With which privately owned team did James hunt enter Formula 1 in 1973?

Atlas F1: The Formula One World Championship Timeline       Atlas F1 Presents: all the milestones, all the names, all the changes, all the headlines - the complete Formula One timeline 1970 Jack Brabham wins the South African Grand Prix. By the end of the season, he would retire from F1. March and Team Surtees debut. Jackie Stewart wins first Grand Prix for March at Jarama, Spain. The wedge-shaped Lotus 72, with side-mounted radiators, makes its debut. Jochen Rindt drives the car to its first victory at the Dutch GP. Pedro Rodriguez wins the last Belgian Grand Prix at the original Spa-Francorchamps for BRM. This is also Dunlop's last victory. Piers Courage burns to death in Williams/de Tomaso at the Dutch Grand Prix. Bruce McLaren is killed at Goodwood while testing a Can-Am car. Jochen Rindt wins German Grand Prix at Hockenheim while Armco barriers are installed at the Nurburgring. Jacky Ickx wins the first Austrian Grand Prix at the Osterreichring. Tyrrell makes its F1 debut at Mont Tremblant, Canada. Jochen Rindt is killed during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. He later becomes the first posthumous Formula One Champion. Emerson Fittipaldi scores his first victory, at the US Grand Prix. 1971 Mario Andretti scores his maiden victory, winning the South African Grand Prix for Ferrari. The Belgian and Mexican Grands Prix are dropped from the calendar due to safety problems. Jackie Stewart scores the first Grand Prix victory for Tyrrell at Jarama. Pedro Rodriguez is killed in sports car race. The French Grand Prix moves to Paul Ricard and the Canadian Grand Prix moves to Mosport Park. Stewart wins both those races. Niki Lauda makes low key debut in privately owned March at the Austrian Grand Prix. Peter Gethin wins Italian Grand Prix by 0.01s from Ronnie Peterson - the narrowest winning margin to this day. Fittipaldi races gas-turbine Lotus 56B "in disguise" as World Wide Racing. Jackie Stewart wins the World Championship for the second time. For the first time since 1960, Lotus fail to score a single race win the entire season. Jo Siffert dies from smoke inhalation in non-Championship race at Brands Hatch. 1972 Bernie Ecclestone takes over Brabham. Team Lotus run for the first time in the black livery of John Player Specials - or JPS, as the cars would soon come to be called. The Argentinian Grand Prix returns to the calendar, where Jackie Stewart takes the win. Jean-Pierre Beltoise wins the last victory for BRM at a rain-soaked Monaco GP. The Belgian Grand Prix moves to Nivelles, where Emerson Fittipaldi grabs the win. Chicanes are added to Monza. Jo Bonnier is killed at Le Mans. Fittipaldi wins the Italian Grand Prix to become the youngest ever Formula One Champion, at 25. This win is also Firestone's last victory. 1973 Shadow make its Grand Prix debut. Ex-champion Graham Hill sets up his own Embassy racing team. McLaren introduce their classic M23 design that would race in various forms for the next six seasons. The Ford DFV engine wins every Grand Prix of the season. Local hero Emerson Fittipaldi wins at Interlagos in the return of the Brazilian Grand Prix. At the South African Grand Prix, Mike Hailwood saves Clay Regazzoni's life by pulling him from his burning BRM. Hailwood is later awarded for this the George Medal for valour. The Belgian Grand Prix moves to Zolder, where Tyrrell grabs a one-two victory. Denny Hulme wins at Anderstorp in the return of the Swedish Grand Prix. As Jody Scheckter spins at the start of the British Grand Prix, a massive collision of over a dozen cars occurs at the Woodcote corner. Andrea de Adamich is the only casualty, but 9 drivers fail to take the restart. Roger Williamson burns to death at the Dutch GP in his March 731. David Purley attempts to save Williamson's life, for which he is awarded the George Medal. German Grand Prix is Stewart's 27th and last Grand Prix victory. He becomes the champion for a third time but withdraws from the US Grand Prix after Francois Cevert is killed during qualifying. The pace car is used for first time in Formula One during the Canadian Grand Pr


Which island lies two miles off the tip of the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales?

Bardsey Island: Snowdonia’s Isle of Twenty Thousand Saints | Snowdonia Mountains and Coast Snowdonia Mountains and Coast Snowdonia Mountains and Coast | Eryri Mynyddoedd a Môr Main menu go to the Visit Snowdonia website Bardsey Island: Snowdonia’s Isle of Twenty Thousand Saints This entry was posted on 31 May 2011, in Towns and villages and tagged Bardsey , King Arthur , Llyn Peninsula , North Wales , Snowdonia , Welsh folklore , Welsh legends , Welsh myths . Bookmark the permalink . 12 Comments Enlli/Bardsey According to tradition, Bardsey Island is the burial place of 20,000 saints and the last resting place of King Arthur and Merlin. It has a long history as a place of pilgrimage and worship, and today is an important conservation site.   Lying in the Bardsey Sound, two miles off the tip of the Llyn Peninsula in Snowdonia , Bardsey Island is a mile and a half in length and half a mile wide at its widest point. Yet despite its diminutive size, Bardsey – in Welsh, Ynys Enlli, which means ‘island of the tides’ – is a site of considerable significance in Snowdonia’s history and spirituality, and has been so for at least 1,500 years. The earliest settlers made Bardsey their home some 2-3,000 years ago, and the remains of their circular huts can be seen on a small sheltered terrace on the island’s mountain, Mynydd Enlli. In the 6th century the Breton saint, St Cadfan, established a monastery on Bardsey, and the island flourished as an important place of pilgrimage. With 20,000 saints said to be buried on the island, by the early middle ages three pilgrimages to Bardsey were deemed as beneficial to the soul as one to Rome. Throughout the middle ages the island retained its status as an important place of pilgrimage, and in the 13th century an Augustinian abbey – St Mary’s – was built, remaining in use until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1537. The abbey’s roofless tower is the oldest standing building on the island, and is still used for informal services today. Bardsey/Enlli In the mid-18th century a farming and fishing community was established on Bardsey, and this period of the island’s history continued into the 20th century. In 1979 the Bardsey Island Trust bought the island, and continues to manage and protect Bardsey in conjunction with the Countryside Council for Wales and CADW. Today, Bardsey Island is a National Nature Reserve (NNR) and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Bardsey’s NNR and SSSI statuses reflect the significance of the island’s natural history. Bardsey is home to many rare plants, including western clover and small adder’s tongue, and there are over 350 species of lichen living on the island. Bird life is diverse; birds seen on Bardsey include choughs, oystercatchers, herons, peregrine falcons, wheatears, warblers and little owls. Sea birds include gannets, razorbills and shags, and evidence suggests puffins are also colonising the island. The most famous birds on Bardsey, however, are Manx shearwaters; there is a breeding colony of 10-16,000 birds on the island. Sea life is also rich and varied in the waters surrounding Bardsey; in the rock pools anemones and crabs are plentiful, while in the deeper waters there are sponges and sea-squirts. Yellow star anemones, which usually live in the Mediterranean Sea, are found in the sea around Bardsey. Atlantic grey seals can be seen in the rocky bays – a small number breed on the island each year – and Risso’s dolphins and harbour porpoises are often seen in the island’s surrounding waters. Enlli (Bardsey) from Uwchmynydd Effective land management on Bardsey is essential for sustaining the special environment which is so important for sustaining the special wildlife on the island. Oats, turnips and swedes are grown here, providing winter feed for the island’s livestock, encouraging arable weeds, and providing cover and food for the migrant and resident birds. Fishing also remains important; the sea around the island is still regularly fished for lobster and crab, which are sold on the mainland. Bardsey is home to the world’s rarest apple, Afa


How is the new Leadenhall Building in London colloquially known?

The Leadenhall Building - City of London The Leadenhall Building Watch our compelling infographic videos about the scale of construction at The Leadenhall Building. Follow us on Twitter RT @ londonviewpts : Breaking into 2017 like ☁🏙☁ #Cheesegrater was the first to show up when the clouds lowered… https://t.co/iFoTThIkd3


The 1932 film 'Taxi' is famous for which line of dialogue?

