King William III of England was a prince of what European house?

King William III and Queen Mary II | Britroyals Name: King William III and Queen Mary II Full Name: William Henry Stuart Born: November 14, 1650 at William: The Hague, Netherlands; Mary: St James Palace, London Parents: William: William II of Orange and Mary Stuart; Mary: James II and Anne Hyde Relation to Elizabeth II: 2nd cousin 8 times removed House of: Orange Ascended to the throne: February 13, 1689 aged 38 years Crowned: April 11, 1689 at Westminster Abbey, when William was 38 and Mary was 26 Married: William married Mary, daughter of James II Children: Three stillborn Died: March 8, 1702 at Kensington Palace (William), aged 51 years, 3 months, and 21 days Buried at: Westminster Reigned for: 13 years, and 21 days Succeeded by: Mary's sister Anne William was born in The Hague in the Netherlands. He was an only child and never knew his father William II who died of smallpox before his birth. His mother was Mary eldest daughter of Charles I of England. William was appointed Stadtholder (chief magistrate) and captain-general of the Dutch forces in 1672 to resist the French invasion of the Netherlands. He forced Louis XIV to make peace in 1678 and then concentrated on building up a European alliance against France. In 1677 he married his cousin Mary, eldest daughter of James, Duke of York, the future James II. The marriage was intended to repair relations between England and The Netherlands following the Anglo-Dutch wars. William was a successful soldier, but had several male favourites, was dour, asthmatic, 12 years older and several inches shorter than his English wife Mary who was a reluctant bride. In 1688 they were invited by the parliamentary opposition to Mary�s father James II to take the crown on England and were assured of English support. William landed at Torbay on 5 November 1688, in 463 ships unopposed by the Royal Navy, and with an army of 14,000 troops which gathering local support grew to over 20,000 and advanced on London in what became known as �The Glorious Revolution�. James fled to France, and in February 1689 William and his wife were crowned King William III and Queen Mary II. Parliament passed the Bill of Rights which prevented Catholics for succeeding to the throne ensuring that Mary�s sister Anne would become the next queen, and after the autocratic rules of Kings Charles II and his brother James II limited the powers of monarchs so that they could neither pass laws nor levy taxes without parliamentary consent. William and Mary were faced in 1689 with two Jacobite attempts to regain the throne. In Scotland government troops were defeated at Killiekrankie by Scottish Jacobites but won shortly afterwards at Dunkeld, and James II landed in Ireland with French troops and laid siege to Londonderrry. William�s navy relieved the siege and he led is army to victory at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690. James fled back to France. William returned several times to the Netherlands but found the English parliament reluctant to support his continuing war with France. The Bank of England was founded in 1694 to control public expenditure. Williamsburg and the college of William and Mary in Virginia, were named after the King and Queen in 1693. Mary died of smallpox in 1694 and had no surviving children. William now ruled alone. The Peace of Rijswijk in 1697 marked the end of the war with in Flanders with Louis XIV. William formed an alliance between England, Holland and Austria to prevent the union of the French and Spanish crowns. This became known as the �War of Spanish Succession�. In 1701 following death of Prince William, the only surviving son of Mary�s sister Anne, the Act of Settlement was passed ensuring succession of Protestant heirs of Sophie of Hanover instead of the Catholic heirs of James. William died on 1702 of pneumonia following a broken collar bone after a fall from his horse. Because his horse had reputedly stumbled on a mole�s burrow Jacobites toasted 'the little gentleman in the black velvet waistcoat.' King William III's Signature Quotes: �The liberties of England and the P


What is an American food made from small pieces of cornmeal bread that are deep fried or baked, the ingredients of which include cornmeal, flour, eggs, salt, baking soda, milk, and water, and sometimes kernel corn, onion, spring onion and peppers?

Hushpuppy H Hushpuppy Hushpuppies (Hush puppies) are an American food of small pieces of cornmeal bread that are deep fried or baked in a ring, sphere, or an oblong shape. Preparation The ingredients include cornmeal, flour, eggs, salt, baking soda, milk, and water, and can include whole kernel corn , onion, spring onion ( scallion ), and peppers . Sometimes pancake batter is used. The batter is mixed well, adjusting ingredients until thick. The batter is dropped into hot oil. It is fried until crispy golden brown, and cooled. They are eaten with seafood, or other barbecue foods. They are made at home or served in restaurants advertising home-style food as opposed to fine dining establishments. They are a hearty, heavy food that can be eaten while active or mobil Origin of name Hushpuppies are a Southern food, although they are available in many areas of America on the menus of fried-fish fast food restaurants. The name “hushpuppies” is often attributed to hunters or fishermen who would quickly fry corn meal and feed it to their dogs to “hush the puppies” during cook outs or fish frys. Other hush puppy legends date to the Civil War . Southern soldiers would sit beside a campfire, preparing meals. When Union soldiers came near, they would toss their barking dogs fried cakes with the command "Hush, puppies". An explanation for the name in Charleston, South Carolina is that slaves returning into the homes of their masters carrying food recently prepared in the outdoor kitchens would throw the batter balls to the barking dogs, telling the "puppies" to "hush." During the underground railroads , escaping slaves would feed these to the dogs tracking them while coaxing them with hopeful commands such as "hush, puppies." In Jamaica they are known as "Festivals", and are prepared with cornmeal, salt, and sugar then fried in the form of a hot dog roll. They are served with jerked meats such as pork or chicken. In the late 19th Century much of community life revovled around the church. On Sundays when the weather was temperate it was common for church members to congregate on the bank of the nearest river after services. The men would fish and the women would gossip until enough fish were caught to have a fish fry. To test if the lard was hot enough to fry fish, small balls of cornmeal wetted with batter (generally just egg at the time) were dropped into the pot. If the lard was hot enough the ball of cornmeal would float. During the cooking process every hungry child and dog in the area would come for scraps of food. The partially cooked balls of cornmeal dough were given to the children and now yapping dogs with the command "hush puppy". With the addition of salt and wild onions to the cornmeal and egg the more tasty version of the hushpuppy was born. (Wikipedia)


Bobby Rogers Dies at 73; Sang in Smokey Robinson’s Miracles - The New York Times The New York Times Music |Bobby Rogers, Sang in the Miracles, Dies at 73 Search Continue reading the main story Bobby Rogers, who was born on the same day in the same Detroit hospital as the Motown crooner Smokey Robinson, with whom he harmonized in high school and eventually in the Hall of Fame singing group the Miracles, died on Sunday in Southfield, Mich. He was 73. The cause was complications of diabetes, said Patricia Cosby, his friend for half a century. Mr. Rogers also suffered from dementia, she said. Mr. Rogers, tall, bespectacled and jovial, brought a smooth tenor to the Miracles, who were founded in the mid-1950s and became one of Motown’s longest-lived and most important ensembles. Known for their silky harmonies, snazzy threads and coolly coordinated dance steps onstage (early on, Mr. Rogers was the group’s choreographer), they recorded for Berry Gordy Jr.’s Tamla label and became a stanchion of the Motown sound and Mr. Gordy’s recording empire. Their hit songs included “Shop Around,” “You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me,” “Mickey’s Monkey,” “Going to a Go-Go” and, after a name change — to capitalize on Mr. Robinson’s stardom they became Smokey Robinson and the Miracles in 1967 — “I Second That Emotion” and “Tears of a Clown.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story Mr. Rogers, who was known as the Miracles’ best dancer, shared writing credit with Mr. Robinson on several well-known songs, including “Going to a Go-Go,” “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” recorded by the Temptations, and “First I Look at the Purse,” a hit for the Contours in the 1960s and the J. Geils Band in 1970. When Mr. Robinson was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, many fans objected that he went in without the Miracles. That oversight was remedied in 2012, when Mr. Rogers, Mr. Moore, Claudette Robinson, Ronnie White and the guitarist Marv Tarplin were inducted together. Photo The Miracles, clockwise from top left: Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin, Ronnie White and Claudette and Smokey Robinson. Credit via Photofest The Miracles endured even after Mr. Robinson left the group in 1972, and their hit “Love Machine,” released in 1975 with Billy Griffin as the lead vocalist, featured a sexy growl during the chorus by Mr. Rogers — “Ooooooyeahhh!”  Robert Edward Rogers was born on Feb. 19, 1940. His mother, Lois, was a seamstress, and his father, Robert, worked in an auto factory. He sang as a young teenager with Mr. Robinson and another future Miracle, Pete Moore. In 1955, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Moore and others formed a group called the Five Chimes, whose membership eventually included Mr. Robinson’s classmate at Northern High School, Mr. Rogers, as well as his cousin Emerson Rogers, known as Sonny. The group changed its name to the Matadors, but when Sonny Rogers joined the Army, Mr. Robinson, who was the group’s chief songwriter as well as its lead singer, asked another Rogers, Sonny’s sister Claudette, to replace him (they would later marry), at which point the name Matadors was deemed too masculine, and the group became the Miracles. They met Mr. Gordy, then merely a budding music entrepreneur, at an audition with the manager of the singer Jackie Wilson in 1957, and, as the story goes, it was Mr. Robinson who encouraged Mr. Gordy to start his own company. The following year, with Mr. Gordy as their producer, the Miracles recorded “Got a Job” (a response to the Silhouettes’ novelty doo-wop number “Get a Job”), released on Mr. Rogers’s (and Mr. Robinson’s) 18th birthday. In 1959 they recorded their first single for Mr. Gordy’s new company, “Bad Girl,” and in 1960 the Miracles had their first hit, “Shop Around,” which sold a million records. Mr. Rogers’s first marriage, to Wanda Young, a singer with the Marvelettes, ended in divorce. His survivors include his wife, the former Joan Daniel; a brother, Walter; two sisters, Louise and Azzie Lee; two children and two stepchildren. Ms. Cosby, who was married to the Motown songwriter and producer Hank Cosby, said


Chris O'Dowd plays the imaginary friend of a young boy in rural Ireland in which TV series?

