In Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories series of books, the Vikings are described as Vicious. Which adjective is used to describe the Tudors?

Horrible Histories Tudors Search Results | Books and eBooks deals online Horrible Histories: Terrifying Tudors Book Category: Books Description: The classic bestseller now with a nastier new look! No more boring nice-guy nonsense about history. Its time to learn it the horrible way. Starting with this yucky look at Henry VIII and his terrifying Tudor bunch. Who invited Queen Elizabeth I to visit his brand new toilet? What do you get when you sew the front of a chicken to the back of a pig? Which deadly disease hated the bagpipes so much it stopped dead at the Borders of Scotland? Find out!    A bestselling original Horrible Histories classic     Packed with jokes, cartoons, quizzes and funny facts     Written in Terry Dearys brilliantly witty style     Over 25 million Horrible Histories books sold   #horriblehistories  #horriblehistories-shopall  #horriblehistories-aristocracy ISBN: 9781407163857 Ladybird Histories: Tudors And Stuarts Book Category: Non fiction Books Description: This Ladybird Histories book about the Tudors and Stuarts is perfect for children learning about this period of history at school. It includes famous kings and queens, how the Tudors and Stuarts lived and why the Great Fire of London destroyed so much of the city in 1666. Packed full of interesting and entertaining details that will delight all readers - from lifestyles, battles, and important people to the influence the past has played on the world around us today. Everything you need to know about Tudors and Stuarts for school homework! Ladybird Histories is a series of books about periods and people in history that children find especially engaging. Look out for other titles in the series: Ancient Egyptians. Delivery time: 3 - 5 working days Delivery cost: 2.95 Horrible Histories: Cut-throat Celts Book Category: Books Description: The classic bestseller now with a nastier new look! No more boring nice-guy nonsense about history. Its time to learn it the horrible way. And theres nothing more horrible than a cut-throat Celt with a sharpened spear at your throat! These wild warriors pickled their unlucky enemies brains. Their druids made horrible human sacrifices. Even the mighty Roman army was scared. Gruesome games, bloody battles, disgusting dinners If theyre not nasty enough for you, you must be a cut-throat Celt yourself!    A bestselling original Horrible Histories classic     Packed with jokes, cartoons, quizzes and funny facts     Written in Terry Dearys brilliantly witty style     Over 25 million Horrible Histories books sold ISBN: 9781407165400 Horrible Histories: Smashing Saxons Book Category: Books Description: The classic bestseller now with a nastier new look! No more boring nice-guy nonsense about history. Its time to learn it the horrible way. And you definitely dont know your horrible history until youve met the smashing Saxons! These blonde brutes liked nothing better than a bloody battle. ( Usually against the naughty Normans). They thought wearing pigs on their heads was the height of fashion. Weird or what? Plus: they gave cow pats as Christmas presents. We dare you to try that on your mum    A bestselling original Horrible Histories classic     Packed with jokes, cartoons, quizzes and funny facts     Written in Terry Dearys brilliantly witty style     Over 25 million Horrible Histories books sold ISBN: 9781407165615 Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans Book Category: Books Description: The classic bestseller now with a nastier new look! No more boring nice-guy nonsense about history. Its time to learn it the horrible way. When your teachers drone on about the Romans, I bet they dont tell you how REALLY ROTTEN they were. But this book will! How do you tell the future with a dead chicken? What did Roman soldiers wear under their kilts? And what was a vomitorium? ( Clue: something gross.) Historically funny!    A bestselling original Horrible Histories classic     Packed with jokes, cartoons, quizzes and funny facts     Written in Terry Dearys brilliantly witty


'Swear It Again’ was the first No. 1 album for which group in 1999?

Official Charts Flashback 1999: Westlife – Swear It Again 25 April 2014 Official Charts Flashback 1999: Westlife – Swear It Again It was the first of an incredible 14 Number 1s for the likely lads from Ireland, and it topped the charts 15 years ago today. Google + It was the first of an incredible 14 Number 1s for the likely lads from Ireland, and it topped the charts 15 years ago today. 1999 was a time when pop ruled supreme and its hottest stars were boybands, and ones with an Irish connection were usually the hottest of them all. When it came to chart success, Boyzone were the boyband to beat, but as their time was coming to an end – for the next few years at least – it was an opportunity for five fresh faces, each topped by perfect ‘90s hair, to step up. Westlife – originally Westside, but had to have a rethink because of an existing US group – were Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Brian (which he changed to Bryan, before going back to Brian) McFadden. In the age-old spirit of boybands lending a hand to young pretenders, the five lads were introduced to the world as being managed by Boyzone’s Ronan Keating. Behind the scenes, however, it was management supremo and future X Factor legend Louis Walsh who was looking after their interests. Their first single, Swear It Again, was an instant hit, debuting at the top this week in 1999. Watch out for the infamous key change:  Swear It Again was first in a run of seven consecutive Number 1s, including 1999’s Official Christmas Number 1 I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun and a cover of Phil Collins’ hit Against All Odds featuring none other than Mariah Carey in 2000. It really, really happened. We saw it with our own eyes. The group has 14 chart-toppers on the Official Singles Chart, the last being The Rose in 2006. Swear It Again has sold 375,000 copies, making it their 7th bestselling single in the UK. Their biggest is 2001’s Comic Relief single Uptown Girl – originally a 1983 Number 1 for Billy Joel – which has shifted over 785,000 copies. Over on the Official Albums Chart, they’ve had seven Number 1s, with six albums selling over a million copies. Their bestselling album in the UK is the first volume of greatest Hits, Unbreakable, from 2001. It’s notched up over 1.8 million sales. Chart Fact: 12 of Westlife’s Number 1s featured all five of them. After Brian left in 2004, they had only two more chart-toppers. Check out Billy's original chart-topping rendition of Uptown Girl before we rake over the rest of the Top 5 this week in 1999. 2: Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now Fresh from his first ever chart-topper (as Fatboy Slim, at least) with Praise You, Norman Cook continued his reign as the king of '90s DJs with this much-sampled smash. Thanks to Westlife, it wouldn’t advance any farther than runner-up position, but it scored him a fourth Top 10 hit. He’d go on to have three more, with the latest being the super-noisy anthem to all party-lovers Eat Sleep Rave Repeat FT Rivastarr and Beardyman, which hit Number 3 in late 2013. Right Here, Right Now has sold 372,000 copies in the UK – over 16,000 of those just last year! 3: Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment As EastEnders’ favourite tragic barmaid Tiffany, Martine McCutcheon captured the hearts of millions. As a pop singer, she managed to sell them a few records too! After two weeks at Number 1 with this, her debut solo single, Martine slipped two places. But, unlike the time her soap character took a tumble in front of a car on Albert Square, there was plenty of life left in Martine and she went on to have four more Top 10 hits. Perfect Moment managed to shift over 610,000 copies. 4: Texas – In Our Lifetime While Martine was just starting out, Scottish pop rock band Texas were celebrating a decade in the biz, with their seventh Top 10 hit. Fronted by straight-talking Sharleen Spiteri, the band were regular guests on the huge TV shows of the day, like Chris Evans’ iconic ladfest TFI Friday. Six more Top 10 hits followed, with Sleep being the last in 2006. In Our Lifetime never advanced on Number 4, and


‘Life Thru a Lens’ was the first No. 1 album by which singer in 1997?

BBC - Music - Review of Robbie Williams - Life Thru a Lens Mike Diver 2009 Robbie Williams had a 1995 to never forget, assuming he was ever in a state capable of recording the events that passed and, ultimately, defined the artist he soon became. After drifting away from the other four members of all-conquering boyband Take That – his ideas were apparently overlooked by creative spearhead Gary Barlow, and his drug consumption threatened to see him excluded from the group before a mutual decision was finally made and he left relatively amicably – Williams wound up at Glastonbury, and was pap-snapped partying with members of the equally massive Oasis . Gossip columns flew into overdrive, and assumptions that a solo career beckoned were verified quickly enough when, the very next summer, Williams’ take on George Michael’s Freedom charted just a place shy of the top spot – that’s 26 places higher than the 1990 original. That track didn’t make it onto Williams’ debut album of 1997, a collection of co-writes with Guy Chambers that, while mostly unremarkable when assessed as standalone arrangements, comprise the solid foundations for all that followed: seven further solo albums (2009’s Reality Killed the Video Star marks his return after three years out of the spotlight), several number one singles, more BRIT awards than any other artist, and total sales worldwide of over 55 million. No single from Life Thru a Lens topped the singles chart in the UK, but the album certainly trumped all comers in its category, buoyed by both the celebrity status of its (co) maker and the catchy nature of whistle-along tunes like Lazy Days, Old Before I Die and the here-I-am-world-stop-me-if-you-can excessiveness of Let Me Entertain You, a song that’s less about collaborative enjoyment of music between artist and audience, and more about Williams puffing out his chest and adopting a swagger that would see him through until the comparatively melancholic overtones of second album, I’ve Been Expecting You. And, of course, there’s Angels. It’s hard to believe, given its prominence at weddings and funerals, on mainstream radio and in supermarket aisles, that it only charted at four. But that’s the surprising fact of the matter. Less surprising is that Life Thru a Lens was just the beginning of a career that would eventually eclipse, commercially, that of even his former employers. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence. If you choose to use this review on your site please link back to this page. Tracks 2 Life Thru a Lens 3 Ego a Go Go 4 Angels 5 South of the Border 6 Old Before I Die 7 One of God’s Better People 8 Let Me Entertain You 9 Killing Me 11 Baby Girl Window / Hello Sir Clips taken from original discs may contain strong language.


Disc brakes were invented in 1902 by which British car manufacturer?