Taxi! (1932) Starring: James Cagney, Loretta Young, George E. Stone - Three Movie Buffs Review Reviewed on: May 1st, 2007 James Cagney in Taxi! Taxi! is vintage Cagney. Released in January, 1932 this was his 8th movie since arriving in Hollywood less than 2 years earlier in 1930. As the title suggests Cagney plays a cab driver (Matt Nolan) in New York City. In the 1930's by far the majority of Americans lived in rural areas or small towns. Cagney was really the first tough street kid movie star. His rapid fire speech patterns and wise guy attitude made him the opposite of a rube. His take no crap from anyone posturing made him a hero to millions of boys and men. Matt Nolan is an independent cabbie up against a large taxi corporation bent on pushing the little guys out of business. The beautiful Loretta Young plays Sue Riley. Her father, Pop Riley, played by Guy Kibbee, goes to prison for the murder of a man hired by the corrupt taxi syndicate to smash Pop's cab with his truck. Pop winds up dying in his prison cell of a heart attack. Later at a nightclub, Matt confronts the guy responsible for Pop's downfall, Buck Gerard. Buck pulls a switchblade and in the ensuing scuffle stabs Matt's kid brother Danny to death. Matt and Sue fall in love and get married. The climax of the picture concerns Sue's attempts to stop Matt from exacting revenge on Buck. Matt, in typical Cagney fashion, is out for blood. He won't rest until he has avenged his brother's murder. The ending is as exciting as 1930's action gets, with Cagney uttering lines like, "Come out and take it, you dirty, yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door." This movie features some great stock footage of Manhattan from the era and it is also of interest to note that Cagney speaks Yiddish in one scene, something he picked up from the Jewish kids in his neighborhood on the Upper East Side. One of Cagney's rivals as a movie gangster, George Raft, also has a small part in a dance contest scene. Loretta Young and Cagney have good chemistry together but this is really a one man show. If you like James Cagney then you will love Taxi!, if not there's no point in watching it. Did you enjoy Patrick's review? +17 Reviewed on: March 28th, 2014 James Cagney and Loretta Young in Taxi!. The thing that this movie will be most remembered for is the line that Patrick mentioned, which includes the words, "you dirty, yellow-bellied rat". It's the closest Cagney ever actually came to saying on film the line that is most mistakenly attributed to him and beloved by Cagney impersonators, "You dirty rat!" If not for that, and the presence of the always enjoyable Cagney, this entertaining little film would no doubt have long been forgotten. At barely over an hour, this movie packs in quite a bit of story, without wasting time. Something today's filmmakers might want to consider doing more often. And in that hour it crams in action, romance and even a little social commentary. They knew how to move things along in those days. Cagney is unquestionably the big draw and he's his usual cocky little terrier self, but he's supported by a couple of women. Loretta Young, who was undoubtedly one of the most beautiful women of her era, plays Cagney's dame with style. However, their relationship, like everything else in the movie, is very dated. Cagney often jokingly threatens to hit her and does in one scene. A relationship like this in a film today would be called abusive. It is the far lesser known Leila Bennett who is the real scene stealer as the comic relief. Her stream of ditzy comments provide the film's funniest moments. Patrick mentioned the stock footage of Manhattan, and really the whole movie is a time capsule of the early 1930s. The fast talking wiseguys and their dames, spout their slang while wearing the fashions of the time. It's an interesting window into the past seen through the prism of Hollywood. This is a minor entry in Cagney's oeuvre, but it's an entertaining one nevertheless. Did you enjoy Scott's review? +8 Reviewed on: September 1st, 2014 James Cagney in Taxi!


Which French Republic ruled France between the 1870s and the 1940s?

The Third Republic 1870-1914 European History I am happy that you are using  this web site and hope that you found it useful. Unfortunately, the cost of  making this material freely available is increasing, so if you have  found the site useful and would like to contribute towards its continuation,  I would greatly appreciate it. Click the button to go to Paypal and make a donation. The Third Republic 1870-1914 This document was written by Stephen Tonge .  I am most grateful to have his kind permission to include it on the web site. Main Topics First Republic (French Revolution) 1792-1804 Second Republic 1848-1852 Fourth Republic 1946-1958 Fifth Republic 1958- France had a long history of political turmoil. Prior to 1870 there had been  the French Revolution and the Terror. The rule of Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1815)  had brought great victories and eventual defeat for France. There had been revolutions  in 1830 and 1848 that had removed Charles X and Louis Philippe respectively. Key points: France during the Third Republic was politically very unstable. This     instability was caused by rivalry between monarchists and republicans. There were a number of scandals that threatened the existence of the     Republic but it survived longer than any other regime since 1789. It was     also a period of imperial expansion and scientific and artistic achievement. 1. The Paris Commune Commune = Town or local Council In September 1870 the Third Republic was proclaimed after the defeat  of Napoleon III at Sedan. The new government continued resistance  to the Germans who then laid siege to Paris. To defend Paris, a National  Guard was raised which soon numbered 360,000 men. The siege of Paris was  harsh with food shortages and over 40,000 people died. In February  1871, France surrendered and the Prussians paraded through Paris on March 1.  The French government was established at Versailles not at Paris. Parisians  were angered by this and they opposed the policies of the government, headed  by Adolphe Thiers. They felt it was too conservative, too royalist, and  too ready to accept a humiliating peace with Prussia. The National Government at Versailles now attempted to restore order within  Paris. In March regular troops were sent into Paris to seize the cannon of the  National Guard. Many of the troops deserted and the officers were imprisoned.  Paris was now in revolt The Paris Commune was elected on 28 March, with its seat at the Hôtel  de Ville. Its symbol was the red flag. The Communards' policies included  economic reforms and reform of the church. It contained many shades of political  opinion— Anarchists, Socialists, Jacobins and Communists. A civil war was now fought between the Commune and the troops of the Versailles  government. The Second Siege of Paris began. The Commune was suppressed  by government troops led by Marshal McMahon during the last week of May  1871. This became known as the 'Semaine Sanglante' (the Bloody Week).  Hostages were shot on both sides including the Archbishop of Paris. Bismarck allowed French prisoners of war to pass through German lines and attack  Paris About 25,000 Communards were killed, and after a further 35,000 arrests,  many were deported to the penal colony New Caledonia in the Pacific.  All remaining communard prisoners were finally released in 1880. The Commune was seen by many including Karl Marx as the first example  of a Communist revolution. It served as an inspiration to later revolutionaries  such as Lenin. It also embittered relations between the classes in France. French  politics were divided on what attitude people took to the Commune. The Treaty of Frankfurt The National Assembly approved the Treat of Frankfurt with Germany that ended  the Franco-Prussian War. Under the Treaty Alsace and Eastern Lorraine were lost to Germany with their mines   and industries. The French were to pay a war indemnity of 5 Billion Francs German troops were to occupy Northern France until the indemnity was paid


The UK is to spend approximately £1 million before 2015 on Project Hougoumont, where is it to be spent?

What price the Battle of Waterloo? - Telegraph History What price the Battle of Waterloo? Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon changed the world – and George Osborne’s £1  million contribution to mark the 200th anniversary is crucial to restoring  the battlefield History enthusiasts re-enacting Wellington's defeat of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo Photo: REUTERS Comments In the House of Commons on Wednesday, as on the battlefield on June 18,1815, the boys in blue began the bombardment. “We’ll make sure the site of the Battle of Waterloo is restored in time for the 200th anniversary,” Chancellor George Osborne roared, a Duke of Wellington at his lectern. “To commemorate those who died there and to celebrate a great victory of coalition forces over a discredited former regime that had impoverished millions.” Cue loud guffaws from the ranks behind him, as Osborne’s Spending Review howitzer rung in Labour’s ears. But at a time of rationed spending, £1 million seems a lot to pay for a good sound bite. The Battle of Waterloo was one of the turning points in the history of modern Europe and was recently voted Britain’s greatest battle in a National Army Museum poll. Yet the imminent anniversary has largely slipped under the country’s radar. In part, that is because the Government has been preoccupied with a £50 million programme to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War next year. And sensitivities about offending the French, particularly when our relationship is becoming increasingly fractured in the EU, mean ministers have avoided discussions of Napoleon and Waterloo. Wellington’s great victory allowed Britain to secure its world empire at the expense of its neighbour across the Channel. The novelist Victor Hugo said the field of Waterloo became the tomb of France. Two centuries on, nobody appears very keen to reopen it. Related Articles On the trail of Manchester's moving mummy 26 Jun 2013 Until this week, all attempts to commemorate the battle in Britain have been left to a dedicated team of volunteers led by Lord Douro and Lady Jane Wellesley, the son and daughter of Arthur Valerian Wellesley, the eighth Duke of Wellington who is a close friend of the Queen and turns 98 next week. The plans include installing the first memorial to the British on the battlefield, re-enacting the delivery of Wellington’s victory dispatch to 18 St James’s Square in London and hosting a memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral and exhibitions at the Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery. But before Mr Osborne’s announcement, there were fears that the key part of the project – to restore the walled farm of Hougoumont, around which the battle raged – would not be completed in time. Hougoumont was on the right wing of Wellington’s position, defended by soldiers from the Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards and Grenadier Guards. It was where the battle started and it remained the centre of action throughout the day. Its heroic defence prompted the Duke to say “the outcome of the battle of Waterloo turned on the closing of the gates at Hougoumont”. Yet following the death of the farmer who owned it a few years ago, the building has become derelict. Around 500,000 euros has been raised by the Project Hougoumont in private donations (with a further 500,000 euros expected). The French-speaking Walloon government in southern Belgium is also contributing around 1.5 million euros. Repairs need to begin by this autumn to be completed by 2015. The Government’s intervention means that can now take place. “We want the inauguration of Hougoumont to be the centrepiece of the 2015 celebrations,” a Foreign Office spokesman says. “That is why the Chancellor has found resources to support the project.” Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter, the former commander of the Household Division and the last colonel of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment who is the chairman of the Waterloo 200 committee, which is overseeing the commemoration, says the money could not have come at a more opportune time. “This has put an air of certainty on


What 1960's LA band took their name from the title of one of Aldous Huxley's books?

