Benidorm and Alicante are on which Spanish Costa?

Alicante Spain Tips on car hire in Murcia and at Murcia Airport. Includes listing of rental car companies available at Murcia’s San Javier airport. About us Living in San Juan Alicante, we would like to help you get around this beautiful city and the coastal area.   We hope you will enjoy your next stay at the Costa Blanca,


What name is given to the Sunday before Easter?

Easter: Palm Sunday 2014 This site uses cookies. See our Cookie Policy for information Palm Sunday Woodlands Junior School is in the south-east corner of England Palm Sunday is the sixth and last Sunday of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. The date for Palm Sunday 2014 is 13 April Holy Week is the week before Easter , commemorating events in the last days of Jesus' life on Earth. It begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter Monday. Special Days in Holy Week. Palm Sunday the day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday), Last Supper and the betrayal by Judas. Good Friday (Holy Friday), the arrest, trial, crucifixion, death and burial of Jesus Christ. Holy Saturday , the Sabbath on which Jesus rested in the grave. Palm Sunday is a time of celebration as well as sadness because Jesus died on a cross less than a week after he had entered Jerusalem. What is Palm Sunday? The Sunday before Easter is known as Palm Sunday. It celebrates Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Passover. Great crowds of people lined the streets waving palm branches to welcome him. The people were very excited. They spread branches on the road – and even laid down their clothes. They shouted 'Hosanna!' which means 'Save us Now!' We wave our UK flags at parades. They waved palm branches. Why is it called Palm Sunday? The Sunday before Easter is called Palm Sunday because the crowds waved palm branches as they followed Jesus' procession into Jerusalem. Why did Jesus go to Jerusalem? It was the time of the Jewish feast of Passover. Many Jews travelled to Jerusalem to celebrate this feast together. What happens on Palm Sunday in England? On Palm Sunday, children are given crosses made from single palm leaves. Traditionally, many churches will have a procession in or around the church while people sing songs of praise and wave palm leaves. This is to help them imagine what Jesus' entry into Jerusalem might have been like. Pax Cakes In some English churches small buns called pax cakes (symbolic of peace and goodwill) are given to the congregation as they leave after a Palm Sunday service. Palm Sunday also has the nick name 'Fig Sunday' because Christ had wanted to eat some when travelling to Jerusalem (Mark 11: 12-14). Figs were once traditionally eaten on this day. What happens to any Palm crosses left over? Any left over Palm Crosses are kept and burned to make ashes for next years Ash Wednesday services (see Ash Wednesday ) Palm Sunday Customs and Traditions         in England In some areas of the country Palm Sunday was a traditional day for visiting wells and leaving an offering for the spirit of the well. In some places pins were dropped in the wells whilst in other places rags were hung around the wells. It was thought by doing this the spirit of the well would keep the water fresh and clean. Sallow, or pussy willow, was used in many places as a palm substitute, and was commonly known as English Palm amongst country folk. Box, yew, hazel, common willow and daffodils (Lent Lilies) were other alternatives in the days before palm was easily available as an import from Spain.   Bula Vinaka(Hello) from Fiji, I belong with the Methodist Congregation, our children are well into their preparation for Palm Sunday which falls on the 5th of April. To the children, this is an exciting occasion where they recite their memory verses, present a scene about the ‘Triumphal Entrance of Jesus’, group singing etc. This will be a day where all children across the country is seen to be wearing white, which we believe represents, purity, innocence, cleanliness or just suits little children wearing it. On this Sunday, its mostly the children that conduct the whole service for 10.00am and 4.00pm Regards.


The adjective 'cervine' refers to which creatures?

More Animal Adjectives - Vocabulary List : Vocabulary.com More Animal Adjectives August 4, 2014 By Vocabulary.com (NY) Sometimes that cloud just looks like a mouse, or maybe that car is as big as an elephant! Here are a few more words that you can use to liken anything to animals. Make sure to check out our first list of Animal Adjectives Read more... relating to pigs or swine France is counting on China to catapult its bacon into the world's porcine pantheon. caprine being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats Like the chamois, it has a gland below and behind the ear, the secretion of which has a caprine odor. curved down like an eagle's beak Dressed in his habitual black, he had the same aquiline profile as always, the same irrepressible eyebrows. apian relating to or having the characteristics of bees It quickly became clear that in its basic facts, the novel sticks closely to real-world apian biology and behavior. pertaining to or characteristic of birds The company recorded six avian deaths last year: three eagles, one raven, one crow and one grouse. cervine relating to or resembling deer It was a magnificent cervine army with white banners, and I shall never look upon its like again. of great mass; huge and bulky The egg, likewise, is elephantine — a foot long and nearly nine inches in diameter. feline of or relating to cats In a feline manner, he climbed on top of various people in the class as they did poses, testing our stability. of or relating to or characteristic of wolves Leyzaola is forty-nine, trim and athletic, with a strong, slightly lupine face. of or relating to or resembling a bull He was of choicest pedigree, but the utter strangeness of the scene turned his taurine wits. murine of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice) You might object that mice and men are not the same and that studying the murine mind is different from studying the human mind. cetacean relating to whales, dolphins, and other aquatic mammals Does that mean it’s more like thrash metal than a love song – perhaps some form of cetacean male bonding?


Who was replaced by Jonathan Ross as presenter of BBC TV's 'Film Review'?

"Film '72" Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb trailers and videos full cast and crew trivia official sites memorable quotes Overview 49 out of 68 people found the following review useful: Great film review show from London, England 7 November 2003 This is a great film review show that offers very trust-worthy reviews. It also offers great interviews, on set previews, polls, competitions, exclusive clips, trailers and gossip from the world of film as well as everything else you would expect to find. It reports on all aspects of film making from production to Hollywood trends and everything in between. It is superbly presented by Jonathan Ross who took over from the equally great Barry Norman. Ross is particular in his more than adequate film knowledge and speaks passionately and honestly about a films pros and cons. This show is British (I don't know if it airs in America) and is a must see for any movie fans. Was the above review useful to you? 3 out of 3 people found the following review useful: "Onto last week's competition..." 29 August 2008 *** This review may contain spoilers *** You will notice that I did not title this review 'And why not?'. And why not, I hear you ask? Well, because it is a quote attributed to Barry Norman by the ex-comedian turned political commentator Rory Bremner, never at any time uttered ( well, maybe once or twice ) by the real Bazza. Funny why he should use it as the title of his autobiography though. Oh well... 'Film 72' began, you will be surprised to learn, in 1972, and was presented originally by novelist Jacky Gillatt. I never saw her ( for reasons I will come to later ), but a clip on an anniversary show in the early 1990's told me she was very beautiful, if somewhat uncomfortable on television ( she sadly later took her own life ). Barry, son of director Leslie and a former film critic for 'The Daily Maul' ( sorry, Mail ), made the show his own. Down here in the Welsh valleys, it was an unknown quantity until 1978. Those nice B.B.C. programme planners must thought of us Taffies as having no interest in films, save for those set in doomed mining communities and starring coal-dust covered men with operatic voices and names like 'Ianto' and 'Dai'. Common sense finally prevailed and it crept onto Sunday nights, competing against re-runs of 'Police Surgeon' ( a U.S. import starring Sam Groom ) over on the other channel. That theme tune - 'I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free' - got me hooked. Barry earned my undying admiration by reviewing a Clint Eastwood picture - 'Every Which Way But Loose' - and favourably comparing the acting skills of Clint's simian co-star - Clyde the orangutan - with those of then teen-sensation John Travolta ( in those days we had only seen J.T. in 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Grease' and were ignorant of his true abilities ). From then on, I watched Barry in order to see him bash the latest 'blockbusters'. His reviews were like great works of art; the words just came flowing out of his mouth, all well-chosen and aimed with the accuracy of an Exocet missile. He could take the most mundane picture and rip it to shreds in a few seconds. For instance, he said that 'Table For Five' ( 1983 ) screenwriter David Seltzer "lacked the fizz of his better-known brother Alka". John Lydon ( better known as 'Johnny Rotten' of The Sex Pistols ) made a film called 'Copkiller' and Barry said he "sounded like a speak-your-weight machine that had been programmed by E.L. Wisty" ( a comic character created by Peter Cook who spoke only in monotone ). Sylvester Stallone came in for a Bazza bruising when the 'Rambo' films went on release. The film director Cecil B. De Mille had, according to Barry, "parted The Red Sea twice ( he had made two versions of 'The Ten Commandments ). Not even God managed that!". I did not agree with all his opinions - he was much too kind to Peter Greenaway for instance, and overpraised the work of Robert Altman and Woody Allen, yet came down hard on horror films. He raved about Brian De Palma's 'Dressed To Kill' when it opened, yet later recanted, describing it as


In 1984 the Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri became the second and only other man to achieve which feat in first class cricket?

