Matrix | Matrix Definition by Merriam-Webster play \ˈmā-trik-səz\ 1 :  something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form <an atmosphere of understanding and friendliness that is the matrix of peace> 2a :  a mold from which a relief (see 1relief 6) surface (as a piece of type) is madeb :  die 3a(1)c :  an engraved or inscribed die (see 2die 3) or stampd :  an electroformed impression of a phonograph record used for mass-producing duplicates of the original 3a :  the natural material (as soil or rock) in which something (as a fossil or crystal) is embeddedb :  material in which something is enclosed or embedded (as for protection or study) 4a :  the extracellular substance in which tissue cells (as of connective tissue ) are embeddedb :  the thickened epithelium at the base of a fingernail or toenail from which new nail substance develops 5a :  a rectangular array (see 2array 5) of mathematical elements (as the coefficients (see coefficient 1) of simultaneous (see simultaneous 2) linear equations ) that can be combined to form sums and products with similar arrays having an appropriate number of rows and columnsb :  something resembling a mathematical matrix especially in rectangular arrangement of elements into rows and columnsc :  an array of circuit elements (as diodes and transistors ) for performing a specific function 6 :  a main (see 2main 5) clause that contains a subordinate (see 1subordinate ) clause Examples of matrix in a sentence the complex social matrix in which people live their lives The wires all crossed each other and formed a matrix. a matrix used for making knives Did You Know? In ancient Rome, a matrix was a female animal kept for breeding, or a plant (sometimes called a "parent plant" or "mother plant") whose seeds were used for producing other plants. In English the word has taken on many related meanings. Mathematicians use it for a rectangular organization of numbers or symbols that can be used to make various calculations; geologists use it for the soil or rock in which a fossil is discovered, like a baby in the womb. And matrix was a good choice as the name of the reality in which all humans find themselves living in a famous series of science-fiction films. Origin and Etymology of matrix Latin, female animal used for breeding, parent plant, from matr-, mater First Known Use: 1555


Alaskan Malamute Dog Breed Information - American Kennel Club 01 02 03 04 05 06 General Appearance The Alaskan Malamute, one of the oldest Arctic sled dogs, is a powerful and substantially built dog with a deep chest and strong, well-muscled body. The Malamute stands well over the pads, and this stance gives the appearance of much activity and a proud carriage, with head erect and eyes alert showing interest and curiosity. The head is broad. Ears are triangular and erect when alerted. The muzzle is bulky, only slight diminishing in width from root to nose. The muzzle is not pointed or long, yet not stubby. The coat is thick with a coarse guard coat of sufficient length to protect a woolly undercoat. Malamutes are of various colors. Face markings are a distinguishing feature. These consist of a cap over the head, the face either all white or marked with a bar and/or mask. The tail is well furred, carried over the back, and has the appearance of a waving plume. Head The head is broad and deep, not coarse or clumsy, but in proportion to the size of the dog. The expression is soft and indicates an affectionate disposition. The eyes are obliquely placed in the skull. Eyes are brown, almond shaped and of medium size. Dark eyes are preferred. Blue eyes are a disqualifying fault. The ears are of medium size, but small in proportion to the head. The ears are triangular in shape and slightly rounded at the tips. They are set wide apart on the outside back edges of the skull on line with the upper corner of the eye, giving ears the appearance, when erect, of standing off from the skull. Erect ears point slightly forward, but when the dog is at work, the ears are sometimes folded against the skull. High set ears are a fault. Neck, Topline, Body The neck is strong and moderately arched. The chest is well developed. The body is compactly built but not short coupled. The back is straight and gently sloping to the hips. The loins are hard and well muscled. A long loin that may weaken the back is a fault. The tail is moderately set and follows the line of the spine at the base. The tail is carried over the back when not working. It is not a snap tail or curled tight against the back, nor is it short furred like a fox brush. The Malamute tail is well furred and has the appearance of a waving plume. Forequarters The shoulders are moderately sloping; forelegs heavily boned and muscled, straight to the pasterns when viewed from the front. Pasterns are short and strong and slightly sloping when viewed from the side. The feet are of the snowshoe type, tight and deep, with well-cushioned pads, giving a firm, compact appearance. The feet are large, toes tight fitting and well arched. There is a protective growth of hair between the toes. The pads are thick and tough; toenails short and strong.   Coat The Malamute has a thick, coarse guard coat, never long and soft. The undercoat is dense, from one to two inches in depth, oily and woolly. The coarse guard coat varies in length as does the undercoat. The coat is relatively short to medium along the sides of the body, with the length of the coat increasing around the shoulders and neck, down the back, over the rump, and in the breeching and plume. Malamutes usually have a shorter and less dense coat during the summer months. The Malamute is shown naturally. Trimming is not acceptable except to provide a clean cut appearance of feet. Hindquarters The rear legs are broad and heavily muscled through the thighs; stifles moderately bent; hock joints are moderately bent and well let down. When viewed from the rear, the legs stand and move true in line with the movement of the front legs, not too close or too wide. Dewclaws on the rear legs are undesirable and should be removed shortly after puppies are whelped.


What is the main ingredient of the Swiss dish Rosti?

Cheese Rosti Recipe - Allrecipes.com HEIDI TEE 8/16/2002 This dish tastes so good, it's almost illegal! I did the potatoes in the microwave after peeling them -- 3 large at 5 minutes high (I scaled down) and then put them in cold water to cool. I didn... HaroldsGirl 9/28/2007 Yum! I didn't precook the potatoes at all - just grated them, assembled the whole thing in a pan and browned the bottom, added a little water and put a lid on them until the potatoes steamed an... Navy_Mommy 5/31/2003 Imagine really cheesy, slightly crispy, and a little lumpy mashed potatoes and you have this recipe. It was so good. I didn't make any adjustments and my husband, daughter and I loved this. I... LINDA MCLEAN 6/11/2003 Although we all thought this was good, I didn't think it was worth the effort being that you can basically do the same thing with leftover mashed potatoes. I seasoned the dish quite a bit more t... DANELLE 5/17/2006 I'm an American who has moved to Switzerland to live with my fiancé and I lived here for almost 3 years now so I do know how to make TRUE Swiss Rösti. Although this recipe is close the Swiss us... LKENNAY 2/14/2005 I see that a lot of others complained about boiling, cooling and shredding potatoes. I used the Simply Shredded hash browns from the frigerator section. Worked perfect!! Before flipping, I cu... DREGINEK 6/8/2003 Very good but kinda messy to make...esspecially when trying to "crisp" the other side (tried sliding it onto a plate so that I may easier invert it back into the pan but some of it stuck and got... Always Cooking 9/30/2006 This is great. I used two pounds of the pre shredded potatoes that you can get in the refrigerated section at the grocery store to save some time. I added some diced onion garlic powder, and a... pa_nunn 6/27/2008 This is very good! I used the HUGE russet potatoes at Costco, so it only takes about 4-5 of those. I also think I may have layered the potatoes too thick. I would say about 1-1 1/2 inch thick wo...


From what illness did King George VI die?

Death of King George VI - YouTube Death of King George VI Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Feb 21, 2008 How the death of the late British monarch was captured on a series of archive films. George VI, "Bertie", was not the first in line to the throne, and did not want the role of Monarch. He preferred a quieter life with low profile public service, his nervousness of public profile reflected in his lifelong stammer, which he significantly overcame, thanks to help from speech therapists and the support of his wife Elizabeth. However, he led "us four", the family which stepped into the role of Royal Family, on the abdication of Edward VIII, and within a few years they restored and enhanced beyond expectations the image and respect for the British Royal Family, especially through their visibility as Britain came under attack in World War Two. There is a famous line which summed them up, when the Queen was asked whether the two Princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret, should be evacuated to Canada as invasion seemed imminent, and the Blitz worsened. She replied "The children will not leave without their mother, their mother will not leave without the King, and the King will never leave". The pressure of the role, and its inevitable need to adapt with dignity to a new order at home and abroad after the war took its toll on the health of the shy and withdrawn man. His death followed a long illness from lung cancer but came unexpectedly. It can be seen from this footage that, whatever he was like as a monarch and an individual, the shock and the grief at his death, was genuine among his fanily and the people of Britain. Category


Which condiment is made from reduced trebbiano grape juice?

How to Buy a Good Balsamic Vinegar: 3 Steps (with Pictures) Community Q&A Balsamic vinegar is a condiment that has been made in Italy's Modena and Reggio Emilia regions since the Middle Ages. All balsamic vinegars are, however, not created equal. The original balsamic vinegar is in fact a product made from cooking and reducing white Trebbiano grape juice. While the original process of making balsamic vinegar is still in practice, the product that it produces is very expensive. The cost comes from aging the product to reduce and thicken for a period of 12 years or more. As the aging process continues, the product is moved into successively smaller casks, until the desired taste, consistency and acidity have been reached. Some balsamic vinegars are aged for 18 and even 25 years. In its most harsh, un-reduced state, it is great for salad dressings and as an ingredient in marinades. The true aged product, however, is deliciously sweet and thick and is great on top of ice cream or in desserts like panna cotta. Here's how to buy a good balsamic vinegar. Steps 1 Choose by type. Balsamic vinegar comes in 3 distinct types. The first is the authentic and traditionally made balsamic vinegar. It is labeled as Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale. No other vinegars are allowed to bear that name. It is the most expensive of the 3, and prices vary by the age of the product. A 12 year aged vinegar could cost as much as $100.00 USD for 3.4 fl. oz. (100 ml), while a 25 year aged product could sell for $400.00 USD for the same tiny amount. Commercial grade balsamic vinegars are the second, and most common, type of balsamic vinegar. This vinegar is usually a combination of wine vinegar and additives to artificially simulate the taste and texture of the traditional product. Coloring, thickeners and caramel can all be added. There is no aging for this product, and it is very affordable and easy to find in your supermarket. Condimento grade balsamic vinegar is usually a combination of the traditionally made product and the mass produced vinegar. This product can be made in a variety of ways. It can be made in the traditional way but aged for less than 12 years. Or, it can follow the traditional process but be made outside of Modena or Reggio Emilia, so it cannot be labeled as a more expensive product. More often, however, it is made using a combination of an unaged, but traditionally made product, combined with grape juice to dilute it. 2 Choose by intended use. There is little point in using the most expensive balsamic vinegar in a salad dressing. Therefore, choosing the appropriate vinegar for your use is important. If you want a good product for salad dressings, then a high-end commercial product with few added ingredients is a good choice. Gourmets and foodies might find the condimento grade balsamic a good choice. It works splendidly in a dressing, but equally well as an ingredient in other dishes. It can be reduced to a syrupy consistency that can mock the texture, if not taste, of the aged product. If you are out to impress or you just want the best of the best, then pick up a bottle of the aged vinegar. Use it sparingly. It is a great topping for artisan ice cream, for dipping strawberries, or for a full umami flavor explosion, top slivers of Parmesan Reggiano with a drop of balsamic, then chew slowly. 3 Consider white balsamic vinegar. While not an authentic balsamic vinegar, white balsamic vinegar has become recently widely available. It is a light colored vinegar that is used in place of regular balsamic when discoloration is undesirable. White balsamic is made from combining white wine vinegar with white grape must, and then cooked slowly. It is not generally aged. Community Q&A Where can I buy balsamic vinegar? wikiHow Contributor


