Edible Seaweed - Food & Nutrition Magazine - March-April 2014 Rich in essential minerals and vitamins, sea vegetables are a valuable addition to any meal By Tanya Zuckerbrot, MS, RD istockphoto If you frequent Japanese restaurants, you may know seaweed as the wrapping around sushi rolls or as the silky green strips floating in your miso soup. Or maybe in grocery stores you’ve noticed packages of dried seaweed along with a growing assortment of seaweed snacks. Touted as a hot new superfood, seaweed is making its way into the U.S. market. No question about it, seaweed is a nutritional powerhouse. This isn’t news in Asia, where sea vegetables are eaten daily, just as they have been for thousands of years. From Japan, Korea and Vietnam to Malaysia, the Philippines and across the South Pacific, sea vegetables are revered as much for their flavors as for their nourishing powers. Western cultures would do well to embrace this remarkably healthy, versatile food from the sea. Seaweed is classified as algae, and there are more than 30 commonly eaten varieties categorized by color: brown, red or green. Each is unique in its shape, taste and texture, but all types contain a rich store of essential minerals that includes calcium, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, vanadium and zinc. Sea vegetables also provide a potent array of vitamins, including B vitamins riboflavin and pantothenic acid; vitamins A and E; and vitamin C, which aids iron absorption. A single serving of seaweed contains almost one-fifth of the daily recommended value of vitamin K. The nutrients in sea vegetables make them useful for maintaining good health and for fighting disease. Seaweed is rich in phytonutrients, including sulfated polysaccharides that are known to have significant anti-inflammatory, antiviral and cardiovascular benefits. A 2011 review of 100 studies on the benefits of seaweed published in the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry reported that seaweed may be a better source of bioactive peptides than milk products, and it validated the usefulness of seaweed for lowering blood pressure and promoting heart health. Research has shown that eating seaweed may help protect against certain cancers, too. The folic acid in seaweed is thought to lower the risk for colon cancer, and its cholesterol-lowering properties may reduce the risk of estrogen-related cancers, such as breast cancer. Seaweed can play a role in weight loss because it is very low in calories and fat (8 calories and 0 grams of fat in a ¼-cup serving), provides some fiber (10 sheets of nori have 1 gram of fiber) and contains alginate, an anionic polysaccharide shown to cut fat absorption. Limited research suggests brown algae vegetables that are rich in the minerals iodine and vanadium may help regulate carbohydrate metabolism and blood sugar. Healthy as seaweed is, its high concentration of certain nutrients can be problematic for some. For example, overconsumption of vitamin K can interfere with medications such as warfarin, which is widely prescribed to treat and prevent blood clots. Two tablespoons of the red seaweed dulse contain 34 times the potassium as the same amount of banana, so anyone with kidney problems should avoid it. And while seaweed’s iodine content makes it especially beneficial for thyroid health, consuming too much iodine can have the opposite effect. According to a 2011 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, too much iodine in the diet (400 micrograms or more a day) may actually trigger hypothyroidism. Most commercial seaweed is grown in Asia, either cultivated in commercial farms or harvested wild in clean waters. The USDA regulates sea vegetables, so look for a certification mark on the package when purchasing seaweed products. As for seaweed pills, since the FDA does not regulate supplements, it is possible that the seaweed may have come from waters contaminated with heavy metals such as arsenic. Seaweed Varieties and Culinary Uses Because Japan is the le


From what island destination was HMS Bounty returning when its famous mutiny occurred?

6 Famous Naval Mutinies - History Lists History Lists November 6, 2012 By Evan Andrews Share this: Google Few accusations in maritime history were more serious than the charge of mutiny. Yet that didn’t stop countless sailors from attempting open rebellions on the high seas. Most of these mutinies were violent outbursts provoked by poor morale or mistreatment, but others helped inspire revolutions and even toppled governments. Get the facts on six of history’s most ferocious naval rebellions. The Mutiny on the Bounty The 1789 mutiny on the Bounty saw a rebellious crew hijack their ship and build their own island community. Commanded by William Bligh, HMS Bounty left England in December 1787 on a mission to collect breadfruit saplings in the South Pacific. During a five-month layover in Tahiti, many of the ship’s crew became enamored with island life and even married the local women. They also became increasingly dissatisfied with Bligh, who often flogged his men for dereliction of duty. Shortly after the Bounty left Tahiti in April 1789, a group of disgruntled crewmembers revolted and took their commander prisoner. Led by master’s mate Fletcher Christian, the mutineers forced Bligh and 18 loyalists into a small launch and abandoned them at sea. Amazingly, Bligh eventually led this dinghy on a 3,600-mile voyage to a safe port in Timor. He would go on to weather two more mutinies during his long naval career. Now in command of the Bounty, the mutineers sailed for the island of Tubuai before returning to Tahiti. Some of the men remained on the island and were later captured by the Royal Navy, but Christian and a small band of followers continued sailing in search of a safe place to hide. Along with a group of Tahitians, in January 1790 the men settled on Pitcairn, an isolated island in the South Pacific. The last of the rebels died on Pitcairn in 1829, but descendants of Bounty mutineers still live on the island to this day. The Potemkin Mutiny Although it was initially sparked by a mundane argument over food, the Potemkin mutiny became one of the pivotal events in the 1905 Russian Revolution. The revolt occurred during the Russo-Japanese War when the 700 crewmen of the battleship Potemkin were given rations of borscht made from maggot-ridden meat. Told to eat the tainted broth or face extreme punishment, the sailors rebelled. Under the leadership of a revolutionary mariner named Afanasy Matyushenko, the crew killed nearly half the ship’s officers in a bloody shootout before commandeering Potemkin and the torpedo boat Ismail. Russia’s Black Sea fleet was soon mobilized to crush the mutineers, but their crews were sympathetic to the plight of the Potemkin sailors and refused to fire on them. Matyushenko and his triumphant rebels would go on to sail for a total of 11 days before finally surrendering the battleship in Romania. Most of the crewmen remained in exile there, but some—including Matyushenko—later returned to Russia only to be arrested and executed. The Potemkin mutiny was later immortalized in the 1925 silent film “Battleship Potemkin,” and was a significant influence on the 1917 revolution that led to the Soviet Union’s creation. The Hermione Mutiny On the night of September 21, 1797, the Royal Navy vessel Hermione was trawling the Caribbean when the crew initiated the bloodiest mutiny in British naval history. Furious at the draconian punishments meted out by their captain, Hugh Pigot, roughly 30 men split into groups and launched a coordinated attack on their superiors. The rebels—many drunk on rum—stabbed Pigot to death in his cabin and then proceeded to brutally slaughter several officers with cutlasses and tomahawks. Once in control of the ship, they dragged the rest of the officers to the main deck. Those whom the crew approved of were spared, but the rest were simply tossed overboard. In total, 10 officers were murdered during the uprising. Knowing they could never return to England, the mutineers sailed for La Guaira in modern-day Venezuela. Claiming they had merely marooned their officers in a dinghy, they


