Patricia Neal, winner of best actress Oscar for her role in the film Hud with Paul Newman, and who died in 2010 age 84, was married to which famous author?

Oscar Winner Patricia Neal Dies at 84 - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com Oscar Winner Patricia Neal Dies at 84 by Joyce Eng  | Aug 9, 2010 10:28 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on WhatsApp Patricia Neal Patricia Neal , the Oscar- and Tony-winning actress who overcame three strokes to continue her career, has died. She was 84. Neal died Sunday in her home in Edgartown, Mass., after a battle with lung cancer, her family said in a statement. See other celebrities we've lost this year "She faced her final illness as she had all of the many trials she endured: with indomitable grace, good humor and a great deal of her self-described stubbornness," the statement read.In 1965 — a year after winning a best-actress Oscar for her tough housekeeper Alma who stood up to Paul Newman 's brash cowboy in Hud — Neal suffered a series of strokes at age 39 that left her semi-paralyzed and unable to speak. She learned to walk and talk again before returning to the screen in 1968's The Subject Was Roses , for which she earned another Oscar nomination.In Knoxville, Tenn., where she grew up, a rehabilitation center that helps people recover from strokes as well as spinal cord and brain injuries is named for her.A Kentucky native, Neal first made her name on Broadway after winning the first featured-actress-in-a-play Tony in 1947 for her work in Another Part of the Forest. Two years later, she made her film debut in John Loves Mary and starred in film version of Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead, opposite Gary Cooper , with whom she had an affair. The affair ended in 1950 when Cooper, who was 25 years her senior, refused to leave his wife and his daughter. Neal also underwent an abortion while with Cooper. "I've wept and wept over that," she told People in 1988. "That abortion is my greatest regret, but I wasn't as gutsy as Ingrid Bergman [who gave birth out of wedlock to Italian film director Roberto Rossellini's son]. That I, this little Southern girl, should have had the guts to do that ... nevah, nevah."Throughout the 1950s and '60s, Neal starred in The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Breaking Point, A Face in the Crowd, Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Harm's Way. Watch clips of Patricia Neal Neal was offered the role of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, which came out in 1967, but turned it down as she was still recovering from her strokes.Following her triumphant return, Neal turned to television, receiving the first of her three Emmy nominations for The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, the 1971 TV movie that served as the pilot for The Waltons.In 1953, Neal married author Roald Dahl , who wrote James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The Fantastic Mr. Fox. They had five children, one of whom — daughter Olivia — died in 1962 at the age 7 of measles encephalitis. Their infant son, Theo, also suffered brain damage in 1957 when a taxi struck his stroller.Neal and Dahl, who died in 1990, divorced in 1983 after he had an affair with her best friend."You can't give up," Neal said in a 1999 interview. "You sure want to, sometimes."Neal is survived by her three daughters, Ophelia, writer Tessa Dahl (whose daughter is model Sophie Dahl), screenwriter Lucy Dahl, and son Theo.


The captive animal Tilikum which killed a person for the third time in 2010 at Orlando USA was what species?

Tilikum, SeaWorld killer whale and subject of Blackfish, is dying | US news | The Guardian SeaWorld Tilikum, SeaWorld killer whale and subject of Blackfish, is dying The famous killer whale that drowned a trainer, and later became the subject of a film that sparked a backlash against SeaWorld, has a fatal infection Tilikum (pictured in 2011) has been at SeaWorld Orlando for 23 years. In 2010 he was responsible for the death of trainer Dawn Brancheau. Photograph: Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Wednesday 9 March 2016 15.43 EST First published on Tuesday 8 March 2016 20.11 EST Close This article is 11 months old The popular orca at SeaWorld Orlando and star of the documentary Blackfish , Tilikum, is dying, the entertainment park company announced. “We are saddened to report that over the past few weeks, Tilikum’s behavior has become increasingly lethargic, and the SeaWorld veterinary and animal care teams are concerned that his health is beginning to deteriorate,” the company said on Tuesday in a post on their website. “It has been our duty and passion to make sure we give him the utmost care we possibly can,” said Daniel Richardville, Animal Training Supervisor, in the post. Tilikum is believed to be 35 years old, which is near the high end of an orca’s average natural lifespan – though some studies imply that in the wild they can live considerably longer – and is suspected to have a treatment-resistant bacterial infection in his lungs. Tilikum was brought to SeaWorld from another unconnected marine park, Sealand of the Pacific, in Vancouver, Canada, which captured him off the coast of Iceland in 1983. He has been at SeaWorld in Orlando for 23 years. In February 2010, Tilikum dragged one of his trainers, Dawn Brancheau, to her death during a live show in front of a horrified audience – the third time he had been involved in a person’s death. My film Blackfish plunged Seaworld into crisis – but it’s not only killer whales we must protect | Gabriela Cowperthwaite Read more The incident, which was caught on video, inspired filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite to investigate the treatment of captive orcas at places such as SeaWorld. “Tilikum killed Dawn Brancheau, Daniel Dukes and Keltie Byrne. He suffered a miserable life both before and after these events,” Cowperthwaite said on Wednesday. “But none of the conditions that led to these tragedies have truly changed for him, for the trainers, or for other orcas. Only public pressure can really turn this from a tragic story, to a tragic story with a lesson.” Her documentary, Blackfish, which debuted at Sundance in 2013, shone a none-too-flattering light on what she saw as near-coverups of attacks by orcas in captivity on humans. The documentary implies that the orcas are driven to psychosis – and attacking humans – by the cruelties and indignities of their imprisonment. SeaWorld entertainment strongly denied the allegations made by Blackfish, saying in a statement that “the film conveys falsehoods, manipulates viewers emotionally and relies on questionable filmmaking techniques to create ‘facts’ that support its point of view.” The statement called the film “propaganda.” They especially disputed the contention that Tilikum had been “driven crazy” by his time in captivity. But their response had little effect. The public turned on SeaWorld after Blackfish’s release, especially after an estimated 20 million people saw the film when it was aired on news network CNN. This led to plummeting visitor numbers and a $10m drop in profits for SeaWorld . Several musicians who had been scheduled to perform at concerts at SeaWorld locations, including Willie Nelson, cancelled. Last year, in response to the extremely negative response people had after watching Blackfish, SeaWorld chief executive Joel Manby announced that the controversial killer whale shows would come to an end at the end of 2016, to be replaced with “an all new orca experience focused on the natural environment.” Blackfish and our lingering obsession with animals as entertainment Read more In a column for the Guardian in 2015, Cowperthwai


Andy Serkis starred in the film Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll as what singer?

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010) - 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 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll ( 2010 ) 1h 55min A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s. Director: From $2.00 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC 8 February 2010 5:31 PM, -08:00 | WENN Around The Web a list of 46 titles created 07 Oct 2012 a list of 44 titles created 11 Oct 2012 a list of 36 titles created 06 Sep 2013 a list of 29 titles created 10 Nov 2013 a list of 28 titles created 9 months ago Title: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010) 6.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     BAFTA Film Award. Another    1 win & 5 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Edit Storyline Flamboyant entertainer Ian Dury, backed by the Blockheads, takes to the stage, explaining to his audience how, as a child, he contracted polio from a swimming pool and attended a special needs school where he was bullied, particularly by orderly Hargreaves, a fact which shaped his tough and frequently iconoclastic approach to life, culminating in his controversial contribution to the Year of the Disabled. From his early days with Kilburn and the High Roads, playing seedy pubs with no dressing rooms Ian moves onto chart success with the Blockheads, collaborating with musician Chaz Jankel. His private life is complicated as, separated from the tolerant Betty with whom he remains friends but refuses to divorce for many years, he lives with the much younger Denise along with his adored son Baxter, who will himself become a performer. Ian dies in 2000, having packed an enormous amount of living into a comparatively short life. Written by don @ minifie-1 5 May 2010 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Sexo, drogas y rock'n roll See more  » Box Office Filmed around Egham and Watford between April-June 2009. See more » Goofs In the end titles one song is named as "If I was a woman" the actual title is "If I was with a woman". See more » Quotes Ian Dury : It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog... Written by Ian Dury and Stephen Nugent (c) Blackmill Music Ltd (PRS) All rights administered by Warner/Chappell Music Ltd All Rights Reserved (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Ian Dury's span of popular success in the UK only lasted a few years and I can't say I was over-familiar with either his work (bar the early hit singles and albums) but this film belied my fear that perhaps there wasn't much of a story to tell. In fact, it probably over-compensates by adopting a non-linear narrative approach as well as some arty-farty jump-cuts and tricksy animation sequences to inject a knockabout feel to proceedings. This is again a somewhat contrived and forced contrast to the bathetic scenes of Dury's growing up as a young boy, abandoned by his father, bullied at school by his class-mates and one particular teacher, his adult predilection for treating his womenfolk very badly indeed and finally the difficult relationship with his own son Baxter, who has since become a recognised musician in his own right. I felt the scenes with the two women in his life, his wife and mistress were Denise a bit overwrought and overwritten, their dialogue too forced and you're always anticipating an inspired pearl of wit or wisdom from Dury when real life just doesn't work that way, even with clever bastard word-smiths like him. It's like expecting Shakespeare to curse and moan in rhyming couplets if he was having an argument - my point is we know that Ian Dury had a way with words but not every minute of the day. All that said, the film rattled along and certainly did the man's musical legacy proud. I thought a bit more could have been done to play up


Name the UK Tory Party donor and deputy chairman pressurised about his 'non-dom' tax status during 2010?