What is the collective term for freemasons?

What Is a Freemason Lodge? - dummies What Is a Freemason Lodge? What Is a Freemason Lodge? What Is a Freemason Lodge? The word lodge really has two meanings to a Freemason. It is both a place where Masonic meetings are held, and a collective term for the members who meet there. So, as weird as it sounds, you could say that a lodge meets in a lodge. In fact, many different lodges can meet at different times in the same lodge building. This practice is common in larger cities, where one building may have many rooms for lodge meetings and dozens of lodges that share them. Masonic lodges are named by their original founding members. They can be named after the town they’re in, a historical figure, a famous Mason, or even a symbolic word or phrase. The name of the lodge is always followed by a number, such as Washington Lodge #13 or Ancient Landmarks Lodge #319. The number is issued by the governing Grand Lodge and designates the order in which lodges have been chartered in that jurisdiction. The older the lodge, the smaller the number. Many of the details in a lodge room are patterned after aspects of King Solomon’s Temple, as described in the Bible and other historical records. Freemasonry teaches by symbolism, and much of that symbolism is based upon the accounts of Solomon’s Temple. The Temple was built in the 10th century B.C. on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. Solomon built it as a temple to God and to store the sacred Ark of the Covenant, which contained the tablets of the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses. The details of Solomon’s Temple are described in the Bible in 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles. In its time, the temple’s magnificence was known all over the ancient world. Early stonemasons claimed their guilds originated with the great construction projects of the Bible, to give themselves a long, proud, and sacred pedigree. When Freemasonry became a philosophical organization in the 1700s, the Masons who developed the ceremonies and practices of the fraternity seized on the symbolism of Solomon’s Temple to help teach moral and spiritual ideas. A lodge room contains much that is based on interpretations of descriptions of Solomon’s Temple. There are many variations throughout the world, depending on differences in customs, rituals, and rules, but in general, lodge rooms are arranged in a very similar fashion. Here’s how a typical modern lodge may look like: The modern Masonic lodge is a rectangular room, with seating around the perimeter. The ceremonies of the lodge take place in the center of the room, so everybody has a good view. Lodge rooms are usually oriented east to west. Ancient temples were constructed this way to be aligned with the east-to-west path of the sun. Even if a Masonic building actually faces north and south, when you walk into the lodge room, you’re symbolically facing the East. There is an altar where the Bible (or other holy book sacred to that lodge’s members) is opened. This book is referred to as the Volume of Sacred Law. In U.S. lodges, the altar is in the center of the room. In other parts of the world, the altar may be directly in front of the Master’s chair. Three candles are placed in a triangular position next to, or surrounding, the altar, to illuminate the Volume of Sacred Law. Officers have chairs in specific positions in the room. The Master is in the east, on a raised platform of three steps. The Senior Warden is in the west on a platform of two steps, and the Junior Warden is in the south on one step. The steps symbolize the progression of life: youth, manhood, and age. There are two tall pillars with globes on the top, patterned after two bronze columns that were prominent architectural features of Solomon’s Temple. The pillars are usually on either side of the Senior Warden, or sometimes next to a doorway leading into the lodge. An illuminated letter G is suspended over the Master’s chair in the east, or sometimes over the altar. It represents both God and the science of geometry, which was the secret knowledge of the original stonemasons. All the ceremonies and rituals of Ancient


Dr Tertius Lydgate is always plagued by financial troubles in which classic novel?

Fatal Marriages in George Eliot's "Middlemarch": Analysis of Vocational Marriage of Women Fatal Marriages in George Eliot's "Middlemarch": Analysis of Vocational Marriage of Women Ken Thompson, Graduate Student, Austin Peay State University, Memphis, Tennessee [This essay was originally written for Dr. Calovini's English 552D: Seminar in Victorian Novel,  fall 2001, at AP State University. All citations are to David Carroll's edition — see the bibliography.] I pronounce you man & wife, or wife, you are hired. any Victorian novels are driven by the prospect of marriage, and George Eliot's masterpiece, Middlemarch, embodies through its various couples a nuptial kaleidoscope not matched since Chaucer's Wife of Bath. Conditions surrounding marriages in Victorian times for women were considerably different from what modern readers would surmise. Partly due to the deprivation of an equal opportunity to education, Victorian women were confronted with limited survival tactics. Richard Altick reminds readers in his Victorian People and Ideas that women could enter the female colleges of Cambridge and Oxford in 1869 and 1879 respectively but could not take degrees until 1920-21 (55). Middlemarch takes place in the years leading up to 1832, the year of the Reform Bill , and this bill was for the benefit of middle class men. Without an education women were subjected to vocations, actually jobs, not callings, that could hardly be called careers. The male defense of this narrowing of options was simply "the female brain was not equal to the demands of commerce or the professions, and women, simply by virtue of their sex, had no business mingling with men in a man's world" (Altick 54). Competing with men and male-indoctrinated commerce without the added benefit of a formal education caused many Victorian women to seek the only alternative available, marriage as a vocation. In Middlemarch Dorothea Brooke, the community's do-gooder, a virtual St. Theresa, longs to perfect amelioration for the entire town by architecturally improving housing. Her initial chance for this improvement comes in the person of Edward Casaubon though she could have been courted by Royalty in Sir James Chettam. In her attempts to fulfill her marriage career, Dorothea was more captivated by the vast library learning of Casaubon, and she exclaimed "what a lake compared with my little pool" (24). Her sense of fulfillment in this boring but learned man was vested in her hope to become educated, to have her curiosity nurtured, and to be of constant usefulness to a man of sixty who really needed her nineteen year old eyes for reading. It is doubtful that modern readers would consider the above adequate reasons for marriage, but Dorothea "retained very childlike ideas about marriage" (10). Part of Dorothea's naive formula for marriage stems from her bachelor uncle's Protestant upbringing. Mr. Brooke, Dorothea's uncle, was well connected though not aristocratic and possessed property. He had acted as guardian for Dorothea and her younger sister Celia since the girls lost their parents at age twelve. The girls came to him with an inheritance of "seven hundred a-year each from their parents", but Dorothea's religious notions and her intensity given to causes might keep suitors at bay (9). Whether Uncle Brooke or the girls' parents were responsible for Dorothea's fanatical flares, Eliot did not make clear. The evidence readers do know about is vested in the uncle, a man who reigns in his "Puritan energy" and is somewhat stingy with his wealth and estate: ". . . he would act with benevolent intentions, and that he would spend as little  money as possible in carrying them out" (8). The conservative uncle was criticized by many neighbors of Middlemarch for not introducing a new 'mother' to his nieces that might better prepare them for marriage. In the absence of the female perspective on the topic of marriage, Dorothea and Celia are still orphans to the selection process of good husbands. Whereas Mr. Brooke would consider religion "the dread of a Hereafter", Dorothea was in n


In which adventure story does the magistrate Dr Livesey feature?

