuff! I despise some of the lame criticism Tarantino gets on being a dialogue driven and viscerally violent filmmaker. Does it is make him any less of an artist then Malick or Tarkovsky? No. Artist paint with different brushes and strokes. His greatest tool is his pen, while others like I mentioned might be the camera or what have you. Tarantino could write circles around basically every screenwriter today. I love me some Kaufman and Sorkin but what Tarantino does sometimes is on… 6 The sixth film by Quentin Tarantino finds the esteemed filmmaker in sublime form as he blends the genres of war & spaghetti western into one stylish, violent & vengeful cinematic delight that brims with Tarantino's patented wordplay, fascinating characters, uninhibited violence, outstanding cast & excellent performances to deliver a thrilling ride that enthrals, entertains & satisfies on all levels, and keeps getting better with every subsequent viewing. Set in Nazi-occupied France, Inglourious Basterds intercuts two storylines. First concerns a young Jewish girl who, after witnessing her family being killed by an SS officer, plots her revenge several years later when a German war film is arranged to premiere at her theatre. The second plot follows a team of Jewish-American soldiers who plan to assassinate… 4 Oh yes...this is fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Let's just review some of the things I love about it: 1. The fact that this may seem like a remake from the title, but has pretty much no relevance whatsoever to the original. 2. Christoph Waltz...his line delivery is the best in the world (looks like he's perfecting it in Django Unchained!) 3.


"In the TV comedy ""Dad's Army"" what was the rank and surname of the undertaker played by John Laurie?"

Amazon.com: Dad's Army (Collection Set) [VHS]: Dad's Army: Movies & TV Movies & TV Only 1 left in stock. Ships from and sold by Clambooks . Add to Cart Get it as soon as Jan. 27 - Feb. 13 when you choose Standard Shipping at checkout. Ship to: Please enter a valid US zip code. Please enter a valid US zip code. Shipping to a APO/FPO/DPO? Please add the address to your address book. Make sure you include the unit and box numbers (if assigned). or FREE Shipping on orders over $49. Details Used: Very Good | Details Fulfilled by Amazon Condition: Used: Very Good Comment: VHS. Light sleeve / slipcase wear. Note, this is a VHS set to be played in your VCR. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and . If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you increase your sales. We invite you to learn more about Fulfillment by Amazon . Add to Cart Sorry, there was a problem. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again. Sorry, there was a problem. List unavailable. Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon Image Unavailable Sorry, this item is not available in Image not available To view this video download Flash Player      Dad's Army (Collection Set) [VHS] Rated: Unlimited Streaming with Amazon Prime Start your 30-day free trial to stream thousands of movies & TV shows included with Prime. Start your free trial See all buying options $87.49 + $3.99 shipping Only 1 left in stock. Ships from and sold by Clambooks . Special Offers and Product Promotions Page 1 of 1 Start over Sponsored Products are advertisements for products sold by merchants on Amazon.com. When you click on a Sponsored Product ad, you will be taken to an Amazon detail page where you can learn more about the product and purchase it. To learn more about Amazon Sponsored Products, click here . Format: Box set, Color, NTSC Language: English VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998 Run Time: 540 minutes Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #382,563 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) Editorial Reviews JOIN CAPTAIN MAINWARING AND HIS BUMBLING GROUP BRITISH HOME GUARDS AT THEIR INCOMPETENT BEST AT WELMINGTON-ON-SEA. 18 ORIGINAL AWARD WINNING BBC EPISODES 1992 RELEASE. A MUST FOR FANS OF HILARIOUS, YET POIGNANT BRITSH HUMOR. JOLLY GOOD! Customer Reviews By G Jay on December 27, 2000 Format: DVD I've had a couple of requests from people to let them know the names of the episodes in this collection. So I thought I'd put them on here. They are:- The Day The Balloon Went Up - Sons of the Sea - Don't Forget The Diver - Asleep in the Deep - Boots Boots Boots - A Soldier's Farewell - Big Guns - Menace From The Deep - The Bullet Is Not For Firing - Mum's Army - The Armoured Might Of Lance Corporal Jones - Put That Light Out - The Two and a Half Feathers - The Test - Fallen Idol - The Deadly Attachment - If The Cap Fits - The Honourable Man 5.0 out of 5 stars Dad's Army--the Best of British TV Sitcoms? By D.C.B on June 20, 2000 This series about the British Home Guard during World War II was the most loved of all British TV comic series, lasting for an unheard-of nine years in the late 60's and early 70's. A brilliant cast headed by Arthur Lowe, John LeMesurier, and Clive Dunn held together for the entire period with only a single major loss--the early death of James Beck, who played Private Walker. The actors created their characters so well that, after a few years, they hardly needed a script, though that script was created by the best of British comedy-writing teams, David Croft and Jimmy Perry, both of whom had served in the Home Guard and as air raid wardens during the war. The characters reflected Britain as well as it has ever been caught on celuloid--the class tensions between Lowe as middle class bank manager Captain Mainwaring (pronounced "Mannering") and John LeMesurier as the minor aristocrat ban


in the autumn sky of the Northern hemisphere, which constellation is shaped like a W or an inverted M?

Autumn Night Sky (Northern Hemisphere) – One Minute Astronomer Autumn Night Sky (Northern Hemisphere) April 27, 2014 by Brian Ventrudo The sky has made another quarter turn in the three months since August as the Earth moves around the Sun.  The Summer Triangle has worked its way westward during the northern autumn.  The rich band of the Milky Way in the constellation Sagittarius disappears into the southwest.  The Big Dipper has turned low in the northeast.  If you have an unobstructed view of the southern horizon, you’ll see the star Fomalhaut (“FOAM-a-lot”) in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fishes.  Because it’s the only bright star in this part of the sky in the northern hemisphere, Fomalhaut is sometimes called the “Lonely Star of Autumn”. The sky at 9 p.m. on November 15 from 40 degrees N latitude. Click to open in a new window. Rising in the northeast sky, look for the large constellation Perseus and above it the W-shaped constellation Cassiopeia.  This constellation reveals many fine star clusters to an observer with binoculars or a telescope.  Below Perseus, low in the northeast, the brilliant star Capella, which you saw setting in the northwest in the spring, rises again and gets a little higher each night as the autumn wears on. Perhaps the most conspicuous constellation of a northern autumn is Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek legend.  The body of Pegasus comprises the “Great Square”, which lies just southeast of the zenith in mid-November and spans as much sky as your closed fist.  Attached to Pegasus is the constellation Andromeda, which harbors the nearest major galaxy to our own.  The Andromeda Galaxy can be seen easily with the unaided eye in dark sky as a faint, misty, oval patch near the star Mirach in Andromeda.  But don’t underestimate this dim fuzzy patch… it’s actually a galaxy like our own Milky Way, though somewhat larger, with some 200 billion stars.  The light from the Andromeda Galaxy has been traveling through space for 2 million years before it enters your eye. The “Great Square” of Pegasus lies overhead on northern autumn evenings. The position of the Andromeda Galaxy is shown in this map In November later in the evening look to the east for the rising Pleiades star cluster, which lies within the small V-shaped constellation Taurus, the Bull.  The appearance of Taurus with its bright orange star Aldebaran marks the coming of winter in the northern hemisphere.  East of Taurus, in late November and December look for the grand constellation Orion, the Hunter, rising above the eastern horizon.  The tidy line of three bright stars marks the “belt” of the ancient constellation.


"Which Manchester pop group had a 1978 Noel single hit with ""Dreadlock Holiday'?"