23 Band Names Inspired by Literature :: Books :: Lists :: Paste 23 Band Names Inspired by Literature By Wyndham Wyeth  |  April 24, 2011  |  10:52pm Share Tweet Submit Pin At Paste, we look for “Signs of Life” in all forms of art. And while we value each artform for its unique merits, it’s always a treat when they overlap. So we decided to take a look at bands that derived their names from literature. The works that inspired several of the entries are probably obvious, but a few of them will most certainly surprise you. It may also surprise you to see which genres favor the written word. (Who knew metalheads were such scholars?) Photo by Max Blau New Jersey punks Titus Andronicus take their name from the greatest wordsmith of them all, William Shakespeare . Titus Andronicus is thought to be the famous playwright’s first tragedy. It is also his bloodiest and most violent work. 2. The Doors Source: The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley When The Doors formed in 1965, they decided to name themselves after Aldous Huxley’s  book detailing the author’s experiences with taking mescaline. The Doors of Perception’s title was inspired by a William Blake quotation: “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.” 3. The Velvet Underground Source: The Velvet Underground by Michael Leigh Michael Leigh’s book about the secret sexual subculture of the early ‘60s became the inspiration for The Velvet Underground’s name when a friend of John Cale showed the book to the group. The band considered the name to be evocative of underground cinema. 4. Modest Mouse Source: “The Mark on the Wall” by Virginia Woolf Indie-rock outfit Modest Mouse derived their name from a passage in Virginia Woolf’s “The Mark on the Wall,” which reads “I wish I could hit upon a pleasant track of thought, a track indirectly reflecting credit upon myself, for those are the pleasantest thoughts, and very frequent even in the minds of modest, mouse-coloured people, who believe genuinely that they dislike to hear their own praises.” “I chose the name when I was fifteen,” frontman Issac Brock explains in Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Read By Alan Goldsher. “I wanted something that was completely ambiguous , but it’s really candyesque sounding. But it meant something to me. And I could identify with that.” 5. Steely Dan Source: Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs Bet you never knew about this one. The band’s name was taken from Steely Dan III from Yokohama, a strap-on dildo from William S. Burroughs’ non-linear narrative Naked Lunch. 6. Belle and Sebastian Source: Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry Belle et Sébastien was a famous French novel about a boy and his dog living in a small French Alps mountain village. It spawned a French live-action television series in the 1965, a Japanese anime series in the ‘80s and the name of a popular indie-pop group in the ‘90s. 7. Esben and the Witch Source: Esben and the Witch – Danish Fairy Tale Three piece indie-rock band from Brighton, England Esben and the Witch takes its name from the Danish fairy tale about a boy’s encounters with a murderous witch. The name is fitting considering the dark tone of the band’s music. 8. Steppenwolf Source: Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse Frontman John Kay decided to name his band after German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse’s 10th novel after a suggestion from Gabriel Mekler, the producer for the band’s debut album. In the book, the title refers to the protagonist’s low, animalistic nature represented as a “wolf of the steppes” 9. Veruca Salt Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl In Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book, Veruca Salt is a spoiled rich girl, whose bratty greed causes here to fall down an incinerator shaft. In 1993, Louise Post and Nina Gordon used the name for their alternative rock band. 10. Oryx and Crake Source: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Named after Margaret Atwood’s post-apocalyptic speculative fiction novel, Atlanta’s Oryx and Crake “offer lyrics that are influenced by both real life stories and overly active imag


Which Author wrote 'Burmese Days' in 1934 and 'Coming Up For Air' in 1939'?

George Orwell George Orwell (1903-1950) On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran. "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever." --from Nineteen Eighty-Four The British author George Orwell, pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, b. Motihari, India, June 25, 1903, d. London, Jan. 21, 1950, achieved prominence in the late 1940s as the author of two brilliant satires attacking totalitarianism. Familiarity with the novels, documentaries, essays, and criticism he wrote during the 1930s and later has since established him as one of the most important and influential voices of the century. Orwell's parents were members of the Indian Civil Service, and, after an education at Eton College in England, Orwell joined (1922) the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, an experience that later found expression in the novel Burmese Days (1934). His first book, Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), was a nonfictional account--moving and comic at the same time--of several years of self-imposed poverty he had experienced after leaving Burma. He published three other novels in the 1930s: A Clergyman's Daughter (1935), Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936), and Coming Up for Air (1939). His major works of the period were two documentaries: The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), a detailed, sympathetic, and yet objective study of the lives of nearly impoverished miners in the Lancashire town of Wigan; and Homage to Catalonia (1938), which recounts his experiences fighting for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was wounded, and, when the Communists attempted to eliminate their allies on the far left, fought against them and was forced to flee for his life. Orwell's two best-known books reflect his lifelong distrust of autocratic government, whether of the left or right: Animal Farm (1945), a modern beast-fable attacking Stalinism, and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel setting forth his fears of an intrusively bureaucratized state of the future. The pair of novels brought him his first fame and almost his only remuneration as a writer. His wartime work for the BBC (published in the collections George Orwell: The Lost Writings, and The War Commentaries) gave him a solid taste of bureaucratic hypocrisy and may have provided the inspiration for his invention of "newspeak," the truth-denying language of Big Brother's rule in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell's reputation rests not only on his political shrewdness and his sharp satires but also on his marvelously clear style and on his superb essays, which rank with the best ever written. "Politics and the English Language" (1950), which links authoritarianism with linguistic decay, has been widely influential. The four-volume Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell was published in 1968. Richard A. Johnson Bibliography: Atkins, John, George Orwell (1955); Buitenhuis, P., and Nadel, I. B., George Orwell: A Reassessment (1988); Crick, B., George Orwell: A Life (1980); Kalechofsky, Roberta, George Orwell (1973); Kubal, David L., Outside the Whale: George Orwell's Art and Politics (1972); Lee, Robert A., Orwell's Fiction (1969); Meyers, Jeffrey, A Reader's Guide to George Orwell (1977) and, as ed., George Orwell (1975); Oxley, B. T., George Orwell (1969); Patai, D., The Orwell Mystique: A Study in Male Ideology (1984); Reilly, P., George Orwell: The Age's Adversary (1986); Stansky, P., and Abrahams, W., The Unknown Orwell (1972) and The Transformation (1979); Steinhoff, William, George Orwell and the Origins of 1984 (1975); Williams, Raymond, ed., George Orwell: A Collection of Critical Essays (1974); Woodcock, George, The Crystal Spirit (1966); Zwerdling, Alex, Orwell and the Left (1974). Text Copyright © 1993 Grolier Incorporated Orwell Links


What title was bestowed upon Harold Wilson's Secretary, Marcia Williams, in 1974?

Harold Wilson | Wiki & Bio | Everipedia Ormskirk James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG , OBE , PC , FRS , FSS (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. First entering Parliament in 1945 , Wilson was immediately appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and rose quickly through the ministerial ranks, becoming the Secretary for Overseas Trade in 1947 and being appointed to the Cabinet just months later as the President of the Board of Trade . Later, in the Labour Shadow Cabinet , he served first as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1955 to 1961 and then as the Shadow Foreign Secretary from 1961 to 1963, when he was elected Leader of the Labour Party after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell . Wilson narrowly won the 1964 election , going on to win a much increased majority in a snap 1966 election . Wilson's first period as Prime Minister coincided with a period of low unemployment and relative economic prosperity, though also of significant problems with Britain's external balance of payments. In 1969 Wilson sent British troops to Northern Ireland . After losing the 1970 general election to Edward Heath , he spent four years as Leader of the Opposition before the February 1974 general election resulted in a hung parliament . After Heath's talks with the Liberals broke down, Wilson returned to power as leader of a minority government until there was a second general election in the autumn, which resulted in a narrow Labour victory. A period of economic crisis was now beginning to hit most Western countries, and in 1976 Wilson suddenly announced his resignation as Prime Minister. Wilson's own approach to socialism was moderate, with emphasis on increasing opportunity within society, for example through change and expansion within the education system , allied to the technocratic aim of taking better advantage of rapid scientific progress, rather than on the more controversial socialist goal of promoting wider public ownership of industry. He took little action to pursue the Labour Party constitution's stated dedication to such nationalisation , though he did not formally disown it. Himself a member of the Labour Party's "soft left", Wilson joked about leading a Cabinet that was made up mostly of social democrats , comparing himself to a Bolshevik revolutionary presiding over a Tsarist cabinet, but there was arguably little to divide him ideologically from the cabinet majority. Labour Party historians see his years in office as lost opportunities for major reforms. However, in keeping with the mood of the 1960s his government sponsored liberal changes in a number of social areas; they were generally not his initiatives. These included the liberalisation of laws on censorship, divorce, homosexuality, immigration, and abortion; as well as the abolition of capital punishment , which was due in part to the initiatives of backbench MPs who had the support of Roy Jenkins during his time as Home Secretary . Overall, Wilson is seen to have managed a number of difficult political issues with considerable tactical skill, including such potentially divisive issues for his party as the role of public ownership, British membership of the European Community, and the Vietnam War , while continuing to maintain a costly military presence East of Suez . [2] His stated ambition of substantially improving Britain's long-term economic performance remained largely unfulfilled. He lost his energy and drive in his second government 1974-76 and accomplished little as the leadership split over Europe and trade union issues began tearing Labour apart. Early life Wilson was born at 4 Warneford Road, Huddersfield , in the West Riding of Yorkshire , England, on 11 March 1916. He came from a political family: his father James Herbert Wilson (December 1882 – 1971) was a works chemist who had been active in the Liberal Party and then joined the Labour Party . His mother Ethel (née Seddon; 1882–1957) was a


Which 2003 film features the appropriately named characters Bubbles, Gurgle, Bloat and Gill?

