In which of her films did Shirley Temple sing Animal Crackers in my Soup?

Curly Top Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 12 out of 13 people found the following review useful: Sweetness And Values A La Shirley Temple from United States 12 January 2008 This is another solid Shirley Temple film with some wonderful, sweet scenes and lines you certainly wouldn't hear in movies today. For instance: "It's Sunday. Would you like to go to Sunday School? Ohh, I love Sunday School!" In addition to the innocence, truly nice characters, decent humor and music, what I appreciated was the lack of screen time of the villain. Many movies have some nasty person giving Shirley a hard time. To me, that's uncomfortable, but in this film the villain gets little screen time. Thus, much of the film features nothing but good, likable people. That list is headed by pretty Rochelle Hudson as "Mary Blair" and charming singer/good guy John Boles as "Edward Morgan" and, finally, good old Arthur Treacher as the butler (what else?!), "Reynolds.". To be fair, I didn't think the songs were that super, except for Shirley's "Animal Crackers In My Soup," which is a great song. If I recall, at least half the songs in this film were by the adults (two by Boles and one by Rochelle) and, frankly, I'd rather hear little Miss Temple. Boles' numbers and voice are too outdated for today. He has that Rudy Vallee-type 'early 30s voice. Do not watch this on a colorized VHS version as I did. Shirley's teeth are green and it's distracting. Stick to the black-and-white, especially now that it is available with a good DVD transfer. Overall, a nice story with lots of nice people give you a warm feeling when viewing this. Was the above review useful to you? 13 out of 17 people found the following review useful: Drop Dead Gorgeous from Florida 24 January 2002 Shirley was cute, but if you are a woman, and honest, you will admit to yourself that while you are enjoying Shirley as the little orphan charmer, that it is John Boles and Rochelle Hudson who keep your interest perked in this film. John Boles was drop dead gorgeous, probably THE best looking leading man EVER to come out of Hollywood. I have to admit that he is the reason I enjoy watching this film over and over again. They don't make leading men like him anymore in Hollywood. Men who looked like real men, distinguished, wearing real suits and ties: not models, porn stars, hippies, or gay stereotypes. Was the above review useful to you? 10 out of 13 people found the following review useful: Little Shirley Invites You To Join Her For A Snack Of Animal Crackers from Forest Ranch, CA 7 September 2000 A spunky little orphan, who brings happiness into the rather bleak institution where she lives, shakes her CURLY TOP and wins the heart of a young bachelor millionaire. Her beautiful older sister doesn't do so badly, either... Shirley Temple is in her prime in this delightful family film. Her infectious smile & sparkling personality are ample indications as to why she was Hollywood's box office champ for years. Replete with talent & abundant charm, Little Miss Temple is a constant joy to watch & a source of never-failing amusement. Up against a champion scene stealer, the romantic leads in Shirley's films never got a great deal of attention and it is no different here. Although both are attractive and more than competent, John Boles & Rochelle Hudson are the latest duo to sacrifice themselves on Temple's altar. Each are even given pleasant songs to sing, but the viewer squirms impatiently, wishing the story to return to The Real Star. Shirley always found much stiffer competition from the wonderful character actors who populated her films. Here she's up against some heavy hitters. Sweet Jane Darwell & peppery Rafaela Ottiano appear as the matrons of the orphanage. Etienne Girardot plays a nasty-tempered trustee. Most especially there's the inimitable Arthur Treacher, adding another comic butler to his resume. This tall, imperious Englishman with the properly stiff upper lip was always a memorable cinematic companion to Miss Temple and he was more than capable of holding his own against the little moppet


Which fruit is a cross between a grapefruit and a tangerine?

Ugli - definition of ugli by The Free Dictionary Ugli - definition of ugli by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ugli (ˈʌɡlɪ) n, pl UGLIS or UGLIES (Plants) a large juicy yellow-skinned citrus fruit of the Caribbean: a cross between a tangerine, grapefruit, and orange. Also called: UGLI fruit [C20: probably an alteration of ugly, referring to its wrinkled skin] Ug•li Trademark. a large, sweet variety of tangelo, of Jamaican origin, having rough, wrinkled, yellowish skin. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:


Stephen Hendry was the World Snooker Champion every year between 1990 and 1996 except for 1991. Who won the title in 1991?

World Snooker Championship | Snooker Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit The first championship was held in 1927 and Joe Davis helped to organise the event. Matches were held at various venues, and the final took place at Camkin's Hall, Birmingham. Joe Davis won the event, beating Tom Dennis 20-11. His prize money was £6.10s. The highest break of the tournament was 60 by Albert Cope. In subsequent years, finals were held at various venues. Joe Davis won every year until 1940. Despite an upsurge in interest in snooker there were only two entrants for the 1931 professional championship . The event was staged in the back room of a Nottingham pub, owned by Tom Dennis . The fact that he was playing on his own table didn't help as Joe Davis ran out a 25-21 winner for his fifth consecutive victory. In 1940, Joe Davis just beat his younger brother Fred 37-36. No tournaments were organised during the remaining World War II and it only resumed in 1946 when Joe Davis won again for the 15th time, a record that still stands. Joe Davis never contested the world championship again, though he continued to play professional snooker. Walter Donaldson won in 1947, but it was Fred Davis who dominated the next few years, winning it three times in 1948, 1949 and 1951. In 1952, as a result of a disagreement between the governing bodies (the Billiards Association and Control Council), and some of the players, two tournaments were held. The World Matchplay , organised by the players and widely viewed as the "real" world championship, continued until 1957. The BA&CC event only lasted one year. Meanwhile the 'official' world championship did attract two entrants in 1952, Horace Lindrum (Australia) beating New Zealand's Clark McConachy – and it is Lindrum's name that is inscribed on the familiar trophy. Snooker then went into a period of decline, and no tournament was held between 1958 and 1963. In 1964 it was revived on a challenge basis, a format which lasted until 1968. This meant that matches took place on an irregular basis, sometimes more than once a year. John Pulman completely dominated during this period, overcoming all challengers in a total of seven matches. The championship reverted back to a knockout tournament in 1969. That year it was won by John Spencer , but it was Ray Reardon who was to dominate over the coming years, winning six times between 1970 and 1978. 1976 was the first year the championships were sponsored by the cigarette brand Embassy. The following year, the event moved to the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and the BBC started providing major television coverage. The Crucible seats fewer than a thousand people with the front row of seats only a few feet from the players. This was about the time snooker started attracting very large television audiences and for many fans it is synonymous with snooker. The most successful players at the Crucible are Steve Davis , who won six times in the 1980s, and Stephen Hendry , who won seven times in the 1990s. Recently, the tournament has been more open, with six different players winning in the 2000s. In the 1985 final , Dennis Taylor beat Steve Davis 18-17 on the final ball of the final frame, in one of the most closely contested matches of all time. It finished at 00:19 but was superseded as the latest finish first by the 2006 final (00:52 BST), then the 2007 final (00:55 BST). In 2004 , the championship offered a total of £1,378,920 in prize money, including £250,000 for the winner and £125,000 for the runner-up. A further £147,000 was on offer for a 147 break, though no player achieved this. Recent legislation has placed restrictions on tobacco advertising, including sponsorship of sporting events. Embassy had a special dispensation to continue snooker sponsorship until 2005. The Championship is currently sponsored by Betfred.com after 888.com pulled out of their five year sponsorship deal after three years. On 15 April 2009, the World Snooker Championship website announced that Betfred.com would be the new sponsor of the World Championship for the next four years. On 27 April 20


TV's Peaky Blinders is set in which UK city?

Peaky Blinders 2: Birmingham City fans angry after new 'inappropriate' TV trailer is axed - Mirror Online Peaky Blinders 2: Birmingham City fans angry after new 'inappropriate' TV trailer is axed Yesterday's screening was billing as "Peaky Blinders Day"  Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email A half-time screening of a trailer for the new season of the BBC's gritty historic crime drama Peaky Blinders has been banned over fears it would be too violent. Football fans attending Birmingham City Football Club's league championship home game against Leeds United yesterday were set to get a sneak preview of season two, which features Hollywood star Tom Hardy. However, the trailer was pulled by the club, after liaising with the BBC, because it was thought some of the footage's content may be inappropriate for younger fans and children in the stands. Some fans took to social media to express their anger at the decision to axe the screening, but the club said it was "not appropriate for daytime viewing". Peaky Blinders 2 is coming soon   The show's first-season run was broadcast on a slot well after the 9pm watershed, when it aired last year. The critically-acclaimed drama starring 28 Days Later's Cillian Murphy as Tommy, the head of the Shelby crime family, has been a big hit with viewers. Its Birmingham setting - creator is city native Steven Knight - has also made it hugely popular on the terraces at the Blues, where a chant referring to the programme's title has been adopted. The popularity has not gone unnoticed by the club which had ramped up publicity in the run-up to yesterday's screening, billing it "Peaky Blinders Day". Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now It also launched a line of Blues-branded flat caps in the club shop, which had sold out before kick-off. On the day, hundreds of fans got into the spirit, donning 1920s braces, tailored waistcoats, shirts and caps - although minus the hidden razor blades in their peaks, which had originally given the violent gang its name. In a statement, the club said: "We were delighted to be approached by the BBC to screen the new trailer to the second series of the Peaky Blinders at St Andrew's. "However, having only received and reviewed the footage late on Friday night, it was deemed not appropriate for daytime viewing." A 15-second sneak preview trailer for season two, released by the BBC at the end of July, has had 2.18 million hits on YouTube. The new series, featuring Sam Neill and also Helen McCrory as the Shelby family matriarch, is scheduled to air on television screens on BBC Two in October. It is reported the teaser trailer will be available from tomorrow. * Peaky Blinders' second series will air at the on BBC Two in autumn 2014 Like this? Did you know we have a dedicated TV and Film page on Facebook? Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent


In which Carry On film does Kenneth Williams play Captain Fearless and Bernard Cribbins Midshipman Albert Poopdecker?