10cc | uDiscover uDiscoverMusic 10cc As hugely inventive and successful as they were, 10cc can get overlooked in critics’ lists of acts that broke free from the moon-June rigidity of the pop format to bring a free wheeling sensibility to the charts. Indeed, asked to cite a pioneering British art rock act of the 1970s many would plumb for the more seriously minded Roxy Music , with perhaps Steve Harley’s Cockney Rebel coming a close second. But 10cc beat both bands hands down, if we can define success via chart statistics — 10cc scored three No.1 singles: ‘Rubber Bullets’ (1973), ‘I’m Not In Love’ (1975) and ‘Dreadlock Holiday’ (1978); and eight Top 10 hits between 1973 and 1977: ‘Donna’, ‘The Dean And I’, ‘The Wall Street Shuffle’, ‘Life Is A Minestrone’, ‘Art For Art’s Sake’, ‘I’m Mandy, Fly Me’, ‘The Things We Do For Love’ and ‘Good Morning Judge’. There was substance behind their style and, following a modest start with their debut, 10cc (No.36), they had an impressive run on the UK album charts too with their next five LPs going Top 10 — Sheet Music (No.9), The Original Soundtrack (No.3), How Dare You ! (No.5), Deceptive Bends (No.3) and  Bloody Tourists (No.3). Unusually, all four members were songwriters, singers, multi-instrumentals and producers, which accounts for the abundance of ideas and styles on 10cc’s records. There was a rich textured brilliance to their sound, and many of their greatest moments were mini pop symphonies, dedicated if not to God, as Brian Wilson might have preferred, then at least to Art. Purely for its own sake, of course. 10cc comprised Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme — all hailing from the hotbed of musical talent that was the Greater Manchester area. The quartet just didn’t land with their pop wizardry out of nowhere of course, and each member had paid his dues in the 1960s, often achieving considerable success. Eric Stewart played guitar in Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders. He co-wrote a couple of B-sides and assumed lead vocals for the post-Fontana ‘A Groovy Kind Of Love’, which hit No.2 on both sides of the Atlantic and sold a million copies. Graham Gouldman was the frontman for The Whirlwinds and The Mockingbirds. Establishing himself as a songwriter, he supplied a string of hits for other bands, including ‘For Your Love’, ‘Heart Full Of Soul’ and ‘Evil Hearted You’ for The Yardbirds; ‘Look Through Any Window’ and ‘Bus Stop’ for The Hollies; and successful songs for Herman’s Hermits. In 1968 he joined Eric Stewart in The Mindbenders. A year later, Gouldman accepted an invitation from Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz in New York to work as a staff writer at their bubblegum pop factory Super K Productions. It was here that the seed of 10cc’s musical vision was sown. Gouldman brought Stewart plus friends Kevin Godley and Lol Creme into the fold by suggesting that the Englishmen could create commercial nuggets cheaper than local New Yorkers. By this time Gouldman and Stewart had invested their royalties into their own Strawberry Studios, based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and so could keep recording costs to a minimum. Kasenetz and Katz agreed to the venture, block-booking Strawberry for three months in late 1969. Art school graduates Godley and Creme had known each other, and Gouldman, since the rock’n’roll Fifties, when they’d all rehearsed their various teenage bands at the local branch of the Jewish Lads Brigade — think The Smiths’ Salford Lads Club with an ethnic twist. In 1968 Godley and Creme recorded a single of psychedelic whimsy, ‘Seeing Things Green’, showcasing the Creme falsetto that became so familiar in 10cc, under the preposterous name Yellow Bellow Room Boom. A year later they cut ‘I’m Beside Myself’ for Giorgio Gomelski’s Marmalade label at Strawberry Studios, under the equally absurd moniker Frabjoy and The Runcible Spoon. Once on the Super K payroll the Brits factory-farmed a healthy supply of pop froth, working in various different styles, forging the all-rounded pop template for 10cc. Godley: “It was really like a machine. Twenty tracks


Which Roman Emperor who ruled from 300-377 AD was the first to be converted to Christianity?

Time Line of Early Christianity--The Lost Gospel of Judas--National Geographic Constantine I was the first Roman Emperor to eventually convert to Christianity. Photograph copyright Guenter Rossenbach/zefa/Corbis Emperor Constantine I is often credited with converting the Roman Empire to Christianity. In fact, though he ended the persecution of Christians and eventually converted, some historians debate the true nature of his faith. His association with Christianity began with a fateful battle for control of the Western Roman Empire. Constantine faced Western Roman Emperor Maxentius at the Tiber River's Mulvian Bridge in A.D. 312. Fourth-century historian and bishop Eusebius of Caesarea reported that before the great battle Constantine saw a flaming cross in the sky bearing the words "in this sign thou shalt conquer." Constantine did indeed conquer, routing and killing his enemy on a day that loomed large not only for the emperor but for the Christian faith. The next year Constantine, now the Western Roman Emperor, and Eastern Roman Emperor Licinius signed the Edict of Milan, which finally ensured religious tolerance for Christians. The agreement granted freedom of worship to all, regardless of deity, and brought an end to the Age of Martyrs, which had begun after Jesus' death. Christians were also given specific legal rights such as the return of confiscated property and the right to organize dedicated churches. After unifying the Roman Empire under his rule in A.D. 324, Constantine rebuilt his seat of his power in largely Christian Byzantium, which was renamed Constantinople and today is Istanbul. The growth of a Christian ruling class under Constantine ensured the faith's increasing and enduring prominence through the Roman, and later Byzantine, Empire. Constantine convened and took part in the first meeting of Christian churches, the Council of Nicea, held in 325 in what is today Iznik, Turkey. He hoped to help church leaders find common ground on some contentious aspects of Christian doctrine. Chief among these issues was the relationship and relative divinity of God the Son (Jesus) and God the Father. Arianism was popular during this period. This Christian belief championed by Arius, a priest of Alexandria, Egypt, held that Jesus, though the Son of God, was inferior to God the Father. The Council of Nicea established the equality of Father and Son and documented this in a creed, or universal statement of faith, to which all but two attending bishops agreed. The dissenting bishops were exiled, as was Arius himself. After this council, orthodox Christians agreed on the critical point that Jesus and God were equally divine and created of the same substance. The council also condemned the practice of money lending by clerics and attempted, unsuccessfully, to standardize the date of Easter. Ancient Christian historians enthusiastically portrayed Constantine as a pious Christian convert. In later years some scholars suggested that the emperor simply used the faith to his political advantage. The truth may lie somewhere in between, but Constantine's importance to his adopted religion is beyond doubt.


Discovered by the Curies in 1898, what is the chemical symbol of the element polonium?

Polonium, Chemical Element - uses, elements, metal, number, name, symbol, mass, atom PRONUNCIATION puh-LO-nee-um Polonium is a relatively rare element. The pitchblende studied by the    Curies contained only about 100 micrograms (millionths of a gram) of    polonium per metric ton of ore. The element can now be prepared    artificially in a particle accelerator, or "atom smasher." It causes small particles such as protons, to move at very high speeds.    These speeds approach the speed of Light—300,000,000 meters per    second (186,000 miles per second). The particles collide with targets,    usually gold, copper, or tin. When struck by the particles, the targets break apart, forming new    elements and other particles. Polonium has a few commercial uses. For example, it is used to remove    static electrical charges in certain industrial operations. The element is    highly toxic. Discovery and naming In 1898 French physicist Antoine-Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) had    discovered a new form of radiation that was similar to light rays. It was    found in a uranium ore called pitchblende. Becquerel's discovery encouraged many scientists to learn more    about this radiation. Among these scientists were the Curies. They decided    to study pitchblende to learn what was giving off radiation. They knew    uranium was one source of the radiation, but the amount they found was too    great to come from uranium only. The Curies purchased pitchblende by the ton. They slowly purified the ore,    getting rid of sand, clay, and other elements in the ore. After months of    work, they finally isolated an element that had never been seen before.    Marie Curie suggested the name polonium, in honor of her homeland, Poland.    Polonium is hundreds of times more radioactive than uranium. Physical properties Polonium metal has a melting point of 254°C (489°F), a boiling    point of 962°C (1,764°F), and a density of 9.4 grams per cubic    centimeter. Chemical properties Polonium has chemical properties like the elements above it in the    periodic table, especially selenium and tellurium. Polonium's    chemical properties are of interest primarily to research chemists. Under    most circumstances, scientists are more interested in polonium as a    radioactive material. Occurrence in nature Polonium is produced in nature when other radioactive elements break down.    It is so rare, however, that all the polonium needed is now made in    particle accelerators. Isotopes Polonium has 27 isotopes, more than any other element. All of these    isotopes are radioactive. Isotopes are two or more forms of an element.    Isotopes differ from each other according to The energy released by polonium during its radioactive breakdown is       used in compact heat sources in space probes. This is the Mariner       10, launched November 3, 1973, on the first trip to the planet       Mercury. their mass number. The number written to the right of the    element's name is the mass number. The mass number represents the    number of protons plus neutrons in the nucleus of an atom of the element.    The number of protons determines the element, but the number of neutrons    in the atom of any one element can vary. Each variation is an isotope. A radioactive isotope is one that breaks apart and gives off some form of    radiation. About the only isotope of any use is polonium-210. Extraction Polonium occurs so rarely and has so few uses that it is extracted from    natural ores only for the purpose of research. Uses Polonium releases a great deal of energy during its radioactive breakdown.    This has led to the development of compact heat sources for specialized    purposes, such as use on space probes. Radiation is used to remove static electricity from photographic film.    Static electricity consists of electric charges that collect on the    outside of a surface. In film, they can reduce the clarity of a picture.    The r


In Greek Mythology which boastful hunter was killed by the sting of a scorpion – both being turned into constellations?