Moone Boy (TV Series 2012–2015) - 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 Martin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend Sean to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family circa 1990. Stars: Martin approaches Granddad for help with his school history project, the Irish Civil War, but the old man's recollection is somewhat fanciful, involving Godzilla and Napoleon, so Martin decides to ... 8.5 Martin has a week to go before he finishes at primary school and Sean believes that he should leave in anarchic style so that he will never be forgotten - but anarchy does not come naturally to the ... 8.4 Liam is all set to take the family on their annual summer holiday - to Donegal in the old camper van. However the others - particularly Martin - are not enthusiastic as it is World Cup 1990 and ... 8.2 a list of 31 titles created 11 Jul 2013 a list of 38 titles created 19 Jan 2014 a list of 28 titles created 14 Feb 2014 a list of 25 titles created 9 months ago a list of 26 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Moone Boy " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Moone Boy (2012–2015) 8.2/10 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. 5 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards  » Photos Family Tree (TV Series 2013) Comedy Centers on 30-year-old Tom Chadwick who, after losing his job and his girlfriend, begins exploring his family heritage after inheriting a mysterious box from a great aunt he never met. ... See full summary  » Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Tom Bennett, Nina Conti Spy I (TV Series 2011) Comedy     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X   Tim is in a custody battle with his ex-wife, when he quits his job. He applies for a job as a civil servant doing data entry, but discovers during the job interview that he has been offered a job as a trainee spy for MI5. Stars: Darren Boyd, Jude Wright, Robert Lindsay The Wrong Mans (TV Series 2013) Comedy | Thriller From actor/writer duo James Corden and Mathew Baynton, The Wrong Mans series centers on Sam Pinkett and Phil Bourne, office workers for Berkshire County Council, who have their menial ... See full summary  » Stars: Mathew Baynton, James Corden, Sarah Solemani


The marauding mountain of sand that is swallowing roads, houses and even a forest¿ on the west coast of France | Daily Mail Online comments Measuring 3km long, 500m wide and 100m high, this menacing wall of sand would look more at home in the Sahara desert than the west coast of France. Due to a quirk of nature, the Great Dune of Pyla has grown to become the largest sand dune in Europe and is marauding inland with such force it is swallowing houses, roads and even a forest. It is located on the Atlantic coast in La Teste-de-Buch, around 60km south-west of Bordeaux, and has ballooned over the centuries to consist of 60million cubic metres of sand. Scroll down for video Sand monster: At 3km long, 500m wide and 100m high, the Great Dune of Pyla, on the west coast of France, is the tallest of its kind in Europe Imposing: The dune is located on the Atlantic coast in La Teste-de-Buch, around 60km south-west of Bordeaux, and consists of 60million cubic metres of sand No stopping it: The migrating mountain of sand is engulfing and killing the pine trees of the forest of La Teste-de-Buch that lies directly behind it On the move: The dune has been formed over several centuries by westerly Atlantic winds which blow sand onto the shore from a sandbank off the coast. The build-up of sand has swelled to such an extent it has covered surrounding houses and roads Scene: At low tide, the surface of the Banc D'Arguin (to the left of the Great Dune of Pyla) begins to dry, allowing Atlantic winds to blow it to shore, creating a build-up on the coast As a result of westerly Atlantic winds, which continually blows sand onto the shore, the dune is moving at a rate of five metres a year. It is thought to have doubled in size in the last hundred years alone. The migrating mountain of sand is pushing the surrounding forest back, has covered roads and houses and has engulfed parts of the Atlantic Wall, an extensive system of coastal fortifications built by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. In one example, a Bordeaux family decided to build a villa on the edge of the dune in 1928, but two years later the sands began to invade the house. RELATED ARTICLES Share By 1936, the home had completely disappeared, it was reported by  Amusing Planet. Because of the dune’s unexpected location and beauty, it has become a tourist hotspot, attracting a million visitors every year and is particularly popular with paragliders. The dune, also known as the Dune Du Pyla, has been created thanks to the position of the Banc D'Arguin, a huge sandbank located around one kilometre off the coastline. Parasitical: As a result of westerly Atlantic winds, which continually blows sand onto the shore, the dune is moving at a rate of five metres a year Swelling up: The dune, also known as the Dune du Pyla, is thought to have doubled in size in the last hundred years alone Isolated: Analysis of a coal-like substance found on the shore reveals the remains of a much older forest, suggesting the process has been cyclical over many centuries Prepared: These stilt houses have been built to stand the rising tides near the dune, but others in the area have not been so lucky after getting engulfed by the moving wall of sand over the years At low tide, the surface of the sandbank begins to dry, allowing the westerly Atlantic winds to blow it to shore, according to  BBC Geography in Animation . When it reaches land, the sand begins to build into mound and as the wind continues to force more grains up the seaward side, they fall over the crest of the dune. Gradually, the landward face of the dune becomes steeper and steeper until it reaches an angle of 35 degrees, the point at which it becomes unstable and avalanches down the slope. Quirk of nature: The dune has been created thanks to the position of the Banc D'Arguin, a huge sandbank located around one kilometre off the coastline Fun in the sun: Its stunning features have made it a tourist hotspot, attracting a million visitors every year and is particularly popular with paragliders As this process repeats, the whole d


A truant is someone who stays away from what?

Truant - definition of truant by The Free Dictionary Truant - definition of truant by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/truant Related to truant: play truant tru·ant 1. One who is absent without permission, especially from school. 2. One who shirks work or duty. adj. 1. Absent without permission, especially from school. 2. Idle, lazy, or neglectful. intr.v. tru·ant·ed, tru·ant·ing, tru·ants To be truant. [Middle English, beggar, from Old French; see terə-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] truant (Education) a person who is absent without leave, esp from school adj being or relating to a truant vb (Education) (intr) to play truant [C13: from Old French: vagabond, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh truan miserable, Old Irish trōg wretched] ˈtruancy, ˈtruanting n 1. a student who stays away from school without permission. 2. a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty. adj. 3. absent from school without permission. 4. neglectful of duty or responsibility; idle. 5. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a truant. v.i. [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French: beggar < Celtic; compare Welsh truan wretched, wretch] tru′ant•ly, adv. I will have been truanting you will have been truanting he/she/it will have been truanting we will have been truanting you will have been truanting they will have been truanting Past Perfect Continuous absentee - one that is absent or not in residence 2. offender , wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law Adj. absent - not being in a specified place truant noun 1. absentee , skiver (Brit. slang), shirker , dodger , runaway , delinquent , deserter , straggler , malingerer She became a truant at the age of ten. adjective 1. absent , missing , skiving (Brit. slang), absent without leave , A.W.O.L. Neither the parents nor the truant students showed up at court. verb 1. absent yourself, play truant , skive (Brit. slang), bunk off (slang), desert , run away , dodge , wag (dialect), go missing , shirk , malinger , bob off (Brit. slang) In his fourth year he was truanting regularly. play truant stay away from school, be absent, truant , skive off (Brit. informal), bunk off (Brit. informal), not go to school She was in trouble over playing truant. truant neiti į pamokaspamokų praleidinėjimaspraleidinėti pamokas bastotājskavētājs B. VI (Scol) → hacer novillos , hacer la rabona (fig) → ausentarse (from de) truant [ˈtrʊənt] n (Scol) to play truant → marinare la scuola truant (ˈtruənt) noun someone who stays away from school etc without permission. The truants were caught and sent back to school. stokkiesdraaier تِلْميذ مُتَغَيِّب избягал gazeteiro / malandro záškolák der/die Schwänzer(in) pjækker κοπανατζής novillero popitegija فراری از مدرسه pinnari enfant qui fait l'école buissonnière תַלמִיד מִשתַמֵט गैरहाजिर रहने वाला učenik koji izostaje s nastave iskolakerülő pembolos skrópari (scolaro che marina la scuola) 無断欠席者 무단 결석하는 학생 pabėgėlis, pravaikštininkas (skolas) kavētājs; bastotājs kaki ponteng spijbelaar skulker ; skofter wagarowicz د مدرسی نه فرار یا تښتیدل gazeteiro chiulangiu прогульщик záškolák, ulievak špricar begunac sa časova skolkare เด็กหนีเรียน okul kaçağı 逃學者 учень, що прогулює уроки; прогульник بھگوڑا người trốn học 逃学者 ˈtruancy noun Truancy is a great problem in some schools. stokkies draai تَغَيُّب عن المَدْرَسَه бягане от училище malandragem / vagabundagem / vadiagem chození za školu die Schwänzerei pjækkeri σκασιαρχείο , κοπάνα novillos , ausencia no justificada de un escolar popitegemine مدرسه گریزی koulupinnaus absence non autorisée (d'un écolier) בְּרִיחָה מִבֵּית הַסֵפֶר अकारण गैरहाजिर रहना izostajanje s nastave, markiranje iskolakerülés, lógás pembolosan skróp (il marinare la scuola) 無断欠席 무단결석 pamokų praleidinėjimas, neatėjimas (į pamokas, tarnybą), pravaikšta (skolas) kavējums, bēguļošana perbuatan ponteng sekolah het spijbelen skulk wagarowanie د مدرسی نه تښتیدل gazeta absenţă nemotivată прогул záškoláctvo špricanje bežanje sa časova skolk การหนีโรงเรียน okuldan kaçma 曠課，逃學 нехтування школою; прогул بھگوڑاپن sự trốn học 旷课，逃学 pla


What was the most famous work of writer L. Frank Baum, who wrote from 1897 to 1912?

