Who was the Greek god of medicine who brought dead people back to life, angering Zeus who killed him with a thunderbolt?

ASCLEPIUS (Asklepios) - Greek God of Medicine & Doctors Asclepius, Greco-Roman marble statue C1st-2nd A.D., State Hermitage Museum ASKLEPIOS (Asclepius) was the god of medicine. He was also the patron god, and reputed ancestor, of the Asklepiades (Asclepiades), the ancient guild of doctors. Asklepios was the son of Apollon and the Trikkaian (Triccaean) princess Koronis (Coronis). His mother died in labour and when she was laid out on the pyre, Apollon cut the unborn child from her womb. From this Asklepios received his name which means "to cut open." Asklepios was raised by the centaur Kheiron (Chiron) who instructed him in the art of medicine. He grew so skilled in the craft that he was able to restore the dead to life. This was a crime against the natural order and so Zeus destroyed him with a thunderbolt. After his death Asklepios was placed amongst the stars as the constellation Ophiochus ("the Serpent Holder"). Some say his mother was also set in the heavens as Corvus, the crow (korônê in Greek). Asklepios' apotheosis into godhood occurred at the same time. He was sometimes identified with Homer's Paion (Paeon) , the physician of the gods. Asklepios was depicted as a kindly, bearded man holding a serpent-entwined staff. Although he is largely absent from ancient Greek vase painting, statues of the god are quite common. FAMILY OF ASCLEPIUS PARENTS [1.1] APOLLON (Hesiod Catalogues Frag 90, Plato Republic 408b, Orphic Hymn 67) [1.2] APOLLON & KORONIS (Homeric Hymn 16, Pindar Pythian Ode 3.5, Isyllus Hymn, Apollonius Rhodius 4.616, Apollodorus 3.118, Diodorus Siculus 4.71.1 & 5.64.6, Pausanias 2.26.1, Hyginus Fabulae 202 & Astronomica 2.40, Ovid Metamorphoses 2.596, Ovid Fasti 1.292) [1.3] APOLLON & ARSINOE (Apollodorus 3.118, Pausanias 2.26.1 & 3.26.4) [1.4] APOLLON or ARSIPPOS & ARSINOE (Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.21) OFFSPRING [1.1] MAKHAON, PODALEIRIOS (Homer Iliad 2.730, Quintus Smyrnaeus 9.462, Pausanias 2.26.1 & 3.24.10 & 3.24.10, Diodorus Siculus 4.71.3) [1.2] MAKHAON (Hyginus Fabulae 97) [2.1] IASO , PANAKEIA (Aristophanes Plutus 620) [2.2] HYGEIA (Pausanias 5.20.2) [2.4] IASO , AIGLE , HYGEIA , PANAKEIA , AKESO (by Epione ) (Suidas s.v. Epione) [3.1] ARATOS (by Aristodama) (Pausanias 2.10.2) ENCYCLOPEDIA AESCULA′PIUS (Asklêpios), the god of the medical art. In the Homeric poems Aesculapius does not appear to be considered as a divinity, but merely as a human being, which is indicated by the adjective amumôn, which is never given to a god. No allusion is made to his descent, and he is merely mentioned as the iêtêr amumôn, and the father of Machaon and Podaleirius. (Il. ii. 731, iv. 194, xi. 518.) From the fact that Homer (Od. iv. 232) calls all those who practise the healing art descendants of Paeëon, and that Podaleirius and Machaon are called the sons of Aesculapius, it has been inferred, that Aesculapius and Paeëon are the same being, and consequently a divinity. But wherever Homer mentions the healing god, it is always Paeëon, and never Aesculapius; and as in the poet's opinion all physicians were descended from Paeëon, he probably considered Aesculapius in the same light. This supposition is corroborated by the fact, that in later times Paeëon was identified with Apollo, and that Aesculapius is universally described as a descendant of Apollo. The two sons of Aesculapius in the Iliad, were the physicians in the Greek army, and are described as ruling over Tricca, Ithome, and Oechalia. (Il. ii. 729.) According to Eustathius (ad Hom. p. 330), Lapithes was a son of Apollo and Stilbe, and Aesculapius was a descendant of Lapithes. This tradition seems to be based on the same groundwork as the more common one, that Aesculapius was a son of Apollo and Coronis, the daughter of Phlegyas, who is a descendant of Lapithes. (Apollod. iii. 10. § 3; Pind. Pyth. iii. 14, with the Schol.) The common story then goes on as follows. When Coronis was with child by Apollo, she became enamoured with Ischys, an Arcadian, and Apollo informed of this by a raven, which he had set to watch her, or, according to Pindar, by his own prop


What is the alternative name for Pluto, the Greek God of the underworld, that has come to mean Hell?

Hades - Ancient History Encyclopedia Hades by Mark Cartwright published on 19 July 2012 Hades was both the name of the ancient Greek god of the underworld ( Roman name: Pluto) and the name of the shadowy place below the earth which was considered the final destination for the souls of the dead. Perhaps the most feared of the gods, he is described by both Homer and Hesiod as ‘pitiless’, ‘loathsome’, and ‘monstrous’ Hades. Hades The God Following the overthrow of first the Titans and then the Giants by the Olympian gods, Hades drew lots with his brothers Zeus and Poseidon to decide which part of the world each would rule. Zeus received the sky, Poseidon the seas, and Hades the underworld. Perhaps a less prominent protagonist in the tales of mythology than the other Olympian gods, Hades, nevertheless, must have been held in superstitious awe by many ordinary Greeks. Indeed, even to speak his name was avoided; instead epithets were used such as Eubuleus (giving good advice). There are also accounts of sacrificial practices made in honour of Hades, carried out at night and where the blood of victims was left to seep down into the earth to reach the underworld god. Remove Ads Advertisement Hades was the only god not to reside on Mount Olympus, dwelling instead in a dark palace beneath the earth. The god also had a helmet made by Hephaistos which rendered the wearer invisible, and it was this helmet that was used by Athena when she fought Ares in Homer’s account of the Trojan War in the Iliad and by Perseus in his quest for the head of Medusa . Hades was the only Greek god not to reside on Mount Olympus, dwelling instead in a dark palace beneath the earth. In mythology, Hades fell in love with Persephone , daughter of Zeus and Demeter , and abducted her to live with him. When Hermes discovered this, he demanded Persephone be returned to Demeter and it was decided that if she had not eaten any food from Hades, she could return to the upper world. However, Hades tricked the girl into eating a pomegranate seed and therefore she could only return to the living for half of the year. This myth was symbolic perhaps of the cycle of life and death, planting and harvest. The celebration of Persephone’s return to the upper world was probably a part of the famous Eleusian Mysteries performed at the sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis . In Archaic and Classical Greek art, Hades is most often represented as a more mature man, bearded and holding a sceptre, a two-pronged spear, a libation vase, or a cornucopia - symbolic of the mineral and vegetable wealth which comes from the ground. On occasion he is seated on an ebony throne or rides a chariot pulled by black horses, often with Persephone at his side. Advertisement Hades The Underworld The god Hermes was believed to lead souls to the river Styx in the underworld, at which point the aged boatman Charon ferried them to the gates of Hades where Kerberos - the ferocious three-headed dog (or fifty-headed according to Hesiod) with serpents coming out of its body - stood guard to keep souls in rather than to keep others out. It was for payment to Charon that bereaved family members put a coin in the mouth of the deceased (for Greeks the traditional coin was the low-value obol). The unburied or those without the means to pay the boatman were condemned to wander the Earth as ghosts. This belief hints at the ambiguous nature of Hades. It was not necessarily a place of torment and suffering but in most cases, simply the final resting place of the soul. On arrival at the gates of Hades, the final destination of the souls was determined by an assessment of their actions whilst they were alive. Traditionally, the three judges of souls were Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Aiakos, themselves noted for their honourable lives. Souls judged to have led especially good lives were first taken to drink the waters of the River Lethe which made them forget all bad things, and then they were taken to the idyllic Elysian Fields. Those souls judged to have led bad lives were put in the hands of the Furies and taken to Tartarus


What is a green liqueur made from anise, hyssop, angelica and mint?

Home Distillation of Alcohol (Homemade Alcohol to Drink) Black pepper 2-24 Aperatives and Digestives (bitters). The aperitif serves to stimulate the appetite. e.g. vermouth wines. Spirit based ones include the  Italian Aperol (11%abv) which is made from an infusion of rhubarb root, quinine, gentian and bitter orange peel). Jagermeister is a well known German after dinner drink based on various herbs. They had their origin in medicines prepared by monks.. Honey/sugar, and spices were added to alleviate the bitterness. Modern cough mixtures remind us of this background. Bitters Amaro means bitter in Italian. It is a herbal infusion in alcohol and amari (plural of amaro) are still popular in Italy as digestives, or after dinner drinks. There are many brands on the market. The bitter taste is imparted by wormwood, gentian root, quinine, centaury, bitter orange peel,rhubarb, hops, cascarilla, nettles. Aroma is provided by juniper, anise, coriander, hyssop, fennel, cinnamon, cardamon, nutmeg, rosemary, lavender, caraway, camomile, peppermint, tumeric, vanilla, lemon balm, sage, marjoram, oregano, angelica root, orris root, thyme, sweet calamus root. 'Fernet Branca' produced in Milan since 1845, contains aloe, bay leaves, wormwood, aniseed, bitter orange peel, basil, cardamon, liquorice, nutmeg, peppermint and saffron. See the 'Amaro alle erbe' recipe at http://italianfood.miningco.com/library/rec/blr0484.htm A recipe for a simple Amaro or Bitters: 5 leaves melissa (lemon balm) 5 leaves sage zest from a large lemon Steep for 2 weeks. Filter. Add sugar syrup. Bottle and age. Wild Fennel Wal writes .. An Italian from Campania province told me that he uses 13 flowering tops of wild fennel per one litre of grappa. A common liqueur in Italy is 'Liquore de Finocchietto Selvatico' (30%abv) obtained by the maceration of the tops of wild fennel (not seeds like aniseed based liqueurs) with added sugar. It apparently has digestive properties. Vermouth Vemouth arose when an amaro was added to wine. Proportions varied to suit individual tastes. The first commercial success is credited to Antonio Carpano from Turin who began selling a pre-blended formula in 1786 he named 'Punt e mes' (one and a half). In 1813, Joseph Noilly of Lyons, France created a French dry vermouth based on delicate whites infused with wormwood and local plants. 'Vermouth' is the French term for the German 'wermut'(wormwood), the principal bittering agent. In Europe vermouth is drunk as an aperitif or pre-dinner drink. Dry vermouth is essential to add to your gin to make a martini cocktail. The most basic recipe I have seen is from a French site - 1 handful of wormwood 1 glass of sugar 1 star anise Macerate wormwood in the wine for 5 days, strain. Add alcohol, sugar and star anise. Remove star anise after several days. A more complex recipe for vermouth is found at - http://www.makewine.com/winemaking/methods/vermouth/ Came across a recipe for 20 litres of vermouth at 20%abv which could be also made with a neutral spirit base or to camouflage something less successful. Steep for a week. Centaury, Gentian, Wormwood provide the bitterness. Quinine bark, woodruff, yarrow, elecampane,tonka beans are not readily available. Tonka beans have aromatic coumarins but also contain high amounts of thujone. Herb      Quantity (grams/20L) gentian root peel from 2 oranges Steep in the wine, a pinch each of the herbs and spices, for 3 days. Strain, add sugar, bottle. Consume after 15 days. The wormwood and gentian proveid the bitterness, the other herbs and spices are for flavor. Highland Bitters "In Scotland bitters were traditionally drunk before meals, especially breakfast, 'for the purpose of strenthening the stomache, and by that means invigorating the general health'. Any kind of spirit could be used and sometimes wine or ale. 1 and 3/4 oz (55 g) gentian root 1 oz (30 g) coriander seed 1/2 oz (15 g) bitter orange peel 1/4 oz (7 g) chamomile flowers 1/2 oz (15 g) cloves (whole) 1/2 oz (15 g) cinnamon stick 2 bottles whisky Finely chop