Greek Constellations Aquila   The Eagle This is a bird who has the power to bring rain and is the keeper of Zeus' lightning bolts. Ara   The Altar It was predicted that Cronus would die at the hand of his own child so he swallowed five of them   as they were born. His wife, Rhea, and his mother-in-law, Gaia, protected the sixth child, Zeus,   by giving Cronus a stone wrapped in a blanket instead of the baby.   When Zeus grew up he poisoned his father which caused him to vomit up the other children.   Then Zeus and his brothers fought a war with Cronus and the other Titans. During the war Zeus freed   some Titans that Cronus had imprisoned. These allies included the Cyclopes who were expert metal workers.   During a battle, the Cyclopes built an altar and burned a sacrifice so that the smoke would hide Zeus   and his brothers as they attacked Cronus and the Titans. In gratitude, Zeus placed the altar in   the sky at the horizon, under the Milky Way which now appears to be the rising smoke. Argo Navis   The Ship (Carina, Puppis, Vela) The Argo is the ship whose captain is Jason, and the crew is the Argonauts.   The ship was a gift from Athena. Its maidenhead had the power of speech and advised Jason on   occasions during his adventures. Aries   The Ram The story of the ram begins with Zeus and Hera.   Hera was courted by Ixion. Zeus tricked him into impregnating a cloud named Nephele that had been   formed to look like Hera. Then, as punishment, Ixion was strapped to a flaming wheel and rolled around the sky   for eternity (the ecliptic). The cloud Nephele had a child which was the first centaur. Nephele later had two children with Athamas, king of B�eotia. Athamas eventually tried to   have the children killed. Hera sent a golden ram so the children could escape by riding its back.   One of the children, Helle, fell off and died in the sea at a place called Hellespont.   The other child, Phrixus, eventually sacrifice the ram to Zeus. The skin of the ram developed   special powers and is the same relic the is later sought by Jason and the Argonauts. Auriga   The Charioteer Hephaestus impregnated Mother Earth with a child, Erichthonius, who was born with the lower body   of a snake. Athena pitied the boy and raised him as her own son in the city of Athens where he   eventually became king. He became famous for developing the four horse chariot. Often defending   Athena's honor, Erichthonius the charioteer was eventually placed in the sky as a reward. Bo�tes   The Bear Chaser Icarius was the first person to cultivate grapes and then   make them into wine. After his death he was placed in the sky as the constellation Bo�tes by   Dionysus in honor of his discovery. His dog, Maera, became the bright star Procyon in Canis Minor. Cancer   The Crab The crab is one that pinched Hercules on the foot while he was fighting the Hydra. This pleased Hera   who later placed him in the sky. Canis Major   The Greater Dog He is one of two hunting dogs belonging to Orion the hunter. The dogs were placed in   the sky along with Orion when he was killed by the scorpion. Cassiopeia   The Queen She is the very beautiful and very vain Queen of Ethiopia (Philistia). Gazing at herself in a   mirror, she proclaimed to be more beautiful than the Nereids, which were sea nymphs.   As punishment Poseiden demanded that the princess Andromeda be sacrificed to the sea monster,   Cetus. After her daughter was saved by Perseus, Cassiopeia plotted with her daughter's ex-fianc�e Agenor   to kill Perseus. Perseus used the Medusa's head to turn   Cassiopeia, Agenor, and his men to stone. The constellations of Queen Cassiopeia and King Cepheus   are facing each other's feet so they cannot speak to each other. Because the Queen insulted the sea   nymphs, she never sets below the surface of the sea (as seen from northern latitudes.   The name "Cassiopeia" is a Phoenician phrase that means the "Rose-Colored Face." Centaurus   The Centaur Chiron the centaur studied health and medicne until


Professor Wallofski was a comic creation of which English comedian and actor?

Max Wall (1908-1990) - YouTube Max Wall (1908-1990) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 1, 2010 Max Wall, born Maxwell George Lorimer (12th March 1908 - 21st May 1990), was an English comedian and actor, whose performing career covered music hall, theatre, films and television. He is best remembered for his ludicrously attired and hilariously strutting Professor Wallofski. This creation notably influenced John Cleese, who has acknowledged Max Wall's influence on the creation of his own Ministry of Silly Walks sketch for Monty Python. After appearing in many musicals and stage comedies in the 1930s, Wall's career went into decline, and he was reduced to working in obscure nightclubs. He then joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served for three years until he was invalided out in 1943. Wall re-emerged during the 1950s when producers and directors rediscovered his comic talents, along with the expressive power of his tragic clown face and the distinctive sad falling cadences of his voice. He secured television appearances and, having attracted Samuel Beckett's attention, he won parts in Waiting for Godot and Krapp's Last Tape. In 1966 he appeared as Père Ubu in Jarry's Ubu Roi, and in 1972 he toured with Mott the Hoople on their "Rock n' Roll Circus tour", gaining a new audience. His straight acting gained him this review in 1974: "Max Wall makes Olivier look like an amateur in The Entertainer at Greenwich Theatre...." (The Guardian, 27th November 1974). On the afternoon of 20th May 1990, Wall fell at Simpson's Restaurant in central London, fracturing his skull. He never regained consciousness, and died early the next morning at Westminster Hospital. He was 82. He was buried in Highgate Cemetery. Wall was survived by four sons, Michael, Melvin, Martin and Meredith, and a daughter, Maxine. Category


Terry Gene Bollea is the real name of which actor and professional wrestler?

Terry Gene Bollea - Hulk Hogan Net Worth Terry Gene Bollea Read more... Hulk Hogan Hulk Hogan Net Worth is $30 Million. Hulk Hogan's net worth is $30 million dollars, or at least it was before his divorce was finalized! Hulk, real name Terry Bollea, made his money from his days as a wrestler in the WWE. Hulk also invested his money. Terry Gene Bollea (born Augu... Hulk Hogan Net Worth is $30 Million. Hulk Hogan Net Worth is $30 Million. Hulk Hogan's net worth is $30 million dollars, or at least it was before his divorce was finalized! Hulk, real name Terry Bollea, made his money from his days as a wrestler in the WWE. Hulk also invested his money Terry Gene Bollea , better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Hogan enjoyed mainstream popularity in the mid 1980s through the early 1990s as the all-American character Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation , and was notable in the mid-to-late 1990s as Hollywood Hogan, the villainous nWo leader, in World Championship Wrestling . Following the closure of WCW, he made a brief return to WWE in the early 2000s before revising his heroic character by combining elements of his two most famous personas. Hogan was later inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005. He is a 12-time world champion being a six-time WWF/WWE Champion, six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, as well as a former WWE World Tag Team Champion with Edge. He won the Royal Rumble in 1990 and 1991, making him the first to win two consecutive Roy...


First artificially synthesised in 1944 - what is the chemical symbol of the element Curium?

curium Encyclopedia  >  Science and Technology  >  Chemistry  >  Compounds and Elements curium curium (kyŏrˈēəm) [ key ], artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Cm; at. no. 96; mass no. of most stable isotope 247; m.p. about 1,340°C; b.p. 3,110°C; sp. gr. 13.5 (calculated); valence +3, +4. A hard, brittle, silvery metal that tarnishes in air, curium is chemically reactive and resembles gadolinium in its chemical properties, although it has a more complex crystalline structure. Oxides, fluorides, a chloride, a bromide, and an iodide of curium have been prepared. Curium is a member of the actinide series in Group 3 of the periodic table . Sixteen isotopes of curium are known. Curium-242, prepared by neutron bombardment of americium-241, has a half-life of 163 days; curium-247, the most stable isotope, has a half-life of 15.6 million years. Some curium isotopes are available in multigram quantities. Curium is intensely radioactive; it is about 3,000 times as radioactive as radium . It is also very toxic when absorbed into the body because it accumulates in the bones and disrupts the formation of red blood cells. Curium-242 and curium-244 are used in the space program as a heat source (from the heat they generate as they undergo radioactive decay) for compact thermionic and thermoelectric power generation. Curium has not been found to occur naturally; it was the third transuranium element to be synthesized. Curium was first produced by the bombardment of plutonium-239 with alpha particles in a cyclotron at the Univ. of California at Berkeley. Identified in 1944 by Glenn T. Seaborg , Ralph A. James, and Albert Ghiorso, it was named for Pierre and Marie Curie , the noted pioneers in the study of radioactivity. The metal was first isolated in visible amounts as the hydroxide by L. B. Werner and I. Perlman in 1947. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


In 43AD which Roman Emperor personally took part in the invasion of Britain?