Lord Ashcroft gives up 'non-dom' status to keep House of Lords seat | Daily Mail Online comments Still a Lord: Michael Ashcroft attends the Tory Party Summer Ball in London this week The Tory party's biggest donor Lord Ashcroft has given up his 'non-dom' tax status to stay in the House of Lords, it was confirmed today. His decision follows new rules forcing wealthy peers who are non-domiciled for tax purposes to surrender their Lords privileges. Before the election, the former Conservative Party deputy chairman finally came clean - admitting he avoided paying tax on his vast offshore fortune. He promised to end his non dom status. Similarly, Labour's Lord Paul agreed at around the same time to end his non dom status and start paying UK taxes. But five other peers, including Architect Norman Foster, have resigned to protect their 'non-dom' tax status. Lord Foster of Thames Bank was elevated to the peerage in 1999 and now lives much of the time in Switzerland. The architect, whose famous creations include the Gherkin in the City of London, sits as a crossbencher, meaning he is not affiliated to any party. Of the other four who have decided to stand down, three are Conservatives. Lord Laidlaw  -  a Monaco-based peer who sought treatment for sex addiction two years ago after hosting parties with prostitutes  -  will stand down.  He has donated £4million to the Tories. Joining him are former Conservative treasurer Lord McAlpine, and Lord Bagri, ex-chairman of the London Metal Exchange. Crossbencher Baroness Dunn, former deputy chair of the HSBC bank, has also informed the Lords authorities that she is leaving the House. They decided to resign ahead of a deadline later today, which forced them to choose between their life in the Lords and retaining their non-dom status  -  which allows them to avoid paying tax on all their worldwide income. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The issue of non-doms has dogged the Tories for years, following concern that wealthy peers were influencing British laws even though they did not pay full tax here. A non-domiciled resident - a non dom - is someone who lives in the UK but does not pay tax on his earnings made outside this country. A British citizen can register for non dom status by showing strong affiliation with another country where they were either born or where their parents were born. Standing down: Lord Bagri and Lord Laidlaw both gave up their seats in the House of Lords to protect their 'non-dom' tax status They must also show an intention to leave the UK at some point - effectively giving them 'temporary' tax status. Non-doms must spend no more than 183 days in a tax year in the UK, or visit the country less than 91 days on average per year over a four year period. There are an estimated 120,000 non-doms in the UK. They include Indian steel tycoons, Greek shipping magnates, Russian oligarchs and many workers at City banks, hedge funds and private equity firms. Non-doms are taxed in the normal way for money earned in the UK and for any outside earnings they have brought into this country.


Internet hackers calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army interrupted service of which Chinese search engine in January 2010?

'Iranian' hackers paralyse Chinese search engine Baidu | Technology | The Guardian 'Iranian' hackers paralyse Chinese search engine Baidu Hackers target Baidu sparking retaliatory attack from Chinese hackers, but online battle puzzles internet users Chinese internet users were unable to use the Baidu search engine after it was targeted by hackers called the 'Iranian Cyber Army'. Tuesday 12 January 2010 05.54 EST First published on Tuesday 12 January 2010 05.54 EST Close This article is 7 years old Hackers calling themselves the "Iranian Cyber Army" paralysed China's biggest search engine this morning, sparking a bizarre online battle as Chinese hackers apparently retaliated by targeting Iranian sites. Last month the group attacked Twitter , which has been used by Iranian opposition supporters. But Beijing and Tehran are allies and it was not immediately obvious why hackers targeted Baidu , which commands over 60% of the search market in China. Some Chinese internet users speculated that it might be in retaliation against Chinese Twitter users who have used a #CN4Iran hashtag to express their support for reformists. Although Twitter is blocked in China , it is used by several thousand people there through proxies or virtual private networks (VPN) . "It's the same warning showed to twitter.com … but I'm not very sure how you would connect this to #CN4Iran. Baidu is a very weird choice," said Michael Anti, an influential Chinese blogger. The search engine is widely regarded as having good relations with the Beijing government and has never been associated with sensitive content. That led other internet users to speculate that foreign hackers were attempting to discredit Iran . China's state-run People's Daily website reported that Baidu's website began redirecting to a site attributed to the Iranian Cyber Army at around 8am (midnight GMT). The People's Daily site published a screen grab showing a message reading "This site has been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army", alongside a picture of the Iranian flag. Other users said they could not open the Baidu site, but it was back up and running by around 11.30am. In a statement, the company said: "Services on Baidu's main website www.baidu.com were interrupted today due to external manipulation of its DNS (Domain Name Server) in the US. Baidu has been resolving this issue and the majority of services have been restored." As news of the attack spread, other hackers targeted Iranian websites. On the room98.ir website, beneath a large Chinese flag, a message from the "Chinese Honker Team" read: "This morning your Iranian Cyber Army intrusion [sic] our baidu.com … Please tell your so-called Iranian Cyber Army … Don't intrusion Chinese website about the United States authorities to intervene the internal affairs of Iran's response … This is a warning!" A message on the iribu.ir website read: "The People's Republic of China long live … Oppose splitting Safeguarding unity." Other targets reportedly included the website of a national wrestling team. "They seem to be choosing them randomly – the content is in Farsi, so they don't necessarily know what they are," said Anti. Although the message left on Twitter by the Iranian Cyber Army suggested it was sympathetic to the government, experts told Reuters last month that it was unlikely Tehran was involved.


What is Burj Khalifa notable for becoming in 2010?

Burj Khalifa - Tallest Tower in the World Construction start date: 21st September 2004 Construction end date: 4th January 2010 About Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa, earlier known as Burj Dubai, located in Downtown Dubai, UAE, and standing tall at 829.84m is the tallest man-made structure in the world. Burj Khalifa is as a living wonder, a stunning piece of art, and incomparable feat of engineering. Burj Khalifa forms a part of the new flagship development called Downtown Dubai, located at the First Interchange along Sheikh Zayed Road, in proximity to the main business district in Dubai. Developed by the leading developer Emaar Properties, the tower's architecture and engineering were handled by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago. Samsung C&T of South Korea, who also built Taipei 101 and Petronas Twin Towers, was the primary contractor of this project. The Belgian group Besix and UAE's Arabtec, were the major sub-contractors. Construction of the project began on 21st September 2004. The project, worth US$1.5bn, was re-named Burj Khalifa, to honour the crucial support extended by the UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Construction Excavation work on Burj Khalifa began in January 2004, when the building completed several important milestones on its way to being the tallest man-made structure in the world. Within just 1325 days since the start of excavation work in January 2004, Burj Khalifa became the tallest free-standing structure in the world. More than 45,000 m3 of concrete, weighing more than 110,000 tonnes have been used for constructing the concrete and steel foundation, featuring 192 piles buried more than 50m deep. The construction of Burj Khalifa has taken more than 22million man-hours, 380 skilled engineers and on-site technicians, and has used more than 330,000 m3 of concrete, 39,000 tonnes of steel rebar. Burj Khalifa construction was done using special mixes of concrete, so as to enable it to withstand extreme pressures of the massive building weight. The consistency of the concrete used in the project was essential. In order to withstand the Persian Gulf temperatures that could even touch 50Â°C, the concrete was not poured during the day. Instead, it was done during the night when the air is cooler and humidity is higher, as the cooler concrete mixture prevents quick and easy cracking. World Records Burj Khalifa has accomplished a series of world records and construction milestones. In July 2007, on completing Level 141, it was named the tallest building in the world, while in September 2007, on completing 150 storeys, it was named world's tallest free-standing structure. Thereafter, in April 2008, on completing Level 160, it was named world's tallest man-made structure, and in January 2009, Burj Khalifa tops out with completion of spire. The external cladding was done in September 2009 and an official launch ceremony was held in January 2010. Burj Khalifa also has several other world records to its credit, such as that for highest installation of an aluminium and glass faÃ§ade, highest number of stories in the world, highest occupied floor in the world, highest outdoor observation deck in the world, elevator with longest travel distance in the world, and world's tallest service elevator. Burj Khalifa also houses world's highest outdoor observation deck, world's highest Mosque, world's highest nightclub, world's highest restaurant, and world's second highest swimming pool. Awards Burj Khalifa has numerous awards to its credit, the latest being the 'Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa' award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in June 2010. In September 2010, Burj Khalifa was awarded the 'Best project of the year' at the Middle East Architect Awards 2010. Burj Khalifa was honoured as the first recipient of "Global Icon" Award by CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) on 25th October 2010. The award recognizes special super-tall skyscrapers that make profound impact on the genre of tall buildings in the global market. The Residences, Burj Khalifa The Residences at Burj Kh


An inquiry in which European country became the first to judge that the Iraq war had no lawful justification within international law?

Legality of the Iraq War - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Legality of the Iraq War   Wikis Legality of the Iraq War: Wikis       Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Encyclopedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The legality of the invasion and occupation of Iraq has been widely debated since the United States , United Kingdom , and a small coalition of other countries launched the 2003 invasion of Iraq . The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in September 2004 that: "From our point of view and the UN Charter point of view, it [the war] was illegal." [1] [2] The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court reported in February 2006 that he had received 240 communications in connection with the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 which alleged that various war crimes had been committed. The political leaders of the US and UK have argued the war was legal, while many legal experts and other international leaders have argued that it was illegal . US and UK officials have argued that existing UN Security Council resolutions related to the first Gulf War and the subsequent ceasefire ( 660 , 678 ), and to later inspections of Iraqi weapons programs ( 1441 ), had already authorized the invasion. [3] Critics of the invasion have challenged both of these assertions, arguing that an additional Security Council resolution, which the US and UK failed to obtain, would have been necessary to specifically authorize the invasion. [1] [4] [5] The UN Security Council, as outlined in Article 39 of the UN Charter, has the ability to rule on the legality of the war, but has yet not been asked by any UN member nation to do so. The United States and the United Kingdom have veto power in the Security Council, so action by the Security Council is highly improbable even if the issue were to be raised. Despite this, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) may ask that the International Court of Justice (ICJ)—"the principal judicial organ of the United Nations" (Article 92)—give either an 'advisory opinion' or 'judgement' on the legality of the war. Indeed, the UNGA asked the ICJ to give an 'advisory opinion' on "the legal consequences arising from the construction of the wall being built by Israel", by its resolution A/RES/ES-10/14, [6] as recently as 12 December 2003; despite opposition from permanent members of the Security Council. It achieved this by sitting in tenth 'emergency special session', under the framework of the 'Uniting for Peace' resolution . As "the principal judicial organ of the United Nations", any future ruling by the ICJ on the legality of the war would carry considerable weight. The ICJ had previously found against the US for its actions in Nicaragua , a finding the US refused to comply with. Contents International law International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice , sometimes known as the "World Court" is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations . [7] The General Assembly or the Security Council may request that the International Court of Justice provide an advisory opinion on any legal question. Any organ or agency of the UN so authorized by the General Assembly may also request the IJC for an advisory opinion. [8] International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to review the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq in and of itself ( jus ad bellum ), as the scope of the crime of aggression has not been defined, as of yet, by the numerous states party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.[citation needed] However, the International Criminal Court, as well as any duly competent and fundamentally just criminal tribunal having custody of persons accused of the crime of genocide , crimes against the laws and customs of war , offenses against the law of nations , and/or crimes against humanity may be able to exercise universal jurisdiction under the Nur


Name the Yorkshireman who refereed the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final?