Finding Nemo (2003) - Quotes - IMDb Finding Nemo (2003) Quotes Showing all 177 items Dory : I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy. Come on, Squishy! Come on, little Squishy. [baby talk, the jellyfish stings her] Dory : Ow! Bad Squishy, bad Squishy! Dory : All right, Mr. Smartypants... [Later] Dory : ... It's orange and small, and has stripes... Marlin : Me, and the next one - just a guess - me. Dory : Okay, that's just scary. Nemo : I wanna go home. Do you know where my dad is? Peach : Honey, your dad's probably back at the pet store. Marlin : I promised I'd never let anything happen to him. Dory : Hmm. That's a funny thing to promise. Marlin : What? Dory : Well, you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him. Not much fun for little Harpo. Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options Dory : No. No, you can't... Stop! Please don't go away. Please? No one's ever stuck with me for so long before. And if you leave... if you leave... I just, I remember things better with you. I do, look. P. Sherman, forty-two... forty-two... I remember it, I do. It's there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. And-and I look at you, and I... and I'm home. Please... I don't want that to go away. I don't want to forget. Marlin : I'm sorry, Dory. But I... do. [the fish have managed to roll into the ocean in their plastic bags] Bloat : Yay! We did it! Gill : Ha, ha, ha, ha! Dory : Hey, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down do you know what you've gotta do? Marlin : No, I don't know what to do. Dory : [singing] Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim. Marlin : Dory, no singing. Dory : [continuing] Ha, ha, ha, ha, ho. I love to swim. When you WANT to swim you want to swim. Marlin : Now I'm stuck with that song... Now it's in my head! Marlin : Tell me, Dory, do you see anything? Dory : Yeah, I see a light. Dory : Yeah. I see a light. Marlin : Yeah, I see it too. Dory : Hey, Conscience, am I dead? Marlin : No, no. I see it, too. [they swim up to the light] Marlin : What is it? Marlin : [mesmerized] I... I'm feeling... happy, which is a big deal... for me. Dory : I want to touch it... [she does; the light bobs quickly away] Marlin : [singing] I'm gonna swim with you... Dory : I'm gonna get ya. I'm gonna get ya. Marlin : [singing] I'm gonna be your best friend... [a big scary fish looms into view] Marlin : ...Good feeling's gone. Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options Crush : Okay. Squirt here will now give you a rundown of proper exiting technique! Squirt : Good afternoon! We're gonna have a great jump today. Okay, first crank a hard cutback as you hit the wall! There's a screaming bottom curve, so watch out! Remember: rip it, roll it, and punch it. Marlin : It's like he's trying to speak to me, I know it! [to Squirt] Marlin : You know, you're really cute, but I don't know what you're saying! Say the first thing again. Crush : Dude? Dude? Focus dude... Dude? [Marlin wakes up] Crush : Oh, he lives. Hey, dude! Marlin : Oh... What happened? Crush : Saw the whole thing, dude. First you were all like "whoa", and we were like "whoa", and you were like "whoa..." Marlin : What are you talking about? Crush : You, Mini-Man, takin' on the jellies. You've got serious thrill issues, dude. Awesome. Marlin : Oh, my stomach. Ohh. Crush : Oh, man. Hey, no hurling on the shell, dude, ok? Just waxed it. Marlin : So, Mr. Turtle? Crush : Whoa, Dude. Mister Turtle is my father. The name's Crush. Marlin : Crush, really? OK, Crush. I need to get to the East Australian Current. EAC? Crush : [laughing] Oh, dude. You're ridin' it, dude! Check it out! Marlin : What did it say? What did the mask say? Dory : P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. [gasps] Dory : I remembered what it said! I usually forget things, but I remembered it that time! P. Sherman, 4... Marlin : Wait! What does that mean? Dory : I don't know. But who cares! Ha ha! I remembered! P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. I


Brunei Map / Geography of Brunei / Map of Brunei - Worldatlas.com Print this map The small country of Brunei Darussalam is situated on the northwestern edge of the island of Borneo, an island that is also a part of Indonesia and Malaysia . In fact, it once controlled much of Borneo, as well as the southern Philippines , and its regional influence peaked by the end of the 17th Century. The country entered a period of decline caused by internal fighting over royal succession, colonial expansion of European powers, and local piracy, and in 1578 was overrun by Spanish forces. By the 19th century much of Brunei's territory was lost to the White Rajahs of Sarawak, and the signing of the Treaty of Protection enabled Britain control of the country's external affairs. In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate, following a dispute over who the rightful Sultan was, and remained as such for nearly a hundred years. During World War II, the Japanese occupied Brunei, completely demolishing the country's economy, and sparking fires on the oil wells of Seria. Following the war a new government was formed under the British , and a new constitution was written in 1959. The people of Brunei began to grow restless with their new government, and in 1962 formed an uprising against the British forces. Quickly subdued by the United Kingdom , it wasn't until 1984 that Brunei gained complete independence from British ruling. The following decades saw significant economic growth, and Brunei has been remodeled into an industrialized nation. The country benefits from its extensive petroleum and natural gas fields, and this tax-free haven's citizens enjoy one of the highest (per capita) GDPs in the world. Politically, the same family has ruled the country of Brunei for over six centuries, and its legal system is based on English common law, with Islamic shariah law overruling in certain instances. Tourists to Brunei speak endlessly of the grand mosques, quiet river journeys and the virgin rainforests that cover over 70% of the nation's land, all of which cannot be missed if you choose to travel to this unique country. See Also


Broccoli, sprouts and cauliflower are all members of which family of plants?

How to grow: Brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts) : SBS Food Climate • These are cool- to mild-season crops that can handle quite cold conditions • All are frost hardy. Brussels sprouts are particularly hardy and will tolerate quite severe frost. This is said to improve the quality of sprouts. • Broccoli is the most warm-hardy and the best of this group for planting in tropical and subtropical climates. • Cauliflower and Brussels sprouts will grow in southern subtropical regions, but must be planted in early autumn to benefit from a long cool season   • Find a spot in full sun with at least 6 hours direct sunlight per day • These plants are easily damaged, so choose a spot with protection from strong wind   Soil • Brassicas demand a rich, well-drained soil. • Dig in plenty of compost and well-rotted manure before planting and incorporate it to a spade’s depth. • These are heavy feeders so incorporate some fertilisers too – a good handful of blood and bone, and a tight fistful of sulphate of potash per square metre. • Brassica like a slightly acidic to neutral soil. If your soil is acidic, add some lime at the rate of one handful per square metre. • Water it in well and let it settle for a week or so before planting   Sowing • Seeds can be sown directly in the soil, but for the most reliable results, sow seeds in small pots first and plant out later. • The best temperature for seed germination is 10-25°C • The sewing time varies greatly depending on which brassica you are growing and where you live. Refer to the sowing guide below • Plant out seedlings when well established – about 4-6 weeks after sewing • These plants topple over easily in strong wind. Plant seedlings a little deeper to cover the lowest leaves. This will help to stabilise the plants. • Space broccoli and cauliflower seedlings 40cm apart in rows 60cm apart, and Brussels sprouts 50-90cm apart in rows 90cm apart.


What northern city was the site for a victory for Oliver Cromwell in 1648 and a defeat for the Jacobites in 1715?

BBC - History : British History Timeline August 1604 James I ends the war with Spain One of James I's first acts of foreign policy was to end the long war with Spain, which had continued intermittently for 20 years. The resulting Treaty of London was largely favourable to Spain, but was also an acknowledgement by the Spanish that their hopes of bringing England under Spanish control were over. The end of the war greatly eased the English government's near bankrupt financial state. England and Spain were at peace for the next 50 years. 5 November 1605 Gunpowder Plot to assassinate James I is discovered In 1604, a group of English Catholics, angered by James I's failure to relax the penal laws against their co-religionists, hatched a plot to blow up the king and parliament by igniting gunpowder barrels concealed in a vault beneath the building. The plot was discovered before it could be carried out. The conspirators, including Guy Fawkes after whom the plot is often known, were either killed resisting arrest, or captured and then executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered. September 1607 Irish Earls flee to the continent fearing arrest Following their defeat in the Nine Years' War, Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Rory O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell were treated leniently by the victorious English government of Ireland and allowed to retain their lands and titles. But in 1605, the new lord deputy, Arthur Chichester, began to restrict their authority. Fearing arrest, the two fled to the continent with 90 family members and followers - the 'Flight of the Earls'. This marked the end of the power of Ireland’s Gaelic aristocracy. 1609 Plantation of Ulster sees Protestants moving onto confiscated Irish land In the wake of the Nine Years' War, James I determined to secure Ulster for the Crown through a systematic settlement programme. Protestants from England and Scotland were encouraged to move to Ulster, cultivate the land and establish towns. These 'planters' moved onto land confiscated from its Gaelic Catholic inhabitants. The plantation was often organised through guilds and corporations. The London companies were granted the city of Derry, thereafter known as Londonderry.   1611 'King James Bible' is published By the end of the 16th century, there were several different English bibles in circulation and the church authorities felt a definitive version was needed. The 'Authorised Version of the Bible' (also known as the 'King James Bible') was commissioned in 1604. It became the most famous English translation of the scriptures and had a profound impact on the English language. 14 February 1613 James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederick V, Elector Palatine The eldest daughter of James I and Anne of Denmark, Princess Elizabeth, was widely admired for her beauty, spirit and charm. She married Frederick V, Elector of the Rhine Palatinate, at the age of 16 and travelled with him to Heidelberg. Six years later, Frederick was elected king of Bohemia, but he and Elizabeth were driven out of the country by Catholic forces soon afterwards. It was through Elizabeth's descendants that the House of Hanover came to inherit the English throne. 23 April 1616 William Shakespeare dies William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, popular in his time but subsequently regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote numerous sonnets and poems as well as more than 30 plays, including 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'The Merchant of Venice', 'Henry V', 'Richard III', 'Romeo and Juliet, 'Macbeth', 'Hamlet' and 'King Lear'. 1619 First record of Africans in British North American colonies The first Africans who arrived in Jamestown, Virginia were not slaves but indentured servants. However, over the course of the 17th century their status gradually shifted so that more and more became slaves. Race-based slavery soon became central to the economy of the British colonies in North America. August 1620 'Pilgrim Fathers' sail for America in the 'Mayflower' A group attempting to escape religious persecution in England sail


Who wrote the opera Lucia Di Lammermoor in 1834?