BBC - History - Overview: Roman Britain, 43 - 410 AD Print this page Why Britain? Why did the Romans invade Britain in 43 AD? Their empire already extended from the Channel coast to the Caucasus, from the northern Rhineland to the Sahara. The great age of conquest had ended a few decades before. Three legions had been destroyed in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest by rebellious German tribesmen in 9 AD, and the emperor Augustus concluded that the empire was overextended and called a halt to new wars of conquest. Britain was an afterthought. It was not about economics. Rome's rulers were already the richest men in history. Nor was it about military security. The Channel was as effective a frontier as one could wish for. Claudius needed to secure his throne. What better than a glorious military victory in Britain? The invasion of Britain was a war of prestige. The 'mad' emperor Caligula had been assassinated in 41 AD, and an obscure member of the imperial family, Claudius, had been elevated to the throne. The new emperor faced opposition from the Senate, Rome's House of Lords. Claudius needed a quick political fix to secure his throne. What better than a glorious military victory in Britain? The army was the core of the Roman state. In a few centuries, it had transformed Rome from a small city-state into the greatest empire of antiquity. Its conquests more than paid for themselves in booty, slaves and tribute. War was highly profitable. Roman culture reflected this, valuing military achievement above all else. Roman leaders had to prove themselves first and foremost as army commanders. And where better for Claudius to prove himself than in Britain? Invasion and conquest Bronze statue of Boudicca located at Victoria Embankment, London    © A century before, in both 55 and 54 BC, Julius Caesar had invaded Britain with the aim of conquest. But revolt in Gaul (modern-day France) had drawn him away before he had beaten down determined British guerrilla resistance. Britain had remained free – and mysterious, dangerous, exotic. In the popular Roman imagination, it was a place of marsh and forest, mist and drizzle, inhabited by ferocious blue-painted warriors. Here was a fine testing-ground of an emperor's fitness to rule. For the Claudian invasion, an army of 40,000 professional soldiers - half citizen-legionaries, half auxiliaries recruited on the wilder fringes of the empire - were landed in Britain under the command of Aulus Plautius. Archaeologists debate where they landed - Richborough in Kent, Chichester in Sussex, or perhaps both. Somewhere, perhaps on the River Medway, they fought a great battle and crushed the Catuvellauni, the tribe that dominated the south east. Boudicca, queen of the Iceni tribe, came close to expelling the invaders Then, in the presence of Claudius himself, they stormed the enemy capital at Camulodunum (Colchester). But resistance continued elsewhere. Pushing into the south west of Britain, the Romans fought a war of sieges to reduce the great Iron Age hill forts of the western tribes. Driving through and beyond the Midlands, they encountered stiffening opposition as they approached Wales, where the fugitive Catuvellaunian prince, Caratacus, rallied the Welsh tribes on a new anti-Roman front. Wales took decades to subjugate. Before it was done, the east of Britain exploded in 60-61 AD. Bitterness against Roman oppression had driven Boudicca, queen of the Iceni tribe, into a revolt that came close to expelling the invaders. Later, under the provincial governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola, the Romans occupied northern Britain, reaching what is now called the Moray Firth in 84 AD. This, though short of total victory, was to be the high water mark of the Roman empire in Britain. Top Occupation Elsewhere, the empire's frontiers were under attack. Reinforcements were needed. Troop numbers in Britain had to be reduced. A phased withdrawal was carried out from the far north, eventually bringing the army to a line that stretched across modern Northumberland from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Carlisle on the Solway. Thi


Basildon Bond and C U Jimmy were the comic creations of which stage and TV comedian?

BBC - Comedy - The Russ Abbot Show The Russ Abbot Show The Russ Abbot Show We all have a time when we are gods, even if it's just in our heads. But once Russ Abbot was a giant, and unstoppable, at least on Saturday night. Russ Abbot was a fixture for much of the 1980s. Formats such as Russ Abbot's Madhouse were primetime gold which had Saturday audiences compulsively pressing their remotes for Abbot. His characters were not completely original, and his voices and impersonations were not absolutely first-rate. But Abbot's characters had... well, character; they had energy and enthusiasm and commitment, and not an atom of cynicism. Abbot was one of the generation of old-style entertainers that made it big in the late 1970s and into the 1980s. Most of these performers justifiably are now consigned to an embarrassed part of our cultural history; Abbot was, and remains, a cut above. The Russ Abbot show ran from 1986-90 and contained sketches drawn from his previous outings as well as new material. Perhaps his most famous creations were CU Jimmy, a virtually unintelligibly Scottish psychopath who would gibber at the audience, punctuating his rants with his catchphrase (also his name). This was one of the hits of the playground of the mid-1980s, where young boys would entertain each other with their impressions and occasional attempts to headbutt each other. Other key characters were the smooth but entirely dim secret agent Basildon Bond and the repellent crooner Julio Doubleglazias. What they lacked in originality, these characters made up in verve and power. Russ Abbot's Madhouse had been aptly named - and the new series was just as nuts. Weekly, his massively corpulent opera singer Fatman would destroy sets; composer Mozart would smash up pianos. Slapstick masked smart gags, and this combination was what made Abbot so distinctive. After five series, however, the BBC scented the cynical 1990s and realized that knockabout had had its day. Abbot was a dinosaur, and Auntie deemed his corniness unfunny. Abbot was corny. But what is Little Britain, if not corniness in another guise, with a smart voiceover? What the BBC meant was that Abbot was a symbol of corniness, and for that, he paid with his primetime flagship. A little development could have made him better and different - whereas being ousted from the Beeb simply propelled his old format back to ITV. In later life, Abbott has received new kudos.  He featured regularly in TV To Go in the long-running sketch No Country for Old Men; like many 'classic' stars he has been seen in straight stage shows, and in the mid-1990s also acted in the poignant drama September Song. But the Russ Abbot show, though replicated on ITV, never reached the heights of its 1986 heyday, nor of Russ Abbot's Madhouse. Corniness would return, but smarter and sharper, and though the old-style entertainers would also return in the shape of performers like Peter Kay, Russ Abbot was not to be their champion again.


Which European country's flag displays an image of its highest peak Mount Triglav?

Long may it wave parliament In this point of the city there is a convergence of varied flags: local flag from the City of Ljubljana, national and European flags; commercial flags such as the Metalka Trgovina flag and flags from the Free Trade Unions of Slovenia a non governmental organization. To continue with the national flag, its three colors are usually identified as colors of liberty and revolution and also take as reference the French Revolution colors from 1789. Besides, the three-colored flags are one of the revolutionary icons across Europe. After the Second World War, the tricolor flag was also used as a basis but included a large red star. Following Slovenia’s independence in 1991, the newly flag with the coat of arms replaced the star. The coat of arms is a shield with the image of Mount Triglav, Slovenia’s highest peak, which means “three heads”. The sculptor Marko Pogačnik was chosen to design it and, according to his own explanation of the project, he did it as a “cosmogram”, a geometric figure representing a cosmology (“Slovenian coat of arms”, 2001). This means he took a “holistic approach to the territory and energy of Slovenian identity” (“Slovenian symbols”, 2011: 5) and, in particular, he combined elements of air, fire, water and earth to give shape to a coat of arms that is meant to connect the country with its essence and with the cosmos. More information:


Which Asian capital city stands on the Bagmati river?