2010 FIFA World Cup | Wiki | Everipedia You can edit something on the page right now! Register today, it's fast and free. 2010 FIFA World Cup People watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with vuvuzelas . 2010 FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 2010 FIFA World Cup official logo Ke Nako. Celebrate Africa's Humanity Tournament details 11 June – 11 July (31 days) Teams 10 (in 9 host cities) Final positions 2014 → The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the nineteenth FIFA World Cup , the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations; in 2004, the international football federation, FIFA , selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals. The matches were played in in nine host cities around the country, with the final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg . Thirty-two teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. In the of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These 16 teams advanced to the knockout stage , where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final . In the final, Spain , the European champions , defeated third-time finalists the Netherlands 1–0 after additional time , with Andrés Iniesta 's goal in the 116th minute giving Spain their first world title, fitting the eighth nation to win the tournament, and the first European nation to win a World Cup hosted outside its home continent; all World Cups not held in Europe at that point in time had all been won by South American nations. As a result of their win, Spain represented the World in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup . Host nation South Africa , 2006 champions Italy and 2006 runners-up France were all eliminated in the first round of the tournament. It was the first time that the hosts were eliminated in the first round. New Zealand with their three draws were the only undefeated team in the tournament, but were additionally eliminated in the first round. Host selection Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a short-lived policy, abandoned in 2007, [10] to rotate the event amongst football confederations. Five African nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup: Egypt, Morocco, South Africa and a joint bid from Libya and Tunisia. Following the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee not to allow co-hosted tournaments, Tunisia withdrew from the bidding process. The committee additionally decided not to consider Libya's solo bid as it no longer met all the stipulations laid down in the official List of Requirements. The winning bid was announced by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at a media conference on 15 May 2004 in Zürich ; in the first round of voting South Africa received 14 votes, Morocco received 10 votes and Egypt no votes. South Africa, which had narrowly failed to win the right to host the 2006 event , was thus awarded the right to host the tournament. [12] Having successfully campaigned for South Africa to be granted host status, an emotional Nelson Mandela raised the FIFA World Cup Trophy . [13] During 2006 and 2007, rumours circulated in various news sources that the 2010 World Cup can be moved to another country. [14] [16] Franz Beckenbauer , Horst R. Schmidt and, reportedly, a few FIFA executives, expressed concern over the planning, organisation, and pace of South Africa's preparations. [14] [2] FIFA officials repeatedly expressed their confidence in South Africa as host, stating that a contingency plan existed only to cover natural catastrophes, as had been in place at previous FIFA World Cups. [19] Bribery and corruption On 28 May 2015, media covering the 2015 FIFA corruption case reported that high-ranking officials from the South African bid committee had secured the r


Hospitalised in Saudi Arabia towards the end of his life, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was president of where, from 2007 until his death in 2010?

What's Our President Doing In Saudi Arabia? ▷ ASK.NAIJ What's our President doing in Saudi Arabia? By Reuben Abati  Why would President Umaru Musa Yar'çdua choose to go to Saudi Arabia at this time instead of the 64th UN General Assembly meeting holding in New York? What's so special about Saudi Arabia which the President has visited thrice this year and at least twice in 2008? Which trip would have been of more strategic importance to Nigeria: the junket to Saudi Arabia or Nigeria's presence at the meeting of the world's leaders and diplomats? The answer is straightforward: Mr President should have been in New York promoting Nigeria's interest. But he is not. What we are dealing with is a serious crisis in Nigeria's foreign relations process. It is ocassioned by the failure of a new team of foreign policy managers who have no idea what should be important to Nigeria It is either the President has bad foreign policy advisers or he does not care enough about the message that is being sent across namely that Nigeria is losing its pre-eminent position in African and global politics. It was this year that President Yar'çdua lamented Nigeria's absence at the London Summit of the G20 and others. He later attended the G8 meeting in Italy. Shouldn't we expect therefore that President Yar'çdua would attend the UN General Assembly Meeting? His presence would have been more useful. Nigeria not only had an invitation to the Summit, President Yar'Adua would have had an opportunity to make a speech and to engage other world leaders one on one, and make a case for Nigeria on many fronts, and to promote issues that are of interest to the country. Who advised the President to shun the UN summit? If it is thought that this amounts to a snobbery of President Obama as a kind of reciprocal action, then that would be wrong. The UN General Assembly is not about the United States; it is not a visit to Obama. After all, President Obama avoided any contact with Libya's Muammar Ghaddafi and before Ghaddafi made his provocative speech, US foreign policy figures including Hillary Clinton had left the hall. Perhaps the world would have been more interested in listening to President Yar'çdua. He has stories to tell and the world has questions for him too. Besides, Nigeria remains the most strategic country in Africa with its oil and large market. Last year, President Yar'Adua sent Foreign Affairs Minister Ojo Maduekwe to represent him at the UN General Assembly. He has done so again this year. The way these things work, nobody of serious weight is likely to grant audience to the Nigerian delegation. Okay, Maduekwe and co met with Johnnie Carson, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs! But no one should be surprised that the Nigerian representation has been rather ludicrous with the biggest report so far being Maduekwe's alleged statement about the flawed elections of 2007 and the possibility of Maurice Iwu being removed as INEC chair once his tenure expires, and back home, there has been some response from the Iwu camp, accusing Maduekwe of condemning the election that brought Yar'Adua, his boss, to power! This is the cockfight that the Nigerian delegation has contributed to a meeting where important issues like climate change, the composition of the UN Security Council, global poverty, international terrorism and multilateralism are being discussed by over 100 Heads of States. Lagos, Nigeria was in fact cited as one of the cities of the world with serious climate change challenges. What did the Nigerian delegation say to that? President Yar'Adua may not have said anything cleverer but with the weight of his office, he would have been in a good position to seek out more friends for Nigeria and do some direct back-room diplomacy for example, over the US rejection of Nigeria's ambassadorial nominee to the United States, bilateral relations with other countries and Nigeria's interest in the UN Security Council seat. Maduekwe or someone else should have been sent to Saudi Arabia! Let our leaders stop ridiculing Nigeria. Imagine: Newspapers ye


English and French scientists argued publicly in 2010 over the existence of what, originally identified and named after German gynaecologist Ernst Grafenberg?

Yes, YES... whatever! How the discovery of the G-spot probably won't make a difference to your sex life | Daily Mail Online Yes, YES... whatever! How the discovery of the G-spot probably won't make a difference to your sex life comments A man has finally found the G-spot – or so the headlines claim. He certainly hasn’t been the first to try and I doubt he’ll be the last. Writing in the Journal Of Sexual Medicine last month, gynaecologist Dr Adam Ostrzenski, of the Institute of Gynaecology in Florida, said he had confirmed the ‘anatomic existence’ of the fabled body part – a bundle of nerves half the size of a fingernail. He said his study ‘may lead to a better understanding and improvement of female sexual function’. But will it really? Controversial: Studies have struggled to come up with conclusive proof that the fabled G-spot does exist The pleasure principle The G-spot, or Grafenberg spot, has been studied since the Forties when it was first mooted as a biological presence by the German gynaecologist Ernst Grafenberg. Since then there has been a fascination with the discovery, though little sound medical evidence to back it up. It is suggested that the G-spot can be found on the inside front wall of the vagina. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Some women believe it is a powerful erogenous zone, while others deny its existence. Physiological studies have been inconclusive, too. A 2008 Italian study used ultrasound to scan 20 women. The nine out of 20 who claimed they had a G-spot had thicker internal muscle tissues. But it was argued that there could be many reasons for this, so it didn’t prove they had a G-spot. Urologist Dr Amichai Kilchevsky, at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, led an analysis of 60 years of studies into the G-spot. Earlier this year he concluded that there was no consistent evidence regarding its existence. Women's 'holy grail' What is certain is that the debate surrounding the G-spot is inextricably linked to the rise of feminism. As women became increasingly emancipated after the Second World War, our enjoyment of sex became more acceptable. By the Seventies, having an orgasm began to be considered a woman’s right. In 1981, a sexologist called Beverley Whipple co-wrote a book called The G-spot And Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality. Faking it: Meg Ryan in the famous orgasm scene in the 1989 romcom When Harry Met Sally She studied 400 women and claimed they all had a G-spot. Authors such as Whipple and a new wave of magazines fuelled the frenzy. ‘Find Your G-Spot’, screamed the headlines. It had become the holy grail of sexual pleasure. This was arguably stressful for many women, wondering where theirs might be, and for their sexual partners haplessly searching for it. This insecurity is a massive marketing tool. Intimacy... a subjective experience Several pieces of research show that about 15 per cent of women never or rarely experience an orgasm. And only about 15 per cent do so all or most of the time, so being able to experience an orgasm is variable anyway. As for orgasms linked to the G-spot, most surveys show that about two-thirds of women don’t have them, though when looking for the G-spot, couples may discover new regions whose stimulation is pleasurable, so it’s not all bad. So what of Dr Ostrzenski’s revelation that there is physical evidence the G-spot exists? For a start, it must be pointed out that his recent study was the result of an autopsy on an elderly Polish woman who had died from a head injury, so it hardly constitutes a clinical study. Obviously she couldn’t comment on the quality of her orgasms or if she had experienced any at all – which is, of course, the whole point of the G-spot. Disproving the theory In 2010, I worked on the biggest study ever into the existence of the G-spot. Our work at King’s College, London, involved 1,800 women who were all twins. We asked them whether they had a G-spot. If it did exist, it would be expected that both identical twins – who have the same genes – would report having one. But this wasn’t the case. In 42 per cent


Who was appointed official wedding photographer to Prince William and Kate Middleton?