Which of the Marx brother's original name was Adolph?

Harpo Marx Name Change : snopes.com - - Claim:   Harpo Marx changed his given name from Adolph to Arthur in order to avoid an association with Adolf Hitler. FALSE Origins:   An age-old technique for mobilizing a populace to fight a war is to so thoroughly demonize the enemy that the conflict becomes seen by the public as a moral battle rather than a political one. This technique was used to maximum effect in America during World War I , when for the first time the U.S. was engaged as a late entrant in an overseas war, a war that many Americans wanted no part of. Accordingly, the Germans were recast as "Huns" to whom all sorts of atrocity tales were attributed, and suddenly everything Germanic became anathema. German-Americans sought to avoid being branded as disloyalists, traitors, or spies by declaring themselves to be Dutch or anglicizing their names, and common items with German names were retitled: sauerkraut became "victory cabbage," hamburgers turned into "liberty sandwiches," and "hamburger steak" was henceforth known as "Salisbury steak." And a young comic named Julius Marx, who came from a German family and who was touring America in a vaudeville show with his three brothers, altered the persona of his stage character from German to Yiddish and finally to American. Julius would later became nationally famous as Groucho, one of the celebrated Marx Brothers. The renaming frenzy didn't carry over to World War II (in large part because the Nazis did such a thorough job of demonizing themselves), but one result of the Nazi era in Germany was the long-lasting stigmatization of the names "Adolph" and "Hitler." Thousands of people (on both sides of the conflict) bearing those names changed them in order to avoid any association with the notorious German dictator. So when Marx Brothers fans eventually learned that although Harpo Marx had always stated his first name as Arthur, he had actually been born Adolph Marx, they naturally assumed he had changed his first name for a similar reason. In fact, this was a retroactive explanation for a transition that had actually taken place many years earlier. Although Harpo was indeed born under the name of Adolph Marx, he had quickly been nicknamed "Ahdie," a name he much preferred to Adolph — so much so that he eventually adopted the name Arthur in place of his given name. When exactly Adolph became Arthur is difficult to pin down, but the change seems to have been effected by 1911; and newspaper reviews of Marx Brothers performances document that he was identified as "Arthur" as early as 1913. Thus Adolph Marx's name change demonstrably took place long before the world had heard of an Austrian named Adolf Hitler, well before the outbreak of World War I , and even a few years before that momentous day when the comic was tagged with the moniker of "Harpo." Last updated:   28 October 2014 Sources:


Which famous poet and author, born in India in 1865, wrote the poem 'The Female of the Species is More Deadly than the Male'?