Project MUSE - The Child’s Resistance to Adulthood in Robert Louis Stevenson’s <i>Treasure Island</i>: Refusing to Parrot Alexandra Valint DR. LIVESEY, one of the organizers of the expedition to Treasure Island in Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 adventure story, earns praise from the novel’s characters and critics alike. Critics admire his coolness under pressure, intelligence, and maturity; such traits, they argue, make him an admirable father figure for and able professional mentor to Jim Hawkins. To Alan Sandison, Livesey possesses a “quiet but confident authority” and functions as “ideal father” to the fatherless Jim. 1 Christopher Parkes highlights Livesey’s two professional roles (doctor and magistrate) and casts him as the ideal civil servant who mentors Jim into becoming the late-Victorian “image of a heroic civil servant.” 2 Patricia Whaley Hardesty, William H. Hardesty, and David Mann call him “an appropriate role model for Jim” who is “established as the voice of reason and education” in Stevenson’s novel. 3 This article’s reassessment of Dr. Livesey, conversely, interprets him and the adulthood he models as cruel, greedy, emotionless, and quick to punish those deemed inferior. Rather than following Dr. Livesey’s example, the emotional and empathetic Jim resists and critiques the doctor’s version of adulthood by taking refuge in an eternal and haunted childhood. The relationship between the doctor and Jim, therefore, is one of conflict. Bradley Deane also casts Jim as a “boy who wouldn’t grow up” but argues that Jim’s “never-ending youth” enables Jim to inspire and maintain the empire. 4 But Jim’s “never-ending youth” does exactly the opposite—it marks him as being uninterested in and opposed to the avaricious schemes pursued by all the adults (gentlemen and pirates) around him. The “Quick Switch” Dr. Livesey’s penchant for punishing others, including Jim, becomes particularly clear in the novel’s narrative structure. While most of the [End Page 3] novel is narrated by Jim, chapters sixteen through eighteen are narrated by Dr. Livesey. This narrative structure, which consists of a sole, brief switch in narrators, is best termed the “quick switch.” 5 Critics of Stevenson’s adventure story have struggled to account for the quick switch, and most criticism on Treasure Island ignores it altogether. By carefully considering the quick switch, a place where the doctor’s adult voice suddenly intrudes upon and replaces Jim’s child voice, this discussion challenges critics’ commonly held assumptions about Jim’s unassailable power on the island and mastery in the narrative. The quick switch itself not only manifests the dramatic stylistic and moral contrast between Jim and Dr. Livesey but also functions as one of a series of punishments that the adult doctor inflicts on the child Jim for disobeying him. Just as a switch was a rod used for inflicting punishment on wayward children in nineteenth-century schools, the quick switch points to how narratives can also be used as punishment. The widespread critical neglect of the quick switch in Treasure Island arises from three main causes. First, it can be easily excused as a solution to the “technical problem” of how to relay what happens to the gentlemen’s party when Jim leaves them to explore the island; 6 however, Dr. Livesey does not intervene again to report the developments that transpire during Jim’s second absence from the group. Furthermore, rationalizing the temporary switch in narrators by citing its necessity crucially ignores the implications of such a structural solution, no matter what Stevenson’s intentions were in employing it. 7 The second reason for critical oversight is that it troubles the now common classification of Treasure Island as a Bildungsroman. For example, Sandison’s foundational reading of Treasure Island as a Bildungsroman never mentions the quick switch and relies on Jim’s position as the author-narrator of the text to prove Jim’s earned and increased authority, maturity, and power. 8 Marah Gubar, one of the few critics of Treasure Island to ack


Who is to take over from Stephen Fry in the next series of Q.I.?

Sandi Toksvig will bring 'naughty sense of humour' to QI, says show's creator | Media | The Guardian BBC2 Sandi Toksvig will bring 'naughty sense of humour' to QI, says show's creator Panel game’s producer reveals that Stephen Fry only took over as its presenter when his original choice, Michael Palin, turned it down Sandi Toksvig is to take over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC’s QI. Photograph: BBC Wednesday 14 October 2015 08.55 EDT Last modified on Thursday 11 August 2016 06.04 EDT Close This article is 1 year old Stephen Fry was supposed to be a team captain on BBC2 panel game QI when it started in 2003, but reluctantly took over as its presenter when the producer’s original choice, Michael Palin, turned it down. Taking over on a “temporary basis” and “just for the pilot”, Fry is still in the presenter’s chair 13 series and 180 episodes later. He will step down after the next series, beginning this week, and be succeeded by Sandi Toksvig . “I begged Stephen to stand in just for the pilot,” recalled John Lloyd, the QI producer who made three of television’s all-time comedy greats – Blackadder, Spitting Image and Not the Nine O’Clock News. Stephen Fry to step down as presenter of BBC's QI Read more “He said ‘I really don’t want to do this, I want to be captain of the clever team’ [opposite Alan Davies’s, er, less clever team]. And when we saw the pilot, we thought it was the job that Stephen was born to do.” The then BBC2 controller Jane Root agreed, and agreed to commission the first series of the show on the condition that Fry was in the chair. It also explains the slightly lop-sided nature of the show, with Davies the only regular panellist. “It’s a hell of a job,” said Lloyd. “He has got to be on top, three times a week, of an extraordinary raft of material on everything from raspberries to electrons and stay upbeat and cheerful about it.” Palin had turned down the role after returning from the Sahara where he was filming his latest BBC1 travelogue. “I took Mike out for lunch and said I’ve got your third career, comedy, travel and now you are going to do brains. He said ‘I’m not clever enough’; I said, ‘You don’t have to worry about that, we’ll do all the clever stuff for you.’ “I was distraught when he turned it down. I took all the team out to the pub and we all got absolutely slaughtered. I thought the game was up.” Instead it was just beginning. Thirteen series later, Lloyd will take the opportunity to reinvent the show again with Toksvig in the chair, who he knows well as the originator of Radio 4’s News Quiz which she presented for a decade. Lloyd said Fry had been talking about going “for two or three years”. “It’s tiring, everyone wants him, he is all over the world doing those extraordinary documentaries and he’s got his own production company to run. We have had a great run, it’s time to move on.” Lloyd described Toksvig as a “national treasure”. “She is extraordinary,” he said. “Obviously Stephen’s shoes are enormous and Sandi is capable of filling them. She was the best chair the News Quiz ever had, I used to stop the car because I was laughing so much. “We are blessed because we have got somebody who is so different [to Stephen] and yet will bring to the show the same kind of wonderful thing that Stephen does, the mixture of real brains and a hinterland of knowledge, plus this naughty sense of humour. “It will also allow us to look at the format again and do things in a slightly different way. We are really gung-ho about it.” Toksvig is also the first female presenter of a mainstream TV comedy show. On why it has taken so long to break this particular duck, Lloyd said: “The world moves on. The reason there weren’t many comics on panel games 10 years ago is there weren’t many female comics in the country. There was Jo Brand, but you struggled. “Now you go to the Edinburgh festival and the women are winning all the prizes, there is a raft of brilliant stand-up comics breaking through all over the world. We are spoilt for choice.”


In which French city does the Pont Saint-Benezet only partly span the river Rhone?

Pont Saint-Benezet (Pont d'Avignon) (France): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor “Awesome structure and great story behind it” Reviewed 1 week ago Loved it, took it in as part of our Palais De Popes tour and it is a must do. You can "see" it from Rocher des Doms and from the outside of the Avignon wall but it is worth it to walk it and marvel at what an achievement it was in medieval times. The climatic changes at the end... More  Helpful?


In New York the Verrazano Narrows Bridge links Staten Island with which other borough?

Staten Island Encyclopedia  >  Places  >  United States, Canada, and Greenland  >  U.S. Physical Geography Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. It is separated from New Jersey by Kill Van Kull and Arthur Kill, which are crossed by bridges. Ferries connect the island with Manhattan, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge links it with Brooklyn. The hills of NE Staten Island rise to 410 ft (125 m) at Todt Hill, the highest point along the Atlantic coast S of Maine. The industrial area of Staten Island is located in the north, where docks line the northern and eastern shores. The availability of open space made the island the site of large container-handling facilities, as well as New York City's 3,000-acre (1,215-hectare) Fresh Kills landfill, the largest such facility in the country until it was closed in 2001. Fresh Kills will be redeveloped as park. Centers of trade include St. George (the borough hall) and Port Richmond. Beaches and parks, including part of Gateway National Recreation Area, are found along the southeastern coast. The island was visited by Henry Hudson in 1609 and was called Staaten Eylandet by the Dutch. The Native population drove off the first white settlers, but by 1661 a permanent settlement had been founded. Though there was considerable industrial activity on Staten Island in the 19th cent., its predominant character was semirural, something which had not changed when it became a borough of New York City in 1898. The turning point in the island's recent history was the completion of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (1964). Since then Staten Island has had an influx of new residents and industries. Changes in the 1980s in the structure of New York City's government led many Staten Islanders to believe their voting strength was being diminished. In 1993, Staten Island residents voted to secede from the city, but such a move would require state approval. Low-lying coastal areas of the island suffered serious flooding from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Among the extant buildings of the 17th, 18th, and 19th cent. is the Billopp, or Conference, House (built before 1688), in which an unsuccessful Revolutionary War peace conference was held in 1776. The Richmondtown Restoration, an example of 18th- and 19th-century life on the island, includes Voorlezer's House (built c.1695). Other points of interest include several old churches, Sailor's Snug Harbor, the Garibaldi Memorial, Fort Wadsworth, and the Staten Island Zoo. Wagner College, Richmond College of the City Univ. of New York, and a branch of St. John's Univ. are on Staten Island. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


Which bridge was inscribed as a ‘World Heritage Site’ in July this year?

UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Sites in Norway, Germany, Israel, UK and USA inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List Sites in Norway, Germany, Israel, UK and USA inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List Sunday, 5 July 2015 at 13:30   Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus (01/07/2012) © Department for Heritage Preservation Hamburg picture library   / Nicolai Wieckmann      | Image Source: Nomination file   The World Heritage Committee this morning approved the inscription of five cultural sites on World Heritage List: Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site in Norway, Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus in Germany, Necropolis of Beth She’arim—a Landmark of Jewish Revival in Israel, The Forth Bridge in Scotland (United Kingdom) and San Antonio Missions in the United States of America. Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site (Norway)  — Located in a dramatic landscape of mountains, waterfalls and river valleys, the site comprises hydroelectric power plants, transmission lines, factories, transport systems and towns. The complex was established by the Norsk-Hydro Company to manufacture artificial fertilizer from nitrogen in the air. It was built to meet the Western world’s growing demand for agricultural production in the early 20th century. The company towns of Rjukan and Notodden show workers’ accommodation and social institutions linked by rail and ferry to ports where the fertilizer was loaded. The Rjukan-Notodden site manifests an exceptional combination of industrial assets and themes associated to the natural landscape. It stands out as an example of a new global industry in the early 20th century. Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus (Germany) — Speicherstadt and the adjacent Kontorhaus district are two densely built urban areas in the centre of the port city of Hamburg. Speicherstadt, originally developed on a group of narrow islands in the Elbe River between 1885 and 1927, was partly rebuilt from 1949 to 1967. It is one of the largest coherent historic ensembles of port warehouses in the world (300,000 m2). It includes 15 very large warehouse blocks as well as six ancillary buildings and a connecting network of short canals. Adjacent to the modernist Chilehaus office building, the Kontorhaus district is an area of over five hectares featuring six very large office complexes built from the 1920s to the 1940s to house port-related businesses. The complex exemplifies the effects of the rapid growth in international trade in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal (Israel)  — Consisting of a series of catacombs, the necropolis developed from the 2nd century BCE as the primary Jewish burial place outside Jerusalem following the failure of the second Jewish revolt against Roman rule. Located southeast of the city of Haifa, these catacombs are a treasury of artworks and inscriptions in Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew. Beth She’arim bears unique testimony to ancient Judaism under the leadership of Rabbi Judah the Patriarch, who is credited with Jewish renewal after 135 CE. The Forth Bridge (United Kingdom)  — This railway bridge spanning the estuary of the Forth River in Scotland is the world’s longest multi-span cantilever bridge. It opened in 1890 and continues to carry passengers and freight. Its distinctive industrial aesthetic is the result of a forthright and unadorned display of its structural components. Innovative in style, materials and scale, the Forth Bridge is an important milestone in bridge design and construction during the period when railways came to dominate long-distance land travel. San Antonio Missions (United States of America) — The site encompasses a group of five frontier mission complexes situated along a stretch of the San Antonio River basin in southern Texas, as well as a ranch located 37 kilometres to the south. It includes architectural and archaeological structures, farmlands, residencies, churches and granaries, as well as water distribution systems. The complexes were built by Fr


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Johanna Konta is the new British female No.1 in which sport?