Carry On Jack [1963] [Blu-ray]: Amazon.co.uk: Bernard Cribbins, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Juliet Mills, Donald Houston, Jim Dale, Ed Devereaux, Frank Forsyth, Peter Gilmore, Barry Gosney, Percy Herbert, Cecil Parker, Jimmy Thompson, Ian Wilson, Anton Rodgers, George Woodbridge, Gerald Thomas, Peter Rogers: DVD & Blu-ray Product Description Product Description Tenth entry in the 'Carry On' series. Able seaman Poop-Decker (Bernard Cribbins) signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless (Kenneth Williams). Those swabbing the decks include Juliet Mills, Charles Hawtrey and Donald Houston. The film was originally to be entitled 'Up the Armada', but the British Board of Film Censors objected to such a rude title. From Amazon.co.uk Carry On Jack was the 1963 offering from a team which had, by then, become a repertory company with special guests dropping in for a dose of innuendo. "What's all this jigging in the rigging?" demands Kenneth Williams, this time playing a ship's captain, and the scene is set for 90 minutes of ribaldry involving cross-dressing, press-ganging and plank walking. The plot scarcely matters. It's set after the Battle of Trafalgar and the sea is awash with Spanish galleons and pirates as the British navy sets about defending its shores with as much incompetence as possible. Sally, a barmaid at the Dirty Duck (Juliet Mills in feisty principal boy mode), knocks Bernard Cribbins on the head and steals his uniform so that she can go in search of her childhood sweetheart. He is promptly press-ganged and they end up on the same ship. Williams, on the brink of his ascendancy as a star turn, just about keeps the mannerisms under control enough to build the character of the naïve and neurotic captain. Familiar Carry On faces on top form include Charles Hawtrey and Jim Dale, while Peter Gilmore--in his pre-Onedin Line days--appears as a pirate. Peter Rodgers' script is not quite vintage Carry On but the jokes keep coming and it's all good, clean fun. On the DVD: This was one of the first Carry On films to be made in colour. The print is in reasonable condition. The picture quality, apart from a couple of scratchy scenes of sailing ships that were probably drafted in from stock footage, is fair, as is the sound. But apart from the scene index there are no extras on the disc. Given the cult status of the Carry On films, and the wealth of documentary material which has been made about them and their stars, you'd think something extra could have been offered with the DVD releases to make them a more worthwhile alternative to the video. --Piers Ford --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Blu-ray Â£61.95 Amazon Prime


Milwaukee is the largest city of which US state?

Milwaukee Population 2016 - World Population Review World Population Review 594,833 Milwaukee Population 2016 Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and the 30th most populous city in the country. It's also the center of the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 1.57 million. In 2016, Milwaukee has a population exceeding 600,000. Milwaukee is a very slowly growing city with a population estimated at 600,155 in 2016. Despite very strong growth through the 1950s, Milwaukee has experienced negative growth since then, and it's only since the 2010 census that signs of growth have been evident, although growth has been small. The Milwaukee metropolitan area is home to approximately 1.57 million people in 2016. 30% of the entire state's population lives in the 5-country metropolitan area, with 10% of Wisconsin's population within the Milwaukee city limits. Milwaukee Demographics At the 2010 US Census, the racial breakdown of Milwaukee was: White: 44.8% (non-Hispanic: 37%) American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.8% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 0.1% Two or more races: 3.4% Hispanic or Latino of any race: 17.3% 38.3% of Milwaukee's population reports having African American ancestry, while 21% claim German ancestry. Other common ancestry groups in the city include Polish (8.8%), Irish (6.5%), Italian (3.6%) and English (2.8%). The city of Milwaukee seems diverse, but the picture changes when you look at the county as a whole. Milwaukee County's population is 55% white, and the county's African American population is 27%. Only about 8% of the county's African American population lives outside the city limits. Milwaukee is often seen as a very racially segregated city; some consider it the most segregated city in the country, along with Detroit, Michigan, including a 2002 issue of Jet Magazine. Milwaukee History The Milwaukee area was originally inhabited by several Native American tribes, with French traders and missionaries first passing though the region in the late 17th century. A trading post was established in 1785 by Alexis Laframboise. It's believed the word Milwaukee comes from either a Potawatomi or Ojibwe word meaning "gathering place by the water." For many years, the settlement's name was printed as "Milwaukie," until a newspaper changed it to its current spelling sometime in the 1830s. In its early history, Milwaukee had a great rivalry with two neighboring towns, Juneautown, across the river, and Walker's Point. By the 1840s, the rivalry had grown and there were battles between the town, culminating in the Milwaukee Bridge War of 1845. Afterward, the towns were united and, in 1846, the City of Milwaukee was incorporated. Milwaukee began to grow rapidly with an influx of immigrants, especially those from Germany who made their way here from Wisconsin. Milwaukee continued its rapid growth, reaching a height of 741,000 in 1960 before beginning a 5-decade decline. Current State of Milwaukee Milwaukee currently ranks 4th among major cities in the US in terms of children living in poverty at 43%. Milwaukee's unemployment rate is the same as the national average, and its jobs market does show signs of stability and even improvement. The city has also started to attract college graduates, 80% of whom moved to Milwaukee because they got a job. Revitalization efforts in the downtown area have been used to attract residents to the area and encourage growth and development. Milwaukee Population Growth Milwaukee is a very slowly growing city, with its modest growth mostly concentrated in the neighborhoods around downtown. From 2011 to 2013, Milwaukee added only 4,000 people . While this doesn't sound like a lot, and it isn't, it does show that Milwaukee's experiencing a turnaround after almost 5 decades of decline. The growth in the downtown areas have been largely attributed to new construction of condos and apartments, and most of the new residents are younger adults. It's still too soon to tell if the population growth trend in Milwaukee will continue and the city will be a


"In which modern day country was the ""Battle of Waterloo"" fought in 1815?"

Battle of Waterloo | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Guadeloupe The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands . An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition , comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher . It was the culminating battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last. The defeat at Waterloo ended his rule as Emperor of the French, marking the end of his Hundred Days return from exile. Upon Napoleon's return to power in 1815, many states that had opposed him formed the Seventh Coalition and began to mobilise armies. Two large forces under Wellington and Blücher assembled close to the north-eastern border of France. Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before they could join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the coalition. The decisive engagement of this three-day Waterloo Campaign (16–19 June 1815) occurred at the Battle of Waterloo. According to Wellington, the battle was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life". [6] Napoleon delayed giving battle until noon on 18 June to allow the ground to dry. Wellington's army, positioned across the Brussels road on the Mont-Saint-Jean escarpment , withstood repeated attacks by the French, until, in the evening, the Prussians arrived in force and broke through Napoleon's right flank. At that moment, Wellington's Anglo-allied army counter-attacked and drove the French army in disorder from the field. Pursuing coalition forces entered France and restored King Louis XVIII to the French throne. Napoleon abdicated, surrendered to the British, and was exiled to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821. The battlefield is in present-day Belgium, about Script error south by south-east of Brussels, and about Script error from the town of Waterloo. The site of the battlefield is today dominated by a large monument, the Lion's Mound . As this mound was constructed from earth taken from the battlefield itself, the contemporary topography of the part of the battlefield around the mound has not been preserved. Contents Main article: Waterloo Campaign Strategic situation in Western Europe in 1815 : 250,000 Frenchmen faced a coalition of about 850,000 soldiers on four fronts . In addition, Napoleon was forced to leave 20,000 men in Western France to reduce a royalist insurrection. On 13 March 1815, six days before Napoleon reached Paris, the powers at the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw . [1] Four days later, the United Kingdom , Russia , Austria , and Prussia mobilised armies to defeat Napoleon. [2] Napoleon knew that once his attempts at dissuading one or more of the Seventh Coalition allies from invading France had failed, his only chance of remaining in power was to attack before the coalition mobilised. If he could destroy the existing coalition forces south of Brussels before they were reinforced, he might be able to drive the British back to the sea and knock the Prussians out of the war. An additional consideration was that there were many French-speaking sympathisers in Belgium and a French victory might trigger a friendly revolution there. Also, the British troops in Belgium were largely second-line troops; most of the veterans of the Peninsular War had been sent to America to fight the War of 1812 . [3] Map of the Waterloo campaign The resurgent Napoleon's strategy was to isolate the Allied and Prussian armies, and annihilate each one separately Napoleon's headquarters during the battle, the Caillou ("Pebble") Farm Wellington's initial dispositions were intended to counter the threat of Napoleon enveloping the Coalition armies by moving through Mons to the south-west of Brussels. [4] This would have cut Wellington's communications with his base at Ostend, but would have pushed his army closer to Blücher's. Napoleon manipulated Wellington's fear


"With whom did Lionel Ritchie duet on the 1981 hit ""Endless Love""?"

Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - YouTube Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jun 4, 2009 "Endless Love" is a song originally recorded as a duet between soul singers Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, who wrote the song. In this ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another. It was covered by soul singer Luther Vandross with pop/R&B singer Mariah Carey, and also by country music singer Kenny Rogers. The song ranks at number 13 on Billboard's All Time Top 100. Ross and Richie recorded the song for the Motown Records, and it was used as the theme for the film Endless Love starring Brooke Shields. Produced by Richie and arranged by Gene Page, it was released as a single from the film's soundtrack in 1981. While the film Endless Love was a failure, the song became the second biggest-selling single of the year (first was "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John) in the U.S. and landed at number 1 on Billboard's Pop chart, where it stayed for nine weeks from August 9 to October 10, 1981. It also topped the Billboard R&B chart and the Adult Contemporary chart, and landed at number 7 in the UK. The soulful composition became the biggest-selling single of Ross' career, while it was one of several hits for Richie as the 1980s progressed. Ross recorded a solo version of the song for her first RCA Records album, Why Do Fools Fall in Love?, but the famous version was her last hit on Motown. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Richie, and was the second song with which Ross was involved that was nominated for an Oscar. It also won a 1982 American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single. The song was included in Adam Sandler's movie Happy Gilmore when Happy and his girlfriend Virginia are ice skating, and the song begins to play. Virginia says to Happy "I thought we were just going to be friends." To which he responds, "Friends listen to Endless Love in the dark." The song was included as well in the third season of Friends, in which Phoebe walks into Chandler and Joey´s flat, just to find Chandler singing the song and holding Lionel Ritchie's first album, even though the song is included in his fourth album, Back to Front and also in a special 1981 single. The song was also one of the most popular wedding dedication songs in the 1980's. Category


From which club did Tottenham Hotspur sign Christian Eriksen in 2013?

Christian Eriksen - Official Player Profile, News, Stats, Video - tottenhamhotspur.com 23 Danish international star Christian Eriksen enjoyed another memorable campaign in 2015-16. He shook off an early-season knee injury to make 47 appearances in all competitions, scoring eight goals including a coolly-taken late winner away at Manchester City on his birthday in February, 2016. Christian moved to Dutch giants Ajax in 2008 from Odense in his native Denmark and played a total of 161 games for the Eredivisie club, scoring 33 goals. He enjoyed great success during his time in Amsterdam, winning three consecutive Dutch league championships between 2011 and 2013 as well as being named Dutch Football Talent of the Year and Ajax Talent of the Year in 2011. He was also voted Danish Talent of the Year that same year. Christian joined us in the summer of 2013, scored 10 goals in 36 appearances in his first season, 2013-14, and swept the board in terms of our end-of-season awards, claiming the Supporters' Club and One Hotspur Members' Player of the Season double. He was also voted the Danish Football Player of the Year - the equivalent of the PFA prize in England - for 2013 and has since gone on to make history by winning that award in 2014 and 2015, becoming the first player to win it three years in a row. That debut season at White Hart Lane saw Christian score seven goals and claim eight assists in 23 starts in the Premier League. His free-kicks also caught the eye and he scored his first Premier League goal from a set-piece against West Brom in December, 2013, before following that up with free-kicks against Dnipro and Benfica in the Europa League. The following season, 2014-15, saw Christian hit double-figures in the Premier League and he finished with a total of 12 goals in 48 appearances in all competitions. His domestic tally included a number of thrilling late winners as he bagged maximum points for us against Hull City, Swansea City, Leicester City and Sunderland throughout the campaign. He was also the only player to feature in all 38 Premier League matches, starting 37. However, his highlight of 2014-15 came in the League Cup, where a double at Sheffield United in the semi-final, second leg took us to Wembley - he scored one of the best Spurs free-kicks of recent times before rolling home a one-on-one chance, cool as you like, with only minutes remaining. Christian also passed the 50-cap mark for Denmark during the 2014-15 campaign.


The Kadjar and Twizy models of cars are produced by which company?

RENAULT Kadjar BIK rates - Company car tax 2017 - Next Green Car Next 10 ► RENAULT Kadjar BIK rates Finding an RENAULT Kadjar with a low BIK rate will mean lower company car tax payable. As the BIK rate is linked to the fuel type and official CO2 emissions, an RENAULT Kadjar model with low BIK rate will most likely mean reduced fuel bills as well as less impact on the environment. To find company car tax payable for a specific RENAULT Kadjar model click on the record in the list or use the company car tax calculator .


Baltimore is the largest city of which US state?

Baltimore Population 2016 - World Population Review World Population Review 620,961 Baltimore Population 2016 Baltimore is the largest city in Maryland and the 26th largest city in the United States. The city is located in central Maryland along the Patapsco River. Baltimore is an independent city that is also called Baltimore City. Baltimore's population is growing very modestly and growth is nearly flat. The population of Baltimore is estimated at 622,000. At the 2010 census, Baltimore had a population of 620,560. By 2012, this number had grown to 621,342. The population of Baltimore is believed to have grown to 622,000, a very slight but promising increase for the city, which has lost more than one third of its population in the last sixty years. This is the first time Baltimore's population has grown since it reached a peak of 949,700 in 1950. Downtown Baltimore and surrounding areas have seen improvement as more young professionals and immigrants move to the region. There is also growing international migration as well as fewer people leaving Baltimore. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced in December 2011 that she would make it her goal to increase Baltimore's population by "10,000 families" within ten years. The Baltimore metropolitan area is much larger, however, with a population estimated at 6.7 million. This makes it the 20th largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore Demographics At the 2010 census, the population of Baltimore was 620,961, which is a 4.6% drop from 2000. According to the 2010 census, the racial and ethnic breakdown of the city was: Black: 63.7% American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.4% Two or more races: 2.1% Other race: 1.8% Hispanic, Latino or Spanish of any race: 4.2% Baltimore was the second city in the U.S. to reach a population of 100,000, after New York City, and it remained the second-largest city until 1850. Up until 1890, Baltimore was one of the top 10 most populous cities in the country with a post- World War II population approaching one million. While Baltimore's population has been in decline since 1950, the number of families in the downtown area has grown significantly over the last decade, with this core region growing 130% in the last ten years. Since 2010, new construction has turned many old commercial buildings into residences, while the average household income has grown from $45,900 to $64,100. Baltimore still has a growing homeless population, particularly among young people. Baltimore History Baltimore is named for Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, who was the founding proprietor of the Maryland Colony. The Port of Baltimore was created in 1706 for tobacco trade, with the town founded in 1729. In its early history, Baltimore played a central role in many events of the American Revolution, and it was the capital of the United States from December 1776 through February 1777. The Battle of Baltimore also took place here during the War of 1812, after Washington, D.C. was burned and the British attacked the city in 1814. Baltimore's harbor was successfully defended. Francis Scott Key, a lawyer from Maryland, was aboard one of the British ships while negotiating for the release of a prisoner, when he witnessed the attack on the city. As he saw a massive American flag raised on the morning after the attack, he wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner," which became the country's official national anthem in 1931. Baltimore grew quickly after the battle and became a major shipping and manufacturing center. During the Civil War, Maryland remained a part of the Union, despite being a slave state and support for secession in many regions, including Baltimore, which benefits from tobacco and slave trades. When Union soldiers marched through Baltimore at the beginning of the war, Confederate sympathizers attacked and led to a riot. Today, efforts are being made to revitalize the city, including the construction of the Baltimore World Trade Center, Harborplace, the National Aquarium and the Maryland Science Center. Baltimore Population Growth In 2011, Baltimore's popul


Which British general commanded the forces who defeated the French at Quebec in 1759 led by The Marquis de Montcalm?

French and Indian War: Battle of Quebec (1759) French and Indian War: Battle of Quebec (1759) French and Indian War: Battle of Quebec (1759) Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West.  Photograph Source: Public Domain Battle of Quebec Conflict & Date: The Battle of Quebec was fought September 13, 1759, during the French & Indian War (1754-1763). Armies & Commanders: 4,400 men engaged, 8,000 around Quebec French 4,500 engaged, 3,500 in Quebec Battle of Quebec (1759) Overview: Following the successful capture of Louisbourg in 1758, British leaders began planning for a strike against Quebec the next year. After assembling a force at Louisbourg under Major General James Wolfe and Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, the expedition arrived off Quebec in early June 1759. The direction of the attack caught the French commander, the Marquis de Montcalm, by surprise as he had anticipated a British thrust from the west or south. Assembling his forces, Montcalm began building a system of fortifications along the north shore of the St. Lawrence and placed bulk of his army east of the city at Beauport. Establishing his army on the Ile d'Orléans and the south shore at Point Levis, Wolfe began a bombardment of the city and ran ships past its batteries to reconnoiter for landing places upstream. On July 31, Wolfe attacked Montcalm at Beauport but was repulsed with heavy losses. Stymied, Wolfe began to focus on landing to west of the city. While British ships raided upstream and threatened Montcalm's supply lines to Montreal, the French leader was forced to disperse his army along the north shore to prevent Wolfe from crossing. The largest detachment, 3,000 men under Colonel Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, was sent upstream to Cap Rouge with orders to watch the river east back towards the city. Not believing that another assault at Beauport would be successful, Wolfe began planning a landing just beyond Pointe-aux-Trembles. This was cancelled due to poor weather and on September 10 he informed his commanders that he intended to cross at Anse-au-Foulon. A small cove southwest of the city, the landing beach at Anse-au-Foulon required British troops to come ashore and ascend a slope and small road to reach the Plains of Abraham above. The approach at Anse-au-Foulon was guarded by a militia detachment led Captain Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor and numbered between 40-100 men. Though the Governor of Quebec, the Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, was concerned about a landing in the area, Montcalm dismissed these fears believing that due to the severity of the slope a small detachment would be able to hold until help arrived. On the night of September 12, British warships moved to positions opposite Cap Rouge and Beauport to give the impression that Wolfe would be landing at two places. Around midnight, Wolfe's men embarked for Anse-au-Foulon. Their approach was aided by the fact that the French were expecting boats bringing provisions from Trois-Rivières. Nearing the landing beach, the British were challenged by a French sentry. A French-speaking Highland officer replied in flawless French and the alarm was not raised. Going ashore with forty men, Brigadier General James Murray signaled to Wolfe that it was clear to land the army. A detachment under Colonel William Howe (of future American Revolution fame) moved up the slope and captured Vergor's camp. As the British were landing, a runner from Vergor's camp reached Montcalm. Distracted by Saunders' diversion off Beauport, Montcalm ignored this initial report. Finally coming to grips with the situation, Montcalm gathered his available forces and began moving west. While a more prudent course may have been to wait for Bougainville's men to rejoin the army or least be in position to attack simultaneously, Montcalm wished to engage the British immediately before they could fortify and become established above Anse-au-Foulon. Forming in an open area known as the Plains of Abraham, Wolfe's men turned towards the city with their right anchored on the river and their left on a wooded bluff overlooking the St. Charles


"Which northern Irish singer-songwriters only UK top 20 hit was a duet with Cliff Richard, entitled ""Whenever God Shines His Light""?"