Kate & William's Engagement Photo Was 'Spontaneous Emotion,' Says Photographer | The Huffington Post Kate & William's Engagement Photo Was 'Spontaneous Emotion,' Says Photographer 01/18/2014 10:28 am ET | Updated Jan 25, 2014 Rebecca Adams Voices Staff Writer, The Huffington Post When Kate Middleton and Prince William's official engagement photos hit the media in 2010, the world collectively swooned. After all, it was indisputable evidence that fairytales were real. Even the photographer was smitten. Mario Testino, the man behind the shots, remembered that fateful shooting session with the royal couple during a recent conversation with The Telegraph. He had first met Kate in 2008, but he could tell that Will was "in love" and he "knew they would stay together." Naturally, Testino worked his magic when the time came to shoot them as an engaged couple two years later: "I waited a long time, an hour or two, to make that picture perfect. But I wasn't totally satisfied. Then, when I'd finished the shoot, they were about to leave and they suddenly hugged in front of a radiator. I took my camera and that was the picture that ran everywhere -- it was spontaneous emotion ... you could see they were completely in love." All together now: Awwwww! It's not hard to imagine Kate and Will engaging in an impromptu embrace -- they've single-handedly made the most convincing royal case for marrying for love. Every step of the way, from engagement announcement to official photos to the Royal Wedding, seemed more genuine and adorable than the last. Let's relive it all, shall we? The engagement announcement:


"A 2010 study published in the Lancet suggested what medicine, recently found to reduce cancer development, aside from giving protection against strokes and heart attacks, is ""...the most amazing drug in the world...""?"

Health and Medicine News for Seniors Health & Medicine News for Seniors   Older women treated for breast cancer find more cosmetic satisfaction  with less radiation Study included Medicare   patients 67 years of age or older Dec. 10, 2016 ï¿½ Older women   were more satisfied with the physical appearance of their   breasts long-term when their breast cancer was treated with less   radiation. Although the study found reduced radiation was   associated with a slightly increased risk of disease recurrence. More... Health News for Seniors Senior citizens warned many sunscreens fail to meet claims Consumer Reports: Nearly three-quarters of ‘natural’ sunscreens fell short of the SPF on their labels May 23, 2016 – Senior citizens - major   targets for skin cancer -  need to know that many sunscreens   fail to measure up to the protection promised on their label.   Consumer Reports has identified 17 that do. Health News for Seniors Elderly need help fighting cardiovascular disease, their biggest killer Senior citizens  are too   often considered something like your favorite old shoes April 22, 2016 ï¿½ The   leading killer of senior citizens is cardiovascular disease (CVD)   but a new study says pleas for help fall on deaf ears. The   elderly are something like that old pair of shoes you used to   love. Health News for Seniors End of prostate  cancer? Almost 99 percent cure rate achieved with radiation therapy Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy is the   magic cure say researchers at UT Southwestern April 18, 2016 ï¿½ The first trial to publish   five-year results from Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)   treatment for prostate cancer found a 98.6 percent cure rate   with SBRT, a noninvasive form of radiation treatment that   involves high-dose radiation beams entering the body through   various angles and intersecting at the desired target. Health News for Seniors Low  fat diet helps senior women avoid deadly breast cancers Researchers also found lower   cardiovascular disease mortality in the dietary group as well as   better breast cancer survival rates April 15, 2016 - Older   women who stayed on a low fat diet for approximately eight years   reduced their risk of death from invasive breast cancers and   improved their survival rates, according to a new study. Health News for Seniors Women live longer in  homes with lots of green plants around Vegetation may be important   to health in a broad range of ways, study finds April 15, 2016 ï¿½ A lot of   green vegetation around a home helps women live longer, says new   research that also looked at why this happens. Health News for Seniors Study  finds acetaminophen hampers ability to recognize errors Are we making mistakes and   not even knowing it when on painkillers April 9, 2016 - It's been   known for more than a century that acetaminophen (Tylenol) is an   effective painkiller, but according to a new study it could also   be impeding error-detection in the brain. Health News for Seniors Irregular   heartbeat accelerates age-related declines for senior citizens Afib drains seniors over 70   of strength, walking speed,  balance and more April 7, 2016 – When older   people develop atrial fibrillation — the most common type of irregular heartbeat — it   accelerates age-related declines in walking speed, strength,   balance and other aspects of physical performance, according to   new research in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology,   an American Heart Association journal. Health News for Seniors Online  doctor visits growing rapidly but study finds results uncertain Patients go on websites to consult with   doctors they have never met April 4, 2016 ï¿½ A new online phenomenon   known as virtual doctor visits is reported to be growing rapidly   but the quality of care varies, according to a new study. Health News for Seniors Glimmer of hope found in treating heart failure with  gene transfer Heart failure is only cardiovascula


Which European country is known as 'The Cockpit of Europe'?

Best and Worst Countries in Europe Ranked - Thrillist Thrillist Log in or Sign Up to start saving places View your Get Thrillist in Your Inbox Discover the very best food, drink and fun in your city. Eat up! I confirm I am at least 21 years old Follow Thrillist The Best Beers of 2016 Europe! America's distant relative that it likes to awkwardly visit on occasion! With its myriad misshapen countries, centuries-old feuds, and generally above-average health care, we figured it would be the perfect candidate for a ranking.  To add some quantifiable elements to the task, we tried to rank countries based on a variety of factors: food/drink, natural and man-made aesthetic beauty, contributions to modern society, openness to foreigners, number of eagle owls in their bogs, etc. And though we are both admittedly stupid Americans, and as such, come with our own biases, subjective opinions, and large backpacks, it's worth pointing out that we have been to roughly 75% of these countries. And though we assume no one will disagree with any of our rankings, if you do take odds with, say, our positioning of San Marino, feel free to use the comments section to have an extremely respectful and not-at-all-crazy debate. That, we’ve been told, is the sole purpose of Internet comment sections. So, onto the rankings, as we prepare to hear from our grandmothers about the placement of Vatican City.    48. Belarus If you want to go to a country that has 11,000 lakes and isn’t sure it’s totally over the whole Soviet Empire thing, Belarus is your comrade. Ranked worst in Europe in press freedom, and many other freedoms, it is essentially a totalitarian dictatorship that suppresses any non-authorized sentiments. Oh, and they’re pretty into soups made with goose blood.   47. Moldova Come for the stuffed cabbage rolls, stay for the alleged large-scale theft of fraudulent loans to business entities controlled by oligarch Ilan Shor.   46. Liechtenstein Europe’s version of a gated community of well-to-do grandparents who sue the neighbors for building an unsightly gazebo that blocks their view of the fitness center.   45. Kosovo Too soon? Too soon. Might be ready for backhanded compliments in the 2035 edition of this article (written from space?!).   44. Monaco The only people who actually live in Monaco are professional tennis players who definitely weren’t born in Monaco. It’s like the newly built luxury apartment complex of Europe, but with much more stylish HOA meetings. Another metaphor we were toying around with: it’s like a country as imagined by Puff Daddy in the director’s cut of a rosé commercial.     43. Macedonia The cooler part of Macedonia, you know where Alexander the Great came from and stuff, is actually in Greece. As a result, having another country label itself “Macedonia” really pisses Greece off, so that’s fun! Less fun? Being a landlocked nation with crippling unemployment that has the distinguished honor of being frequently described as “one of the less-desirable former Yugoslav republics.”   42. Latvia If you’re going to rate Europe by best bogs full of wolves, Latvia would win going away. But that’s probably not the most efficient system?   All the dullness of Switzerland, but with worse chocolate!   40. Slovakia Clearly had the more “budget-friendly” divorce lawyer when it split with the Czech Republic. But at least it got to keep its decorative folk hatchets and human figurines made from corn stalks.   39. Romania DRACULA! Was of course a real person, had a real castle on a cliff that still exists, and was not all that nice to his enemies when fighting wars against the Ottomans. But there’s much more to Romania than legendary impalers. For instance, it could give Latvia a serious run for its money in bog wolves.      38. Albania Snuggled in between Italy and Greece... prime location on the Adriatic... how are you not better, Albania? It’s that neighborhood that some realtor tells you is really up and coming, so you buy a condo there and then five years later nothing up and came and you’re screwed. Did you know blood feuds betwee


Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Crick and Watson (DNA discoverers), the economist John Maynard Keynes, and the comedian John Cleese are among the notable alumni of which university?

