Richard, Duke of York, the father of the English kings Edward IV and Richard II, was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in which ongoing campaign?

BBC - History - King Richard III (pictures, video, facts & news) King Richard III King Richard III Richard was the last Yorkist king of England, whose death at the Battle of Bosworth effectively ended the Wars of the Roses. He has become infamous because of the disappearance of his young nephews - the Princes in the Tower - and through William Shakespeare's play 'Richard III'. In 2012, archaeologists and researchers began excavating beneath a carpark in Leicester, hoping to find Richard's final resting place. The search captured the public's imagination and the remains subsequently found were confirmed as those of Richard. Photo: Portrait of Richard III by an unknown artist. (National Portrait Gallery) Introduction The Battle of Bosworth Field Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, the celebrated climactic encounter of the Wars of the Roses. More information about: King Richard III Richard was born on 2 October 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire. His father was Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York and his mother Cecily Neville. Richard had a claim to the English throne through both parents. We now know that Richard had a curvature of the spine, but the withered arm and limp of legend are almost certainly either fabrications or greatly exaggerated. Wars of the Roses His father's conflict with Henry VI was a major cause of the Wars of the Roses, which dominated Richard's early life. His father and older brother died at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. In 1461, Richard's brother, Edward, became Edward IV and created him Duke of Gloucester. In 1470, Edward and Richard were exiled when Henry VI was briefly restored to the throne. The following year, they returned to England and Richard contributed to the Yorkist victories at Barnet and Tewkesbury which restored Edward to the throne. The Princes in the Tower and seizure of the throne When Edward died in April 1483, Richard was named as protector of the realm for Edward's son and successor, the 12-year-old Edward V. As the new king travelled to London from Ludlow, Richard met him and escorted him to the capital, where he was lodged in the Tower of London. Edward V's brother later joined him there. A publicity campaign was mounted condemning Edward IV's marriage to the boys' mother, Elizabeth Woodville, as invalid and their children illegitimate. On 25 June, an assembly of lords and commoners endorsed these claims. The following day, Richard III officially began his reign. He was crowned in July. The two young princes disappeared in August and were widely rumoured to have been murdered by Richard. The beginning of the end A rebellion raised in October by the Duke of Buckingham, Richard's former ally, quickly collapsed. However, Buckingham's defection, along with his supporters, eroded Richard's power and support among the aristocracy and gentry. Death of a warrior king In August 1485, Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, who was a Lancastrian claimant to the throne living in France, landed in South Wales. He marched east and engaged Richard in battle on Bosworth Field in Leicestershire on 22 August. Although Richard possessed superior numbers, several of his key lieutenants defected. Refusing to flee, Richard was killed in battle and Henry Tudor took the throne as Henry VII.


In 1508-9 the British-born Venetian explorer Sebastian Cabot led one of the first European expeditions to the north of North America to find what?

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Sylvie Simmons, Jann Wenner, Lester Bangs and Jon Landau are all known as what?

Tags: Lester Bangs | Dangerous Minds Mekons   One of my favorite records of the year is the Mekons’ Existentialism , a furious live album recorded around a single microphone one night in the summer of 2015. Though gorgeous, the elegiac sing-along you can hear on YouTube, “ Fear & Beer (Hymn for Brexit) ,” doesn’t represent how wild and blue Existentialism is in toto, how deeply it gazes into the abyss of the present moment, how much it hurts. The Mekons can do this because they are the last authentic punk band. In fact, on the most recent of several occasions when I’ve introduced myself to band member Jon Langford, he fixed me with a wide-eyed stare, raised two fingers, and loudly told me to fuck off. Still got it! But don’t believe me. No less an authority than Lester Bangs, who would have turned 68 yesterday, proclaimed them the greatest band of all time. “The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll,” Bangs wrote in his liner notes to the retrospective The Mekons Story 1977-1982 . “THEY ARE BETTER THAN THE BEATLES.” History may be bloody murder, but in this instance, at least, its gory tide has borne out Lester’s claims. (Speaking of bloodshed, punk, and Leeds University, did Gang of Four ever play a Halloween show as “Fang of Gore”?)   Lester Bangs and Jon Langford working on the liner notes to The Mekons Story (via Buried Treasure Records )   Bangs died in ‘82, but that didn’t stop him from singing on the Mekons’ F.U.N. ‘90 EP, which contained so much F.U.N. that it got the Mekons kicked off of A&M Records. It was worth losing a record deal over. Built like a Dagwood sandwich, the B-side of the EP encloses Tony Byker’s (of Gaye Bykers on Acid) reading of a passage from Walter Benjamin’s “ Hashish in Marseilles ” between the tracks “One Horse Town” and “One Horse Dub,” both of which incorporate audio of Lester Bangs singing Hank Williams’ “Ramblin’ Man.”  Listen to Lester and the Mekons after the jump… Can you spot the back cover of Meet the Beatles in Lester’s so-called living room?   During the brief interval between the 1980 murder of John Lennon and his own death by accidental overdose in 1982, Lester Bangs told a TV crew what he thought about Beatles nostalgia: it sucked. His complaint refers to “Beatlemania,” by which I think he must have meant both the deathless cultural phenomenon and the eponymous movie that opened the year of this interview, based on the (s)hit Broadway musical: The nostalgia for it and this obsessive living in the past and, y’know, Beatlemania in 1981 is sick. It’s basically that nothing is going on right now, and people are desperate, and there’s a giant nostalgia industry, as we all know. And as far as I’m concerned, Beatlemania is just like Happy Days—it’s a ripoff. And guess who pays? The consumer, and John Lennon.   Bangs with Paul and Linda, 1976   Luckily, unlike poor old Lester back there in benighted 1981, you and I live in the amazing future year 2016, where there’s never any shortage of new ideas keeping our culture fresh and vital . Pinch me! Lester’s rant below is excerpted from a longer segment about the Beatles. The YouTube user who uploaded this video and who “hearts” the 80s (meaning, I’m sure, such totally 80s moments as the El Mozote massacre, Chernobyl, the Challenger crash and the Loma Prieta earthquake) says the footage comes from a long-lost series about music called FM-TV.   Lester Bangs   Anyone who’s written about music since the ‘70s (and not been a boring dipshit about it) owes a debt to the great rock critic and giant smartass Lester Bangs. He distinguished himself as a opinionated contrarian early in his career by dismissing Black Sabbath’s debut as “like Cream but worse,” and was fired from Rolling Stone in the early ‘70s for being insufficiently obsequious. The man’s outsized personality, maverick style and overdose death in 1982 combine to make his legend as a writer beyond huge. So one could be forgiven for forgetting that he was a musician in his own right, too.     Dangerous Minds already shared Bangs’ 1976 duet with Pere U


The miners affected by the 2012 strike and massacre in Marikana, South Africa, were workers from what type of mine?

Timeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013 | South African History Online South African History Online Home » Marikana Massacre 16 August 2012 » Timeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013 Marikana Massacre 16 August 2012 Related articles AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa addressing striking miners Timeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013 The events at Lonmin Mine in Marikana in the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. This timeline chronicles the events that unfolded prior and post the 16 August Marikana shooting and the subsequent aftermath. The build-up to the killing of 34 mineworkers by the South African Police was marked by incidents of intimidation and assault. The Lonmin mineworkers strike was viewed by many as the biggest strike that threatened to destabilize the mining sector in Rustenburg area with grave implications for the rest of the mining industry. The mineworkers strike was led by Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU). 2012 9 August, A number of employees from Lonmin Mine go on strike demanding a wage increase. 10 August, Employees who turn up for duty report incidents of intimidation and assault. Two employees are shot and taken to hospital for treatment. 11 August, Faction fights occur. Reports of three more employees, shot in the hostels in separate incidents, surface. 12 August, Five employees are shot and taken to hospital while others are assaulted. Two mine security officers are hacked to death by protesters and their vehicles torched. Striking workers infiltrate production areas, assaulting three on duty employees, fatally wounding one and torching six motor vehicles at the plant. 13 August, Three dead bodies of mine workers are found. SAPS members are attacked while escorting the protesters. Two SAPS members are hacked to death, one critically wounded. Three protesters are fatally wounded in police response to the attack. 15 August, Mineral Resources Minister, Susan Shabangu says she is "gravely concerned" about the violent protests at Marikana. Police and striking mineworkers attempt to negotiate a truce with miners on a hill which had become a gathering point for the mineworkers near the Lonmin mine. Lonmin refrains from issuing warning letters to striking workers in order not to destabilize the ongoing negotiations. 16 August, Lonmin says it has lost six days or 15 000 ounces of platinum at Marikana and is unlikely to meet its full-year production target of 750 000 ounces regardless of issuing striking workers with an ultimatum that they return to work or face dismissal. 17 August, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says on Talk Radio 702 that more than 30 people were killed and scores were injured. 17 August, NUM General Secretary Frans Baleni says union shop-stewards report that 36 union members were killed at Marikana. 17 August, Lonmin shares drop by almost five percent in London and four percent in Johannesburg following news of the massacre. 17 August, National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega confirms that 34 people were killed at Marikana, 78 were injured and 259 were arrested. 17 August, President Jacob Zuma leaves the SADC summit in Mozambique to visit the site of the massacre. 18 August, Expelled ANC Youth League leader, Julius Malema, tells striking Marikana mineworkers that they should die for their cause, urging other mineworkers to join them. 23 August, The Marikana Commission of Inquiry is appointed by President Jacob Zuma to investigate events arising out of the tragic incidents at the Lonmin Mine in Marikana. 23 August, The country observes a national day of mourning in respect of the deaths at the Lonmin mine.  Expelled ANCYL leader Julius Malema, calls for a "mining revolution" in South Africa. 30 August, Authorities charge the 270 arrested workers with the murder of their colleagues shot on 16 August. 3 September, Court withdraws murder charges against the 270 people detained in the aftermath of the massacre and the first batch of workers is released from cu


Clint Eastwood played the character of Rowdy Yates in which US TV series of the 1960s?

Rawhide (TV Series 1959–1965) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way. Creator: Favor and Rowdy looking for grazing and water in the Lost Mountains find their path blocked by Indians and an old white man. They hire a guide but he is killed after a lost woman joins them. She has ... 9.0 Gil visits his girls encountering an Indian on the train. Gil sees the Indian from the train in a wagon with handcuffs on. He discovers the man is a prisoner. With help they decide to break him out. ... 8.9 At a river the drovers are startled by a bugle and stopped by a group of Jayhawkers wanting $5 per head to cross the river. They are lead by a Judge who has conned his son-in-law into thinking they ... 8.9 a list of 42 titles created 24 Aug 2011 a list of 48 titles created 28 Feb 2012 a list of 26 titles created 05 Feb 2013 a list of 46 titles created 20 Apr 2014 a list of 43 titles created 24 Nov 2014 Search for " Rawhide " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     Golden Globe. Another    5 wins & 3 nominations. See more awards  » Photos Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts and Rocky Mountains. The first treks were led by gruff, ... See full summary  » Stars: Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton Bret and Bart Maverick (and in later seasons, their English cousin, Beau) are well dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game. Poker (5 card draw) is ... See full summary  » Stars: Jack Kelly, James Garner, Roger Moore Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in the rough and tumble Dodge City. Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, just before and during the Revolutionary War. Stars: Fess Parker, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s. Stars: Steve McQueen, Wright King, Olan Soule Dressed-up dandy (derby and cane), gambler and lawman roams the West charming women and defending the unjustly accused. His primary weapon was his wit (and cane) rather than his gun. Stars: Gene Barry, Allison Hayes, Allen Jaffe After the Civil War, nomadic adventurer Cheyenne Bodie roamed the west looking for fights, women and bad guys to beat up. His job changed from episode to episode. Stars: Clint Walker, Clyde Howdy, Chuck Hicks The Wild West adventures of the residents and staff of Barkley Ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley. Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter for hire. Stars: Richard Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham The adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community. Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker Marshal Earp keeps the law, first in Kansas and later in Arizona, using his over-sized pistols and a variety of sidekicks. Most of the saga is based loosely on fact, with historical badguys... See full summary  » Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Jimmy Noel, Ethan Laidlaw The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col. MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more ... See full summary  » Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb Edit Storyline Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and


"Which French novelist, critic and essayist is best known for his monumental "" la recherche du temps perdu"" (""In Search of Lost Time""; or ""Remembrance of Things Past"" that was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927?"

Marcel Proust - Marcel Proust Biography - Poem Hunter Marcel Proust - Marcel Proust Biography - Poem Hunter Biography Biography of Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time; earlier translated as Remembrance of Things Past). It was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. Proust was born in Auteuil (the southern sector of Paris' then-rustic 16th arrondissement) at the home of his great-uncle, two months after the Treaty of Frankfurt formally ended the Franco-Prussian War. His birth took place during the violence that surrounded the suppression of the Paris Commune, and his childhood corresponded with the consolidation of the French Third Republic. Much of In Search of Lost Time concerns the vast changes, most particularly the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of the middle classes that occurred in France during the Third Republic and the fin de siècle. Proust's father, Achille Adrien Proust, was a prominent pathologist and epidemiologist, responsible for studying and attempting to remedy the causes and movements of cholera through Europe and Asia; he was the author of many articles and books on medicine and hygiene. Proust's mother, Jeanne Clémence Weil, was the daughter of a rich and cultured Jewish family from Alsace. She was literate and well-read; her letters demonstrate a well-developed sense of humour, and her command of English was sufficient for her to provide necessary assistance to her son's translations of John Ruskin. Proust was raised in his father's Catholic faith. He was baptized (on 5 August 1871, at the church of Saint-Louis d'Antin and later confirmed as a Catholic, but he never formally practiced that faith. By the age of nine, Proust had his first serious asthma attack, and thereafter he was considered a sickly child. Proust spent long holidays in the village of Illiers. This village, combined with recollections of his great-uncle's house in Auteuil, became the model for the fictional town of Combray, where some of the most important scenes of In Search of Lost Time take place. (Illiers was renamed Illiers-Combray on the occasion of the Proust centenary celebrations.) In 1882, at the age of eleven, Proust became a pupil at the Lycée Condorcet, but his education was disrupted because of his illness. Despite this he excelled in literature, receiving an award in his final year. It was through his classmates that he was able to gain access to some of the salons of the upper bourgeoisie, providing him with copious material for In Search of Lost Time. Despite his poor health, Proust served a year (1889–90) as an enlisted man in the French army, stationed at Coligny Barracks in Orléans, an experience that provided a lengthy episode in The Guermantes' Way, part three of his novel. As a young man, Proust was a dilettante and a social climber whose aspirations as a writer were hampered by his lack of discipline. His reputation from this period, as a snob and an amateur, contributed to his later troubles with getting Swann's Way, the first part of his large-scale novel, published in 1913. At this time, he attended the salons of Mme Straus, widow of Georges Bizet and mother of Proust's childhood friend Jacques Bizet, and of Mme Arman de Caillavet, one of the models of Madame Verdurin, and mother of his friend Gaston Arman de Caillavet, with whose fiancée (Jeanne Pouquet) he was in love. It is through Mme Arman de Caillavet that he made the acquaintance of Anatole France, her lover. In an 1892 article published in Le Banquet entitled "L'Irréligion d'État" and again in a 1904 Le Figaro article entitled "La mort des cathédrales", Proust argued against the separation of Church and State, declaring that socialism posed a greater threat to society than the Church and emphasizing the latter's role in sustaining a cultural and educational tradition. Proust had a close relationship with his mother. To appease his father, who insisted


What was the original name of the ship, the Golden Hind, used by Francis Drake to circumnavigate the globe?