Ravi Shastri: 'I hated Javed Miandad's guts' | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo Ravi Shastri, India's glamour boy of the eighties, talks about making it big early, the kind of captain he might have been, and his reputation for stodgy batting 42 The other side of the obdurate Ravi Shastri © Getty Images Was playing for India what you aspired to from childhood? It was a dream initially. The chances of making it are so remote; that is why it is a dream. As a child I played cricket as a hobby. Once you started playing for your school, you became more ambitious. You reckoned you could play for the state. Then you started to think about the country. But it happened so quickly for me, I started playing for the school at 13, for Bombay at 17, and at 18 I was in the Indian side. You took three wickets in four balls on your Test debut , against New Zealand. I had flown 30 hours to reach Wellington at 9pm. The next morning I was told I was in the starting XI. We lost the toss and were put in to field. There was no time to think, straight off the aircraft, barely a night's sleep, and before lunch I had the ball in my hand. I got three out in that first innings, then New Zealand were 78 for 6 in the second and I was given the ball. In the first three overs I took three wickets in four balls. Did you consider yourself a bowler at that stage? I always considered myself an allrounder. My batting took some time to develop - I was batting at No. 10 initially but my bowling took off. I got 15 wickets in that first series, but soon I was making strides as a batsman. I scored my first Test century in January 1983. I opened the innings in the last Test against Pakistan during that series. From there on there was no looking back. As your batting improved did you begin to neglect your bowling? Not neglect but subconsciously the focus went more on batting. I was not just batting at No. 6 or No. 5, I was opening for India - a specialist position in its own right. People say I was defensive, but at the top you have a role to play, to hold the innings together, see the new ball off, so you were a lot more disciplined and didn't take chances. What is your proudest moment on the pitch? Nothing gave me more pleasure than making hundreds at the top of the order: a hundred against West Indies at No. 3, Test century in Barbados in 1988-89; a double-hundred as an opener in Shane Warne's first Test . It was during that Barbados hundred that Malcolm Marshall went past Lance Gibbs as the leading wicket-taker for West Indies, and the roof came down when he took that fifth wicket. I was at the non-striker's end. It was a sight, just the noise in Barbados, his home ground, a packed house on a Saturday. It was a great feeling. Kapil Dev once said you had 50% ability but 200% determination. Is that a fair assessment? If you get more than 10 Test hundreds, you've bloody got ability, but he is right. I was a very determined cricketer. I treated the opening position as a challenge. Big names and tough attacks brought the best out of me. That's why you see the hundreds at the top, against West Indies, England, a double- hundred in Australia, in Pakistan at Karachi - the first Test hundred that changed my career - against Imran Khan, Sarfraz Nawaz, Wasim Raja. There were some serious bowlers there. Weren't you once pelted with fruit by the Indian crowd for batting too slowly? Not pelted but there was a lot of jeering. Because you set such high standards at a young age, when you went through a bad patch, the crowd would get on your back. I would stick two fingers up at them. Then it spread from one state to another. It just inspired me to get more runs but it wasn't easy. In hindsight I could have smiled and got the crowd on my side. A week after you made a 325-ball hundred in a Test against England in Calcutta you hit six sixes in an over - in 1984-85. It was only a few days after. I don't know what changed. In the first game I was on 26 overnight and went to lunch on 69, so I had scored almost 50 in the session and was batting beautifully. Suddenly, after lunch I don't know


In which African country is the province of Darfur?

Sudan country profile - BBC News BBC News Read more about sharing. Close share panel Sudan, once the largest and one of the most geographically diverse states in Africa, split into two countries in July 2011 after the people of the south voted for independence. The government of Sudan gave its blessing for an independent South Sudan, where the mainly Christian and Animist people had for decades been struggling against rule by the Arab Muslim north. However, various outstanding issues - especially the question of shared oil revenues and border demarcation - have continued to create tensions between the two successor states. Sudan has long been beset by conflict. Two rounds of north-south civil war cost the lives of 1.5 million people, and a continuing conflict in the western region of Darfur has driven two million people from their homes and killed more than 200,000. Read more country profiles - Profiles by BBC Monitoring FACTS Life expectancy 60 years (men), 64 years (women) Currency Sudanese pound Omar Hassan al-Bashir has ruled with an iron fist for more than 25 years. He come to power in a coup in 1989 and was elected president in 1996. He was re-elected several times since, most recently in 2015 when he gained another five-year term. Most opposition parties boycotted the vote. Mr Bashir faces two international arrest warrants - issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague - on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. He continues to travel to countries that oppose the 2009 indictment, related to the conflict in Darfur. Image copyright Getty Images Sudanese broadcasting is highly restricted and state TV and radio reflect government policy. The private press carries opposition views, but the state uses its powers to influence what is published. Sudan had 9.3 million internet users by July 2014, with blogging being subject to scrutiny. Some key dates in Sudan's history: Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Much of Sudan is arid Circa 2000-1500 BC - Emergence of the Nubian Kingdom of Kush in what is now northern Sudan and Lower Nubia, which stretches to Egypt's Aswan province. 651 - Islam spreads in Sudan from Egypt. 1820-21 - Ottoman Empire conquers northern part of the country. 1899-1955 - Sudan is under joint British-Egyptian rule. 1956 - Sudan becomes independent. 1983 - President Numeiri introduces Sharia Islamic law. 2003 - Start of conflict in Darfur region. 2009 - International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for President Omar Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity relating to the drawn-out conflict in Darfur. 2011 - South Sudan gains independence following years of war with the central government in Khartoum. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A joint UN and African Union force has been trying to keep the peace in Darfur


The Saffir-Simpson Scale estimates the damage done by what phenomenon?

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Which TV police series is set in Denton?

A Touch of Frost (TV Series 1992– ) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS 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 DI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet. Stars: All families have secrets, but perhaps none so shocking as that which Frost unearths when he investigates the brutal murder of Peter Lawson. 8.7 Frost becomes engaged to Christine Moorehead while trying to put crime kingpin Gerry Berland behind bars and trying to unmask a copycat killer. 8.6 As Frost has mixed emotions about promotion, a young boy is reported missing and the malnourished corpse of a youngster is presumed to be his. 8.5 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 40 titles created 25 Jan 2012 a list of 38 titles created 02 Jan 2013 a list of 45 titles created 09 Apr 2014 a list of 38 titles created 08 Jan 2015 a list of 47 titles created 10 months ago Title: A Touch of Frost (1992– ) 7.8/10 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. 11 wins & 14 nominations. See more awards  » Photos Inspector Morse has an ear for music, a taste for beer and a nose for crime. He sets out with Sergeant Lewis to solve each intriguing case. Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series 1996) Crime | Mystery | Drama Supt. Dalziel and partner DI Pascoe investigate murders, and find a bond forming between them despite their blatantly differing personalities. Stars: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them. Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers. Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small, Lesley Vickerage Inspector George Gently (TV Series 2007) Crime | Drama | Mystery With the help of DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently spends his days bringing to justice members of the criminal underworld who are unfortunate enough to have the intrepid investigator assigned to their cases. Stars: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Simon Hubbard Midsomer Murders (TV Series 1997) Crime | Drama | Mystery A veteran DCI and his young sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County. Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson DCI Banks (TV Series 2010) Crime | Drama | Mystery The tenacious and stubborn DCI Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton. Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Andrea Lowe With her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope and her trusted right-hand man DS Joe Ashworth face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape. Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison, David Leon Set in the 1960s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford. Stars: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, James Bradshaw New Tricks (TV Series 2003) Comedy | Crime | Drama Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama Stars: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong Waking the Dead (TV Series 2000) Crime | Drama | Mystery Detective Superintendent


The Al and A69 roads run through which major English city?