Johanna Konta profile: Who is the British number one impressing at the Australian Open? | The Independent Johanna Konta profile: Who is the British number one impressing at the Australian Open? The Sydney-born tennis player is no overnight success Wednesday 27 January 2016 12:21 BST Click to follow Johanna Konta after victory in Melbourne GETTY IMAGES At last, British tennis fans have more than Andy Murray to pin their hopes on.  After impressing towards the back end of last year, Johanna Konta today became the first British female to reach the semi-final of a Grand Slam event since Jo Durie reached the last four at the US Open in 1983. With Murray also through, Britain has two semi-finalists in a Major for the first time since 1977. So who is the 'new' star of British tennis?  Konta reaches Australian Open semi-final Konta is now in her sixth year on the WTA tour, so describing her as 'new' would be inaccurate. However it's only recently that she has begun to make waves at the biggest tournaments. Her semi-final appearance at this year's Australian Open, which has been achieved with wins over eighth seed Venus Williams and 21st seed Ekaterina Makarova, follows on from her reaching the fourth round of the US Open at the end of last year. Prior to that, she had never progressed beyond the first round at a Grand Slam except at the 2012 US Open when she reached the second round. She has no WTA titles to her name, although has won 11 ITF titles, the circuit below the WTA.  Johanna Konta during her quarter-final win Konta's form has been on an upward curve since last summer when she beat Makarova at Eastbourne. Her appointment of mental coach Juan Coto in the summer of 2014 has been credited as a factor in her change of fortunes. Coto, like Konta, refuses to put it down to one thing that saw things 'click', explaining earlier in the Australian Open: "She has also grown in confidence as a human being and a tennis player. The stability of her environment, her coach, the people around her, the consistency and routines has been very important. Johanna is a very confident individual but when you start getting very good results you develop that more and more." Her mental strength was something she spoke about after reaching the semi-finals in Melbourne. “I felt I did quite a good job of removing any sort of occasion from the match,” she said. “I try to keep things in perspective.” Whatever it is, Konta's rise has been remarkable. Having been ranked at 146 in the world last year, she is currently ranked at 47 and should move into the top 30 after the tournament and possibly higher if she continues to triumph in Melbourne. After her efficient quarter-final win over Chinese qualifier Shuai Zhang, Konta described herself as “the female version of Jason Bourne”, a joke alluding to the fact she is the holder of three passports - one British, one Australian - she was born in Sydney - and one from her parents' homeland of Hungary.  Konta actually represented Australia up until 2012, before switch allegiances to the country she moved to at the age of 14 after receiving British citizenship.  Johanna Konta signs autographs after her secondround victory over Zheng Saisai As well as mental strength, Konta's style has been noted for it's athleticism and power. Her forehand is as consistently powerful as that of world No 1 Serena Williams and her excellent serve and the aces it produces have played a major role in her recent run. She's also adept at covering the court. In the semi-final, Konta will face German seventh seed Angelique Kerber. More about:


Parsees are followers of which religion?

The Parsees, Their History and Contribution to the Indian Society The Parsees, Their History, Religion And Contribution To Indian Society By Noshir H. Dadrawala The Parsis are followers of one of the oldest, if not the oldest revealed religion in the world - Zoroastrianism. Globally, as a community, the Parsis number barely a hundred thousand. But it is not by numbers that this community can be judged, for no less a person than Mahatma Gandhi has acknowledged: "I am proud of my country, India, for having produced the splendid Zoroastrian stock, in numbers beneath contempt, but in charity and philanthropy, perhaps unequalled, certainly unsurpassed." According to the last census for 1991, the Parsis in India number 76,382 of which as many as 53,794 are concentrated in the city of Bombay (Mumbai). The Parsis came to India sometime around the 10th century A.D. to escape Arab persecution in Persia which began in the 7th century. Their history in Persia goes back to prehistoric times when Peshdadian kings were known as the "original law givers" and worshipped Mazda, the one and only "Lord of Wisdom". After the Peshdadians came the Kayanian dynasty, during which period the blessed prophet Zarathushtra was born. Confusion still persists amongst scholars about the exact date and place of Zarathushtra's birth. Some scholars relying upon various Greek sources push Zarathushtra's date of birth back to the 7th millennium B.C. Others place it somewhere between 1800 and 1500 B.C. Oral Zoroastrian tradition places his birth sometime around 6000 B.C. The first recorded history of Iran begins with Cyrus the Great who laid the foundation of the mighty Achaemenian empire. Cyrus (born 599 B.C.) has been referred to by scholars and historians as "the most outstanding person of the ancient world" and architect of the first "world empire". Despite the vastness of his empire and the strength of his army, Cyrus remained a benevolent and tolerant king. In an age seeped in cruelty, slavery and the law of "might is right", he gave humanity the first bill of "Human Rights", declaring, among others, man's right to freedom of religion, opinion, expression and free movement. Cyrus ruled his empire wisely and justly. Law and order was so strictly observed that it gave rise to the phrase, "The Laws of the Medes and the Persians"(Daniel VI, 8) or laws that were immutable. Cyrus liberated the Jews by conquering Babylon and even helped them to rebuild the temple of Solomon with funds from Persian coffers. After Cyrus, Darius ascended the throne. His empire extended from the river Danube in Europe to the river Indus in India and from central Asia to the north-eastern parts of Africa, comprising 23 great nations of the ancient world. Ages before Ferdinand de Lesseps thought of the Suez Canal, Darius connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea by means of a canal to stimulate trade and commerce. He pioneered the world's first postal service. In fact, Herodotus notes, "Nothing mortal travels so fast as these Persian messengers." Darius also built Persepolis which was further developed by his son Xerxes, but also destroyed in a drunken fit by Alexander whom the Persians, even today, regard as the accursed. After the fall of the Achaemenian empire, there was chaos for some time and a weak attempt was made by the Parthians to revive the ancient glory of Persia. This, however, was achieved in a large measure by the Sasanian kings, starting with its founder, Ardishir. The Sasanian king, Shapur, also defeated the Great Roman Emperor, Valerian, and the empire of Khusroo Perviz was almost as large as that of Darius the Great of the Achaemenian dynasty. The mighty Sasanian empire fell in the seventh century A.D. when the last king Yezdagird Shehriar was defeated at the hands of the Arab hordes. The Arab Muslims began to persecute the Zoroastrians and when religious intolerance reached a head, a few pious Zoroastrians left their beloved motherland of Iran and set sail for the hospitable Indian shores to preserve their identity, religion and culture. Ever since the comm


The five ‘K’s feature in which religion?

The Five Ks of Sikhism - YouTube The Five Ks of Sikhism Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 27, 2011 Two young presenters explain the meaning and importance of each of the five Ks and how they help them to guide their everyday lives. IThe footage includes a cartoon depiction of Guru Gobind Singh and how his actions exemplified the meaning of the five Ks. Category


Where did Tecwen Whittock cough when he shouldn’t have done in 2003?

Why this trial should never have happened | Daily Mail Online Why this trial should never have happened Stephen Glover Last updated at 00:00 08 April 2003 SO MAJOR Charles Ingram, his wife, Diana, and their friend, Tecwen Whittock, did cheat on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? They have been found guilty of trying to win Pounds 1 million by deception from the programme makers, Celador. Mr Whittock, by coughing 19 times and on one occasion apparently stifling the word 'no' with a cough, steered Major Ingram to the correct answers and his Pounds 1 million prize. It was only the third time that the jackpot had been won. I can't believe that I am alone in being unable to summon much outrage against Mr and Mrs Ingram or Mr Whittock. What they did was undoubtedly wrong. Major Ingram certainly did not behave like an officer and a gentleman. They were the authors of their own fate, and deserve their suspended sentences and substantial fines. Their reputations are ruined and their jobs must be on the line. For this they have only themselves to blame. But I don't feel they have done anything very wicked. I even feel a little sorry for them. By contrast, the behaviour of Celador makes me feel rather angry. As for the police, they were ill-advised to recommend a prosecution, and the Crown Prosecution Service was foolish in bringing one. What is Celador? It is a company which produces a programme that makes money out of encouraging greed in ordinary people. It offers the prospect of huge riches to those who have no other prospect of obtaining them. That is its main purpose in life. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? plays on the desire that is in nearly all of us to get rich quick without having to work very hard or have genuinely creative ideas. The reason that Celador can offer such enormous prizes is that tens of thousands of people ring Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? to try to get on the programme, and they pay a premium rate of 60p a minute for the privilege, generating hundreds of thousands of pounds for Celador's coffers. So far as we know, Major and Mrs Ingram and Mr Whittock were law-abiding citizens who had never committed a crime in their lives. It took Celador, with its alluring offer of easy riches, to tempt the three of them. If Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? did not exist, Major Ingram would be blamelessly fulfilling his duties in the Royal Engineers, Mrs Ingram would be happily carrying out her work as a nurse, and Mr Whittock would be cheerfully lecturing his students as head of business studies at Pontypridd College in South Wales. I hope the real millionaires who are behind Celador will consider this. When the company suspected the three of them of cheating after the programme was filmed 18 months ago, it quickly called in the police. The proper thing to do in these circumstances would surely have been for Celador to withhold the Pounds 1million which was not rightfully Major Ingram's and invite him to sue for the prize in the civil courts at his own expense if he was so inclined. This would have spared the police a long and complicated inquiry, and also saved the public purse the half a million pounds which the month-long criminal trial is estimated to have cost. Why did Celador decide to go down the criminal route? You may say that the company was outraged by the attempts of Mr and Mrs Ingram and Mr Whittock to deceive them, and wanted to do everything in its power to ensure that other contestants did not attempt a similar deception. No doubt there is much truth in this. However, Celador are bound to benefit from the publicity surrounding the criminal trial. CELADOR, in conjunction with Granada, has been making a documentary about the trial which will be shown over Easter. It will be fronted by Martin Bashir. Lengthy excerpts of the episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in which the Major cheated - it was not shown at the time - are expected to be broadcast. The criminal trial which Celador made possible is being turned into a commercial circus. What must have been a gruelling experience for the three defendants ha