Buy CD - Morrison,Van : Avalon Sunset [Import] Avalon Sunset [Import] 2008-04-01 Notes / Reviews Avalon Sunset is the nineteenth album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music.) The album has been described as "a powerful statement that the often turbulent muse had stabilized and was now a sublime force flowing through Van Morrison". The 29 January 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains an alternative take of "Whenever God Shines His Light" and a version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" with additional lyrics by Morrison. Recording This album was recorded in London and Bath, England, and close to Avalon, the mythic kingdom of King Arthur. It marked the first appearance of Georgie Fame, who played the Hammond organ and would also provide backup vocals and help direct the band. Morrison and Fame would work together for most of the nineties. The all new songs were rehearsed in two days and then recorded in another two days. Arty McGlynn (the guitarist) remarked about the band's feelings when the sessions ended "we still don't know if it's an album, or maybe a demo for an album." Morrison's reliance on spontaneity was evident on "Daring Night" where he can be heard calling out chord changes "one-four, one-four" (Gmaj to Cmaj) to Roy Jones near the song's ending.Heylin, Can You Feel the Silence?, p. 429 The album was previewed at a private concert at Ronnie Scott's club on 24 May 1989.Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p. 256 Composition The album opens with "Whenever God Shines His Light", issued as a successful single that charted at #20 in the U.K. and was a duet with Cliff Richard. "Contacting my Angel" is actually about a woman's presence not the more heavenly kind. On "I'd Like to Write Another Song" the singer conveys a feeling that writer's block seems to make living not worthwhile and makes a subtle joke by saying if he could only write another song: "In poetry I'd carve it well / I'd even make it rhyme/" but then doesn't by pairing it with "mind". The album contains the romantic ballad "Have I Told You Lately", which became a hit single for Morrison, reaching #12 on the Adult Contemporary Charts and was a bigger hit for Rod Stewart in 1993. This song was again released on Morrison's 2007 album, Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits. The song "Coney Island" is set in a resort area in Northern Ireland and tells of a perfect day with a loved one and talk of "potted herring" and ending with the spoken words, "Wouldn't it be great if it was like this all the time?" The song "I'm Tired Joey Boy" has a pastoral setting and was originally written as a poem, Morrison has said. On a later song "When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God" the certainties of faith are questioned. The song "Orangefield" takes the singer back to schooldays and falling in love for the first time with an idyllic female that Brian Hinton compares to Beatrice in the Divine Comedy.Hinton. Celtic Crossroads. p. 275-280 It has often been said to be Morrison's most spiritual album, but contains songs exploring more earthy pleasures such as "Coney Island" and "Daring Night". "Daring Night" is explicitly sensual with words of "And the bodies move and we sweat/And have our being/" and was originally recorded as an instrumental for the album Beautiful Vision. The album closes with "These Are the Days" which finds the singer lost in the moment with words of "There is no past, there's only future; There's only here, there's only now". Reception Avalon Sunset was Morrison's fastest selling record in the U.K., going gold soon after release.Hage, The Words and Music of Van Morrison, p. 110 Allmusic calls it a "deeply spiritual album" noting that although it is "not a consistently strong LP, Avalon Sunset is nevertheless the work of a master craftsman, its lush orchestration and atmospheric production casting an irresistibly elegant spell." Robert Christgau gave it an A-, finding that: "Like it or not, Morrison's genre exercises are kind of boring. Having long since sold his soul to his Muse, he's her s


From which club did FC Barcelona sign Neymar in 2013?

Neymar signs 5-year agreement with Barcelona FacebookEmail Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Neymar signs 5-year agreement with Barcelona Neymar said he signed a five-year contract agreement with the Spanish powerhouse on Monday, two days after announcing that he decided to pick the Catalan club instead of Real Madrid. Post to Facebook Neymar signs 5-year agreement with Barcelona Neymar said he signed a five-year contract agreement with the Spanish powerhouse on Monday, two days after announcing that he decided to pick the Catalan club instead of Real Madrid. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/19idYC6 CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 15 To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Neymar signs 5-year agreement with Barcelona AP 11:56 p.m. ET May 27, 2013 Santos' Neymar runs with the ball during a Brazilian soccer championship match against Flamengo in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo: Eraldo Peres, AP) Neymar signs a five-year agreement with Barcelona Presented with a choice, the Brazilian striker chose Barcelona over Real Madrid Neymar led Santos to its greatest run since Pele stopped playing for the club in the 1970s 288 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 15 COMMENTEMAILMORE SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian striker Neymar says he is officially a Barcelona player. Neymar said he signed a five-year contract agreement with the Spanish powerhouse on Monday, two days after announcing that he decided to pick the Catalan club instead of Real Madrid. "I'm sad to be leaving Santos, but it's a great honor to be signing with a club like Barcelona and to be able to play with some of the best players in the world," Neymar said. FAREWELL TO BRAZIL: A tearful exit The 21-year-old Brazilian will be joining a star-filled roster that already includes four-time FIFA Player of the Year Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta. Neither Neymar nor Barcelona released financial details of the transfer, but Brazilian media said the Spanish club will pay about €30 million ($38.7 million) for the youngster. Santos had fielded offers from Barcelona and Real Madrid and said it was up to Neymar to decide where he wanted to play. Neymar posted a message on Twitter and Instagram announcing his departure from the Brazilian club where he has thrived since he began playing professionally as a teenager in 2009. "Here it ends this wonderful passage with a special club," Neymar said. "Thank you for everything. I'll keep these moments with me my entire life." LA LIGA RECORD: Barcelona on pace to match 100-point mark Neymar led Santos to its greatest run since Pele stopped playing for the club in the 1970s. He helped Santos win the 2010 Brazilian Cup, the 2011 Copa Libertadores and three straight Sao Paulo state championships. He remains the club's leading scorer in the post-Pele era with 138 goals in 230 matches. Neymar's father, Neymar Silva Santos, said that on Monday they signed a contract establishing the terms of the transfer, and a final document will be signed in Spain by Santos, his son and Barcelona. Neymar will join up with Brazil's Confederations Cup squad on Tuesday and is expected to travel to Spain for his official introduction to Barcelona fans on June 2 after the national team's friendly against England at the Maracana. He wanted to play one last match with Santos at the Vila Belmiro Stadium, but the Brazilian football federation did release him from the national team's preparation for the Confederations Cup. Neymar said he doesn't mind if he is not given the No. 11 jersey that he was used to wearing with Santos and Brazil. "Let's see what's available, that's not going to be a problem," he said. Neymar also said that he still wasn't sure whether his family would make the move to Barcelona with him. 288 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 15 COMMENTEMAILMORE Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. NEVER MISS OUT Sports Stay in the kno


Which fish is used in an Arbroath Smokie?

A Smokie? | Arbroath Smokies Gordon Ramsay Chef, restaurateur, author & presenter It has a rich creaminess and moisture, and fresh like that is undoubtedly the best way to eat Smokies. Martin Wishart …eye-opening, a revelation in taste and texture Nigel Slater Cook, food writer, author & presenter That flavour was just so immense… A delight to eat your food… This man is creating a whole new culinary education. Gary Rhodes Chef, restaurateur, author & presenter The moist warm flesh is divine. It is one of the best fish I have ever tasted. Sue Lawrence Simply some of the most delicious fish I’ve ever had. Nice one, Iain. Jamie Oliver So much you can do with a SmokieRecipes What Is A ‘Smokie?’ Arbroath Smokies originated in Auchmithie, a small fishing village a few miles north of Arbroath, once populated with fisher folk of Scandinavian origin; ‘Spink’ is a Norse surname. Iain uses the same methods that were used in the late 1800’s, as shown in the Fraser Collection photos . The fishwives originally smoked the fish in halved barrels with fires underneath, trapping the smoke under layers of hessian sacking. At the start of the 20th century the first Auchmithie fisher-folk began moving to Arbroath , and the process soon became known as the Arbroath Smokie, as we know it today. Only haddock can be used to produce an authentic ‘Arbroath Smokie.’ The fish are gutted at sea, washed and boxed ready for auction at the fish market. Once back in the fish house, they are headed and cleaned, or ‘sounded.’ They are then dry salted in tubs for a given period. This helps to draw excess moisture from the fish and toughens the skin in preparation for the smoking process. The length of salting time depends on the size of the fish and how fresh they are (amongst other factors). After salting, they are thoroughly washed off, then tied by the tail in ‘pairs’ and hung on sticks. The smokie pit is then prepared. A hole is dug in the ground, and a half whisky barrel is set into it. The base of the barrel is lined with slates to protect it, and a hardwood fire of beech and oak is lit inside.   The sticks of fish are then placed over the pit and the hessian cover allows the fire to breathe and maintain the required heat. The number of layers and dampening of the ‘cloots’ depends on the weather, and may be adjusted throughout the smoking to prevent the fish either smoking too quickly and burning, or smoking too slowly and drying out. The cooking time is usually a minimum of 30–40 minutes but only an experienced smokie maker knows exactly when they are ready. The resultant golden brown fish, eaten straight from the barrel is a truly mouth-watering experience that has to be tasted to be believed! Some Smokie afficionados have even been moved to write poetry... A Few Of Our Awards BBC Radio 4 Food Producer of the Year 2006 Country Living/Sainsbury’s ‘Taste Of Britain’ Gold Award 2007


Which battle of 23 June, 1757, was a major victory for the British East India Company's troops over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies?