News | Lumina LUMINA UNIQ Summer Schools REMEMBER:  DEADLINE IS 11PM ON 24TH JANUARY 2017 UNIQ is a free residential summer school programme for year 12 students in UK state schools and colleges. The programme is aimed at students who have done well in their GCSEs, with preference given to applicants from low socio-economic backgrounds and/or from areas with low progression to higher education. For full details and to register your interest, please see the UNIQ website . JAN 10 2017 Oxford and Cambridge Student Conferences The Oxford and Cambridge student conferences are held at seven venues across the UK throughout March. There are eight conferences in total (the one in Surrey runs twice) and each promises "to provide up-to-date information on the application and admissions procedure" as well as "an insight into student life". Like Lumina, they're completely free and aimed at Year 12 students. Alongside formal presentations on topics such as course choices, student finance and interviews, admissions tutors, academic staff and current undergraduates will be available to share their insider info on both institutions. Those considering Lumina might be interested in the Surrey ones, which take place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 March from 9am to 3.30pm. A member of staff at your school must make your booking, so speak to your Head of Sixth Form or equivalent if you think you might be interested. You'll need an e-ticket to attend. Visit  www.oxfordandcambridgeoutreach.co.uk/student-conference/introduction  for more information, including some videos of last year's events. DEC 21 2016 WE'RE HIRING - Lumina 2017 Student Helpers STUDENT HELPERS   Student Helpers are the ambassadors for the Lumina Course, there to pass on their first-hand experience of Oxbridge life while looking after the students in their care. It is essential that candidates applying for this role are currently studying at Oxbridge. Please click here for the full job description. Recruitment for Lumina 2017 Student Helpers is now open. There is no fixed closing date for Lumina Student Helper applications but we will stop accepting new applicants when all the positions at the assessment day are full. Please apply early. Please  click here  to complete an online application. DEC 14 2016 Univ Study Days February - June 2017 University College (Univ) is running a series of study days for high-achieving students in Year 12: PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) - Tues 14 February. Applications are now open. Maths, Physics and Engineering - Mon 20 February. Applications are now open. English and History - Wed 26 April Medical Sciences - Fri 12 May Ancient Civilisations - Thu 15 June Participants will get a chance to meet current undergraduates studying related subjects and receive a tour of the college. Booking is essential via the college website NOV 14 2016 Cambridge University Shadowing Scheme The CUSU Shadowing Scheme brings UK students from schools without a tradition of top university entry to Cambridge for three days. Prospective students come to Cambridge and spend time with a current undergraduate, studying a subject that you are interested in, who you 'shadow'. The idea is to give people with little or no experience of university a taste of student life at Cambridge, in real time, with real people. Click here for further information and to apply.   Student's Perspective of Life at Oxford Want to read a student's personal perspective of life at Oxford? Well, why not take a look at a blog written by Kate Tuohy who has just completed her English Literature and Language degree. The blog is filled with current information on personal statements, entrance exams and interviews.She has also created an Instagram page thatoxfordgirl under 'Matilda Rose'. Please visit by clicking here NOV 02 2016 Three Lumina Helper Profiles My name is Charlie and I'm an undergraduate geography student at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. My decision to study geography reflects my diverse interests, but my area of special interest is the political eco


What type of food is Sapsago, also called Sap Sago and Schabziger?

Schabziger | WikiCheese | Fandom powered by Wikia Schabziger or sapsago is a traditional cheese exclusively produced in the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland . Schabziger is made out of the skimmed cow milk and a special kind of herb , blue melilot ( Trigonella caerulea ), also called blue fenugreek [1] [2] . The milk and melilot sap are heated to 90°F or 32°C then an acid (lactic, citric or acetic) is added causing curdling. The whey and curd are separated. The whey is further curdled at 90°C and separated. The whey-condensate is called Ziger and is pressed into cones for 6 to 8 days. The cones are then dried for 2 to 6 months. The resulting cheese is hard, green with a strong flavor and aroma. It is usually conditioned as cones of 100 g (4 oz ) with a height of 5 cm (2 in ). It contains less than 3% fat. Schabziger is usually eaten grated, or mixed with butter to make an herb spread ("Ankeziger", "Zigerbutter") that is put on bread or sandwiches . It can also be used in fondue (Zigerfondue), or grated and eaten with noodles (Zigerhörnli) or rösti . A cone of Schabziger can be conserved for weeks in the fridge. Schabziger was first manufactured by the monks in Glarus , in the 8th century. The exact specification on how to make this cheese was laid down during a Landsgemeinde in 1463. The cheese also has to bear a stamp of origin, making it one of the earliest protected brands. Schabziger is produced exclusively by Geska [3] (Gesellschaft Schweizer Kräuterkäse-Fabrikanten). It is sold abroad under the name Swiss Green Cheese. In the US it is also sold under the brand Sap Sago. Sap Sago was introduced into New York pharmacies in the 19th century. The name is a corruption of the word Schabziger (pronounced similar to "shap-sigeh" in German), though folk etymology has it that the green herb juice used made to make the cheese was called "sap", as in tree sap.


What degree angle are the corners of a regular tetrahedron?

Regular Tetrahedron -- from Wolfram MathWorld Beyer, W. H. CRC Standard Mathematical Tables, 28th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, p. 228, 1987. Buekenhout, F. and Parker, M. "The Number of Nets of the Regular Convex Polytopes in Dimension ." Disc. Math. 186, 69-94, 1998. Crelle, A. L. "Einige Bemerkungen über die dreiseitige Pyramide." Sammlung mathematischer Aufsätze u. Bemerkungen 1, 105-132, 1821. Cundy, H. and Rollett, A. "Tetrahedron. ." §3.5.1 in Mathematical Models, 3rd ed. Stradbroke, England: Tarquin Pub., p. 84, 1989. Davie, T. "The Tetrahedron." http://www.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~ad/mathrecs/polyhedra/tetrahedron.html . Dostor, G. Eléments de la théorie des déterminants, avec application à l'algèbre, la trigonométrie et la géométrie analytique dans le plan et l'espace, 2ème ed. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, pp. 252-293, 1905. Gardner, M. "Tetrahedrons." Ch. 19 in The Sixth Book of Mathematical Games from Scientific American. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, pp. 183-194, 1984. Geometry Technologies. "Tetrahedron." http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/facts/solids/tetra.html . Granville, A. "The Lattice Points of an -Dimensional Tetrahedron." Aequationes Math. 41, 234-241, 1991. Guy, R. K. "Gauß's Lattice Point Problem." §F1 in Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 240-241, 1994. Harris, J. W. and Stocker, H. "Tetrahedron." §4.3.1 and 4.4.2 in Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 98-100, 1998. Hopf, H. "Selected Chapters of Geometry." ETH Zürich lecture, pp. 1-2, 1940. http://www.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/Other/hopf-samelson.pdf . Kasahara, K. "From Regular to Semiregular Polyhedrons." Origami Omnibus: Paper-Folding for Everyone. Tokyo: Japan Publications, pp. 204, 220-221, and 231, 1988. Kasahara, K. and Takahama, T. Origami for the Connoisseur. Tokyo: Japan Publications, 1987. Langman, H. "Curiosa 261: A Disc Puzzle." Scripta Math. 17, 144, Mar.-Jun. 1951. Lee, J. R. "The Law of Cosines in a Tetrahedron." J. Korea Soc. Math. Ed. Ser. B: Pure Appl. Math. 4, 1-6, 1997. Lehmer, D. H. "The Lattice Points of an -Dimensional Tetrahedron." Duke Math. J. 7, 341-353, 1940. Lesage, J. "Alexander Graham Bell Museum: Tribute to Genius." Nat. Geographic 60, 227-256, 1956. Pegg, E. Jr. "Math Games: Melbourne, City of Math." Sep. 5, 2006. http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_09_05_06.html . Rouché, E. and de Comberousse, C. Traité de Géométrie, nouv. éd., vol. 1: Géométrie plane. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1922. Rouché, E. and de Comberousse, C. Traité de Géométrie, nouv. éd., vol. 2: Géométrie dans l'espace. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1922. Steinhaus, H. Mathematical Snapshots, 3rd ed. New York: Dover, pp. 191-192, 201, and 246-247, 1999. Trigg, C. W. "Geometry of Paper Folding. II. Tetrahedral Models." School Sci. and Math. 54, 683-689, 1954. von Staudt, K. G. C. "Ueber einige geometrische Sätze." J. reine angew. Math. 57, 88-89, 1860. Wells, D. "Puzzle Page." Games and Puzzles. Sep. 1975. Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Geometry. London: Penguin, pp. 217-218, 1991. Wenninger, M. J. "The Tetrahedron." Model 1 in Polyhedron Models. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, p. 14, 1989. Xu, Y. and Yau, S. "A Sharp Estimate of the Number of Integral Points in a Tetrahedron." J. reine angew. Math. 423, 199-219, 1992. Let a tetrahedron be length on a side, and let its base lie in the plane with one vertex lying along the positive -axis. The polyhedron vertices of this tetrahedron are then located at ( , 0, 0), (


Name the Google phone and software system which, according to some news reports in 2010, ended Nokia's 10 years' of market dominance?

Market Share, 2016 Q3 Get More Data The worldwide smartphone market grew 1.1% year over year in 2016Q3, with 363.2 million shipments, according to data from the International Data Corporation   ( IDC ) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker .   Shipments grew 5.2% QoQ, compared to the 345.5 million units in the second quarter of 2016. IDC expects to see a noticeable slowdown in smartphone shipments in 2016 with China showing a more mature growth pattern. Android dominated the market with 86.8% share in 2016Q3. Samsung continued its global leadership despite the Galaxy Note 7 recall. Embed Copy and paste in your code. Some colums are hidden due to your browser's width. Use the button above the top right corner of the table to customize displayed colums. Dismiss 0.4% Source: IDC, Nov 2016 Android dominated the smartphone market with a share of 86.8%. Samsung, the #1 contributor remained in the top spot, despite the high-profile recall of the Galaxy Note 7. Android share has risen both YoY and QoQ, with strong growth in unit shipments by other players such as Huawei, OPPO, and vivo. This quarter’s launch highlights included Apple’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus as well as Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL. iOS saw its market share for 2016Q3 grow by 12.7% QoQ with 45.5 million shipments. The iPhone 6S followed by its newest model, the iPhone 7 were the best-selling models this quarter. The iPhone SE and 7 Plus along with its older models accounted for 53.1% of the total Apple shipments this quarter. Windows Phone experienced a QoQ decline of 35.2% with a total of 974.4 thousand units shipped this quarter. With Microsoft’s focus on business users, the decline in the consumer market is expected to continue. Get More Data Mobility Press Releases


What is the full name of the football organization usually abbreviated to UEFA?