B6318 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki B6318 B6318 Heddon-on-the-Wall – Langholm The B6318 is the longest B-road in the UK. Originally it followed Hadrian's Wall for 30 miles in Northumberland, whilst the A69 took an easier route to the south. The road was quickly extended to the west and has remained largely unchanged since 1928. It now runs across three counties and crosses a national border. It is also in the interesting position of being about twice as long as all the other B631x roads combined! How long is the longest B-road? "I clocked the B6318 at exactly 61.4 miles. That was from crossing the give way lines at the eastern end to crossing the stop line at the lights at the western end." "I used Autoroute and got 61.2 miles, pretty darned close, especially as exactly where the start and ends are could easily cause a few hundred yard discrepancy." "I got hold of the AA's digital map data and did some spatial queries on it using GIS software Mapinfo. By summing up all the line segments in their data set I got 60.57 miles." The longest B-road in the country, four miles longer than the B709 , it is certainly the most varied. The road consists of two very distinct and different sections, on its way from Heddon-on-the-Wall in Northumberland to Langholm in the Scottish borders. The first section from Heddon-on-the-Wall to Greenhead is the section most people will be familiar with. It largely follows the route of Hadrian's Wall and many of the associated tourist attractions can be accessed from the road. The road here is a good quality single-carriageway road and is often used by drivers to bypass the overloaded A69 . After Greenhead the road takes on an altogether different character and is a narrow and twisty country lane running up to and across the border. These days Hadrian's Wall is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, the highest form of protection any landscape can get. However this wasn't always the case. Over the centuries the majority of the wall has been demolished to provide stone for new buildings and the Military Road itself is also responsible for the removal of long sections of the wall. Indeed, parts of it were built on top of the wall! It was all completed in 1746 by the army of General Wade in order to ease troop movements from garrisons at Newcastle into Dumfriesshire and Scotland as a whole, to prevent another Jacobite uprising. Wade built a great number of roads all over the north of England and Scotland, and many parts of the A82 also owe their existence to his works. General Wade is also made famous (or infamous depending on your point of view) by the fourth verse of God Save The King, which understandably was removed before it was made official as the national anthem: Lord, grant that Marshal Wade May by thy mighty aid Victory bring. And like a torrent rush, Rebellious Scots to crush, Heddon-on-the-Wall to Greenhead Start of the road We start our journey in Heddon-on-the-Wall, now infamous as the source of the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak. It runs off the B6528 , which until the early 1970s was the main A69 linking Newcastle to Carlisle. The first half-mile follows the line of the wall, before zigzagging across the modern A69 dual carriageway, a manoeuvre requiring the B6318 to perform a TOTSO . If we stayed straight on here we'd end up on a minor road going to a farm, instead we turn off to the left. Like most Roman roads, Hadrian’s Wall was built in straight lines to the horizon, at which point the builders pointed the road at a spot on the next ridge and continued building. Although the B6318 is not in itself a Roman road, the fact that it follows the line of the wall means that this section of B6318 is a series of straights – some extremely long – with frequent dips and blind summits that add unseen changes of direction to the hazards for motorists. The only times that the road has any real bends is when it deviates off the alignment of the wall, such as when we pass through Harlow Hill, the first cluster of houses and farms we reach on the journey west. Just after the village we pass Whi


Who won the Booker Prize twice for his novels 'The Life and Times of Michael K' and 'Disgrace'?

Man Booker Prize: Here Is The 2016 Longlist SHARE Five American novels made the list The 2016 Man Booker Prize longlist is here, and this year’s selection of 13 novels is roughly half men (seven) and half women (six). Although the prize was historically limited to authors from the U.K, the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe, 2016 is the third year it is open to anyone writing in English and published in the U.K. The longlist includes five American writers, the same number as last year . On the list is author J.M. Coetzee, who has won the Man Booker Prize twice before, once in 1983 for his novel Life & Times of Michael K and again in 1999 with the novel Disgrace. Other longlisters include Deborah Levy, who was previously shortlisted for the prize, and A.L. Kennedy, a prize judge in 1996. The list also includes four debut novels: Hystopia by David Means, The Many by Wyl Menmuir, Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh and Work Like Any Other by Virginia Reeves. Paul Beatty (US) – The Sellout J.M. Coetzee (South African-Australian) – The Schooldays of Jesus A.L. Kennedy (UK) – Serious Sweet Deborah Levy (UK) – Hot Milk Graeme Macrae Burnet (UK) – His Bloody Project Ian McGuire (UK) – The North Water David Means (US) – Hystopia


Oxford and Cambridge were England's first two universities, which was the third founded in 1832?

Kingdom Education » In Durham, stay at St. Chad’s College. Universities visited include Durham, Newcastle, York and Leeds.    From St. Andrews, visit Edinburgh and the Scottish Highlands. Universities visited include St. Andrews, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.    In London, stay at King’s College, right in the centre, and visit the same places there as you would from Cambridge. Day trip to Cambridge. London Our London centre – The King’s College, University of London (for students on our programmes for 14-16 year-olds) The University of London is actually divided into a number of separate universities. They are largely independent of one another, although they do share some resources. One of the oldest and most prestigious of these independent universities is King’s College, or ‘King’s, London’. Founded in 1829, King’s is based in some very grand buildings in a famous street called The Strand in the very centre of London, just a few minutes’ walk from Trafalgar Square. On one side of the buildings is the River Thames, and it’s possible to have lunch on a terrace with a view of everything that’s happening on the River. Many of the buildings which are part of King’s are on the other (south) bank of the river, about 10 minutes’ walk across Waterloo Bridge from the main campus. Here you will find our classrooms and the dining area. Our London Our London centre – The King’s College, University of London (for students on our programmes for 14-16 year-olds) accommodation is about 15 minutes’ walk away at a smart, modern complex called Moonraker Point. The rooms are all singles, with en suite bathroom, based on an apartment arrangement. While there is a nearby park where students can sit and chat and play informal games, it is worth noting that, in contrast to our other centres, King’s does not have any outdoor sporting facilities – this is Central London, after all! While you’re in London, you will have plenty of chance to get some exercise as we go around visiting all the places which are within walking distance. London – the city (population: 8,500,000) London hardly needs an introduction! It’s one of the great world cities, and a place where you can always find somewhere new to visit, something different going on. You’ll see all the places you’ve seen in photos and films! While you’re in London, you’ll go on three afternoon trips to see three different faces of the city – and each of them will start with the chance to visit a university. (Just note that in London most of the universities do not offer presentations or tours themselves – here we usually arrange our own visits.) The first of these trips starts on your doorstep. You’ll explore the City of Westminster, the centre of government, as well as entertainment. You’ll see Trafalgar Square, the Houses of Parliament (with Big Ben), Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly Circus. Our second trip takes you to to the City of London, the oldest part of London, and now the centre of business and finance. You’ll see the outside of St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Tower of London, and walk across Tower Bridge! The third trip is to Greenwich, the elegant riverside city, once the home of the kings and queens of England. Here you can visit some of the amazing buildings dating from around 1700, and for a small charge you can even stand on the famous Greenwich Meridian (0 degrees of longitude). Finally, you will also have one afternoon in which to do some great London shopping. University founded Durham Our Durham centre – St. Chad’s College, University of Durham Our centre in Durham is one of the University’s colleges – St. Chad’s College. Founded in 1904, St. Chad’s is an independent College within the University and located directly opposite the magnificent Durham Cathedral in the city centre. St Chad’s is actually situated in a UNESCO World Heritage Site – Durham Cathedral and Castle. The whole area around the Cathedral forms part of this site, and it’s known as ‘the bailey’. The bailey is a hill above the beautiful valley of the River Wear. It really is a perfect location! St. Chad’s consists of s


The Costa Smerelda is on which Mediterranean island?

The Island | Costa Smeralda SardiniaCosta Smeralda Sardinia The sea The Island Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, strategically placed at its center. Historically this has resulted in intense trade and cultural relations, that today make Sardinia a land full of interesting historical artifacts, art, archaeology. The coast is both high and low, rocky and sandy: it is considered among the most beautiful coastlines of Italy . Sardinia is surrounded by several islands and archipelagos known in the world, as the Archipelago of La Maddalena. The climate is typically Mediterranean with hot summers and dry, ventilated and not moist at all, this makes it an ideal destination for tourism. Tourism in fact is highly developed even due to the fact that Sardinia offers some of the most beautiful and unspoiled beaches of the Mediterranean sea, with unique colors and crystal clear water. Discovered as a high profile location for class tourism, Sardinia is now recognized as the top mediterranean location by the international jet set. Costa Smeralda and Porto Cervo in particular, is the area where high quality accommodation and infrastructures attract the elite , and among the top destinations in the Mediterranean for the liveliness and worldliness of the summer season. Very long season, aided by excellent air routes that connect the island with the main European cities and airports.


In a famous book who lived in Victory Mansions?

Where does Winston Smith live? | eNotes Where does Winston Smith live? amy-lepore | High School Teacher | (Level 1) Educator Emeritus Posted on Winston lives in Victory Mansions, an apartment for Outer Party members in what used to be London. He also rents a small apartment in the Proles area with Julia for the purpose of their meetings.  like 0 dislike 0 clane | High School Teacher | (Level 3) Educator Posted on November 7, 2007 at 3:47 AM He lives in an apartment complex called Victory Mansions, which is ironic because they are anything but mansion-like. They are described as being run down and dingy. Winston feels that everything has a layer of dirt on it. He also says that anything that breaks never gets fixed so the conditions are always worsening. It smells bad, too. The apartments are located in a region named Oceania. like 1 dislike 0 February 22, 2015 at 10:30 PM Winston Smith lives in an apartment complex by the name of Victory Mansions. However this is clearly ironic as the apartment does not seem victorious at all. Victory Mansions is run down. The "hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats", the lift "even at the best of times was seldom working" and electricity unavailable "during daylight hours". The apartments are named "Victory Mansions" by the party as a form of manipulation to have the people through "doublethink" assume that they have victorious living conditions. like 1 dislike 0


The maple belongs to which genus of tree?