Baum, L. Frank Encyclopedia  >  People  >  Literature and the Arts  >  American Literature: Biographies L. Frank Baum Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank Baum)bôm, 1856–1919, American journalist, playwright, and author of children's stories, b. Chittenango, N.Y. He and his family moved to South Dakota in 1888, where he ran a newspaper, and to Chicago in 1891, where he worked as a journalist. At various times, he also worked as an actor, playwright, shop owner, and salesman. His first children's book, Mother Goose in Prose (1897), was followed by Father Goose: His Book (1899), which was an immediate best seller. In 1900 he published his most famous work, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a story about a little girl carried by a tornado to the magical land of Oz. Baum's dramatization of the book was produced in 1902; the story was made into a popular motion picture in 1938. Although he wrote more than 70 children's books, Baum's fame rests largely on The Wizard and his 13 other stories of Oz, including Ozma of Oz (1907) and The Scarecrow of Oz (1915), all of which emphasize practicality, self-reliance, tolerance, egalitarianism, and other attributes regarded as American virtues. See M. P. Hearn, ed., The Annotated Wizard of Oz (1973, upd. ed. 2000); biographies by K. M. Rogers (2002) and R. Loncraine (2009); E. I. Schwartz, Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story (2009). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


"Who wrote the story on which Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film ""The Birds"" was based?"

Has the mystery behind Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Birds finally been solved? | Daily Mail Online comments The bizarre event which inspired Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic masterpiece The Birds has finally been explained. The director was said to have based the 1963 film on a creepy incident in California, where flocks of frenzied, dying birds flew into the windows of homes in Monterey Bay. Scientists have come up with an answer for the freak of nature - that the birds had been poisoned by toxic plankton. Birds of prey: The iconic image from Hitchcock's The Birds (starring Tippi Hedren) which was reportedly based on a real incidence in California when flocks of seabirds crashed into houses and died Terror from the skies: The Birds told the story of a small town in California where citizens were maimed and killed by vicious birds 'I am pretty convinced that the birds were poisoned,' said ocean environmentalist Sibel Bargu of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge to USA Today. The scientists came up with the theory after studying the stomach contents of marine life from the time of the birds' deaths in 1961. They discovered toxic algae on three-quarters of the plankton the birds ate which damaged nerves - causing seizures, disorientation and finally, death. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The algae were believed to have become poisonous after being infected from leaky septic tanks, installed quickly during the housing boom in the Sixties across California. At the time, police officer Ed Cunningham had been on patrol when a deluge of dead birds began to land on his squad car at around 2:30 am. The officer told the Santa Cruz Sentinel in 1961: 'By the time I had stopped the car they were raining down all around me. Freaky: A police officer picks up dozens of dead sea birds which fell from the sky in Monterey Bay, California in 1961 Getting in a flap: Crows chasing schoolchildren and sparrows invading a home in the horror film The Birds 'They were big birds and they were falling so fast and hard they could have knocked me senseless. I thought I had better stay in the car and that's just what I did.' The horror/thriller classic The Birds tells of a wealthy woman (played by actress Tippi Hedren) who follows a potential love interest to his home town in Northern California which comes under a plague of vicious birds, killing and maiming residents and forcing them to hide inside boarded up homes. The title came from a short story called The Birds written in 1952 by Daphne Du Maurier but Hitchcock was said to have requested copies of newspapers in California around the time of the real-life bird deaths. Hitchcock's 49th film was met with critical acclaim, receiving a prestigious debut screening at Cannes and was nominated for an Oscar for special effects. HITCHCOCK 'THE OBSESSIVE' Alfred Hitchcock developed a dangerous obsession with Tippi Hedren – star of The  Birds – which blighted both their careers. A new drama, The Girl (starring Sienna Miller, pictured, as Hedren) is currently being filmed and depicts an infatuated Hitchcock, 62, sexually harassing the blonde starlet, 31. He controlled all aspects of Hedren's life including her diet and off-set wardrobe, even forbidding her to drive with male co-stars. She finally quit when he made it clear that she would never work again unless she gave in to his sexual demands. Tippi’s decision to walk away stalled her career because Hitchcock kept her to her contract and refused to allow her to work with other directors. But the collapse of the couple’s working relationship also had a devastating impact on the director, whose long run of hit, classic movies dried up. Tippi Hedren, a model who was in her first starring film role, won a Golden Globe for best newcomer. Hundreds of birds (gulls, ravens and crows) were trained for the film, while mechanical birds and animations were employed in other scenes. The film embodies typical Hitchcock techniques to ramp up the suspense. There is no musical score just an electronic soundtrack of bird cries and flapping win


Which episode of Star Wars is being filmed 2014-15?

Star Wars 7: New filming location ‘revealed’ with Episode VII to shoot on Ireland's Skellig Michael - Mirror Online TV Star Wars 7: New filming location ‘revealed’ with Episode VII to shoot on Ireland's Skellig Michael We’ve had confirmation of Abu-Dhabi and Buckingham’s Pinewood Studios - now an island just off Ireland’s County Kerry?  Share Will the Empire Strike Back from the small island of Skellig Michael? (Photo: Getty)  Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Star Wars: Episode VII will film part of the next instalment on the Skelligs in County Kerry, according to the latest report. Following confirmation of shooting in Abu-Dhabi and England’s very own Pinewood Studios, it has been reported that J.J. Abrams and the production team have permission to record on the island of Skellig Michael. The Office of Public Works gave filmmakers the go-ahead to film on the World Heritage island off the Kerry coast, Kerry's Eye newspaper reports today. Star Wars moving to the Forest of Dean too? (Photo: Puzzlewood.com)   The report suggests that a 6th century monastic settlement has been made available for a film production shoot. The statement also said this production is being fully supported by the Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Irish Film Board. It has been said that local boatmen have reached an agreement with the film crew regarding arrangements for ferrying them and equipment to the island for the shoot which is due to begin shortly. Earlier in the month it was also reported that Star Wars is about to film parts of Episode VII at Puzzlewood in the Forest of Dean. A popular location with production crews - having already been home to Doctor Who, Merlin and Atlantis - it is thought that Episode VII teams have already arrived to possibly to film the Ewok planet Endor or in the Dagobah system.


What is the name for a type of man-made well where the water is raised by natural pressure rather than pumping?

Water Well Helpline ROLLS OF POLYETHYLENE TUBING (FUNNY PIPE): Toro Irrigation An Inexpensive Do-It-Yourself Deep Well Pump In 1991, I drove a 67 foot deep, 1 1/4 inch diameter well in my backyard.  To my utter dismay, they no longer made a pump that would fit this type of well.  I could either salvage a manual pump from an old well (a complicated assembly with a push rod and leathers) or come up with my own design.  Thus, the inertia pump was born of necessity.  Although it will pump any size of well, it works exceptionally well with 1 1/4 inch diameter deep wells and off-center or slanted wells. Since inertia pumps contain only one moving part and are constructed from durable materials, they are extremely reliable.  They work in situations where more sophisticated pumps fail and do not lose their prime.  Inertia pumps are ideal for supplying campgrounds and cabins, bringing in new wells (nothing will cause a powered pump to seize up faster than pumping dirty water), or for emergency water in case there is a power outage.  Unfortunately, inertia pumps do not produce a sufficient rate of flow or enough water pressure to supply sprinkler systems and indoor plumbing. You will need the following to build an inertia pump:  a 1/2 inch diameter solid brass or stainless steel ball salvaged from a ball bearing, a brass 1/2 inch male pipe threads by 1/2 inch inside diameter barb, a brass 1/2 inch female pipe threads by 1/2 inch brass tube fitting (discard insert, nut, and sleeve), and two 1/4L neoprene washers (all three fittings can be purchased at a nearby plumbing supplies retailer—total cost, approximately $5).  You will also need a 100 foot roll of 1/2 inch inside diameter, UV resistant tubing (available from the plumbing department at a warehouse building supplies retailer). There are two types of brass 1/2 inch female pipe threads by 1/2 inch compression fittings—one has a flat inside and the other has a beveled inside.  In order for the solid metal ball to seat properly, the inside of the this compression fitting MUST be beveled.  Otherwise, it will not work. Carefully enlarge the holes in the neoprene washers until they are 3/8 inch in diameter with a file or a rasp.  Push the washers into the large end of the hose barb until they fit snugly (if they don't fit snugly, try using 3/8 or 3/8M washers).  Wrap the male pipe threads with teflon tape.  Place the 1/2 inch metal ball on top of the washers.  Next, screw the two brass fittings onto each other.  The device you put together is called a foot valve.  If you assembled it correctly, the metal ball will rattle when you shake the valve. Because the only thing standard in brass plumbing fixtures are the threads, some adjustment may be necessary to achieve maximum flow.  Cut a foot long piece of tubing, rub the inside edge with vaseline, and push it gently onto the hose barb.  Next, grasp the top of the tubing while jerking the foot valve up and down in a bucket of water.  Count the number of strokes it takes before water flows out the top of the tubing.  Now, unscrew the foot valve by one full turn and repeat the experiment.  Try it again after removing one of the neoprene washers.  The fewer strokes it takes, the better the adjustment. Foot valves are one way check valves that operate on the principle of inertia, allowing water to enter the 1/2 inch inside diameter tubing during the down stroke, but preventing it from draining back into the well on the up stroke.  Together, the valve and tubing form an inertia hand pump that requires little or no maintenance.  Should it ever become clogged with sand or silt, the foot valve easily screws apart for cleaning.   Using this system, it takes approximately 15 minutes labor to pump 5 gallons of water from a depth of 65 feet. Now that you have adjusted the foot valve, it is time to assemble the inertia pump.  Shove one end of the tubing securely onto the barbed end of the foot valve.  If you have done this properly, it won't come off when you tug on it.  Your well should extend approximately two feet above ground level and should


"What would you mainly expect to see on the US TV series ""The Jeff Probst Show""?"