In military slang what are ‘Ack Emma’ and ‘Pip Emma’?

Nine ack emma - Topic   Nine ack emma Member posted I'm reading a novel set in the English war effort of WWII. The characters have an odd way of referring to time, as where as Colonel says, "There's a meeting later this morning. I have to get a briefing to the boss by nine ack emma. Hence the hurry." Can someone explain? Hide Post That's WW1 British military parlance for 'AM' (morning). See this Wikpedia entry . Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.   WW1 and maybe earlier. By WW2 the forces had largely adopted the 24-hour clock, thus relegating ack emma and pip emma to the annuls of history where they rightly belong. Richard English quote: ack and vars., used for a in the oral transliteration of code messages and in telephone communications, as in ack emma, for a.m. = ante meridiem; air mechanic. See ACK-ACK, EMMA. In military use replaced by able in Dec. 1942. 1898 Signalling Instructions (War Office) 86 The letters T, A, B, M,..will be called toc, ak [1904 Signalling Regs. ack], beer, emma. 1917 ‘IAN HAY’ Carrying On vi. 134 He [the Signaller] salutes the rosy dawn as ‘Akk Emma’, and eventide as ‘Pip Emma’. 1918 Signalling Simplified II Special Names of Letters. (Semaphore and Morse.) A = Ack...Note that, in signalling, these Special Names must always be used, i.e. A is always Ack, M is always Emma, and so on. 1927 D. L. SAYERS Unnatural Death III. xxiii. 285 Some damned thing at the Yard, I suppose. At three ack emma! 1930 BROPHY & PARTRIDGE Songs & Slang, 1914-18 93 Ack Emma, Air Mechanic, in the Royal Air Force. Also a.m. = morning. 1934 V. M. YEATES Winged Victory 78 The Ak Emma went off in search of food. a1935 T. E. LAWRENCE Mint (1955) xxii. 78 We shorten them [sc. our ranks] to LAC, AC I, AC II, and speak of ourselves as ‘ack-emmas’ (the air mechanic of the Great War) or ‘urks’. emma used orig. in telephone communications and in the oral transliteration of code messages, hence colloq., for m, as in ack emma, for a.m. (see ACK); emma-emma-esses (see quot. 1919); emma-gee, for m.g. = machine gun; pip emma, for p.m. (see PIP n.4); toc emma, for t.m. (see TOC EMMA). 1891 Man. Instructions Signalling 94 The reader may pronounce his letters in any distinctive method to distinguish those letters which resemble others in sound, e.g. B, V, D, E, or M, N, etc. may be called Beer, Vay, Do, E, and Emma and N, etc. 1898, etc. [see ACK]. 1915 ‘IAN HAY’ First Hundred Thousand xix. 289 ‘Pip Emma’{em}as our friends the ‘buzzers’ call the afternoon. 1918 H. W. MCBRIDE Emma Gees i. 9 Emma Gee is signaler's lingo for M.G., meaning machine gunner. 1919 DOWNING Digger Dialects 22 Emma-emma-esses, smoke-oh. (From the signal alphabet, MMS, Men may smoke.) 1926 E. WALLACE Door with Seven Locks xiii. 125 Tell him I want to raid Gallows Cottage, Gallows Hill, at eleven-fifteen pip-emma. 1931 Morning Post 20 Aug. 8/5 He was the only infantry officer..who had a good word for the Trench Mortar crowd. ‘Are you Toc Emmas? You're just the men I want.’ 1969 WODEHOUSE Pelican at Blandings vi. 83 We shall meet at twelve pip emma. British signalman's letter code British signalman's letter code, from from Weird Words: quote: Hide Post I love those code words, Tinman. They remind me of airlines and others who use words for the letters, such as "gate charlie." I know we've talked about that before, but I am always surprised by the words they use to represent letters. And I am surprised with these code words, too. I especially like "emma" for "m."   Charlie is the only one of two of those old codes that carried forward to the new international codes. Indeed, it is one of only six people's names to be in the current international list, which is: Alpha Yankee Zulu I use these names without thinking as they are universal in the travel industry, so, if I were spelling a name to a carrier, I would simply say something like, "That's kilo-alpha=lima-lima-hotel". But, interestingly, when I came to write the list out I had to go through the alphabet letter by letter to recall what each was! T


Where do Catholics believe their souls wait for the atonement of sins before entering heaven?

Many settling for graveside prayers only / Why do we pray for the dead? - The Catholic Free PressThe Catholic Free Press Many settling for graveside prayers only / Why do we pray for the dead? October 28, 2013 | 1:59 pm | Featured Article #2 St. John's Cemetery, Worcester Photo by Tanya Connor By Patricia O’Connell CFP Correspondent The number of funeral Masses has fallen in recent years. In 2010, there were 3,167 Catholic burials in the diocese. Three years later, that number dropped to 2,477. It’s something that’s concerning, because there are many benefits to have a funeral Mass, both for the living and the deceased, according to Father Richard Reidy, a former pastor who presently serves as vicar general. The trend is so disturbing that Bishop McManus has written a pastoral letter on the issue. “It appears that in a growing number of cases families may settle for prayers at the funeral home or graveside while omitting a funeral Mass,” Father Reidy said. “That is unfortunate because of the spiritual benefits that come with a funeral Mass.” “Virtually every death brings a sense of loss, grief and frustration for those who love the person who is no longer physically in their midst,” he stated, noting that viewing death through the lens of faith is what gives people hope for “the prospect of a joyous reunion.” “That reunion is possible only through Jesus Christ, because of his Passion, death and Resurrection, the spiritual fruits of which are present at Mass,” he added. Father Reidy said funeral Masses offer great benefits for the souls of the deceased, as the living offer Christ’s sacrifice to the Father, ask God to purify them of their sins and admit them to heaven. Unfortunately, he noted, it can happen that people who were very faithful to the Mass during their lifetimes don’t have a funeral Mass, if their survivors don’t recognize its importance. “That is particularly sad,” he said. “People should make clear their wishes in making arrangements with the funeral home and family members,” he advised. He said this is particularly important to do nowadays, when not all family members may be Catholic or practicing Catholics. Father Reidy said funeral Masses are available even if the person who died wasn’t practicing their faith. “The baptized are members of the Church and they’re always beloved by the Church,” he stressed. “Absent public scandal, the reasons that kept them from coming to church regularly are not reasons to forgo a funeral Mass.” “All the more is the need for the Mass for the person and their soul,” he added. Father Reidy said cost is one factor he’s heard in the decision not to have a Mass. He said the $300 stipend, of which $100 goes to the organist, $100 to the cantor, $65 to the parish and $35 to the priest, could be waived. “The poor are not to be denied fitting funerals,” he noted. In his time serving as pastor of St. Paul Cathedral, there were funeral Masses where only one or two people, in addition to the undertakers, were present. However, he said these were “some of the most moving funerals.” “They were poignant reminders (of) how precious every single person is to God. Jesus died for us all but he would have died for any one of us as well,” said Father Reidy. “At times the deceased may have outlived family and friends or been forgotten by everybody else, but they are never forgotten by God. We should not forget his merciful love made manifest through the funeral Mass.” Father John F. Madden, pastor of St. John Parish in Worcester, said there are “definitely” more services just at the funeral home, where families invite him to say prayers near the casket, but don’t want a church Mass. This is a trend, he noticed, that’s accelerated in the last few years, if not over the past decade. He said this is unfortunate, as families who attend a funeral can then look back upon that time as a moment of grace. “Jesus died for us on the cross and rose for us to live forever and they can continue to go back to that,” he said of the memories of a funeral liturgy. Msgr. Francis J. Scollen, pastor of St. Peter Pa


Which huge commercial chain is named after a character in the novel Moby Dick?