Rudyard Kipling - Biography - IMDb Rudyard Kipling Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trivia  (19) | Personal Quotes  (11) Overview (3) Joseph Rudyard Kipling Mini Bio (1) Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, a museum director and author and illustrator. This was at the height of the "British Raj", so he was brought up by Indian nurses ("ayahs"), who taught him something of the beliefs and tongues of India. He was sent "home" to England at the age of six to live with a foster mother, who treated him very cruelly. He then spent five formative years at a minor public school, the United Services College at Westward Ho! which inspired "Stalky & Co.". He returned to India as a journalist in 1882. By 1890 he had published, in India, a major volume of verse, "Departmental Ditties", and over 70 Indian tales in English, including "Plain Tales from the Hills" and the six volumes of the "Indian Railway Library". When he arrived in London in October 1889, at the age of 23, he was already a literary celebrity. In 1892 he married Caroline Balestier, the daughter of an American lawyer, and set up house with her in Brattleboro, Vermont, where they lived for four years. While in Vermont he wrote the two "Jungle Books" and "Captains Courageous". In 1901 he wrote "Kim" and in 1902 "The Just So Stories" that explained things like "How the Camel Got Its Hump". From 1902 they made their home in Sussex, England. He subsequently published many collections of stories, including "A Diversity of Creatures", "Debits and Credits" (1926) and "Limits and Renewals" (1932). These are now thought by many to contain some of his finest writing, although his introspection may well have been influenced by the death of their only son in the First World War. Although vilified by some as "the poet of British imperialism" in the past, nowadays he may be regarded as a great story-teller with an extraordinary gift for writing of peoples of many cultures and classes and backgrounds from the inside. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk> Spouse (1) ( 18 January  1892      - 18 January  1936) (his death) (3 children) Trivia (19) After his son John was killed in battle during World War I, he worked for the War Graves Commission and created the inscription "A soldier of the Great War - Known Unto God" for the graves of soldiers who could not be identified. Born at 4:53pm-LMT In 1995 his poem "If ..". was voted England's favorite poem. Notable poems include "If ...", "The White Man's Burden" and "Tommy Atkins" His widow left their house, "Batemans", in Burwash, Sussex as a gift to the nation. It is now open to the public. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was both the youngest (42) and the first English-speaking writer to win the prize. According to his widow, the name of the "Jungle Book" character 'Mowgli' is pronounced "MAU-glee", not "MOH-glee". Wrote two short stories, "With the Night Mail" and "As Easy As A.B.C.", which are considered two of the earliest works of contemporary science fiction. He declined the Poet Laureateship, the Order of Merit and a knighthood. Children: Josephine Kipling, born December 1892; Elsie Kipling, born 1896; and John Kipling, born 1897. He spoke Hindi as his first language, having been taught the tongue from the cradle by his Indian ayah. Rector of St Andrews University, 1922-1925. Became friends with a French soldier whose life had been saved when a copy of "Kim" he was carrying stopped a bullet. Called his son John "Jack". He was originally a strong supporter of Britain's involvement in World War I, but his attitude changed completely after his son John, a soldier in the British army, was killed in the Battle of Loos. The youngest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature at 42 years old. He was the first Briton to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Was a huge fan of Mark Twain and went out of his way to meet him when in America. Used connections to get his son Jack a place in the army after he was rejected due t


What brand of raincoat was famously worn by British prime minister Harold Wilson?

Gannex Mill | Lark About Gannex Mill tags: Gannex , Old Mill , Raincoats , UK The raincoat, a garment worn to protect the upper body from rain, is a compromise between fashion and utility. Important styles of raincoat are often associated with particular manufacturers, such as Mackintosh , Barbour , and there was also Gannex from UK. (Special thanks for Nicole’s father Christopher for sending me the links.) (Images via  here ,  here , and  here ) Gannex is a waterproof fabric invented in 1951 by  Joseph Kagan , a British industrialist and the founder of Kagan Textiles, of  Elland , which made raincoats. Gannex raincoats – bonding a nylon waterproof outer coating to a woollen lining – were most famously worn by Prime Minister  Harold Wilson (pictured above).  After Wilson, then the opposition trade spokesman, wore a Gannex coat on a world tour in 1956, the raincoats became fashion icons, and were worn by world leaders such as  Lyndon Johnson ,  Mao Zedong , and  Nikita Khrushchev , as well as by  Queen Elizabeth , the  Duke of Edinburgh , and were issued to the police forces UK-wide.  In addition they were worn by Arctic and Antarctic explorers, Himalayan climbers, the armed services, and police forces in Britain and Canada. The success of the new fabric made Kagan a multi-millionaire. (Wikipedia) The Mill was used recently for furniture storage and sales but originally was used for the manufacture of wool blankets, due to the small profit made from just selling blankets the owners son Joseph Kagan invented Gannex material which he used to make a new kind of mac, this new venture did indeed make the company a lot of money, and the story of Joseph Kagan is interesting to say the least. From friendships with Harold Wilson to links with the KGB and being placed under surveillance by the MI5 leading to his expulsion from Britain in 1971 for espionage. (More information  here .) The UK company closed in the early 1990’s due to changes in fashion and cheap foreign imports. (Images via here ,  here , and here ) -N.


With which English county cricket club did Ian Botham finish his playing career?