Maple Tree | All About Maple Trees Syrup, musical instruments, furniture Maple Trees The Maple tree is in a class all its own. Its rare universal appeal is derived from both its beauty and commercial value. Along with its breathtaking fall foliage, certain types of Maple trees produce sap that is made into consumable syrup. Adding to the Maple's allure is the fact that you don't need a serious green thumb to maintain it in your own backyard. Appearance of the Tree Maple Tree Leaves The Maple tree grows to a manageable mature height of roughly 60 feet. This makes it a top choice with both professional landscapers and the average homeowner looking to add color and charm to green spaces. While its height is less than extraordinary, Maples have a number of noteworthy characteristics, including: Bark: Young Maples have smooth, gray bark which develops deep furrows and long, thick plates as the tree matures. The Red Maple features crimson undertones and irregular scales in its bark as the tree ages. Fruit: Most Maples grow small U or V-shaped fruit with parallel wings called samaras. In some parts of the world the fruit bears the nickname: "helicopter." Leaves: Maple leaves are typically five-lobed with bright green glossy tops and pale green undersides. The leaves of the Silver Maple feature silvery white undersides. In addition, the leaves of nearly all Maple trees include fine teeth that line their perimeter. Those serrated edges that look like teeth are a key trait of the Maple specimen, as are the leaves' pointed tips. Maple tree belongs to the genus Acer, which means "sharp" in Latin. The name refers to the iconic points featured on Maple leaves.   Maple Tree Types Sugar Maple Tree There are more than 120 different types of Maple trees growing around the world. Among the most popular are: Red Maple: The Red Maple is prized by landscapers for providing exceptional shade and gorgeous deep scarlet fall foliage. The highly valued ornamental tree is also extremely adaptable in that it can thrive in both northern and southern climates. The Red Maple grows up to 50 feet tall and nearly all of its features, including its flowers, twigs and leaves, sport a red hue to varying degrees. Sugar Maple: Considered the granddaddy of maple syrup producers, the Sugar Maple's sap features high sugar content. The hearty trees are often grown en masse on plantations by commercial growers looking to profit from the Maple's sap. The Sugar Maple is also a highly desirable due to its longevity. The specimen is capable of living well beyond 200 years and can grow to heights that exceed 100 feet. Japanese Maple: Extremely popular in Japan, China and Korea, this Maple is much smaller than its cousins, typically growing to heights between 12 and 25 feet. However, the Japanese Maple's relatively diminutive size is what makes the tree so enticing to Asian growers. Not only does the tree's compact size allow it to be grown as a bonsai plant, several specimens can also be clustered together to create an appealing miniature forest effect. The Japanese Maple's striking fall foliage, fine leaf texture and interesting shape also make the tree a top pick among landscapers. The Many Looks of the Maple Tree Maple Tree in Summer Korea China The Sugar Maple is grown in greatest abundance in Canada where the Maple leaf is considered the country's national symbol and is prominently featured on its flag. Popular Uses Maple Syrup Maples are vital as a source of syrup. Trees like the Sugar Maple are tapped and the sap is boiled to make syrup or sugar which can then be added to a litany of recipes from taffy to ham. Despite its legendary ties to the world's syrup production, the tree has several other important uses, such as: Wood: Maple wood is highly prized thanks to its extreme durability. The valuable timber is the wood of choice for butcher blocks, bowling pins and pool cue shafts. In addition, bats made exclusively from Maple wood are standard in Major League baseball. The hard timber is also used to make floors, tables and cabinets for commercial and residenti


In which Verdi opera is 'Gilda' the jester's daughter?

Verdi's "Rigoletto" - a new Wichita Grand Opera production - Wichita Grand Opera ACT I. Scene 1: Ballroom of the Duke's Palace   At his palace, the Duke of Mantua light-heartedly boasts to his courtiers of amorous conquests, escorting Countess Ceprano, his latest prize, to a private chamber as his hunchback jester, Rigoletto, makes fun of her husband. Marullo announces that Rigoletto is suspected of keeping a mistress and Ceprano plots with the courtiers to punish the hated buffoon. Attention is diverted when Monterone, an elderly nobleman, enters to denounce the Duke for seducing his daughter. Ridiculed by Rigoletto and placed under arrest, Monterone pronounces a curse on both the Duke and his jester.   ACT I. Scene 2: Rigoletto's home   That evening, Rigoletto broods on Monterone’s curse. Rejecting the services of Sparafucile, a professional assassin, he notes that words can be as deadly as a dagger. Greeted by his daughter, Gilda, whom he keeps hidden from the world, he reminisces about his late wife, then warns the governess, Giovanna, to admit no one.   As Rigoletto leaves, the Duke slips into the garden, tossing a purse to Giovanna to keep her quiet. The nobleman declares his love to Gilda, who he noticed on her way to church. He tells her he is a poor student named Gualtier Malde, but at the sound of footsteps he rushes away. Tenderly repeating his name, Gilda retires.   Meanwhile, the courtiers stop Rigoletto outside his house and asks him to help abduct Ceprano’s wife, who lives across the way. The jester is duped into wearing a blindfold and holding a ladder against his own garden wall. The courtiers break into his home and carry off Gilda. Rigoletto, hearing her cry for help, tears off his blindfold and rushes into the house, discovering only her scarf. He remembers Monterone’s curse.   ACT II. The Duke's private rooms   In his palace, the Duke is distraught over the disappearance of Gilda. His courtiers return with news that they have abducted Gilda and that she is now in his bedchamber; the Duke joyfully rushes off to the conquest. Soon Rigoletto enters, warily looking for Gilda; the courtiers bar his way, though they are astonished to learn the girl is not his mistress but his daughter. The jester reviles them, then embraces the disheveled Gilda as she runs to tell of her courtship and abduction. As Monterone is led to the dungeon, Rigoletto vows to avenge them both.   ACT III. Sparafucile's inn near the river   At night, outside Sparafucile’s run-down inn on the outskirts of town, Rigoletto and Gilda watch as the Duke flirts with the assassin’s sister and accomplice, Maddalena. Rigoletto sends his daughter off to disguise herself as a boy for her escape to Verona, then pays Sparafucile to murder the Duke. As a storm rages, Gilda returns to hear Maddalena persuade her brother to kill not the Duke, but the next visitor to the inn instead. Resolving to sacrifice herself for the Duke, despite his betrayal, Gilda enters the inn and is stabbed. Rigoletto comes back to claim the body and gloats over the sack Sparafucile gives him, only to hear his supposed victim singing in the distance. Frantically cutting open the sack, he finds Gilda, who dies asking forgiveness. Monterone’s curse is fulfilled.   To read more about the story and history of Rigoletto,  click here.       It is said that Verdi was enraptured by the sound of the church organ, and to encourage his interest, his father bought him a beat-up old spinnet when the young maestro was seven years old. He enrolled in a music school in nearby Busetto in 1823, and in 1825, at only twelve years old, he was made assistant conductor of the Busetto orchestra. He left the school at the age of twenty, but by then was two years over the age limit to enter the Conservatory in Milan. It was in Milan that Verdi discovered opera, and he eagerly absorbed as many performances as he could attend, thus laying the groundwork for a future in theater music.   The newly enlightened Verdi returned to Busetto where he took up the post of town music master and began giving music l


At whose feast did the 'writing on the wall' appear?

Daniel 5 KJV - Belshazzar the king made a great feast - Bible Gateway Daniel 4 Daniel 6 Daniel 5King James Version (KJV) 5 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. 8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. 10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; 12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? 14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. 15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: 16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. 17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: 19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21 And


What was the name of the Norse God of or spirit of Mischief?

Urban Dictionary: Loki Loki Loki is the Norse God of trickery, mischief, and change; a major character in Norse Mythology. Blood-brother of Odin and traveling companion and friend of Thor ; his wife’s name is Sigyn , his children’s names are Hel , Fenris , Jormungandr , Vali , Narfi and Sleipnir . Loki is pleasing and handsome in appearance according to the Eddas. He is renown for his cleverness and for helping the Gods out after he has gotten them into trouble as well as his great ability to make them laugh and cheer them up. He has domain over fire, and is a master magician, conjurer as well as shape-shifter (In some cases changing gender). Loki is bisexual , having sexual relations with both male and female in mythology. Bearing in mind Loki’s dark side as well as his good one, he is most valuable as a witty, entertaining friend, and a God to call upon. Loki is not an evil malevolent being or the Norse version of Satan or some fallen angel. The later influence of Christianity on Norse culture resulted in changing the mythology portraying Loki as evil incarnate. This is not uncommon, Christianity often demonizes other religions gods. Loki represents both our divine intelligence and also free will whereby we can choose for good or ill, and if we make a mistake to correct it. He typifies the human mind: on one hand clever, foolish, immature; on the other hand, he personifies the elevating, aspiring traits in human intelligence. Loki is still worshiped today and one who worships or is dedicated to Loki as their primary God is called a Lokean . Compare to Odinist . In pop culture: Loki is a supervillian in Marvel comics. Loki is a hero in Valhalla comic books. Loki is a character on Mario and Luigi video games. Loki is a character in the movie Domga Loki is the spirit who inhabits the mask in the movie, “The Mask”. Loki is a main character in the novel “American Gods”. In Star Gate SG-1 Loki is a renegade Asgard who is responsible of many alien abductions in which he genetically experiments with human DNA in order to try and solve his races genetic degradation that is caused by excessive cloning. The dog star, Sirius, is referred to as "Lokabrenna." Times change, Gods change - why not honor Loki? Loki Loki is the Norse Trickster god (originally a Jotun till he became Odin Allfather's blood-brother). He plays some part in Ragnarok , the end of the world in Viking myth. For this reason he is often interpreted as a Satan figure. Also, the only reason anyone knows any Norse myths is because of the Eddas, two writings on them. One was by Snorri Sturulson, and that writing is deeply influenced by Christianity . In Pagan beliefs, the end of the world is often seen as one being followed by renewal; it was seen differently by the pagans, and so Christian interpretation is, alas, inherently wrong. Most Wiccans and other modern-day Pagans choose not to pray to Loki. He is the god of change, often change that is very necessary, hard to get through, and unwelcome at the time. Usually Loki's lessons are full of mischief, but the overall meaning is good-natured and helpful. Loki is also, from a different perspective, a distinctly fey god. While the other Norse gods were all unchanging and fixed, as pagan gods usually are, Loki is the exact opposite, and it is well known that he did not come from Asgard as the Aesir did. Faeries , or fairies , are both destructive and constructive, being nature spirits, and Loki is very much the same. He both can and cannot be trusted. It depends very much on how anyone who prays to him interprets him, for he will appeal to that nature. "Watch what you wish for" applies to him in this case, for you will get what you want and find later that you shouldn't have wanted it. Loki should not be confused with Satan; Satan represents destruction without cease. While Loki too is associated with fire, Loki's representation of it is the sort of fire that ravages a landscape and then allows many plants to grow there; the sort of destruction that makes way for a new beginning. The true Norse Satan figure is