Starbucks almost named after Moby-Dick doomed ship Peqoud | Daily Mail Online comments It's the largest coffee house in the world, but Starbucks may have had a very different story had one of its founders had his way. Writer Gordon Bowke, who co-founded the company in 1971, originally wanted to name the company Peqoud, after the doomed whaleship in Moby-Dick. Luckily, his business partners settled on the name of the ship's first mate instead. Global: Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 50 countries, including over 11,000 in the U.S. According to Howard Schultz's book Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time, Mr Bowker suggested the name Pequod to his then-creative partner, Terry Heckler, who responded: 'No one's going to drink a cup of Pee-quod!' RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share After a brainstorming session, Mr Bowker's co-founders, teachers  Jerry Baldwin and Zev Siegl, decided Captain Ahab's first mate Starbuck would be the name of the then-unknown brand. A classic: Moby-Dick, by American author Herman Melville, was first published in 1851 It was not the only inspiration the entrepreneurs found in the unusual name. It also inspired Starbucks' famed green and white logo, which features a Siren from Greek Mythology. As the story goes, Sirens lured sailors to shipwreck off the coast of an island in the South Pacific, also called Starbuck Island. The company, however, could have gone by many different names with founders so captivated by the Herman Melville classic. Stubb, Flask, Queequeg, Tashtego, Daggoo, Pip and Fedallah are among the other characters in the story about Captain Ahab's search for a monstrous sperm whale wandering the seas after it destroyed his boat and bit off his leg. Starbucks, it seems, proved a wise choice. The company later changed hands and Mr Schultz became the company's sole owner when he bought out the three founders in 1987. Starbucks went on to become the largest coffee house company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 50 countries, including more than 11,000 in the U.S. THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN MOBY-DICK: Moby-Dick, first published in 1851 by American author Herman Melville, is peppered with unusual names that could have replaced Starbuck. Its main characters include: Ishmael - The narrator, and a junior member of the crew of the Pequod Captain Ahab - Lost his leg to Moby Dick and is in a search for the monstrous sperm whale Starbuck - The first mate of the Pequod. A Quaker who believes that Christianity offers a way to interpret the world around him Stubb - The second mate of the Pequod, characterised by his good humour Flask - The third mate of the Pequod with a confrontational attitude that earned him the nickname King-Post Queequeg - Starbuck’s skilled harpooner and Ishmael’s best friend, a former prince drom South Sea island Tashtego - Stubb’s harpooner and a Gay Head Indian Daggoo - Flask’s harpooner


Which kind of animals are associated with the word ‘lapine’?

ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND INSECTS AND THEIR MEANINGS AARDVARK - a tendency to hide from problems ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN - denotes spiritual truths that are not easily accepted ALLIGATOR - spiritual aspects that are self-serving, can denotes a person who attacks out of nowhere, people who lie in wait and then attack, a person with vicious speech which is destructive ANT - denotes cooperation with others APE - cautions against loss of individuality, pretending to be someone who you are not, aping someone, being a copycat instead of your true self. A symbol of malice and ugliness. The ape was a holy animal in ancient India, the god Hanuman, as in the epic Ramayana. He is a symbol of strength, loyalty, and self-sacrifice. In the Chinese Zodiac, the ape is the ninth sign. The ape is the calendar symbol in ancient Mexican cultures, lending its name (in Aztec Ozomatli, in Mayan Ba'tz) to the the day of the month. The ape was a god of dance, and those born under this sign were expected to become jugglers, pranksters, dancers, or singers. In ancient mexico, the ape represents the wind. In the ancient Mexican myth of periodic "ends of the world", the second era or "sun," the wind-sun, was ended by devastating tornadoes, and the humans of this era were transformed into apes. Apes in chains represent the "devil" vanquished. It is a symbol of insecurity and doubt about one's own role in life as well as immodesty. BABOON - immaturity or lack of individuality. Thoth, the god of wisdom, though sometimes appearing with the head of an ibis, frequently appears as an old, white caped baboon. BADGER - denotes a person with a 'nagging' personality, usually one who interferes with another's life. It is a symbol of vice, afraid of the light, and lives in the dark. The badger represents avarice because it lives on it's own body fat. BAT - denotes the use of spiritual intuition in all aspects of life BEAGLE - (dog) refers to a sympathy seeking friend BEAR - an overbearing personality of a friend or situation, someone who can crush another with just a look or a word  This negative creature is used in the business world also to denote a negative situation. Fighting and winning a battle with a bear denotes the triumph of Christ over the devil. In China, the bear symbolizes strength, Dreaming of a bear sometimes foretells the birth of a son. BEAST - denotes crude or unacceptable behavior BEAVER - denotes the ability to recognize one's spiritual aspects at "home" while balancing and utilizing "life's" opportunities, industrious BEDBUG - negative aspected related to sleeping arrangements or sleep patterns BEE -  denotes industrious and cooperative teamwork and denotes diligence and a sense of order. A beeswarm suggests an overwhelming situation  Being stung by a bee can represent a negative situation. Dreaming of a bee flying away can symbolize death as the bee is the soul, but if the bee flies into the mouth of the dead person, that person will come back to life. In the mediterranean civilizations, the bee was seen to be brave, chaste, industrious, clean and lives harmoniously. The Christians looked upon the bee hive as the church and the bees as the parishioners, who collected only the best from all the flowers. They were symbols of purity and abstinence. In the secular world, the bee was a royal symbol and the queen bee was long regarded as a King. The sweetness symbolised Christ and his mercy. The sting was felt to be the last judgment.     BEETLE - denotes negative interference's in one's life situations BEHEMOTH - denotes an aspect in one's life that is larger than life, perhaps overwhelming and too big to handle alone BIGFOOT - denotes aspects of reality that are not accepted BIRD - denotes personality characteristics, usually high characteristics of beauty, joy and love that transcendent quality that lifts man from his lower self to his higher self, from the material world to the spiritual world - see specific bird type for other connotations  A dark, ugly bird can denote a person's state of love in the negative context. To see a bird fly can symbolize t


What is the chief ingredient of a ‘dhansak’ curry?

Chicken Dhansak Recipe - Indian.Food.com Cut chicken breasts in two and sever the legs at the joint. With the salt mash the ginger and garlic to a pulp. In a grinder mix together the coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, cardamoms, cinnamon stick, dried chillies, peppercorns, bay leaves, fenugreek seeds, and the mustard seed. Mix in 6 tbsp water to make a past, add the garlic and ginger pulp mix well and add to the chicken, making sure that the meat is well coated. Refrigerate overnight. In a large pan melt the ghee over medium heat and fry the chicken with any juices for about 10 minutes. Add the water, bring to the boil and simmer covered for 20 minutes. Turn off the heat. Mix the split peas and lentils together and wash them till the water runs clear. Drain them. Heat the oil in another pan and fry the onions till just golden. Add the turmeric and garam masala, cook for 1 min, add the lentils and cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Add the water and salt bring to the boil, reduce the heat and cook for 30 minutes. Mash the dhal to make a smooth sloppy mixture and add this to the pan with the chicken inches. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and cook for 30 mins,stirring to make sure that it does not stick or burn. Dissolve the tamarind in a little hot water and add this to the pan cook for 3 minutes. Serve with boiled rice and a good chutney.


Until 1968 which official could censor British theatre?

Censorship in the theatre - Telegraph Theatre Features Censorship in the theatre There has been no formal censorship of theatres in Britain since 1968 – but  the issue is still alive. Acting out: the recent Broadway revival of 'Hair'  By John Nathan 12:30PM BST 14 Apr 2010 On September 26 1968, Britain abandoned theatre censorship. After 231 years of making some of the barmiest decisions known to man, the Lord Chamberlain was stripped of his power to censor any play wishing to be licensed for public performance. The next day, the first Broadway production of the musical Hair opened in London. With its rock anthems and nude hippies, no show could have better illustrated that a new theatrical era had arrived. The Lord Chamberlain’s office had long been a channel for fathoms-deep reserves of reactionary philistinism. No other outlook could have banned the phrase “up periscopes” from being used on stage because, in the view of the Lord Chamberlain’s comptrollers, more impressionable minds than theirs might be incited to “commit buggery”. Among the shows that were stifled at birth were surely some stinkers. Yet the list of banned plays also included works by Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Pirandello and Strindberg, while Beckett had to fight hard for his Godot. Since then, there has been an inexorable pushing back of the boundaries. In 1998, I followed two New York ladies of a certain age out of the auditorium after a performance of Mark Ravenhill’s breakthrough play Shopping and F---ing. We were all pretty subdued after watching the explicit portrayal of the life of a teenage rent boy. It is a play uncompromisingly explicit in its depiction of anal, oral and violent sex. The censor, who decades earlier had objected to the term “up periscopes”, would have spontaneously combusted. Yet the two New York ladies appeared almost unmoved by the shocking scenes. Eventually, one said to the other: “Well, there wasn’t much shopping.” This month, Hair returns to London in the form of a new Broadway production. It arrives schlepping a hat full of awards and free of the moralising that stage nudity once provoked. Ben Brantley’s New York Times notice praises Diane Paulus’s production for finding hitherto unfound emotional depths. Nudity is barely mentioned. So, in 2010, does Hair arrive in a Britain where playwrights and directors are free to write and direct what they like? Not quite. The day before Hair opens at the Gielgud Theatre, a 10-minute walk will take you to another premiere at the Soho Theatre. There, you will find the new play by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti – Behud (Beyond Belief). And the issue of censorship will be thick in the air. Behud is Bhatti’s response to her earlier play Behzti (Dishonour), which, in 2004, caused violent protests at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, known as the Rep. One of the offending scenes involved a rape in a Sikh temple. The protests were so violent that Bhatti had to go into hiding in fear of her life and the play was stopped. “There had been forceful protests for a number of days,” remembers Jonathan Church, who was the Rep’s artistic director at the time. 'Bricks were thrown through the plate windows of our building. The police locked the actors in their dressing room for safety.” According to unconfirmed reports, protesters ran through the building with swords drawn. Church clearly still finds the decision to stop the play’s run painful to live with. “There was a kind of state decision not to fight for free speech and to allow a degree of mob rule,” he says. “My view is that the police force chose –whether for cost reasons or, as was suggested by one of the police officers I spoke to, because of their relationship with ethnic minorities in the city – not to make any more arrests.” Most of the pressure to self-censor in modern theatre comes, playwright Richard Bean agrees, from Right-wing religion – although the protests against his own controversial 2009 play, England People Very Nice, were largely secular. Tackling the sensitive subject of East End immigration, Bean had the audacity – some would say the


On a weather map ‘isohyets’ link places of equal ………what?