About FIFA: Organisation - FIFA.com About FIFA Africa Cup of Nations 2017 14 Jan 2017 - 05 Feb 2017 - Gabon Official Draw - FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 28 February 2017 - Bahamas Official Draw - FIFA U-20 World Cup 15 March 2017 - Korea You're logging in with Facebook You're logging in with Twitter You're logging in with Google+ Connect Login Error The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. This Facebook account is already present Your Club account has been locked due to a breach of our Terms of Service. Please set up a new account in line with the Club rules. Review the Club Rules . Alternatively, you can email us by completing our contact form . Please enter a valid email address The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. Log-in unsuccessful All Videos What we stand for FIFA’s mission is develop football everywhere and for all, to touch the world through its inspiring tournaments and to build a better future through the power of the game. Explore FIFA is a series of short animated films that bring you into our world with a visual and easy-to-understand explanation of how we go about carrying out this mission. About FIFA Who We Are The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is an association governed by Swiss law founded in 1904 and based in Zurich. It has 211 member associations and its goal, enshrined in its Statutes, is the constant improvement of football. Who We Are FIFA 1904 FIFA 1904 is a monthly magazine which is published as both a print edition and as a free online publication. The 68-page magazine contains in-depth stories and interviews about football from around the world, with a special focus on FIFA's development projects and activities, competitions, events and member associations. The print version is provided for free to FIFA's confederations and member associations, while the online version is available to all football fans right here on FIFA.com. Latest Media Releases The President Before being elected FIFA President, Gianni Infantino was the UEFA General Secretary since October 2009, having joined the organisation in 2000. Gianni led the fight against social ills and threats to the integrity of football in Europe, including all forms of discrimination, violence and hooliganism, and match-fixing. The President FIFA Secretary General In a humanitarian career with the United Nations that spanned 21-years,  Fatma Samoura has been able to make a difference to millions of people through her work. On 20 June 2016, she began her first day in office as the first-ever female Secretary General of world football’s governing body. FIFA Secretary General FIFA Congress Bringing together every member association of FIFA, with each getting one vote, a Congress may be an Ordinary or an Extraordinary Congress. The Congress rules on modifications to the Statutes, addresses propositions from FIFA Council members and elects the FIFA President. Latest News FIFA Associations and Confederations With 211 associations affiliated to FIFA today, world football's governing body has been dubbed the "United Nations of Football ". Between 1975 and 2002 alone, more than 60 associations were accepted as members. FIFA supports the associations financially and logistically through various programmes and grants them a number of attractive rights and privileges. But they also have obligations. As representatives of FIFA in their countries, they must respect the statutes, aims and ideals of football's governing body and promote and manage our sport accordingly. Committees and other bodies FIFA Council and Bureau of the Council The FIFA Council is a non-executive, supervisory and strategic body that sets the vision for FIFA and global


The move called 'en passant' features in what board game?

chess | game | Britannica.com Chess Learn more about this topic 1 Tbh, I taught myself to play chess by reading Britannica’s article. You can too! Chess, one of the oldest and most popular board games, played by two opponents on a checkered board with specially designed pieces of contrasting colours, commonly white and black. White moves first, after which the players alternate turns in accordance with fixed rules, each player attempting to force the opponent’s principal piece, the King, into checkmate—a position where it is unable to avoid capture. Chess first appeared in India about the 6th century ad and by the 10th century had spread from Asia to the Middle East and Europe . Since at least the 15th century, chess has been known as the “royal game” because of its popularity among the nobility. Rules and set design slowly evolved until both reached today’s standard in the early 19th century. Once an intellectual diversion favoured by the upper classes, chess went through an explosive growth in interest during the 20th century as professional and state-sponsored players competed for an officially recognized world championship title and increasingly lucrative tournament prizes. Organized chess tournaments, postal correspondence games, and Internet chess now attract men, women, and children around the world. This article provides an in-depth review of the history and the theory of the game by noted author and international grandmaster Andrew Soltis. World chess champions Tarrasch, Siegbert Characteristics of the game Chess is played on a board of 64 squares arranged in eight vertical rows called files and eight horizontal rows called ranks. These squares alternate between two colours: one light, such as white, beige, or yellow; and the other dark, such as black or green. The board is set between the two opponents so that each player has a light-coloured square at the right-hand corner. Algebraic notation Individual moves and entire games can be recorded using one of several forms of notation. By far the most widely used form, algebraic (or coordinate) notation, identifies each square from the point of view of the player with the light-coloured pieces, called White. The eight ranks are numbered 1 through 8 beginning with the rank closest to White. The files are labeled a through h beginning with the file at White’s left hand. Each square has a name consisting of its letter and number, such as b3 or g8. Additionally, files a through d are referred to as the queenside, and files e through h as the kingside. See Figure 1 . Moves Editor Picks: Exploring 10 Types of Basketball Movies Tournament and match chess is distinguished from casual games by the strict provisions for completing a move. Unless preceded by the warning “I adjust” (French: “j’adoube”), a piece touched must be moved or captured (if legally possible), and a completed move may not be retracted. The players also are obligated to record their moves. Only after making a move can they stop their allotted time from elapsing, usually by depressing a device on the chess clock used in competitive play. A player can be penalized in a variety of ways, including forfeiture of the game, for consulting another player or any recorded material during the game, for analyzing the game on another board, or for distracting the opponent. Any player who realizes during a game that an illegal move has been made may demand that the position before the infraction be reinstated and that play proceed from there. If the illegality is discovered after the game is completed, the result stands without penalty. History Ancient precursors and related games The origin of chess remains a matter of controversy. There is no credible evidence that chess existed in a form approaching the modern game before the 6th century ce. Game pieces found in Russia , China , India , Central Asia , Pakistan , and elsewhere that have been determined to be older than that are now regarded as coming from earlier distantly related board games , often involving dice and sometimes using playing boards of 100 or more s


Named after its inventor, what is the signal lamp used to transmit Morse Code, devised in the late 1800s and still used today on naval ships?

Electric Telegraph - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Electric Telegraph   Wikis Electric Telegraph: Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Telegraph" and "Telegram" redirect here. For other uses, see Telegraph (disambiguation) and Telegram (disambiguation) . This article is about telegraphy in general. For the Electrical telegraph, see Electrical telegraph . Claude Chappe 's optical telegraph on the Litermont near Nalbach , Germany Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters. It is a compound term formed from the Greek words tele (τηλε) = far and graphein (γραφειν) = write. Radiotelegraphy or wireless telegraphy transmits messages using radio . Telegraphy includes recent forms of data transmission such as fax , email , telephone networks , and computer networks in general.[citation needed] Contents 15 External links Terminology A telegraph is a device for transmitting and receiving messages over long distances, i.e., for telegraphy. The word telegraph alone now generally refers to an electrical telegraph . Wireless telegraphy is also known as "CW", for continuous wave (a carrier modulated by on-off keying), as opposed to the earlier radio technique of using a spark gap .[citation needed] A telegraph message sent by an electrical telegraph operator or telegrapher using Morse code (or a printing telegraph operator using plain text) was known as a telegram [1] . A cablegram was a message sent by a submarine telegraph cable [2] [3] , often shortened to a cable or a wire. Later, a Telex message was a telegram sent by a Telex network, a switched network of teleprinters similar to a telephone network. Before long distance telephone services were readily available or affordable, telegram services were very popular and the only way to convey information speedily over very long distances. Telegrams were often used to confirm business dealings and were commonly used to create binding legal documents for business dealings. [4] A wire picture or wire photo was a newspaper picture that was sent from a remote location by a facsimile telegraph . The teleostereograph machine, a forerunner to the modern electronic fax, was developed by AT&T's Bell Labs in the 1920s; however, the first commercial use of image facsimile telegraph devices date back to the 1800s. Optical telegraph Main articles: Semaphore line (visual telegraphy using signal arms or shutters), Flag semaphore (using hand-held flags), Signal lamp (visual naval communications) and Heliograph (visual communications using reflected sunlight) Construction schematic of a Prussian optical telegraph (or semaphore ) tower, C. 1835 The first telegraphs came in the form of optical telegraphs , including the use of smoke signals , beacons or reflected light , which have existed since ancient times. A semaphore network invented by Claude Chappe operated in France from 1792 through 1846. [5] It helped Napoleon enough to be widely imitated in Europe and the U.S. The Prussian system was put into effect in the 1830s. The last commercial semaphore link ceased operation in Sweden in 1880. Semaphores were able to convey information more precisely than smoke signals and beacons, and consumed no fuel. Messages could be sent at much greater speed than post riders and could serve entire regions. However, like beacons, smoke and reflected light signals they were highly dependent on good weather and daylight to work (practical electrical lighting was not available until about 1880). They required operators and towers every 30 km (20 mi), and could only accommodate about two words per minute. This was useful to governments, but too expensive for most commercial uses other than commodity price information. Electric telegraphs were to reduce the cost of sending a message thirtyfold compared to semapho


The largest sex discrimination lawsuit in US history, which began in 2001 and by 2010 involved 1.5m female workers was filed against which employer?