Survivor's Past and Future - IGN IGN Survivor's Past and Future Share. Jeff Probst talks to IGN about this fall's Samoa edition, next year's 10th anniversary season and more. By Eric Goldman The 19th installment of reality heavyweight Survivor is coming, with the September 17th debut of Survivor: Samoa . I recently had the chance to chat with the Emmy-winning host of that series, Jeff Probst, about this coming season, along with a look back at some other recent Survivor editions. Next spring will see the show celebrate its 10th anniversary and its 20th season, and thanks to the magic of public court records, we know an attempt was made to bring original winner Richard Hatch back for what is widely assumed to be some sort of All-Stars season. While everyone involved in Survivor is being tightlipped on the exact plans for Season 20, I also try to get Probst to give me some hints as to what fans might expect. IGN TV: What can you say about Survivor: Samoa? Jeff Probst: A very aggressive season from the participants and from Samoa. We lost a couple of people to evacuations and we emerged with, I think, one of the most notorious villains. When you think about how many years we've been on, to break into that ranking… you gotta play. And this person said from day one, "I'm coming here to tear it up and either go home early or I'm gonna be here late, but nowhere in between." And they lived up to their word! IGN: It's always funny seeing who is designated a hero or villain, since to do well in the game, you almost always have to manipulate to some extent. Yau-Man for instance was a manipulator of sorts, but we all loved him. Does it have a lot to do with what persona you put behind that manipulation? Probst: Yeah. I think it's a really tough challenge. How do you play a game in which you have to vote people out, which is really annoying to that person, and then get them to give you a million dollars? How do you do that? And it's tough for a villain to do that, because people get pissed off, and the game doesn't have enough space between the time you're voted out and when you vote [for the winner]. It happens very quickly, so you're still mad. I think if we voted six months later, we'd have different results. I think people would watch the show and go, "You know what? He was kind of a chump, but man did he play me and I respect him." What happens often in the show is you vote for the person who you hate the least. Jeff Probst IGN: What did you think about this past season? I think most of us thought JT would win, but did you see his sweep coming? Probst: No. Although I knew he was going to win when Stephen set him up when [Stephen's] question was, "Would you have taken JT to the end?" and he said no. And JT did one of the greatest acting performances, acting hurt. Later he told me, "I knew he wasn't going to take me. That didn't affect me. He'd be crazy to take me. I made the jury feel like it was a betrayal of epic proportions." IGN: You have a situation like JT and Stephen where they are still great friends, and left all of that in the game. But then you have someone like Lex who felt so personally betrayed by Rob and basically wouldn't talk to him afterwards because of something that happened in the game. Is it funny for you to see how differently people react? Probst: Most people keep the game the game. I think Lex is more the exception to the rule. Lex got played and if he read that he would get annoyed with me again. He got played! That's it. And enough time has gone by where you have to say, "I fell for it. F**k, I'm pissed! I wish I hadn't, but I did." Because I usually say to people out there that the truth of what tends to happen is that you think you've made a friendship out here and you don't want to hurt their feelings. Meanwhile, they're going to stab you in the back. When it's all said and done, pretty much everybody gets along. So stab when you need to stab. Pull the knife out and stab them! That's the game. And everybody gets over it. They go to these fundraisers, have a couple of beers and they go, "F**k, I still


"Which American country music singer-songwriter, born in 1934, won two Grammy Awards of 2005, (Best Country Album and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals) for her album ""Van Lear Rose"", which was produced by Jack White of the White Stripes?"

Loretta Lynn | Country Music Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Lynn is the daughter of coal miner Theodore Melvin "Ted" Webb (October 24, 1906 – February 23, 1959) and Clara Marie "Clary" ( née Ramey; May 5, 1912 – November 24, 1981). [3 ] Path to stardom Edit In January 1948, Loretta married  Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn [4 ] (1926–1996). Their life together helped inspire the music she wrote. [5 ] In 1953 Doolittle bought her a $17  Harmony  guitar. [6 ] She taught herself to play. Over the following three years she worked to improve her guitar playing and with Doolittle's encouragement started her own band, "Loretta and the Trailblazers", with her brother, Jay Lee, playing lead guitar. She often appeared at Bill's Tavern in  Blaine, Washington , and the Delta Grange Hall in  Custer, Washington , with the Pen Brothers' band and The Westerneers. She eventually cut her first record, "Honky Tonk Girl", in February 1960.[ citation needed ] She became a part of the country music scene in  Nashville  in the 1960s, and in 1967 charted her first of 16 number-one hits (out of 70 charted songs as a solo artist and a duet partner) [7 ] that include " Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) ", " You Ain't Woman Enough ", " Fist City ", and " Coal Miner's Daughter ". [8 ] Lynn focused on blue-collar women's issues with themes about philandering husbands and persistent mistresses, inspired by issues she faced in her marriage. She pushed boundaries in the conservative genre of country music by singing about birth control (" The Pill "), repeated childbirth (" One's on the Way "), double standards for men and women (" Rated "X" "), and being widowed by the draft during the  Vietnam War  ("Dear Uncle Sam"). [9 ] Country music radio stations often refused to play her music, banning nine of her songs, but Lynn pushed on to become "The First Lady of Country Music". In 1980, her best-selling 1976 autobiography Coal Miner's Daughter was made into an  Academy Award -winning film,  Coal Miner's Daughter , starring  Sissy Spacek  and  Tommy Lee Jones . Her most recent album,  Van Lear Rose , released in 2004, was produced by fellow musician  Jack White ; Lynn and White were nominated for five Grammys and won two. [10 ] Lynn has received numerous awards in country and American music. She was inducted into the  Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame  in 1983, the  Country Music Hall Of Fame  in 1988, and the  Songwriters Hall of Fame  in 2008, and she was honored in 2010 at the  Country Music Awards . Her most recent honor is the 2013  Presidential Medal of Freedom  from President  Barack Obama  (awarded also to  Bill Clinton ,  Oprah Winfrey , and  Bob Dylan ). Lynn has been a member of  The Grand Ole Opry  since joining on September 25, 1962; her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry was on October 15, 1960. Lynn has recorded 70 albums, including 54 studio albums, 15 compilation albums, and one tribute album, and has sold over 48 million albums worldwide in her career. [11 ] Personal life Edit At age 15 Lynn married 21-year-old  Oliver Vanetta Lynn , known variously as "Doolittle", "Doo", or "Mooney", on January 10, 1948. The couple had met one month earlier in December 1947. [1 ] A year later the couple left Kentucky and moved to the logging community of Custer, Washington  while Lynn was seven months pregnant with the first of their six children. [3 ] Children and grandchildren The Lynns had three children by the time Loretta was 19 and she gave birth to their fourth child, Cissie, by age 20. The Lynns had six children altogether: Betty Sue Lynn, November 26, 1948 – July 29, 2013 (aged 64) from emphysema [14 ] Jack Benny Lynn, December 7, 1949 – July 22, 1984 (aged 34) by drowning. [15 ] Ernest Ray Lynn, April 12, 1951 (age 64) Clara Marie Lynn (Cissie), April 7, 1952 (age 63) Peggy Jean and Patsy Eileen Lynn (twins; latter named for  Patsy Cline ), August 6, 1964 (age 51) Lynn has survived two of her six children. Her second child and eldest son, Jack Benny, died at age 34 on July 22, 1984, while trying to ford the Duck River at the fam


In what field would the terms Nikkei, Dow, and DAX be used?

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Amphibians Facts | List Of Amphibians | Amphibians Pictures | San Diego Zoo - Kids San Diego Zoo world of amphibians What Makes an AmphibianA cold-blooded animal that lives both on land and in water and is able to breathe through its skin as well as, or instead of, through its lungs. Frogs and salamanders are amphibians.?   Amphibians are animals that live part of their lives in water and part on land.  They usually have soft, moist skin that is protected by a slippery layer of mucus. They also tend to live in moist places or near water to keep their bodies from drying out. There are three main groups of amphibians: caecilians; salamanders, newts, and mudpuppies; and frogs and toads.   All amphibians: Are vertebrates (which means they have a backboneThe column of bones (spine) in the back of many animals. It supports the body. An animal with a backbone is called a vertebrate. or spineA stiff, sharp projection on an animal; another word for quill.) Are ectothermic. Also known as “cold-bloodedAn animal whose body temperature changes with the temperature of the air or water around it, as a turtle or fish.,” ectothermic animals cannot regulate their own body heat, so they depend on warmth from sunlight to become warm and active. If they get too hot, they have to find shade or a burrowNoun-A hole in the ground made by certain animals, like rabbits. Verb-To dig a hole in the ground. to help them cool down. Breathe through their skin. Go through metamorphosisThe changes in shape and abilities that certain animals go through as they grow from young animals to adults. Caterpillars become butterflies through metamorphosis.. Young amphibians hatch from eggs, but do not look like their parents. As they develop, their body shape changes.


The cedilla appears under what letter in some French words?

cedilla - 必应 A tittle or superscript dot is a small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic or the dot on a lowercase i or j. The tittle is an integral part of the glyph of i and j, but diacritic dot… www.bing.com/knows/tittle?mkt=zh-cn 2005-6-1 Ishq or išq (Arabic: عشق); (Urdu: عشق); (Persian: عشق) in classical Arabic, literally means 'love'. Ishq does not appear in the Quran, which instead uses the verb habba (حَبَّ… www.bing.com/knows/ishq?mkt=zh-cn 2014-4-3 The Unicode standard allows for dozens of letters with a grave accent to be available, as a combining character. The older ISO-8859-1 character encoding only includes the lett… www.bing.com/knows/Grave accent?mkt=zh-cn In UK & Ireland keyboard layouts, the only two symbols printed on most keyboards which require the AltGr key are: € the Euro currency symbol. Located on the "4/$" key. Eit… www.bing.com/knows/AltGr key?mkt=zh-cn 2016-12-5 The diaeresis (/daɪˈɛrᵻsᵻs/, dy-ERR-ə-səs; plural: diaereses), also spelled diæresis or dieresis and also known as the trema or the umlaut, is a diacritical mark that consis… www.bing.com/knows/diaeresis


The characters of Doris Schwartz and Leroy Johnson appeared in what 1980s TV series?