The golden hind in London Site Map Send to Kindle The replica of Sir Francis Drake’s most famous ship The Golden Hind sits on the southern shore of the River Thames and is a reminder of a time when this part of the river was the hub of ship building, trade and exploration. Replica of the Golden Hind Queen Elizabeth I acceded to  the throne in 1558 when England was in a state of religious and political turmoil and the threat of war with the Spanish and the Ottamans. The achievements of her reign are immense, she eventually oversaw major developments in travel, trade, science and wealth in an age of English expansion. The ship the Golden Hind was part of this glorious time when new trade routes and commercial ventures were conducted for the crown. The replica ship in Southwark is a reminder of that great past and of course of Sir Francis Drake himself Sir Francis Drake was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the the globe. On 13th December 1577, Drake left Plymouth Sound with five ships, The Pelican (which was renamed The Golden Hind half through the voyage), The Christopher, The Elizabeth, The Marigold and The Swan Queen Elizabeth I, gave him a charter to attack and loot other vessels, most particularly the Spanish ships. To some the three year voyage was nothing other than a pirating mission and the six tons of treasure they returned with allowed Queen Elizabeth to pay off her foreign debt and invest £40,000 in the Levant trading company. Was this a turning point for English trading dominance over the Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese? The trip certainly renewed English interest in the New World. The Golden Hind was the only one of the ships to return with just 56 men, on 26th September 1580 but what became of it after it’s three year voyage? There is no doubting the great pleasure and excitement that Queen Elizabeth felt on the safe return of her favourite Sir Francis Drake and his astonishing success. On 4 April 1581, probably at nearby Sayes Court, Deptford, Queen Elizabeth gathered hundreds together for a splendid banquet. She then boarded the Golden Hind, which was moored on the River Thames and once on board, knighted Francis Drake on the main deck. John Stowe writing ten years later tells us, that the Queen demanded “His ship to be drawn up in a little crecke neare Deptford upon the Thames to be preserved for all posterity.” It was drawn into a dock on the River Thames which was then filled with earth. It has been suggested that the position of the ship should be located in it’s Deptford grave and initial tentative surveys have been done to locate it . The voyage was an undoubted success for Queen Elizabeth I and for England. In 2012, the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, the replica sailed down the Thames, past Deptford Docks where Drake was honoured with a Knighthood just over 430 years ago. To learn more about the voyages visit www.elizabethan-era.org.uk


The estate of which American writer and poet who died of a heart attack in 1967 was bequeathed to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Foundation?

Summary/Reviews: The Coast of Illyria : Staff View Review by  Library Journal Review Parker's 1949 play never made it to Broadway. This excellent edition, with a thorough and graceful preface, is its first publication. The play is about a favorite subject from the 1940s, the story of Charles and Mary Lamb, which is one of insanity, alcoholism, murder, and loyalty. Using Evans's research, Parker created a play incorporating much actual material from the Lambs and their circle (Coleridge, Hazlitt, DeQuincy). The resulting work is powerful and literate. It is not, however, a masterpiece. It is too long; the performing version was one-third shorter. Its dramaturgy is based on Ibsen, which makes it outdated for its time. But Parker, using her own life's struggles, infuses the play with feeling.-- Thomas E. Luddy, Salem State Coll., Mass. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. (c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. AUTHOR NOTES Poet and short story writer Dorothy Parker was born in New Jersey on August 22, 1893. When she was 5, her mother died and her father, a clothes salesman, remarried. Parker had a great antipathy toward her stepmother and refused to speak to her. She attended parochial school and Miss Dana's school in Morristown, New Jersey, for a brief time before dropping out at age 14. A voracious reader, she decided to pursue a career in literature. She began her career by writing verse as well as captions for a fashion magazine. During the years of her greatest fame, Dorothy Parker was known primarily as a writer of light verse, an essential member of the Algonquin Round Table, and a caustic and witty critic of literature and society. She is remembered now as an almost legendary figure of the 1920s and 1930s. Her reviews and staff contributions to three of the most sophisticated magazines of this century, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, and Esquire, were notable for their put-downs. For all her highbrow wit, however, Dorothy Parker was liberal, even radical, in her political views, and the hard veneer of brittle toughness that she showed to the world was often a shield for frustrated idealism and soft sensibilities. The best of her fiction is marked by a balance of ironic detachment and sympathetic compassion, as in "Big Blonde," which won the O. Henry Award for 1929 and is still her best-remembered and most frequently anthologized story. The best of Dorothy Parker is readily and compactly accessible in The Portable Dorothy Parker. Her own selection of stories and verse for the original edition of that compilation, published in 1944, remains intact in the revised edition, but included also are additional stories, reviews, and articles. Parker died of a heart attack at the age of 73 in 1967. In her will, she bequeathed her estate to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. foundation. Following King's death, her estate was passed on to the NAACP. (Bowker Author Biography) Similar Items


Which country completely surrounds the Kingdom of Lesotho?

Lesotho country profile - BBC News BBC News Read more about sharing. Close share panel The Kingdom of Lesotho is made up mostly of highlands where many of the villages can be reached only on horseback, by foot or light aircraft. Resources are scarce - a consequence of the harsh environment of the highland plateau and limited agricultural space in the lowlands. The former British protectorate has been heavily dependent on the country which completely surrounds it - South Africa. Over the decades thousands of workers have been forced by the lack of job opportunities to find work at South African mines. And the Lesotho Highlands Water Project was completed in the 1990s to export water to South Africa. Read more country profiles - Profiles by BBC Monitoring FACTS Area 30,355 sq km (11,720 sq miles) Major languages Sesotho, English Life expectancy 50 years (men), 48 years (women) Currency loti Head of state: King Letsie III Image copyright Getty Images King Letsie III succeeded his father, King Moshoeshoe, who was dethroned in 1990. Five years later, after the return to civilian government and amid political instability, he abdicated and his father was reinstated as monarch. Letsie III was restored as king in 1996 after his father died in a car accident. The monarch has no legislative or executive powers. Prime minister: Pakalitha Mosisili Image copyright Getty Images Pakalitha Mosisili heads a coalition government formed after early elections held in February 2015. The elections were brought forward by nearly two years after the previous prime minister Thomas Thabane briefly fled to South Africa in August 2014, alleging a coup. South Africa was involved in mediating during the crisis. Mr Mosisili's Democratic Congress (DC) ousted former premier Thabane's All Basotho Congress (ABC) by uniting with smaller parties, forming Lesotho's second consecutive coalition government after the election produced no clear winner. MEDIA Image copyright Getty Images Radio is the most-popular medium. As well as domestic outlets, South African radio and TV stations can be received.


Which infective disease caused by toxins is characterised by the violent and prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibres?

MEDICAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS See Typhus . Cancer : A malignant and invasive growth or tumour (especially tissue that covers a surface or lines a cavity), tending to recur after excision and to spread to other sites. In the nineteenth century, physicians noted that cancerous tumours tended to ulcerate, grew constantly, and progressed to a fatal end and that there was scarcely a tissue they would not invade. Synonyms: malignant growth, carcinoma. Cancrum Oris : A severe, destructive, eroding ulcer of the cheek and lip, rapidly proceeding to sloughing. In the last century it was seen in delicate, ill-fed, ill-tended children between the ages of two and five. The disease was the result of poor hygiene acting upon a debilitated system. It commonly followed one of the eruptive fevers and was often fatal. The destructive disease could, in a few days, lead to gangrene of the lips, cheeks, tonsils, palate, tongue, and even half the face; teeth would fall from their sockets, and a horribly fetid saliva flowed from the parts. Synonyms: canker , water canker, noma, gangrenous stomatitis, gangrenous ulceration of the mouth. Canine Madness: Rabies, hydrophobia (Fear of water). Canker : An ulcerous sore of the mouth and lips, not considered fatal today. Synonym: aphthous stomatitis. See Cancrum Oris . Carbuncle: Trance like state brought on by extreme fright (like a rabbit in car's headlights) Catarrh: Inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the air passages of the head and throat, with a free discharge. It is characterised by cough, thirst, lassitude, fever, watery eyes, and increased secretions of mucus from the air passages. Bronchial catarrh was bronchitis; suffocative catarrh was croup; urethral catarrh was gleet; vaginal catarrh was leukorrhea; epidemic catarrh was the same as influenza. Synonyms: cold, coryza. Cathartic: Laxative Caul: The membrane surrounding a baby before it is born. May not rupture at birth and cover the baby's head. (Supposed to have been lucky if child was born with it's caul intact.) Cellulitis: Inflammation of the cellular or connective tissue. Cerebral: The brain. Pertaining to the cerebrum. Cerebritis: Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning Cerebrospinal ï¿½ pertaining to the brain and spinal cord. Chagres fever Asphyxiating gas, largely carbon dioxide, accumulated in a mine, well, etc. Cholaemia: The presence of bile in the blood. Cholangitis: Inflammation of the bile duct. Cholecystitis: Inflammation of the gall bladder Cholelithiasis: Gall stones Cholera Infantum: A common, non-contagious diarrhoea of young children, occurring in summer or autumn. In the nineteenth century it was considered indigenous to the United States; was prevalent during the hot weather in most of the towns of the middle and southern states, as well as many western areas; and was characterised by gastric pain, vomiting, purgation, fever, and prostration. It was common among the poor and in hand-fed babies. Death frequently occurred in three to five days. Synonyms: summer complaint, weaning brash, water gripes, choleric fever of children, cholera morbus. Cholera Morbus: Illness with vomiting, abdominal cramps and elevated temperature. Could be appendicitis Cholera: An acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and now occasionally epidemic elsewhereï¿½characterised by profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and cramps. It is caused by a potent toxin discharged by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which acts on the small intestine to cause secretion of large amounts of fluid. The painless, watery diarrhoea and the passing of rice-water stool are characteristic. Great body-salt depletion occurs. Cholera is spread by faeces-contaminated water and food. Major epidemics struck the United States in the years 1832, 1849, and 1866. In the 1830s the causes were generally thought to be intemperance in the use of ardent spirits or drinking bad water; uncleanliness, poor living or crowded and ill-ventilated dwellings; and too much fatigue. By 1850 cholera was thought to be caused by putrid animal poison and miasma or pestilential


The organisation OPEC is concerned with production of what?

OPEC concerned by oil drop, ready to talk to other producers | Reuters Mon Aug 31, 2015 | 10:29 AM EDT OPEC concerned by oil drop, ready to talk to other producers The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is pictured at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, August 21, 2015. Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader LONDON OPEC is concerned by the drop in oil prices - trading near multi-year lows - and is ready to talk to other producers, an article in an OPEC publication issued on Monday said. "Today's continuing pressure on prices, brought about by higher crude production, coupled with market speculation, remains a cause for concern for OPEC and its members — indeed for all stakeholders in the industry," the commentary in the latest OPEC Bulletin said. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries renewed its openness for dialogue with other producers. OPEC has refused to cut its own output without help from outside producers such as Russia, which have also declined to lower supply. "OPEC, as always, will continue to do all in its power to create the right enabling environment for the oil market to achieve equilibrium with fair and reasonable prices." "As the Organization has stressed on numerous occasions, it stands ready to talk to all other producers. But this has to be on a level playing field. OPEC will protect its own interests." (Reporting by Alex Lawler; editing by Susan Thomas) ADVERTISEMENT


In 2014 where is artist Ai Weiwei based?

Ai Weiwei - 136 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy Ai Weiwei Overview Works CV Articles Shows Auction Results Related Artists Biography A cultural figure of international renown, Ai Weiwei is an activist, architect, curator, filmmaker, and China’s most famous artist. Open in his criticism of the Chinese government, Ai was famously detained for months in 2011, then released to house arrest. “I don’t see myself as a dissident artist,” he says. “I see them as a dissident government!” Some of Ai’s best known works are installations, often tending towards the conceptual and sparking dialogue between the contemporary world and traditional Chinese modes of thought and production. For Sunflower Seeds (2010) at the Tate Modern, he scattered 100 million porcelain “seeds” handpainted by 1,600 Chinese artisans—a commentary on mass consumption and the loss of individuality. His infamous Coca Cola Vase (1994) is a Han Dynasty urn emblazoned with the ubiquitous soft-drink logo. Ai also served as artistic consultant on the design of the “Bird’s Nest” stadium for Beijing’s 2008 Olympics, and has curated pavilions and museum exhibitions around the globe. Chinese, b. 1957, Beijing, China, based in Beijing, China


"Who sang with Barbra Streisand on ""No More Tears (Enough is Enough)""?"

Barbra Streisand / Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) (Extended Version) - YouTube Barbra Streisand / Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) (Extended Version) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jun 22, 2009 Barbra Streisand sings the extended version of one of her first disco hits with Donna Summer in 1979. The song reached #1 and was guaranteed Platinum. (This is the 8 Minute Extension of the original song). © of Columbia Records 17/05/2012 -- I am deeply saddened to hear about the loss of the great Diva; Donna Summer. A truly inspirational legend who has dazzled us for many, many years with her beautiful and flawless Angel voice. A voice that will resound within our (the fans) hearts for the rest of eternity. I know that for us, her songs have bought us happiness, joy and strength and we cannot thank her enough. They have gotten us through some very hard times. But, she is singing with the Angel's in Heaven now. May she forever rest in Peace, The Queen of Disco; Donna Summer. xx Category


What dye used in cooking for crimson tints is made from the body of a female insect inhabiting Peru and Mexico?

Agavaceae: Agave Family    Back To Alphabet Table Note: This Family Sometimes Lumped With The Liliaceae Agave atrovirens Pulque Plant [Pulque is the fermented juice from the base of flower stalk; leaves of central cone are removed and the sap is allowed to collect in the cavity; mescal and tequila are distilled pulque; other species of Agave are also used for pulque.] A. sisalina Sisal [Strong fibers from leaves.] Phormium tenax New Zealand Flax [Strong leaf fibers 3 to 7 feet long.] Sansevieria metalaea and other spp. Bowstring Hemp [Strong fiber from leaves; sometimes placed in the Liliaceae.] Cordyline fruticosa Ti Plant [Many uses for fibrous leaves of this Polynesian plant.] Amaranthus caudatus Jataco or Achita [Edible leaves used as a potherb; nutritious seeds cooked and eaten like cereal grains.] Amaranthus retroflexus Pigweed [Edible leaves and seeds.] A. cruentus, A. powellii, A. hypochondriacus Amaranth [Edible seeds ground into flour; amaranth flour was important South American cereal during pre-Columbian times; grown by the Aztecs and southwest Indians for millennia, the small seeds are rich in lysine and the young leaves are high in calcium and iron.] Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllis Family    Back To Alphabet Table Note: This Family Sometimes Lumped With The Liliaceae The following plants with edible bulbs are often placed in the lily family but are more correctly members of the Amaryllis Family--Amaryllidaceae: Allium cepa Onion and Shallot [Edible bulbs; including many different varieties.] A. ampeloprasum (A. porrum) Leek [Delicious edible bulb and leaves.] A. sativum Garlic [Edible bulb; valuable seasoning and medicinal herb.] A. schoenoprasum Chives [Leaves used for garnish and herb.] Pleiogynium solandri (P. timorense) Burdekin Plum Mangifera indica Mango P. lentiscus Gum Mastic P. chinensis Chinese Pistache Pachycormus discolor Elephant Tree [Native to Baja California; also see elephant trees (Bursera spp.) in Burseraceae.] Gluta renghas Rengas Tree [Tropical Malaysian tree with beautiful heartwood; dangerous to work because of urushiol in resin.] Melanorrhoea usitata Burmese Lacquer Tree [Sap contains urushiol.] Semecarpus anacardium India Marking Nut Tree [Sap contains urushiol.] Metopium toxiferum and Comocladia dodonaea [Caribbean shrubs that contain urushiol.] Schinus molle Peruvian Pepper Tree [Female trees are the source of pink peppercorns.] S. terebinthifolius Brazilian Pepper Tree [Female trees are the source of pink peppercorns.] Toxicodendron vernicifluum Lacquer Tree. [From milky sap which darkens upon oxidation; sap contains urushiol.] Note: Shellac is prepared from a resinous secretion on the twigs of several tree species by an insect, Tachardia lacca or Laccifer lacca. This insect is a member of the order Homoptera along with aphids, scale insects, mealy bugs, and cicadas. Confectioner's glaze (also known as pharmaceutical glaze) is an alcohol based solution of food grade shellac. It extends the shelf life of candies and tablets and protects them from moisture. It also masks the unpleasant odor and taste of certain medicinal tablets and aids in swallowing. Since the shellac coating is insoluble in stomach acids, it is used in time-released pills. T. diversilobum, T. radicans, and T. vernix Poison Oak, Poison Ivy, and Poison Sumac. All are painful experiences to hypersensitive people. Dermatitis reactions can also occur from handling the shells of cashew nuts and from eating mangoes. Apium graveolens Celery [Edible leaf stalks or petioles.] Carum carvi Caraway Coriandrum sativum Coriander [Seeds used as a tasty seasoning; aromatic leaves (called cilantro) used as garnish and in salsa and guacamole dishes.] Cuminum cyminum Cumin Daucus carota Carrot [Edible taproot; also called Queen Ann's lace when flowering.] Foeniculum vulgare Fennel [Edible petioles; seeds used like anise for licorice flavoring in cady, medicines, perfumes, liquor and soap; true licorice from root of a perennial legume. Pastinaca sativa Parsnip [Edible taproot; similar to the deadly poisonous water hemlock.] Petrose