Antoni Gaudi is responsible for the architecture of which building which is still being constructed to his original plans and drawings, 90 years after his death?

Antoni Gaudi on ArtStack - art online Antoni Gaudí i Cornet ( Catalan pronunciation:  [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði] ; 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect from Reus and the best known practitioner of Catalan Modernism . Gaudí's works reflect an individualized and distinctive style. Most are located in Barcelona , including his magnum opus , the Sagrada Família . Gaudí's work was influenced by his passions in life: architecture, nature, and religion. [3] Gaudí considered every detail of his creations and integrated into his architecture such crafts as ceramics , stained glass , wrought ironwork forging and carpentry . He also introduced new techniques in the treatment of materials, such as trencadís which used waste ceramic pieces. Under the influence of neo-Gothic art and Oriental techniques, Gaudí became part of the Modernista movement which was reaching its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work transcended mainstream Modernisme, culminating in an organic style inspired by natural forms. Gaudí rarely drew detailed plans of his works, instead preferring to create them as three-dimensional scale models and molding the details as he conceived them. Gaudí's work enjoys global popularity and continuing admiration and study by architects. His masterpiece, the still-incomplete Sagrada Família, is the most-visited monument in Spain. [4] Between 1984 and 2005, seven of his works were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO . Gaudí's Roman Catholic faith intensified during his life and religious images appear in many of his works. This earned him the nickname "God's Architect" [5] and led to calls for his beatification . [6] [7] Contents Biography[ edit ] Birth, childhood and studies[ edit ] Antoni Gaudi was born in 1852 in Riudoms or Reus , [8] to the coppersmith Francesc Gaudí i Serra (1813–1906) [9] and Antònia Cornet i Bertran (1819–1876). He was the youngest of five children, of whom three survived to adulthood: Rosa (1844–1879), Francesc (1851–1876) and Antoni. Gaudí's family originated in the Auvergne region in southern France. One of his ancestors, Joan Gaudí, a hawker, moved to Catalonia in the 17th century; possible origins of Gaudí's family name include Gaudy or Gaudin. [10] El Mas de la Calderera, home of the Gaudí family in Riudoms Gaudí's exact birthplace is unknown because no supporting documents have been found, leading to a controversy about whether he was born in Reus or Riudoms, two neighbouring municipalities of the Baix Camp district. Most of Gaudí's identification documents from both his student and professional years gave Reus as his birthplace. Gaudí stated on various occasions that he was born in Riudoms, his paternal family's village. [11] Gaudí was baptised in the church of Sant Pere Apòstol in Reus the day after his birth under the name "Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí i Cornet". [12] Gaudí had a deep appreciation for his native land and great pride in his Mediterranean heritage. He believed Mediterranean people to be endowed with creativity, originality and an innate sense for art and design. Gaudí reportedly described this distinction by stating, "We own the image. Fantasy comes from the ghosts. Fantasy is what people in the North own. We are concrete. The image comes from the Mediterranean. Orestes knows his way, where Hamlet is torn apart by his doubts." [13] Time spent outdoors, particularly during summer stays in the Gaudí family home Mas de la Calderera, afforded Gaudí the opportunity to study nature. Gaudí's enjoyment of the natural world led him to join the Centre Excursionista de Catalunya in 1879 at the age of 27. The organisation arranged expeditions to explore Catalonia and southern France, often riding on horseback or walking ten kilometres a day. [14] Gaudí (in the background) with his father (centre), his niece Rosa and doctor Santaló during a visit to Montserrat (1904) Young Gaudí suffered from poor health, including rheumatism , which may have contributed to his reticent and reserved character. [15] These health concerns and the hygienist theories of Dr. Knei


Which Olympic Games were the first where all continents were represented, with all athletes competing in one stadium?

Interesting Olympic Games Firsts Olympic Firsts Here are some of the 'firsts' that have occurred at the Olympic Games. See more Olympic Trivia . The FIRST Olympic Games for which we still have written records were  held in 776 BCE (though it is generally believed that the Games had been  going on for many years already). The FIRST Olympic champion in recorded history was a naked  runner, Coroebus (a cook from Elis), who won the only event,  the stade. The FIRST ever event of the modern Olympic Games was the 1st heat of the 100m, held on 6 April 1896. The FIRST Olympic champion of the modern Olympic Games was James Brendan Connolly of United States, the winner of the triple jump (the triple jump was the first final event of the 1896 Olympics). The FIRST brothers to win Olympic gold medals were Americans John and Sumner Paine - they came first in the military pistol and free pistol shooting events respectively in 1896.  The FIRST time women competed at the Olympic Games was in 1900 in Paris. It is commonly believed that the FIRST women to take part in the Olympic Games occurred on June 28, when  French players Marie Ohnier and Mme Brohy participated in the 1900 croquet games. Actually another female, Swiss sailor Hélène de Pourtalès competed before then, on May 22, 1900. The FIRST female Olympic Champion was England's Charlotte Cooper, who won the tennis singles in 1900. However, she was not the first female Olympic gold medalist, as Swiss sailor Hélène de Pourtalès earlier won gold as part of a boat crew in the 1-2 ton class. The FIRST team sport added to the Olympics was Football in 1900. The FIRST black athlete to compete at the Olympics was Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera, competing for France in 1900. The FIRST black athlete to win a gold medal was African-American John Taylor, who was part of the US relay team in athletics in 1908. the FIRST time the teams and competitors were representatives of countries and not of clubs or just individuals was in 1908. the FIRST time athletes marched into the stadium behind their nations' flags was in London 1908. the FIRST brother and sister to win Olympic medals were William Dod who won the men's archery competition, and his sister Charlotte 'Lottie' Dod who won the silver medal in the women's archery competition - in 1908. The FIRST time a swimming pool was used for swimming events was at the London Olympics in 1908. The FIRST Asian country to participate at the Olympic Games was Japan in the 1912 Stockholm Games. The FIRST women's swimming gold medal was won by the Australian Sarah 'Fanny' Durack, who won the 100m freestyle in 1912. The FIRST Games to include competitors from all five continents was in 1912. The FIRST electronic automatic timing system and photo finish was introduced for the athletics track events in 1912. The FIRST twins to win Olympic Gold medals were the Swedish brothers  Vilhelm Carlberg (3 golds) and Eric Carlberg (2 gold) in shooting in 1912. The FIRST death of an athlete at the Olympic Games was in Stockholm 1912. Portuguese runner Francisco Lazaro collapsed from sunstroke and heart trouble at the 29 km mark of the marathon, and died the next day. The FIRST Olympic Games in which the Olympic Oath was voiced was 1920. The FIRST Olympic Games in which doves were released to symbolize peace was 1920. The FIRST Olympic Games in which the Olympic Flag was flown was 1920. The FIRST (and only time) in Olympic history an event was held in two different countries was in 1920, for the 12-foot dinghy event in sailing. The early races were held in Belgium, but the final two races in the event were held in the Netherlands, as the only two competitors in the event were Dutch. The FIRST time the Games returned to a former venue was in 1924 in Paris. The FIRST Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamonix, France in 1924. The FIRST Games to have an Olympic Village for the athletes was in Paris 1924. The FIRST person to win a medal in the same event in Summer and Winter Olympics was Gillis Grafström, when he won figure skating gold medals at the


Which large, non-venomous snake found in South America and on Trinidad grows to around 23 feet (7.0 m) long, and is olive green with black blotches with orange-yellow striping on either side of the head?