Battle of Plassey Battle of Plassey The Battle of Plassey ( Bengali : পলাশীর যুদ্ধ, Pôlashir Juddho), 23 June, 1757, was a decisive British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, establishing Company rule in India which expanded over much of South Asia for the next 190 years. The battle took place at Palashi, West Bengal , on the riverbanks of the Bhagirathi River, about 150 km north of Calcutta , near Murshidabad, then the capital of the Nawab of Bengal. The opponents were Siraj Ud Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal , and the British East India Company. The battle was waged during the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) and in a mirror of their European rivalry, the French East India Company sent a small contingent to fight against the British. Siraj-ud-Daulah had a numerically superior force and made his stand at Plassey. The British, worried about being outnumbered and so promising huge amounts in bribes, reached out to Siraj-ud-Daulah's demoted army chief - Mir Jafar, along with others such as Yar Latif, Jagat Seth, Umichand, Maharaja Krishna Nath and Rai Durlabh. Mir Jafar thus assembled his troops near the battlefield, but made no move to actually join the battle, causing Siraj-ud-Daulah's army to be defeated. Siraj-ud-Daulah fled, eventually to be captured and executed. As a result, the entire province of Bengal fell to the Company, with Mir Jafar appointed as the Company's puppet Nawab. This is judged to be one of the pivotal battles leading to the formation of the British Empire in South Asia. The enormous wealth gained from the Bengal treasury, and access to a massive source of foodgrains and taxes allowed the Company to significantly strengthen its military might, and opened the way for British colonial rule, mass economic exploitation and cultural domination in nearly all of South Asia. The battles that followed strengthened the British foothold in South Asia and paved way for British colonial rule in Asia. Pôlash ( Bengali : পলাশ), an extravagant red flowering tree ( Flame of the forest ), gives its name to a small village near the battlefield. A phonetically accurate romanization of the Bengali name would be Battle of Palashi, but the anglicised spelling "Plassey" is now conventional in English. Growing French influence At the connivance of the enterprising French Governor-General Joseph François Dupleix, French influence at the court of the Nawab was growing. French trade in Bengal was increasing in volume. The French also lent the Nawab some soldiers to operate heavy artillery pieces. Ahmad Shah Abdali Siraj-Ud-Daulah faced conflicts on three fronts simultaneously. In addition to the threat posed by the British East India Company, he was confronted on his western border by the advancing army of the Afghan Ahmad Shah Abdali, who had captured and looted Delhi in 1756—as well as the possibility of raids by the Marathas (who had raided/looted Bengal many times during the reign of his grandfather, and continued to raid Northern and Eastern India of which Bengal was part). So, Siraj sent the majority of his troops west to fight under the command of his close friend and ally, the Diwan of Patna, Ram Narain. Court intrigue In the midst of all of this, intrigues were occurring at Siraj Ud Daulah's court at Murshidabad. Siraj was not a particularly well-loved ruler. Young (he succeeded his grandfather in April 1756 at the age of 23) and impetuous, he was prone to make enemies quickly. The most dangerous of these were his wealthy and influential aunt, Ghaseti Begum (Meherun-Nisa) who had wanted another nephew to succeed to the throne; Shaw (who had suffered as a result of the siege of Calcutta); and Mir Jafar (who was demoted from the post of army chief and eventually brought into the British fold). Company policy The Company had long since decided that a change of regime would be conducive to its interests in Bengal. In 1752, Robert Orme, in a letter to Clive, noted that the company would have to remove Siraj's grandfather, Alivardi Khan, in order to prosper. After the prematu


"The adjective ""vulpine"", appertains to which animal?"

DaveKoelle.com | Animal Adjectives   Animal Adjectives Animal Adjectives Perhaps you've come across terms like aquiline nose, hircine visage, or pierine grace in something you've read, or maybe you've seen aedine disease or ovine embryology in scientific or medical writing. Here's a list of as many animal-related -ine (or -ian) words that I can find! What are these -ine words? Words like feline, leonine, and porcine are adjectives used to describe animal-like characteristics. They've made plenty of appearances in literature—not to mention quite a few appearances in word puzzles! It is known that in the Prince de Conde, the aquiline nose rose out sharply and incisively from a brow slightly retreating, rather low than high, and according to the railers of the court, - a pitiless race even for genius, - constituted rather an eagle's beak than a human nose, in the heir of the illustrious princes of the house of Conde. - Alexandre Dumas, Ten Years Later, Chapter 42 The whole scene was a unutterable mixture of comedy and pathos. The wicked wolf that for a half a day had paralyzed London and set all the children in town shivering in their shoes, was there in a sort of penitent mood, and was received and petted like a sort of vulpine prodigal son. - Bram Stoker, Dracula, Chapter 11 This innocent vast lubber did not see any particular difference between the two facts. I liked him, for he was earnest in his work, and very valuable. And he was so fine to look at, with his broad mailed shoulders, and the grand leonine set of his plumed head, and his big shield with its quaint device of a gauntleted hand clutching a prophylactic tooth-brush, with motto: "Try Noyoudont." This was a tooth-wash that I was introducing. - Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Chapter 20 You can search for any of the words below at Literature.org to find occurrences in literature, or at Wordie.org to see how other logophiles have used these words.       I have found these words most commonly used to describe       physical features, particularly of the face (e.g., vulpine face). The second-most common usage is as metaphor (e.g., leonine strength). It seems that many of the words below       might only be used in a scientific or medical context (e.g., acarine disease, bovine myology, anatidaephobia [ 1 ]). Most of these words are based on the scientific names of the animals (e.g., cows belong to the Bovinae subfamily),       although some are based on Greek words for an animal (e.g., arietine for ram, after Aries ). In general, these words are pronounced with an "INE" ending, not a "EEN" ending - they rhyme with tine, not teen.       If you remember how to pronounce the more common words here, like feline and canine, you won't have any trouble with alcelaphine and cervine. The list of animal adjectives I have collected the words in this list from a variety of sources, including my own reading, word puzzles, and other websites. I question how many of the words       have really made an appearance in literature, or have been created by somone adding an -ine ending to a scientific name. I mean, really - tolypeutine ? I will gladly accept additions to, or comments on, this list. Please contact me at dmkoelle@gmail.com . The list below is sortable. To sort a column, click its header. Columns can be sorted in ascending and descending order. Word


"Who directed Robert De Niro in the film ""Taxi Driver""?"

Taxi Driver (1976) - 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 A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 31 titles created 30 Nov 2011 a list of 28 titles created 16 May 2012 a list of 28 titles created 23 Sep 2014 a list of 23 titles created 10 Jan 2016 a list of 23 titles created 8 months ago Search for " Taxi Driver " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb 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. Nominated for     4     Oscars. Another    21 wins & 15 nominations. See more awards  » Videos After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. Director: Quentin Tarantino     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X   In future Britain, Alex DeLarge, a charismatic and psycopath delinquent, who likes to practice crimes and ultra-violence with his gang, is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem - but not all goes according to plan. Director: Stanley Kubrick Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. Director: Martin Scorsese In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. Director: Brian De Palma A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Director: Stanley Kubrick A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. Director: Milos Forman A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Director: Stanley Kubrick During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. Director: Francis Ford Coppola Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends, a mafia underboss and a casino owner, for a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director: Martin Scorsese The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Director: Quentin Tarantino An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it. Director: Martin Scorsese Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. Director: Guy Ritchie Edit Storyline Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old r


Who was president of Malawi from 1966 to 1994?

Malawi - Government and society | history - geography | Britannica.com Government and society Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Pinterest Constitutional framework Malawi is a multiparty republic. Malawi’s original constitution of 1966 was replaced with a provisional constitution in 1994, which was officially promulgated in 1995 and has since been amended . It provides for a president, who is limited to serving no more than two five-year terms, and up to two vice presidents, all of whom are elected by universal suffrage . The president serves as head of state and government. The cabinet is appointed by the president. The legislature , the National Assembly , is unicameral; its members also are elected by universal suffrage and serve five-year terms. The 1995 constitution also provided for the creation of an upper legislative chamber, but it was not established by the target completion date in 1999; a proposal to cancel plans for the creation of such a chamber was passed by the National Assembly in 2001. Local government The country is divided into a number of administrative subdivisions—district, city, municipality, and town—that are governed by assemblies. Each assembly has a political arm and a technical arm. Efforts have been undertaken to strengthen local governments by giving them more financial autonomy from the central government. Justice The judiciary is based upon the system prevailing in the British colonial era and consists of a Supreme Court of Appeal, a High Court, and subordinate courts. The Supreme Court of Appeal, made up of a chief justice and a minimum of three justices of appeal, is the highest court in the land and hears appeals from the High Court. The High Court has judicial authority over all civil and criminal cases. The traditional court system, which was introduced in 1964, was terminated by the 1995 constitution; made up of specially chosen judges, the traditional courts were often used by the government of Pres. Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1963–94) to obtain favourable sentences against political opponents. The judiciary is based in Blantyre. Initially, most of the country’s lawyers were trained in the United Kingdom , but since the early 1970s the overwhelming majority have been graduates of the law school at Chancellor College, at the University of Malawi. Political process Malawi was a de facto one-party state from August 1961, when the first general elections were held, until 1966, when the constitution formally recognized the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), led by Banda, as the sole political organization. The 1966 constitution was amended in 1993 to allow for a multiparty political system, and since then several other political parties have emerged, with the United Democratic Front (UDF) quickly becoming one of the most prominent. Related Topics Mafinga Hills Under the constitution, all individuals are permitted the right to participate in the political process, including the right to stand for public office. There is universal suffrage for citizens age 18 and older. Women have held some positions in the National Assembly, the cabinet, and the judiciary, and members of minority groups also participate in Malawian political life. Security The Malawian armed forces include an army, which is itself divided into land, marine, and air forces; there is also a paramilitary force. Military service is voluntary, and individuals at least age 18 are eligible to enlist. Service commitments consist of two years of active duty and five years of service in the reserves. Health and welfare Like many African countries, Malawi’s common diseases include malaria , measles , tuberculosis , anemia , gastroenteritis , pneumonia , schistosomiasis , and trachoma . Cost-effective primary health care facilities and services have begun to be implemented . The Essential Health Package, a government program launched in the early 2000s, places emphasis on immunization, reproductive health, and nutrition. The incidence of HIV/AIDS in Malawi—some one-seventh of the population is infected—is among the highest rates in the world,


"Who wrote the 1968 novel ""A Kestrel for a Knave""?"