One of the top songs for 2012 featured Gotye and which other artist?

Week Ending April 29, 2012. Songs: Gotye Makes Digital History Week Ending April 29, 2012. Songs: Gotye Makes Digital History Paul Grein Tweet Share "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra this week becomes the first song in digital history to top 400K in weekly sales three times. The song sold 414K copies this week, down from 463K last week and 542K two weeks ago. It surpasses three songs that sold 400K copies twice: Flo Rida's "Right Round," Bruno Mars' "Grenade" and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." "Somebody…," which tops the Hot 100 for the third straight week, is the least overtly commercial of these four hits. It's a quirky alternative song, while the other three are mainstream hip-hop or pop. Also, Flo Rida, Mars and Gaga had all topped the Hot 100 with previous hits. By contrast, this is the breakthrough hit for both Gotye, a 31-year old musician who was born in Belgium, and Kimbra, a 22 year old singer from New Zealand. "Somebody…" returns to #1 on Hot Digital Songs. This is the ninth consecutive week that the #1 song on that chart has sold 300K or more copies. That's a record. The old record was five consecutive weeks with the #1 digital seller boasting sales of at least 300K. It was set in February and March 2009. "Somebody…" tops the 3 million mark in digital sales this week. In addition, it holds at #1 on the new On-Demand Songs chart for a third week and jumps from #6 to #3 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. "We Are Young" by fun. featuring Janelle Monae holds at #2 on the Hot 100 for the third straight week. The song tops the 4 million mark in digital sales in its 21st week on the digital sales chart. Only one other song in digital history has sold 4 million copies this quickly. "E.T." by Katy Perry featuring Kanye West hit that plateau when it was in its 18th week on the digital sales chart. (The Black Eyed Peas' 2009 smash "Boom Boom Pow" is in third place. It took 23 weeks to sell 4 million copies.) Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" jumps from #7 to #5 in its 10th week on the chart. The song holds at #1 in the U.K. for the fourth straight week. It's the longest-running #1 U.K. hit by a Canadian artist since Celine Dion's "Think Twice" was #1 for seven weeks in 1995. (Oddly, Dion's song stiffed in the U.S. It peaked at #95 in August 1994.) Pop Quiz: A Canadian artist holds the record for the longest run at #1 on the U.K. chart since 1955.  Name that artist and the artist's hit song. Answer below. Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" drops from #4 to #7 in its fifth week. It's his second song, following 2010's "Baby" (featuring Ludacris), to spend five weeks in the top 10. Will it surpass "Baby" next week by remaining in the top 10 for a sixth week? Stay tuned. "Boyfriend" is from Bieber's upcoming album Believe, which is due June 19. It will be his first regular studio album since My World 2.0 in March 2010. (In the long interval between studio albums, he released an acoustic album, an EP of remixes and a Christmas album.) Nicki Minaj's "Starships" rebounds from #9 to #8 in its 11th week on the chart. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. Minaj's 2011 smash "Super Bass" logged 15 weeks in the top 10. Quiz Answer: Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" topped the U.K. chart for 16 weeks in 1991. That's longer than any other single since 1955. The song was featured in the Kevin Costner movie Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 songs. 1. Gotye featuring Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used To Know." The song holds at #1 for the third week in its 17th week on the chart. This is its ninth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #1 (414K). 2. fun. featuring Janelle Monae, "We Are Young." The former #1 song holds at #2 for the third week in its 19th week on the chart. This is its 12th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #4 (207K). 3. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone." The song holds at #3 in its second week on the chart. Digital sales rank: #2 (330K). Read More 4. The Wanted, "Glad You Came." The song rebounds from #5 to #4 in its 16th week on the chart.


"Who wrote the music for the ballets ""The Firebird"", ""Petrushka"", and ""The Rite of Spring""?"

Stravinsky: The Genius Who Wrote The Rite of Spring Stravinsky: The Genius Who Wrote The Rite of Spring by DavidPaulWagner Igor Stravinsky's brilliant music scores stir up a lot of excitement. In fact, there was a riot at the premiere of his ballet "The Rite of Spring" and the police were called! In one of the most sensational events in music history, there was a riot when Stravinsky's ballet, "The RIte of Spring", was first staged and the police were called in! The music and choreography of the ballet were viewed as just too rhythmically powerful and "primitive". Today his works no longer cause riots but they still stir up passion and excitement! Let us look at the life, music and legacy of this leading 20th century composer. Life of Igor Stravinsky Stravinksy was born in St Petersburg, Russia in 1882. He started studying law but then, from 1902, began to learn music composition and instrumentation under the composer, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.  In 1909 two of Stravinsky's orchestral compositions were heard by Sergei Diaghilev, the Russian ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes (Russian Ballets). Diaghilev was impressed and commissioned him to compose a ballet score, The Firebird (French title, L'oiseau de feu). In 1910 Stravinsky moved from Russia to Paris and then to Switzerland. Over the next few years he composed more works for the Ballets Russes -- the ballet Petrushka, the ballet The Rite of Spring (French title, Le sacre du printemps), and the neo-classical ballet Pulcinella.  In 1913 the audience at the Paris premiere of his ballet, The Rite of Spring, was so scandalized by the orchestral music and by the representation of a blood sacrifice and primitive fertility dances on stage, that a riot broke out and the police had to be called. The riot was actually great for publicity and overnight Stravinsky became the world's most famous composer. From 1920 until 1939 Stravinsky lived in France. The works of this period included the opera-oratorio, Oedipus Rex (1927), the Symphony of Psalms (1930), and the ballet The Card Party (1936). Stravinsky moved residence again in 1939 when he traveled to the United States, where he was to reside until his death. In America he composed ballets such as Orpheus (1947) and The Rake's Progress (1951) and serial music influenced by Schoenberg and Berg, the latter works including his Canticum Sacrum (1955), the ballet Agon (1953-57) and the Requiem Canticles (1966). He toured the world conducting his works, with trips to Australia, Africa and to Soviet Russia (where his work had been banned for almost 30 years until Premier Krushchev invited him for a state visit in 1962). Stravinsky died in New York in 1971. The Rite of Spring (by Igor Stravinsky) With the Joffrey Ballet (1987) Stravinsky's Musical Works Stravinsky's works can be divided into three periods: (1) The Russian Period (1908-19) His earliest music shows a truly original style (e.g. polyrhythms and dissonances) but with some influences from Russian folk music and from Rimsky-Korsakov and Debussy. He first burst onto the world scene with his three celebrated ballets: The Firebird (1910) The Rite of Spring (1913) After these came works with a new, more austere style. For example: Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) (1918) the ballet Les Noces (The Wedding) (1914; 1919) (2) The Neoclassical Period (1920-54) His neoclassical works included: the opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex (1927) Symphonie des Psaumes (Symphony of Psalms) (1930) the ballet Orpheus (1947) the opera The Rake's Progress (1951) In this period Stravinsky became eclectic and was influence by everything from plainsong to Beethoven to jazz and swing. He also collaborated with great writers such as Jean Cocteau and W. H. Auden. (3) The Serial Period (1954-68) In this period Stravinsky used serial techniques such as we see in the composers Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg. From the latter he adopted dodecaphony (or twelve-tone technique). Works in this period included: Canticum Sacrum (1955) Requiem Canticles (1966) Stravinksy Conducts The Firebird Rare vide


What is the name of a cross between broccoli and cauliflower?