Anakonda Types Anakonda Types There are various kind of Anakondas living in the world. Wednesday, March 4, 2009 This article is about snakes. For other uses, An anaconda is a large, non-venomous snake found in tropical South America. Although the name actually applies to a group of snakes, it is often used to refer only to one species in particular, the common or green anaconda, Eunectes murinus, which is one of the largest snakes in the world. Anaconda may refer to: Any member of the genus Eunectes, a group of large, aquatic snakes found in South America. Eunectes murinus, a.k.a. the common anaconda, the largest species, found east of the Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and on the island of Trinidad. Eunectes notaeus, a.k.a. the yellow anaconda, a smaller species found in eastern Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. Eunectes deschauenseei, a.k.a. the dark-spotted anaconda, a rare species found in northeastern Brazil and coastal French Guiana. The giant anaconda, a mythical snake of enormous proportions found in South America. Any large snake that "crushes" its prey (see Constriction). Applied loosely. Etymology The name was first used in the English language in 1768 by R. Edwin in a colorful description of a large snake found in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), most likely a reticulated python, Pytho reticulatus. The account, which explains how the snake crushes and devours tigers, is full of popular misconceptions, but was much read at the time and so gave rise to the myth of the Anaconda of Ceylon. Common names: yellow anaconda, Paraguayan anaconda. Eunectes notaeus is a non-venomous boa species found in South America. No subspecies are currently recognized. Description Adults are not as large as the green anaconda, E. murinus, but nevertheless grow to an average of 10 to 12 feet (3.0 to 3.7 m) in length. The maximum size is almost certainly larger. Females are larger than males. The color pattern consists of a yellow, golden-tan or greenish-yellow ground color overlaid with a series of black or dark brown saddles, blotches, spots and streaks. Geographic range Found in southern South America in eastern Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. In Argentina it is found in the provinces of Corrientes, Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones and Santa Fe. The type locality given is "Paraguay River and confluents." Habitat Prefers mostly aquatic habitats including swamps, marshes, and brush covered banks of slow moving rivers and streams. Feeding These snakes were studied in regularly flooded areas in the Pantanal region of southwestern Brazil. The data were directly observed from predatory instances, analysis and examination of gut and waste contents and affirmations by local residents and other researchers. These indicate that the species is a generalist feeder. The prey list analyzed and other evidence suggests that E. notaeus employs both "ambush predation" and "wide-foraging" strategies. The snakes forage predominately in open, flooded habitats, in relatively shallow water; most predation instances occur from June to November, when flooded areas noticeably dried out. Wading birds are, at the certain times, the most common prey. They have also been known to prey on fish, turtles, small-sized caimans, lizards, birds eggs, small mammals and fish carrion. The prey to predator weight ratio is often much higher than those known for other types of boids. Captivity As captives they have a reputation for being unpredictable. Giant anaconda The green anaconda, Eunectes murinus, is the largest anaconda species. Females are bigger than their male counterparts. Reports of giant anaconda date back as far as the discovery of South America when sightings of snakes upwards of 11 meters (33.5 ft) began to circulate amongst colonists and the topic has been a subject of debate ever since among cryptozoologists and zoologists. Anacondas normally only grow to size of 6 metres (20 ft), and 250 kilos in weight, but tales of truly gigantic specimens persist. Indeed,


What is the word for the minimum number of people necessary to formally constitute a meeting?

Quorum legal definition of quorum Quorum legal definition of quorum http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/quorum Quorum A majority of an entire body; e.g., a quorum of a legislative assembly. A quorum is the minimum number of people who must be present to pass a law, make a judgment, or conduct business. Quorum requirements typically are found in a court, legislative assembly, or corporation (where those attending might be directors or stockholders). In some cases, the law requires more people than a simple majority to form a quorum. If no such defining number is determined, a quorum is a simple majority. A quorum also might mean the number of members of a body defined as competent to transact business in the absence of the other members. The purpose of a quorum rule is to give decisions made by a quorum enough authority to allow binding action to be conducted. In both houses of Congress, a quorum consists of a simple majority of members. quorum n. the number of people required to be present before a meeting can conduct business. Unless stated differently in by-laws, articles, regulations, or other rules established by the organization, a quorum is usually a majority of members. A quorum for meetings of corporate boards of directors, homeowners' associations, clubs, and shareholders meetings are usually set in the bylaws. The quorum for meetings of governmental bodies such as commissions and boards are usually set by statute. (See: bylaws ) quorum


Which 1967 film ended with the deaths of the characters played by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty?

Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Bonnie Parker, a bored waitress falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, robbing cars and banks. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 38 titles created 26 Apr 2012 a list of 42 titles created 10 Sep 2012 a list of 37 titles created 05 Oct 2013 a list of 45 titles created 24 Jun 2015 a list of 36 titles created 7 months ago Title: Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.9/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     2     Oscars. Another    20 wins & 27 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter. Director: Mike Nichols A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. Director: William Friedkin A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York to seek personal fortune but, in the process, finds himself a new friend. Director: John Schlesinger Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. Director: Elia Kazan Two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America. Director: Dennis Hopper An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. Director: Sam Peckinpah A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies. Director: Nicholas Ray "The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon 's resignation. Director: Alan J. Pakula Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close. Director: George Roy Hill A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered. Director: Francis Ford Coppola The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic. Director: Stanley Kubrick In Africa during World War I, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. Director: John Huston Edit Storyline 1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde's criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympatico to his goals in life. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has a few obstacles to happen. Regardless, they decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money and to have fun. They don't plan on hurting anyone physically or killing anyone despite wielding loaded guns. They amass a small gang of willing accomplices, including C.W. Moss, a mechanic to fix whatever cars they steal which is important especially for their getaways, and Buck Barrow, one of Clyde's older brothers. The only reluctant tag-along is Buck's ... Written by Huggo Taglines: A brilliantly made, groundbreaking film that chronicles the short lives of America's most infamous criminals. See more  » Genres: September 1967 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Bonnie y Clyde See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The real Blanche Barrow sued Warner Brothers over the way she was depicted in the film. In reality, Barrow was the same age as Bonnie Parker, arguably better looking than her, she was not a preach


"The term ""New England"" covers the US states of Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and which other state?"

New England - definition of New England by The Free Dictionary New England - definition of New England by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/New+England Related to New England: New England clam chowder New England A region of the northeast United States consisting of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. New Eng′land·er n. New England n 1. (Placename) the NE part of the US, consisting of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut: settled originally chiefly by Puritans in the mid-17th century 2. (Placename) a region in SE Australia, in the northern tablelands of New South Wales New` Eng′land n. an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. New` Eng′land•er, n. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Noun 1. New England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut anadama bread - a yeast-raised bread made of white flour and cornmeal and molasses johnny cake , johnnycake , journey cake - cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England) hasty pudding - cornmeal mush served with sweetening (maple syrup or brown sugar) Rustbelt - urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles) U.S.A. , United States , United States of America , US , USA , America , the States , U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Bay State , Massachusetts , Old Colony , MA - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies Granite State , New Hampshire , NH - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies Green Mountain State , Vermont , VT - a state in New England New Englander , Yankee - an American who lives in New England Translations Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: clam chowder References in classic literature ? There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution. View in context AN Assassin being put upon trial in a New England court, his Counsel rose and said: "Your Honour, I move for a discharge on the ground of 'once in jeopardy': my client has been already tried for that murder and acquitted. View in context With these, he was bravely steering his way across the continent, undismayed by danger, difficulty, or distance, in the same way that a New England coaster and his neighbors will coolly launch forth on a voyage to the Black Sea, or a whaling cruise to the Pacific. View in context Beginning in Boston, they were continued in a Boston suburb, on the shores of Lake George, in a Western New York health resort, in Buffalo, in Nahant; once, twice, and thrice in New York, with reversions to Boston, and summer excursions to the hills and waters of New England, until it seemed that their author had at last said his say, and he voluntarily lapsed into silence with the applause of friends and enemies alike. View in context LEAVING Boston on the afternoon of Saturday the fifth of February, we proceeded by another railroad to Worcester: a pretty New England town, where we had arranged to remain under the hospitable roof of the Governor of the State, until Monday morning.


What international movement has a pink triangle as its symbol?

ALGBTICAL HOME     l    ORGANIZATION     l    NEWS     l    INFO     l    TOPICS     l    RESOURCES     l    LINKS     l    INDEX   Pride Symbols and Icons To demonstrate solidarity and  unity for a  common cause, and to graphically represent their vision, lesbian, gay,  bisexual and transgender  groups over the years have used a variety of symbols. Shown here are  various symbols adopted by the LGBT community to express pride and  activism.   Rainbow Flag The rainbow flag has become the easily-recognized colors of   pride for the gay community. The multicultural symbolism of the   rainbow is nothing new -- Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition also   embraces the rainbow as a symbol of that political movement. The   rainbow also plays a part in many myths and stories related to   gender and sexuality issues in Greek, Native American, African,   and other cultures. Use of the rainbow   flag by the gay community began in 1978 when it first appeared   in the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade.     Inverted   Triangles The pink triangle is easily one of   the more popular and widely-recognized symbols for the gay   community. The pink triangle is rooted in World War II times,   and reminds us of the tragedies of that era. Although   homosexuals were only one of the many groups targeted for   extermination by the Nazi regime, it is unfortunately the group   that history often excludes. Each prisoner in the concentration   camps wore a colored inverted triangle to designate their reason   for incarceration, and hence the designation also served to form   a sort of social hierarchy among the prisoners. A green triangle   marked its wearer as a regular criminal; a red triangle denoted   a political prisoner. Two yellow triangles overlapping to form a   Star of David designated a Jewish prisoner. The pink triangle   was for homosexuals.   In the 1970s, gay liberation groups   resurrected the pink triangle as a popular symbol for the gay   rights movement. Not only is the symbol easily recognized, but   it draws attention to oppression and persecution -- then and   now. In the 1980s, ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power)   began using the pink triangle for their cause. Today, for many   the pink triangle represents pride, solidarity, and a promise to   never allow another Holocaust to happen again. As the pink   triangle is historically a male symbol, the black triangle has   similarly been reclaimed by lesbians and feminists as a symbol   of pride and solidarity.     Lambda The lambda was first chosen as a   gay symbol when it was adopted in 1970 by the New York Gay   Activists Alliance. It became the symbol of their growing   movement of gay liberation. In 1974, the lambda was subsequently   adopted by the International Gay Rights Congress held in   Edinburgh, Scotland. As their symbol for lesbian and gay rights,   the lambda became internationally popular. No one seems to have a   definitive answer why the lambda was originally chosen as a gay   symbol.   Some suggest that it is simply the Greek lower-case   letter L for liberation (as in, the gay liberation movement). Others cite the use of lambda in   physics to denote energy (the energy we have when we work in   concert) or wavelength. The ancient Greek Spartans regarded the   lambda to mean unity, while the Romans considered it "the light   of knowledge shed into the darkness of ignorance." Reportedly,   Ancient Greeks placed the lambda on shields of Spartan warriors,   who were often paired off with younger men in battle. (There was   a theory that warriors would fight more fiercely knowing that   their lovers were both watching and fighting alongside them.)   Today, the symbol generally denotes lesbians' and gay men's   concerns together.     Gender Symbols Biological gender   symbols are common astrological signs handed down from ancient   Roman times. The pointed Mars symbol represents the


Who married the woman who was to become Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, on 10 March 1966?