Isohyets - definition of isohyets by The Free Dictionary Isohyets - definition of isohyets by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/isohyets Also found in: Medical , Encyclopedia . Related to isohyets: isopleth A line drawn on a map connecting points that receive equal amounts of rainfall. [ iso- + Greek hūetos, rain; see seuə-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] isohyet (Physical Geography) a line on a map connecting places having equal rainfall [C19: from iso- + -hyet, from Greek huetos rain] i•so•hy•et (ˌaɪ səˈhaɪ ət) n. a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period. [1895–1900; iso - + -hyet < Greek hyetós rain] i`so•hy′et•al, adj. isohyet A line drawn on a map linking places that have the same rainfall. Translations Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: isohyetal References in periodicals archive ? The rainfall in the study area from the Bureau of Meteorology isohyets is between 650 mm and 600 mm. The impact of revegetation strategies Traditionally, the dense isohyets are depicted around the highest part of this upland (Galvonaitc et al. 1855-1856: George Goyder's long ride to mapping reliable rainfall In our analysis, we have adopted the 500 and 900 mm annual rainfall isohyets as the lower and upper limits for the HRZ in south-eastern Australia. Copyright © 2003-2016 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.


The first major battle of the English Civil War ended in stalemate in 1642 – what was it?

The English Civil War - History Learning Site Home   »   Stuart England   »  The English Civil War The English Civil War Citation: C N Trueman "The English Civil War" historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 17 Mar 2015. 16 Aug 2016. The English Civil War started in 1642 when Charles I raised his royal standard in Nottingham. The split between Charles and Parliament was such that neither side was willing to back down over the principles that they held and war was inevitable as a way in which all problems could be solved. The country split into those who supported the king and those who supported Parliament – the classic ingredients for a civil war.   As with most wars during the C17th, the English Civil War was not a long continuous war. Armies lacked mobility and the time taken to collect the most basic of equipment meant that there were long periods of time when no fighting was taking place despite England being at war at the time. The weather was also a major determining factor in whether armies could fight or not. Roads were no more than tracks and the winter could cut them up to make them beyond use. Therefore moving any armies around would be very difficult.   There were only three major battles in the English Civil War – Edge Hill (1642) Marston Moor (1644) and Naseby (1645).   While it is difficult to give an exact breakdown of who supported who as there were regional variations, at a general level the nobility, landowners and Anglicans supported Charles I while those in the towns and cities supported Parliament. However, this is a generalisation and there were noblemen who supported Parliament and there were towns such as Newark that supported Charles.   The first major battle of the English Civil War was at Edge Hill. While both sides claimed success, there was no decisive result from this battle. The following year, 1643, saw a series of smaller battles that were equally as indecisive in the sense that neither side dealt a fatal blow to the other. In 1643, Oliver Cromwell came more and more to the fore with his desire for a New Model Army. This new force was to have a decisive impact on the course of the English Civil War.   In 1644, Charles lost control of the north of England as a result of a major defeat at the Battle of Marston Moor. The combined armies of Parliament and the Scots heavily defeated the Royalists.   In June 1645, Cromwell’s New Model Army inflicted a fatal blow to the king’s army at the Battle of Naseby. Charles did not recover from this defeat and his cause was lost.   In 1646, Charles surrendered to the Scots rather than to Parliament. He hoped to take advantage of the fact that the Scottish and Parliamentary alliance was fragile and could collapse at any time. In fact, the Scots took advantage of Charles and sold him to Parliament for £400,000 in January 1647. The problem Parliament now had was what to do with Charles. The king actually helped in his own downfall. In November 1647, he escaped to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight and in 1648 the short-lived second civil war broke out. The supporters of the king were defeated at Preston. All that Charles had proved to Parliament was that he could not be trusted.   Charles was tried at Westminster Hall in January 1649, and found guilty that he had “traitorously and maliciously levied war against the present Parliament and the people therein represented.”


Which Archbishop of Canterbury was beheaded as an enemy of Parliament in 1645?

Biography of Archbishop William Laud » Biographies » Archbishop Laud Archbishop William Laud, 1573-1645 Archbishop of Canterbury whose attempts to bring uniformity of worship and the "beauty of holiness" into the Anglican liturgy precipitated the slide into Civil War. William Laud was born at Reading in Berkshire on 7 October 1573. He was the son of a wealthy cloth merchant, also named William Laud, and his wife Lucy (née Webb), sister of Sir William Webb, who became lord-mayor of London in 1591. Laud attended the grammar school at Reading, then studied theology at St John's College, Oxford. His tutor was John Buckeridge, one of a group of theologians who led a reaction against Puritanism which influenced Laud's later policies for the reform of church liturgy. Ordained as a priest in 1601, Laud was ambitious and rose quickly through the hierarchy of the Church, principally through the patronage of Richard Neile, bishop of Rochester, who introduced him into the court of King James I. Despite the hostility of George Abbott, archbishop of Canterbury, with whom he clashed over doctrinal issues, Laud accompanied King James on a visit to Scotland in 1617 as one his chaplains. He was appointed bishop of St David's in 1621 and became chaplain to George Villiers , Marquis (later Duke) of Buckingham the following year. Archbishop of Canterbury Laud's career flourished on the accession of King Charles I in 1625. He officiated at Charles' coronation in place of Bishop Williams, the dean of Westminster, who had fallen from favour, and preached sermons at the opening of the parliaments of 1625 and 1626. When Archbishop Andrewes died in September 1626, Laud succeeded him as dean of the Chapel Royal. Laud was appointed to the privy council in April 1627, made bishop of Bath and Wells, then bishop of London in 1628. In 1630, he was elected chancellor of Oxford University, and became archbishop of Canterbury in 1633. King Charles admired Laud's learning and valued his advice. As well as his church preferments, Laud became increasingly powerful in affairs of state. He was appointed to several important offices close to the King, but he was not a successful politician because of his inflexibility and over-sensitivity to criticism. Queen Henrietta Maria disliked him, and his tendencies to fussiness and pomposity made him an easy target for mockery by more sophisticated courtiers. However, he used his influence with the King to secure preferments for his friends, including Sir Francis Windebank, who was appointed secretary of state in 1632, and William Juxon, bishop of London, was was appointed lord treasurer in 1636. The Laudian Reforms Laud's theology was influenced by the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacob Arminius (1560-1609), who emphasised free will over predestination and an acceptance of ordered and uniform practices of worship. Laud's love of ceremony and harmonious liturgy—the "beauty of holiness"—was favoured by King Charles because it encouraged obedience to the King's authority as head of the church. During the eleven-year Personal Rule , Laud worked closely with the King to root out nonconformity. Between 1634 and 1637, Laud authorised methodical "visitations" by his vicar-general Sir Nathaniel Brent in every diocese throughout the kingdom to enforce conformity and to correct irregularities in the conduct of services. Laud believed that he was restoring discipline and order to the Church of England according to the rules laid down in the earliest days of the English Reformation. However, his attempts to force uniformity of worship ran contrary to all shades of Puritan opinion, and his Arminian doctrines were regarded as dangerously close to Roman Catholicism. Although Laud's severity was often exaggerated by his critics, he was intolerant of opposition and made full use of the courts of Star Chamber and High Commission to punish dissidents. In 1637, the religious radicals William Prynne, Henry Burton and John Bastwick were tortured and imprisoned for speaking and writing against Laud's policies, which succeeded in ma


Which title was bestowed upon Oliver Cromwell in 1653?

Timeline: The Protectorate, 1653-58 Cromwell dissolves the First Protectorate Parliament. Mar 11 Penruddock's Uprising in the West Country: co-ordinated Royalist insurrections around the country fail to ignite. Mar 14 Penruddock's rebels defeated by Colonel Croke at South Molton in Devon. Apr 17 Failure of Penn and Venables' attempt to take Hispaniola from Spain. May 17 Penn and Venables capture Jamaica . Jun 7 Resignation of Chief Justice Henry Rolle over concerns regarding the legality of the Instrument of Government . Jul 9 Henry Cromwell arrives in Dublin to take up his appointment as Major-General of the army in Ireland. Aug 22 First instructions to the Major-Generals issued. Sep 6 Charles Fleetwood departs from Ireland. He retains the title of Lord-Deputy until his term of office expires, but the administration of Ireland is left to Henry Cromwell. Sep 21 One-tenth of all property belonging to former Royalists is confiscated under the Decimation Tax. Oct 11 Commissions issued to the Major-Generals. Oct 15 The Council of State declares its support for Cromwell's policy of war with Spain . Oct 24 Commercial treaty signed between the Protectorate and France. Oct 31 Rule of the Major-Generals proclaimed in England and Wales. The country is divided into 12 districts under military jurisdiction.   Menassah ben Israel submits a petition for the re-admission of the Jews into England.   Decimation Tax and rule of the Major-Generals abandoned. Feb 23 The Humble Petition and Advice presented to Parliament despite opposition from the Army. Offer of the Crown to Cromwell. Mar 13 Signing of the treaty for a military alliance between England and France against Spain; continuation of the Anglo-Spanish war on the continent of Europe. Apr 20 General-at-Sea Robert Blake destroys the Spanish fleet at Santa Cruz . Apr/May Edward Sexby and Captain Titus publish the pamphlet Killing no Murder, which incites Cromwell's assassination. May 8 Cromwell formally refuses the Crown. May 25 A revised version of The Humble Petition and Advice, avoiding mention of the royal title, passed by Parliament. Jun 11 Sir John Reynolds with six English regiments joins Marshall Turenne's army in France. Jun 26 Cromwell's second installation as Lord Protector under a new constitution in a ceremony reminiscent of a royal coronation. Aug 7 Second session of the Second Protectorate Parliament begins. Feb 4 Cromwell dissolves the Second Protectorate Parliament. Mar 18 Anglo-French alliance renewed. Jun 4 Battle of the Dunes : the Anglo-French army under Marshal Turenne defeats a Spanish force attempting to raise the siege of Dunkirk. Jun 14 Dunkirk occupied by French and English troops. Sep 3 Death of Oliver Cromwell; his son Richard accepted as his successor by the Council of Officers and the Army. Sep 4 Richard Cromwell proclaimed Oliver's successor in London and throughout England. Sep 9-10 Richard proclaimed in Edinburgh and Dublin. Oct 18 Charles Fleetwood appointed lieutenant-general of the Army, but Richard insists upon retaining the position and full power of commander-in-chief.