Privacy policy | More Newsletters Getty Images Five of the six named plaintiffs in the Dukes v Wal-Mart case, (L-R) Stephanie Odle, Betty Dukes, Christine Kwapnoski, Deborah Gunter, and Edith Arana, pose for photographers in front of the U.S. Supreme Court March 29, 2011 in Washington, DC. When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes in June 2011, no one needed a Richter scale to know it was a Big One. In throwing out a mammoth lawsuit by women employees who claimed that they'd been systematically underpaid and underpromoted by the world's biggest corporation, the ruling upended decades of employment discrimination law and raised serious barriers to future large-scale discrimination cases of every kind. Employers rejoiced. Others predicted serious setbacks for women and minorities, especially in employment discrimination cases brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That landmark law had opened the way to the use of the class-action lawsuit as a potent weapon for people who could not stand up for their rights on their own. Updated Panda Cam Goes Dark Due to Government Shutdown Two years later, it's becoming clear just how much the ruling has reshaped the American legal landscape. The Dukes decision has already been cited more than 1,200 times in rulings by federal and state courts, a figure seen by experts as remarkable. Jury verdicts have been overturned, settlements thrown out, and class actions rejected or decertified, in many instances undoing years of litigation. The rulings have come in every part of the country, in lawsuits involving all types of companies, including retailers (Family Dollar Stores), government contractors (Lockheed Martin Corp.), business-services providers (Cintas Corp.), and magazines (Hearst Corp.). The aftershocks have been felt in many kinds of lawsuits beyond the employment field, as well. Public Colleges Leaving Poor Behind Many of the rulings since 2011 have not been surprising. Some have been relatively narrow. But others have tread into unexpected territory. This past August, for example, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia upheld the dismissal of a $7 million settlement between the former National City Bank and 153,000 black and Hispanic borrowers who claimed that the bank had discriminated against them in how it charged mortgage points and fees during the housing bubble. Neither side had sought to revisit the 2010 accord, but the courts did so anyway, ruling that because the class action probably wouldn't have been certified under Dukes, the settlement was suspect, too "That is pretty extraordinary," said Gerald Maatman Jr. of Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago, one of the leading law firms in the country defending businesses and employers against class actions. "It shows how much the standards have changed." Courts in prior decades had typically rubber-stamped such settlements, he said. "It's a whole new world," Maatman said. One measure of that change is the difference in the size of employee discrimination settlements as reported in Maatman's widely read Workplace Class Action Blog. In 2010, the year before the Dukes decision, the top 10 settlements totaled $346 million ; in 2012, the first year after Dukes, that total plummeted 87 percent, to $45 million . Another measure, lawyers representing women and minorities say, is the drop-off in new employment discrimination class-action lawsuits being filed. Before Dukes, it was normal to see 25 or 30 such cases every year, said Jocelyn Larkin, executive director of the Impact Fund, a law firm/national litigation resource center based in Berkeley, Calif., which helped bring the Wal-Mart suit in 2001. Now, Larkin said, the number of new cases is closer to 10 or 12 a year. Even in this new world, there have been some class-action victories. On Sept. 6, Bank of America and its Merrill Lynch unit settled a sex discrimination class action with female brokers for $39 million . The week before, Merrill agreed to pay another $160 million for discriminating against African-American brokers, the largest class


Which Scottish castle did Queen Victoria and husband Prince Albert buy in 1852?

Balmoral - The history of the Scottish holiday home to the Royal Family. The history of the Scottish holiday home to the Royal  Family   Balmoral Castle has been the Scottish home of the Royal Family  since it was purchased for Queen Victoria by Prince Albert in 1852, having been  first leased in 1848. In the autumn of 1842, two and a half years after her marriage to  Prince Albert, Queen Victoria paid her first visit to Scotland. They were so  struck with the Highlands that they resolved to return. A further visit to  Perthshire and then Ardverikie encouraged them to seize the opportunity to  purchase Balmoral. After searching enquiries they bought the estate on the 17th  February 1848 and on 8th September 1848 they arrived to take possession of a  property they had never seen, but to which they had committed themselves for  many years to come. They were not disappointed and when they returned South they  opened negotiations for the purchase of the land on which Balmoral stood. These protracted negotiations were completed on 22nd June 1852, when the fee  simple of Balmoral was purchased by Prince Albert. Once the land was purchased  they decided to rebuild as the building was no longer adequate for their needs.  The architect selected was William Smith, City Architect of Aberdeen. Soon after  the family arrived at the Castle, Mr Smith was summoned from Aberdeen on 8th  September 1852. Prince Albert decided to build a new Castle as the current one was  considered not large enough for the Royal Family. A new site was chosen, 100  yards to the North West of the building, so that they could continue to occupy  the old house while the new Castle was under construction. The foundation stone for Balmoral Castle was laid by Queen  Victoria on 28th September 1853 and can be found at the foot of the wall  adjacent to the West face of the entrance porch. Before the foundation stone was  placed in position Queen Victoria signed a parchment recording the date. This  parchment, together with an example of each of the current coins of the realm,  was then placed in a bottle, inserted into a cavity below the site prepared for  the stone. The Castle was completed in 1856 and the old building was then  demolished. This building is commemorated by a stone which is located on the  front lawn at a point opposite the tower and about 100 yards from the path. This  stone marks the position of the front door to the demolished castle. When Queen Victoria died in 1901 Balmoral Estates passed, under  the terms of her will, to King Edward VII, and from him to each of his  successors. Balmoral Estates has been more than just a favourite home to  successive generations of the Royal Family . Although it remains largely the same as it was in Queen Victoria's  reign, successive Royal owners have followed the initiative of Prince Albert in  making improvements to the estate.


South-West is how many degrees on a compass? - Qfak.com South-West is how many degrees on a compass? South-West is how many degrees on a compass? Answers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_di… #1 Southwest is considered to be 225 degrees (clockwise) from true North. If using the 8 point compass southwest is anything 22.5 degrees either side of the 225 degree radial. If using the 16 point compass, then southwest includes 11.25 degrees either side of the 225 degree radial. #2


'Cucumber Time' is the quiet season in which trade?

World Wide Words: Cucumber time Cucumber time Cucumber time appears in the Oxford English Dictionary, with the first example being this: Cucumbers, Taylers. Cucumber-time, Taylers Holiday, when they have leave to Play, and Cucumbers are in season. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew, 1700. Tayler is a variant spelling of tailor. The entry doesn’t explain what cucumber time actually is. From the examples, it becomes clear that it’s a season of the year, obviously summer. A correspondent to the scholarly publication Notes and Queries in 1853 explained: “This term ... the working-tailors of England use to denote that which their masters call ‘the flat season’”. The Pall Mall Gazette enlarged on that in 1867: “Tailors could not be expected to earn much money ‘in cucumber season.’ Because when cucumbers are in, the gentry are out of town.” So it is the dull time of year, when orders are few, work is slack and tailors perforce have time to themselves (the use of play in the 1700 dictionary is clearly sarcastic). After 1861, the British media started to refer to this period of high summer as the silly season, originally the time of year when Parliament and the law courts were in recess, anybody of substance had left London and news was in short supply. (The term was the invention of an unsung writer on the old Saturday Review.) Tailors became known slangily as cucumbers because of this reference to their cucumber time. The OED’s entry for this sense of cucumber consists of a mystified note by the editor that cucumber, is “used with some obscure reference to a tailor”. The writer to Notes and Queries attempted to explain this, too: Cucumber Time. — This term ... has been imported from a country which periodically sends many hundreds of its tailors to seek employment in our metropolis. The German phrase is “Die saure Gurken Zeit,” or pickled gherkin time. Notes and Queries, 5 Nov. 1853. Sauregurkenzeit (as it is usually written) is indeed a German idiom with that literal meaning, which expresses the same idea as the English silly season. However, the writer’s assertion requires German tailors to have been coming to Britain before 1700, which may have been so, though I suspect the writer would have been hard pressed to provide evidence. What is odder still is that several languages contain literal translations of the phrase cucumber time or cucumber season or its near-equivalent using gherkin: Estonian (hapukurgihooaeg), Dutch (komkommertijd), Norwegian (agurktid), Hungarian (uborkaszezon), Czech (Okurková sezóna), Polish (Sezon ogórkowy), and Hebrew (Onat Ha’melafefonim). Both the Dutch and Norwegian terms are said to be from English. But, as a guess, unsupported by evidence but with the Hebrew usage as a pointer and remembering the strong traditional association of Jews with tailoring, might it be that the expression was originally Yiddish? As a further excursion into slang, there’s this quip, which was quoted by the same correspondent to Notes and Queries: Tailors are vegetarians, who “live on cucumber” while at play, and on “cabbage” while at work. You might think cabbage here is the slang term for money, but that’s twentieth century and American. The cabbage in this case is, however, an equivalent idea, since it was the name given to the waste cloth left over when tailors cut out clothes, and which was appropriated by them as a perquisite. Peter Scoging tells me that cabbage in this sense is still used in the garment trade in Britain. Share this page


Which bird, which lays the largest egg in proportion to its body size of all birds, is an apteryx?

1000+ images about Animals - Birds - INFORMATION on Pinterest | Different types of, Hummingbird nests and Bird of paradise Forward Kiwi birds lay the largest egg in proportion to its body. The egg is equivalent to 15-25% of the bird’s body mass. To compare, ostrich’s egg is equivalent to 2% of the mother’s body mass, while a newborn human accounts only for 5% of the mother’s body mass. See More


Who is the twin sister of Sebastian in William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'?

SparkNotes: Twelfth Night: Plot Overview Twelfth Night Context Character List In the kingdom of Illyria, a nobleman named Orsino lies around listening to music, pining away for the love of Lady Olivia. He cannot have her because she is in mourning for her dead brother and refuses to entertain any proposals of marriage. Meanwhile, off the coast, a storm has caused a terrible shipwreck. A young, aristocratic-born woman named Viola is swept onto the Illyrian shore. Finding herself alone in a strange land, she assumes that her twin brother, Sebastian, has been drowned in the wreck, and tries to figure out what sort of work she can do. A friendly sea captain tells her about Orsino’s courtship of Olivia, and Viola says that she wishes she could go to work in Olivia’s home. But since Lady Olivia refuses to talk with any strangers, Viola decides that she cannot look for work with her. Instead, she decides to disguise herself as a man, taking on the name of Cesario, and goes to work in the household of Duke Orsino. Viola (disguised as Cesario) quickly becomes a favorite of Orsino, who makes Cesario his page. Viola finds herself falling in love with Orsino—a difficult love to pursue, as Orsino believes her to be a man. But when Orsino sends Cesario to deliver Orsino’s love messages to the disdainful Olivia, Olivia herself falls for the beautiful young Cesario, believing her to be a man. The love triangle is complete: Viola loves Orsino, Orsino loves Olivia, and Olivia loves Cesario—and everyone is miserable. Meanwhile, we meet the other members of Olivia’s household: her rowdy drunkard of an uncle, Sir Toby; his foolish friend, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, who is trying in his hopeless way to court Olivia; Olivia’s witty and pretty waiting-gentlewoman, Maria; Feste, the clever clown of the house; and Malvolio, the dour, prudish steward of Olivia’s household. When Sir Toby and the others take offense at Malvolio’s constant efforts to spoil their fun, Maria engineers a practical joke to make Malvolio think that Olivia is in love with him. She forges a letter, supposedly from Olivia, addressed to her beloved (whose name is signified by the letters M.O.A.I.), telling him that if he wants to earn her favor, he should dress in yellow stockings and crossed garters, act haughtily, smile constantly, and refuse to explain himself to anyone. Malvolio finds the letter, assumes that it is addressed to him, and, filled with dreams of marrying Olivia and becoming noble himself, happily follows its commands. He behaves so strangely that Olivia comes to think that he is mad. Meanwhile, Sebastian, who is still alive after all but believes his sister Viola to be dead, arrives in Illyria along with his friend and protector, Antonio. Antonio has cared for Sebastian since the shipwreck and is passionately (and perhaps sexually) attached to the young man—so much so that he follows him to Orsino’s domain, in spite of the fact that he and Orsino are old enemies. Sir Andrew, observing Olivia’s attraction to Cesario (still Viola in disguise), challenges Cesario to a duel. Sir Toby, who sees the prospective duel as entertaining fun, eggs Sir Andrew on. However, when Sebastian—who looks just like the disguised Viola—appears on the scene, Sir Andrew and Sir Toby end up coming to blows with Sebastian, thinking that he is Cesario. Olivia enters amid the confusion. Encountering Sebastian and thinking that he is Cesario, she asks him to marry her. He is baffled, since he has never seen her before. He sees, however, that she is wealthy and beautiful, and he is therefore more than willing to go along with her. Meanwhile, Antonio has been arrested by Orsino’s officers and now begs Cesario for help, mistaking him for Sebastian. Viola denies knowing Antonio, and Antonio is dragged off, crying out that Sebastian has betrayed him. Suddenly, Viola has newfound hope that her brother may be alive. Malvolio’s supposed madness has allowed the gleeful Maria, Toby, and the rest to lock Malvolio into a small, dark room for his treatment, and they torment him at will. Feste dresses up a