Queen of Netherlands Beatrix, horoscope for birth date 31 January 1938, born in Soestdijk, with Astrodatabank biography - Astro-Databank photo: Paul Blank, license cc-by-2.5 Biography Dutch royalty, the first of four daughters born to Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. Husky, athletic and intelligent, she earned a law degree from the University of Leiden. Her grandmother, Wilhelmina, abdicated the throne to her mom in 1948. Always an independent thinker, she refused a political marriage and shocked the people when she married German junior diplomat Claus von Amsberg on 3/10/1966. She bore the first male child to the House of Orange in 116 years on 4/27/1967; this birth being the first of three sons. Her mother died on March 20, 2004, and her father died eight months later on December 1, 2004. On 28 January 2013 Queen Beatrix announced that she would abdicate her throne in favour of her son Willem-Alexander on 30 April 2013. chart  Placidus   Equal_H. Source Notes LMR stated: Paul Mahler Dam quotes records (9:47 AM Leonen time). Sabian Symbols No.77 gave 9:47 AM GMT. But their source was most likely the official announcement of the Dutch government in the Staatscourant. The Dutch paper NRC of 9 Dec 2003 quotes the special edition of the Dutch Staatscourant of 31 January 1938: "Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid Prinses Juliana der Nederlanden,is hedenmorgen door Gods goedheid bevallen van eene dochter. Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid Prinses Juliana heeft heden, den 31sten januari 1938, des voormiddags te 9 uur 47 minuten het leven geschonken aan eene flinke dochter. De toestand van moeder en kind is op het oogenblik zeer bevredigend". The translation of "den 31sten januari 1938, des voormiddags te 9 uur 47 minuten" is indeed 31 January 1938 9h47 AM. Categories


"Which Hungarian-born actor acted in films from 1917 to his death in 1956, and is best known for playing the title role in the 1931 film ""Dracula""?"

Béla Lugosi | Universal Monsters Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Lugosi, the youngest of four children, [3] was born as Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó in Lugos (at the time part of Austria–Hungary , now Lugoj in Romania ), to Paula de Vojnich and István Blaskó, a banker. [4] He later based his last name on his hometown. [3] He and his sister Vilma were raised in a Roman Catholic family. [5] At the age of 12, Lugosi dropped out of school. [3] He began his acting career probably in 1901 or 1902. His earliest known performances are from provincial theaters in the 1903–1904 season, playing small roles in several plays and operettas . [6] He went on to Shakespeare plays and other major roles. Moving to Budapest in 1911, he played dozens of roles with the National Theater of Hungary in the period 1913–1919. Although Lugosi would later claim that he "became the leading actor of Hungary's Royal National Theater", almost all his roles there were small or supporting parts. [7] During World War I , he served as an infantry lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1914 to 1916. There he rose to the rank of captain in the ski patrol and was awarded a medal for being wounded at the Russian front. [3] Due to his activism in the actors union in Hungary during the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1919 , he was forced to flee his homeland. [3] He first went to Vienna, Austria , and then settled in Germany , where he continued acting. [3] Eventually, he traveled to New Orleans as a crewman aboard a merchant ship. [3] Career Edit Lugosi's first film appearance was in the 1917 movie Az ezredes (known in English as The Colonel). When appearing in Hungarian silent films he used the stage name Arisztid Olt. Lugosi made 12 films in Hungary between 1917 and 1918 before leaving for Germany. Following the collapse of Béla Kun 's Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, leftists and trade unionists became vulnerable. Lugosi was proscribed from acting due to his participation in the formation of an actors’ union . In exile in Germany, he began appearing in a small number of well received films, including adaptations of the Karl May novels, Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses (On the Brink of Paradise), and Die Todeskarawane (The Caravan of Death), opposite the ill-fated Jewish actress Dora Gerson . Lugosi left Germany in October 1920, intending to emigrate to the United States , and entered the country at New Orleans in December 1920. He made his way to New York and was legally inspected for immigration at Ellis Island in March 1921. [8] He declared his intention to become a U.S. citizen in 1928, and on June 26, 1931, he was naturalized . [9] On his arrival in America, the 6 foot 1 inch (1.85 m), 180 lb. (82 kg) Béla worked for some time as a laborer, then entered the theater in New York City's Hungarian immigrant colony. With fellow Hungarian actors he formed a small stock company that toured Eastern cities, playing for immigrant audiences. He acted in his first Broadway play, The Red Poppy, in 1922. Three more parts came in 1925–1926, including a five-month run in the comedy-fantasy The Devil in the Cheese. [10] His first American film role came in the 1923 melodrama The Silent Command . Several more silent roles followed, as villains or continental types, all in productions made in the New York area. Dracula Edit Lugosi was approached in the summer of 1927 [11] to star in a Broadway production of Dracula adapted by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston from Bram Stoker 's novel . The Horace Liveright production was successful, running 261 performances before touring. He was soon called to Hollywood for character parts in early talkies . Despite his critically acclaimed performance on stage, Lugosi was not Universal Pictures ’ first choice for the role of Dracula when the company optioned the rights to the Deane play and began production in 1930. A persistent rumor asserts that director Tod Browning 's long-time collaborator, Lon Chaney , was Universal's first choice for the role, and that Lugosi was chosen only due to Chaney's death shortly before prod


Who was born in Cowley, Oxfordshire, and in Oxford built and sold bicycles, motorcycles and, in 1912, his first car, the Morris Oxford?

The Morris Story < BMCE Issue 4 < BMC Back Issues | The BMC Experience The Morris Story The Morris Story When William Morris had his request for a pay rise refused, it set him on a path that would lead eventually to him becoming one of England’s wealthiest men. But before that, he had to make his first successful car. William Richard Morris was born on 10 October 1877, the eldest of seven children, at Comer Gardens in Worcestershire. His father Frederick had reputedly been a wild spirit, who had worked as a coach driver in Canada and even lived for a time with a Native American tribe. Frederick returned to England where he married Emily Pether, whose father owned a farm at Headington near Oxford. The family moved around a bit, with Frederick managing a number of businesses, from a drapers shop to a brewery, but by 1880 had moved back to Emily’s father’s farm where he worked as bailiff. Young William attended the Cowley local village church school. He taught himself to ride a family friend’s penny-farthing bicycle at the age of fourteen and shortly afterwards bought himself a second-hand safety bicycle. The safety bicycle, on which most modern bicycles are still based, had only been invented in 1885 by John Kemp Starley. It was marketed as The Rover and changed the face of cycling from the pursuit of the daring, young and wealthy, to the leisure and sports activity of the masses. William became an avid cyclist, entering many local races and endlessly stripping and improving his bicycle. He later claimed that this was where he developed his early engineering abilities. When his father’s deteriorating asthma stopped him from working the following year, William left school and took on an apprenticeship with a cycle agent named Parker in central Oxford. His starting wage was five shillings a week, but after nine months the pressure to support his family caused him to ask for a rise of one shilling. Mr Parker told his apprentice that he was not worth the additional shilling, so William gave his notice. He had already shown his ability in bicycle repairs, so set up his own business in the brick shed at the rear of his parents’ home. The cycling boom was at its height, with Oxford in the thick of it, and William quickly developed a reputation for high quality workmanship at reasonable prices. One of his customers, the Reverend Francis Pilcher of St Clements, was 6’ 3” (190cm), which was tall for the day, and he asked William to custom-build him a bicycle. Without the money to buy the parts, William borrowed £4, the equivalent of three-month’s wages when he was an apprentice, from his neighbour Mrs Higgs – promising to pay it back as soon as he could. Morris’ reputation continued to grow and his burgeoning business quickly outgrew his parents’ little shed. He moved to a shop at Oxford, where he built and repaired bicycles. He dabbled with his first motorized bicycle in about 1900 and in 1902 sold his first motorcycles. These were simple affairs, with a single-cylinder 2 ¾ hp engine from French maker de Dion. Morris designed his own carburettor and developed a method of releasing the clutch via a cable operated from the handlebars. At the time the largest UK exhibition for motorcycles was The Stanley Show at Islington and after working to exhaustion Morris got his motorcycle there for display only a few minutes before it opened. Around this time he began a partnership with a Joseph Cooper but the partnership was dissolved, though they remained friends, because the ever-cautious Cooper wanted to buy engines one at a time, but thought that Morris was too risky in buying them three at a time. Through this period Morris had continued to ride his bicycles for pleasure and in         competition. In 1900 he won seven local  championships and was considered to have the potential to compete internationally. He also met Elizabeth Maud Anstey through his local cycling club, and the pair were considered quite formidable on a tandem. They often went for long weekend rides as far afield as the Welsh mountains, which even at the time was no mea


New York city consists of the boroughs of The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, and which other?

Boroughs & Neighborhoods | The Official Guide to New York City Explore by Borough Advertisement New York is a city of neighborhoods. And while there are nearly endless options for eating, sightseeing and shopping throughout the five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island—the City derives its personality from hundreds of small communities whose cultures make them feel like cities of their own. Explore below to learn more, and then go see them for yourself. Share:


Which building on the le de la Cit in Paris took 300 years to build from 1163, and was one of the first to have flying buttresses?