Automobile Brakes History Automobile History BRAKES A major test of brake systems took place in 1902 on an unpaved road in New York City called Riverside Drive. Ransom E. Olds had arranged to test a new brake system against the tire brake of a four-horse coach and the internal drum brake of a Victoria horseless carriage. His Oldsmobile sported a single flexible stainless-steel band, wrapped around a drum on the rear axle. When the brake pedal was applied, the band contracted to grip the drum. A vast improvement on brakes was born, one that would pave the way for the systems afterwards. The repercussions of which spread to every facet of the industry, even something like being able to compare car insurance without the advancements in brakes that have taken place. Olds had entered his car in the Blue Ribbon Contest, a 100-mile race scheduled for August and wanted to be sure his external brake was a match for the Victoria's expanding-shoe internal drum design and the coach's tire brake -- a pad that was applied to the tire by a long lever. Although it ground down solid rubber tires pretty quickly, the tire brake was popular on carriages and many early autos. From a thunderous speed of 14 mph, the Oldsmobile stopped in 21.5 ft., the Victoria in 37 ft. and the horses (which may not have been going 14 mph, but had no engine braking to aid them) in 77.5 ft. The Oldsmobile went on to win two of nine blue ribbons awarded in the race. The car's braking system made such a big impression on other manufacturers that by 1903 most had adopted it. By 1904, practically all car makers were building cars with an external brake on each rear wheel. Almost at once, the external brake demonstrated some serious flaws in everyday use. On hills, for example, the brake unwrapped and gave way after several seconds. A driver unlucky enough to stall on a grade soon found himself rolling backward. For this reason, chocks were an important piece of on-board equipment. It was a common sight to see a passenger scurrying from inside the car with wood in his hands to block the wheels. There was another drawback to the external brake. It had no protection from dirt so its bands and drums quickly wore. A brake job every 200 to 300 miles was considered normal. The problems associated with the external brake were overcome by the internal brake. As long as the brake shoes were under pressure, they stayed against the drums to keep the car from rolling backward on hills. And, since brake parts were inside drums and protected from dirt, drivers could go over 1,000 miles between brake overhauls. The drum brake, as it is now known, became all-dominant in the United States. In Europe, particularly in Great Britain, it had to share the stage with disc brakes. Disc brakes became more or less standard on European cars during the '50s, about 20 years before they were adopted by American manufacturers in 1973. This is ironic, because the spot-type disc brake is an American invention. In 1898, Elmer Ambrose Sperry of Cleveland designed an electric car having front-wheel disc brakes. He made a large disc integral with the hub on each wheel. Electromagnets were used to press smaller discs, lined with a friction material, against spots on the rotating disc to bring the wheel to a stop. Springs retracted the spot discs when current was interrupted. Meanwhile in Great Britain, a patent was issued in 1902 to F. W. Lanchester for a nonelectric spot disc braking system that's similar in principle to what we have today. The biggest problem that Lanchester encountered was noise. Metal-to-metal contact between his copper linings and the metal disc caused an intense screech that sent chills through anyone within earshot. The problem was solved in 1907 when Herbert Frood, another Englishman, came up with the idea of lining pads with asbestos. The new material was quickly adopted by car manufacturers on both drum and disc brakes. Asbestos linings also outlasted other friction materials by a wide margin. The 10,000-mile brake job had arrived. As roads improved and cars began to be driven


Mussorgsky’s composition ‘Pictures At An Exhibition’ was inspired by which painter’s works?

Modest Mussorgsky - Biography - IMDb Modest Mussorgsky Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (2) | Trivia  (1) Overview (3) Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Mini Bio (2) In 1856 Moussorgsky joined the Russian army where he met the piano player and composer 'Balakirev' who taught him composition. As he could not finish his studies in music, Moussorgsky did not know all stylistic means of composition perfectly and thus had to follow his instinct in his works becoming the pathmaker of the musical impressionism as well as expressionism: He was the first to compose realistic pictures, e.g. "Pictures at an Exhibition". Having no success during his lifetime Moussorgsky spent all of his fortune ending up a poor man addicted to alcohol. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Volker Boehm Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was born on March 21, 1839, in his ancestral estate of Karevo, Pskov province, Russia. He was the 30th generation from Rurik the Great, the first King of ancient Kiev Rus. Mussorgsky's family were wealthy landowners and belonged to Russian landed gentry. Young Mussorgsky studied piano from the age of six under the tutelage of his mother, who herself was a trained pianist. At the age of nine he was able to perform pieces by Franz Liszt and a piano concerto by John Field in public. At ten he began his studies in St. Petersburg's elite Peterschule (St. Peter's School), where his piano teacher was virtuoso Anton Herke. In 1852, at the age of 12, Mussorgsky published a piano piece titled "Porte-enseigne Polka". Around that time he was described by Alexandr Borodin as an "elegant piano-playing dilettante" at a private party. Mussorgsky continued his music studies while attending the Cadet School of the Imperial Guards. He graduated from the school in 1856 and was posted to the Imperial Guards Regiment in St. Petersburg. In 1857, through his fellow officer Ceasar Cui, Mussorgsky met composers Alexander Dargomyzsky and Mili Balakirew . He studied composition under Balakirev, including the piano sonatas and symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven . At that time Mussorgsky's own compositions were leaning more towards the foreign models: his four-hand piano sonata (1860) and "Intermezzo in modo classico" for piano solo were composed as European-sounding pieces. Soon Mussorgsky had freed himself from the influences of Balkirev and became involved in a production of "A Life for the Tsar", an opera by Mikhail Glinka . He also worked on two original operas: from 1858-61 he was writing "Oedipus in Athens" and from 1863-66 he composed "Salammbo", based on the eponymous novel by Gustave Flaubert . He suffered a major emotional trauma, caused by the loss of the family estate after the emancipation of serfs in 1861, forcing Mussorgsky to move and take a clerical job in St. Petersburg. In 1865 his beloved mother died; Mussorgsky suffered from anxiety and depression, and had his first serious bout of alcoholism. At that time he lived in a commune with six other men in St. Petersburg. He was influenced by the writings of provocative revolutionary Nikolay Chernyshevskiy , known for the assertion that, in art, "form and content are opposites," and who also coined the phrase "the worse the better" to indicate that the worse the social conditions became for the poor, the more inclined they would be to revolt. Being torn between his service and his passion for music, Mussorgsky quit his job and focused on his new composition, a symphonic poem "A Night on Bald Mountain". After it was rejected by Balakirev in 1867, Moussorgsky fell into a deeper depression. He suffered from a bout of dipsomania and was called "almost an idiot" by nationalists Balakirev and Stasov. However, he managed to overcome his problem and re-entered government service. From 1870-72 he worked on "Boris Godunov", an opera based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin . The first version was rejected by the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre because of its lack of any "prima donna" role. At that time Mussorgsky was a roommate of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov , who helped to make changes that even exceeded those requested by th


Mussorgsky’s composition ‘Night on a bare mountain’ depicts a Witches Sabbath on the eve of which saints day?

A Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgksy's Terrifying Tone Poem A Night on Bald Mountain Mussorgksy's Terrifying Tone Poem A Night on Bald Mountain is one of Modest Mussorgsky's most well-known pieces. The frantic, demonic musical thunderbolt has frightened listeners for over a century! Lots of people recognize the piece since it was included (in an arranged version by Leopold Stokowski) in the 1940 film Fantasia. The versions most heard are actually either by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov or the Stokowski. Mussorgsky's original is quite rare! Click to read a biography of Rimsky-Korsakov. The piece actually grew out of several opera projects which Mussorgsky started and stopped, due to laziness or alcohol (or both). Like his other famous piece, Pictures at an Exhibition , Mussorgky wrote A Night on Bald Mountain ridiculously quickly. He finished it completely in 12 days, in a blaze of creativity. He didn't even bother making a first draft - he simply exploded his brain onto the page, creating the final version in one go! The date the it was finally finished was St John's Eve (June 23 1867), which is why the original title is actually St John's Night on the Bald Mountain. Later on, Mussorgsky adapted it twice for two unfinished operas, changing some parts. True to his artistic goals, Mussorgsky told a friend that Night on Bald Mountain "is, in form and character, Russian and original; and I want to feel sure that it is thoroughly in keeping with historic truth and Russian folk tradition". Sadly though, the composer never heard his diabolical tone poem, since it wasn't performed at all while he was alive. Five years after he passed away Rimsky-Korsakov took bits and pieces from all three versions and smashed them together, create the world-famous diabolical thunderclap everyone loves today. Rimsky-Korsakov's version was more of a reconstruction. He tried to keep as much of Mussorgsky's original ideas as possible, and put in the least amount of his own material he could. A Night on Bald Mountain is was inspired by Russian and Gogol mythology. The basic story depicts dark witches' ritual, conjuring up the devil on a bleak mountaintop. The "bald mountain" isn't really any particular mountain in the world - it's just meant to be a barren mountain without any trees or shrubs. Both Mussorgsky's original version and Rimsky-Korsakov's reconstruction have a little program describing what happens in the piece. Let's have a look at both of them... Assembly of the witches, their talk and gossip Satan's journey


What sort of machine was invented in 1879 by the American James Ritty?