Debbie Allen | Fame the TV show Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Allen was born in Houston, Texas, the youngest of four children to orthodontist Andrew Arthur Allen Sr. and Vivian (née Ayers) Allen, she is a poet (Spice of Dawns and other books) and museum art director. She went on to earn a B.A. degree in classical Greek literature, speech, and theater from Howard University. She holds honoris causa Doctorates from Howard University and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She currently teaches young dancers. She also taught choreography to former Los Angeles Lakers dancer-turned-singer, Paula Abdul. Her daughter, Vivian Nixon, played Kalimba in the Broadway production of Hot Feet. Career Edit Debbie Allen had her Broadway debut in the chorus of Purlie. Allen also created the role of Beneatha in the Tony Award-winning musical Raisin. She first began receiving critical attention in 1980 for her appearance in the role of Anita in the Broadway revival of West Side Story which earned her a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award, she would receive a second Tony Award nomination in 1986 for her performance in the title role of Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity. One of her earlier television appearances was in the TV sitcom Good Times in a memorable 2-part episode titled "J.J's Fiancee'" as J.J's drug-addicted fiancee, Diana. Allen was first introduced as Lydia Grant in the 1980 film Fame. Although her role in the film was relatively small, Lydia would become a central figure in the television adaptation, which ran from 1982 to 1987. During the opening montage of each episode, Grant told her students: "You've got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying ... in sweat." Allen was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Actress four times during the show's run. She is the only actress to have appeared in all three screen incarnations of Fame, playing Lydia Grant in both the 1980 film and 1982 television series and playing the school principal in the 2009 remake.[citation needed] Allen was also lead choreographer for the film and television series, winning two Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe Award.In an article from the Museum of Broadcast Communications, the Hollywood Reporter commented on Allen's impact as the producer-director of the television series, A Different World. The show dealt with the life of students at the fictional historically black college, Hillman, and ran for six seasons on NBC. Debbie Allen was also selected to appear in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations by Alex Haley where she plays the wife of Alex Haley. In 2008 she directed the all-African-American Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring stage veterans James Earl Jones (Big Daddy), her sister Phylicia Rashād (Big Mama) and Anika Noni Rose (Maggie, the Cat), as well as film actor Terrence Howard, who made his Broadway debut as Brick. The production, with some roles recast, had a limited run (2009-April 2010) in London. Allen has released two solo albums, 1986's Sweet Charity and 1989's Special Look which also had several singles off the album. In 2001, Allen fulfilled a lifelong dream by opening the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles, California. Allen's academy offers a comprehensive curriculum for boys and girls ages four to eighteen in all the major dance techniques including Classical Ballet, Modern, African, jazz, and Hip-Hop. In addition special workshops are held for concentration in the Peking Opera, Martial Arts dance techniques, Flamenco, Salsa, and Tap. Debbie Allen was awarded an honorary doctorate from the North Carolina School of the Arts, as well as from her Alma Mater, Howard University. Awards and honors Edit Allen was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 as a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.[6] For her contributions to the television industry, Debbie Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Allen was presented with the George and Ira Ger


What river falls over the Angel Falls, Venezuela, the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall?

World’s Highest Waterfall- Angle Falls | GEOGRAPHY 7 OMEGA World’s Highest Waterfall- Angle Falls · by briansia · in Uncategorized . · Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 m (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft). The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyantepui mountain in the Canaima National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Gran Sabana region of Bolívar State. The height figure 979 m (3,212 ft) mostly consists of the main plunge but also includes about 400 m (0.25 mi) of sloped cascades and rapids below the drop and a 30-metre (98 ft) high plunge downstream of the talus rapids. The falls are on the Gauja River (alternatively known as the Kerep River or Kerepacupai), which flows into the Churun River, a tributary of the Carrao river. Where it gets its name The waterfall has been known as the “Angel Falls” since the mid twentieth century; they are named after Jimmie Angel, a US aviator, who was the first person to fly over the falls. Angel’s ashes were scattered over the falls on July 2, 1960. The common Spanish name “Salto Ángel” derives from his surname. In 2009, President Hugo Chávez announced his intention to change the name to the purported original indigenous Pemon term (“Kerepakupai Vená”, meaning “waterfall of the deepest place“), on the grounds that the nation’s most famous landmark should bear an indigenous name. Explaining the name change, Chávez was reported to have said, “This is ours, long before Angel ever arrived there… this is indigenous property.” However, he later said that he would not decree the change of name, but only was defending the use of Kerepakupai Vená. Share this:


The first Sovereign to reign over England, Scotland, and Ireland simultaneously was James who ruled in Scotland as James VI from the age of 18 months, and in England and Ireland as James I from 1603. He was the first King of England of which Royal House?

Wikijunior:Kings and Queens of England/The Stuarts - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Wikijunior:Kings and Queens of England/The Stuarts From Wikibooks, open books for an open world This is the latest reviewed version , approved on 10 November 2016. (+)  Quality: good   James I (1603-1625)[ edit ] James I James I was born at Edinburgh Castle on 19 June 1566. James was the only child of Mary, Queen of Scots and her second husband, Lord Darnley. James was a direct descendant of Henry VII through his great-grandmother Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 until his death on 27 March 1625. He was also King of England and King of Ireland as James I from 24 March 1603 until his death. He was the first monarch of England from the House of Stuart. James was a successful monarch in Scotland, but he was an unsuccessful monarch in England. He was unable to deal with a hostile Parliament, and the refusal by the House of Commons to levy sufficiently high taxes crippled the royal finances. However, James is considered to have been one of the most intellectual British monarchs. Under him, much of the cultural flourishing of Elizabethan England continued; science, literature and art, contributed by men such as Sir Francis Bacon and William Shakespeare grew by leaps. Before becoming King of England[ edit ] In June 1567, Protestant rebels arrested James's mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, and imprisoned her. Mary was forced to abdicate the throne on 24 July, giving it to James, then only thirteen months old. He was brought up as a member of the Protestant Church of Scotland. During James VI's early reign, power was held by a series of regents, with James taking power himself in 1581, though he did not rule by himself, relying instead on the advice of his closest courtiers. He carried on ruling as King of Scotland, and then, on the death of Queen Elizabeth of England in 1603, an English Accession Council met and proclaimed James King of England. However, Scotland and England remained separate states - it was not until 1707 that the Acts of Union merged the two nations to create a new state, the Kingdom of Great Britain. Early reign in England[ edit ] James is noted for creating many new lords. In total, sixty-two people were raised to the English Peerage by James. Elizabeth had only created eight new peers during her 45-year reign. Upon his arrival in London, James was almost immediately faced by religious conflicts in England. He was presented with a petition from Puritans requesting further Anglican Church reform. He accepted the invitation to a conference in Hampton Court, which was subsequently delayed due to the Plague. In 1604, at the Hampton Court Conference, James was unwilling to agree to most of their demands. He did, however, agree to fulfill one request by authorizing an official translation of the Bible, which came to be known as the King James Version. In 1605, a group of Catholic extremists led by Robert Catesby developed a plan, known as the Gunpowder Plot, to cause an explosion in the chamber of the House of Lords, where the King and members of both Houses of Parliament would be gathered for the State Opening of Parliament. The conspirators sought to replace James with his daughter, Elizabeth, who, they hoped, could be forced to convert to Catholicism. One of the conspirators, however, leaked information regarding the plot, which was then foiled. Terrified, James refused to leave his residence for many days. Guy Fawkes, who was to be the one lighting the gunpowder, was tortured on the rack until he revealed the identities of the other conspirators, all of whom were executed or killed during capture. Dolls of Guy Fawkes are still burned each 5 November, which is known as Guy Fawkes, or bonfire, Night, to commemorate the plot. Conflict with Parliament and death[ edit ] Following the dissolution of the Addled Parliament, James ruled without a Parliament for seven years. Faced with financial difficulties due to the failure of Parliament to approve new taxes, James sought to


Chicken Biryani Recipe - Allrecipes.com MDSGH 8/1/2004 this recipe is absolute rubbish , excuse me but it is not biryani its more like a mixture of tahiri and pullao KHATTI 11/24/2004 I haven't made thsi recipe, but I am an Indian and both my husband and I loovveee Biryani and cook often. If you want to know the secret to fast biryani cooking, go to any Indian/Pakistani groce... Jeannine 12/10/2006 While this recipe is time consuming, it is well worth it! I made a couple changes, I added cashews and raisins when adding the chicken broth, and I used chicken wings and drumsticks with the bon... momica 7/4/2007 This really isn't the best biryani recipe I've made, but it's fast for biryani so I thought I'd give it a shot. I had to double all the curry spices and added a good helping of garam marsala. ... ROBBYN FRAZEE 4/6/2003 My Brother-in-law is from Pakistan and I love their food so I was looking for recipes to fix for my family. I found this one and my husband has added it to his favorites catagory. I even fixed... RADHI_NAIR 11/11/2001 Chicken Biryani is one of the more complicated rice dishes in Indian/pakistani cooking. Being quite an amateur cook, I still managed to cook up a feast with this single dish and my hubby is stil... LG6191972 11/21/2001 I made this recipe for a big Diwali party (a traditional Hindu celebration) and got raves. People were asking for the recipe and for leftovers to take home with them! WILLESDENGIRL 9/20/2005 Wow!! This was amazing. I made it for a bunch of friends and made very few modifications. I used boneless skinless drumsticks which I beleive were the perfect choice for this dish as they had... sayali k 5/31/2006 It was magnificent! the most delicious biryani i ever [made] and ate! it was perfect. fortunately, all my procedure went good . thanks a lot NAZIA!


"What breed of dog was the film star ""Lassie""?"