Introducing Broccoflower : Vegetables: Cross between cauliflower and broccoli packs more Vitamin C than oranges, plus folic acid, tests show. - latimes YOU ARE HERE: LAT Home → Collections Introducing Broccoflower : Vegetables: Cross between cauliflower and broccoli packs more Vitamin C than oranges, plus folic acid, tests show. May 03, 1990 |CHARLES HILLINGER | TIMES STAFF WRITER SAN LUIS OBISPO — It looks like cauliflower dyed green. It has a pleasing taste, sweeter than cauliflower, milder than broccoli. "It's called Broccoflower. It's a cross between cauliflower and broccoli and is America's newest vegetable," Joseph Montecalvo explained. Montecalvo recently completed several weeks of nutritional tests on the plant. He heads up the food science and nutrition department of California Polytechnic State University here. "It has more Vitamin C than oranges," Montecalvo said. "And it's high in folic acid, which is important to the maintenance of red blood cells carrying oxygen through the human body." Montecalvo conducted the nutritional profile at the request of Rick Antle, president of Tanimura and Antle Co., headquartered in Salinas. The produce firm has 20,000 acres in lettuce, broccoli and cauliflower in Salinas, the San Joaquin Valley, Yuma, and Obregon, Mexico. Antle, 33, a fourth-generation California grower and 1979 Cal Poly graduate, is a member of the school's crop science advisory board. In October 1988 Antle sent a few cases of Broccoflower to his customers on a trial basis. Now his company is shipping 20,000 to 25,000 boxes a week (12 to 16 heads to a box) throughout the country and Canada. Broccoflower sells for about the same price as cauliflower. "We are a major grower of both cauliflower and broccoli. Wild crosses occur between the two crops. About 10 years ago we began breeding the two vegetables on an experimental basis," Antle recalled. He said he didn't do much with it. Then, on a trip to Europe three years ago he discovered seeds for a cauliflower-broccoli cross at a seed company in Holland. "I bought some of the seed, planted it in Salinas, liked what I saw and then bought as much of the seed as was available from the Holland seed company. I learned that the plant was grown commercially on a small scale in Europe, but in all my travels I had never seen it in this country," Antle said. The seed was expensive--$1,500-a-pound. "But I knew I was onto something. Growers are always looking for a new crop," he said. Antle called the vegetable Broccoflower and has taken out a trademark application on the name. He sells the product to his regular customers, who are located for the most part along the Eastern Seaboard. About 10% of his production of Broccoflower is distributed in California. It has been sold in a few markets in Southern California the past year. "It has really caught on. The demand far exceeds the supply so far. Last year we were growing Broccoflower on 300 acres. This year we are increasing the acreage considerably," Antle noted. He said many other growers are now doing test trials on the crop. "Broccoflower is the talk of the vegetable commodity industry. There is an obvious niche for it in the market. And everybody's trying to get on the bandwagon. We feel fortunate because we've got a head start," he added. He said the first big public display of Broccoflower will take place at the Food Marketing Institute Trade Show in Chicago the first week in May. Some 60,000 Broccoflower plants donated to Cal Poly's crop science department were planted on the San Luis Obispo campus April 21 by James Greil, professor at the school's crop science department, and four agriculture students. "The plantings are part of Cal Poly's enterprise program underwritten by the Cal Poly Foundation. Students involved will earn 67% of the profits from the crop toward their education, with 33% of the profits returned to the foundation," Greil explained. Both the grower and the students benefit as students will be doing continuous research on the new crop under Greil's direction. During the height of President George


What is an important Jewish religious site located in the Old City of Jerusalem which dates from the end of the Second Temple period, being constructed around 19 BCE by Herod the Great?

Jerusalem Webcam, Live Israel Wailing Wall Web Cam View Live Webcam Location Information: The       Western Wall sometimes referred to       as the Wailing Wall or simply the       Kotel and as al-Buraaq Wall in       Arabic, is an important Jewish       religious site located in the Old       City of Jerusalem. Just over half       the wall, including its 17 courses       located below street level, dates       from the end of the Second Temple       period, being constructed around 19       BCE by Herod the Great. The       remaining layers were added from the       7th century onwards. Most       Jews, religious and secular,       consider the capture of the wall by       Israel in 1967 as an historic event.       A poll carried out in 2007 by the       Jerusalem Institute for Israel       Studies indicated that 96% of       Israeli Jews were against Israel       relinquishing sovereignty of the       Western Wall. However, after the       1967 Six Day War, a small minority       of reverent Jews led by anti-Zionist       Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum of Satmar       would not approach the wall. Rabbi       Teitelbaum had written of the       prohibition against visiting and       praying at the wall since it had       been liberated by Zionist soldiers.       He asserted that a remnant of the       Temple had fallen into the hands of "a foreign occupier," and instructed       his followers not to approach it.       Till this day, adherents of Satmar       and the Neturei Karta sect refrain       from approaching the Wall, asserting       that it has been befouled by secular       interests and those professing       Zionism, which they see as an       abomination. Avigdor Miller, a       non-Hasidic American rabbi, wrote       that "the Kosel is better off in the       hands of the Muslims due to their       modesty more than the Jews who       defile the holy place with their       Jewish immodesty". In recent decades       some Muslims have been vociferous in       denying that the Wall has any       significance in Judaism. In December       1973, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia       stated that ï¿½Only Muslims and       Christians have holy places and       rights in Jerusalemï¿½. The Jews, he       maintained, had no rights there at       all. As for the Western Wall, he       said, ï¿½Another wall can be built for       them Local Weather:


As at 2014 how many sports are contested in the Winter Paralympics?