Ian Botham Biography -Biography Online About Ian Botham Biography Ian Botham is a retired English Test cricketer, who was one of the most entertaining all-rounders of his generation. His flamboyant batting and successful bowling had the capacity to win games and excite the spectators. His greatest moment came in the 1981 Ashes test at Headingley – where Ian Botham led England to the most spectacular and unpredictable recovery against Australia. Short Biography Ian Botham Ian Terence Botham OBE, was born November 24, 1955 in Heswall, Cheshire. He later moved to Yeovil, Somerset where he began playing cricket – playing for Somerset under 15s. As a youngster he was also a talented footballer – for a short time he played for Scunthorpe United, before settling on cricket as his chosen sport. After leaving school early, he played for Somerset, making his first class debut in 1974, aged 18. After 12 seasons of playing for Somerset, he resigned in 1986, in protest at the sacking of his West Indian friends Sir Vivian Richards and Joel Garner. He later played for Worcestershire, Durham and Queensland in Australian cricket. He gained his Test debut for England in 1977. He went on to an illustrious international career. He took 383 wickets at an average of 28.4 and scored 5,200 runs at an average of 33.54. The figures on their own are not spectacular, but Botham frequently made a big impact in important games. He could also score at a quick rate and some of his innings were memorable, even if didn’t score a century. He had tremendous power and could hit the ball out of the ground, though he also had a good technique. His swing bowling was effective for his ability to move the ball – even when his pace slowed down in later years, he could make a big difference. Ian Botham was always a big character in the team, he became as famous for his on-field exploits as his off-field exploits. He had quite a few run ins with the more ‘stuffy establishment.’ – especially the members at Lords. For example, he got into trouble for smoking cannabis in 1986. He also fell out with other players, notably Geoff Boycott – who Botham once famously ran out for scoring too slowly. In 1980, Ian Botham was made captain of England. However, it was not a success. He lost form, England didn’t do well, and not everyone in the dressing room was enamoured of Botham’s style. After first two tests in the Ashes series of 1981, Botham resigned the captaincy, with England trailing 1-0 and struggling to have any hope of winning series. In the second test at Lord’s Botham scored a pair. In the third test at Headingley, Brearley was made captain. The test got off to a bad start for England. Australia scored a big innings total 401-9. But, in reply, England could only make 174 – with Botham top scoring on 50 not out. In the follow on on Saturday, England’s top order again failed. On Saturday evening, bookmakers offered odds of 500-1 for England to win. On Sunday, Botham came to the crease when England were 105 for 5. But, England then lost Boycott and Bob Taylor, leaving England on 135-7. Defeat looked inevitable. No-one in the ground expected England to have the faintest chance. But, as Graham Dilley joined Ian Botham in the middle, Botham let fly and played an innings of superb quality and attacking flair. Hitting the ball over the ground, he accelerated to 149 not out. He was ably supported by the England tail (Dilley scored 56) and Chris Old (29). Still England’s lead was just 129. There was only a feint chance of winning, but Botham had restored England’s pride. However, Bob Willis bowled with exceptional talent to bowl out the Australians for 111. Willis finished with 8 for 43. England had won a classic game by just 18 runs. It was only the second team to win a game after following on. Botham was the hero. It was a huge psychological boost for England. At the time, the economy was in deep recession, and the headlines about England cricket and been unrelentingly critical, but this turned the whole mood of the nation. A packed Headingley celebrated the most unlikely of


Zagazig is a city in which North African country?

Political Map of Egypt - Nations Online Project ___ Political Map of Egypt About Egypt Map is showing is showing the North African country bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the North and the Red Sea in East. The population of Egypt is concentrated predominantly along the fertile valley of the Nile River and the coastal plains at the Mediterranean coast. All cities of the country, with the exception of those near the coast, lie along those parts of the Nile valley north of Aswan, because the rest of the country is largely desert. The Arab Republic of Egypt (its official name) occupies an area of 1 million km², that's almost twice the size of France or more than twice the size of the U.S. State of California . Egypt has a population of of approximately 87 million inhabitants (2014). Spoken language are modern Standard Arabic, colloquial language is the Egyptian-Arabic dialect. Capital city of Egypt is Cairo . Modern Egypt became independent in 1922. From 1958 to 1961 Egypt was united with Syria as the United Arab Republic. Countries with international borders to Egypt are Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip), Israel , Libya , and Sudan , the Arab Republic of Egypt shares maritime borders with Cyprus , Greece , Jordan , Saudi Arabia and Turkey . Depicted on the map is Egypt and the surrounding countries with international borders, the national    capital Cairo, governorate capitals, major cities, main roads, railroads and airports. You are free to use this map for educational purposes, please refer to the Nations Online Project.   Map based on a UN map. Source: UN Cartographic Section   Cities in Egypt The map shows the location of following Egyptian cities and towns: Al 'Alamayn (Alamein), Al 'Arish (capital of the North Sinai Governorate), Al Bawiti, Al Fayyum (Faiyum; capital of the Faiyum Governorate), Al Ghardaqah (Hurghada, capital of Red Sea Governorate), Al Isma'iliyyah (Ismaïlia; capital of the Ismailia Governorate), Al Jizah (Giza; capital of the Giza Governorate,), Al Kharjah (also El-Kharga', or Al-Kharijah, capital of El Wadi el Gedid governorate), Al Mansurah (Mansoura; capital of the Dakahlia Governorate), Al Minya (capital of Minya Governorate), Al Qasr, Al Qusayr, Alexandria (capital of Alexandria Governorate), Ar Rashdah, Armant, As Sallum, Aswan (capital of the Aswan Governorate), Asyut (capital of Asyut Governorate), At Tur (El-Tor; capital of South Sinai Governorate), Az Zaqaziq (Zagazig; capital of the Sharqia Governorate), Banha (is the capital of the Qalyubia Governorate), Bani Suwayf (Beni Suef; capital of the Beni Suef Governorate), Baranis, Bur Safajah, Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة al-Qāhira), Damanhur (the capital of the Beheira Governorate), Damyat (Damietta; capital of the governorate of Domyat), Daraw, Halaib, Idfu, Isna, Kafr ash Shaykh (Kafr el-Sheikh (Arabic: كفر الشيخ) is the capital of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate), Kawm Umbu, Luxor (capital of Luxor Governorate), Marsá 'Alam, Marsá Matruh (the capital of Matruh Governorate), Mut, Naj 'Hammadi, Port Said (capital of the Port Said Governorate), Qarah, Qasr, Qasr Al Farafrah, Qina (also Qena, is the capital of Qena Governorate), Ra's Gharib, Sharm el-Sheikh, Shibin Al Kawm (Shibin El Kom; the capital of the Monufia Governorate), Sidi 'Abd ar Rahman, Sidi 'Umar, Sidi Barrani, Siwah, Suez (as-Suways, capital of the Suez governorate), Suhaj (Sohag, capital of Sohag Governorate), Taba, Tanta (the capital of the Gharbiya governorate).