A Kestrel for a Knave (1968) - Valancourt Books A Kestrel for a Knave (1968) Barry Hines With a new introduction by Mark Hodkinson Book Description Billy Casper is a fifteen-year-old with no future, growing up in poverty and seemingly destined to follow his older brother into a life of toil in the coal mines. Life at home is hard: his father has left, his mother's main interest is in picking up men at the pub, and his brother bullies him mercilessly. Nor are things better at school, where Billy is tormented by the other kids and treated as a troublemaker by the teachers. But a spark of hope enters Billy's lonely existence when he discovers a young kestrel hawk, Kes, and learns to train it. Billy gives to Kes all the love and devotion he has been denied, and in the hawk's silent strength and fierce independence he finds inspiration and the courage to survive.  An enduring work of English fiction, Barry Hines's bestseller A Kestrel for a Knave (1968) has never been out of print in Great Britain, where both the book and Ken Loach's film adaptation Kes (1969) have long been regarded as classics. This edition, the first ever published in the United States, will allow American readers to discover this timeless and moving novel.  reviews 'A masterpiece ... Billy Casper is as memorable a young character as any post-war writer has created.' - Glasgow Herald BOOK DETAILS Please note: eBooks are sent manually so there will be a delay in receiving them. Due to copyright restrictions, this title is only available to U.S. customers. Purchase hardcover/paperback Purchase eBook AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Barry Hines was born in 1939 in the mining village of Hoyland Common, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He attended Ecclesfield Grammar School, where he played football and was selected for the England Grammar Schools’ team. On leaving school, he worked first as an apprentice mining surveyor for the National Coal Board before entering Loughborough Training College to study Physical Education. He worked as a physical education teacher for several years, first in London and later in South Yorkshire, where he wrote novels in the school library after the children had gone home. He would go on to become a full-time writer, publishing nine novels and writing screenplays for film and television. Hines is best known for his second novel, A Kestrel for a Knave, an immediate bestseller when published in Great Britain in 1968. The book has never been out of print in the United Kingdom, and it was adapted as a screenplay by Hines for a 1969 Ken Loach film, Kes, which is regarded as one of the great classics of British cinema. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1977 and has also been made an Honorary Fellow of Sheffield Hallam University. "We owe a debt of gratitude to the publisher Valancourt, whose aim is to resurrect some neglected works of literature, especially those incorporating a supernatural strand, and make them available to a new readership."  - Times Literary Supplement


In Greco-Roman mythology, who is the Muse of Tragic Poetry?

Muse | Greek mythology | Britannica.com Greek mythology Alternative Titles: Moisa, Mousa, Musa Related Topics Terpsichore Muse, Greek Mousa or Moisa, Latin Musa, in Greco-Roman religion and mythology, any of a group of sister goddesses of obscure but ancient origin, the chief centre of whose cult was Mount Helicon in Boeotia, Greece. They were born in Pieria, at the foot of Mount Olympus . Very little is known of their cult, but they had a festival every four years at Thespiae, near Helicon, and a contest (Museia), presumably—or at least at first—in singing and playing. They probably were originally the patron goddesses of poets (who in early times were also musicians, providing their own accompaniments), although later their range was extended to include all liberal arts and sciences—hence, their connection with such institutions as the Museum (Mouseion, seat of the Muses) at Alexandria, Egypt. There were nine Muses as early as Homer’s Odyssey, and Homer invokes either a Muse or the Muses collectively from time to time. Probably, to begin with, the Muses were one of those vague collections of deities, undifferentiated within the group, which are characteristic of certain, probably early, strata of Greek religion . The Muses, oil painting by Maurice Denis, 1893; in the National Museum … Courtesy of the Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris; permission S.P.A.D.E.M. 1971, by French Reproduction Rights, Inc.; photograph, Marc Garanger Differentiation is a matter rather of mythological systematization than of cult and began with the 8th-century-bce poet Hesiod , who mentioned the names of Clio , Euterpe , Thalia , Melpomene , Terpsichore , Erato , Polymnia (Polyhymnia), Urania , and Calliope , who was their chief. Their father was Zeus , and their mother was Mnemosyne (“Memory”). Although Hesiod’s list became canonical in later times, it was not the only one; at both Delphi and Sicyon there were but three Muses, one of whom in the latter place bore the fanciful name Polymatheia (“Much Learning”). All the Hesiodic names are significant; thus Clio is approximately the “Proclaimer,” Euterpe the “Well Pleasing,” Thalia the “Blooming,” or “Luxuriant,” Melpomene the “Songstress,” Erato the “Lovely,” Polymnia “She of the Many Hymns,” Urania the “Heavenly,” and Calliope “She of the Beautiful Voice.” Because dancing was a regular accompaniment of song , it is not remarkable that Hesiod called one of his nine “Delighting in the Dance,” Terpsichore. Similar Topics


In which organ of the body can the Islets of Langerhans be found?

Transplant Surgery   - Islet Transplant for Type 1 Diabetes Transplant Surgery  »  Conditions & Procedures  »  Islet Transplant for Type 1 Diabetes FOLLOW Sign up for delivery of news Islet Transplant for Type 1 Diabetes Islet cell transplantation places cells from an organ donor into the body of another person. It is used experimentally to treat type 1 diabetes Image Courtesy of UCSF Diabetes Education Online Pancreatic Islets and Beta Cells The pancreas is an organ about the size of a hand located in the abdomen in the vicinity of the stomach, intestines, and other organs. It lies behind the stomach and in front of the spine. The pancreas produce juices that help digest food and hormones such as insulin and glucagon that maintain optimal blood sugar levels and help the body to use and store energy from food. Throughout the pancreas are clusters of cells called the islets of Langerhans. Islets are made up of several types of cells, including beta cells that make insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps the body use glucose for energy. Insulin and Diabetes Diabetes develops when the body doesn't make enough insulin, cannot use insulin properly, or both, causing glucose to build up in the blood. Diabetes is a serious disease, which, if not controlled, can be life threatening. It is often associated with long-term complications that can affect every system and part of the body. Diabetes can contribute to eye disorders and blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, amputation, and nerve damage.   Type 1 Diabetes Type 1 diabetes results from the body's failure to produce insulin, the hormone that "unlocks" the cells of the body, allowing glucose to enter and fuel them. It is an autoimmune disease in which the body views the beta cells (insulin producing cells found in the islets of the pancreas) as a foreign substance, so the patient's immune system attacks the islets and kills them. It is estimated that 5-10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 diabetes. Most people with type 1 diabetes do not have a family history of the disease and there  is no way currently to prevent the onset of type1 diabetes.     Image  courtesy of Clinical Islet Transplantation (CIT) Consortium, sponsored by National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)   Insulin therapy, given by injection or insulin pump, is life-saving. However, it's not perfect. Most people with type 1 diabetes still have blood glucose levels that are above normal. This puts them at risk for the long-term complications of diabetes. Some people have what doctors call labile, or brittle, diabetes. Blood glucose levels swing from high to low despite the best insulin plans.  Because of this, long-term type 1 diabetic survivors often develop vascular complications, such as diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that can cause poor vision and blindness, and diabetic nephropathy, a kidney disease that can lead to kidney failure. Hypoglycemia Unawareness Those who are able to keep their blood glucose levels near normal often have trouble with low blood glucose (hypoglycemia). And after many years, some people lose the early symptoms that warn them that their blood glucose level is dropping. This is called hypoglycemia unawareness and raises the risk of severe hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia unawareness is a life-threatening condition that is not easily treatable with medication and is characterized by reduced or absent warning signals for hypoglycemia. Some Type 1 diabetic patients have been known to set their alarms to wake them several times a night out of fear they may have a catastrophic hypoglycemic episode while asleep. For such individuals, transplantation of pancreatic islets is a viable treatment option to consider. Islet Cell Transplantation Procedure In islet transplantation, islets are taken from the pancreas of a deceased organ donor. The islets are purified, processed, and transferred into another person. Once implanted, the beta cells in these islets begin to m


"Under which perfume company's name are the men's aftershaves or colognes ""Safari"" and ""Big Pony"" marketed?"