Sochi 2014 Paralympics - Ceremonies, Medals, Torch Relay Read more...about Results following the link © • IPC The Russian Federation team enter the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games at Fisht Olympic Stadium on March 7, 2014 in Sochi, Russia © Getty Images Roman Petushkov of Russia has been dominant at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. © Getty Images The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games were record-breaking in terms of athlete performances, ticket sales and media coverage, and according to Russia’s Deputy Prime Minster Dmitry Kozak, “they showed what people from different countries and nationalities different cultures and traditions are capable of when they are united by a single goal and an inspired dream.” By hosting the Paralympics for the first time ever, the Games became a catalyst for the country to create a barrier-free society. SPORTS The Games featured five sports across Sochi’s Coastal and Mountain Clusters, including alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling. Snowboard made its Paralympic Winter Games debut as a discipline under IPC Alpine Skiing. Para alpine skiing Para biathlon Para cross-country skiing Para ice hockey Wheelchair curling TORCH RELAY The Paralympic Torch Relay passed through all eight of Russia's Federal Districts. From 26 February – 7 March 2013, more than 1,000 torchbearers carried the Paralympic Torch through at least 50 Russian regions. The inaugural Heritage Flame was lit at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury, Great Britain as part of the celebrations, which was the very first time there has been an international leg of the Paralympic Torch Relay. In a ceremony that will now take place before every future summer and winter Paralympic Games, the event celebrated the history of the Paralympic Games and Buckinghamshire's position as the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement. Every day, the Paralympic Flame was lit simultaneously in several Russian cities, so that at the end of the relay, thanks to the Paralympic Flame Unification Ceremony, it reached the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Sochi. OPENING CEREMONY A stunning Opening Ceremony at Fisht Stadium included a volunteer cast of more than 2,500 people from the Krasnodar region of Russia taking centre stage. Two-time Paralympic champion swimmer Olesya Vladykina and six-time Paralympic champion cross-country skier Sergey Shilov lit the Paralympic cauldron. With a theme of “Breaking The Ice,” the Opening Ceremony evoked the spirit of Russia and the importance of breaking down barriers and stereotypes faced by people around the world every day. IPC Honorary Board member and opera singer Maria Guleghina performed on a giant icebreaker ship as it passed through the stadium, signifying breaking down barriers and tracing new paths for mankind. MEDALS Russia topped the medals table, winning 30 golds and 80 total medals thanks to several top performances in Nordic skiing. Germany finished second with nine golds and 15 total medals and were followed by Canada with seven golds and 16 total medals. Nineteen of the 45 countries competing won at least one medal. OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES Russia’s Roman Petushkov was the most decorated individual, wining six golds in seven events in biathlon and cross-country skiing. German alpine skier Anna Schaffelhuber, just 21, won gold in all five of her events in the women’s sitting class to match Lauren Woolstencroft’s record of five golds for a female athlete at the Winter Games. By taking the title in three cross-country skiing events – the men’s 1km sprint, 10km and 20km visually impaired races – Canada’s Brian McKeever increased his career Paralympic golds to In the 1im sprint, he overcame a fall at the start of the race to dramatically win gold. The USA became the first ice sledge hockey team to win back-to-back Paralympic golds, while Canada won their third straight Paralympic gold in wheelchair curling. ATTENDANCE AND COVERAGE Sochi 2014 was record-breaking in terms of ticket sales and media cover


She is one of the best-selling female artists of all time in a career spanning over five decades, sings in more than 15 languages, performing jazz, pop, opera, cabaret, and folk. What is her name?

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Olympe de Gouges, a French playwright and political activist , is today best known as an early feminist who demanded that French women be given the same rights as French men. How did she die?

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Who was the co-winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics, for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars, and nephew of the 1930 Nobel Prize winner in Physics?

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What film concerns the life story of 18 year old Jamal Malik, a former street child from the Juhu slums in Mumbai?

Slumdog Millionaire Information Slumdog Millionaire Information Slumdog Millionaire News Slumdog Millionaire Information Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle , written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of Jamal Malik, a young man from the Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kaun Banega Crorepati in the Hindi version) and exceeds people's expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of cheating; Jamal recounts in flashback how he knows the answer to each question, each one linked to a key event in his life. After its world premiere at Telluride Film Festival and later screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival and the London Film Festival, Slumdog Millionaire had a nationwide grand release in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2009 and in the United States on 23 January 2009. It premiered in Mumbai on 22 January 2009. A sleeper hit, Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight, the most for any film of 2008, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA Awards (including Best Film), five Critics' Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes. Plot In Mumbai in 2006, eighteen-year-old Jamal Malik ( Dev Patel ), a former street child (child Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, adolescent Tanay Chheda) from the Juhu slum, is a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and is one question away from the grand prize. However, before the Rs. 20 million question, he is detained and interrogated by the police, who suspect him of cheating because of the impossibility of a simple "slumdog" with very little education knowing all the answers. Jamal recounts, through flashbacks, the incidents in his life which provided him with each answer. These flashbacks tell the story of Jamal, his brother Salim (adult Madhur Mittal, adolescent Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, child Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail), and Latika (adult Freida Pinto, adolescent Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, child Rubina Ali). In each flashback Jamal has a point to remember one person, or song, or different things that lead to the right answer of one of the questions. The row of questions does not correspond chronologically to Jamalï¿½s life, so the story switches between different periods (childhood, adolescence) of Jamal. Some questions do not refer to points of his life (cricket champion), but by witness he comes to the right answer. Jamal's flashbacks begin with his managing, at age five, to obtain the autograph of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, which his brother then sells, followed immediately by the death of his mother during the Bombay Riots. As they flee the riot, Salim and Jamal meet Latika, another child from their slum. Salim is reluctant to take her in, but Jamal suggests that she could be the third musketeer, a character from the Alexandre Dumas novel (which they had been studying"?albeit not very diligently"?in school), whose name they do not know. The three are found by Maman (Ankur Vikal), a gangster who tricks and then trains street children into becoming beggars. When Jamal, Salim, and Latika learn Maman is blinding children in order to make them more effective as singing beggars, they flee by jumping onto a departing train. Latika catches up and takes Salim's hand, but Salim purposely lets go, and she is recaptured by the gangsters. Over the next few years, Salim and Jamal make a living travelling on top of trains, selling goods, picking pockets, working as dish washers, and pretending to be tour guides at the Taj Mahal, where they steal people's shoes. At Jamal's insistence, they return to Mumbai to find Latika, discovering from one of the singing beggars that she has been raised by Maman to become a prostitute and that her virginity is expected to fetch a high price. The brothers rescue her, and Salim draws a gun and kills


Who was the first person to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize?

Only person ever to win an Oscar and Nobel prize-Apnaahangout Only person ever to win an Oscar and Nobel prize Only person ever to win an Oscar and Nobel prize Arun Kallarackal Last updated on: August 26, 2013 Tips and Facts No Comments Oscar is the holy grail of cinema world and Nobel prize is an ultimate achievement for any individual who makes notable contributions in the fields of medicine, chemistry, literature, peace, physics.   Double delight! Both are highly valued and respected. Has any individual won an Oscar and Nobel? The answer is yes.  George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright won Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. Later, he went on to win an Oscar for Best Screenplay for the film Pygmalion. Thus he became the one and only person ever to win the Oscar and Nobel Prize both. Related Posts


Who is popularly recognised as being the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes?

Fastest Mile Times: The Women’s Mile World Records By Mike Rosenbaum Updated August 23, 2016. The women’s mile world record, and women’s mile running in general, were basically ignored by the track and field establishment and most of the public for many years. Roger Bannister was celebrated as the first man to run a sub-4:00 mile in 1954. But Great Britain’s Diane Leather enjoyed no such headlines just 23 days later when she became the first woman to break the five minute barrier, finishing in 4:59.6 at the Midland Championships at Birmingham. Gender equity hadn’t yet come to track and field. Even the IAAF didn’t recognize a women’s mile world record. The failure to recognize Leather’s accomplishment wasn’t a matter of the IAAF alone being shortsighted, but an overall lack of recognition for women’s distance running in particular, and to a large degree, women’s athletics in general. For example, at the most recent Olympic Games at that time, 1952, there were only two straight, individual women’s races, the 100 and 200. There was an 800-meter race in 1928 – the first Olympics in which women competed – but the race was discontinued until 1960. continue reading below our video The Fastest Miles Ever Run The women’s 1500 meters – 109.32 meters short of a mile – wouldn’t be contested in the Olympics until 1972. Hitting the Record Books: Recognized or not, women continued to run distance events. Indeed, Leather eventually lowered her time to 4:45 in 1955. Marise Chamberlain of New Zealand broke Leather’s mark in 1962, running 4:41.4, then Anne Rosemary Smith of Great Britain lowered the record to 4:39.2 in 1967. It was Smith who first gained the IAAF’s attention in June of 1967, when her time of 4:37.0 was ratified by the IAAF as its first official women’s world mile record. Maria Gommers of the Netherlands edged Smith’s mark in 1969, running 4:36.8, then Ellen Tittel of West Germany brought it down to 4:35.3 in 1971. From there, the mark sank dramatically, as Italy’s Paola Pigni of Italy dipped under the 4:30 mark, running 4:29.5 in 1973. Romania’s Natalia Marasescu took another chunk out of the record with a time of 4:23.8 in 1977, before lowering her record to 4:22.09 in 1979. Three Records for Mary Slaney: As the mile record was being re-written throughout the ‘70s, a future star was rising in the U.S. Mark Decker – later Mary Slaney – first drew international attention by winning the 800 meters in a USA vs. USSR dual meet in 1972, at age 14. She won the first of her six Millrose Games titles the following year, and went on to own the mile world record on three different occasions. She first broke the mark in 1980 with a time of 4:21.68, run at Auckland, at the same meet in which Marasescu had lowered the mark one year earlier. Lyudmila Veselkova of the former Soviet Union beat Slaney’s mark, running 4:20.89 in 1981, but Slaney took the record back, briefly, the next year, with a time of 4:18.08, becoming the first woman to beat the 4:20 mark. Exactly two months later, however, Maricica Puica ran 4:17.44 to set a record that stood, officially, for almost three years. In 1984, the Soviet Union’s Natalia Artymova was hand-timed in 4:15.8, but her performance wasn’t ratified by the IAAF. Slaney wasn’t finished, however, as she posted a 4:16.71 time in Zurich in 1985 to set her most enduring world record, which held for almost four years. As of 2012, Slaney’s ultimate performance is still the United States record, and she remains the only woman to run four sub-4:20 times. Ivan and Masterkova: Paula Ivan of Romania topped Slaney’s world mark in July of 1989, running 4:15.61, before Russia’s Svetlana Masterkova lowered the record to 4:12.56 in Zurich on Aug. 14, 1996. Masterkova’s performance represented the peak of an unusual comeback. Masterkova was an 800-meter runner best known for winning a silver medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships when she took a maternity break from competition for most of 1994 and ‘95. When she returned in 1996 she decided to run the 1500 as well as the 800, with great success, winning Olympic