In-depth essay : Lucia di Lammermoor (News article) | Opera Online - The opera lovers web site > Home > News > In-depth essay : Lucia di Lammermoor In-depth essay : Lucia di Lammermoor Probably one of the most famous operas by Donizetti , Lucia di Lammermoor is an « extraordinary triumph » since its creation at the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli in 1835, thanks to an exalted composition and to a simple and effective libretto, but also thanks to its (many) successives singers. Diana Damrau being one of them, she takes the role (which she particularly knows well) asides Charles Castronovo and Ludovic Tézier at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden, in a new production , announced as « violent and mature ». Signed by the director Katie Mitchell who wants to give a very feminist interpretation of the work, the production is set in 1830, the era when the Brontës sisters and Mary Anning set the foundations of women's rights. Katie Mitchel is focusing at « 100% on the female roles  », Lucia and Alisa, mostly to explain Lucia's actions and to give a better understanding of her « so-called insanity ». Waiting to discover this new production (starting on Thursday 7th in London), we look back at the origins, the history and the meanings of Donizetti's work. *** Lucia di Lammermoor experienced a veritable resurrection after Maria Callas played the role in Mexico City in 1952. The archetypical Italian Romantic opera, this work, considered Donizetti’s masterpiece, long suffered from a false reputation. Many saw in it only the sparkle of dazzling vocal virtuosity that made it something of a Holy Grail for coloratura singers with amazing high notes. Maria Callas established, once and for all, that the famous “mad scene” in Act Three required as much dramatic sensitivity as technical prowess. Lucia di Lammermoor could then no longer be reduced to “an opera for a prima donna”. Walter Scott and the Mists of Scotland In 1819 a new novel by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was published, The Bride of Lammermoor. The Scottish author was one of the most famous writers of his day, and his novels were the rage all over Europe. His most fervent admirers included Goethe, Pushkin and Balzac. Lord Byron stated: “Scott is today’s most amazing writer… I know of no other reading in which I can immerse myself so pleasurably as in one of his works”. More than one young woman shared with Emma Bovary, heroine of Flaubert’s famous novel, the endless daydreaming that comes from reading the works of Walter Scott: “She would have preferred living in some old manor house, like those long-bodiced chatelaines who spent their days(…) watching for the arrival from deep in the countryside of some knight in shining armour on a black horse.”    In those days people were fascinated by Scotland and its Gothic Romanticism, so perfectly illustrated by  The Bride of Lammermoor, whose author was inspired by an actual event that happened 50 years before the novel was published. The heroine of the drama was a certain Janet Dalrymple, daughter of a Scottish nobleman, William Dalrymple, Viscount Stair.  Janet, madly in love with young Lord Rutherford, was promised to him. But under relentless pressure from her father, she had to give up her engagement to marry the man her family wanted her to marry, David Dunbar. And so it was with a broken-hearted bride that the wedding was held on 12 August 1668. During the wedding night, horrible cries were heard in the castle coming from the nuptial chamber. People ran to help – and found Janet crouching in a corner, wild-eyed, quite mad, as her husband lay in a pool of his own blood, showing multiple knife wounds. Unlike the husband of Walter Scott’s heroine, David Dunbar survived his wounds, while Janet succumbed to hers without regaining consciousness.       The Bride of Lammermoor was such a success that various theatrical and operatic adaptations of it were produced in the year after the novel was published. One of the works bearing the same name is of special interest, as it could have more directly inspired Donizetti’s Lucia: in Paris, in 18


Which tennis record did Australian Samuel Groth break in May 2012?

Who does Roger Federer play next? Federer’s next opponent at the US Open is Samuel Groth – livetennis.com Reddit Roger Federer (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images) Roger Federer’s next opponent at the 2014 US Open will be Sam Groth. Federer plays Groth on Friday 29 August.  Federer vs Groth will be televised on Sky Sports and Eurosport in the UK, or watch online here: After his extra day off, Federer will meet his next opponent on Friday and it’s another Australian, big-serving Sam Groth.  Groth, ranked 104, is best known for holding the unofficial record for the world’s fastest serve, hitting a 163 mph first serve at a Challenger in South Korea in May 2012 (data gathered at Challengers is not recognized by the ATP World Tour due to variances in measuring equipment, so Ivo Karlovic holds the official record). The Australian hit a career high of 92 in July of this year after amassing a Challenger win, two Challenger finals, successfully qualifying for Wimbledon and reaching an ATP World Tour quarterfinal (in Brisbane) and semifinal (at the grass-court tournament in Newport).  The Australian beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-2 to reach the second round and set up the clash with Federer, whom he has never played. Federer has had ideal preparation however in playing Matosevic, who came to the net frequently. ‘I knew he could serve and volley that some. He did that against me a little bit in Brisbane,’ Federer said after the match against Matosevic. ‘That he did it first or second serve or almost after every serve starting I think in the third set, the numbers are going to go up quickly coming to net.  ‘I didn't change my game from my perspective on my serve. I definitely tried to change things around a little bit on the return. I guess it's a good thing that I played someone like him, because my next opponent is going to be a serve-and-volley player as well, which plays different than any baseliner out there, that's for sure.’ Federer played his first-round match, a straight-sets win over Marinko Matosevic, on Tuesday but with the US Open spreading the men’s first-round matches over three days – due to the Monday final – he has had an extra day off to prepare for his second-round match with Samuel Groth (and the subsequent matches that are sure to follow). Not that Federer particularly needs an extra day off. The 33-year-old five-time US Open champion comes into the last Grand Slam of the year in superb form with a 20-2 win-loss record since the French Open, encompassing titles in Halle and Cincinnati as well as final appearances at Wimbledon and in Toronto. His path through the draw looks very smooth, with Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all in the other half and defending champion Rafael Nadal absent due to injury. And he barely broke a sweat in his first-round win over Marinko Matosevic, although the feisty Australian did break back in the third set to take it to a tiebreak before Federer closed out a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) victory. Federer is likely to record an even more routine victory when he faces his next opponent, Sam Groth, at the US Open on Friday 29 August.  Top Stories


Who walked out of an interview with Robin Day in 1982 about defence cuts after the Falklands War?

Why I walked out on Robin Day - Telegraph Why I walked out on Robin Day By John Nott 12:00AM GMT 14 Mar 2002 John Nott famously walked out of an interview with Robin Day after he was called a 'here-today, gone-tomorrow politician'. Here he reflects on why he did it MOST politicians have five minutes of fame before they disappear for ever. My descent into obscurity was, however, suspended for several years as a result of walking out of a rather silly interview with the late Sir Robin Day. It seemed then, and still seems now, to have been an incident of utter triviality. But the BBC, as an entertainment medium, thrives on triviality, and it therefore thought fit over a period of almost 20 years to replay the conclusion of the interview repeatedly. It took place at the Conservative Party conference at Brighton in October 1982, shortly after the victory in the Falklands. I had made my valedictory address as Defence Secretary, which was followed by a standing ovation. As the cheers and clapping echoed around the hall, I wished rather fervently that the delegates would resume their seats so that I could escape from the platform back to my farm in Cornwall - the conference being the annual low point of my political year. As I left the platform, some minion thrust a list of requested interviews into my hand. Foolishly, I decided to delay my departure by responding to one request, and I therefore found myself in the studios of the BBC. Related Articles We were heading for war...and the Commons blamed me 14 Mar 2002 Although my Defence Review in 1981 had created substantial controversy and a disagreement with the Royal Navy, in the euphoria following the Falklands victory I was for the first and last time in my entire political career something of a hero in the Conservative Party. Robin Day, poor fellow, whose own reputation was based on asking awkward questions, was in a jam. How was he to stir it up when the delegates had wilfully failed to play his game? So, he decided to create his own agenda. As he questioned me, the major part of my brain was dwelling on my farm - the autumn colours, the conclusion of the harvest, the green fields of England - and here was this famous controversialist, desperately trying to generate a row out of something that, as far as I was concerned, was already part of history. My brain reacted: "What the hell? I don't need to sit here re-fighting the Defence Review with a journalist, however famous." So, I walked out. What caused this reaction? Here is a shortened version of the interview: Sir Robin Day: Mr Nott, is it not remarkable that, whereas in the conference agenda, there is resolution after resolution calling on you to re-think, re-assess, re-examine, reverse, re-appraise your defence policies in the light of the Falklands conflict, none of this came out? Do not many of the resolutions reflect the criticism publicly made by Admiral Sir Henry Leach, the First Sea Lord, saying that we've got to retain the three Invincible class anti-submarine carriers, we've got to improve the effectiveness of weapons and destroyers and frigates, and retain, you know, more of them? John Nott: You'd hardly expect the First Sea Lord to say anything else, would you? RD: Sir Henry Leach said - and I apologise for quoting him again, but he'd been 45 years in the Navy and I suppose he knows something about it - "The cuts in the Royal Navy's budget plans are twice the Army cuts and seven times the RAF cuts." JN: The forward plans had to be trimmed because they were greater than the sum of money available. My task is to maintain a balance between all three services, and most expert opinion is of the view that we've probably got the balance about right. RD: But why should the public, on this issue, as regards the future of the Royal Navy, believe you, a transient, here-today and, if I may say so, gone-tomorrow politician, rather than a senior officer of many years JN: I'm sorry, I'm fed up with this interview. Really, it's ridiculous. (EXIT the Secretary of State for Defence) RD: Thank you, Mr Nott. As I wandered back amo


Which writer, bom in 1865, observed that 'the female is more deadly than the male'?

Mark Twain - Wikiquote Mark Twain Jump to: navigation , search Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens ( November 30 , 1835 – April 21 , 1910 ), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, novelist, writer, and lecturer. See also: Quotes[ edit ] I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever. "Answers to Correspondents", The Californian , 17 June 1865. Anthologized in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1867). I'll risk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog in Calaveras county. " The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County "; first published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" in the New York Saturday Press , 18 November 1865; revised by the author and reprinted the following month in The Californian ; first anthologized in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1867), ed. John Paul. I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog. "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" (1865). He was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. "Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington", The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1867), ed. John Paul Cited by: William E. Phipps, Mark Twain's Religion , Mercer University Press, 2003, p. 18 Richard Locke, Critical Children: The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels , Columbia University Press, p. 12 I have seen Chinamen abused and maltreated in all the mean, cowardly ways possible to the invention of a degraded nature, but I never saw a policeman interfere in the matter and I never saw a Chinaman righted in a court of justice for wrongs thus done him. "The Treaty With China", article in The New York Tribune, 1868-08-04. Quoted in Mark Twain's Letters, volume ii, p. 239 . Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. "The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation", described by the author as written about 1867, first published in Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old  (1875). Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience — 4000 critics. Letter to Pamela Clemens Moffet, 9 November 1869, in Albert Bigelow Paine, Mark Twain's Letters: Arranged with Comment (1917), Vol. 1, p. 168 He is now fast rising from affluence to poverty. "Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Farm" (1869), anthologized in Mark Twain's Sketches (1872). Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough. "A Mysterious Visit", Buffalo Express , 19 March 1870. Anthologized in Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old (1875). Formerly, if you killed a man, it was possible that you were insane—but now, if you, having friends and money, kill a man, it is evidence that you are a lunatic. "A New Crime", first published as "The New Crime" in the Buffalo Express , 16 April 1870. Anthologized in Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old (1875). Is not this insanity plea becoming rather common? Is it not so common that the reader confidently expects to see it offered in every criminal case that comes before the courts? [...] Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity. "A New Crime" (1870) It [the press] has scoffed at religion till it has made scoffing popular. It has defended official criminals, on party pretexts, until it has created a United States Senate whose members are incapable of determining what crime against law and the dignity of their own body is—they are so morally blind—and it has made light of dishonesty till we have as a result a Congress which contracts to work for a certain sum and then deliberately steals additional wages out of the public pocket and is pained and surprised that anybody should worry about a little thing like that. "License of the Press", an address before the Monday Evening Club, Hartford (1873). Benjamin Franklin did a great many notable things for his country, and made her young name to be honored in many lands as the mother


Which town is the administrative centre of Powys?