Big Pony 1 Ralph Lauren cologne - a fragrance for men 2010 OCNBreeze7 Clean, fresh, and simple... A great fragrance that lacks staying power... Yesterday I wore and wrote a review of Ralph Lauren's Big Pony #4. Next in my rotation is Big Pony #1 (blue bottle). As noted yesterday, I am a true fan of all the Ralph Lauren fragrances - and I do like the Big Pony collection - I have many of RL's signature scents and all of the Big Pony series. In my opinion, Big Pony #1 is the best fragrance in this line. It is a simple fragrance with notes of citrus/fruit and "woods". From the onset, the citrus takes center stage and any "woodsy" notes are lost early on. Not a bad thing, though. The citrus blend is a very pleasant smell and all who like (myself included) citrus fragrances, will love this scent. The issue or concern is the projection and longevity of the fragrance. After an hour Big Pony #1 sits close to the skin and is barely traceable after four hours of wear. I was greatly disappointed.. I do admit, however, that I do like the bottle. Great design and theme. Given the citrus blend of notes, Big Pony #1 is best suited for daytime wear in Spring and Summer. It offers great flexibility/versatility in those months as a safe office wear and that it can be worn to any event in excessive heat temperatures. Should work well in the South Carolina heat and humidity - I can hardly wait..!! A check of current on-line prices indicate that Big Pony #1 is a decent fragrance considering the price/value - you can purchase a large bottle for under $50 USD - not too shabby.. My final tally for Ralph Lauren's Big Pony #1 is 4 stars out of 5 stars. It smells great, but lacks the projection/sillage and longevity to be a major player. For the serious collector, or Ralph Lauren fan, add to your collection. If you are a novice in the game, pass on BP#1 - there are plenty of citrus based fragrances out there with better performance. Find the right one for you (and your budget..). Enjoy your day and make it count... Invest your time rather wasting your time... Jan 2015 jdawg It says its scent belongs to the citrus group. In my opinion, it doesn't. RL Big Pony 1 gives a combination of fresh, aromatic and woody scent to my nose. It's not very offensive but rather, it has a long longetovity and is very subtle. I sprayed twice on my arm and had a shower after and the scent is still there. Very similar to RL Polo Blue which is marketed more for older men (25+) but this RL Big Pony 1 is more suited for adolescents to young men (13-24). 9/10/ Dec 2014 bonacosta30 Lime, wood and more lime with a synthetic vibe. This is what is all about. A nice casual scent, good for summer time, going to gym or for school. It is a very basic scent, all u get is lime and little wood, from the beginning to the end. Sour scent for sure ;) A very safe scent that is difficult to hate. Could be good to give as a gift to someone that doesn t wear cologne, would be a good way to start. Longevity and projection are weak, so it make it good for occasion that u dont want to get notice too much or if u dont need to have a scent that will last for a long time. Girls do love it, so it could be a good option if u are dating a college girl :p Not a bad one, but not an amazing fragrance. Something to try for hot weather or if u are planning to sweat a lot, for exemple, before playing tennis with your new date by an hot summer day ;) Here is my score for this fragrance: Smell: 8/10, lime, lime, lime, wood and lime. Not bad if u like lime and sour scent. Projection: 2,5/5, notice by a few, but sit close to skin. Good for summer use. Longevity: 2,5/5, got around 3-4 hours with it. Versatility: 3/5, good for daily use, hot weather, some day date, casual or office. Not for cold time or night out IMO. Overall: 16/25, something to try if u like sour lime scent. Nov jahalpin2 This is one of my favourite fragrances and was my signature fragrance for a while The fragrance is very fresh and clean, it smells like you have just had a shower There is a strong smell of lime, it is defin


Which 1978 film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson was an African - American adaptation of a 1939 film starring Judy Garland?

Ease on Down the Road, Again: A Look Back at 'The Wiz' - Biography.com Nostalgia Ease on Down the Road, Again: A Look Back at 'The Wiz' As The Wiz Live! airs tonight on NBC, here's a look at the musical's first film version, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Avatar: Social count: 19 As The Wiz Live! airs tonight on NBC, here's a look at the musical's first film version, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. 19 0 The cast of the 1978 film version of The Wiz (from left): Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as the Tinman, Diana Ross as Dorothy and Ted Ross as the Cowardly Lion.  As NBC broadcasts The Wiz Live! tonight, one’s thoughts may drift back to the musical’s first film version, in 1978. That picture, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Diana Ross as Dorothy along with Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, was based on the smash, Tony-winning 1975 Broadway show, which in turn was derived from L. Frank Baum’s classic 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The main comparison point for the 1978 movie, of course, was not the novel or the Broadway musical, but the Judy Garland MGM classic from 1939. The Wiz Live! can only dream of becoming the kind of television perennial The Wizard of Oz turned into after it was first broadcast in 1956. Competing with its indelible impression on the moviegoing public was only one challenge Lumet and company faced when they started production on The Wiz in 1977.  The movie of The Wiz was significantly different from the Broadway show. Although the show had an all-black cast as well as an African-American composer (Charlie Smalls), director (Geoffrey Holder), and choreographer (George Faison), and featured songs (“Ease on Down the Road,” “No Bad News”) in the soul and rock mode, the story was laid in a Kansas and Oz familiar from earlier versions. For the film, producer Rob Cohen, screenwriter Joel Schumacher, and director Sidney Lumet changed the setting to a “fantastically transformed New York,” in Cohen’s words. The dreary Kansas Dorothy is swept from was re-imagined as a dreary Harlem, while the Oz she is swept into was located mostly downtown, in fantasy versions of landmarks like New York Public Library, the World Trade Center, the subway system, and Coney Island. The character of Dorothy herself was transformed, mainly because Diana Ross had a bee in her bonnet about playing the role. In the show, 17-year-old Stephanie Mills gave as fair a rendition of Baum’s little girl as did 16-year-old Judy Garland in the MGM movie. But Diana Ross was 32 when she convinced producer Cohen and Motown executive Berry Gordy Jr. to cast her as Dorothy, and so the character mutated into a timid 24-year-old kindergarten teacher who had never ventured south of 125th Street. This development prompted original director John Badham’s departure, and became the focus of much of the criticism directed at the finished film. New Yorker critic Pauline Kael said Ross’s insistence on playing the role was “possibly the chief example in movie history of a whim of iron.” Michael Jackson’s performance as the Scarecrow represented his only significant film appearance. Casting for The Wiz included a mix of actors reprising their stage roles (including Ted Ross as the Cowardly Lion and Mabel King as Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West) and those who were new to the property (like Nipsey Russell , cast as the Tinman; Lumet’s then-mother-in-law Lena Horne as Glinda the Good Witch; and Richard Pryor in the title role). Generating the most buzz was the casting of 19-year-old Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow: the youngest member of the Jacksons singing group received some of the movie’s best reviews, but a suitable follow-up role became increasingly hard to find for the ever-evolving King of Pop. The movie poster for the first film version of The Wiz (1978). The Wiz was a New York production all the way. Locations used around the city included Lincoln Center, the Broadway theatre district, Astor Place, both Shea and Yankee Stadiums, and the New York State Pavilion at the old 1964 World’s Fai


Chablis is a white wine from which wine growing region of France?

Chablis Wine Regions Chablis Chablis Wine Chablis is an historic wine-producing town in northern-central France . It produces light, dry white wines famed for their minerality and crisp acidity. AOC Chablis wines are produced exclusively from Chardonnay . Chablis is located in northern Burgundy (Bourgogne), although the town and its vineyards are located a considerable distance (more than 60 miles/100 km) north-west of Burgundy's main wine-producing areas around Nuits-Saint-Georges, Beaune, Chalon-sur-Saone and Macon. They are in fact closer to Sancerre (Loire) and Les Riceys (southern Champagne). Consequently, Chablis has a cooler climate than the rest of Burgundy, which contributes significantly to the style of wine its vineyards produce. The effects of terroir on wine can be seen more clearly in Chablis than almost anywhere else. Vineyards in Chablis A key division within Chablis lies between terroirs with Kimmeridgian soils and those with Portlandian soils. Kimmeridgian soil is more highly regarded; it contains greater levels of mineral-rich clay, as well as the essential marine fossils which are responsible for its significant lime content. Kimmeridgian soils are the source of the trademark minerality in Premier Cru and Grand Cru wines from Chablis. By contrast, Portlandian soils are not so rich in clay and fossils, which results in slightly fruitier wines with a less mineral profile. Petit Chablis wines are most often grown in Portlandian soils. Chablis wines are made in a style rather different from those produced elsewhere in Burgundy. They are drier and fresher, rather than more weighty and richly flavored. Unlike typical Burgundian white wines, which are barrel fermented , Chablis is usually entirely free of any oak influence. Very few Chablis producers use oak barrels in their winemaking and the exceptions are restricted to the higher-quality wines, whose extra complexity and depth mean that the wines are not overpowered by oak flavors. The vineyards of Chablis are classified into four tiers of quality. Starting from the top, they are: Chablis Grand Cru, Chablis Premier Cru, Chablis and Petit Chablis. Wines which conform to the general Chablis appellation laws may claim the classification held by the vineyard where they were grown. The appellation AOC Chablis is the most prolific and geographically widespread of the four classifications. It was created in 1938 – at the same time as the Chablis Grand Cru appellation – to protect the Chablis name, which was being used around the world to describe wines bearing little resemblance to the real Chablis. Today, all wines carrying the Chablis title are dry whites made exclusively from Chardonnay. They must be produced from vineyards in a specifically designated area surrounding Chablis town and its nearby villages. Chablis Premier Cru is not a distinct appellation like the other three classifications, but rather a quality sub-division of the standard AOC Chablis title. Its geographical coverage is significantly larger than that of Chablis Grand Cru. There are 40 climats (vineyard sites) around Chablis which are deemed worthy of the Premier Cru title, and these are further subdivided into roughly 80 specific vineyards. The wines produced under this title are made according to quality controls that are halfway between those of the Chablis and Grand Cru Chablis appellations. Chablis Grand Cru wines are produced from just 250 acres (100ha) of vineyards planted on gentle south-west-facing slopes at the eastern edge of the town. There are seven named Grand Cru climats. Running from north to south along the Serein river they are: Preuses , Bougros , Vaudesir , Grenouilles , Valmur , Les Clos and Blanchot . Wines claiming the Grand Cru title are made under stringent regulations; the maximum permitted yield is lower than for standard Chablis, and the minimum potential alcohol one degree higher. Chablis Grand Cru wines respond well to bottle ageing for between 10 and 15 years. Petit Chablis is the least prestigious of the Chablis appellations. It was created in 1944 to cover th


Who deposed King Idris in a coup in Libya in 1969?