Sir Mark Thatcher was arrested and prosecuted for assisting a coup in which African country?

BBC NEWS | Business | Mark Thatcher and the Dogs of War Printable version Mark Thatcher and the Dogs of War On 25 November, Sir Mark Thatcher faces a daunting appearance in a South African court on charges that he helped fund a military coup in the West African state of Equatorial Guinea. If found guilty he could face 15 years in a South African prison. Sir Mark denies having knowingly helped finance the coup The Money Programme has travelled to Africa to investigate the full story of the attempted coup and the men who led it. What was Sir Mark's role, and how much did he really know? Sir Mark's business career has long attracted controversy, and rumours have persisted about the true source of his money. After a series of controversial business deals in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and the USA, in 1995 he settled in Cape Town. It was here that he met another British expat, former SAS officer Simon Mann, and this was the friendship which would lead to his current predicament. Mr Mann had extensive military experience, and drew on it to set up a private security company called Executive Outcomes. Last year he was presented with a potentially lucrative business opportunity. Vulnerable The small west African country of Equatorial Guinea was previously best known as the model for Frederick Forsyth's thriller, The Dogs of War. Since the mid-1990s, however, large oil reserves have been discovered there. In less than a decade, the country has become one of the richest per head of population on the African continent. The dictatorial President, Teodore Obiang, came increasingly under the spotlight of human rights groups. With only a small army, President Obiang's regime began to look vulnerable. Payment According to an account given by Mr Mann, in early 2003 he agreed a plan to provide military support to escort the opposition leader in exile, Mr Severo Moto, back to Equatorial Guinea and take over as President - in effect a coup. Sir Mark could face a jail sentence of 15 years A contract between the two men indicates large fees would be paid to Mr Mann if the operation was successful. The coup plot was put into action, and Mr Mann contacted a number of former mercenaries to assist him in securing soldiers and arms. As Johann Smith, a former South African special forces soldier with good contacts amongst the mercenaries, told the Money Programme: "The initial payment was $3,000 per man, and after the successful overthrow of President Obiang, each one would have received $30,000 and obviously employ afterwards because they would have then served as the presidential guard of the new president of Equatorial Guinea, Severo Moto." Business partner By the beginning of this year, the operation was taking shape. It was then that Sir Mark's name first appears in connection to those implicated in the plot. In January 2004, Sir Mark, acting on the advice of Mr Mann, invested $274,000 in a new company running an air ambulance business in West Africa. The company was called Air Africa Ambulance, and one of the countries in which it would operate was Equatorial Guinea. Mr Mann assured Sir Mark that the boss of this new company, one Crause Steyl, would be a good business partner. Mr Steyl already had a successful air ambulance business in South Africa, and investors in his new scheme could expect a good financial return. What is unclear is whether Mr Mann also told Sir Mark that Mr Steyl had been his pilot on some of his mercenary operations in the 1990s. Sir Mark's lawyers state that their client had no knowledge of any coup plot. Trouble By the beginning of March, hundreds of thousands of dollars had been paid into Mr Mann's offshore bank account, and he and the plotters were ready to go. One of the payments from a certain JH Archer was for $134,000. Lord Archer's lawyers have said that he had no prior knowledge of any coup, and never met or communicated with Mr Mann. Another payment for $100,000 was received from Air Africa Ambulance - Mr Steyl's company, in which Sir Mark had invested. Whether or not Sir Mark knew anything about the


Which TV police series was set in Hartley?

Juliet Bravo (TV Series 1980–1985) - 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 Newly-promoted Inspector Jean Darblay takes charge of the police station in the fictional Lancashire town of Hartley. She is the first woman to be placed in charge of the station and ... See full summary  » Creator: What Makes the Golden Globe Awards So Entertaining? IMDb Special Correspondent Dave Karger breaks down why the Golden Globes are so much more entertaining than other award shows. Don't miss our live coverage of the Golden Globes beginning at 4 p.m. PST on Jan. 8 in our Golden Globes section. a list of 20 titles created 28 Jan 2012 a list of 34 titles created 07 Jan 2014 a list of 65 titles created 09 Jun 2014 a list of 138 titles created 15 Oct 2014 a list of 101 titles created 15 Oct 2014 Search for " Juliet Bravo " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Juliet Bravo (1980–1985) 6.7/10 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. The adventures of tough lady cop Maggie Forbes. Stars: Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe, Paul Moriarty Alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like. Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold When aliens come to Earth to ask for our help, a few suspicious humans discover their horrific true intentions and prepare to resist. Stars: Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Faye Grant The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City hospital. Stars: Derek Thompson, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale The cases of an easy going ex-convict turned private investigator. Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos Martin is a committee man. He has numerous schemes and committees organised around the neighbourhood. He is so obsessive about every detail of everything he does he is driving his long ... See full summary  » Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan A forest mystical being appoints two men in succession as the legendary outlaw defender of the oppressed. Stars: Peter Llewellyn Williams, Ray Winstone, Mark Ryan A satire show using puppets that are charicatures of major public figures. Stars: Steve Nallon, Kate Robbins, Chris Barrie Long running British situation comedy with the vaguest of situations. The Goodies are a three man agency whose brief is to do 'anything, anytime'. This gave the series carte blanche to do ... See full summary  » Stars: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie The Korean War and a long lost letter separate the lives of young lovers Jean and Lionel, whose paths cross again by happenstance. Stars: Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker This comedy series is all about two mates, Gary and Tony who share a two bedroom home. They are grown men who act like a couple of drunk two year olds, who spend their time either drinking ... See full summary  » Stars: Martin Clunes, Caroline Quentin, Leslie Ash Zany antics and sketches by the anarchic camp comic. Stars: Kenny Everett, Cleo Rocos, Sheila Steafel Edit Storyline Newly-promoted Inspector Jean Darblay takes charge of the police station in the fictional Lancashire town of Hartley. She is the first woman to be placed in charge of the station and initially there is considerable scepticism from the long-standing staff of Sergeants Joe Beck and George Parrish. After the third series, Jean Darblay left and was replaced by Kate Longton. Written by Martin Underwood 30 August 1980 (UK) See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The title "Juliet Bravo" is the inspector's call-sign, JB, expressed in the radio phonetic alphabet. See more » Connections (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews This TV series was churned


Which mountain pass, from Innsbruck to Bolzano, is the lowest Alpine pass and is usually open all year?