The World's Most Famous Canine Movie Star, Lassie By Gayle Kaye   Lassie has single-handedly done more for the popularity of the Collie breed than any other single dog. We have him to thank for putting the breed at the top of the popularity charts for many years. He has done a tremendous amount of public relations work by showing Collies to be courageous, loyal, intelligent, protective and great with kids! How many of us grew up watching Lassie on television or in the movies, fully convinced that we had to someday own a Collie? What kid doesn't come up to your dogs and say "There's Lassie". Thanks to Lassie the Collie breed is universally known and loved! "Lassie Come-Home" written by Eric Knight, was first printed as a short story in 1938. Two years later the book was published in an expanded version of the story. The book which became a popular best seller, paved the way for an overnight sensation! Several perfectly timed events completed the scenario. In 1941 MGM, one of Hollywood's major studios, decided to make a movie out of the popular story. They purchased the movie rights for $10,000--a move considered risky at best, since dog movies weren't necessarily big moneymaker. At about the same time, an errant Collie named "Pal" was giving his owner fits! He couldn't be cured of chasing motorcycles as well as several other bad habits. Mix in a respected Hollywood dog trainer by the name of Rudd Weatherwax, who acquired Pal when his previous owners gave up and a legend was born! The movie titled Lassie Come Home premiered in 1943, starring the infamous "Pal". It was beautifully photographed, in gorgeous Technicolor, and was the story of a loyal Collie who crossed hundreds of miles of rough terrain to return home to the boy she loved. The critics and public loved it! It made the "Ten Best Movie" list at the end of the year. The movie featured two youthful stars, Roddy McDowell and Elizabeth Taylor. It was a huge box office success and the public demanded more. MGM turned this enormous success into a series of movies whose appeal has spanned five decades. In 1947 the Lassie radio show hit the air waves, followed by the television premier in 1954. Lassie was as big a hit in the infant stages of TV as she was in the movie theaters. The original television show ran for seventeen years, winning Emmys in 1954 and 1955 for "Best Children's TV show." Indeed it wound up one of the longest running programs in television history. Lassie who came to represent traditional American values such as family and home, courage, loyalty and honesty, soon became an American institution, famous the world over! She has reigned supreme since then as the undisputed canine hero. Because of Lassie's tremendous, enduring popularity, a lot of merchandise has been produced over the years, in an attempt to promote Lassie to the public. Many of these objects have become collector's items and "collecting" has become a nation-wide obsession. The name Lassie evokes warm childhood memories and is especially meaningful to children who grew up in the 1940's on the movies and the children who grew up watching the television show in the 1950's and 1960's. Add to this a whole new generation of Lassie fans thanks to cable television and the recent release of the first Lassie movie in twenty years. Today many of these same children, in an effort to recapture those childhood memories, are now collecting items that were important to them in their youth. There are Lassie collectors around the globe. They are everywhere, in all walks of life, crossing all ages and all boundaries. Some are Collie owners and breeders, while others don't even have a dog. Some collectors own other breeds. Indeed they come in all shapes and sizes and ages! The vast number of collectors has made for a very competitive market. Many toy and antique dealers will tell you there isn't much in the way of Lassie collectibles. Not true! There are lots of Lassie collectibles and they come in every item imaginable--and then some. The problem is in finding them!


In 1974 many ranks of life-size models were discovered buried in China; they are known as...?

China's Qin Terracotta Army - the chinese clay warriors - pictures - images China's Qin Terracotta Army Related link pages The Terracotta Army The weather was very dry in 1974, and the grain was dying in the fields in Lintong county, Shaanxi province, near Xian, China, and some local farmers decided to try to establish a new water well by digging at a low point in the terrain. They encountered very hard red earth about a meter down and then, on the third day, they dug out something resembling a jar whch one of the villagers wanted to take home to use as a container. They also recovered a clay torso which was "like a statue in a temple". In time the torso was to become established as having been the body of one of an actual army of terracotta clay warriors and the 'jar' to have been the head of one of these clay warriors. The farmers in this area had routinely come across terracotta clay fragments as they worked their fields and had sold many bronze arrowheads they also discovered to the recycling station. Some time later a Lintong county official responsible for cultural relics learnt that a large number of terracotta fragments had been found and rushed to the site and asked the farmers to collect the fragments of heads, torsos, arms and legs they had recovered and pile them into three trucks, before taking them to Lintong Museum and attempting to reconstruct the fragments into their original statues. It wasn't until archaeologists arrived months later it was realized that the farmers had stumbled upon an astonishing find in the form of large-scale terracotta warriors buried in the ground in which they had been digging. The authorities were called in and subsequent investigations over a number of years have yielded up a terracotta clay army of figures depicting  warriors, archers and calvalry men together with a number of horse-drawn chariots and some figures which were believed to depict persons of officer rank. The chinese terracotta army has been dated to around 210 B.C. and is believed to have been created by the first  Emperor of a unified China - Qin Shi Huang. The words Shi Huang translate as - First Emperor - so this individual is also known as the first Emperor  of the Qin dynasty. Chinese civilization has its roots in Shaanxi and Henan provinces where the Huang He, or Yellow River, winds its way through its fertile valleys. The Han Chinese settled this area in the 3rd century BC. Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, lies just a few miles to the west of where the Wei and Huang He converge. Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses is located Qin, who died in 210 BC at the age of 50, created China's first unified state by conquering seven rival kingdoms. He built an extensive system of roads and canals along with an early incarnation of the Great Wall of China. He introduced standard measurements, a single written language, currency and law. Prior to the drought-stricken farmer's discoveries of 1974 the underground presence of the Terracotta Army was totally unknown. The subsequent investigations of what was becoming appreciated as being an archaeological find of the first importance has allowed a body of insights to be built up towards the understanding of the costumes, armaments, technology and societal organisation an entire,  and historically significant, human culture. The first Qin Emperor, after forcibly incorporating other historically warring territories under his own rule eventually bequeathed "China" to posterity.     As these images and pictures show the terracotta warriors were buried in place in their ranks in several long pits close to the tomb of the first emperor - possibly as guards and as aides for a future after-life. The swords, lances, halberds and crossbows entombed with the Terracotta Army are believed to have been new, and fully functional  as military equipment when buried. Blades show evidence of having been sharpened on a sort of rotary lathe or spinning whetstone. The forty thousand heads of crossbow bolts, or arrows, have been analysed revealing hard, and pene


16 Types of Salamanders, Explained | Earth's Friends Home > Animals > Reptiles > 16 Types of Salamanders, Explained 16 Types of Salamanders, Explained 7 E-mail Total: 69 How do we keep this site running? This post may contain affiliate links — the cost is the same to you, but we get a referral fee. Compensation does not affect rankings. Thanks! What is a salamander? There are a whopping 500 species of amphibians that can be classified as salamanders. Salamanders are similar in shape and size to lizards – with a slender body and long tail. What differentiates them from the typical lizard? Salamanders won’t always have four limbs, and can often be seen slithering along without them. They are also commonly brightly colored, although underground species may simply be white or pink in color Let’s take a look at some of the more common species of salamander. Types of Salamanders Tiger Salamander The Tiger salamander (Ambystoma Tigrinum), can reach lengths of a foot and longer, and is frequently colored with a yellow variation of spots and stripes. You’ll find the Tiger salamander in the continental U.S. as well as parts of Mexico, hiding in mountaneous and lowland areas. They tend to avoid the water, preferring the shelter of rocks and boulders. What does a Tiger salamander eat? Tiger salamanders will eat small insects, worms, snails, etc. – pretty much anything that crawls along the ground. What is a Tiger salamander’s reproductive behavior? This is one of the few times that a male Tiger salamander will approach the water – to attract a female. After a short 24 hours following the transfer of the salamander’s spermatophores, the female will lay over one thousand eggs, which can take up to two weeks to develop. Flatwoods Salamander The Flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) is much smaller than the Tiger salamander, measuring in at a mere 1/3 of a foot on average. It lives primarily in the Southwestern U.S., in pine forests, and will lay eggs that develop in three to five weeks. Northwestern Salamander The Northwestern salamander (Ambystoma gracile) measures in somewhere between the Tiger and Flatwoods salamanders, at just over half a foot. You’ll find it in the Northwestern U.S., as well as parts of Canada, in particular British Columbia. Unlike the Tiger salamander, the Northwestern salamander prefers wet and damp areas. It’s eggs develop in two to four weeks, and reach maturity in 1 to 2 years. Jefferson Salamander The Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) measures in at about the same length as the Northwestern salamander, at just over half a foot. It also lives in the Northwestern U.S and Canada, likes the water and lives in forests as well. It’s eggs take a bit longer to develop – four to six weeks, but typically reach maturity in just under half a year. Long-Toed Salamander The Long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum) also lives in the Northwestern USA and Canada. It prefers deciduous, green areas. The long-toed salamander eggs develop in two to six months and reach maturity in six months to a year. Cave Salamander The cave salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) is also known as the spotted tail salamander. This salamander measures between 10 to 20 cm in length and its skin is marked with irregularly spaced dashes and dots. The cave salamander has a prehensile tail and is native to Alabama, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Kansas. As its name implies, this species prefers to live anywhere from the mouth of a cave to deep in to the cave. These salamanders can also be found in various rocky outcrops and in forests. Little is known about the egg laying habits of the cave salamander. Red Hills Salamander The red hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) is the official state amphibian of the state of Alabama. This salamander is a terrestrial salamander and has been known to grow as long as 10 inches long. This is a gray brown salamander that has coloration almost like a worm. This salamander species is found in two specific geographic locations in southern Alabama. T


"Who wrote the 6 ""Brandenburg Concertos""?"