Who was named England's first Poet Laureate?

Poets Laureate of Great Britain Poets Laureate of Great Britain Poets Laureate of Great Britain by J. Zimmerman Several of the other Laureates were famous poets, particularly Ted Hughes , Robert Southey , John Masefield , Sir John Betjeman , Cecil Day-Lewis , and the current Laureate, Andrew Motion . History and responsibilities. In Great Britain, the Poet Laureate is: The realm's official poet. A member of the royal household. Charged with writing verses for court and national occasions (such as for a Royal Wedding or the New Year). Awarded the position for life. Chosen by the British reigning monarch, from a list of nominees that the Prime Minister compiles after a poet laureate dies. Shortly after the 1668, the position became the Poet Laureate of Great Britain in 1707, when The Act of Union created "Great Britain" as the political name of England, Scotland, and Wales. The name Laureate derives from the Latin laureatus ("crowned with laurel"). It comes from an ancient Roman tradition of honoring a person (especially a poet) who has shown excellence of achievement. The honor is signified by presenting the person with a wreath of laurel leaves. FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on the Poets Laureate of Great Britain. What does "Laureate" mean? Answer . Who was the best? Most frequently this is said to be Tennyson . John Dryden (1631-1700). Laureate 1668-88. Appointed in 1668 by King Charles II, who gave John Dryden a formal royal warrant  that awarded him the official titles of  Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal. This role continued under King James II. As a powerful satirist, Dryden was a strong advocate and spokesman for his monarch, and "the best poet, dramatist, translator and critic of the age" [ Levin in Verses of the Poets Laureate] In 1689, sacked [or fired] by William III for failing to take an oath of allegiance. Thomas Shadwell (1643?-1692). Laureate 1689-92. The successful dramatist Thomas Shadwell was chosen in large part  because he was a Protestant Whig, essential to replace the Catholic Dryden.  met an inglorious end in 1693, A weak poet, a heavy drinker, and an opium user,  Shadwell died from an overdose of opium, which he took in part to relieve his gout.  He was said to have found the laureateship unimportant.  Disrespected by John Dryden , among others, for his poetry as well as for his politics. Shadwell wrote a yearly ode on the monarch's birthday, and introduced the  tradition of writing a New Year ode; his odes are crashingly uninspired and mechanistic,  as if written by an unusually dimwitted computer program. Nahum Tate (1652-1715). Laureate 1692-1715. Born in Dublin, Tate was awarded the Poet Laureate position (and its £100 per year)  but the post of Historiographer Royal (and its annual £200) became a separate assignment. Tate is most known today for his authorship of the widely loved Christmas carol "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night".  He is notorious for his (creative?) revision of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear,  giving it a happy ending. In response to public events, Tate wrote poems for victories against the French (1704),  the Act of Union between the Parliaments of England and Scotland (1707),  and the signing of the Peace of Utrecht with France (1713). Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718). Laureate 1715-18. Nicholas Rowe was celebrated as a dramatist rather than as a poet.  The Poet Laureate's role was now general praise of the sovereign, rather than  political and historical. In addition to the annual New Year ode,  the Laureate acquired the duty of writing a birthday ode to the monarch, a practice which was  to last over 100 years. Laurence Eusden (1688-1730). Eusden never published a book of poetry.  His work is mediocre. Colley Cibber (1671-1757). The poetry of dramatist Colley Cibber was conscientious but not inspired. William Whitehead (1715-85). Laureate 1757-85.  [The appointment was first offered to and declined by Thomas Gray.] William Whitehead (a respectable though perhaps dull dramatist)  was good humored and amiable. For example, h


Which of the British armed forces is known as the Senior Service?