Nepal: Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project - CLIMATE HIMALAYA Forum Nepal: Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project Oct 22nd, 2012  |   By Climate Himalaya |   Category: Advocacy , Development and Climate Change , Ecosystem Functions , Environment , Flood , Governance , Government Policies , Information and Communication , International Agencies , Land , Migration , Nepal , News , Pollution , Resilience , River , Sanitation , Technologies , Urbanization , Vulnerability , Waste , Water ADB: The Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project aims to improve water security and resilience to potential climate change impact in the Bagmati River Basin. It will build on the general public’s desire to restore the river environment in the Kathmandu Valley and the Government’s efforts to improve irrigation development and mitigate the impact of water-induced disasters in the middle and lower reaches of the basin. The Project adopts the principles of integrated water resources management (IWRM) and provides Nepal with its first opportunity to apply this policy element since its adoption under the 2005 national water plan.. The Bagmati River holds a special place in the national culture. It is considered as a holy river and counts many cremation ghats and temples of great cultural value along its bank that attracts scores of Hindu devotees from all over the world who traditionally purify themselves in the holy Bagmati waters. The Bagmati River Basin also has great economic importance as it plays a crucial role in meeting the water supply requirement of the country’s capital city and downstream communities,1 as well as in sustaining irrigated agriculture in the Kathmandu Valley and along the basin. The rapid and unplanned expansion of Kathmandu City has put tremendous pressure on the water resources of the Bagmati River Basin. In the absence of appropriate sewage collection and waste water treatment plants, the river has become the main collector drain. Solid waste deposited on the river banks also further deteriorates the river environment. Rapid urbanization has put tremendous pressure on the valley water supply distribution. During dry season, around 80% of the Bagmati River flow is diverted for domestic use leaving very little flow for irrigation and other sectors including environment. As demand could not be met from surface water, a large part is supplied from the groundwater table. The quantity extracted is estimated to be 4 to 5 times higher than the natural recharge and has caused the water table to retreat by 35 meters (m) in only 20 years. The situation is further aggravated by (i) the conversion of the recharge areas into residential areas, (ii) lowering river stream and sand mining leading to riverbed deepening, and (iii) upstream catchment degradation. As it exits the city, the river is biologically dead and made of heavily polluted sewage water that potentially endangers the downstream water users’ health. To assist the Government in applying the participatory IWRM approach, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved in 2010 TA7547-REG: Supporting Investments in Water Security in River Basins, the objective of which is to (i) build consensus of the basin stakeholders on the possible mandate and structure of a river basin organization (RBO), (ii) build the capacity of stakeholders, (iii) support the formation of a RBO, and (iv) review and expand the Bagmati Action Plan, approved by the Government of Nepal in 2002. The regional technical assistance is being undertaken to prepare the ground for the Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project (BRBIP) and the Kathmandu Valley Urban Environmental Improvement Project (KVUEIP) that are for approval in 2013.


In which county is Kempton Park racecourse?

Directions | Kempton Park Racecourse Directions & Parking How to find us Established in 1878, Kempton Park is one of London’s closest racecourses, just 16 miles from the city of London and steeped in history. Kempton Park Racecourse Directions By Rail Kempton Park Racecourse boasts its own train station on-site – Kempton Park – which is situated 200 yards from the North entrance. Trains run every half an hour direct from London Waterloo with the journey time being just 40 minutes. Please note that trains don't run on Boxing Day but we are running a bus service from Kew Underground Station. Further details are here . Normal services resume on the 27th December. By Road We are located on the A308 between Sunbury on Thames and Hampton Court, less than one mile from Junction 1 of the M3 via Junction 12 of the M25. Priority car parking is provided to owners and trainers and those with a disabled badge and this is accessed via Gate 1 in Park Road. By Air We are just 25 minutes from London Heathrow and approximately 45 minutes from Gatwick. We allow pre-arranged helicopter landings at Kempton Park, please call Beverley Frith on 01932 782292 for further information. Parking Free parking is available on all of our racedays. The main car park is free at the majority of fixtures, however this excludes all jump fixtures as well as the 26th March, 2nd April, 6th July and 3rd September. On all of these fixtures there is a charge for the main car park.   Download our Winter Festival travel options pamphlet for 2016.  For local residents, our 32Red Winter Festival traffic document can be seen here .  To book parking, click here .   Sustainable Travel Kempton Park is working with Surrey County Council to to encourage customers to think of the environment when choosing how to travel to Kempton Park. We'd be grateful if you would consider public transport, walking, cycling or car sharing when planning your journey. Plan Your Race Day


Which heritage railway featured on the original film of The Railway Children?

The Railway Children | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway News (www.kwvr.co.uk) Keighley and Worth Valley Railway News (www.kwvr.co.uk) News, videos and photographs from your favourite railway Main menu ‘The Railway Children’ Weekend, 2nd – 4th May Join us as we celebrate 45 years since the filming of ‘The Railway Children’ right here at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. The Railway will be running a special timetable using some of the coaches from the film on a vintage train. Well known scenes from the film will be re-enacted around the Oakworth area where tea and buns will be served. In addition there will be guided tours of Oakworth Station and also of locations used in the film well known to generations of children and adults alike. Weekend schedule Every day – Re-enactments of scenes from the film Every day – ‘Old Gentleman’s’ coach open to the public at Oxenhope Sunday & Monday – Guest appearance of Chris Witty who played the hapless schoolboy Jim in the film Saturday & Monday – Guided Railway Children walks from Oxenhope and Oakworth Saturday & Sunday – Haworth Locomotive Works tour Monday – Railway Children Bus Tour Official launch of the 3rd edition of the book, ‘The Making of the Railway Children’ Every day – programme of events including historic coaches used in the film and rides behind ‘Sir Berkeley’ in a rare vintage coach. And add to this 2 train operation every day with 43924 and 34092 ‘Wells’ For more details and timetable of events ⇒ Locomotive Roster for ‘The Railway Children’ Weekend With the May Bank Holiday stretching the weekend to 3 days and ‘The Railway Children’ weekend running across all 3 days we have two train operation on for all to enjoy. On the roster for the whole weekend are MR 4F 0-6-0 43924 and West Country Pacific 34092 ‘Wells’. Class 101 DMU will be on all the diesel services. And don’t forget, mid-week, the Diesel Railcar Service that operates on Wednesday. For the timetables in operation this weekend, please click HERE to visit the main website. Whilst every effort will made to ensure that the advised motive power is available, the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway reserve the right to change this when operational circumstances so dictate. Featured image: Peter Guy 3rd Edition of ‘The Making of The Railway Children’ Now Available The Railway, through the dedication of long standing volunteer, ex-Oakworth station master and Haworth Station employee, Jim Shipley, has released a new edition of the best-selling book on the making of ‘The Railway Children’ which is available now from Haworth Station and is selling well, so don’t miss your copy. First published in 2010 to coincide with the film’s 40th anniversary celebrations, this updated and enlarged third edition is crammed with memories from many of the volunteers and locals who worked on the film and there are over 140 photographs, many previously unpublished. Read more about this excellent book about the iconic 1970s film, click HERE . 3rd Edition of ‘The Making of The Railway Children’ on sale 2nd March The Railway, through the dedication of long standing volunteer and Haworth Station employee, Jim Shipley, is releasing a new edition of its best-selling book on the making of ‘The Railway Children’ which will be published in March and available from Haworth Station on 2nd March. First published in 2010 to coincide with the film’s 40th anniversary celebrations, this updated and enlarged third edition is crammed with memories from many of the volunteers and locals who worked on the film and there are over 140 photographs, many previously unpublished. Just in time for Christmas the Haworth shop has just received the Bachmann ‘The Railway Children’ Train pack. The pack comprises GWR 57xx Pannier tank GNSR livery (as featured in the film) Two GNSR livery coaches (as featured in the film) Scenecraft Oakworth station building (specially commissioned) Does not include track or controller This collectable gift pack will delight fans young and old, of the popular childrens film. Based on the novel of the same name by E. Nesbit, the film fol


Allgates and Prospect Breweries are located in and near which northern town?

Our Brewery | AllGates Brewery Let no man thirst for good beer. – SAM ADAMS Like many people in the Revolutionary period, Sam Adams, one of the original revolutionaries and the cousin of American President John Adams, brewed beer and knew a thing or two about it. Since 2006 AllGates has been brewing fine craft beers in the heart of Wigan, in a fully restored 19th Century Grade II-listed, tower brewery, in the process re-establishing brewing in the town centre after a near forty year absence, following the closure of Moorfield’s Brewery in the 1970’s. Combining heritage with imagination we put true Northern soul into our award-winning beers to bring you an exciting range of beers, whenever inspiration bites. However one thing our ales have in common is they are part of an outstanding range of modern beers, but built on cask ale tradition. To this tradition we have added aromatic hops from the New World. This enables us to produce hop-forward beers but retaining balance and subtlety; beers with true Northern soul.


"Which UKIP MEP quit the party in 2014 over problems with ""Bongo Bongo Land"" and ""women in the kitchen""?"

Purple Rain blog: UKIP MEP: 'Women don't have the ambition to get to the top because babies get in the way' UKIP MEP: 'Women don't have the ambition to get to the top because babies get in the way' posted by: Heather Saul | on: Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 17:14 UKIP MEP: "Women don't have the ambition to get to the top" from Action 2014 on Vimeo . Ukip members have never been shy and retiring types when it comes to airing their views, with leader Nigel Farage freely admitting he often struggles to reign in his controversy prone members of the "party of radical alternatives and free speech". Who could forget Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom's reference to "bongo-bongo land", or his 'women who do not clean behind fridges are sluts' joke, which went down like a lead balloon? Now UKIP MEP Stuart Agnew has become the next member to cause a stir by saying women do not have the ambition to get all the way to the top because babies "get in the way". Mr Agnews remarks that babies get in the way of female ambition drew a flurry of attempted blue-card interventions during European Parliament on Tuesday. He said:"The point is we have absolute gender balancing in the education system. In fact, if you look at the people who get degrees more, women get them and they are getting the jobs in the work place, but for various reasons, they don't have the ambition to go right to the top because something gets in the way. It's called a baby. "I've never had a baby, but I understand if you do have a baby it can change your life - it changes your ambitions. So, the route is there. Those females who really want to get to the top do so."