Milestones of the Millennium: Bach's "Brandenburg" Concertos Johann Sebastian Bach's "Brandenburg" Concertos with Lisa Simeone Few musical works are as loved--and as often performed--as the six "Brandenburg" Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach. These six works display a lighter side of Bach's imperishable genius. Yet they came into being as an unexpected gift. That's what happened in 1721 when Bach presented the Margrave of Brandenburg with a bound manuscript containing six lively concertos for chamber orchestra, works based on an Italian Concerto Grosso style. The Margrave never thanked Bach for his work--or paid him. There's no way he could have known that this gift--later named the Brandenburg Concertos--would become a benchmark of Baroque music and still have the power to move people almost three centuries later. On this edition of Performance Today's Milestones of the Millennium, we explore how Bach's genius opened up a vivid new world of music for chamber orchestra. The Brandenburg Concertos are a highlight of one of the happiest and most productive periods in Bach's life. At the time he wrote them, Bach was the Kapellmeister--the music director--in the small town of Coethen, where he was composing music for the court. Since the Margrave of Brandenburg seems to have ignored Bach's gift of concertos, it's likely that Bach himself presided over the first performances at home in Coethen. They didn't have a name then; that didn't come until 150 years later, when Bach's biographer Philipp Spitta called them "Brandenburg" Concertos for the very first time, and the name stuck. Even though he didn't call them the "Brandenburgs," Bach still thought of them as a set. What he did was compile them from short instrumental sinfonias and concerto movements he had already written. Then he re-worked the old music, often re-writing and elaborating where he saw fit. In doing so, Bach created something of a dramatic arc from the brilliant first concerto to the last, which evokes a spirited chase. Each of the six concertos requires a different combination of instruments as well as some highly skilled soloists. The Margrave had his own small court orchestra in Berlin, but it was a group of mostly mediocre players. All the evidence suggests that these virtuosic Brandenburg concertos perfectly matched the talents of the musicians on hand in Coethen. So how did a provincial town get so many excellent musicians? Just before Johann Sebastian arrived in Coethen in 1717, a new king inherited the throne in Prussia. Friedrich Wilhelm I became known as the "Soldier King" because he was interested in the military strength of his kingdom, not in refined artistic pursuits. One of his first royal acts was to disband the prestigious Berlin court orchestra. That threw many musicians out of work, and as luck would have it, seven of the best ones were snatched up to work in Coethen by its music-loving Prince Leopold. That's why Bach found such a rich music scene when he started to work there. It gave him the luxury of writing for virtuosos and they let him push the boundraries of his creativity. Concerto No. 2, for example, has the trumpeter play high flourishes. No. 4 allows the solo violin to soar. When Bach played chamber music, he usually took the viola part so he could sit--as he wrote in a letter--"in the middle of the harmony." But for the Concerto No. 5 he had a real inspiration. He switched to harpsichord, gave it a knock-out part and, in the process, invented the modern keyboard concerto. The writing is so advanced and so intricate for its time that scholars assume the Fifth Concerto is actually the last Brandenburg Concerto Bach wrote. If the dazzling writing style of the Fifth Concerto points to a late composition date, the Sixth Concerto probably came first in chronological order. It's got a simple part for the viola da gamba, a forerunner of the cello, which Bach probably put there for his employer, Prince Leopold, to play. The Prince was wealthy man and a serious music lover but probably a performer of only modest talent. The Sixth is a


In a coup in 2006, who seized power in Fiji?

Fiji military seizes power in bloodless coup | World news | The Guardian World news Fiji military seizes power in bloodless coup Fiji's military commander Frank Bainimarama announces he has taken control of the country from the elected government. Photograph: Rick Rycroft/AP Roger Maynard Close This article is 10 years old Fiji was plunged into its fourth coup in 20 years today, after the military ousted the prime minister, Laisenia Qarese, and took control of the government. The head of the army, Frank Bainimarama, appointed himself temporary president, throwing the South Pacific island state into economic and political disarray and risking international isolation from Australia, the UN and the Commonwealth. "The military has taken over the government, has executive authority and the running of this country," Mr Bainimarama told a news conference broadcast nationally. He urged all citizens to remain calm. The long-anticipated coup reached its climax when soldiers turned up at the prime minister's residence and took away his car keys. Armed troops ringed the building, effectively placing him under house arrest. "The government they want to set up will be totally illegal," Mr Qarase said in an AP television interview. "What the military has done is raped our constitution." He also insisted he would not step down voluntarily. The Fiji Times newspaper announced on its website that it had suspended publication after the military ordered it not to publish material that might incite trouble. The paper's editor, Samisoni Kakaivalu, said he refused to edit a newspaper in which content had been altered or censored by external forces. "This is no longer journalism, but propaganda," he said. "I think the military needs to remember an age-old truism: in a battle between guns and pens, pens always win." Soldiers erected roadblocks around the capital of Suva, and checkpoints were also set up in Nadi, the site of Fiji's international airport and the point of entry for the tens of thousands of tourists who visit every year. The coup follows tension between the two men over a bill to grant pardons to those involved in the last coup in 2000. Mr Bainimarama also wants to quash legislation he claims favours indigenous Fijians over the ethnic Indian minority. Nearly 40% of the population are descendants of Indian labourers shipped to Fiji by the British in the 19th century to work in the sugar industry. During the 2000 coup, in which nationalists stormed parliament and held ministers and MPs hostage for 56 days, Mr Bainamarama achieved hero status for ending the standoff without bloodshed. Ironically, he was instrumental in the appointment of Mr Qarese, who led the post-coup interim government. But relations between them began to deteriorate when the prime minister released two of the coup plotters after only two months of their two-year prison sentences and subsequently gave them cabinet posts. Mr Bainamarama is deeply suspicious of Fijian nationalists. Six years ago he narrowly avoided assassination when rebel army officers attempted to kill him while he was at lunch in the officers' mess at Suva barracks. Since then he is said to have become paranoid about the nationalists, according to Fiji media owner William Parkinson. "He is really concerned that the 2000 events could happen again," he said. The latest military takeover could damage Fiji's international standing. The Commonwealth will consider suspending the island state later this week, and the UN may curtail the military's peacekeeping role abroad. The Australian prime minister, John Howard, condemned the coup but turned down a plea from Mr Qarase to send in troops. "I do not think it is in Australia's national interest to become involved in the possibility of Australian and Fijian troops firing on each other," he said. Although Mr Bainimarama has appointed himself president, he promised to restore executive powers to the former president Ratu Josefa Iloilo by next week. An interim government would then be appointed, with elections to follow at an unspecified date. The military take


Which film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger was about a young ballet dancer who defies the producer by being in love with a composer, and starred Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Marius Goring?

The Red Shoes (1948) directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd al·che·my (ˈælkəmɪ) n. 1. A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea, and the preparation of the elixir of longevity. 2. A seemingly magical power or process of transmuting. 3. The Red Shoes During what I would imagine is the most famous scene in The Red Shoes, I found myself thinking rather a lot about stereotypes. I am someone who grew up in a working/middle class family in Manchester, where the main love is football and anyone who didn't like football was generally viewed as someone undesirable. Ballet is something that, if it came on the TV… 10 One of my favourite childhood memories was my mom dragging me downtown every Christmas to see The Nutcracker. I think she was bound and determined to inject some kind of culture into her nerdy spawn. Although I don’t think I appreciated it at the time, now that years have gone by it’s a warm memory of a fantasy on stage. I think this is what really made me appreciate The Red Shoes; it brought back those same memories. I was rather worried going in. The only other P&P I had seen to this point was A Matter of Life and Death; a film I adored on first watch, and awarded an unreserved five stars. That’s a tough act to follow.… Film #36 of Project 40 ”Why do you want to dance?” What is art? How does it work and what enables it to change the way we perceive the world around us, the way we think and ultimately – and most importantly – the way we behave? The Red Shoes is the perfect movie to discuss or at least think about these confounding questions as the fundamental issue of art’s authenticity and its role in our lives is the key element of both the film’s inner and outer layers. While the stern Boris Lermontov and the emotionally vulnerable Victoria Page are battling with the issue of art and the role it plays in their lives we viewers are experiencing another… 21 There are many comparisons to be made between Michael Powell and Alfred Hitchcock, not least that his partnership with Pressburger arguably made films at least as good as, if not better than, Alfred himself. There is however one crucial omission from the formers roll of honour; lasting recognition. Hitchcock's genre led approach has continued to echo his name through the decades whilst Powell seems confined to the era in which he worked in, finding new fans only through those committed enough to looking back through the cinematic archives. The unbridled imagination that sweeps through his films along with a staggering use of Technicolor create worlds that often appear to sit somewhere between fiction and reality. The Red Shoes is a… Review by hastapura ★★★★ until the ballet scene i was a little unsure what i was watching; sharply made, with performances just the right side of broad, but without some essential spark. i hate to blame it on this movie's rep, but, well, i was expecting A Lot. but once the ballet scene starts, and we're drawn deeper and deeper into victoria's fantasies, i sat a little straighter. in that first half, there are scenes of integral significance to the plot that play out without insisting on their own gravity; victoria dancing swan lake, or lermontov talking about how dancers should divest themselves of all human connection. these are revealed later to be crucial moments for the characters, but we don't realize it at…