Notre Dame Cathedral Paris Notre Dame Cathedral Paris Being one of the oldest and most imposing cathedrals in France, the Notre Dame cathedral Paris's con Read More Notre Dame Cathedral Paris The Notre Dame Cathedral Paris or Notre Dame de Paris (Meaning 'Our Lady of Paris' in French) is a Gothic cathedral located in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France, It has its main entrance to the west. The island is on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité. The Notre Dame Cathedral with its sculptures and stained glass windows show the heavy influence of naturalism, unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture. It was one of the very first Gothic cathedrals, and its construction took place throughout the Gothic period. Building work began on the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris  way back in the 12th century,  it was not until some 300 years later construction finally came to an end.  It is now  one of the most prominent cathedrals in France and one of the oldest ones too. The length of time it took to build is evident through the various styles of architecture that run through the building. Although it is predominantly French Gothic ,there are areas that demonstrate  the Renaissance and the Naturalism era of construction. These varying styles add to the outstanding  yet quirky beauty of the building . The Notre Dame Cathedral Paris didn't originally have flying buttresses included in its design. But after the construction of the cathedral began, the thinner walls (popularized in the Gothic style) grew ever higher and stress fractures began to occur as the walls pushed outward. The cathedral's architects, in an effort to fix the problem, built supports around the outside walls, and later additions continued the pattern. The  was among the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress (arched exterior supports).  Over its vast history the Cathedral has suffered considerable damage, not least during the French Revolution in 1786. Fortunately it was sympathetically restored and continued to attract attention from around the world. The Cathedral has played host to many religious ceremonies and historical events and despite their own religious beliefs people of all different faiths and nationalities still marvel at it's unique grandeur. In 1909 Joan of Arc was famously beatified in the Notre Dame Cathedral by Pope Pius X.  The brave young girl who told all she had experienced visions from God, went on to assist the French in conflicts with English soldiers. The French trusted her word and ultimately won many battles against England. As a big fan of the royals she also played a part in the crowning of Charles Vll. However not everyone was convinced by her religious visions and beliefs and she was later killed by Burundians' who accused her of heresy and burned her at the stake.  It was not until 1456 that her name was cleared and she became known as an innocent martyr The Notre Dame Cathedral is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in the world.. The name Notre Dame means "Our Lady" in French, and is frequently used in the names of Catholic church buildings in Francophone countries.The Notre Dame Cathedral is the actual cathedral of the Catholic archdiocese of Paris: which is to say, it is the church which contains the official chair ("cathedra") of the Archbishop of Paris, Andre Cardinal Vingt-Trois. Within the Cathedral of Notre Dame there are vast displays of artwork, furniture and many valuable items that mirror the Nio-Gothic design. Tourists are welcomed into the cathedral to view and enjoy these pieces for a small entrance fee. They are also able to attend Mass, which is held three times a day and a popular attraction for Christian visitors. Surrounding the Cathedral there are a number of stunning Parisian Hotels  which are fortunate enough to enjoy magnificent views of the cathedral in it's entirety. The Cathedral of Notre Dame is probably best known for its relation to the story of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, made famous by the numerous cartoons and movies inspired by it. But


The official basketball size for mens basketball is 29.5 inches in circumference (size 7) and what weight in ounces?

Basketball Official Size & Weight | LIVESTRONG.COM Basketball Official Size & Weight Last Updated: Apr 23, 2015 Carl Putman Carl Putman is the program director for the Parisi Speed School located in Melbourne, Fla. He received a Bachelor of Arts in sport management from Flagler College and has been working with athletes of all ages and abilities since 2008. He specializes in speed, agility and sport performance for athletes. Two men are playing basketball outside. Photo Credit XiXinXing/XiXinXing/Getty Images Basketball sizes vary depending on the league or governing body for a particular basketball game. Basketballs are measured by circumference, inflation pressure or weight. According to USA basketball, balls should be made of leather or synthetic leather. A properly inflated ball of the correct size for level of play is important to ensure safety and skill development. The NBA and WNBA NBA basketballs, according to USA Basketball, are 29.5 inches in circumference while the WNBA's basketballs have a maximum circumference of 29 inches. Both should be inflated to between 7.5 and 8.5 pounds per square inch. The NCAA NCAA men's basketballs have a maximum circumference of 30 inches, and the seams must be no wider than 1/4 inch, with a weight of approximately 22 ounces. NCAA women's basketballs are a maximum of 29 inches in circumference, with a maximum weight of 20 ounces and seams no wider than 1/4 inch. FIBA International basketballs for men's play have a circumference of 78 centimeters -- 30.7 inches -- and are referred to as size 7. In women's international play, the maximum size is 74 centimeters (29 inches), size 6. When dropped on the playing floor from a height of 1,800 millimeters (6 feet) the ball should bounce to a height between 1,200 millimeters and 1,400 millimeters (47 to 55 inches), measured to the top of the ball. Youth Sizes Most youth or junior basketball leagues for players 8 years old and above will use a collegiate or NBA size basketball. For players younger than 8, smaller sizes can be used. Most youth leagues will use basketballs between 28 and 29 inches in circumference. Related Searches Lose Weight. Feel Great Change your life with MyPlate by LIVESTRONG.COM GOAL Gain 2 pounds per week Gain 1.5 pounds per week Gain 1 pound per week Gain 0.5 pound per week Maintain my current weight Lose 0.5 pound per week Lose 1 pound per week Lose 1.5 pounds per week Lose 2 pounds per week GENDER


"What film, in production between 2007 and 2009, is directed by James Cameron (""Titanic"")?"

James Cameron - IMDb IMDb Writer | Producer | Director James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his screenwriting ambition. He landed his first ... See full bio » Born: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 25 people created 26 Feb 2011 a list of 26 people created 27 Aug 2011 a list of 23 people created 13 Oct 2012 a list of 27 people created 08 Jun 2014 a list of 22 people created 9 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of James Cameron's work have you seen? User Polls Won     3     Oscars. Another    64 wins & 57 nominations. See more awards  » Known For  |  Edit Filmography  2002 The Terminator: Dawn of Fate (Video Game) (characters)   Dark Angel (TV Series) (created by - 42 episodes, 2000 - 2002) (story - 1 episode, 2002) (written by - 1 episode, 2000)  1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Video Game) (story)  1991 Terminator (Short) (concept)  1989 The Abyss (written by)  1986 Aliens (screenplay) / (story)  1981 Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (screenplay - as H.A. Milton)  1978 Xenogenesis (Short) (writer)  2014-2016 Years of Living Dangerously (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 17 episodes) - Uprising (2016) ... (executive producer) - Safe Passage (2016) ... (executive producer) - Priceless (2016) ... (executive producer)  2012 Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer)  2011 Sanctum (executive producer)  2006 The Exodus Decoded (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer)  2005 Titanic Adventure (TV Movie documentary) (producer)  2002 Expedition: Bismarck (TV Movie documentary)  2002 Dark Angel (TV Series) (1 episode)  1988 Alien Nation (re-write - uncredited)  1986 Aliens (queen alien designer - uncredited)  1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School (production assistant - uncredited) Hide  Visual effects (3 credits)  1995 Apollo 13 (visual effects consultant - uncredited)  1981 Escape from New York (director of photography: special visual effects - as Jim Cameron) / (matte artwork - as Jim Cameron)  1980 Battle Beyond the Stars (additional director of photography: special photographic effects - as Jim Cameron) / (miniature design and construction - as Jim Cameron) Hide   1993 Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss' (Video documentary) (director of photography: additional photography) Hide   1997 Titanic (artist: Jack's sketches - uncredited)  1982 Android (design consultant - as Jim Cameron) Hide   1980 Battle Beyond the Stars (as Jim Cameron) Hide   1981 Galaxy of Terror (second unit director) Hide   2014 The Dark Horse (very special thanks)  2013 Gravity (the producers would like to thank)  2013 Pacific Rim (special thanks)  2013 All Is Lost (the producers wish to thank: for the studio)  2012 The Killers In Connecticut (very special thanks)  2012 Terminator: Termination (Short) (special thanks - as James Cameron and his Lawyers)  2010 Crew Film: TheVolume (very special thanks)  2010 Nothing New (TV Series) (special thanks - 1 episode)  2001 Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' (Video documentary) (special thanks)  2000 Alien: Resurrection (Video Game) (special thanks)  1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (Video) (special thanks - as Jim Cameron)  1999/II Requiem (Short) (special thanks)  1999 Virus (special thanks)  1998 StarCraft (Video Game) (thanks)  1997 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)  1994 Urban Strike (Video Game) (special thanks)  1993 Cronos (special thanks)  1991 The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (TV Short documentary) (special thanks)  1990 Blue Steel


At which event is milk, not champagne, the celebration drink?

Indy 500 Winners Celebrate with Milk | Broken Secrets Indy 500 Winners Celebrate with Milk May 27, 2011 at 2:00 am Chad Upton 2 comments By Chad Upton | Editor Forget champagne this Sunday, one of the most popular car races in the world will award the winner an unusual prize: milk. This Indiapolis 500 tradition was inspired by Louis Meyer. After winning his second Indy in 1933, he requested a glass of buttermilk. He requested another glass after his third win in 1936, but was given a bottle instead. A photographer captured Meyer holding up three fingers, signifying his third win, and holding his glass of milk in the other hand. A dairy executive saw the photo and realized the marketing potential by promising the winner of future races a bottle of milk. The tradition has persisted to this day, apart from 1947 to 1955 and two other exceptions when drivers declined to drink the milk. Most notably, in 1993, Emerson Fittipaldi drank orange juice instead of milk. He owned orange groves in his native Brazil and wanted to promote the citrus industry. The self promotion and break from tradition earned criticism from fans. Although Meyer started the tradition with buttermilk, that’s not an official option — the winner can choose between skim, 2% or whole milk. However, the winner can buy a lot of buttermilk with the cash prize, estimated around $1.5 million.


What is the longest continuously-serving state capital in the USA?