British Armed Forces | Uncyclopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article about British Armed Forces . Members of the Royal Family, such as Prince Charles , have traditionally held high positions in the BAF. The British Armed Forces are the most war-like and violent species of humans. So they tend to do the craziest of things, including things like leaving a GAZILLIOMILLIOTRILLION troops to play strip poker ping-pong while leaving Queen Mugabe to fight the zombie menace ( Spain ), and mainly your mum . History aside, the British forces today are never seen without the likes of Madonna leading the troops into battle. She still refuses to go back to her origins, the USA . Good you guys can have her. Contents Main article: Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the oldest of Britain's armed forces and is known as the "Senior Service". It is the eldest child and so acts responsibly and carefully, and saves all its pennies. In peacetime, the Navy is primarily employed on lakes and council duckponds and can be rented out to small children for a five-minute trip round the lighthouse. Their ships consist of the HMS Useless, two dinghys, the HMS Ant and HMS Dec and a rowing boat powered by Ellen McArthur . The mention of these ships has been enough to paralyse most other navies in fear, though the Iranian navy ship the INS Infidel developed a rare immunity to this effect. edit Royal Air Farce Main article: Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the newest of Britain's armed forces and is known as the "Royal Air Force". It is the youngest child and is spoiled rotten, buying all the new toys from America and going "Wheee! Look at me!" in their fancy contraptions. It is staffed by highly trained planespotters and flies aircraft that are the meager best that Europe can build, and hence must be kept in a constant bubble-wrapped state for 365 days of the year (meaning Britain will only declare war on February 29th). The Royal Air Farce is only available for twenty minutes a day, two days a week (not weekends) and only every other week, calling outside of those hours will send you to a call centre in India... calls cost 2,000 Rupees a second. Some shitty flying metal bird thingy was also developed by Britain and some other crappy unheard of countries in Europe like Spain and France but no one cares about them, (called the Eurofighter). Called the Eurofighter because it was actual developed for when Britain gets up off its lazy, immigrant infested, arse and brings down the rest of Europe to eternally beg at its toes. It's so fucking awesome it was designed to not be able to fly, that's just how good it is. Course then again, they invented the bouncing bomb, plus some other shit other countries cried to the British to get help making, but the other countries (especially the United Slaves of England) but they dont get credit. edit Royal Bear Force Main article: Royal Bear Force The Royal Bear Force is the unknown division of the United Kingdom's military, Tom Baker said it's "The best friggin' force in the whole world. yerrr!" because they paid him to. They paid the Queen to say it but she wouldn't say "friggin'". It recruits only bears or people who look like bears eg. Brian Blessed . The Royal Bear Force consists of flying Bears with lasers and baseball bats the latest war involving The Royal Bear Force was against the Shite Iranian Elite Forces in Jew Town. Main article: British Army The British Army has always been quite miffed that its official title doesn't include the word "Royal". Widespread and generally well motivated, recruits in the Army have been known to be so committed to their underpaid job, they actually committed suicide by shooting themselves in the head, twice. The Army is the middle child of Britain's armed forces. As such it can be sullen and a little bit stroppy, but speak to them nicely and they'll come out of their shells, mark my words. By far the most withdrawn is the Parachute Regiment, whose almost pathological shyness is known throughout the world


Who were the runners up in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final?

1998 FIFA World Cup | Football Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 1998 FIFA World Cup Coupe du Monde - France 98 1998 FIFA World Cup official logo Tournament details 2002 → The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup , the world championship for men's national association football teams. It was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament, defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the second time that France staged the competition (the first was in 1938 ), and the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. A total of 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums located across 10 different host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the Stade de France , Saint-Denis. The tournament was won by France , who beat Brazil 3–0 in the final . France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay , Italy , England , West Germany and Argentina ) to win the tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the finals. Contents [ show ] Host selection France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in Zürich , Switzerland. They defeated Morocco by 12 votes to 7. Switzerland withdrew, due to being unable to meet FIFA's requirements. This made France the third country to host two World Cups, after Mexico and Italy in 1986 and 1990 respectively. France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in 1938 . England, who hosted the competition in 1966 and won it, were among the original applicants, but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to host Euro 96 . Voting results 7 Bribery and corruption investigations On 4 June 2015, while co-operating with the FBI and the Swiss authorities, Chuck Blazer confirmed that he and the other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed in order to promote the France 1998 and 2010 World Cups. Blazer stated that "we facilitated 'bribes in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for France the 1998 World Cup". Qualification Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du Louvre, Paris on 12 December 1995. As tournament hosts, France was exempt from the draw as was Brazil the defending champions. 174 teams from six confederations participated, up 24 from the previous round . In Europe, fourteen countries qualified excluding France. Ten were determined after group play, nine group winners and the best second-placed team. The other eight group runners-up were drawn into pairs of four play-off matches – the winners of which qualifying for the finals as well. Five places were granted by CONMEBOL and CAF each, the governing bodies of South America and Africa respectively while three spots were contested between 30 teams through CONCACAF – the governing body in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The winner of the Oceanian zone advanced through to an intercontinental play-off against the runner-up of the Asian play-off, determined by the two best second placed teams. Four nations qualified for the World Cup for the first time: Croatia , Jamaica , Japan and South Africa . The last team to qualify was Iran by virtue of beating Australia in a two-legged tie on 29 November 1997. It marked their first appearance in the finals since 1978 , the last time Tunisia also qualified for the tournament. Chile qualified for the first time since 1982. Paraguay and Denmark qualified for the first time since 1986. Austria, England, Scotland and Yugoslavia return after missing only one final tournament. Among the teams who failed to qualify were two-time winners Uruguay for the second successive tournament an


Who was William Shakespeare's wife (other than Mrs Shakespeare)?