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Who were the majority of the people to feature in the death toll from the violent riots in Gujarat, India, in 2002?

Were muslims responsible for Gujarat riots? Or was there any hidden political agenda behind these riots ? - Quora Quora India Were muslims responsible for Gujarat riots? Or was there any hidden political agenda behind these riots ? The Gujrat violence was a series of incidents starting with the Godhra train burning and the subsequent communal violence between Hindus and Muslims . As Godhara train burning is pre-planned attack by an Islamist mob ( as mentioned on wikipedia ) and then all this started so what do you think about muslims role in Gujrat riots ? Or is there their any hidden political agenda behind the Godhara train burning case ? Links for wikipedia articles : Written Feb 18, 2013 I will answer your second question first. Obviously there was a Political agenda behind the riots. Its called the politcs of fear and hatred. To instill fear in the general populations heart and make them follow the religion/party/culture of your choice has been an age old game played by the people who have come to power. I would give a closer-at-home example since i have lived through it : I was a 17 year old teenager when the riots happened. I have seen the political party and leader rise post the riots and stay on for 3 terms and counting. The reasons for electing the particular party are many. But the major factor being that people of Gujarat feel safer under the ruling party. Why? Because the party has been pro hindutva for a majority of its tenure. And why is that important? Because the general populace is scared of a back lash from the Minority community. Now to your first question. I will need to give a brief account of what happened in 2002 in Gujarat. A train carrying hindu pilgrims was set on fire by Muslims and the people inside were burned alive. What ensued was retaliation by angry hindu mobs led by local politcial leaders and many muslims and hindus lost their lives in this mindless pogrom. I read reports which said that the accused who had set the train on fire were Criminals with many counts running under their names in the local police stations. Criminals, in general, do not work until they have their own vested interets at stake. I do not have any written reports which say that these criminals were paid for by any particular Political party to cause the incident. But it remains to be conjectured that who would one blame for mindlessly killing a fellow human being. In my opinion it wasn’t done by Muslims or Hindus but by a society who failed to open its eyes and see ‘’all the wrong’’ at the right time.   P.s. : Gujarat has emerged as a very successful and self sustained state under the auspices of its current leader( See: Narendra Modi ). He was blamed for failing to curb the riots on time but has been exonerated of all charges. I am putting in these by lines because i dont think that he is to be completely blamed for what happened as he has been, so famously. For a more detailed account of the politics that i was talking about i suggest you go through the following link Religious violence in India . Written Nov 3, 2014 I think please read this and then blame. I have nothing to do with Modi or any one what I want is if you respect us then and then only you get respect. Myth 1: 2,000 Muslims were killed in the Gujarat riots Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media | 676 Comments  Fact: As per figures given by the Union Minister of State for Home Shriprakash Jaiswal, who belongs to the Congress Party, in Parliament on 11 May 2005, 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus were killed in the riots, 2548 people were injured and 223 people were missing. This was in a WRITTEN REPLY to a question asked by a Congress member on the religion wise casualties in Gujarat after Godhra. The report placed the number of riot-affected widows at 919 and the number of children orphaned at 606. The UPA government gives these figures, and hence they themselves may be inflated. To read the Rajya Sabha records click: Gujarat riot death toll revealed The editorials of the national English dailies, and the articles publ


"The southern US dish ""chitlins"" is made from the intestines of what animal?"

"Chitlin’s From Slave food to Delicacy | The Black American Kitchen | CrossRoadsNews | Local News. Loyal Readers. We Deliver | Decatur, GA Sharelle D. Lowery |         1/8/2014, 5:20 p.m. Cooked Chitlins Sharelle D. Lowery Chitlin's. However you feel about them it is never dry or ho-hum. Either you love Chitlin's and the way that they taste or you cannot stand the smell or even the thought of what you may be eating. Everybody feels strongly one way or the other about the Southern Soul Food delicacy. Let's get into what they are where they came from and potentially where Chitlin’s are going. What Are Chitlin’s? Chitlin’s are a dish typically found in the American south, but they are prepared all over North America. They are essentially pig intestines. They take a long time to clean and cook and are so labor-intensive that the presence of Chitlin’s are typically reserved for special occasions and the Holiday season. Chitlin’s are cooked either stewed/broiled or fried. They are sometimes spelled and referred to as Chitterlings. While many people know of Chitlin’s from the Black Southern Palate, a form of Chitlin’s are actually prepared in most cultures including Europe, Asia and South America. The History of Chitlin’s Most people of color believe that Chitlin’s were "invented" by slaves who received the last of the unwanted meat from the annual hog killings of their slave masters. We did the best with what we had and Chitlin's was one of the dishes that we made with the "extras." And this is partially true. Chitlin’s as well as bacon and other pig meat were given to slaves as the leftovers. However, it is important to note that eating Chitlin’s and other animals intestines were not invented by slaves or even in America at all. American Black Slaves still held close to their West African heritage and rituals which included using intestines to be sacrificed to the gods, the Hausa actually eat the intestines of chickens. This highlights the fact that eating an animal’s innards is a signature of the West African Diaspora, not just an imposition of white slave owners. Please also note that many slave masters requested Chitlin’s as a dish to be prepared for them because eating an animal’s intestines is quite popular in Britain and France. So conceptually this dish is one that both slave and slave master were enjoying because it was a part of both of their cultures before they were in America. Many Black Americans have discarded Chitlin's because of its tie to slavery. "We can now eat what we want." Are our thoughts. While eating Chitlin's was very popular in the early 1900's they have been reduced to a ritual that some adhere to for family traditions but have been slowly taken out of our regular meals. What about the smell? Chitlin's smell because they have not been cleaned properly. The feces from the intestines must be removed for health reasons and because if you cook chitlin’s and they have NOT been cleaned-you will know. Here are a few ways to prepare Chitlin’s to maintain your homes pleasant scent: Clean your Chitlin’s thoroughly Cook your Chitlin’s outside Put a potato in the pot of Chitlin’s Cook / boil a pot of vinegar while you are cooking the Chitlin’s Put a few pieces of bread on top of the closed pot of Chitlin’s while they are boiling The Future of Chitlin’s Today Chitlin’s are seen as a delicacy by many and are expensive, but the number of Black American Kitchens that are preparing them are declining daily. The fact that many people of color are moving away from pork, the pungent smell and the difficulty of cleaning the meat makes this an expensive delicacy that we will not see in the American Black Kitchen moving into the next 100 years unless a major pivot in food occurs. And that is the REAL story of Chitlin's! Be sure and follow me on Twitter @ClassySharelle