Qaddafi leads coup in Libya - Sep 01, 1969 - HISTORY.com Qaddafi leads coup in Libya Share this: Qaddafi leads coup in Libya Author Qaddafi leads coup in Libya URL Publisher A+E Networks Muammar al-Qaddafi, a 27-year-old Libyan army captain, leads a successful military coup against King Idris I of Libya. Idris was deposed and Qaddafi was named chairman of Libya’s new governing body, the Revolutionary Command Council. Qaddafi was born in a tent in the Libyan desert in 1942, the son of a Bedouin farmer. A gifted student, he graduated from the University of Libya in 1963 and the Libyan military academy at Banghazi in 1965. An ardent Arab nationalist, he plotted with a group of fellow officers to overthrow King Idris, who was viewed as overly conservative and indifferent to the movement for greater political unity among Arab countries. By the time Qaddafi attained the rank of captain, in 1969, the revolutionaries were ready to strike. They waited until King Idris was out of the country, being treated for a leg ailment at a Turkish spa, and then toppled his government in a bloodless coup. The monarchy was abolished, and Idris traveled from Turkey to Greece before finding asylum in Egypt. He died there in Cairo in 1983. Blending Islamic orthodoxy, revolutionary socialism, and Arab nationalism, Qaddafi established a fervently anti-Western dictatorship in Libya. In 1970, he removed U.S. and British military bases and expelled Italian and Jewish Libyans. In 1973, he took control of foreign-owned oil fields. He reinstated traditional Islamic laws, such as prohibition of alcoholic beverages and gambling, but liberated women and launched social programs that improved the standard of living in Libya. As part of his stated ambition to unite the Arab world, he sought closer relations with his Arab neighbors, especially Egypt. However, when Egypt and then other Arab nations began a peace process with Israel, Libya became increasingly isolated. Qaddafi’s government financed a wide variety of terrorist groups worldwide, from Palestinian guerrillas and Philippine Muslim rebels to the Irish Republican Army. During the 1980s, the West blamed him for numerous terrorist attacks in Europe, and in April 1986 U.S. war planes bombed Tripoli in retaliation for a bombing of a West German dance hall. Qaddafi was reportedly injured and his infant daughter killed in the U.S. attack. In the late 1990s, Qaddafi sought to lead Libya out of its long international isolation by turning over to the West two suspects wanted for the 1988 explosion of an airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland. In response, the United Nations lifted sanctions against Libya. The United States removed its own embargo in September 2004. After years of rejection in the Arab world, Qaddafi also sought to forge stronger relations with non-Islamic African nations such as South Africa, remodeling himself as an elder African statesman. In February 2011, as unrest spread through much of the Arab world, massive political protests against the Qaddafi regime sparked a civil war between revolutionaries and loyalists. In March, an international coalition began conducting airstrikes against Qaddafi strongholds under the auspices of a U.N. Security Council resolution. On October 20, Libya’s interim government announced that Qaddafi had died after being captured near his hometown of Sirte. More on This Topic


"In the novel of the same name, the car ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", was built and driven by whom?"

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Star cars Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Top Speed: Over 100 Miles per hr Number of Vehicles Used In Production 7 cars built for the film Number of Surviving Vehicles Flying Car "She's a fantasmagorical machine!" ―Caractacus Potts [src] Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was the car star from the 1968 MGM and United Artists film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which was based on a novel by James Bond author Ian Fleming of the same name. The car was invented (in the movie) by British inventor Caractcus Potts. Potts bought the old racecar from a junkyard and restored it to working order after it was destroyed in an automobile accident during a race. In the movie the car had the abillity to fly, float, and drive on the road like a normal car. Contents Edit Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (the novel) was inspired by a series of 4 real life race cars named Chitty? Bang Bang built and raced by Count Louis Zbrowski in the 1920s that were oddly long shaped. Ian Fleming saw one of the cars as a boy and thus inspired him to write the children's book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Chitty Bang Bang- Chitty 1 Edit The first Chitty was a chain driven customised Mercedes chassis with a twenty three litre, six cylinder Maybach engine. It was the first amateur machine to achieve celebrity at the Brooklands race track in 1921. Chitty 1 won two races in her debut appearance, reaching speeds of 100.75 miles an hour in the Brooklands Short Handicap. Chitty Bang Bang- Chitty 2 Edit By summer of the same year, Count Zborowski began building Chitty 2. This model was similar to the first Chitty but had a shorter wheelbase, an early Mercedes chassis and an 18.8 litre Benz BZ series aero-engine. This car was never as successful as its predecessor. It failed to make its mark at Brooklands but took part in several races and a Sahara Desert expedition in 1922. Chitty Bang Bang- Chitty 3 This model lapped Brooklands at 112.68 miles per hour. It too, was based on a modified Mercedes chassis. It had a 160 horse power Mercedes single overhead camshaft six cylinder aero engine and was tuned to produce 180 horse power. Chitty Bang Bang- Chitty 4 Edit A fourth Chitty, more commonly known as the "Higham Special" was the largest capacity (27 litres) racing car ever to run at Brooklands. Its gearbox and chain-drive originated from a pre-war Blitzen Benz and it had a 450 horse power V12 Liberty aero engine. This car was later purchased by racing enthusiast J.G. Parry Thomas who christened it "Babs" and used it to win the land speed record. in April 1926 with a speed of 171.02 miles per hour. Designing the Movie Car Edit For the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, technicians and engineers worked on designing and building the car for almost seven months in utmost secrecy. Chitty's wooden boat body was crafted from red and white cedar, the work of expert boat builder from England's Thames River. Chitty is finished in aluminum, brass, and copper. Movie Car Racing Career The ability to become a boat and drive on the water. To become a submarine (Revealed in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again) Time Travel (revealed in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again) Trivia It was inspired by the Chitty Bang Bang racing cars raced by Count Louis Zborowski in the 1920s. When Chitty is a racecar at the beginning of the movie, her race number is #3. The prop builders for the film spent 7 months in secrecy building the car for the film. The road car that was built for the movie looks like a manual drive car, but in reality the clutch is a dummy, it is really an automatic driving car. Specifications Edit The movie car is 17 feet and 7 inches long, stands an incredible 6 foot 3 inches high, is 5 feet 9 inches wide, has a hood length of 5 feet 4 inches, and has horsepower capable of reaching speeds of over 100 miles per hour. Chitty weighs approximately 1.5 tons. Movie Cars There were 8 cars built for and used in the film: Original road going Chitty Chitty Bang Bang vehicle Flying car with wings and stabilizers A trailer version with removable chassis. An engine and wheel


In which constellation, visible from the UK is the bright star Algol to be found?

Stars and Constellations Stars and Constellations There are some 6,000 stars visible to the naked eye.  Most of these stars can only be seen from locations far from the bright lights of a city or town.  If you really want to see the stars, you either have to go to Hollywood or get out of Dodge. Star Names Some of the brighter stars have proper names, but most don’t – there are just too many to give each one a name.  Instead, astronomers have devised a system that assigns names to naked-eye stars based on their brightness and the name of the constellation they belong to.  Following a centuries-long tradition, the brightest star in a constellation is designated by the first letter of the Greek alphabet, Alpha, followed by the genitive form of the Latin name of its constellation.  For example, the brightest star in the constellation Orion is called Alpha Orionis.  It also has a proper name: Rigel.  (We’ll talk more about constellations later.  Right now we’re going to focus on individual stars.)  When the letters run out, stars are identified by various alphanumeric designations.   A funny thing about Rigel: even though it’s the brightest star in Orion, its designation is Beta Orionis.  Astronomers originally thought that Betelgeuse, another star in Orion, was a little bit brighter, but improvements in photometers in the 20th century revealed that Rigel is actually the brighter star (it’s possible that Betelgeuse might have been brighter in the past, when astronomers first began to designate stars with Greek letters). Bright Stars and Dim Stars Long before the invention of the telescope, astronomers also came up with a numerical system for classifying stars by their brightness.  They decided that the brightest stars would be called First Magnitude.  Those half as bright as First would be called Second Magnitude, then Third Magnitude, and so on down to Sixth Magnitude, which denotes the dimmest stars visible to the naked eye.   We use a modified form of this system today.  The brightest star in the nighttime sky is called Sirius.  It’s in the constellation Canis Major, the Big Dog, and it’s sometimes called the Dog Star.  Its magnitude is minus 1.4, which we write as –1.4.  This may seem a little confusing, but it isn’t that hard to understand.  A couple of centuries ago, astronomers decided to make the magnitude scale more precise.  They knew the Sun and Moon and some of the planets are brighter than the brightest stars, so these were given negative magnitudes.  They also realized that a First Magnitude star is actually a bit more than twice as bright as a Second.  In order to keep Sixth Magnitude as the faintest star visible to the naked eye, astronomers recalibrated the magnitude system to follow a logarithmic scale .  Each stellar magnitude is about 2.5 times brighter than the next lower magnitude so that the difference of five magnitudes is a brightness factor of (exactly) 100.   With a telescope, you can see stars much dimmer than Sixth Magnitude.  TheSkyX database includes stars down to about 14th Magnitude.   On a clear, moonless night, people who live in cities or suburbs can rarely see stars dimmer than Third Magnitude.  If you’re just starting to learn the names of the brighter stars and constellations, you should set the magnitude filter in TheSkyX to Second or Third magnitude.  That way, when you go out at night to compare what you see on your computer to what you can see in the real sky, you won’t be confused by a screen display that shows more stars than you can actually see from your location. Setting the Magnitude Limit This command tells TheSkyX to only display stars, galaxies, clusters, or any other object type, or combination of object types, that has magnitude information, that are brighter or fainter than a selected magnitude.  Controls for editing the magnitude limits are found on the Chart Elements window on the Display menu.    The following example demonstrates how to change the magnitude limits for all celestial objects.   1.      Make sure the Chart Elements window is visible. If it’s not, select