Which group of medical workers became Time Magazine Person of the Year 2014?

TIME Person of the Year 2014: Ebola Fighters The ones who answered the call Dec. 10, 2014 By David von Drehle , with Aryn Baker / Liberia Jackie Nickerson for TIMEDr. Jerry Brown, 46, medical director at the Eternal Love Winning Africa Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia: “I always had the fear of myself or one of my staff getting infected, and what would become of me thereafter.” READ MORE HERE On the outskirts of Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, on grassy land among palm trees and tropical hardwoods, stands a cluster of one-story bungalows painted cheerful yellow with blue trim. This is the campus of Eternal Love Winning Africa, a nondenominational Christian mission, comprising a school, a radio station and a hospital. It was here that Dr. Jerry Brown, the hospital’s medical director, first heard in March that the fearsome Ebola virus had gained a toehold in his country. Patients with the rare and deadly disease were turning up at a clinic in Lofa County—part of the West African borderlands where Liberia meets Guinea and Sierra Leone. “It was then that we really started panicking,” says Brown. Even in ordinary circumstances, the doctor’s workday was a constant buzz of people seeking answers: Can you help with this diagnosis? Would you have a look at this X-ray? What do you make of this rash? Inevitably, Brown would raise his eyebrows and crease his forehead as if surprised that anyone would think he might know the answer. Just as inevitably, he would have one. Ebola was different. On this subject, Brown had more questions than answers. He knew the virus was contagious and highly lethal—fatal in up to 90% of cases. But why was it in Liberia? Previous Ebola outbreaks had been primarily in remote Central Africa. Could the disease be contained in the rural north? The membrane between countryside and city in Liberia was highly porous; people flowed into Monrovia in pursuit of jobs or trade and flowed back to their villages, families and friends. “Sooner or later,” Brown remembers thinking, “it might reach us.” And what then? A poor nation still shaky after years of civil war, Liberia—population 4 million-plus—had just a handful of ambulances in operation. How could Liberia possibly deal with Ebola? ( Read the Ebola Doctors’ Stories ) Because he couldn’t answer these imponderables, Brown focused on what he could do. At a staff meeting, he assigned Dr. Debbie Eisenhut, an American with Serving in Mission (SIM), to research the disease. By combing the Internet, Eisenhut found what little there was to know about Ebola virus—symptoms, modes of transmission, treatment options. In its early stages, Ebola looked like any number of human infections common in that part of the world, including malaria: fever, achiness, a general sense of malaise. By the time it produced more shocking symptoms—uncontrollable vomiting, torrential diarrhea, organ failure and sometimes bleeding—the patient’s chance of survival was small. The best news Eisenhut found was that Ebola virus does not pass through the air; transmission requires direct contact with the body fluids of symptomatic patients. As for treatments, her findings were meager: fluids to stave off dehydration and Tylenol for pain. And to prevent its spread, chlorine bleach solution to disinfect skin, clothes, bedding and floors. There was no known cure. Eisenhut’s findings made it clear that Ebola patients must be separated from the rest of the hospital population and treated by staff wearing protective gear. And this posed further questions for Brown. The Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA) hospital didn’t have an isolation ward, nor was there time or money enough to build one. No hospital in Liberia had one. Looking around the compound for a solution, Brown’s eye settled on the modest chapel, bare but for a few battered wooden pews and a lectern that served as a pulpit. “Well, of course, turning the chapel into an Ebola unit was not welcomed by the staff of the institution. The bulk of them said, ‘Why should we turn the house of God into a place where we put people with such a deadly disease?’ An


Which American artist painted Nighthawks in 1942?

Nighthawks | The Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories Exhibition History Art Institute of Chicago, The Fifty-third Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Oct. 29-Dec. 10, 1942, cat. 132. Indianapolis, 1943. Art Institute of Chicago, The Fifty-fourth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Oct. 28-Dec. 12, 1943, no. 15. New York City, Whitney Museum of American Art, Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition, Feb. 11-Mar. 26, 1950, cat. 61, plate 28; traveled to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Apr. 13-May 14, 1950, Detroit Institute of Arts, June 4-July 2, 1950. New York City, Wildenstein, Loan Exhibition of Seventy Twentieth Century American Paintings, Feb. 21-Mar. 22, 1952, cat. 54. Venice, Esposiazione Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, June 14-Oct. 19, 1952, cat. 26. Lake Forest College, Illinois. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Edward Hopper, Sept. 29-Nov. 29, 1964, cat. 43; traveled to Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 18-Jan. 31, 1965. Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, Fifty Years of Modern Art, June 14-July 31, 1966, cat. 81. New York City, Whitney Museum of American Art, Edward Hopper: The Art and the Artist, Sept. 23, 1980-Jan. 18, 1981, cat. 386; traveled to London, Hayward Gallery, Feb. 11-Mar. 29, 1981 (separate Catalogue, no 96, p. 47), Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Apr. 22-June 17, 1981, Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, July 10-Sept. 6, 1981, Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 3-Nov. 29, 1981, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Dec.16, 1981-Feb. 14, 1982. Essen, Germany, Museum Folkwang, Edward Hopper und die Fotografie: die Warheit des Sichtbaren (Edward Hopper and Photography: The Truth of the Real), June 28-Sept. 27, 1992, p. 63, ill. London, Tate Modern, Edward Hopper, May 27-Sept. 5, 2004; traveled to Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Oct. 9, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, October 3-December 31, 2006. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Edward Hopper, May 6-August 19, 2007; traveled to Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, September 16, 2007-January 21, 2008; Art Institute of Chicago, February 16-May 11, 2008. Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Edward Hopper, June 12-September 16, 2012; traveled to Paris, Galeries nationales d'exposition du Grand Palais, October 5, 2012-January 28, 2013, Paris only. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Edward Hopper Drawings, May 23-October 6, 2013; travels to Dallas Museum of Art, November 17, 2013-February 16, 2014; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, March 15-June 22, 2014, New York only. Art Institute of Chicago, Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine, November 10, 2013-January 27, 2014; traveled to Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, February 22-May 18, 2014, cat. 28. Publication History Gail Levin, “Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, Surrealism, and the War,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 22, 2 (1996), pp. 180-95, fig. 1. The Art Institute of Chicago: Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture, selected by James N. Wood and Teri J. Edelstein (Art Institute of Chicago, 1996), p. 85, ill. Judith A. Barter et al., "American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago, From World War I to 1955," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2009), cat. 133. Nina Baym et al., eds., "The Norton Anthology of American Literature," (W. W. Norton & Company, 2012), 8th edition, (ill.). Arthur Shimamura, "Experiencing Art: In the Brain of the Beholder" (Oxford University Press, 2013), p. 237 (ill.). Derek Matravers, "Introducing Philosophy of Art: In Eight Case Studies," (Routledge, 2013), (ill.). Duane Preble Emeritus et al., Prebles' Artforms (Pearson, 2013), 11th ed., p. 428. (ill.). Robert Burleigh, "Edward Hopper Paints His World," (Henry Holt and Co., 2014), (ill.). Steven Mintz, "The Prime of Life: A History of Modern Adulthood," (Belknap Press, 2015), (ill.). Ramsay H. Slugg, "Handbook of Practical Planning for Art Collectors and Their Advisors," (ABA Book Publishing, 2015), (ill.). Judith A. Barter, ed. "America After the Fall: Painting in the 1930s" exh. ca


What in 2014 changed its name to Honey Monsters?