Which film sees the brothers Marcus Et Spencius slave trading company?

:: the whippit inn - carry on cleo 1964 :: carry on cleo 1964 cast   Mark Antony Sidney      James Julius Caesar Kenneth      Williams Seneca Charles      Hawtrey Henghis Podd Kenneth      Connor Horsa Jim Dale Capernica Joan Sims Cleopatra Amanda      Barrie Senna Podd Sheila      Hancock Soothsayer Jon      Pertwee Sergeant Major Victor      Maddern Gloria Julie      Stephens Galley Master Peter      Gilmore Companion Peter      Jesson Bridesmaid Judi      Johnson Antony's Maiden Sally      Douglas Willa Claudia Peggy Ann      Clifford Seneca's Servant Thelma      Taylor Agrippa Francis De      Wolff Spencius Warren      Mitchell Hessian Driver Brian      Rawlinson Messenger Ian Wilson Guard Mark Hardy Caveman Michael      Nightingale Archimedes Michael      Ward Brutus Brian      Oulton Virginia Tanya      Benning Sosages Tom Clegg Bilius David      Davenport Markus Gertan      Klauber Bidder Wanda      Ventham Narrator EVH Emmet Hand Maiden Christine      Rodgers Hand Maiden Gloria Best Hand Maiden Virginia Tyler Vestal Virgin Gloria      Johnson Vestal Virgin Joanna Ford Vestal Virgin Donna White Vestal Virgin Jane Lumb Vestal Virgin Vicki Smith     Screenplay Talbot Rothwell Producer Peter Rogers Director Gerald Thomas plot Ancient Briton, Hengist Pod makes his living as a wheel maker. Much to the    chagrin of his wife Senna, the wheels he produces are unconventionally    square, trade therefore is far from brisk. One day a new neighbour by the    name of Horsa moves in next door to the Pods. He is everything that    Hengist isn't: brave, intelligent, tall and good looking. Despite this the    two become firm friends after initially inventing a window frame from one    of Hengists square wheels. One day, their settlement comes under attack from the invading Roman    Legion. The Britons put up a brave fight, but they're totally outnumbered    by the attacking force. Meanwhile Hengist has been dispatched to get help    from Boudicca's Army stationed in Carlisle. Travelling by bicycle    (naturally a square-wheeled one) he finds the going tough. Unfortunately    during his journey the bicycle breaks and he is forced to hitchhike, but    is unlucky enough to be captured by a Roman prison cart. Together with    Horsa and others from their settlement, he is sent to Rome. Meanwhile Mark Antony, the leader of the invading Roman Army, pays a visit    to his friend and Emperor of Rome Julius Caesar to inform him of him of    his Army's progress. Unfortunately he finds Caesar at a lob ebb. He is    utterly sick of the inclement British weather and unhappy about the lack    of success of his Army. News reaches him however about possible treachery    in the Roman Senate, without further ado he is heading back to Rome. Caesar, expecting a glorious welcoming parade is extremely dismayed when    his return is greeted with disdain. The cold shoulder continues with his    wife Calpurnia, who is feeling neglected due to her husband invading    overseas continents. She seems to be more displeased when Caesar offers    her Gloria, a British slave, bringing into question just what Julius has    been up to whilst he has been out conquering. It's at this point that    Calpurnias Father Senneca arrives to continue the less than enamoured    homecoming and warns Caesar to beware the Ides of March as there are plots    to assassinate him. Hengist and Horsa find themselves at a slave market which is run by    brothers Marcus and Spencius. Horsa is bought by a large woman called    Willa Claudia and unfortunately has her initials (W.C.) branded on him.    Hengist is even more unfortunate, nobody wants him, so he appears to be    destined to become a lions dinner. Thankfully the two manage to escape    their captors and hide out in the Temple of Vesta. Shortly af


Risotto is usually made with which type of rice?

Beyond Arborio: Discovering the " Other" Risotto Rices Beyond Arborio: Discovering the 'Other' Risotto Rices Experiment with these varieties to find your favorite by Jennifer Armentrout The luxurious, creamy texture of a good risotto depends on using the right kind of rice. Italians have several varieties of risotto rice from which to choose, but in North America our selection tends to be limited. Here, the most familiar and widely available risotto rice is arborio, but other equally good (some say better) varieties, like carnaroli, vialone nano, baldo, and Calriso, are becoming easier to find. If you like to make risotto, you might find a new favorite by experimenting with these other varieties. All risotto rices have a couple of things in common. They have plump, medium to short grains and, more important, they all have a high proportion of amylopectin, a type of sticky starch that's responsible for the trademark creamy texture of risotto. In contrast, long-grain rices, like basmati or Carolina rice, have a higher proportion of the less-sticky starch called amylose. This starch causes long-grain rices to cook up light and separate, which is why these rices don't work well in risotto. While similar on the macro level, the five risotto rices mentioned above vary in size and overall starch composition. When cooked, these variations translate into subtle, yet discernible, differences in the finished risotto. Arborio: The most widely available risotto rice, arborio is typically wider and longer than carnaroli or vialone nano. It's not as starchy and it absorbs liquid a little less well. Available in most supermarkets. Baldo: A relatively new variety, baldo is most comparable to arborio in shape and starchiness. It's the quickest cooking of the risotto rices. Available in specialty shops and from  Kalustyans . Calriso: A hybrid of Italian and California rice varieties, Calriso is also quite similar to arborio in cooking characteristics, though it expands a bit more. Calriso is a trademarked brand name. Available in specialty shops, and Whole Foods stores. Carnaroli: Variously hailed as the "king" or the "caviar" of Italian rices, carnaroli is the preferred risotto rice in most regions of Italy except the Veneto. It's said to produce the creamiest risotto, yet it's more resistant to overcooking than arborio. Available in specialty shops, some supermarkets, and from  Formaggio Kitchen . Vialone nano: The preferred rice of the Veneto region, vialone nano can absorb twice its weight in liquid. With a starch content almost as high as carnaroli's, it also produces a very creamy risotto. Available in specialty shops and from www.chefshop.com . Photo: Scott Phillips


Which fruit is used in the preparation of Eve’s Pudding?

Eve's Pudding (a Traditional British Apple Dessert) - Christina's Cucina Christina's Cucina Eve’s Pudding (a Traditional British Apple Dessert) November 13th, 2013 | 30 Comments At some time or another, you’ve probably heard someone talking about stereotypically “bad British food”, right? I cannot tell you how much this upsets me. I almost get as angry as when someone posts a horrific pasta sauce recipe and claims it’s the “best-ever” or that it is “authentic” (you can read my tirade here ). One of my main goals in writing this blog is to enlighten the American public, and the rest of the world, that British cuisine is some of the best in the world. I am not joking here. I would hazard a guess, that many of those who bash British dishes, have never even stepped foot on UK soil! I have caught some of those people myself, and boy, do they get an earful! Take, for example, Eve’s Pudding: a delightfully light and tasty apple dessert which is a traditional British concoction. I would guess that this may actually be the inspiration for American Apple Cobbler, as the earliest known version of Eve’s Pudding is dated back to 1823. Unlike most American cobblers, Eve’s Pudding’s crowning glory on the apple base is a sponge-type cake, and topping it off with custard is almost a requirement, as it would be like wine without cheese (okay, that’s a bad example), or Laurel without Hardy, if you didn’t pour some lovely custard on top! Eve’s Pudding takes almost no time to make, so I hope you’ll try this recipe and come back to let me know what you think of this traditional British recipe. Cheers!  Eve’s Pudding Recipe for Homemade Custard Preheat oven to 350º F (180º C). Butter the inside of a pie dish, or similar sized baking dish. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl so that they are evenly mixed. Place the sliced apples in a large bowl and add the lemon juice, lemon rind, half of the sugar (3 oz), and stir well. Put the apples into the greased pie dish and set aside. Cream the remaining (3 oz) sugar and butter until light and fluffy (I use a stand mixer), beat in the egg, then add the flour. Gently fold in the flour and baking powder, until well combined, without overmixing. Spread the mixture evenly over the apples. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until the sponge is firm and golden brown. Enjoy with custard, preferably, or fresh cream. Most Brits use Bird’s Custard which is an egg-free powder which became popular during the war, but you can make your own homemade custard , which is an incredibly delicious dessert on its own. 5.0 from 2 reviews 4 oz (1 cup minus 2 tbsp) all-purpose flour 1½ tsp baking powder Instructions Preheat oven to 350º F (180º C). Butter the inside of a pie dish, or similar sized baking dish. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl so that they are evenly mixed. Place the sliced apples in a large bowl and add the lemon juice, lemon rind, half of the sugar (3 oz), and stir well. Put the apples into the greased pie dish and set aside. Cream the remaining (3 oz) sugar and butter until light and fluffy (I use a Kitchenaid mixer), beat in the egg, then add the flour. Gently fold in the flour and baking powder, until well combined, without over mixing. Spread the mixture evenly over the apples. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until the sponge is firm and golden brown. Enjoy with custard, preferably, or fresh cream. 3.2.2885 Eve’s Pudding makes reference to the apple in this dish (Adam and Eve), so I don’t know what I’d call this dessert, but I have made it with a combination of apples, plums and peaches, too! Try it with your favorite pie fruit, like cherry, rhubarb or blueberry. Delicious!!