In which South American country is the region and its regional capital city called Arequipa, the nation's second largest city (as at 2010)?

Countries and Nations of the Americas and the Caribbean - Nations Online Project The Americas and the Caribbean Countries by Continents ___ Countries of the Americas and the Caribbean   The Cordillera Negra and the Cordillera Blanca in background as seen from Qarwaqucha. Both mountain ranges are located in the Ancash Region in Peru, they are portions of South America's Andes, one of the world's longest mountain ranges. Image: Ed Pax Some facts about the Americas Area : North America (Canada, USA): 20,000,000 km2 (7,700,000 mi2); Central America and the Caribbean: 20,720,000 km2 (8,000,000 mi2); South America: 17,900,000 km2 (6,900,000 mi2) Population : 982 million (in 2015) North America: 567.7 million (Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean); South America: 414.6 million. Highest Point: South America: Aconcagua, 6,960.8 m (22,837 ft), part of the Andes mountain range, near Mendoza, Argentina it is the highest mountain in the Americas. North America: Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley), 6,168 m (20,239 ft), Alaska , USA. Largest Lake: Lake Superior, surface area 82,000 km² (32,000 mi² ), largest freshwater lake in the world, the lake is almost the size of Austria or slightly smaller than South Carolina . Longest River: South America: Rio Amazonas (Amazon river), 6,296 km (3,912 mi), its source lies in the Peruvian part of the Andes mountain range. North America: Mississippi River, 3,734 km (2,320 mi), its source is at Lake Itasca in Minnesota , USA. Languages of the Americas: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, various native Indian languages, French patois, and Creole. Maps


What, alluding to a piece of broken glass, became London's tallest building when under construction during 2010?

Dsl collection tome 2 by Sylvain Levy - issuu issuu dsl_cover_paperback_2_Layout 1 11/12/2013 10:24 Page 1 dslcollection a collection of Chinese contemporary art dslcollection www.dslcollection.org art.dslcollection@gmail.com This book is available as a FREE download from Amazon. Helen Ho a collection of Chinese contemporary art dsl_cover_paperback_2_Layout 1 11/12/2013 10:24 Page 2 Book design by Terence Beedham at iwd A special thank you to Martina Kรถppel-Yang for assisting with the conception and editing of the book. â€œA collection is the work of a person. It is its limit and its greatness. It has to awaken the curiosity and the emotion. It is an artistic adventure.â€? Monique Barbier-Mueller The concept of an adventure is very much key to the spirit of dslcollection – from the artworks that we collect to the way we share the collection through digital technology – everything is aimed at bringing different experiences for people to connect with art. For this reason, we have chosen to present this second edition of the dslcollection catalogue as a fusion between a book and a magazine. Foreword To enable our readers to fully appreciate and experience the diversity in China’s contemporary art scene, and more importantly, to create their own adventure, we have decided to “curate” this 2nd edition, arranging our artists and artworks according to their specialities and positioning them in different chapters, similar to a series of rooms in an exhibition. Our aim is not to be an encyclopaedic collection, but just to open a few doors to China’s contemporary art scene. As a start, Chapter 1 focuses on the earlier generation of contemporary artists, those who were already active around the Chinese Avant-Garde Exhibition in 1989. Caught amidst one of the most turbulent periods in China’s modern history, many of these artists had to create outside the formal system, or “machine”. The next few chapters are arranged according to regions – Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. We dedicate a chapter to new media artists and end with a survey of the latest generation of Chinese artists, many of whom are relatively unknown in the West. At the end of the book, you will find a certain number of tags that enable you to watch the videos of the collection or to experience the virtual exhibition curated by Martina Köppel-Yang. This catalogue has been produced with the aim of sharing, as much as possible, the adventure and l’esprit of dslcollection. – Helen Ho 2 With their thoughtfully researched Chinese contemporary art collection accessible online and promoted on Facebook, Sylvain and Dominique Levy redefine collecting for the digital age. Extracts from article by Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop (Published in BLOUINARTINFO.COM, Asia Edition, September/October 2013) “We started as a young couple, going to flea markets and buying works to decorate our house, primarily 1940s furniture,” Dominique says. “Neither of us came from a family of collectors, though we had an eye trained for beautiful things.” Their aesthetic training was centered largely on fashion. Dominique’s mother, Rose Torrente-Mett, founded Torrente, a French haute couture and readyto-wear label, and her uncle, Ted Lapidus, was a highly influential designer in the 1960s. Sylvain used to run French fashion house Caroll before turning to real estate development.“ After the first furniture, we started worrying about the walls, and I remember the first painting we ever bought was a beautiful sunset by Dupuy Godeau, not the best artist, nor his best work,” she recalls, laughing. In the early 1990s, the couple started buying Western contemporary art, with works by Robert Rauschenberg, Manolo Valdés, and Antoni Tàpies decorating their home, but they 4 Artists Name concede there wasn’t a cohesive approach to the budding collection and the works were bought “more as trophies.” “We only started to collect seriously with contemporary designs in the mid 1990s,” says Dominique. “We had friends who owned the Gallery Kreo and at the time, pieces by Ron Arad and the Bouroullec broth


Stasi Stasi The Untold Story of the East German Secret Police By JOHN O. KOEHLER THE RULE OF LAW "Worse than the Gestapo." Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter Less than a month after German demonstrators began to tear down the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, irate East German citizens stormed the Leipzig district office of the Ministry for State Security (MfS)the Stasi, as it was more commonly called. Not a shot was fired, and there was no evidence of "street justice" as Stasi officers surrendered meekly and were peacefully led away. The following month, on January 15, hundreds of citizens sacked Stasi headquarters in Berlin. Again there was no bloodshed. The last bit of unfinished business was accomplished on May 31 when the Stasi radioed its agents in West Germany to fold their tents and come home.     The intelligence department of the Nationale Volksarmee (NVA), the People's Army, had done the same almost a week earlier, but with what its members thought was better style. Instead of sending the five-digit code groups that it had used for decades to message its spies in West Germany, the army group broadcast a male choir singing a children's ditty about a duck swimming on a lake. There was no doubt that the singing spymasters had been drowning their sorrow over losing the Cold War in schnapps. The giggling, word-slurring songsters repeated the refrain three times: "Dunk your little head in the water and lift your little tail." This was the signal to agents under deep cover that it was time to come home.     With extraordinary speed and political resolve, the divided nation was reunified a year later. The collapse of the despotic regime was total. It was a euphoric time for Germans, but reunification also produced a new national dilemma. Nazi war crimes were still being tried in West Germany, forty-six years after World War II. Suddenly the German government was faced with demands that the communist officials who had ordered, executed, and abetted crimes against their own peoplecrimes that were as brutal as those perpetrated by their Nazi predecessorsalso be prosecuted.     The people of the former Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), the German Democratic Republic, as the state had called itself for forty years, were clamoring for instant revenge. Their wrath was directed primarily against the country's communist rulersthe upper echelon of the Sozialistische Einheitspartei (SED), the Socialist Unity Party. The tens of thousands of second-echelon party functionaries who had enriched themselves at the expense of their cocitizens were also prime targets for retribution.     Particularly singled out were the former members of the Stasi, the East German secret police, who previously had considered themselves the "shield and sword" of the party. When the regime collapsed, the Stasi had 102,000 full-time officers and noncommissioned personnel on its rolls, including 11,000 members of the ministry's own special guards regiment. Between 1950 and 1989, a total of 274,000 persons served in the Stasi.     The people's ire was running equally strong against the regular Stasi informers, the inoffizielle Mitarbeiter (IMs). By 1995, 174,000 had been identified as IMs, or 2.5 percent of the total population between the ages of 18 and 60. Researchers were aghast when they found that about 10,000 IMs, or roughly 6 percent of the total, had not yet reached the age of 18. Since many records were destroyed, the exact number of IMs probably will never be determined; but 500,000 was cited as a realistic figure. Former Colonel Rainer Wiegand, who served in the Stasi counterintelligence directorate, estimated that the figure could go as high as 2 million, if occasional stool pigeons were included.     "The Stasi was much, much worse than the Gestapo, if you consider only the oppression of its own people," according to Simon Wiesenthal of Vienna, Austria, who has been hunting Nazi criminals for half a century. "The Gestapo had 40,000 officials watching a country of 80 million, while the Stasi employed 102,000 to control only 17 million." One