Winter Driving - Venice to Innsbruck - Rick Steves Travel Forum Please sign in to post. Winter Driving - Venice to Innsbruck Posted by miss.emma.moore on 11/10/13 02:56 AM We're looking to hire a car and drive from Venice up through Dolomites (Cortina d'Ampezzo) and in to Innsbruck around 12 December. Has anyone done this drive during winter? Can any body suggest where would be the best place to collect a hire car (with winter tyres) for this drive? Are there any places in Northern Italy that I could hire a car with winter tyres? Are these roads open/ok at this time of year? I know its going to be really expensive especially with one-way hire fees, and I'm ok with that as its a once in a lifetime trip that we've been saving for for a long time... The hire car companies are not being very helpful telling me winter tyres are not mandatory in Italy I need to make my own way from Venice to Innsbruck (eg train?) but we really want to see the Dolomites and are keen to do it via car. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 11/10/13 03:16 AM 11597 posts If a mountain road isn't safe to drive, they will close it off. Otherwise, the Brenner Pass remains open in all but the most extra-ordinary circumstances, and there's any army of snow removal vehicles pre-positioned to move in once the snow starts to fall. As long as you're not driving during a snowstorm, you should be fine. "but we really want to see the Dolomites and are keen to do it via car." You don't need to focus solely on the Dolomites. This is just one subrange of the much larger Italian Alpine chain, and the direct route from Venice to Innsbruck is nothing but Alps. At this time of year, I would just focus on what's easily accessible. And the Alps are VERY EASILY accessible from Innsbruck. Posted by miss.emma.moore OP 3917 posts You would have to wait and see the road conditions. Most would avoid the Dolomites in Winter. Last time we went from Venice to Innsbruck in February, we went over to Verona and drove north thru the Brenner Pass. It's about 210 miles to the border and another 20 miles down into Innsbruck. I would suggest taking the train that time of year. If the roads are clear around Innsbruck, rent a car there to take in the sights. There's more beauty around Innsbruck than one can imagine. Most people traveling through The Dolomites would be going May to October. 11/10/13 10:06 AM 11597 posts "Most would avoid the Dolomites in Winter." Actually, the winter is probably busier than the summer- skiing is the biggest seasonal attraction for most of the Alps. Although I've never skied in Italy, my experience elsewhere in the Alps is that keeping the roads open is the economic life-blood for many resort towns. And winter sports are a HUGE part of Innsbruck during the colder months. Driving is unlikely to pose much of a problem except as the snow actively falls. 11/10/13 04:08 PM 7486 posts I was going to add, if people avoid the Dolomites in Winter, how do all those hoards of skiers that blanket the slopes get there? They get there in cars and buses, since rail links are virtually nonexistent (exception Kronplatz from Brunico). I'd go from Venice straight north on the A-27 to Ponte nelle Alpi then continue on to Cortina D'Ampezzo on Rt 51. Continue on Rt 48 to the Adige valley below Bolzano, or any number of roads in that direction. The Val Gardena is especially nice. You can always drop the rental car in Bolzano and proceed to Innsbruck on the train. All the passes will be open unless there is a major snowstorm going on, in which case you would be stuck, whether you were in London, New York, Chicago, or Denver. 11/10/13 04:20 PM 2416 posts It should be fine travelling through the area in December. New England levels of snowfall (with several meter accumulations) are not common on low altitude locations in the Alps, so you shall be fine travelling there. A27 + SS51 to Cortina d'Ampezzo is a low altitude route, you shouldn't have problems there. Between Cortina and Innsbruck, following north on SS51 and then going via Brunico to access A22 and then


What is the family name of Lord Northcliffe?

Jewish Terror: The Story of Lord Northcliffe | National Vanguard Jewish Terror: The Story of Lord Northcliffe Rosemary Pennington 2015-04-26 Lord Northcliffe (pictured) was a victim of the Zionist establishment whose story deserves to be told, though it was covered up for decades. The lessons for us in his story are deep and profound. by Kevin Alfred Strom THE PRESS MAGNATE Alfred Harmsworth, later Britain’s Lord Northcliffe, once said: “News is what someone, somewhere is trying to suppress; the rest is just advertising.” Despite the fact that he was one of the most powerful men in what was then the British Empire, Northcliffe would eventually pay for that attitude with his life. Northcliffe’s fall — from being one of the most powerful men in the world to being imprisoned as insane after which he quickly died — took only a few days. The trigger was his challenge to the Jewish power structure. Northcliffe, who lived from 1865 to 1922, stood up to the political establishment of his time, damning Lord Kitchener during World War I when he was considered a war hero — and thereby engendering the hatred of millions and driving the circulation of his flagship paper down by some 80 per cent. He emerged victorious, just as he had in earlier decades when his business acumen and editorial skill had made him the outright owner of the two of the most widely read newspapers in Britain (and many other periodicals) and the majority proprietor of the then-leading newspaper in the world, The Times of London. Lord Northcliffe was possibly the earliest example of the modern press baron. Northcliffe was a man who was a bit of a jingoistic nationalist — he took regrettable anti-German and anti-Boer positions, for example — and it is said that he would do almost anything to increase the circulation of the newspapers that he owned. Douglas Reed, in his interesting book The Controversy of Zion, writes “He was sometimes right and sometimes wrong in the causes he launched or espoused, but he was independent and unpurchasable. He somewhat resembled Mr. Randolph Hearst and Colonel Robert McCormick in America, which is to say that he would do many things to increase the circulation of his newspapers, but only within the limits of national interest; he would not peddle blasphemy, obscenity, libel or sedition. He could not be cowed and was a force in the land.” Northcliffe, the son of an English barrister, was born Alfred Harmsworth near Dublin on the 15th of July 1865. With his brother Harold (later Lord Rothermere) he started the magazine Answers to Correspondents in 1888, which rapidly became a success with its question-and-answer format, selling over a million copies a week. He then founded a children’s newspaper, Comic Cuts, a woman’s magazine, Forget-Me-Nots, purchased the bankrupt Evening News and made it a success by modernizing it, and founded the revolutionary Daily Mail, which pioneered low-cost production, lavish use of illustrations, the smaller tabloid paper size, terse, fact-filled writing, sports and women’s sections, serial novels, and banner headlines. By the time of the Boer war, the paper sold a million copies a day. Harmsworth took what he considered a patriotic position, stating that the Mail stood for “the power, the supremacy and the greatness of the British Empire.” The part-Jewish publisher Joseph Pulitzer was so impressed with Harmsworth’s talents that he hired him to edit the first edition of his brand new New York World on the first day of the twentieth century, which he did — using the tabloid (meaning compressed) size which he had pioneered and named, and which later become the dominant format for British newspapers. One failure of Northcliffe was his launching of the first daily newspaper for women, the Daily Mirror, which did eventually become a success when he made it into a picture newspaper for both sexes. He took his losses and accepted his defeat with philosophy and humor, saying “Disaster may often be changed to triumph by alteration in tactics. The faculty of knowing when you are beaten is much more valuable than


What substance is produced by white blood cells in response to the action of a foreign body?

Overview of the Immune System - Immune Disorders - Merck Manuals Consumer Version Overview of the Immune System Overview of the Immune System By Peter J. Delves, PhD, University College London, London, UK Biology of the Immune System Overview of the Immune System The immune system is designed to defend the body against foreign or dangerous invaders. Such invaders include Microorganisms (commonly called germs, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi) Parasites (such as worms) To defend the body against these invaders, the immune system must be able to distinguish between What belongs in the body (self) What does not (nonself or foreign) Any substances that are identified as nonself, particularly if they are perceived as dangerous (for example, if they can cause disease), stimulate an immune response in the body. Such substances are called antigens. Antigens may be contained within or on bacteria, viruses, other microorganisms, or cancer cells. Antigens may also exist on their own—for example, as food molecules or pollen. A normal immune response consists of recognizing a potentially harmful foreign antigen, activating and mobilizing forces to defend against it, and attacking it. If the immune system malfunctions and mistakes self for nonself, it may attack the body’s own tissues, causing an autoimmune disorder, such as rheumatoid arthritis, thyroiditis, or systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). Understanding the Immune System Antibody (immunoglobulin): A protein that is produced by B cells and that tightly binds to the antigen of an invader, tagging the invader for attack or directly neutralizing it. Antigen: Any substance that the immune system can recognize and can thus stimulate an immune response. B cell (B lymphocyte): A white blood cell that produces antibodies specific to the antigen that stimulated their production. Basophil: A white blood cell that releases histamine (a substance involved in allergic reactions) and that produces substances to attract other white blood cells (neutrophils and eosinophils) to a trouble spot. Cell: The smallest unit of a living organism, composed of a nucleus and cytoplasm surrounded by a membrane. Chemotaxis: The process of using a chemical substance to attract cells to a particular site. Complement system: A group of proteins that are involved in a series of reactions (called the complement cascade) designed to defend the body—for example, by killing bacteria and other foreign cells, making foreign cells easier for macrophages to identify and ingest, and attracting macrophages and neutrophils to a trouble spot. Cytokines: Proteins that are secreted by immune and other cells that act as the immune system’s messengers to help regulate an immune response. Dendritic cell: A cell that is derived from white blood cells, resides in tissues, and helps T cells recognize foreign antigens. Eosinophil: A white blood cell that kills bacteria, that kills other foreign cells too big to ingest, that may help immobilize and kill parasites, that participates in allergic reactions, and that may help destroy cancer cells. Helper T cell: A white blood cell that helps B cells produce antibodies against foreign antigens, that helps killer T cells become active, and that stimulates macrophages. Histocompatibility: Literally, compatibility of tissue. Determined by human leukocyte antigens (see below) and used to determine whether a transplanted tissue or organ will be accepted by the recipient. Human leukocyte antigens (HLA): A group of identification molecules that are located on the surface of all cells in a combination that is almost unique for each person, thereby enabling the body to distinguish self from nonself. Also called the major histocompatibility complex. Immune complex: An antibody attached to an antigen. Immune response: The reaction of the immune system to an antigen. Immunoglobulin: An antibody. Interleukin: A type of messenger (cytokine) secreted by some white blood cells to affect other white blood cells. Killer (cytotoxic) T cell: A T cell that attaches to infected cells and cancer cells an


"The Scoville Scale measures the ""hotness"" of what?"