Shakespeare's Wife, Anne Hathaway: A Short Biography You are here: Home / William Shakespeare Resources / Shakespeare’s Family / Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare’s Wife Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, was born in 1556.  Shakespeare was eight years younger than her.  When they married in 1582 he was eighteen and she was twenty-six. She was pregnant at the time and whatever their relationship was like – which we don’t know anything about – he had no alternative other than to marry her because it was socially unacceptable for a woman of her standing to have  a child without being married. Anne Hathaway was the eldest of the eight children of a farmer, Richard Hathaway.  They lived in a big farmhouse, called Hewland Farm in the village of Shottery, one mile from Stratford. When Richard died in 1581 she continued to live with her siblings and step-mother in the farmhouse, which is now known as Anne Hathaway’s cottage – one of the most visited tourist buildings in England. When she married she went to live with her husband in his parents’ house in Henley Street, Stratford. The Shakespeares had two daughters and a son. Their son Hamnet died, aged eleven. It is generally thought that he died of the plague. ( Read more about Shakespeare’s family .) Anne Hathaway Painting by Roger Brian Dunn (2010) based on a drawing by Nathaniel Curzon (1708) Soon after the marriage Shakespeare went to work as an actor in London while she remained in the Henley street house with her in-laws. Shakespeare visited frequently but his wife Anne Hathaway never went to London, as far as anyone knows. Anne’s in-laws were fairly prosperous, although that prosperity was on the decline, but their standard of living improved as her husband became, at first, well-off as a successful playwright and theatrical operator and then famous as the writer and presenter of the most successful plays of his time, even performing, occasionally, for the King and his royal court. Anne lived the life of what would be the equivalent, in our times, of a millionaire’s wife and enjoyed the prestige that came with having a successful and very wealthy husband.  In 1596 her husband bought, and moved the family into, New Place, one of the biggest houses in town.  On his retirement in 1610 Shakespeare settled in Stratford and lived the last six years of his life as a family man – husband, father and grandfather. During those years the Shakespeares enjoyed a rich social life, visited by some of the most glittering stars of the age, men like Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton, whose names are still among the most famous as literary figures. After Shakespeare’s death in 1616 Anne continued to live in New Place as a wealthy widow, until her death in 1623, aged sixty-seven. She was buried beside her husband in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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What is the name of the opera house which opened in Milan in 1778?

Top 10 Opera Houses -- National Geographic Top 10 Opera Houses Each as special as an aria, here are the ten best opera houses in the world. View Images An interior view of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia. Photograph by Li Yong, Xinhua News Agency/eyevine/Redux From the National Geographic book The 10 Best of Everything La Scala, Milan, Italy Milan’s Teatro alla Scala is perhaps the most famous opera house in the world, the one most associated with “opera.” Built in 1778 with four tiers with separate loges, it is the home of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi. One of La Scala’s most ingenious features is the concave channel under the wooden floor of the orchestra; this is credited with giving the theater superb acoustics. Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Built by King Charles of Bourbon and inaugurated in 1737, the magnificent red-and-gold theater is the world’s oldest working theater, and until La Scala, it was the most prestigious in Italy . Some of Gioachino Rossini’s most popular operas premiered on its stage. Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina Not to be outdone by wealthy U.S. industrialists, opera-loving Argentines completed the Teatro Colon in 1908. With so many architects involved, it is not surprising that the building incorporates a great many styles that are associated with European theaters.This grand opera house’s outstanding record of great performances is matched only by the host of famous artists who have graced its stage. Teatro Colon has its own elaborate costume and scenic construction departments. The Royal Opera House, London, England An opera house has stood in the present location of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden since the early 18th century; the current building is the third.George Handel’s operas were the first ever to be performed here, and he wrote many of his operas and oratorios for this place in particular. From 1735 until his death in 1759 he gave regular seasonal performances here. The Bolshoi, Moscow, Russia One of Russia ’s premier theaters, coupled with one of the best symphony orchestras in the world, the Bolshoi in Moscow has survived fire, war, and revolution. Its stunning neoclassic portico, topped by a statue of Apollo in his chariot, is a precursor to the magnificent splendor visitors will find when they venture inside. The Bolshoi closed in 2005 for extensive interior renovations and reopened in the fall of 2011.Four balconies and a top gallery surround the orchestra, where the seats are Chippendale chairs upholstered in red damask. The great stage is known for its celebrated ballet company. Here, Yuri Grigorovich choreographed memorable productions of Swan Lake, The Golden Age, and Romanda. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia Situated on a spit of land that juts out into Sydney ’s harbor, the spectacularly contemporary Sydney Opera House has wonderful views of the sailboat-dotted water. Even if attending a performance doesn’t suit your plans, you might want to visit the opera house just to see the building; tours are offered frequently. The structure was designed by Jørn Utzon to suggest a series of overlapping shells and sails. The grand opening took place in 1973; the first public performance was Prokofiev’s War and Peace.Inside, each theater is paneled in different types of wood to enhance the venue’s acoustic qualities as well as offer pleasing aesthetics. All major performance areas have their own foyers. Paris Opéra, Paris, France The main facade of the Opéra is an imposing sight, even in Paris, a city filled with architectural marvels. The highly ornamented building with its crowning dome was built in 1875. The grand theater within is suitable for both ballet and opera. Some of the greatest ceremonial spaces in the world are here at the Paris Opéra , lending their sublimity to lofty occasions.The rich and striking interiors capture the tastes and attitudes of France ’s Second Empire. In 1962, Marc Chagall created new frescoes on the center of the Palais Garnier’s ceiling. The result, nothing short of spectacular, is all the more remarkable for not c


What is the longest nerve in the human body?