What Is The Longest Road in the United States? - Ask the Rambler - General Highway History - Highway History - Federal Highway Administration Home / Resources / Highway History / General Highway History / Ask the Rambler / What Is The Longest Road in the United States? Ask the Rambler What Is The Longest Road in the United States? Welcome, once again, to the popular feature which allows the Rambler to make up a question he already knows the answer to, pretend he had to do a lot of eye-straining research, and submit a voucher for "travel expenses." Well, he's done it again, and we're not falling for it. But here's his answer anyway. Background The longest road in the United States was once the second longest: U.S. 20 from Boston, Massachusetts, to Newport, Oregon. This map of the Northwest shows the final routing of U.S. 20, U.S. 30, and other U.S. highways as approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials on November 11, 1926. Click for larger version 2 mb When the State and Federal highway officials on the Joint Board on Interstate Highways conceived the U.S. numbered highway system in 1925, they decided that numbers ending in zero would be assigned to the transcontinental or major east-west routes, with the lowest number in the north (U.S. 2 was assigned to the northernmost route to avoid using U.S. 0). The transcontinental or major east-west routes were: U.S. 2:  Houlton, Maine, to Bonners Ferry, Idaho. U.S. 10: Detroit, Michigan, to Seattle, Washington. U.S. 20: Boston, Massachusetts, to Astoria, Oregon. U.S. 30: Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Salt Lake City, Utah. U.S. 40: Wilmington, Delaware, to San Francisco, California. U.S. 50: Annapolis, Maryland, to Wadsworth, Nevada. U.S. 60: Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. U.S. 70: Morehead City, North Carolina, to Holbrook, Arizona. U.S. 80: Savannah, Georgia, to Laredo, Texas. U.S. 90: Jacksonville, Florida, to Van Horn, Texas. The description of U.S. 20 in the Joint Board's report of October 30, 1925, read (all spellings as in the original): From Boston, Massachusetts, to Springfield, Pittsfield, Albany, New York, Auburn, Batavia, Buffalo, Erie, Pennsylvania, Cleveland, Ohio, Maumee, South Bend, Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, Rockford, Dubuque, Iowa, Waterloo, Webster City, Sioux City, O'Neill, Nebraska, Chadron, Lusk, Wyoming, Casper, Shoshoni, Greybull, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Pocatello, Twin Falls, Boise, Payette, Pendleton, Oregon, Umatilla, The Dalles, Portland, Astoria.[Emphasis added] The Secretary of Agriculture forwarded the Joint Board's report to the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) for adoption. This transmittal reflected the fact that the States owned the roads. AASHO asked the States for their concurrence in the Joint Board's proposed plan and numbering. A Numbering Switch On December 30, 1925, Roy A. Klein, Secretary of the Oregon Highway Commission, wrote to William C. Markham, AASHO's Executive Secretary. Klein explained that the northwestern States supported the plan but had a number of concerns, including the routing of U.S. 20 and U.S. 30. On this matter, he said: The Highway Commission of Oregon approves the numbering of the routes in Oregon with the exception of route #20. This route as at present shown on the map makes a long detour to the north through Yellowstone Park, thence south to Pocatello, Idaho and continues on to the Coast via the Columbia River Gateway. Many sections of this road are unimproved and the route is open only a few months in the year during the summer season on account of snow on the high altitude. Further, there is a $7.50 toll charge on entering the Park for all traffic. Because of this fact, Oregon recommends that Pocatello be made the western terminus of route #20, which is approved by Wyoming and Idaho. The Highway Commission of Oregon favors the extension of route #30 through to the Pacific Coast via Ontario and the Columbia River, which would be effective west of Granger and extending through Kemmerer, Wyoming, Montpelier, Idaho, Pocat


Where was the most damage done by the Loma Prieta earthquake, that struck on 17 October 1989?

Progress Toward a Safer Future Since the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 151-99 Online Version 1.0 Notice: This USGS Publication has been Superseded by FS 2014-3092 The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ended decades of      tranquillity in the San Francisco Bay region. It was a wakeup call to      prepare for the potentially even more devastating shocks that are inevitable      in the future. Since 1989, the work of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)      and other organizations has improved understanding of the seismic threat      in the Bay region, promoted awareness of earthquake hazards, and contributed      to more effective strategies to reduce earthquake losses. These efforts      will help reduce the impact of future large quakes in the San Francisco      Bay region.   Minutes before the scheduled start of the third game of the 1989 World Series  in San Francisco, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked the California coast from  Monterey to San Francisco. Centered near Loma Prieta peak in the mountains south  of San Jose, the quake killed 63 people and caused an estimated $6 billion to  $10 billion in property loss. It was the first large temblor to jolt the burgeoning  urban region since the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 (magnitude 7.8).  Although the Loma Prieta earthquake struck on the periphery of the regionmore  than 50 miles from San Francisco and Oaklandit exposed the vulnerability of  the region to enormous losses in future quakes, some of which will be larger  and closer to its urban core.   This house in the mountains north of Santa Cruz, California,      was destroyed by the October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake. Shaking      was very intense here, close to the epicenter of the magnitude 6.9 shock.      However, heavily urbanized San Francisco and Oakland, more than 50 miles      to the north, suffered more than 70% of the 63 deaths and the $6 billion      to $10 billion in damage caused by the quake.     Since the Loma Prieta shock, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and cooperating  organizations have intensified efforts to understand earthquake hazards and  apply this new knowledge to reducing future losses. Greater attention has been  focused on the Nation's urban regions threatened by strong earthquakes, because  these areas have the most people at risk, the largest inventory of structures,  and the densest and most complex infrastructure. Communication of earthquake-hazard  information to the public and to those in business and government responsible  for decisions and actions has also been strengthened. The following paragraphs  highlight advances and accomplishments of these efforts in the San Francisco  Bay region since the 1989 earthquake. Earthquake  Probabilities The year after the 1989 Loma Prieta shock, a panel of scientists reassessed  the earthquake threat to the San Francisco Bay region. Their conclusions were  published in the USGS report "Probabilities of Large Earthquakes in the San  Francisco Bay Region, California." They projected 2-in-3 odds for one or more  destructive earthquakes (magnitude 7 or larger) to strike the Bay region in  the period 1990 to 2020. Studies made since that 1990 report have added much new information for determining  earthquake probabilities. Geologists have uncovered new evidence for the dates  and amounts of slip of prehistoric earthquakes on the Hayward, San Andreas,  and other active Bay region faults and for the amounts of movement on those  faults over past millennia. Seismologists have reassessed the early earthquake  history of the region. Many strong earthquakes occurred in the several decades  before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, whereas in the decades since then,  the region has been rather quiet seismically. Seismologists attribute this to  the 1906 quake temporarily relieving most of the stress in crustal rocks in  the Bay region. Using satellite-based techniques,


What word best describes a political situation common to England in 1647, France in 1789, Spain in 1936 and Jamaica in 1720?

The English Revolution 1640 by Christopher Hill 4. The Revolution Preface SOME slight changes have been made for the third editions of this essay, first published in 1940. More substantial revision and expansion would be needed to incorporate the results of recent work on the period, especially that of Maurice Dobb in his Studies in the Development of Capitalism. Meanwhile this essay must stand as a first approximation, with all its crudities and oversimplifications. For documentary evidence for some of my generalisations the reader may be referred to The Good Old Cause, published by Lawrence and Wishart in 1949. It may help if I attempt here a definition of two terms which seem to have caused some misunderstanding. I use the word feudal in the Marxist sense, and not in the more restricted sense adopted by most academic historians to describe narrowly military and legal relations. By “feudalism” I mean a form of society in which agriculture is the basis of economy and in which political power is monopolised by a class of landowners. The mass of the population consists of dependent peasants subsisting on the produce of their family holdings. The landowners are maintained by the rent paid by the peasants, which might be in the form of food or labour, as in early days, or (by the sixteenth century) in money. In such a society there is room for small handicraft production, exchange of products, internal and overseas trade; but commerce and industry are subordinated to and plundered’ by the landowners and their State. Merchant capital can develop within feudalism without changing the mode of production; a challenge to the old ruling class and its state comes only with the development of the capitalist mode of production in industry and agriculture. The word progressive as used in this essay does not necessarily imply moral approval. It means simply that the tendency or social group so described contributed to the expansion of the wealth of the community. The “progressive” (i.e. capitalist) farming of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries led to of many small peasants; the wealth produced by the new methods came into the hands of a small group of profiteers; the village community was broken up. Nevertheless, more wealth was produced: the alternative would have been economic stagnation or retrogression. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Spain show what such stagnation would have meant for the political and cultural life of the community. In the long run the creation of new wealth by the rise of capitalism in England opened up the possibility of a more equitable .distribution at a new level, just as the horrors of the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century created the economic basis for a transition to socialism. Thus although I am far from “approving” of any tendency which I label “progressive” in the seventeenth century, the suggestion is that of possible alternatives it was that tendency (because it developed the national wealth) without which the advance to a better society would have been impossible. We do not need to idealise “merrie England” to realise that much was lost by the disruption of the mediaeval village; but its relative equality and communal spirit had always been accompanied ‘by grinding poverty for the mass of the population, and were doomed by the sixteenth century anyway. Equality and a Communal spirit, combined with a reasonable and rising ng, only became attainable after capitalism has historical task of laying the industrial foundation society. Hence to-day we can at last see our way to realising the dreams of the Levellers and Diggers in 1649. CHRBTOPHER HILL. March, 1955 1 . Introduction THE object of this essay is to suggest an interpretation of the events of the seventeenth century different from that which most of us were taught at school. To summarise it briefly, this interpretation is that the English Revolution of 1640-60 was a great social movement like the French Revolution of 1789. The state power protecting an old order that was essentially feudal was violently overthrown, power p


Who was the first Chancellor of West Germany from 19491963, who retired at age 87?

Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer German pronunciation:  [ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈhɛɐman ˈjozɛf ˈaːdenaʊɐ]), 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman . Although his political career spanned sixty years, beginning as early as 1906, he is most noted for his role as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (then known as West Germany ) from 1949–1963 and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1950 to 1966. He was the oldest chancellor ever to serve Germany, beginning his first ministry at the age of 73 and leaving at the age of 87. His 14-year tenure was the second-longest for a German Chancellor (behind Otto von Bismarck ) until Helmut Kohl passed him in 1996. As a Catholic Centre Party politician in the Weimar Republic , he served as Mayor of Cologne (1917–1933) and president of the Prussian State Council (1922–1933). As such he was one of the most prominent politicians of interwar Prussia and a leading democratic adversary of Prime Minister Otto Braun. Biography Early life Konrad Adenauer was born as the third of five children of Johann Konrad Adenauer (1833-1906) and his wife Helene (1849-1919) (née Scharfenberg) in Cologne, Rhenish Prussia. His siblings were August (1872-1952), Johannes (1873-1937), Lilli (1879-1950) and Elisabeth, who died shortly after birth in c. 1880. In 1894, he completed his Abitur and started to study law and politics at the universities of Freiburg, Munich and Bonn. He was a member of several Roman Catholic students’ associations under the K.St.V. Arminia Bonn in Bonn. He finished his studies in 1901. Afterwards he worked as a lawyer at the court in Cologne. Early political career As a devout Roman Catholic , he joined the Centre Party in 1906 and was elected to Cologne’s city council in the same year. In 1909, he became Vice-Mayor of Cologne. From 1917 to 1933, he served as Mayor of Cologne. He had the unpleasant task of heading Cologne in the era of British occupation following the First World War and lasting until 1926. He managed to establish faithful relations with the British military authorities and flirted with Rhenish separatism (a Rhenish state as part of Germany, but outside Prussia). During the Weimar Republic, he was president of the Prussian State Council (Preußischer Staatsrat) from 1922 to 1933, which was the representative of the Prussian cities and provinces. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the Centre Party lost the elections in Cologne and Adenauer fled to the abbey of Maria Laach, threatened by the new government after he refused to shake hands with a local Nazi leader. His stay at this abbey, which lasted for a year, was cited by its abbot after the war, when accused by Heinrich Böll and others of collaboration with the Nazis.  According to Albert Speer in his book Spandau: The Secret Diaries, Hitler expressed admiration for Adenauer, noting his building of a road circling the city as a bypass, and of a “green belt” of parks. However, both Hitler and Speer felt that Adenauer’s political views and principles made it impossible for him to play any role within the Nazi movement or be helpful to the Nazi party . He was imprisoned briefly after the Night of the Long Knives in mid-1934. During the next two years, he changed residences often for fear of reprisals against him by the Nazis, while living on his pension. In 1937, he was successful in claiming at least some compensation for his once confiscated house and managed to live in seclusion for some years.  After the failed assassination attempt on Hitler in 1944, he was imprisoned for a second time as an opponent of the regime. He fell ill and credited Eugen Zander, the communist Kapo of the camp near Bonn, with saving his life by getting him transferred to a hospital. He was then re-arrested, but in the absence of any evidence against him was released from Brauweiler Abbey in November. Shortly after the war ended the Americans installed him again as Mayor of Cologne, but the British Director of Military Government in Germany, Gerald Templer, dismissed him for what he said was his alleged inco


Which French city near the Mediterranean Sea, was an embarcation point for the 7th and 8th Crusades, and is now a tourist destination because of its well-preserved city walls?

Sud de France Magazine Summer 2013 by Sud de France Développement - issuu issuu MONTAGE POUR PDF WEB_Mise en page 1 03/07/13 13:54 Page1 MONTAGE POUR PDF WEB_Mise en page 1 03/07/13 13:55 Page2 01-03 SOMMAIRE ANGLAIS 2013_Mise en page 1 02/07/13 10:30 Page1 TheSouthofFrance, akaleidoscopeofcolours Special edition published by the société du journal Midi Libre Ltd with a capital of 6 356 302 € Principal Shareholders : GSO – SA – FCPE GMLA Head Office: rue du Mas de Grille 34430 Saint-Jean-de-Védas Postal address: 34438 Saint-Jean-de-Védas-Cedex Tél : 04 67 07 67 07 Publication director: Alain Plombat Design, coordination editorial: Didier Thomas-Radux Mail : dtradux@midilibre.com Texts : Anne Schoendoerffer, Didier Thomas-Radux, Marie Vanhamme, Anne-Pauline Principaud, Claire Mondrian. Photo credits: Paul Palau, Bernard Liégeois, William Truffy, Marc Dantan, Aurélio Rodriguez, Marie Vanhamme, OT de Mende, Ville de Frontignan, Fotolia, Anne Schoendoerffer, Jean Bernard, Bruno Calendini, Didier Thomas-Radux, Sensotek, Paillote Bambou, Rudy Kutzki, Golf Mas Huston, Richard de Hullessen, MPP, BIM, archives Midi Libre. Cover photo (étang de Thau) : Marc Dantan. Stylisme photo : BOH Déco – Jessica Ballion-Ohana www.bodeco.com Very best thanks to : Véronique et Julien Lucas, Céleste et Octave Thomas-Schoendoerffer. Layout: Studio IDM, Saint-Jean-de-Védas. Printed in Europe. Legal deposit on publication: ISSN Number: 2112-7468 Joint Committee: 0413K 90782 Midi Libre - juin 2013 © L Editorial EDITORIAL ive the South in Languedoc-Roussillon, where landscape and architecture, villages and inhabitants, combine in one harmonious heritage -- from the Pyrénées-Orientales to Lozère, from Hérault to Gard to Aude. Nature, preserved yet accessible to all, invites you to combine recreation and relaxation. Languedoc-Roussillon is a region of contrasts: from the Mediterranean to the Pyrenees, from Margeride to the valley of the Agly River, the wild beauty of these sites is equaled only by the peaceful charm of 220 miles of shoreline beaches, not to mention its rivers and canals. Here the unique is within reach: Languedoc-Roussillon has more UNESCO World Heritage monuments and sites than any other region in France. These include the Cité de Carcassonne, the Canal du Midi, the Pont du Gard, the Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle (mediaeval pilgrims’ Way of Saint James), the Vauban Fortifications, and, since 2011, the Causses and the Cévennes. But the bounty of this extraordinarily diverse region does not stop there. Cities on the move and villages safeguarding their traditions, Michelin-starred chefs showcasing regional specialties and vineyards welcoming wine-lovers: a kaleidoscope of colours, fragrances, and flavours. Languedoc-Roussillon has earned its reputation as one of the finest regions for tourism in France! Christian Bourquin President of the Languedoc-Roussillon Region Senator Alcohol abuse damages your health. Consume in moderation. Languedoc Roussillon www.destinationsuddefrance 01-03 SOMMAIRE ANGLAIS 2013_Mise en page 1 02/07/13 10:30 Page2 SUMMARY SUD DE FRANCE Key Culture and Heritage 4-17 CLASSICS City of Art THE SIX LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON UNESCO-LISTED WORLD HERITAGE SITES: CITÉ DE CARCASSONNE (6-7), CANAL DU MIDI (8-10), CHEMINS DE SAINTJACQUES-DE-COMPOSTELLE (11), PONT DU GARD (12-13), CAUSSES AND CÉVENNES (14-16), FORTERESSES VAUBAN (17). • TOUR: THE CANAL DU MIDI, FROM BÉZIERS TO SOMAIL (10) 18-65 DESTINATION THE MÉDITERRANEAN FROM PORT-VENDRES TO THE PETITE CAMARGUE, THE MAGIC LION (20-37) • TOUR: AROUND THE LAKES OF BAGES AND SIGEAN (23) • TOUR: FROM ARESQUIERS TO THE ÉTANG DE THAU (30) • PORTFOLIO : BEACH HUTS BY THE SHORE (26-29) OF THE CITIES summary FROM PERPIGNAN TO NÎMES, STORIES IN STONE (38-51) • TOUR: FROM MONTPELLIER TO PIC SAINT-LOUP (47) • TOUR: 24 HOURS IN MENDE (49) REGIONS FROM THE CANIGOU MASSIF TO BEAUCAIRE, AN OPEN-HEARTED HERITAGE (52-65) • PORTFOLIO : THE SHORELINE, THE CATALAN COUNTRYSIDE, THE CÉVENNES, THE GRANDS CAUSSES… PLACES OF UNIQUE CHARM (60-63) 66-79 AN ART OF LIVING FROM BRASUCADE TO LOZÈ


"What is an aramaic word meaning ""father"" that is used as a title of respect to bishops and patriarchs in Coptic, Syrian and Abyssinian churches?"

Popes & Patriarchs, Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, etc. Copyright (c) 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D. All Rights Reserved The Bishops of Rome, the Popes, 42 AD-present The passage from the Catholicism of the Fathers to that of the modern Popes was accomplished by willful falsehood; and the whole structure of traditions, laws, and doctrines that support the theory of infallibility and the practical despotism of the Popes stands on a basis of fraud. Lord Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet Acton, 1st Baron Acton, North British Review, 1869, p.130 This is why, for example, St. Augustine's battle against the Donatist heresy was so important: if the validity of the sacraments depended on the moral qualities of priests, or the perfection of the Church on the perfection of the faithful (as the Pelagians thought), the identity of the Church body would soon have been destroyed. The Church's substance, the corpus mysticum, cannot be damaged or polluted by human sins or offenses. Leszek Ko Jorge Mario Bergoglio 2013-present first Pope from the Americas; first new name since Lando in 913; first Pope born outside Europe since Gregory III (Syrian born) in 731 The Papacy is one of the oldest institutions in the world, perhaps even the oldest. There are likely to be few neutral opinions about it. To Roman Catholics, the Pope may be the holiest man on earth, the heir and keeper of the deepest truths of religion. To others, the Papacy may only stand for ignorance and dogma, intolerance, torture, arrogance, and bigotry. Purely historical judgments, which cannot take into account religious truth or falsehood, may nevertheless leave a negative impression because of the factual nature of things like torture and intolerance. One would like, therefore, as a historian (or philosopher) to ask, "What good was the Papacy?" There is one very good answer in that respect:  By claiming independent authority and resisting secular power, the Papacy paved the way for the later conception of the separation of Church and State. Not that the Church ever wanted to give up its authority over the conscience and morals of citizens, but it accustomed people to the idea that secular power was not the last word and that obedience to the same was not an unconditioned duty. Once the Church was divided by the Reformation, and Protestants found even their own sects multiplying, the easiest solution was, not only to keep secular authority separate, but to deny to churches any coercive function. Thus, while Catholic countries often still mix some religious authority into secular law, the separation of religion from the state, or the principle of liberty of conscience, is a far, far less secure proposition out of the Western world. When China prohibits an inoffensive religious sect, and various countries debate whether to institute Islâmic Law (or apply it in all its rigor), the long struggles between Popes and Emperors, or Popes and Kings, look positively remarkable. As with many people who look good out of power, for their resistance, but then prove as bad, or worse, as their tormentors once they are in power themselves, our appreciation of the Papacy has its limits. The Popes always looked better resisting than ruling. This has peristed into recent times, when the Church was the focus of undeniable opposition to communism in Poland, but then, again, sought to introduce Catholic moral teachings into the law of post-communist Poland. The irony of this dynamic is palpable when communism itself came to power in the name of the workers but then often slaughtered workers to stay in power. Thus, one might well say, "OK, it was a worthy role to distinguish and limit the power of secular governments, but since then the Church has been more famous for its intolerance, for the Inquisition, for its authoritarianism. What has it done for us, outside of the Warsaw Pact, lately?" Indeed, if a Mediaeval or Cold War historical role is the best we can do, the