Today in History: Ritty's Incorruptible Cashier, 1879 Today in History: Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier, 1879 Posted on by Eric Colleary I’m currently back home visiting family in Dayton, Ohio and it just so happens to coincide with a famous bit of local food history. Dayton is famous for many innovations – at one point being home to the most number of registered patents than any other city in the country. The Wright Brother’s airplane, the self-starting car ignition, the UPC barcode and scanner, the pop-top soda can, the electric wheelchair and the mood ring can all trace their roots back to Dayton innovators. However, it was on this date in 1879, when brothers James and John Ritty invented the earliest mechanical cash register for their bar in downtown Dayton. The story goes that bartenders at James Ritty’s Pony House Tavern were skimming money off the bar’s sales. Ritty, understandably aggravated, was returning from a trip to Europe when he noticed a dial on the bridge that counted the revolutions of the ship’s propellers. Intrigued, Ritty returned home to Dayton and proposed the idea for a calculating sales machine to his brother John, a mechanic. After developing a few prototypes that failed, the brothers developed a machine that replaced the numbers on the dial with dollars and cents. Pressing a key on the machine would add that dollar amount to the total day’s sales, displayed on the dial. There was no cash drawer at this point – just the running tally. Example of Ritty’s early design can be found at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. or at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. Called “Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier,” the brothers opened a small workshop at 10 South Main Street Dayton to manufacture more, but soon found themselves unable to keep up with the demand. They sold the patent to Jacob Eckhert of Cincinnati, a glass and silverware salesman. Eckhert formed the National Manufacturing Company to produce the cash registers, and re-designed the machine to include a cash till and a bell that would ring with each sale. However, by 1884, Eckhert was also in over his head, and he subsequently sold the patent and the company to John H. Patterson, who re-named the company the National Cash Register Corporation (NCR). To this day, NCR has been a leader in designing and producing cash machines. They added the paper receipt roll, developed the first automated credit system, and later developed the technology that would allow the UPC barcode to become an easier point-of-sale method. But what of Ritty’s bar? The original building on South Jefferson Street (now the site of a Crowne Plaza Hotel ), was originally a school for French and English ladies. The bar itself was commissioned by Ritty from Barney and Smith Car Works in Cincinnati and is made from 5,4000 pounds of Honduran Mahogany and tooled leather.In the late 19th century, at the height of the Pony House’s business (Buffalo Bill Cody, John Dillinger and Jack Dempsey were among the many notable ‘regulars’) beer was a nickel a stein, and a drink would come access to a free lunch spread that included boiled eggs, sardines, blind robins (smoked herring or other freshwater fish fillets), cold meats, pigs feet, pickles, pretzels, crackers and bread. The bar became a restaurant during prohibition and was open through 1967. When the building was slated for demolition, the famous bar that held the early cash registers was removed and preserved by Bill Eicher of Dayton’s United Moving and Storage. The bar was then purchased and installed a few blocks from its original location, at Jay’s Seafood  at 225 East Sixth Street in Dayton’s Historic  Oregon District . After a stop at Carillon Park with my dad George and stepmom Marsha to check out Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier, we popped into Jay’s to check out the old bar. The pictures, I’m afraid, do not do it justice. The long bar has three large mirrors embedded in the beautifully carved mahogany. More intricate tooling can be found in the leather that crowns the bar – made to look like the


Under which leader bom in Caracas, did Venezuela achieve independence from Spain in 1821?

Venezuela's Independence from Spain - 15 Years of Violence Simon Bolivar.  Painting by Jose Gil de Castro (1785-1841) Updated October 23, 2015. The Independence of Venezuela Venezuela was a leader in Latin America's Independence movement . Led by visionary radicals such as Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Miranda , Venezuela was the first of the South American Republics to formally break away from Spain. The decade or so that followed was extremely bloody, with unspeakable atrocities on both sides and several important battles, but in the end the patriots prevailed, finally securing Venezuelan independence in 1821. Venezuela Under the Spanish Under the Spanish colonial system, Venezuela was a bit of a backwater. It was part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, ruled by a Viceroy in Bogota (present-day Colombia). The economy was mostly agricultural and a handful of extremely wealthy families had complete control over the region. continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge In the years leading up to independence, the creoles (those born in Venezuela of European descent) began to resent Spain for high taxes, limited opportunities and mismanagement of the colony. By 1800, people were talking openly about independence, albeit in secret. 1806: Miranda Invades Venezuela Francisco de Miranda was a Venezuelan soldier who had gone to Europe and had become a General during the French Revolution. A fascinating man, he was friends with Alexander Hamilton and other important international figures and even was the lover of Catherine the Great of Russia for a while. All throughout his many adventures in Europe, he dreamed of freedom for his homeland. In 1806 he was able to scrape together a small mercenary force in the USA and Caribbean and launched an invasion of Venezuela . He held the town of Coro for about two weeks before Spanish forces drove him out. Although the invasion was a fiasco, he had proven to many that independence was not an impossible dream. April 19, 1810: Venezuela Declares Independence By early 1810, Venezuela was ready for independence. Ferdinand VII, heir to the Spanish crown, was a prisoner of Napoleon of France, who became the de facto if indirect ruler of Spain. Even those Creoles who supported Spain in the New World were appalled. On April 19, 1810, Venezuelan Creole patriots held a meeting in Caracas where they declared a provisional independence : they would rule themselves until such time as the Spanish monarchy was restored. For those who truly wanted independence, such as young Simón Bolívar, it was a half-victory, but still better than no victory at all. The First Venezuelan Republic The resulting government became known as the First Venezuelan Republic . Radicals within the government, such as Simón Bolívar, José Félix Ribas and Francisco de Miranda pushed for unconditional independence and on July 5, 1811, the congress approved it, making Venezuela the first South American nation to formally sever all ties with Spain. Spanish and royalist forces attacked, however, and a devastating earthquake leveled Caracas on March 26, 1812. Between the royalists and the earthquake, the young Republic was doomed. By July of 1812, leaders such as Bolívar had gone into exile and Miranda was in the hands of the Spanish. The Admirable Campaign By October of 1812, Bolívar was ready to rejoin the fight. He went to Colombia, where he was given a commission as an officer and a small force. He was told to harass the Spanish along the Magdalena River. Before long, Bolívar had driven the Spanish out of the region and amassed a large army, Impressed, the civilian leaders in Cartagena gave him permission to liberate western Venezuela. Bolívar did so and then promptly marched on Caracas, which he took back in August of 1813, a year after the fall of the first Venezuelan Republic and three months since he had left Colombia. This remarkable military feat is known as the "Admirable Campaign" for Bolívar's great skill in executing it. Prev


In which Midwestern US state is Northwestern University based?

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Given by the British tabloid press, what is the nickname of Mazher Mahmood, a journalist who devised various stings involving celebrities?

News of the World | PRESS GANG TODAY A jury found Mazher Mahmood guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The verdict was unanimous. The 53-year-old Mahmood and his former driver Alan Smith, 66, were convicted of plotting to doctor a statement in the Tulisa Contostavlos drugs trial in 2014. [The two men were sentenced on October 21. Mahmood was gaoled for  15 months — Smith received a 12 months suspended sentence.] The verdict destroys Mazher Mahmood’s reputation. Mahmood did not dare to give evidence because of the substantial body of evidence the prosecution would have marshalled against him. Some of this comes from Press Gang: — Mahmood lied to the Leveson Inquiry about the number of criminal convictions he as responsible for. He claimed more than 250 but Press Gang could only find 70. FALSEHOOD MAZHER MAHMOOD arrives at the Old Bailey still determined to preserve his anonymity. The jury were told that there were 11 emails between Mahmood and his driver Alan Smith. When police inspected their computers they found they’d all been deleted … Photo: PA Our investigation forced him to go back to Leveson and admit that Murdoch lawyers had come up with just 94. — in 2012 Press Gang warned Murdoch’s ethics watchdog (the Management and Standards Committee) that Mahmood was a serial perjurer. SNAPPED THE PICTURE taken by police after Mahmood was convicted  … Over and over again, he’d gone into the dock and lied about his success in securing convictions. These inflated claims made it more and more difficult for his victims to defend themselves. ALAN SMITH THERE WERE four phone calls between Smith and Mahmood at this time. Police wanted to examine Smith’s mobile phone but he told them it had been destroyed either after it was run over by a motor car or after a jacked-up vehicle had been dropped on it. He was given a suspended 12 months prison sentence. Photo: PA The Management and Standards Committee didn’t reply. — Press Gang revealed that two years before the Tulisa exposé, Mahmood used an associate to prostitute herself to persuade a dentist to agree to carry out female genital mutilation. This was for a front page exposé for the Sunday Times in 2012. The case against the dentist collapsed when the journalist / prostitute refused to sign a statement. (The story is told in  Withering Heights .) “FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED” DEFENCE BARRISTER John kelsey-Fry QC said the case against Mahmood was “fundamentally flawed and illogical and defies common sense.” His client “repeatedly insists he did not discuss Smith’s evidence with him and he repeatedly insists he could not discuss Smith’s evidence.” Photo: PA The most detailed account of how Tulisa turned the tables on Mahmood is the following Press Gang article published in August 2014. It’s a shocking story …  ♦♦♦ 29 August 2014 ♦♦♦ THE FULL story behind the dramatic collapse of the trial of singer Tulisa Contostavlos — and the unscrupulous role of Sun on Sunday reporter Mazher Mahmood — has not been told. During the trial in July [2014] it became clear that one of Mahmood’s associates, a driver called Alan Smith, changed his witness statement after a discussion with the reporter. Mahmood had claimed, at an earlier hearing, that he hadn’t spoken to him. Press Gang can now reveal that Smith has a criminal record. And it’s not the first time he’s played a devious role in one of the undercover reporter’s stories. The judge in the Tulisa Contostavlos case concluded Mahmood deliberately lied to the court. The case was dismissed. Mahmood has now been suspended by The Sun and the Metropolitan Police are investigating the allegation that he committed perjury. But the extraordinary sequence of events which led to the singer walking free has not been revealed — even though reporters were well aware of it. The case also calls into question the willingness of Scotland Yard to base criminal cases on the work of a journalist with a long history of perjury allegations. Long before Tulisa Contostavlos was charged, the editor of this website wrote to the Metropolitan Police asking them to in


Who won the 2015 final of BBC TV series Masterchef?