Scoville Scale Organoleptic Test Scoville Scale Organoleptic Test Scoville Scale Organoleptic Test Scoville Organoleptic Test Naga Jolokia peppers are extremely hot, with a heat of over one million Scoville units.  Gannon anjo, public domain By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Updated August 14, 2015. The Scoville scale is a measure of the pungency or spicy heat of chili peppers and other chemicals. Here is how the scale is determined and what it means. Origin of the Scoville Scale The Scoville scale is named for American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, who devised the Scoville Organoleptic Test in 1912 as a measure of the amount of capsaicin in hot peppers. Capsaicin is the chemical responsible for most of the spicy heat of peppers and certain other foods. Scoville Organoleptic Test or Scoville Scale To perform the Scoville Organoleptic Test, an alcohol extract of capsaicin oil from a dried pepper is mixed with a solution of water and sugar to the point where a panel of taste-testers can barely detect the heat of the pepper. The pepper is assigned Scoville units based on how much the oil was diluted with water in order to reach this point. As an example, if a pepper has a Scoville rating of 50,000, that means capsaicin oil from that pepper was diluted 50,000 times before the testers could just barely detect the heat. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World The higher the Scoville rating, the hotter the pepper. Tasters on the panel taste one sample per session, so that they results from one sample don't interfere with subsequent testing. Even so, the test is subjective because it relies on human taste, so it is inherently imprecise. Scoville ratings for peppers also change according to a type of pepper's growing conditions (especially humidity and soil), maturity, seed lineage and other factors. The Scoville rating for a type of pepper may vary naturally by a factor of 10 or more. Scoville Scale and Chemicals The hottest hot pepper on the Scoville scale probably is the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper, with a Scoville rating of around 1.6 million Scoville units (compared with 16 million Scoville units for pure capsaicin). Other extremely hot and pungent peppers include the naga jolokia or bhut jolokia and its cultivars, the Ghost chili and Dorset naga. However, other plants produce spicy hot chemicals which can be measured using the Scoville scale, including piperine from black pepper and gingerol from ginger. The 'hottest' chemical is resiniferatoxin, which comes from a species of resin spurge, a cactus-like plant found in Morocco. Resiniferatoxin has a Scoville rating a thousand times hotter than pure capsaicin from hot peppers, or over 16 billion Scoville units! ASTA Pungency Units Because the Scoville test is subjective, the American Spice Trade Association (ASTA) uses high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to accurately measure the concentration of spice-producing chemicals. The value is expressed in ASTA Pungency Units, where different chemicals are mathematically weighted according to their capacity to produce a sensation of heat. The conversion for ASTA Pungency Units to Scoville heat units is that ASTA pungency units are multiplied by 15 to give equivalent Scoville units (1 ASTA pungency unit = 15 Scoville units). Even though HPLC gives an accurate measurement of the chemical concentration, the conversion to Scoville units is a little 'off', since converting ASTA Pungency Units to Scoville Units yields a value from 20-50% lower than the value from the original Scoville Organoleptic Test.


Which was Scotland's first university, founded in 1411?

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Which mountain pass connects Pakistan and Afghanistan?

Khyber Pass | mountain pass, Pakistan-Afghanistan | Britannica.com mountain pass, Pakistan-Afghanistan Alternative Titles: Khaibar Pass, Khaybar Pass Related Topics Afghanistan Khyber Pass, Khyber also spelled Khaybar, orKhaibar, most northerly and important of the passes between Afghanistan and Pakistan . The pass connects Kābul with Peshāwar . The pass has historically been the gateway for invasions of the Indian subcontinent from the northwest. The name Khyber is also applied to the range of arid, broken hills through which the pass runs and which form the last spurs of the Spin Ghar (Safīd Kūh) Range. On either side of the connecting ridge are the sources of two small streams, the beds of which form the Khyber gorge. This narrow gorge forms the Khyber Pass; it winds between cliffs of shale and limestone, 600–1,000 feet (180–300 m) high, and enters the Khyber Hills from the Shadi Bagiār opening, a few miles beyond Jamrūd , Pak., and continues northwestward for about 33 miles (53 km). Just beyond the old Afghan fort of Haft Chāh, it opens onto the barren Lowyah Dakkah plain, which stretches to the Kābul River . Khyber Pass, Pakistan Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. After a steep ascent at its southern entrance, the pass rises gradually to Fort Ali Masjid (3,174 feet), where the Khyber River (Khyber Khwār) leaves the pass to the south. For 5 miles from Ali Masjid the pass becomes a defile not more than 600 feet wide, flanked by imposing and precipitous walls. From Zīntara village on northward, the pass becomes a valley a mile or more wide, with forts, villages, and scattered cultivation plots. About 10 miles west of Ali Masjid lies Landi Kotal fort and cantonment (3,518 feet); this is the highest point in the pass and is also an important market centre with an alternate route back to Peshāwar. There the summit widens out northward for 2 miles. The main pass, however, descends from Landi Kotal through Shinwārī territory to Landi Khāna, where it runs through another gorge and enters Afghanistan territory at Towr Kham (Torkham; 2,300 feet), winding another 10 miles down the valley to Lowyah Dakkah. Similar Topics Jelep Pass The Khyber Pass is threaded by a caravan track and by a good hard-surface road. The railway (opened 1925) through the pass connects Jamrūd with Landi Khāna, near the Afghan frontier; the line, with its 34 tunnels and 94 bridges and culverts, revolutionized transportation in the area. The pass may be skirted by a road fork that enters the hills about 9 miles north of Jamrūd and emerges at Lowyah Dakkah. Few passes have had such continuing strategic importance or so many historic associations as the Khyber Pass. Through it have passed Persians, Greeks, Mughals, Afghans, and the British, for whom it was the key point in control of the Afghan border. In the 5th century bc Darius I the Great of Persia conquered the country around Kābul and marched through the Khyber Pass to the Indus River . Two centuries later Hephaestion and Perdiccas, generals of Alexander the Great , probably used the pass. Buddhism flourished in and around the Khyber when it was part of Aśoka’s kingdom (3rd century bc); Buddhist remains include Kāfir Kot (Citadel of the Kafirs), Shopla stūpa (also called the Khyber Top), and the stūpa near Ali Masjid. The pass was used by Maḥmūd of Ghazna , Bābur, Nāder Shāh , and Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī and his grandson Shāh Zamān in their invasions of India. Ranjit Singh , the Sikh ruler of the Punjab, extended his kingdom as far as Jamrūd in the early 19th century. The Pashtun Afrīdī people of the Khyber area always resisted foreign control, and numerous punitive expeditions were undertaken against them by the Mughals and the British. The first British advance northward into the Khyber took place in 1839, and during the First Anglo-Afghan War the pass was the scene of many skirmishes with the Afridis. The Treaty of Gandamak , which was signed during the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879, left the Khyber tribes under British control. In 1897 the Afridis seized the pass and held it for several months but were d


The adjective 'ophidian' refers to which creatures?

Ophidian | Define Ophidian at Dictionary.com ophidian [oh-fid-ee-uh n] /oʊˈfɪd i ən/ Spell belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes. noun Greek 1820-1830 1820-30; < New Latin Ophidi(a) (plural) name of the suborder (< Greek ophídion (singular), equivalent to óph(is) serpent + -idion diminutive suffix) + -an Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for ophidian Expand Historical Examples The pig treats the snake with disrespect, not to say insolence; nothing, ophidian or otherwise, can fascinate a pig. Very Woman Remy de Gourmont I have been struck, like many others, with the ophidian head and eye of the famous Rachel. Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. The skink of course lacks the ophidian capacity to ingest relatively enormous objects. British Dictionary definitions for ophidian Expand snakelike 2. of, relating to, or belonging to the Ophidia, a suborder of reptiles that comprises the snakes noun any reptile of the suborder Ophidia; a snake Word Origin C19: from New Latin Ophidia name of suborder, from Greek ophidion, from ophis snake Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for ophidian Expand adj. "pertaining to snakes," 1883, from Greek ophidion, diminutive of ophis "serpent" (see ophio- ). Hence, ophiolatry "serpent-worship" (1862), and the 2c. sect of the Ophitæ, who revered the serpent as the symbol of divine wisdom. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


Eukarya- The eukaryotes are    organisms whose cells have true nuclei and    membrane-bound organelle.   Plantae- Members of this kingdom are    all multicellular eukaryotes which undergo    photosynthesis in order to carry out their autotrophic    lifestyles.  In order to go through photosynthesis,    plants are equipped with chloroplasts containing    photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll a, and b and    carotenoids. They also have cell walls which are made up    of cellulose and plastids which store the organism’s    food reserves.   Coniferophyta- This phylum is known    especially for its needle-shaped leaves.  They are    heterosporous so the male and female gametophytes grow    from different sporophytes which are generated on    different cones; the pollen is located on the male cones    while the naked seed is found on the larger female    cones. Another characteristic of this phylum is that    vascular tissue is present in all parts of the plant’s sporophyte. Also in the conifers, the sporophyte is the    dominating form.     Pinopsida- Gymnosperms are cone-bearing    plants that lack flowers and have naked seeds without    fruit.   Taxales- The organisms in this order    are evergreens that are either trees or shrubs that    usually have needle-like leaves.   Taxaceae- Members in the Yew family are evergreens. They’re known for their long,    thin leaves that twist in a spiral pattern and thin    brown bark that may have a scaly appearance. Yews are    conifers so they have cones. The female cones are    accompanied by red berry-like structures which are    called arils.   Taxus- These are either trees or shrubs    that can be dioecious or monoecious. They have braches    which are ascending or drooping. Their seeds are brown    and mature in one season.   Taxus brevifolia (noun)- small    or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast    of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood   This is a more general phylogenic tree of land plants based on   morphological data. The Pacific Yew is included in the   gymnosperms.    This is a portion of the Taxus family phylogenic tree. This   information is based on molecular data.   Check out the Habitat page to see where the Taxus brevifolia is found!