Powys | county, Wales, United Kingdom | Britannica.com county, Wales, United Kingdom Brecon Powys, county of east-central Wales , bordering England . Powys is by far the largest county in Wales. It encompasses a rugged landscape of valleys and mountains, including most of Brecon Beacons National Park , and the entire historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire , most of Brecknockshire , and the southern edge of Denbighshire . Llandrindod Wells is the administrative centre of the county. Powys county, Wales. © Index Open The county is named after the Welsh princedom Powys, which was at its most powerful in the 12th century but unable to gain ascendancy in Wales because of its location in the Marches (border country). Here the cultures of Wales and England intermingle, for mountains and fertile river valleys, such as the Severn valley (Vale of Powys) and the Wye valley, extend east and west across the border. The concentration of communications along the valleys has forged links with England, especially with the market towns of Shrewsbury and Hereford downstream. In the eastern part of the county few people speak Welsh, but along its western edge most people speak the language. The main elements in the landscape are the valley lowlands, the highlands (typified by Radnor Forest, the Black and Berwyn mountains, and the Brecon Beacons), and the intermediate plateaus. These features are reflected in differing agricultural pursuits, especially cattle fattening and the cultivation of oats and hay in the lowlands and sheep rearing on the high slopes. Evidence of earlier settlement is apparent in remains of the Iron Age , Roman forts in the borderlands, and features associated with Celtic princes and missionaries. The eastern limit of the princes’ power is marked by Offa’s Dyke (8th century), still prominent in the landscape and now the course of an official “walk” for the energetic tourist. The Normans later built castles at Montgomery , Presteigne, Brecon, and other sites. Today the major towns are centres of service and light industry. Newtown on the Severn was designated a “new town” to be expanded with light industries in an endeavour to develop the Vale of Powys and check persisting rural depopulation. Welshpool and Brecon continue to be the county’s chief rural market centres. The region’s scenic mountain beauty forms the basis for an important tourist industry. Area 2,000 square miles (5,179 square km). Pop. (2001) 126,354; (2011) 132,976. Water sculpture in the lake at Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales. John Stumbles


As at April 2013, who presents the Saturday afternoon Radio 2 show 'Pick of the Pops'?

Radio Rewind - Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops  Pick of the Pops Alan Freeman "Picks the Pops"   This famous name Sunday chart show began as a pop record segment during late Saturday night Light Programme music shows. The first presenter was Down Your Way host Franklin Englemann, closely followed by Alan Dell, David Jacobs and Don Moss. In January 1962 a 'Top Ten' was introduced when the show was moved to Sunday afternoons with Alan Freeman again at the helm.   Alan's fast paced presentation style was quite distinct from the usual sedate manner of existing BBC comperes. His is the voice deeply associated with the 'Swinging Sixties' since he hosted this most important and popular music show during an unique and memorable period when the British music scene became the envy of the world.   When Alan left the show in 1972, the programme was renamed Solid Gold Sixty featuring the Top Twenty singles chart in the last hour.   The Official Chart Show was relayed on the Radio 2 VHF frequency until 24/3/1990 and continues on Radio 1 each Sunday afternoon to this day.   The original Pick of The Pops name was resurrected in 1989 when Alan Freeman came back to recall charts gone by on Radio 2.    Dale Winton presented this Saturday show on Radio 2 from 2000 until 2010 when Tony Blackburn took over. Tony's show coincided with the inclusion of 1960's Radio 1 jingles - some re-sung to include the 'Radio 2' station ident.   "Music hour by hour - too much on your tower - (its great) -  music hour by hour - up-to-date - music hour by hour - wonderful BBC."


What was the first military engagement of the American Civil War?

3/14/2011 • America's Civil War *Note on Philippi, the Civil War’s First Battle Inland: Many people ask, “What was the first battle of the Civil War?” The answers that are often given are ‘The Battle Of First Bull Run’  or ‘Fort Sumter.’  Chronologically, Fort Sumpter was the first battle, but it consisted of only a bombardment. And though the battle of First Bull Run was the first major battle of the civil war, the battle of Philippi, which took place over a month earlier, still involved almost 4,000 soldiers, and therefore can arguably be considered the first battle of the American Civil War. An Omen at Philippi Flaws in the Confederate strategy were evident in the Civil War’s first brief land battle On the night of June 2, 1861, and into the early hours of the next morning, thunderstorms lashed the mountains of northwestern Virginia and drenched the little town of Philippi—named not for the Macedonian city of antiquity, but for Philip Pendleton Barbour—a former Supreme Court justice and states’ rights advocate. Some maps showed it as Phillipa. Flashes of lightning reflected off the Tygart River, the town’s western boundary, illuminating a covered bridge spanning its steep banks, and a handful of tents pitched nearby. Rain drummed on wagons loaded with supplies and accoutrements of war in the streets. About 800 Confederate volunteers were encamped among the community’s 300 or so residents, but they would be leaving soon. Their commander knew thousands of Federal troops planned to attack, and his untrained warriors lacked adequate weapons or ammunition. Even tents were in short supply. Men slept in barns, private homes and public buildings. The plank floor of a schoolhouse near the town’s southeast corner did not make for restful sleep, and shortly after 4 a.m., Lieutenant David Poe of Virginia’s Letcher Guards gave up and walked outside. The rain had ended, but as he stood in the mist and fog, he heard a hollow boom. The accompanying flash seemed to come from the steep slope of Talbott Hill just across the Tygart. A second flash and boom convinced Poe that a different kind of storm had arrived in Philippi. The first inland engagement of the Civil War had begun. After resigning his commission in the U.S. Army, Maj. Gen. Robert E. Lee took command of Virginia’s military and naval forces. He had to defend an area stretching from the Atlantic Coast to the Ohio River, but Lee quickly focused significant attention on protecting the northwest—or more precisely, the crucial Baltimore & Ohio Railroad that ran across Virginia from Harpers Ferry to Wheeling. Farther down the Ohio River from Wheeling, the Northwestern Virginia Railroad traveled east from Parkersburg to join the B&O at Grafton. Lee sent Colonel Thomas Jackson—not yet known as “Stonewall”—to take command at Harpers Ferry and telegraphed militia commanders at Wheeling and Weston to muster in volunteers to protect the railroads. He expected five regiments, more than 3,000 volunteers, would rally to Virginia’s flag from the area between Grafton and the Ohio. Three hundred would have been closer to reality. Long-strained relations between east and west Virginia were at a breaking point. The state’s political system favored areas with large plantations and slaves over the mountainous northwest, with its economic ties to Northern river cities and its many supporters of abolition. With a statewide vote pending on whether Virginia should secede from the Union, westerners planned to meet May 13 at Wheeling to work on defeating secession—or, failing that, to consider forming a separate state. Still, Lee could not believe “any citizen of the State will betray its interests.” On May 4, Lee had ordered Colonel George A. Porterfield, a Virginia Military Institute graduate and Mexican War veteran, to Grafton to organize the expected army of volunteers and protect both rail lines. Arms and ammunition would be sent from Staunton and Harpers Ferry, but Lee felt sending reinforcements from other parts of the state would not be “prudent,” as locals might resent them. At Grafton, Porter


What was the name of the ground-breaking 'thought experiment' proposed by an Austrian Scientist in 1935?