Masterchef 2015 winner announced after tense final | Television & radio | The Guardian MasterChef Masterchef 2015 winner announced after tense final Simon Wood, data manager from Oldham, fights off fierce competition to be crowned Britain’s best amateur cook 2015 Recipe for success: Tony Rodd, Emma Spitzer and Simon Wood posing with judges Gregg Wallace (centre) and John Torode. Photograph: BBC/Shine TV/PA Press Association Friday 24 April 2015 17.42 EDT Last modified on Friday 24 April 2015 18.11 EDT Close This article is 1 year old Simon Wood has been crowned the country’s best amateur cook as MasterChef Champion 2015. The 38-year-old data manager from Oldham fought off fierce competition from fellow finalists Emma Spitzer and Tony Rodd to lift the coveted trophy on the BBC One show. All three had to prepare three-course meals to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace at the end of the seven week competition. Wallace, in his discussions with Torode as they decided the winner, said of Wood: “Simon is a class, class act.” Torode said: “He just keeps on getting better and better.” Masterchef 2015: who will win the final? Read more Wood, who has dreamed of being a chef since he was eight years old, told the judges: “I’m shaking inside. It’s so surreal – you can’t believe how happy I am. It’s life-changing, it’s everything I wanted it to be, and more besides.” Wallace added: “Simon is brilliant, he’s an incredible talent. He came in here with enormous ambition, he wanted to cook like a chef, and right now he is. I have no doubt in my mind that Simon is going to have a professional career in food.” Viewers have seen Wood cook a celebratory dinner in honour of Sir Winston Churchill, travel across Europe to Sweden and cook on open fires without gas and electricity, cook exceptional fish for two-Michelin-starred chef Nathan Outlaw, and in the penultimate show, cook for the Chef’s Table, which was this year presided over by Massimo Bottura, the three-Michelin-starred chef at Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy. Pinterest Wood’s passion for cooking started when he won a competition to be anything for a day, and chose to be a chef. Photograph: Shine TV/BBC/PA Wood’s winning menu in the final consisted of: a starter of octopus, served with chorizo crisps, cannellini bean and chorizo salad, brunoise tomatoes and a sherry and smoked paprika vinaigrette; a main course of squab pigeon served two ways – roasted breast, and a pigeon leg bon-bon, stuffed with pigeon leg meat, chicken, mushroom duxelle and armagnac, served with three types of heritage carrots, pommes parisienne, girolle and trumpet mushrooms, carrot puree, watercress puree and a cassis jus; and a dessert of lemon posset topped with citrus tutti-frutti, charred grapefruit and orange, a lime tuile, limoncello pistachio crumb, edible flowers, tarragon leaves and a lime air. Wood’s passion for cooking started when he won a competition to be anything for a day, and chose to be a chef. He said: “I have been cooking since I could reach the top of the oven, and I always cooked at weekends with my grandma. When I was eight I won a competition where the prize was to have your dream job for the day, and mine was to be a chef. Thirty years later, who would have thought I would have the MasterChef trophy in my hands? “I have four children and I became a dad at a young age, which meant I needed to secure a job where I could financially provide for my children, so my dreams of being a chef were always on the back burner. Then after years of sitting watching and wanting to try, but never quite being brave enough or the time not being right, I decided to stick my neck out and see if I had what it takes. I decided to enter to prove to myself I could compete with the best.” He is now planning a future in food. He said: “My dream is to make a living doing something that I love: cooking, and hopefully give people a great memory and experience along the way.” We’re down to the final five – and it’s that tricky combination of skill, nerve and exoticism-combined-with-authenticity that will


Which revolutionary general had the real name Jose Doroteo Arango (Francisco) Arambula?

Pancho Villa - Military Leader - Biography.com Military Leader Pancho Villa was a top military leader of the Mexican Revolution whose exploits were regularly filmed by a Hollywood company. IN THESE GROUPS Pancho Villa - Death and Legacy (TV-14; 2:01) In 1920, Villa reached an agreement with Mexican leader Adolfo de la Huerta pardoning him for his actions. Three years later, on July 20, 1923, Pancho Villa was assassinated. Synopsis Born on June 5, 1878, in San Juan del Rio, Durango, Mexico, Pancho Villa started off as a bandit who was later inspired by reformer Francisco Madero, helping him to win the Mexican Revolution. After a coup by Victoriano Huerta, Villa formed his own army to oppose the dictator, with more battles to follow as Mexican leadership remained in a state of flux. He was assassinated on July 20, 1923, in Parral, Mexico. Birth of a Bandit Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa was born Doroteo Arango on June 5, 1878, in San Juan del Rio, Durango. Villa spent much of his youth helping out on his parents' farm. After his father's death when Villa was only 15 years old, he became head of the household. With his new role as protector of his houshold, he shot a man who was harassing one of his sisters in 1894. He fled, spending six years on the run in the mountains. While there, he joined a group of fugitives and became a bandit. Although the specifics of what occurred in Villa's life during this time are unknown, it's confirmed that he changed his name while on the run to avoid getting caught by the authorities. In the late 1890s, he worked as a miner in Chihuahua in addition to selling stolen cattle. But it wasn't long before he added more serious crimes to his record, robbing banks and taking from the wealthy. Mexican Revolutionary Leader In 1910, while still living as a fugitive, Pancho Villa joined Francisco's Madero successful uprising against Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz. With Villa's skills as at reading, writing, fighting and his knowledge of the land, Madero was named a revolutionary leader and his company won the first Battle of Ciudad Juárez in 1911. The rebels eventually drove Díaz out of power, and Madero took the position of president, having named Villa a colonel. It wasn't smooth sailing under the authority of the new government, as Madero's position was challenged by another rebellion, this time led by Pascual Orozco—a revolutionary who worked with Madero and felt scorned by his position in under Madero's regime—in 1912. General Victoriano Huerta and Villa sought to protect Madero's newfound authority, but after Huerta accused Villa of stealing his horse, Villa's execution was ordered. Although Madero was able to grant Villa a reprieve shortly before his execution, he was still required to serve time in prison in June 1912. After escaping in December, it was revealed that Huerta was now against Madero's regime, and he assassinated Madero on February 22, 1913. As Huerta rose to power, Villa teamed up with a former ally, Emiliano Zapata, and Venustiano Carranza to overthrow the new president. As an experienced revolutionary leader, Villa controlled much of northern Mexico military forces during the revolt. Known as Division del Norte, or "Division of the North," Villa led soldiers into battles by the droves, to the pleasure of onlookers the United States. Lights, Camera, Revolution The fact that the majority of Villa's battles were on the northern border of Mexico brought the revolutionary to the spotlight in terms of photographs and stories covering the events in Mexico. And surprisingly, the bandit who once hid his presence and changed his name to avoid attention loved being photographed. He even signed a contract with Hollywood's Mutual Film Company in 1913 to have several of his battles filmed. Civil Unrest and Death The U.S. supported Villa in more ways than simply behind a lens. After the numerous battles that occurred, Carranza rose to power in 1914. Disappointed with Carranza's skills as a leader, a rebellion broke out yet again, with Villa joining forces with Zapata and President


In which country was the first Women's Institute founded in 1897?

First Women's Institute was in Wales to help war effort - BBC News BBC News First Women's Institute was in Wales to help war effort By Neil Prior BBC News 24 February 2014 Image copyright Women's Institute Image caption The first Women's Institute was started up to help the war effort With its image of jam and Jerusalem, few organisations seem more quintessentially English than the Women's Institute. But when Britain's first WI federation was founded in September 1915, it was not in Sussex or the Home Counties, but at Llanfairpwll in the heart of Anglesey. World War One at Home The concept originated from Stoney Creek, Ontario, where in 1897, the Farmer's Institute brought together isolated women from rural Canada, to discuss the challenges of living off such a vast land. They were given training in home economics, child care and keeping chickens. It was to one of these Canadian founding mothers that the British government turned at the outbreak of World War One, when the country found itself at the mercy of a German naval blockade, and only able to meet a third of its food requirements. Armed with her experience of mobilising Canadian women to maximise food production, Madge Watt, often known as Mrs Alfred Watt, toured the length and breadth of Britain to spread the WI word. But as Audrey Jones, current chairman of the Anglesey Federation of WI explains, it was in Llanfairpwll where the bug first bit. Image caption Llanfairpwll's former toll house hosted some of the village's first WI meetings Making history "The Agricultural Organisation Society invited women from across north Wales to a meeting at Bangor University, where Mrs Alfred Watt apparently spoke extremely passionately about what all of them could do for the war effort," said Mrs Jones. "Immediately after that, the group from Llanfairpwll met and passed a resolution, and became the first British WI federation. "The Marquess of Anglesey donated land for a meeting place, and the women bought an officers' mess from Kinmel Bay army camp to put on the site. "In 1916 a Girls' Institute was set up to teach over 14s about adult life, and shortly after came the first children's clinic at the Tall House." But if it seems unusual that Britain's first federation was formed in Wales, then it is stranger still that the driving force behind WI on Anglesey was in fact a man. Jam and Jerusalem The Women's Institute started in Canada in 1897 The WI now has 212,526 members - making it the largest voluntary women's organisation in the UK There are around 6,600 branches in Britain In 2015 the organisation will celebrate its centenary Source: Women's Institute In almost a century, Colonel Richard Stapleton-Cotton and his dog Tinker are the only two males ever to be allowed in as fully paid-up WI members. Col Stapleton-Cotton was crucial in helping to arrange the first meeting. According to Llanfairpwll historian Gerwyn James, his membership and interest in the establishment of the local WI is an eccentricity which sums-up the man perfectly. "He was a military man and an aristocrat, but also a very clever and highly educated man," said Mr James. "He lost the use of his legs while serving and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. "But that never stopped him becoming a highly influential man locally. He was involved in countless schemes to rejuvenate the rural economy here - egg cooperatives, the sea grass industry in Newborough - the WI would have fitted right into that. "He was the sort of entrepreneur who would have been very much at home with Lord Sugar." Vital contribution By the end of WW1 the WI had helped raise Britain's food self-sufficiency from 35% in 1914 to over 60% by 1918. The government viewed their contribution as vital, and at the end of hostilities, the WI was awarded an annual grant of £10,000. Image copyright National Federation of Women’s Institutes Image caption Women's Institute members learnt helpful skills such as conserving fruit But whilst they became famed for their genteel handicrafts, members of Llanfairpwll's WI soon became involved in local polit


Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of which Asian country?