Who won the Booker Prize twice for his novels 'Oscar and Lucinda' and 'True History of the Kelly Gang'?

Who will win the Man Booker Prize? - LA Times Who will win the Man Booker Prize? Man Booker Prize finalists Alastair Grant / Associated Press Finalists for the Man Booker Prize, from left: Ali Smith, Neel Mukherjee, Howard Jacobson, Karen Joy Fowler, Richard Flanagan and Joshua Ferris. Finalists for the Man Booker Prize, from left: Ali Smith, Neel Mukherjee, Howard Jacobson, Karen Joy Fowler, Richard Flanagan and Joshua Ferris. (Alastair Grant / Associated Press) Michael Schaub Who will win the Man Booker Prize? The Man Booker Prize for Fiction , which will be awarded today in London, has long been one of the most prestigious and lucrative literary awards in the world. But this year, the world of the Booker got much bigger. This is the first year American authors are eligible for the prize, which was formerly awarded to only authors from the nations that comprised the British Commonwealth. The new rules make English-language novels from any country in the world eligible for the $85,000 award. Two novels from the United States are included on this year's shortlist: Joshua Ferris (U.S.), "To Rise Again at a Decent Hour" Richard Flanagan (Australia), "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" Karen Joy Fowler (U.S.), "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves" Howard Jacobson (Britain), "J" Neel Mukherjee (Britain), "The Lives of Others" Ali Smith (Britain), "How to be Both" Not everybody is happy with the rule change. Peter Carey, the Australian novelist who won the award twice for "Oscar and Lucinda" and "True History of the Kelly Gang," criticized the decision in an interview with The Guardian, saying, "There was and there is a real Commonwealth culture. It’s different. America doesn’t really feel to be a part of that." Other writers, though, say the problem isn't the inclusion of Americans, but the tendency for the award to be given to the same group of writers. U.S. author Colin Dickey says the Booker should expand its horizons : "But the problem seems to me less that Americans are being considered than that the same names keep reappearing. Is the Commonwealth really so devoid of great writers that you keep coming back to the same handful?" It's difficult to predict which book will win this year. If the award were a popularity contest (and it's very much not), Karen Joy Fowler would have the edge. As journalist Anita Singh points out in the Telegraph , "Fowler’s novel, 'We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves,' has sold more than three times the rest of the Booker shortlist combined." The bookmakers at William Hill, though, favor Neel Mukherjee to take home the award, giving the Indian British novelist 5:2 odds for his novel "The Lives of Others." U.S. writers Fowler and Ferris are considered longshots. The announcement will be broadcast live online at the BBC Arts website at 1:30 p.m. Pacific.


Male Hormones: Men's Health.com That fine-tuning increases the system's vulnerability, as it relies on complex feedback to regulate itself. "If that feedback is distorted, it can disrupt the process," says Vivian Fonseca, M.D., chief of endocrinology at Tulane University's health sciences center. Use our guide to ensure your hormones are doing their jobs. Stress hormones: Cortisol and epinephrine Whether you're fending off an angry rottweiler or an angry client, your body's response to stress is the same: Your hypothalamus floods your blood with hormones to frighten you into action. "Cortisol and epinephrine are your body's alarm-system hormones," says Dr. Fonseca. They make your heart beat faster and dilate your bronchial tubes so they can feed oxygen to your brain and keep you alert. They also release fat and glucose into your bloodstream to provide emergency energy. Are your hormones in tune? Too much stress can keep your cortisol levels consistently elevated, which disrupts your metabolic system. This, in turn, signals your cells to store as much fat as possible. Worse, the fat tends to accumulate in your belly as visceral fat, which resides behind your abdominal muscles and has more cortisol receptors than other fat does. To defend yourself against stress-hormone disruption, make a habit of exercising for an hour a day, 3 days a week. Doing so helps regulate your cortisol levels, say researchers at Ohio State University. Also try to eat organic foods as much as possible in order to steer clear of the common pesticide atrazine. This chemical has been shown to affect hormonal balances in amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. A National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory study showed that atrazine produced extreme increases in stress-hormone levels in rats. In fact, the stress reaction was similar to that seen when the animals were restrained against their will, the study noted. (For more on pesticide dangers, see "Your Lethal Lawn" in this issue.) Weight hormones: Leptin, ghrelin, CCK, insulin You have an army of hormones telling you when to eat and when to put the fork down. The hormone ghrelin begins the cycle when your stomach is empty by prompting neurons in your hypothalamus to make you feel hungry. Then when you start eating, your stomach stretches and you secrete cholecystokinin (CCK), an appetite suppressant. Hormones now begin working overtime to help you back away from the table. Your intestines produce peptide YY, which tells your brain you've had enough to eat, and your pancreas sends out insulin. This signals that you're metabolizing a meal and that you shouldn't consume any more. Leptin, a hormone produced by fat cells, also tells your hypothalamus that you're full by prompting the secretion of alpha-MSH, which is another appetite-suppressing hormone. All this helps your body maintain a balance between hunger and satiation. Why so many hormones in the game? "Energy regulation is necessary for survival, so we have many redundant pathways in case any fail," says Robert Lustig, M.D., an endocrinologist at the University of California at San Francisco. "But we were never supposed to have so much food so readily available, and certainly not this much sugar." Are your hormones in tune? Hungry? Full? You may not be able to trust your gut. When you put on extra weight, you start secreting excess leptin. "And if you secrete a lot of leptin on a chronic basis, it should tell your brain, 'Look, you're putting on weight; you need to cut back,'" says Dr. Fonseca. But disruptions in leptin (mostly from too much sugar) instead tell your brain to send out hunger signals, even if you've just eaten. This can lead to fatty liver disease and insulin resistance. "When your insulin goes up, it blocks leptin signaling, which means your brain thinks you're starving," Dr. Lustig says. This, of course, sets up a wicked feedback cycle as you pack on the pounds. Beyond losing weight, your best defense against leptin disruption is to reduce your sugar intake. Americans consume an average of 22 teaspoons of suga


How many letters are there in the Greek alphabet?

How Many Letters Are There in The Greek Alphabet? How Many Letters Are There in The Greek Alphabet? Home Science , Technology , World Bulent Yozgat 15 October 2013 From the beginning of the humanity people have been tying to communicate to each other because they have to making communication between each other. In order to find the necessities of them people have to talk or make communication to other people and they are saying about needs of them. Before the invention of the script people are making oral communication between each other but on the other hand when we think about the period after the invention of the script we can see that people start to use the letters instead of oral communication. And as a result of this invention new alphabet types have been emerged and in the world today there are lots of different alphabets that are used by the different communities that are from the different regions of the world. Today we are going to make a short analysis about The Greek Alphabet.    The History of The Greek Alphabet   When we look at the history of The Greek Alphabet, we can see that this alphabet is based on the date of 8 B.C and lots of the researches are claiming that The Greek Alphabet is coming from the alphabet of Phoenician Alphabet and in accordance with them and the consequences of some researches that are done currently this type of alphabet can be said that the modern Latin and Middle Eastern Scripts. On this point it can be easily said that the Phoenician Alphabet is very important for the modern alphabets and lots of the alphabets that are used today are taking their roots from this alphabet. As all we know from the history the mathematics and the science are one of the most important things in people’s lives and in these fields The Greek Alphabet is used in almost all around the whole world by people. The Greek Alphabet is not only used in modern era but on the other hand it is used in the periods of old era. When we look at the history of the Greece we can see that in old Greece there are lots of sciences and politics and democracy and it can be easily said that maybe the Greek Alphabet’s being such an important alphabet is those developments in the history of the Greece. When we look at the number of the letters that are available in The Greek Alphabet we can see that there are 24 letters in The Greek Alphabet. And these letters are:   Α  Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω   alpha beta gamma delta epsilon zeta heta theta iota kappa lambda mu nu xi omicron pi rho sigma tau upsilon phi chi psi omega   Like in the past, most probably in the future The Greek people will use the The Greek Alphabet. Again in the fields of the mathematics and the science these letters will be in use in the future. Other News