Thought Experiments (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Thought Experiments First published Sat Dec 28, 1996; substantive revision Tue Aug 12, 2014 Thought experiments are devices of the imagination used to investigate the nature of things. They are used for diverse reasons in a variety of areas, including economics, history, mathematics, philosophy, and the sciences, especially physics. Most often thought experiments are communicated in narrative form, frequently with diagrams. Thought experiments should be distinguished from thinking about experiments, from merely imagining any experiments to be conducted outside the imagination, and from psychological experiments with thoughts. They should also be distinguished from counterfactual reasoning in general, as they seem to require an experimental element, which seems to explain the impression that something is experienced in a thought experiment. In other words, though many call any counter-factual or hypothetical situation a thought experiment, this seems too encompassing. It seems right to demand that they also be visualized (or perhaps smelled, tasted, heard, touched); there should be something experimental about a thought experiment. The primary philosophical challenge of thought experiments is simple: How can we learn about reality (if we can at all), just by thinking? More precisely, are there thought experiments that enable us to acquire new knowledge about the intended realm of investigation without new empirical data? If so, where does the new information come from if not from contact with the realm of investigation under consideration? Finally, how can we distinguish good from bad instances of thought experiments? These questions seem urgent with respect to scientific thought experiments, because most philosophers and historians of science “recognize them as an occasionally potent tool for increasing our understanding of nature. […] Historically their role is very close to the double one played by actual laboratory experiments and observations. First, thought experiments can disclose nature's failure to conform to a previously held set of expectations. Second, they can suggest particular ways in which both expectation and theory must henceforth be revised.” (Kuhn, 1977, p. 241 and 261) The questions are urgent regarding philosophical thought experiments, because they play an important role in philosophical discourse. Philosophy without thought experiments seems almost hopeless. There is widespread agreement that thought experiments play a central role both in philosophy and in the natural sciences. General acceptance of the importance of some of the well-known thought experiments in the natural sciences, like Maxwell's demon, Einstein's elevator or Schrödinger's cat. Probably more often than not, these, and many other thought experiments have led the careful analysis of their epistemic powers to the conclusion that we should not portray science as an exclusively empirical activity (see Winchester, 1990, p. 79). The 17th century saw some of its most brilliant practitioners in Galileo, Descartes, Newton, and Leibniz. And in our own time, the creation of quantum mechanics and relativity are almost unthinkable without the crucial role played by thought experiments. Much of ethics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind is based on the results of thought experiments as well, including Searle's Chinese room, Putnam's twin earth, and Jackson's Mary the colour scientist. Philosophy, even more than the sciences, would be severely impoverished without thought experiments, which suggests that a unified theory of thought experiments is desirable to account for them in both the sciences and the humanities (see Boniolo, 1997; Cooper, 2005, pp. 329–330; Gähde, 2000). That is to say: since the sciences, especially physics, and philosophy both make use of thought experiments, then, other things being equal, a unified account seems desirable. There have been attempts to define “thought experiment”, but likely it will be better to leav


Which batsman with over 13,000 test match runs was nominated as one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year for the first time in 2013?

Cricket Greatest Player of All Time 4 Highest Wicket Takers The goal of a cricket bowler is to take as many wickets as possible with minimal runs taken, so what better way to rank the best test bowlers than by listing the total number of wickets taken. The greatest ever cricket bowler ( vote ) will probably come from this list, though there are other considerations such as the number of matches played and the conditions played under and the quality of the opposition. The table below was created in July 2011, and none of this list are currently playing. Based purely on wickets taken, Muralitharan is the greatest, though he has had the advantage over Warne of playing more often on spin-friendly wickets.   all time greatest index of sports Old Comments comment from Hemanth Kumar Achilles (July 2012) YES BRADMAN IS GREATEST PLAYER ... WHERE SACHIN IS GOD OF CRICKET.      HERE I AM COMPARING BOTH OF THEM 1).PRESSURE Tendulkar plays under huge pressure. 1 billion+ people expecting you to perform in each and every match. To perform consistently well for 20 years as per expectations is just Brilliant! Bradman never had such pressure in his whole career apart from bodyline series and in his last innings against England. 2).FITNESS Bradman played 52 tests in 20 years whereas Sachin has played 162 tests in 20 years. In Bradman's time not many matches were played. Players easily got 7-8 days of gap in between 2 tests of a series. In one year only 4-5 tests were played. There were no one dayers. Nowadays there are too much of ODI's. Once a series starts, you don't get any chance to take rest. 5 ODI get completed in 12-13 days and as soon as ODI series is over, the Test series starts and between tests only 3 days of gap 3).POSITION OF BATTING Bradman usually came at no.3 or no.4 and mostly when the score were 176 for 1 or 217 for 2. No pressure!! Just play the natural game and dominated the bowling. Unlike Sachin, Bradman had some really good openers from the start of his career. Woodfull & Ponsford had career average of 45+, Sachin usually came at no.4 & mostly when India lost both the openers with the scoreboard reading something 20-2!!! And then this best batsman of all time rescues the team. In Onedayers Sachin opens and starts blazing guns from the beginning and then steady in middle overs and again all guns blazing in last 10 overs. And at 37, if you are still able to do after playing 20 years, then it's surely a remarkable thing ! 4).OPPOSTION Bradman played mostly against England and he got used to that bowling thats why scored over 5000 runs with an average of around 92. One series against each minnows [India, South Africa and West Indies were new in cricket that time] and scored heavily against them. Never played in Indian Sub-Continent against Indian spinners. Playing at Indian pitches is never been easy for any batsman. Now days Australian thinks Ricky Ponting is the best batsman after Bradman from Australia. Look his record in India! Sachin's average in Australia is above 54. A batsman is perfect when he scores against really class bowlings. Excluding Larwood Bradman never played any quality bowlers. (and the other 2 were CV Grimmett & RR Lindwall, who belong to his own country) He never played against a bowler who bowls something like 160kmph+ on hard fast pitch where batsman hardly gets a chance to think of what should be played, whereas Sachin played against Ambrose-Walsh-Bishop, Wasim-Waqar-Akhtar, McGrath-Lee-Gilespie, Donald-Pollock, Warne-Murli and many more. The swing was unknown during that time, Sachin has to play reverse swing, which was no one could even imagined. 5).TECHNOLOGY In Bradman's time it was not easy to pick one's weakness just standing at slips or point. That's why Jardine had to use the theory of bowling on chest height to stop Bradman from scoring runs. Its true that then there was no such equipment like helmet, arm-guards to save you but then apart from Bodyline series there were no such instance where batsmen had to really save themselves from truly fast bowling. Interestingly, though


Who wrote 'Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis'?

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Classic FM Classic FM Become a VIP Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis In 1908, Vaughan Williams travelled to Paris to study orchestration with Maurice Ravel . It proved to be an inspiring experience. When he returned home, he undertook one of his most fruitful periods of composition. The year 1910 saw the premiere of not just his mighty first symphony (A Sea Symphony) but of the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis , too – at the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival. This lush, expansive work for string orchestra amply proves that Vaughan Williams’s focus on orchestration had paid off. He blends the instruments exquisitely, creating a rich and unmistakably British sound across a fifteen-minute duration. Interestingly, rather than simply being written for a single ensemble, the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis is, in fact, scored for large string orchestra, slightly smaller string ensemble, and a string quartet, all playing alongside each other. It was the work that was to cement Vaughan Williams ’s reputation not just at home, but across the rest of Europe, too. The Fantasia’s main theme, heard after the hypnotic opening chords, was discovered by the composer when he was commissioned to put together the 1906 edition of The English Hymnal. The process of research served Vaughan Williams incredibly well: many of the tunes he came across were to be put to good use in all sorts of later works. Recommended Recording


Who wrote under the pen name Currer Bell?

Charlotte Brontë - Charlotte Brontë Biography - Poem Hunter Charlotte Brontë - Charlotte Brontë Biography - Poem Hunter Biography Biography of Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood, whose novels are English literature standards. She wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell. Early life and education Charlotte was born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1816, the third of six children, to Maria (née Branwell) and her husband Patrick Brontë (formerly surnamed Brunty or Prunty), an Irish Anglican clergyman. In 1820, the family moved a few miles to the village of Haworth, where Patrick had been appointed Perpetual Curate of St Michael and All Angels Church. Charlotte's mother died of cancer on 15 September 1821, leaving five daughters and a son to be taken care of by her sister Elizabeth Branwell. In August 1824, Charlotte was sent with three of her sisters, Emily, Maria, and Elizabeth, to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire (Charlotte later used the school as the basis for the fictional Lowood School in Jane Eyre). The school's poor conditions, Charlotte maintained, permanently affected her health and physical development and hastened the deaths of her two elder sisters, Maria (born 1814) and Elizabeth (born 1815), who died of tuberculosis in June 1825. Soon after their father removed them from the school. At home in Haworth Parsonage Charlotte acted as "the motherly friend and guardian of her younger sisters". She and the other surviving children — Branwell, Emily, and Anne – created their own literary fictional worlds, and began chronicling the lives and struggles of the inhabitants of these imaginary kingdoms. Charlotte and Branwell wrote Byronic stories about their imagined country ("Angria") and Emily and Anne wrote articles and poems about theirs ("Gondal"). The sagas which they created were elaborate and convoluted (and still exist in partial manuscripts) and provided them with an obsessive interest during childhood and early adolescence, which prepared them for their literary vocations in adulthood. Charlotte continued her education at Roe Head, Mirfield, from 1831 to 32, where she met her lifelong friends and correspondents, Ellen Nussey and Mary Taylor. During this period, she wrote her novella The Green Dwarf (1833) under the name of Wellesley. Charlotte returned to Roe Head as a teacher from 1835 to 1838. In 1839, she took up the first of many positions as governess to various families in Yorkshire, a career she pursued until 1841. Politically a Tory, she preached tolerance rather than revolution. She held high moral principles, and, despite her shyness in company, she was always prepared to argue her beliefs. Brussels In 1842 Charlotte and Emily travelled to Brussels to enroll in a boarding school run by Constantin Heger (1809–96) and his wife Claire Zoé Parent Heger (1804–87). In return for board and tuition, Charlotte taught English and Emily taught music. Their time at the boarding school was cut short when Elizabeth Branwell, their aunt who joined the family after the death of their mother to look after the children, died of internal obstruction in October 1842. Charlotte returned alone to Brussels in January 1843 to take up a teaching post at the boarding school. Her second stay at the boarding school was not a happy one; she became lonely, homesick and deeply attached to Constantin Heger. She finally returned to Haworth in January 1844 and later used her time at the boarding school as the inspiration for some experiences in The Professor and Villette. First publication In May 1846, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne self-financed the publication of a joint collection of poetry under the assumed names of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. These pseudonyms deliberately veiled the sisters' gender whilst preserving their real initials, thus Charlotte was "Currer Bell". "Bell" was also the middle name of Haworth's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls, whom Charlotte would later marry. Of the decision to use nom de p


Who became U.S. Secretary of State early in 2013, replacing Hilary Clinton?