Bandar Seri Begawan, capital city of Brunei All... Bandar Seri Begawan, capital city of Brunei Many visitors come to Bandar Seri Begawan expecting an extravagant mini-Dubai, but the capital city of Brunei is actually quite unassuming. The country's oil riches are certainly evident in many buildings, like the shopping malls and mosques, but outright ostentation is hard to find. The flashiness of the nouveau-riche plays out more in the suburbs, leaving the city quiet, peaceful and quite serene. The most opulent building in the city and perhaps the whole country is the Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque. It is the largest mosque in Brunei and considered one of the region's most grand monuments to Islam. The edifice is certainly stunning, but the interior is downright jaw-dropping. Built in 1992 for the 25th anniversary of the current sultan's reign, the sheer size of the interior is awe-inspiring. Seemingly every inch is covered with artistic details that show the creator's devotion to the faith. The surrounding gardens are equally beautiful, and the whole complex is truly dazzling. In a close second place for most extravagant building comes the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque. Considerably smaller than the Jame' Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque but only slightly less decadent, this mosque was built in 1958 in its own artificial lagoon. It is the tallest building in the central stretch of the capital, and the call to prayer echoes from there throughout the city at dawn and dusk. These and most of the other extravagant buildings in Brunei were built with oil riches. The Oil and Gas Gallery is dedicated to the state's major industry, and interactive exhibits teach visitors about the origins of the country's oil and the process of getting it from the ground to the gas pump. The Brunei Museum expands on the country's oil history and also contains a wonderful Islamic art gallery. Illuminated copies of the Koran are the most interesting part of the museum, but there is also an incredible small-scale model of the Dome of the Rock made from abalone shell and mother of pearl. Behind the Brunei Museum lies the Malay Technology Museum. The small but thought-provoking space features full-size replicas of traditional stilt houses, an exhibit detailing the evolution of village architecture over the last two centuries and a collection of handicrafts and fishing tools made by the people who live in the water villages throughout the country. The sultanate retains a close relationship with Queen Elizabetth II, and the history of the British in Brunei is chronicled at the Twelve Roofs House. British High Commissioners called the residence home for decades before Brunei gained independence in 1984. The nearby Royal Regalia Museum celebrates the sultan and all of Bruneian royalty's trappings. If you missed the sultan's coronation day parade in 1967, no worries -- the museum recreates the entire spectacle for visitors in its huge ground-floor gallery. Nearly all the floats from the parade are on display, and the sultan's own gilded royal cart greets visitors as soon as they pass through the doors. Bandar Seri Begawan is a relatively calm city that lacks the hustle and bustle of other capitals, and the Taman Perangina Tasek is the most serene place in town. The sprawling green zone is dotted with picnic tables, fountains and waterfalls, and the peaceful walking trails take visitors past freshwater swimming holes and lush trees that provide a home to proboscis monkeys. Bandar Seri Begawan Geographical Location Bandar Seri Begawan is located in the northeast of Brunei on the northern bank of the Brunei River. With a population of 280,000 people, Bandar Seri Begawan is the largest city in Brunei. Bandar Seri Begawan Language Malay is the official language of Brunei with English and Chinese being the most common foreign languages. Bandar Seri Begawan Predominant Religion 67% Muslim


Naypyidaw is the capital of which Asian country?

Take a Tour of Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s Ghost Town Capital City - ABC News ABC News Take a Tour of Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s Ghost Town Capital City By Mary Bruce NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar  Nov 13, 2014, 9:51 AM ET 0 Shares WATCH A Drive Through Burma's Ghost Town Capital City 0 Shares Email As President Obama spends the day pushing for further democratic reforms in Myanmar , he is doing so in a place that stands as a constant reminder of the challenges facing this fledgling democracy: the newly-built capital city of Naypyidaw. Commissioned by the then-ruling military junta in 2002, the city seems to have everything: sparkling government buildings, beautifully manicured parks, large housing developments, golf courses and a massive sports stadium. The only thing missing is people. Mary Bruce Yaks outnumber highway cars in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. There are more water buffalo on the side of the massive 20-lane highway leading to the parliament building than cars on the road. Naypyidaw is a modern-day ghost town. Obama, Putin Have Three Quick Meetings at APEC Summit The few people that you do see out and about here seem to be those keeping it up, tending to the precisely planted flowers that line the glistening streets or hammering away at the nearly-completed Golden Pagoda. In a country where poverty is rampant, the military reportedly spent billions to relocate the capital, claiming logistical necessity. The seat of power had to escape the cramped confines of Yangon, formerly Rangoon, the then-government claimed, and needed more room to grow. Mary Bruce The newly-built capital city of Naypyidaw, Myanmar was commissioned in 2002. But you don’t see a lot of growth here. Just a 10-minute drive from the shiny government buildings, you get a glimpse of the real Myanmar. Narrow dirt roads quickly take the place of the vast avenues of Naypyidaw. Residents zip past on dusty bikes and the streets are packed with makeshift shops and stalls. It’s a small glimpse of the real Myanmar. Obama is making his second visit to Myanmar as president. Just two years ago, he came here with high hopes as the country emerged from a long military dictatorship. Now, his visit comes as democratic reforms are stalling. "Progress has not come as fast as many had hoped when the transition began four years ago," Obama said in an interview with the local Irrawaddy News. "In some areas there has been a slowdown in reforms, and even some steps backward.” Now, Obama is walking a fine line, trying to show support for the new government while also pressing President Thein Sein to speed up the pace of reforms and address urgent human rights issues. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/ AP Photo U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at an U.S.-ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations East Asia) session at the Myanmar International Convention Center, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. 0 Shares


Which Nobel Prize winner for Literature was born in Bone, Algeria in November 1913?

Albert Camus, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1957 (1913 - 1960) - Genealogy Albert Camus, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1957 Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Albert Camus, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1957 Birthdate: Husband of Francine Camus and <private> Camus (Faure) Ex-husband of <private> Camus (Hie) Father of <private> Camus; <private> Camus; <private> Camus and <private> Camus Occupation: French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. Managed by: Added 2015-07-31 08:11:40 -0700 by Private User Collection: Nov 7 1913 - Mondovi, Annaba, Algérie Death: Jan 4 1960 - Villeblevin, Bourgogne (Région), France Parents: Lucien Auguste Camus, Catherine Camus (born Sintes) Spouses: Marguerite Fernande Francine Camus (born Faure), Simone Camus (born Hie) Brother: Nov 7 1913 - Dréan, El Taref, French Algeria Death: Cause of death: Traffic collision - Jan 4 1960 - Villeblevin Parents: Lucien Auguste Camus, Catherine Hélène Sintés Brother: father About Albert Camus, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1957 Albert Camus (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ kamy] (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton. Camus was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times". He was the second-youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, after Rudyard Kipling, and the first African-born writer to receive the award. He is the shortest-lived of any Nobel literature laureate to date, having died in an automobile accident just over two years after receiving the award. Early years Albert Camus was born on 7 November 1913 in Dréan (then known as Mondovi) in French Algeria to a Pied-Noir settler family.[6] Pied-Noir was a term used to refer to European colonists of French Algeria until Algerian independence in 1962. His mother was of Spanish descent and was half-deaf.[7] His father Lucien, a poor agricultural worker, died in the Battle of the Marne in 1914 during World War I, while serving as a member of the Zouave infantry regiment. Camus and his mother lived in poor conditions during his childhood in the Belcourt section of Algiers. In 1923, the bright boy was accepted into the lycée and eventually he was admitted to the University of Algiers. After he contracted tuberculosis (TB) in 1930, he had to end his football activities (he had been a goalkeeper for the university team) and reduce his studies to part-time. To earn money, he also took odd jobs: as private tutor, car parts clerk and assistant at the Meteorological Institute. He completed his licence de philosophie (BA) in 1935; in May 1936, he successfully presented his thesis on Plotinus, Néo-Platonisme et Pensée Chrétienne (Neo-Platonism and Christian Thought), for his diplôme d'études supérieures (roughly equivalent to an M.A. thesis). Camus joined the French Communist Party in the spring of 1935, seeing it as a way to "fight inequalities between Europeans and 'natives' in Algeria." He did not suggest he was a Marxist or that he had read Das Kapital, but did write that "[w]e might see communism as a springboard and asceticism that prepares the ground for more spiritual activities." In 1936, the independence-minded Algerian Communist Party (PCA) was founded. Camus joined the activities of the Algerian People's Party (Le Parti du Peuple Algérien), which got him into trouble with his Communist party comrades. As a result, in 1937 he was denounced as a Trotskyite and expelled from the party. Camus went on to be associated with the French anarchist movement. The anarchist Andre Prudhommeaux first introduced him at a meeting in 1948 of the Cercle des Étudiants Anarchistes (Anarchist Student Circle) as a sympathiser familiar with


Who won the 2015 Betfred World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre Sheffield?