Sugar Puffs to change its name as new 'healthy' version launches | Metro News Rob Waugh for Metro.co.uk Friday 17 Oct 2014 10:08 am The Honey Monster is to return to promote the new ‘healthy’ sugar puffs (Picture: Rex) Sugar Puffs is changing its name to Honey Monster Puffs after nearly half a century as one of Britain’s best-loved breakfast cereals  – part of a new ‘healthy’ makeover. Children may well be disappointed to find that sugar levels are also dropping from 9.3g per 30g bowl to 8.6g. Maker Halo foods hopes that the new ‘healthier’ version will boost flagging sales of the product, which has been on sale in Britain since 1957. The new version will contain 20% more honey, and will once again feature a large image of the furry, yellow Honey Monster, known for his advertising catchphrase, ‘It’s all about the honey, Mummy.’ Over the past year, sales of the cereal have slumped by 16% to £14.4 million. Rumours that the Honey Monster ‘went healthy’ after being punched by Metro’s art editor are unfounded (Picture: Pejman Faratin) Makers Halo Foods say that the rebranding will be accompanied by a £15 million marketing campaign – and say that overall, sugar levels in the cereal have been reduced by a third in a decade. The packets will now feature a traffic-light nutritional warning, which the makers say will help parents make ‘informed’ decisions. Critics have pointed out that honey is not hugely different in nutritional terms from sugar – the body metabolises both in exactly the same way. Makers Halo food describe the relaunch as a ‘responsible’ move. Rival cereals such as Coco Pops and Frosties actually have more sugar than the pre-relaunch Sugar Puffs – with 12g per bowl, more than a third of the cereals’ weight. Marketing manager Andy Valentine says: ‘We feel the product relaunch, coupled with our move to bring the product name in line with the Honey Monster character, can help grow our share of the cereals category.’ More


Welcome to the The Falkirk Wheel - the Worlds Only Rotating Boatlift Welcome to the Falkirk Wheel Wednesday, 23 June 2010 15:08 Written by Administrator The Falkirk Wheel is an exceptional feat of modern engineering and is already being recognised as an inspirational sculpture for the 21st Century. Designed to reconnect the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal and sited in a natural open amphitheatre at Rough Castle near Falkirk. This remarkable and elegant mechanical marvel is the only rotating boatlift in the world and truly one of a kind. The Falkirk Wheel can carry eight or more boats at a time with a single trip taking about 60 minutes and providing an unforgettable experience and great 'day out' for all the family. Visitors can enjoy 'The Falkirk Wheel Experience' using special "trip" boats at the site and the distinctive new visitor centre gives an absolutely sensational viewpoint from which to see The Falkirk Wheel in action. For directions, times, prices and other general information please see the FAQ's section.. For information on Falkirk Town and its amenities view these sites:


Ron Hickman invented a much used DIY aid after damaging a chair while sawing wood?

8 Surprising Uses For Sheds What's the Best Circular Saw? 8 Surprising Uses For Sheds They're a man's refuge (47 percent of men say they've spent a whole day in their shed), storage space for all those things you promise yourself you'll need someday, and the ideal place for mechanical research, more commonly known as "tinkering around." Frank Hopkinson's new book, The Joy of Sheds , is full of trivia about these backyard buildings. Here are the stories of people who used their sheds for more than storing tools. 1 Silicon Shed Technology giant HP is one of the many companies that started in shed-like premises. Though technically a garage, the structure at 367 Addison Avenue, Palo Alto, Calif., was detached from the main building and was, for all intents and purposes a shed. Inside, Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard produced their fledgling company's first product: an audio oscillator, an electronic test instrument used by sound engineers. The shed has since been refurbished and rebuilt and stands today as California Historic Landmark No. 976, "Birthplace of Silicon Valley." 2 The Radioactive Boy Scout When three men in white suits and respirators crossed her lawn holding Geiger counters—that was the first time Dottie Pease knew about David Hahn's attempt to build a model breeder nuclear reactor in his shed. The men, who were from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, broke the shed up, filled 39 barrels, and sent it all off to a low-level waste disposal site in the Great Salt Lake Desert. Hahn's 1995 project to produce cheap energy at the bottom of his garden had resulted in dangerous levels of radiation at his Michigan home. Hahn had meticulously collected and refined beryllium, americium from smoke detectors, radium from luminous paint, thorium from gas mantles, and lithium from batteries. The 17-year-old Eagle Scout, who got his scouting merit badge for atomic energy in 1991, realized that he might have accumulated too much radioactive material in one place when he started picking up signals on his home Geiger counter five houses away from his shed. At one point he put some of the material in the trunk of his old Pontiac to split the sources up. When police pulled him over in a unrelated incident, they found what they thought was a home-made atomic bomb in the back. Of his exposure to radioactivity, Hahn said, "I don't believe I took more than five years off my life." Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 3 Soup Can Engine Cedric Lynch is probably the stereotypical shed inventor. Since the 1970s Cedric has been tucked away in his shed in Potters Bar, England, perfecting a more efficient electric motor. While a steam engine is about 8 percent efficient, a diesel engine 40 percent efficient, and electric engines about 75 percent efficient, Cedric has managed to achieve a 93 percent efficiency rating with his invention. Cedric's prototypes were made (in the grand tinkering fashion) using flattened soup cans. Four of the engines he invented were installed in a boat that broke the world speed record for electrically driven vessels by doing around 50 mph. 4 Explosive Doorstop England's domestic munition of choice seems to be the WWII hand grenade—each year a handful turn up in garden sheds. Once, a Cheltenham man named Paul Fittock was about to demolish an old shed in his garden when he decided to make one last search to check that it was completely empty. Fittock discovered a hand grenade on a shelf in the wooden rafters minutes before he was due to attack it with a sledgehammer. RAF bomb disposal officers put the device in a metal box and took it to a quarry to be detonated. However, the best tale of a UXB in a shed came from an old lady in New Malden. Betty Johnson had used an unexploded World War II shell to wedge the door open for over a decade—or, as she explained to a local newspaper reporter, "to stop the door from banging." Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 5 Nobel Prize–Winning Shed Research Marie Curie is likely to remain the only two-time winner of the Nobel Prize to carry out


The film Mulholland Drive is located in which city?

Mulholland Drive Filming Locations The girls take a taxi to what is supposed to be the "Sierra Bonita" apartments, where they find the rotting corpse of 'Diane Selwyn' in apartment 17. That's not the real name of this place (there is a real Sierra Bonita apartment elsewhere in L.A., but this wasn't it). The scenes were actually shot at 2900 & 2904 Griffith Park Blvd., in the Silver Lake district of L.A., about half a mile south of Los Feliz Blvd. This sign is familiar to anyone who knows Hollywood. It's Pink's Hot Dogs, a legend in itself. (I have a whole page about Pink's.) It was seen in the scene where the hitman tries to get information from a hooker. This modest hot dog stand is located at 709 N. La Brea Ave., near the corner of Melrose. Pink's is located just about a mile and a half west of our next stop... Even more famous than Pink's is this gate. It's known as the Bronson Gate, and it was the main entrance for Paramount Studios . Legend has it that Charles Bronson named himself after this gate. You've seen it before in movies like "Sunset Blvd". You'll find it on the south side of Paramount Studios (5555 Melrose Avenue), just north of where Bronson meets Melrose. * addresses with an asterisk indicate that they may be located in a high-crime area. Exercise reasonable caution.


Which Scottish town has the most Northerly station?

Thurso Town Center, Scotland Editorial Photography - Image: 36784232 Editorial   Editorial image. Not to be used in commercial designs and/or advertisements. Click here for terms and conditions. Thurso, Scotland, UK Thurso is Scotland's most northerly town, and home to the country's most northerly railway station. Located on the north coast of Caithness, its seaward views are dominated by the distant cliffs of Dunnet Head to the north east, and those of the island of Hoy, one of the Orkney Islands, to the north. Modern Thurso tends to be seen as a stepping stone en route to somewhere else rather than as a destination in its own right, although in recent years the sometimes turbulent seas of the Pentland Firth have led to the town becoming an unlikely focus for fans of surfing from all over the world. Photo taken 2nd May 2012. MR: NO


In 2014 Cate Blanchett won an acting Oscar for which film?