Peter Sellers - Biography - IMDb Peter Sellers Biography Showing all 77 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (4) | Trade Mark  (5) | Trivia  (48) | Personal Quotes  (14) | Salary  (1) Overview (4) 5' 8½" (1.74 m) Mini Bio (1) Often credited as the greatest comedian of all time, Peter Sellers was born to a well-off English acting family in 1925. His mother and father worked in an acting company run by his grandmother. As a child, Sellers was spoiled, as his parents' first child had died at birth. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force and served during World War II. After the war he met Spike Milligan , Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine , who would become his future workmates. After the war, he set up a review in London, which was a combination of music (he played the drums) and impressions. Then, all of a sudden, he burst into prominence as the voices of numerous favorites on the BBC radio program "The Goon Show" (1951-1960), and then making his debut in films in Penny Points to Paradise (1951) and Down Among the Z Men (1952), before making it big as one of the criminals in The Ladykillers (1955). These small but showy roles continued throughout the 1950s, but he got his first big break playing the dogmatic union man, Fred Kite, in I'm All Right Jack (1959). The film's success led to starring vehicles into the 1960s that showed off his extreme comic ability to its fullest. In 1962, Sellers was cast in the role of Clare Quilty in the Stanley Kubrick version of the film Lolita (1962) in which his performance as a mentally unbalanced TV writer with multiple personalities landed him another part in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964) in which he played three roles which showed off his comic talent in play-acting in three different accents; British, American, and German. The year 1964 represented a peak in his career with four films in release, all of them well-received by critics and the public alike: "Dr. Strangelove," for which he was Oscar nominated, "The Pink Panther," in which he played his signature role of the bumbling French Inspector Jacques Clouseau for the first time, its almost accidental sequel, "A Shot in the Dark," and "The World of Henry Orient." Sellers was on top of the world, but on the evening of April 5, 1964, he suffered a nearly fatal heart attack after taking amyl nitrites (also called 'poppers'; an early type of Viagara-halogen combination) while engaged in a sexual act with his second wife Britt Eckland. He has been working on Billy Wilder's "Kiss Me, Stupid" (1964). In a move Wilder later regretted, he replaced Sellers with Ray Walston rather than hold up production. By October 1964, Sellers made a full recovery and was working again. The mid-1960s were noted for the popularity of all things British, from the Beatles music (who were presented with their Grammy for Best New Artist by Sellers) to the James Bond films, and the world turned to Sellers for comedy. "What's New Pussycat" (1965) was another big hit, but a combination of his ego and insecurity was making Sellers difficult to work with. When the James Bond spoof, "Casino Royale" (1967) ran over budget and was unable to recoup its costs despite an otherwise healthy box-office take, Sellers received some of the blame. He turned down an offer from United Artists for the title role in "Inspector Clouseau" (1968), but was angry when the production went ahead with Alan Arkin in his place. His difficult reputation and increasingly erratic behavior, combined with several less successful films, took a toll on his standing. By 1970, he had fallen out of favor. He spent the early years of the new decade appearing in such lackluster B films as "Where Does It Hurt?" (1972) and turning up more frequently on television as a guest on "The Dean Martin Show" and a Glen Campbell TV special. Inspector Clouseau came to his rescue when Sir Lew Grade expressed an interest in a TV series based on the character. Clouseau's creator, writer-director Blake Edwards, whose career had also seen better days, convinced Grade to bankroll a feature instead, and "Re


What was the flight number of the aircraft which disappeared in 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and as at the end of 2014 has still not been traced?

Missing Malaysia Airlines plane: What we know and don't know - CNN.com The WSJ reports the plane may have flown for four hours after its last known contact A multinational search over a 35,000-square-mile area is under way at sea Malaysian officials say they are analyzing radar data from after the plane lost contact They are trying to determine if a blip on the radar heading west was in fact the plane As the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jet entered a sixth day Thursday, investigators remained uncertain about its whereabouts. Here's a summary of what we know and what we don't know about Flight 370, which was carrying 239 people when it disappeared from radar screens over Southeast Asia. THE FLIGHT PATH What we know: The Boeing 777-200ER took off from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, at 12:41 a.m. Saturday (12:41 p.m. Friday ET). It was scheduled to arrive in Beijing at 6:30 a.m. the same day, after a roughly 2,700-mile (4,350-kilometer) journey. But around 1:30 a.m., air traffic controllers in Subang, outside Kuala Lumpur, lost contact with the plane over the sea between Malaysia and Vietnam. What we don't know: What happened next. The pilots did not indicate any problem to the tower, and no distress signal was issued. Malaysian military officials cite radar data as suggesting the plane might have changed course. But the pilots didn't tell air traffic control that they were doing so. JUST WATCHED MUST WATCH A deeper look at Boeing 777s 01:49 Malaysian officials say they are still trying to determine if a radar blip detected heading west soon after the plane lost contact was in fact the missing jet. If it was, the plane would have been hundreds of miles off its original flight path and headed in the wrong direction. Malaysian officials say they have asked U.S. experts to help them analyze the radar data. We don't know why the plane would have turned around. While one expert tells CNN the plane's possible deviation could mean someone deliberately turned the plane around, another expert says power failure could have disrupted the main transponder and its backup, and the plane could have flown for more than an hour. Adding to the puzzle, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the plane may have kept flying for a further four hours after its last reported contact. The newspaper attributed the information to two unidentified people who were citing data automatically transmitted to the ground from the passenger jet's engines. CNN has so far been unable to confirm the report. 'We have to find the aircraft' THE PASSENGERS What we know: There were 239 people on board: 227 passengers and 12 crew members. Five of the passengers were younger than 5 years old. Those on board included a number of painters and calligraphers , as well as employees of an American semiconductor company. According to the airline, the passengers' 14 nationalities spanned the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and North America. Passengers from China or Taiwan numbered 154, followed by Malaysians, at 38. There were three U.S. citizens on the plane. Four passengers had valid booking to travel but did not show up for the flight, according to the airline. "As such, the issue of off-loading unaccompanied baggage did not arise," it added Tuesday in a prepared statement . What we don't know: Whether any of the passengers had anything to do with the plane's disappearance. Friends tell of fears as hopes dim for passengers THE PASSPORT MYSTERY What we know: Two passengers boarded the plane using stolen passports. Authorities have identified them as Pouri Nourmohammadi, 18, and Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza, 29, both Iranians. Malaysian police believe Nourmohammadi was trying to emigrate to Germany using the stolen Austrian passport. The men entered Malaysia on February 28 using valid Iranian passports, according to Interpol. The use of the stolen passports had raised concern that the people who used them might be involved in the plane's disappearance. But officials have said they think it is unlikely the Iranian men had links to terrorist groups. Malaysian


What is the proper name for a male swan? | Reference.com What is the proper name for a male swan? A: Quick Answer Male swans are typically called cobs. This word is a variant of a Middle English word, cobbe, which referred to a leader of a group. This is likely where the word, and then the bird, got their connections to masculinity. Full Answer Female swans and young swans also have specific names. Female swans are known as pens, while baby swans are called cygnets or swanlings. The term "cygnet" comes from both a Greek word and the Latin word cygnus, which refers to a swan, and a French suffix meaning "little." As a group, swans are called a bevy or a wedge. Swans are among the largest of the flying birds and can reach a length of 5 feet long. Swans in the Northern Hemisphere usually have white plumage, while swans in the Southern Hemisphere have black and white plumage. Swans generally have black legs, and can have black, yellow or red bills. They are the only birds to have tiny ridges or teeth in their bills. Swans are generally found in temperate regions, and only rarely occur in the tropics. They are migratory in varying degrees depending on their species and geographic location. The birds are herbivores and feed on the underwater sections of water plants.


"Who wrote ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" and ""Rip Van Winkle""?"

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"Eric Clapton recorded an album with whom called ""Riding With the King""?"

George Graham reviews B.B. King & Eric Clapton's "Riding with the King" The Graham Weekly Album Review #1204 B.B. King & Eric Clapton: Riding with the King by George Graham (Reprise 47612  As broadcast on WVIA-FM 07/04/2000) Putting two independently well-known artists together on one album has always been a way of generating audience interest. Sometimes, that is the result of genuine desire on the part of the artists to work together. But more frequently, it's a case of record companies and producers deciding that such a joint superstar combination would be an effective marketing tool. Rarely, do such joint recordings turn out to be much of an artistic breakthrough for the participants. In fact, most turn out more to be novelties than anything particularly significant. This week we have a very high profile blues collaboration, initiated by the artists themselves, that yields worthwhile results. It's the new joint album by B.B. King and Eric Clapton, called Riding with the King. Blues institution Riley B. King and British rock superstar Eric Clapton first met in 1967, when they both performed at an after hours jam session at New York's Cafe Au Go Go. They have kept in touch over the years and would occasionally play together on stage, when they two happened to be in the same place at the same time. While King's music has been the epitome of the blues, Clapton's output has been more varied in both style and quality, ranging from the power rock of groups like Cream and Derek & the Dominoes to more pop-oriented records. In the 1990s, Clapton re-addressed himself to the blues and released a couple of outstanding recordings, but also, for whatever his reasons, then took a more commercial pop direction on his last album, the multi-platinum but artistically dreadful Pilgrim which featured unctuous arrangements with automated hip-hop influenced drum loops and samples. Clapton was reportedly weighing his options for the direction of his next release, mulling whether to do another mass-market hip-hop culture clash or return to the blues -- an acoustic album was reportedly under consideration -- when he approached B.B. King, and was able to get King off the road for a month in January and February of this year to do a joint recording. Clapton chose the songs, subject to approval by King. The material ranges from remakes of some of King's early hits to a couple of pieces by the young Texas guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, whose father had played with Clapton. It's interesting that Clapton waited until now, at age 55, to approach King about a joint recording, feeling previously that he might not yet have been able to acquit himself in King's presence. In Clapton's words "I began to feel that maybe I had found my footing enough as a musician to be able to share the same space" as King. It's immediately apparent that the two work well together on this recording and sound as if they are having a great time. Both write in the liner notes that the CD represented a dream fulfilled. Despite the fact it was co-produced by Clapton and released on his record label, Clapton insisted that King's name given first billing. The two guitar-meisters recorded Riding with the King with members of Clapton's band, along with ace studio musicians like drummer Steve Gadd and keyboard man Joe Sample. But the personnel line-up on the album tends to be bigger than it needs to be, with sometimes as many as five guitarists and two keyboard players present on a given song, and the added background singers don't help the cause much. The supporting guitarists include veteran British player Andy Fairweather Low, who is a part of Clapton's current band, Doyle Bramhall II, and Jimmy Vaughan, founder of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Also from Clapton's regular band is bassist Nathan East, who played mainly acoustic bass on this CD. King does a majority of the vocals, though both he and Clapton take turns, and both do well. But the album's high points are definitely the guitar exchanges between the veteran bluesman and the now mature British rock star who was such a flash in