World Snooker Championship 2015 Preview - Can Selby Defy The Crucible Curse? | Maximum Snooker - Snooker news, snooker videos, snooker pictures, snooker links | MaximumSnooker com  Snooker News & Snooker Views With Stephen Kent   World Snooker Championship 2015 Preview - Can Selby Defy The Crucible Curse? 32 players, 17 days, one World Champion. The eyes of the snooker world descend on the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, to see who will win the most prestigious prize in the sport, the Betfred World Snooker Championship 2015. Read on for the full tournament preview... Article by Adam Brown . Mark Selby photo by Monique Limbos .  Who can survive the physical and mental demands that are put upon them throughout the 17 days and lift the trophy on May 4th 2015, in what I believe is the most open World Snooker Championships there has been for years. All the records suggest Mark Selby has a mountain to climb if he is to defend his world title this year. The famous ‘Curse Of The Crucible’ is the biggest obstacle for Selby as no first time champion has come back to the Crucible the following year and successfully defend their crown.  Another obstacle in front of Selby is his winning of the China Open two weeks ago, as no player has ever won both the China Open and World Championship in the same year. However Selby loves the Crucible and his determination and will to win are perfect qualities to go the distance. Ronnie O’Sullivan is once again the strong bookies’ favourite and has quietly gone under the radar compared to years gone by. Ronnie’s form is slightly concerning and his defeat to Judd Trump at the World Grand Prix showed that he can be beaten in main finals and has chinks in his armour.  However O’Sullivan usually saves his best form for Sheffield and will be tough to beat over the longer format. He is also looking to equal Reardon and Davis's record of Six World Titles and leave himself one behind the great Stephen Hendry. Other contenders? Judd Trump is in red hot form right now, he has slowly got better as the season has gone on and has perhaps peaked in time to win his maiden World Snooker Championship title. Australia's Neil Robertson has had a quiet year by his standards and has suffered a few first round exits in tournament; however the 2010 World Champion knows how to win in Sheffield and if on top form, will be very difficult to beat. 10 years after his first success, Shaun Murphy probably has the best chance he has ever had to claim a second title. His demolition of Neil Robertson in the Masters Final was a strong indication of how confident he is feeling and could add a second Crucible crown to his ever growing list of achievements. Former World Snooker Champions John Higgins and Mark Williams have been back to winning form this season and are more than capable of putting a run together and adding to their collection of world titles. Ali Carter and Barry Hawkins have both made the final in past few years so is it possible they can do it again? Can Ding Junhui overcome his poor record at The Crucible to become the first player from China to reach the world final and possibly go on to win it? Will Marco Fu and Stuart Bingham get what their dedication and hard work deserves? Whatever happens and whoever wins, it promises to be an excellent display of snooker and 17 days of intense drama and a number of twists and turns will take place before crowning the 2015 World Snooker Champion on May 4th. World Snooker Championship 2015 - Match Previews Mark Selby First Quarter: Mark Selby (1) v Kurt Maflin This first match has potential to be tough for the defending champion. Maflin beat Steve Davis very easily and came through a tight decider against Fergal O’Brien in the qualifiers and is up to a career high 38 in the World Rankings. However I think Selby will be ready to defend and should dispatch the Norwegian comfortably. My Prediction: Mark Selby Stephen Maguire (16) v Anthony McGill Stephen Maguire will have to be on his game if he is too win this all-Scot clash. Anthony McGill is improving year by year and has put som


What name is given to the former administrative areas of the Isle of Man?

Isle of Man Sheadings Pop-2006: 2006-04-24 census (source [1]) Pop-1971: 1971-04-25 census (provisional, source [4]) Reg: N = North Side, S = South Side Further subdivisions: See the Parishes of the Isle of Man page. For hundreds of years, the Isle of Man has been divided into six sheadings, which in turn were subdivided into seventeen parishes. Onchan seems to have changed its status from parish to village recently. At present, the local government units are sixteen parishes, four towns, and four villages. The two parishes with the greatest population are designated as districts. A government report on electoral redistricting [2], regarding "the desirability of maintaining current community and other boundaries" in drawing election districts, says, "The Isle of Man has a number of such divisions--those of the traditional Sheadings, Parishes (ecclesiastical not always being the same as local government), towns, villages and rural areas. ... Sheading boundaries are the most difficult to respect--and we have noted that these ceased to be regarded as definitive in Tynwald [Parliament]'s limited adoption of the Butler Report's recommendations." Territorial extent:  Isle of Man consists of the Isle of Man and the much smaller Calf of Man, both in the Irish Sea. for Isle of Man lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions. Change history:  1796: Onchan parish moved from Garff sheading to Middle sheading. 2006-03-29: Although there had been no change in the political geography of the Isle of Man, it was given a new ISO country code. Before that time it had been lumped in with the United Kingdom. Its old HASC code was GB.IM; its ISO code, IOM. Population history:


Who is the presenter of the BBC TV quiz ‘Two Tribes’?

Richard Osman Two Tribes: BBC Two to show new quiz programme hosted by the star - Mirror Online Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Pointless co-host Richard Osman will front new quiz show Two Tribes on BBC Two later this year. Contestants will be quizzed on their general knowledge and split into teams based on how they answer "funny and surprising" questions about themselves in the daytime shows. The 43-year-old, who co-presents hit BBC One gameshow Pointless with Alexander Armstrong, is an unlikely TV star and heartthrob. The bespectacled 6ft 7in co-host had previously worked behind the camera, as a writer on shows like Have I Got News For You and a producer on Deal Or No Deal and Total Wipeout, when he pitched Pointless, in which contestants have to find the least obvious answers, to the BBC. Richard Osman alongside Frank Skinner, Joan Bakewell and Roisin Conaty for Room 101   After demonstrating the role of co-host during the pitch, TV bosses were so impressed that they asked him to help front the show. He recently said: "I never went into this with the idea of having an on-screen TV career, it was completely accidental." James Fox, executive producer of Two Tribes, said of the new series: "It's a brilliantly play-along game as you root for the tribe you belong to and answer lots of quick fire general knowledge questions. "We're really looking forward to seeing Richard come out from behind the Pointless desk to front the show and get to know the contestants like never before." Contestants compete for a cash prize in the 30-minute shows, to be made by Remarkable Television, an Endemol company. We're testing a new site: This content is coming soon Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent Most Read Most Recent


Who is the presenter of the BBC TV quiz ‘The Link’?

The Link - New BBC 1 Quiz Show - TV Shows: UK - Digital Spy Forums Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 703 My God, that first round was like wading through treacle in a pair of wellington boots! Also, can't see why they win so much in the first and second rounds and then play for such a pi$$ poor amount in the final round - would think that they would play for what they earnt in the earlier rounds or at least a larger sum in the final round! Like Mark Williams though - he'll forever be Ron Weasley's dad to me! Oh and can someone on this quiz, please remember to give the 'Your both back in play' line, back to Stephen Mulhern over on Catchphrase, when they've finished with it!


What score in tennis is known as ‘Double-bagel’?

Bagel - definition of Bagel, Bagelled in Tennis, BuzzWord from Macmillan Dictionary. bagel in tennis, to win a set with a score of 6-0 against your opponent bagel noun [countable] in tennis, a score of 6-0 'Keothavong, however, was bagelled in the deciding set of her prelim opener by Czech player Birnerova after the two ladies traded sets at 6-3 apiece.' Eurosport AU 23rd May 2013 'He might have bagelled the Swiss had an outrageous, flat-on-his-back volley at the net not inched wide in the sixth game of the third set.' Guardian 5th June 2013 In May 2013, sports journalists seized a rare opportunity to highlight a blip in the performance of Serena Williams, one of the most successful female tennis players of all time. In a quarter-finals match during the Madrid Open, Williams suffered the unusual blow of being bagelled by her unseeded Spanish opponent, a situation which had apparently not occurred for five years. In case this conjures up images of a frustrated opponent hurling doughnut-shaped pieces of bread at a formidable champion, then I should quickly elaborate. If a tennis player is bagelled, then they do not win any games during a set, and therefore suffer the humiliation of seeing a 6-0 score against them appear on the scoreboard. In this set at least, it was Serena, and not her opponent, who was feeling frustrated … if being … on the receiving end of a bagel weren't frustrating enough, there's even a modified version double-bagel, which indicates the action/situation of winning two sets 6-0, 6-0 In tennis contexts therefore, it seems that the word bagel is yet another noun that has undergone the process of ' verbing ', starting life as a thing and being unexpectedly transformed into an action. Functioning as a transitive verb, bagel can be used in the active voice but more commonly appears as a passive form be/get bagelled, thereby shifting the focus to the loser rather than the set winner. Following spelling conventions in British and American English, the 'l' is doubled in participles for British usage but not in American, where the spelling would be, e.g.: bageled (c.f. travelled/traveled). Bagel is also sometimes used as a noun in the same sense, where it simply refers to a score of 6-0. Frequent collocates are phrasal verbs such as serve up and dish out, or verbs give and complete. More BuzzWords BuzzWord archive If being bagelled or being on the receiving end of a bagel weren't frustrating enough, there's even a modified version double-bagel, which indicates the action/situation of winning two sets 6-0, 6-0 as illustrated in this recent citation describing the form of the phenomenally successful player Roger Federer: 'There was evidence of his sublime form in the quarter-finals on Friday when he double-bagelled Mischa Zverev.' The Guardian 16th June 2013 And in reference to a resounding defeat in a five-set match, there's also some evidence for use of the term triple-bagel, though this is of course a bit more unusual. Background – bagel Why bagel? The connection is simply the physical shape: a bagel, that baked piece of dough with a hole in the middle, resembles the number '0'. Use of the word in the tennis domain dates back to the 1970s, when US tennis player Eddie Dibbs used it to refer to a score of zero games. Latterly, the baking metaphor has been extended further, with reference to a score of 6-1 as a breadstick (a straight, thin breadstick resembles the number 1). A player on a losing streak can correspondingly be breadsticked. Some commentators have even made the tongue-in-cheek suggestion that a score of 6-3 could be described as a 'pretzel' (the curly shape of a pretzel resembles the number 3), though there's no evidence as yet for this really catching on. Dibbs' use of bagel as a representation of the number zero is thought to have taken inspiration from the comparison between the number '0' and the shape of an egg. This is a throwback to tennis's French roots, where a zero score was sometimes described as 'l'oeuf'. Interestingly, this connection gives us one possible theory about why a score of 0


What is the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus?