Cate Blanchett WINS Best Actress at Oscars 2014! | 2014 Oscars, Cate Blanchett : Just Jared Tweet Cate Blanchett WINS Best Actress at Oscars 2014! Cate Blanchett has officially swept awards season with yet another win for Best Actress at the 2014 Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday (March 2) in Hollywood. The 44-year-old actress was nominated at every award show across the board this season for her work as a slightly nutty woman in Blue Jasmine. “Sit down, you’re too old to be standing!” Cate said in her acceptance speech. Congratulations to Cate on the huge honor! WHAT DO YOU THINK of Cate Blanchett winning the Best Actress award?? Cate Blanchett Acceptance Speech The NFL says Lady Gaga is not banned from talking politics at the Super Bowl Halftime show - TMZ Charlie Sheen apologizes to Rihanna for calling her "that b---h - Gossip Cop Hailee Steinfeld is returning for Pitch Perfect 3 - Just Jared Jr Kanye West is not performing at Donald Trump's inauguration - Radar Prince William and Princess Kate speak at an event together - Lainey Gossip Ivanka Trump's book was pushed back due to "momentous" life changes - The Hollywood Reporter AMEN! she deserved the win. Su&k it Mia Farrow for trying to guilt people into not support her since she had nothing to do with your drama! CONGRATS KATE!!! congratulations to the great cate!!! a well deserved win for a brilliant actress. Sol I bet all Hollywood pedophiles and child molester are celebrating now. Way to make some classy friends Cate. Snow White I’ve seen all the other performances except for Meryl’s. This film did not deserve to win. It was a horribly exploitative take on a woman with a mental illness. Cate is a good actress in many roles but this wasn’t even her finest. Judi, Amy, or Sandra would have been better choices. Lola CONGRATS CATE, YOU’RE THE BEST! http://adzilri adzilri blah!! Rae wanted to watch Jasmine, turned it off after 20 min. could not stand that charactor. Double blah! Cates The Best! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! To the wonderful Cate B! ..Love you , I knew you would win Best Actress. You deserve it!!!!!!!!! Sarah She deserved! Sarah @ Snow White : So do you really think that Amy Adams should win instead of Cate? REALLY? she did nothing in that film to deserve to win, actually she not even deserved her nomination! Sophia Woody’s films aren’t for everyone, I love Cate. She’s such a good actress and so nice. I loved her speech, what she said about women films actually making money was brilliant. GO CATE! Kate I’m so happy for her! She finally got her standing ovation at the Oscars! JM Did she totally diss Sandra Bullock and make her cry? She made that quip about Sandra Bullock’s performance and everyone kinda laughed like “oh no she didn’t” and then when Cate was walking away, the camera cut to Sandra and it looked like she was crying. LOL. Donna Boyes It sure looked that way to me but I can’t find anything about it. I hope we’re wrong. Someone Smart @ JM : Are you a moron? because that’s the only explanation for such an idiotic deduction. She’s friends with all those gals. She had tears in her eyes, like Amy did, because they were happy for her. She was joking, just like she was with Julia Roberts (who wasn’t even in her category). Btw, just in case you misinterpret that too, the Julia joke had to do with something they were talking about at the bar before her category came up. Guest @ Someone Smart : Only someone who doesn’t watch awards, and didn’t watch Blue Jasmine, would be shocked Bullock didn’t win. Just to award you one fact, of many,, Cate Blanchett’s is the most awarded performance – she won everything. How about you go watch films that aren’t blockbusters with stars that make $70 million from them? jerry I also have watched all 5 actress performance. Blue Jasmine is an overrated film like Gravity was. Of the 5 actress. Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett was the bottom 2. Cate over acts and does not make me as an audience get involved. Sandra Bullock on the other hand is stiff and I can’t stand her acting. The only movie that she did w


Together with the figure Liberty, who is also the French symbol for liberty and reason?

National Symbols in France: Liberty (Liberté)   Living in the Languedoc:   Central Government:   French National Symbols:   Liberty (Liberté) Like            other ideals such as Truth, Justice, Prudence, Wisdom and so on, Liberty is often personified as a woman. Such personifications            date from classical times when these qualities were personified            as goddesses. In France, whose culture is more closely linked            to the classical world, the words for such ideals are still            invariably feminine: La Verité, La Justice, La Liberté,            etc. A            temple dedicated to the goddess Liberty was built on the            Aventine Hill in Rome during the second Punic War and a            statue of her was erected on the site of Cicero's house            after it had been pulled down. In            France Liberty, or Liberté, is sometimes represented            as a classical goddess but she is often confused with the            personification of the French Nation, Marianne .            The figure carrying a Tricolore and wearing a Phrygian            cap (or Liberty Cap) in the famous painting - above            left - by Delacroix (La Liberté guidant le Peuple)            is Liberté not Marianne .            The Convention at the end of September 1792 decreed that            the Seal of State should include a "Liberty figure". Modestly            attired, and now wearing a crown of seven rays, Liberté still appears on the French            Seal of State seated and holding a fasces in her right hand. She            also appears on the logos of legal officers: for example            notaires (right) and bailiffs (far right) Liberté is one of the three aspirations of the French people identified            in the motto            of the French Republic as shown on the logo to the left (which, incidentally, features Marianne ,            not Liberty). The figure of Liberté is one of the gererally recognised symbols of sovereignty not mentioned in article            2 of the French Constitution of 1958 , which refers only            to le drapeau tricolore, bleu, blanc, rouge: The            French Flag , L'hymne national, the national            anthem, The            Marseillaise and La devise de la République;            the motto . "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité". The            figure personifying Liberté - or Liberty - is well            known in the USA, though the fact that she is classical            heathen goddess is generally played down - she is often            referred to euphemistically as Lady Liberty. She is shown            on a coin from 1850 on the lower right holding a Liberty            Cap on a "freedom pole" A            bronze Statue of Liberty stands on top of the Capitol in            Washington (she is called Freedom rather than Liberty, but            it's the same goddess). Photographs of her are shown on            the left. The statue is a classical female figure of the goddess            Liberty wearing her flowing robes. Her right hand rests            upon the hilt of a sheathed sword. In her left holds a laurel            wreath of victory and the shield of the United States. Her            novel headgear is a helmet encircled by stars with a crest            featuring a eagle's head, feathers and talons (a reference            to the costume of Native Americans). The lower part of the            base is decorated with fasces and wreaths. The bronze statue stands 19 feet 6


Introduced in 1894 how is Bibendum better known?

Mr. Bibendum, The Michelin Man, Returns to The Old Motor | The Old Motor Mr. Bibendum, The Michelin Man, Returns to The Old Motor January 4, 2014 Surely one of the most recognized company mascots in the world is Mr. Bibendum, better known as the Michelin Man. Equally recognizable, but in an entirely unrelated field, is the Chiclets brand of chewing gum. In our top photo, Mr. B can be seen pointing directly to “Afamadas Gomas Michelin” on the side of this confectioner’s Model “T” delivery van which translates to “Famous Michelin Gum”. This seems to imply that the famous tire maker licensed the name for a brand of chewing gum. Chiclets have been around even longer than Michelin tires, dating back to the 1870’s when Thomas Adams began experimenting with chicle he and General Antonio de Santa Anna imported from Mexico. The story goes that one day, after Adams repeated attempts to produce rubber products including tires from it failed, he popped a small piece into his mouth, found the peppermint flavor quite pleasing and the Adams New York Gum Company was born. Had Adam’s research turned out differently, we might very well be riding around on his tires and chewing Michelin gum today. You can find many more photos and information  about Michelin tires  and Mr. Bibendum here on The Old Motor. The top photo is courtesy of Thierry Dubois  and the bottom photo is courtesy of  Marc Hendrix.


Who is the presenter of the Radio 4 show The News Quiz?

Sandi Toksvig steps down from Radio 4's News Quiz - BBC News BBC News Sandi Toksvig steps down from Radio 4's News Quiz 28 April 2015 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Image caption Toksvig was awarded an OBE for Services to Broadcasting in the 2014 New Year's Honours List Comedian Sandi Toksvig is to leave BBC Radio 4's comedy show The News Quiz after nine years and 28 series. The 56-year-old will step down at the end of the upcoming series, which begins on Friday 15 May. "I have decided it is time to move on and, of course, I feel sad but I think it's the right moment," said the host. "The show is in great shape and, like a good house guest, you should always depart when people still wish you'd stay a bit longer." Toksvig first appeared on the programme as a panellist in 1992, when the programme was chaired by Barry Took. She took over at the helm in 2006, since when she has presided over more than 220 episodes. In some recent editions, however, the Danish-British comedian was replaced by stand-ins Susan Calman and Jeremy Hardy. A BBC press release said Toksvig had made the "difficult decision" to leave in order "to embark on a new and exciting stage of her career". Image caption The radio programme is the forerunner of TV show Have I Got News For You The News Quiz was created by producer John Lloyd in 1977 - before he went on to work on the likes of Blackadder, Not The Nine O'Clock News and QI. Barry Norman was the first chairman, with Private Eye editor Richard Ingrams and Punch editor Alan Coren as team captains. It is frequently among the requested radio programmes on BBC iPlayer; while a podcast edition, which alternates between The Now Show and The News Quiz, depending on which is currently on the air, has been downloaded 116 million times globally since its launch in September 2007. Toksvig, who was made an OBE in the 2014 New Year's Honours, asked the Prince of Wales to appear on the show as he presented her with her medal. After the investiture, she said: "I have spent too long making jokes to think that anybody would think that is worth rewarding - so I was honestly completely overwhelmed." Gwyneth Williams, controller of BBC Radio 4, called her one of the station's "most talented and respected presenters". "She will be hugely missed from The News Quiz and I want to thank her for her contribution over so many years. She brought her own inimitable wit, humanity and intelligence to The News Quiz - and above all that irresistible laugh." A new host will be announced later this year.