Replacing Hillary Clinton: 5 top Secretary of State candidates Replacing Hillary Clinton: 5 top Secretary of State candidates The Week Staff Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promises to leave at the end of President Obama's term, and Sen. John Kerry and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice are among the top candidates to replace her. Alex Wong/Getty Images 10 things you need to know today Today's best articles The week's best photojournalism Daily business briefing Hillary Clinton is stepping down as Secretary of State next January, regardless of whether President Obama is sworn in for a second term or Mitt Romney is inaugurated for a first. And it looks like Clinton is going out on a high note, says David Graham in The Atlantic . She boasts "sky-high" approval ratings , was the subject of a flattering "Texts from Hillary" meme (which she very cooly dipped her own toe in), and set the internet abuzz by dancing and drinking beer at a late-night club in Colombia. Really, Graham says, the blazing hot "secretary of cool" will be a hard act to follow. But someone will have to take over at State. Who exactly? A look at five possibilities, if President Obama wins a second term: 1. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman had hoped to be Secretary of State in Obama's first term, but "lost out to Hillary Clinton and Obama's 'team of rivals'," says Joan Vennochi in The Boston Globe . He's now waging an unofficial but "artful" campaign to get the nod in Obama's second term. As Secretary of State, Kerry would be powerful enough to "stake out personal turf" and bring his own informed viewpoint to the table. He's definitely on Obama's short list, says Leslie Gelb at The Daily Beast . And among the frontrunners, Obama believes "Kerry would travel a lot and successfully, and interfere least with policymaking."  2. U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice Rice is "perhaps Clinton's likeliest successor," says The Daily Beast's Gelb . Her "blend of soft and hard line sits well in the Oval Office," and she's close to Obama. Rice is also "a rising star in the U.S. political firmament," says Obadiah Mailafia in Nigeria's BusinessDay . And as a Rhodes Scholar from a family of prominent economists, she would fit right in at Foggy Bottom. Rice is "not shy in playing a role in foreign policy," says Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy . And if Obama taps her, it "would signal a redoubling of the effort toward engagement and international diplomacy." 3. National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon "Donilon is regarded as the wisest policy and political head" on the short list,  says Gelb at The Daily Beast . And he appears to want the job. Sticking to the "carefully established informal rules" of jockeying to win the Secretary of State nod, Donlion is said to have suggested Rice for World Bank president — a "justifiable" recommendation, but also one that would remove a top rival from contention. 4. NSC official Samantha Power The Irish-born Power first went to work for Obama in 2005, when he was a U.S. Senator. Now a human rights and multilateral affairs director in Obama's National Security Council, Power "could be his next Secretary of State or National Security Adviser," says Cathy Hayes at Irish Central . Power is an expert on, and staunch critic, of genocide, and she is considered a key architect of Obama's Libya intervention. But remember, some conservatives and Israel proponents don't like Power because they consider her pro-Palestinian. 5. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) Our favorite dark horse candidate is Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress and the first black congressman from Minnesota, says Global Grind . He hasn't been in Congress all that long — since 2007 — but "Ellison would be an excellent choice, [and] his passion alone warrants him worthy of a candidacy."


Who wrote the children's book The Gruffalo?

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Which famous landmark is found on Mount Lee?

California's Top Five Landmarks | USA Today California's Top Five Landmarks Northern California features some of California's top landmarks, like Golden Gate Bridge. (Photo: Medioimages/Photodisc/Photodisc/Getty Images ) 10 Most Interesting Places for Children in California California offers a diverse landscape, including 25 national parks, 1,100 miles of beachfront property, towering mountain ranges, sprawling deserts and major metropolises, including Los Angeles, the nation’s second largest city. Although some landmarks are situated more than 700 miles apart, with careful planning, visitors can explore some of the Golden State’s most iconic sites. Golden Gate Bridge Built in 1937, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge (goldengatebridge.org) connects San Francisco with Marin County. Measuring 4,200 feet long, the famed structure crosses over the meeting place of the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean. A sidewalk is reserved for pedestrians and cyclists, allowing visitors to cross the bright orange steel bridge. Inline skates, quad skates, skateboards and animals are not allowed. Guests may reserve 45- to 60-minute walking tours of the bridge from May through October. The bridge draws 10 million visitors annually. Redwood National and State Parks Located just below the Oregon border, Redwood National and State Parks (nps.gov) combines for nearly 132,000 lush acres filled with ferns, moss and wild orchids. Although not the oldest trees in the world, some redwoods live up to 2,000 years and grow as high as 200 feet. In addition to the iconic redwoods, the parks feature rivers, sprawling prairies and 40 miles of coastline. Guests may enjoy the parks’ four developed campgrounds, numerous scenic drives and more than 200 miles of hiking trails. Yosemite National Park Five hours north of Los Angeles, Yosemite National Park (nps.gov) covers more than 1,200 square miles. The park’s most famous landmarks can be found in Yosemite Valley, including the 2,425-foot-tall Yosemite Falls and two towering stone monoliths, the 3,000-foot El Capitan and nearly 5,000-foot-tall Half Dome. Located near the park’s southern entrance, Mariposa Grove features approximately 500 giant sequoias, some of which date back more than 3,000 years. The Merced River provides opportunities for fishing, swimming and rafting. Hollywood Sign With each letter measuring 45-feet-tall, the famed Hollywood Sign (hollywoodsign.org) sits atop Mount Lee of the Santa Monica Mountains. Erected in 1923, the sign, which originally read as “Hollywoodland,” served as an advertisement for a real estate development. Although hiking up to the sign is strictly prohibited, Lake Hollywood Park lies at the base and offers up-close views of the iconic landmark. The Hollywood and Highland (hollywoodandhighland.com) entertainment complex offers viewing platforms of the sign from a distance of approximately four miles. Disneyland Disneyland Resort (disneyland.disney.go.com) in Anaheim, California, is comprised of the original Disneyland Park, California Adventure Park and Downtown Disney, an outdoor entertainment complex featuring shops, restaurants and movie theaters. The two parks combined offer nearly 90 attractions, including such rides as Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion. In 2012, “Travel + Leisure” dubbed Disneyland the second most visited theme park in the world with more than 16 million visitors. References


In the legendary Monty Python sketch about philosophers playing football, which World Cup winning captain was the only real footballer on the pitch?

Football Legends Football Legends Baggio Roberto Baggio (born 18 February 1967) is a retired Italian footballer , widely considered among the best of all time. In his career, he played for Juventus , AC Milan and Internazionale . In 1993, Baggio won both the Ballon D'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year . He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups . Baggio is known as Il Divin Codino (The Divine Ponytail ), for the hairstyle he wore for most of his career and his Buddhist background. 1982 - 1990: Vicenza and Fiorentina Baggio began his professional career at native club Vicenza in Serie C1 during 1982. Fiorentina snapped him up in 1985, and during his years there, he rose to cult status among the team's fans who consider him to be one of their best ever players.[ citation needed ] He made his Serie A debut on 21 September 1986 against Sampdoria and scored his first league goal on 10 May 1987 against Napoli in a match best remembered for Napoli winning the Scudetto for the first time in their history. [ edit ] 1990 - 1995: Juventus In 1990, Baggio was sold to Juventus amid outcry from Fiorentina fans in 1990 for €12 million (US$19 million), the world record transfer for a football player at the time. Following the transfer, there were full scale riots on the streets of Florence where fifty people were injured. [1] Baggio replied to his fans saying: "I was compelled to accept the transfer".The match he played for Juventus against Florence in 1990, he refused to take the penalty; and when substituted out he picked up a Florence Scarf threw into the field by fans and kissed it. He claimed: " Deep in my heart i am always purple." The colour of Florence. In 1993, he won his lone European club trophy, helping Juventus to the UEFA Cup , in the final of which he scored twice. His performances earned him both the European Footballer of the Year and the FIFA World Player of the Year titles. In 1995 Baggio won his first Scudetto with Juventus. This was the first of many league titles to come for Juventus in the 1990s. [ edit ] 1995 - 2000: Milan, Bologna, Inter In 1995, after strong pressure from Milan chairman Silvio Berlusconi , he was sold to the Milanese club. At this time, he had been linked with Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League , but no firm offers were made from either of these clubs. He helped the Milan win the Serie A title, becoming the first player to win the Scudetto in consecutive years with different teams.[ citation needed ] In 1997, Baggio transferred to Bologna in order to resuscitate his career, and after scoring a personal best 22 goals that year. After the 1998 World Cup, Baggio signed with Internazionale . This proved to be an unfortunate move, as the then coach Marcello Lippi did not favour Baggio. This caused Baggio to lose his place in the national team. In his autobiography, Baggio later declared that Lippi had effectively dumped him after Baggio had refused to point out which Inter's players had expressed negative opinions about the coach.[ citation needed ] His last contribution to Inter was two goals against Parma in the playoff for the last remaining UEFA Champions League place. [ edit ] 2000 - 2004: Brescia After two years with Inter, in order to be called up for the 2002 FIFA World Cup , he transferred to previously unfashionable Brescia . At the start of 2001-02 season, he scored eight goals in the first nine games. Unfortunately, during that season, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee; despite this severe injury, he came back three games before the end of the season, making a 76 days only recovery. In his first game after comeback, he scored two goals against his former team Fiorentina, the first of them after only two minutes from the start of the match. Then he scored again against another team he played for, Bologna. Baggio continued playing at Brescia until his retirement in 2004. He played his last game on May 16, 2004 at the San Siro against Milan . In the 88th minute, Brescia coach Gianni De Biasi sub


What 153 mile footpath goes from Farnham to Dover?

North Downs Way | National Trails North Downs Way If you have feedback or a question about the North Downs Way, please contact the Trail Manager .   Find out what’s happening on North Downs Way by reading the experiences of the Trail Officer Blog .   Follow the Trail on Google Street View . North Downs Way Follow in the footsteps of pilgrims on an inspirational 153 mile journey from Farnham to Canterbury and the White Cliffs of Dover through a beautiful landscape rich in heritage.