Cygnus Constellation - Facts About Cygnus | Solarsystemquick.com Cygnus Constellation The area highlighted in yellow is the asterism known as The Northern Cross. Cygnus Constellation Facts Cygnus is one the most easily recognizable and brightest constellations in the night sky. The constellation is prominent in the Northern hemisphere but can also be viewed in the Southern hemisphere. In the Northern hemisphere the constellation can be seen from June to December. In the Southern hemisphere Cygnus can be viewed low on the northern horizon in the winter months. The super-giant Deneb is the brightest star in the constellation. The Northern Cross asterism is a prominent feature of the constellation. Deneb also features in the Summer Triangle, a bright asterism formed with the stars Vega and Altair. The North America Nebula is located within the boundaries of the constellation and can be viewed with the naked eye in some areas. Many exoplanets have been discovered within the boundaries of Cygnus, amongst these is the planet Kepler-22b which may possibly enjoy Earth like conditions. Cygnus is the Latin word for swan. Cygnus Mythology The constellation is a mythological representation of the swan. There are several different stories associated with the Cygnus constellation. One story involves the Greek mythological character of Leda who was the Queen of Sparta. As with many ancient Greek myths the amorous advances of the King of Gods Zeus plays a major part in the story. Zeus would often disguise himself as an animal in order to win favour or trick the objects of his affections and this story is no different. This time his eye was drawn to Leda and he took his chance when one day when she was attacked by an eagle, Zeus disguised himself as a swan and took the queen under his wings. Leda later produced two eggs, with a set of twins being born from each, from each egg one sibling was fathered by Zeus, the other by the King of Sparta. From one egg the brothers Castor and Pollux emerged and from the other the twin sisters Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra were born. To celebrate the births Zeus placed the swan amongst the stars. Main Stars in the Cygnus Constellation The number next to each star is its apparent magnitude, its brightness from our point of view on Earth, the lower the number the brighter the star in the night sky. Deneb Also known as Alpha Cygni, Deneb lies around 2,500 light years from Earth and is the brightest star in the constellation, this huge star is a blue-white supergiant around 200 times larger in diameter than the sun  and is estimated to be around 200,000 times more luminous. Deneb is one of the stars that forms the Summer Triangle, a bright asterism formed with Vega and Altair. Rukh Also known as Delta Cygni, Rukh appears as a single star from Earth but is actually a triple star system consisting of a bluish-white giant, along with a yellow-white and orange main sequence stars, the system lies 170 light years from Earth. Sadr Also known as Gamma Cygni, Sadr is a very distant star located at a distance of between 1,500 and 2,000 light years from Earth, the star is a bright yellow-white supergiant with a radius 150 times that of the sun, Gienah Also known as Epsilon Cygni, Gienah is an orange giant star 170 light years from Earth, it has around twice the mass of the sun and is around 11 times larger in diameter. Albireo Also known as Beta Cygni, Albeiro is a double star located around 430 light years from Earth, double stars are two stars that appear close to each other from Earth but may actually be separated by a large distance,  the larger of the two stars is an orange giant with a radius around 70 times that of the sun. Finding Cygnus - Northern Hemisphere The chart shows the position of Cygnus over most of the United States in late-summer at 10 pm. This chart can also be applied to other areas of the Northern hemisphere such as Canada, the UK and Europe. In June and July Cygnus will be visible in the north-eastern sky from around 10 pm, by 2 am the constellation will be directly overhead and will stay


Where was Wallace and Gromit's destination in 'A Grand Day Out'?

A Grand Day Out (1989) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A Grand Day Out ( 1989 ) Unrated | | Animation , Short , Adventure | 18 May 1990 (USA) Wallace takes a break from trying to decide on a holiday destination only to find he has no cheese for his crackers. The solution to both problems is a trip to the moon, with dog Gromit, because everybody knows the moon's made of cheese. Director: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 41 titles created 08 Nov 2011 a list of 29 titles created 27 Oct 2012 a list of 40 titles created 08 Mar 2013 a list of 22 titles created 11 Feb 2015 a list of 30 titles created 2 weeks ago Title: A Grand Day Out (1989) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     Oscar. Another    3 wins. See more awards  » Photos Wallace falls for Wendolene, a wool shop owner, while Gromit is framed for the sheep rustling. Director: Nick Park Wallace is used by a criminal penguin in a robbery involving mechanical trousers. Director: Nick Park Wallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But, when Wallace falls in love Gromit is left to solve the case. Director: Nick Park Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest. Directors: Steve Box, Nick Park Stars: Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes Wallace and Gromit try out a number of their latest inventions which rarely work as planned. Stars: Peter Sallis A compilation of the first three Wallace & Gromit short films: "A Grand Day Out", "The Wrong Trousers", and "A Close Shave". Stars: Peter Sallis, Anne Reid A humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings. Director: Nick Park A collection of some of the most popular work featuring Wallace and Gromit. Director: Nick Park When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners. Directors: Peter Lord, Nick Park Stars: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels Wallace introduces correspondents, inventors and experts who explain various real-life contraptions, inventions and scientific accomplishments. Stars: Peter Sallis, Ashley Jensen, Jem Stansfield Shaun the Sheep (TV Series 2007) Animation | Comedy | Family Shaun is a sheep who doesn't follow the flock - in fact, he leads them into all sorts of scrapes and scraps, turning peace in the valley into mayhem in the meadow. Shaun and his pals run ... See full summary  » Stars: John Sparkes, Justin Fletcher, Richard Webber Edit Storyline Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Written by Rob Hartill From the makers of Chicken Run. See more  » Genres: 18 May 1990 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit See more  » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia The maker's name on the clock inside the spaceship is "Wulstan". This is Nick Park 's middle name. See more » Goofs Wallace paints the same part of the rocket twice. See more » Quotes Wallace : Well, what's wrong with this stupid...? [it breaks down] See more » Crazy Credits On the end credits, a framed photograph of Wallace and Gromit changes from time to time, with the stars as a backdrop. See more » Connections What a cracking start to a career 24


Who composed the 1912 tone poem 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Sping’?

San Francisco Symphony - DELIUS: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring San Francisco Symphony Music Then and Now: Twentieth Century and Contemporary Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Frederick Delius was born January 29, 1862, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died June 10, 1934, in the village of Grez-sur-Loing, in the French département of Seine-et-Marne, where he lived the last thirty-seven years of his life. He was from a German family, probably of Dutch descent; Delius was accordingly baptized with the names Fritz Theodor Albert. He composed his tiny tone poem On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring in 1912, and its first performance took place on October 23, 1913, with Arthur Nikisch conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. The piece is dedicated to Balfour Gardiner, a British composer fifteen years Delius’s junior, who at the time was studying at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt. The first San Francisco Symphony performances, in October 1930, were led by Basil Cameron; the SFS most recently performed the work in February 1952, under the baton of Sir Thomas Beecham. The score calls for an orchestra of flute, oboe, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, and strings. Performance time: about four minutes. Frederick Delius studied violin and piano as a youngster, but he showed no prodigious inclination toward a musical career. At the age of twenty-two, he left England for Florida, where he worked on an orange plantation and, rather as a sideline, undertook a systematic study of music theory with an organist in the region. This propelled him to further musical instruction at the Leipzig Conservatory, a magnet for international students in the late nineteenth century. He enrolled there in 1886 and studied with such teachers as the noted composer Carl Reinecke and the violinist-and-violist Hans Sitt. In 1888 he moved to Paris, and in 1897 he settled in the tiny village of Grez-sur-Loing (forty miles southeast of the French capital, just south of Fontainebleau), where he would remain for the rest of his life. Delius was not disposed to seek publicity for himself or his work, showing rather little concern about whether anyone was listening to his music or not. He was much ravaged in his later years by syphilis, which rendered him blind and nearly paralyzed. Sir Thomas Beecham, a strong advocate of the composer’s music, referred to this with sesquipedalian circuitousness: “Delius had suffered a heavy blow in the defection of his favorite goddess Aphrodite Pandemos who had returned his devotions with an affliction which was to break out many years later.” During his formative years, particularly those he spent at the Leipzig Conservatory, Delius became immersed in the mainstream of Germanic musical tradition (including the advances of Wagner) and showed a special affinity for the works of contemporary Scandinavian composers. In fact, his stage works include incidental music to a Norwegian play (Gunnar Heiberg’s Folkeraadet) and an opera (Fennimore and Gerda) after the Danish novelist Jens Peter Jacobsen’s Niels Lyhne. Delius was unfazed by stasis in his compositions, which tend to unroll elegiacally over extended spans. His operas bear a certain kinship to the obsessive, sometimes dour, introspection of Ibsen and Strindberg, but his shorter works often display an appealing sweetness, resembling the music of his close friend Edvard Grieg. A taste for Delius’s music is not a universal attribute of music lovers, but those who do like his ultra-relaxed, late-Romantic style can be fanatical in their devotion. Early on, his music found a mixed reception in his native land, and he never returned to Great Britain after he settled in France. Nonetheless, his works would eventually strike a sympathetic chord among the British, who responded with belated enthusiasm to the way he infused the tradition of English pastoralism with densely harmonized sounds redolent of the English organ-loft and alluded in a non-threatening way to the advances of Debussy and other exponents of “the modern French school.” “I never was


Who was the creator of the ceramic poppies placed around the Tower of London?

888,246 Ceramic Poppies Surround the Tower of London to Commemorate WWI | Colossal 888,246 Ceramic Poppies Surround the Tower of London to Commemorate WWIby Christopher Jobson on July 31, 2014 Historic Royal Palaces To commemorate the centennial of Britain’s involvement in the First World War, ceramic artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper conceived of a staggering installation of ceramic poppies planted in the famous dry moat around the Tower of London. Titled “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red,” the final work will consist of 888,246 red ceramic flowers—each representing a British or Colonial military fatality—that flow through grounds around the tower. Volunteers began placing the poppies several weeks ago and the process will continue through the summer until a final flower is symbolically planted on November 11th. You can read more about the project over on the Historic Royal Palaces website, and see the volunteers’ progress by following the #TowerPoppies hashtag on Twitter. Historic Royal Palaces


Which US state is nicknamed the 'Hawkeye State’?