Warren Beatty - Biography - IMDb Warren Beatty Biography Showing all 119 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (3) | Trivia  (84) | Personal Quotes  (17) | Salary  (9) Overview (4) 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (1) Since starring in his first film, Splendor in the Grass (1961), Warren Beatty has been said to have demonstrated a greater longevity in movies than any actor of his generation. Few people have taken so many responsibilities for all phases of the production of films as producer, director, writer, and actor, and few have evidenced so high a level of integrity in a body of work. In Rules Don't Apply (2016), he writes, produces, directs and stars in. Only Beatty and Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) have been nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an actor, a director, a writer, and a producer for the same film. Beatty is the only person ever to have done it twice, for Heaven Can Wait (1978) and again for Reds (1981). Beatty has been nominated 15 times by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and 8 films he has produced have earned 53 Academy nominations. In 1982 he won the Academy Award for Directing and in 2000 was given the Academy's highest honor, the Irving G. Thalberg Award. He was awarded Best Director from the Directors Guild of America and Best Writer three times from the Writers Guild of America. He has received the Milestone Award from the Producers Guild, the Board of Governors Award from the American Society of Cinematographers, the Directors Award from the Costume Designers Guild, the Life Achievement Award from the Publicists Guild, and the Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award from the Art Directors Guild. The National Association of Theater Owners has honored him as Director of the Year, as Producer of the Year and as Actor of the Year. He has won 16 awards from the New York and Los Angeles Film Critics, the National Board of Review, and the Golden Globes. In 1992, he was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France; in Italy he received the David di Donatello award in 1968 and again in 1981 and its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998; in 2001, he received the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award from the San Sebastian International Film Festival; in 2002, he received the British Academy Fellowship from BAFTA; and in 2011, he was awarded the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film. In December 2004, Beatty received The Kennedy Center Honor in Washington, D.C. In addition, he is the recipient of the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, the HFPA Cecile B. DeMille Award and many others. Politically active since the 1960's, Beatty campaigned with Robert F. Kennedy in his 1968 presidential campaign. That same year he traveled throughout the United States speaking in favor of gun control and against the war in Vietnam. In 1972 he took a year off from motion pictures to campaign with George McGovern. In 1981, Beatty was a founding board member of the Center for National Policy. He is a founding member of The Progressive Majority, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has participated in the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. Beatty serves on the Board of Directors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Foundation. He previously served on the Board of Trustees of The Scripps Research Institute for several years. He has received the Eleanor Roosevelt Award from the Americans for Democratic Action, the Brennan Legacy Award from the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, and the Philip Burton Public Service Award from The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. In multiple forums he has addressed campaign finance reform, the increasing disparity of wealth, universal health care and the need for the Democratic Party to return to its roots. In March of 2013, he was inducted into the California Hall of Fame. Beatty was born in Richmond, Virginia. He and his wife, Annette Bening , live in Los Angeles and have four children. - IMDb Mini B


What is a food consisting of sweetened milk thickened with rennet into a curd, sometimes flavoured with brandy?

List of Dairy Products | The Taste of Aussie The Taste of Aussie Bringing the best recipes to you Search for: The Cook Leave a comment This is a list of dairy products. A dairy product is food produced from the milk of mammals. A production plant for the processing of milk is called a dairy or a dairy factory. Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry, enterprise, for long-term production of milk, usually from dairy cows but also from goats, sheep and camels, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy factory for processing and eventual retail sale.   Baked Milk   Russia – A variety of boiled milk that has been particularly popular in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. It is made by simmering milk on low heat for eight hours or longer. Basundi   India – An Indian dessert mostly in Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. It is a sweetened dense milk made by boiling milk on low heat until the milk is reduced by half. Bhuna Khoya Khangarh, Pakistan – A type of khoa specially linked to city of Khangarh in Pakistan. Blaand   Introduced to Scotland by Vikings – A fermented milk product made from whey. It is similar in alcohol content to wine. Black Kashk Central Asia – Prepared from yoghurt, its production involves several processes. Booza   Arabic countries – An elastic, sticky, high level melt resistant ice cream which should delay melting in the hotter climates of the Arabic countries where it is most commonly found. Buffalo Curd    A traditional and nutritious dairy product prepared from buffalo milk and it is popular throughout south Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Bulgarian Yoghurt   Bulgaria – A fermented milk product. In common with all dairy yoghurt, Bulgarian yoghurt is produced through the bacterial fermentation of milk, using a live culture of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. Butter   Made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking, such as baking, sauce making, and pan-frying. Butter consists of butterfat, milk proteins and water. Butterfat   The fatty portion of milk. Milk and cream are often sold according to the amount of butterfat they contain. Buttermilk   Refers to a number of dairy drinks. Originally, buttermilk was the liquid left behind after churning butter out of cream. This type of buttermilk is known as traditional buttermilk. Buttermilk Koldskål   Denmark – A sweet cold beverage or soup, made with buttermilk and other ingredients. Pictured is buttermilk koldskål with biscuits. Buttermilk Powder    Used in the production of ice cream as a source of solids, in processed sliced cheese to increase viscosity, as an emulsifier in chocolate products and in dry mixes such as pancake mix, to add dairy flavour and enhance food browning. Cac?k   Turkey – A Turkish dish of seasoned, diluted yoghurt, eaten throughout the former Ottoman countries. In Greece a similar, much thicker yoghurt dish is called tzatziki and is also similar to tarator in Balkan cuisine. Camel Milk    Camel’s milk has supported Bedouin, nomad and pastoral cultures since the domestication of camels millennia ago. Herders may for periods survive solely on the milk when taking the camels on long distances to graze in desert and arid environments. Camel dairy farming is an alternative to cow milk in dry regions of the world. Casein    The name for a family of related phosphoproteins (?S1, ?S2, ?, ?). These proteins are commonly found in mammalian milk, making up 80% of the proteins in cow milk and between 20% and 45% of the proteins in human milk. Caudle    A British thickened and sweetened alcoholic hot drink, somewhat like eggnog. It was popular in the Middle Ages for its supposed medicinal properties. Chaas   India – A buttermilk preparation from India. It is consumed all year round where it is usually taken along with meals. It contains raw milk, cream (malai) or yoghurt which is blended manually in a pot with an instrument called madhani (whipper). Chal   Kazakhstan and Tu


What is the name in England for the mystery crime fiction board game devised by Anthony E. Pratt and originally published in 1949?

Clue (board game) | Clue Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Genre Murder-Mystery Clue (Cluedo outside the U.S.) is a popular murder-mystery board game. It was originally published in Leeds, England in 1949. It was devised by Anthony E. Pratt, a so ly move around the game board (a mansion), as of one of the game's six suspects (or, collecting clues from which to deduce which suspect murdered the game's perpetual victim: Mr. Boddy ( Dr. Black , outside of U.S.), and with which weapon and in what room. Several games, books, and a film have been released as part of the Cluedo franchise. The board game forms a chronology. Overall, several spinoffs have been released, some featuring extra characters, and for some, different game play. More recent editions have restored the name Boddy Mansion to the mansion, and say the mansion is located in Boston, Massachusetts in the year 1954 (located in Hampshire, England outside of the U.S.). Contents Edit In 1944, Anthony E. Pratt, an English solicitor's clerk, filed for a patent of his invention of a murder/mystery-themed game, originally named "Murder!" The game was originally invented as a new game to play during sometimes lengthy air raid drills in underground bunkers. Shortly thereafter, Pratt and his wife presented the game to Waddingtons' executive, Norman Watson, who immediately purchased the game and provided its trademark name of "Cluedo" (a play on "clue" and "Ludo", which is Latin for "I play"). Though the patent was granted in 1947, due to post-war shortages, the game was not officially launched until 1949, at which time the game was simultaneously licensed to Parker Brothers in the United States for publication, where it was re-named "Clue" along with other minor changes. However, there were several differences between the original game concept and that initially published in 1949, In particular, Pratt's original design calls for ten characters, one of whom was to be designated the victim by random drawing prior to the start of the game. These ten included the eliminated Mr. Brown, Mr. Gold, Miss Grey, and Mrs. Silver, with Nurse White, and Colonel Yellow. The game allowed for play of up to eight remaining characters, providing for nine suspects in total. Originally there were eleven rooms, including the eliminated "gun room" and cellar. In addition there were nine weapons including the unused axe, bomb, syringe, poison, shillelagh (walking stick/cudgel), and fireplace poker. Some of these unused weapons and characters would appear in later spinoff versions of the game. Some gameplay aspects were different as well. Notably, the remaining playing cards were distributed into the rooms to be retrieved, rather than dealt directly to the players. Players also had to land on another player in order to make suggestions about that player's character through the use of special counter-tokens, and once exhausted, a player could no longer make suggestions. There were other minor differences, all of which would be updated by the game's initial release and remain essentially unchanged in the standard classic editions of the game. Equipment Edit The game's current equipment consists of a board which shows the rooms, corridors and secret passages of an English country house called Boddy Mansion, although previously named variously as Tudor Close or Tudor Hall, and in some editions Tudor Manor or Tudor Mansion). The game box also includes several colored playing pieces to represent characters, miniature murder weapon props, one or two six-sided dice, three sets of cards, each set describing the aforementioned rooms, characters and weapons, Solution Cards envelope to contain one card from each set of cards, and a Detective's Notes pad on which are printed lists of rooms, weapons and characters, so players can keep detailed notes during the game. Suspects Edit Depending on edition, the playing pieces are typically made of colored plastic, shaped like chess pawns, or character figurines. Occasionally they are made from wood or pewter. The standard edition of Cluedo comes with six basic tokens rep