Iowa State Nickname Iowa State Nickname Sauk Chief Black Hawk ( public domain photo on Wikipedia ). Official State Nickname of Iowa Adopted early in the state's history, Iowa's nickname is "The Hawkeye State" as a tribute to chief Black Hawk, leader of the native American Sauk tribe (relocated to Iowa after unsuccessful fighting of settlers). Iowa is also called "The Corn State" - 90 percent of the land in Iowa is devoted to agriculture. All State Nicknames Iowa


What is the brightest star in the constellation Leo?

Regulus: Heart of the Lion | Brightest Stars | EarthSky History and mythology of Regulus. This chart is set for March 17, 2016. If you look on the nights after that, you’ll see the waxing moon moving closer to Regulus … and very bright Jupiter! How to see the star Regulus Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion . It is a bluish star, well placed in the evening sky from about January to June. Regulus can be found marking the bottom of a large backwards question mark star pattern within Leo, known as The Sickle.  The Sickle – with Regulus at its heart – outlines the constellation Leo the Lion’s head and forequarters. In our western skylore, Regulus is said to be the Lion’s Heart. Located along the ecliptic – or pathway of the sun, moon and planets – Regulus can be seen from around the globe. Bright planets sometimes pass near it, and every month the moon passes no more than about 5o away. Sometimes the moon occults (passes in front of) this star as seen from our earthly vantage point. Of all stars visible from Earth, Regulus is either the 21st or 22nd brightest, depending on how you want to consider it. Strictly speaking, there are 21 stars brighter than Regulus, making it the 22nd brightest. However, the 21st brightest star, Alpha Centauri B, is just barely brighter than Regulus and appears so close to Alpha Centauri A ( Rigel Kentaurus ) that it cannot be distinguished separately. Since the human eye cannot actually see Alpha Centauri B as a separate star, perhaps the title of 21st brightest really does belong to Regulus. Regulus throughout the year. Regulus rises about an hour after sunset in early February. It is opposite the sun on or near February 18, and Regulus rises on that date at about sunset and is up all night long, reaching its highest point due south at local midnight. By early April, Regulus is well up in the southeast an hour after sunset. By early June, it’s high in the southwest an hour after sunset. And by early July, Regulus is low to the west an hour after sunset. Although best seen in the evening in northern hemisphere in late winter and into summer, Regulus can be found at some time of night throughout the year except for about a month on either side of August 22, when the sun is located in Regulus’ direction in space. Regulus is a much larger star than our sun. Image via the Night Sky Guy . Regulus science. Regulus is about 77 light-years away. If – by some impossible magic – Regulus were to replace our sun, Earth would be doomed. First, Earth’s atmosphere would be stripped away, and shortly thereafter the oceans would begin to boil. With our protective natural shields gone, the surface of the Earth would bake under a star four times as wide and 140 times as bright as our world is accustomed to, not to mention the vastly increased bombardment of ultraviolet rays, X-rays and gamma rays. Taking all of the star’s radiation into account, Regulus pumps out nearly 350 times as much energy as our sun. Regulus rotates, or spins, rapidly. Our sun takes about a month to spin around once on its axis, but Regulus completes a single rotation in only 15.9 hours. This rapid rotation rate causes Regulus’s equatorial regions to bulge, making the star not round like our sun but oblate, like a squashed orange. As a result, the north and south poles of Regulus have a higher surface gravity, and thus higher temperature and brightness, than the equatorial regions of Regulus. The polar regions of Regulus are several thousand degrees hotter than this star’s equator, and the poles of this star shine more brightly than the equator. If Regulus rotated slightly more rapidly (16% faster), the star would fly apart. Regulus is not the only star known to spin so fast that it has an oblate shape. The stars Altair and Achernar are also fast spinners with flattened shapes. What’s more, Regulus is a double star with a telescopically visible companion orbiting at about 100 times as far from Regulus as Pluto is from the sun. In fact, the companion itself is double, each component slightly smalle


Who designed the sculpture ArcelorMittel Orbit, located in London's Olympic Park?

ArcelorMittal Orbit | Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park JANUARY SPECIAL OFFER 50% OFF GENERAL ENTRY 50% off our General Entry tickets for selected dates 5 Jan – 10 Feb, book by 31 Jan (excluding Slide) BOOK NOW ARCELORMITTAL ORBIT See all of London from the UK’s tallest sculpture, and ride on the world’s longest, fastest, tallest tunnel slide Created by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond, the magnificent looping structure of the ArcelorMittal Orbit is an iconic symbol of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the London 2012 Games. It’s the best place to see the sweeping panorama of the city. Discover breaktaking London views from the top of the ArcelorMittal Orbit and have a hair-raising London experience – Ride the Slide!


Who composed the 1933 'Knightsbridge March'?

Knightsbridge March - Eric Coates - YouTube Knightsbridge March - Eric Coates Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jan 5, 2010 Part of the London Suite, composed in 1933. Used as the theme tune for the BBC radio and television programme 'In Town Tonight'. Eric Coates was, perhaps, Britains premier light orchestral composer. Category


Which US state is nicknamed the 'Wolverine State’?

Why we are called the Wolverine State - Absolute Michigan Why we are called the Wolverine State Michiganians, especially fans of the University of Michigan, take pride in being called Wolverines. Yet, the wolverine has never been officially adopted as the state animal. It is even unclear if this largest member of the weasel family ever lived in Michigan. Wolverines also don‚Äôt have a good image. Their nicknames include Skunk Bear, Mountain Devil, and Evil Spirit. One person even claimed that a wolverine “makes a Tasmanian Devil look like a sissy.” So why are Michiganians called Wolverines? The most popular origin of the nickname comes from the 1835 Toledo War between Michigan and Ohio. Since a wolverine has a reputation of being ornery, Ohioans called Michiganians “wolverines” as the two sides struggled over who owned the disputed Toledo Strip. Years later, the University of Michigan adopted the wolverine as its school mascot. Today, wolverines live in cooler climates, like the northern portions of Europe, North America and Asia. They have thick, glossy, dark brown fur. Wolverines have patches of white fur, which is why they are often confused with skunks. An adult male weighs about 36 pounds, and is 45 inches long and 18 inches tall. A wolverine‚Äôs teeth and claws are very sharp. Although not a skunk, a wolverine has scent glands that produce a strong musky odor. They use this to mark their territory. Wolverines are noted for their strength and cunning behavior. Wolverines hunt alone and at night. They are carnivores and are not afraid to attack larger animals like sheep, deer or even small bears. Wolverines have driven packs of wolves from their kills. Humans hunt wolverines, which is why they are an endangered species. Wolverines may not live in Michigan‚Äôs forests, but they do live at the Detroit Zoo. On February 25, 2005, Aggie gave birth to two wolverine kits. The kits, named Tamarack and Tilia, are the only surviving litter born at a North American zoo and the first ever surviving litter born at the Detroit Zoo. According to zoo officials, mother and children are doing fine. For more great stories on Michigan’s past, look to Michigan History magazine. For more information or a free trial issue, call (800) 366-3703 or visit http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/ Share this:


Which motor manufacturer produces the models Twingo and Captur?

2013 Renault Captur | car review @ Top Speed showed up to the 2011 Geneva Motor Show with the cool Captur — a concept car with a very futuristic design language first seen on the DeZir Concept . Nothing much was said about this concept’s production, much like every other concept, but today Renault announced that the production version Captur will be unveiled in March at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The production version takes both the spirit and the name of the concept and combines them with elements from the new generation Clio hatchback. The new Captur will be built on the same platform as the new Clio, but it will feature "a high-up driving position, large boot, modular interior and innovative stowage solutions." Under the hood the model will be offered with the same engine line-up as the new Clio, so customers will have to choose between both petrol and diesel engines. After the Captur, Renault will be unveiling a larger SUV based on the Nissan Quashqai . Updated 01/11/2013: This review has been updated with the official details, images and specs. Hit the jump to read more about the new Renault Captur. continue reading Exterior and interior The new Renault Captur features "smooth, fluid, balanced forms" with design elements inspired by the concept version, like the front fascia and that cool forward position of the steeply raked windscreen. The new Captur will be offered with an original two-tone color scheme, combined with large-diameter wheels and sill guards. The new crossover measures 4.12 meters in length (157.5 inches), so it offers a generous interior space, a high-up driving position, large cargo area, modular interior and innovative stowage solutions. The new Captur offers a combination of colors and motifs, so the cabin is warm and relaxing. As standard equipment, the crossover will offer hands-free entry, hill start assist and rear parking sensors. For those customers that want to further customize their model, Renault will also offer connected, in-dash Renault R-Link touchscreen multimedia tablet, plus a system that comprises six loudspeakers, Bluetooth connectivity, audio-streaming and Arkamys hi-fi sound. Engine lineup Under the hood, Renault will place a choice of both petrol and diesel engines, combined with the very latest Renault technologies. Final specifications will be unveiled during the car’s debut in Geneva, but Renault has promised the new crossover will return best-in-class fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, starting from as low as 96g/km. Prices The new Renault Captur will make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show, with sales to begin later in the summer. Prices will be announced at a later date. Competition Renault developed their new Captur as direct competition for Nissan Juke . In Europe, the Nissan model is offered with a choice of one diesel and two 1.6-Liter gas-burning units, with power ranging from 110 horsepower to 190 horsepower. Despite its bulky exterior look, the Juke has stolen the hearts of many European customers and the new Captur will have to try very hard if it wants to become a success on the market. LOVE IT Both petrol and diesel engines Highly equipped