Sciatic Nerve - Anatomy Pictures and Information Home > Nervous System > Nerves of the Leg and Foot > Sciatic Nerve Sciatic Nerve The sciatic nerve is the largest and longest spinal nerve in the human body. Extending from the lumbar and sacral plexuses in the lower back, the sciatic nerve runs through the buttocks and into the thighs. It delivers nerve signals to and from the muscles and skin of the thighs, lower legs and feet. The sciatic nerve forms from the merger of the fourth and fifth lumbar nerves with the first, second, and third sacral nerves.... Move up/down/left/right: Click compass arrows Rotate image: Click and drag in any direction, anywhere in the frame Identify objects: Click on them in the image 2D Interactive 3D Rotate & Zoom Change Anatomical System Change View Angle Full Sciatic Nerve Description [Continued from above] . . . From the lower back, the sciatic nerve runs inferiorly into the gluteal region and into the posterior of the femoral region of the leg. Smaller individual nerves branch off from the sciatic nerve to innervate our thigh muscles and skin. At the inferior end of the femoral region, the sciatic nerve branches off into the tibial and common fibular nerves, which continue carrying nerve signals into the lower legs and feet. Histology Like all spinal nerves, our sciatic nerve contains many individual neurons that run along the length of the nerve like strands of thread in a thick yarn. Each neuron is wrapped in a thin layer of connective tissue called the endoneurium. The neurons are bundled together into groups called fascicles, which are further wrapped by connective tissue called the perineurium. Many fascicles are bundled together to form the entire sciatic nerve, which is further wrapped by a sheet of connective tissue known as the epineurium. Blood vessels run between the fascicles to provide oxygen and nutrients to support the nerve cells and remove waste products. Physiology The sciatic nerve innervates many of the posterior muscles of the thighs directly and innervates the muscles of the lower legs and feet indirectly through its branches. Sensory neurons carrying signals from the skin of the hip and thigh also run through the sciatic nerve toward the spinal cord. Prepared by Tim Taylor, Anatomy and Physiology Instructor


What was the old English silver coin worth four pre-decimal pennies?

British Coin Key Dates Home British Coin Key Dates   British Coin Key Dates This page contains a list of all the non gold slightly scarcer British predecimal coin 'Key Dates' since 1821, for all denominations. Please be aware that condition is always by far the most important thing where coin collectors are concerned. Even if you do have a coin from a date listed on this page it doesn't mean it's highly sought after or that rare, just that it's usually a little harder to find than its 'dated neighbours'. Often key date coins if Fine grade or below are worth little more, or sometimes about the same as the commoner dates. The list was compiled including all the usual scarcer date British coins (some of them legendary!) with additions of other coins made according to current catalogue values. I have not included mint errors (e.g letters/numbers struck on top of other characters), proofs, gold coins or colonial issued coins. Most of the coins on this page are worth between £1 and £10 with the excessively rare coins (marked with a ' * ') being worth a small fortune. All silver coins issued before 1920 are sterling (.925) Silver, and all coins issued between 1920 and 1946 contain 50% silver (.500) so because of the bullion content these coins are usually worth a little more than the post 1947 'Silver' coins. By denomination, Lowest first: Farthing 1842. 1844. 1849. 1859. 1860 (Larger copper type with date under the Queen). 1863. 1895 (Bun head Victoria). 1937* Edward VIII. Half Penny 1825. 1843. 1845. 1860* (Larger copper type with date under the Queen). 1871. 1902 (Lower tide on reverse). 1904 slightly scarcer than normal. 1957 with a calm sea is scarcer. Penny 1837. 1843. 1849. 1860 bronze bun type is scarcer in certain varieties, the most commonly found is very common. 1861 as 1860. 1869. 1871. 1875H ('H' below date). 1895 with no sea. 1902 with low tide. 1912H ('H' Next to date). 1918H ('H' Next to date). 1918KN ('KN' Next to date). 1919H ('H' Next to date). 1919KN ('KN' Next to date). 1926 with newer head type. 1933* Pattern only. 1937* Edward VIII. 1950. 1951. 1954*. Threepence (Silver small type) 1852. 1853. 1893 With Jubilee head. 1937* Edward VIII. 1945* (Must be silver) strictly a colonial coin, but worth putting in for it's £4,000 value! 1953 (Must be the silver maundy type). Threepence (Brass 12 sided type) 1937* Edward VIII. 1946. 1949. Fourpence or Groat


The Bay of Plenty is on the coast of which country?

The Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and the East Cape Guide | New Zealand Travel | Rough Guides Explore Find out more Books Features Australasia » New Zealand » The Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and the East Cape The long sweep of bays and peninsulas east of Auckland is split into three distinct areas, some of the most beguiling coastal strips in the country. Visitors and locals flock to the jagged Coromandel Peninsula, its volcanic spine cloaked in rainforest and its edges nibbled by endless rugged coves and sweeping golden beaches. Its coast blends into the Bay of Plenty, strung by yet more beaches and dotted with islands, notably the fuming, volcanic White Island. Further east, the East Cape is one of the least-visited parts of the country where time virtually stands still and life is measured by the rhythm of the land. This is the most intensely Maori part of the country, but as far away from the performance-and-hangi shtick of Rotorua as you could imagine. Coromandel-bound from Auckland you’ll cut across the dairy country of the Hauraki Plains at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, with a few pleasant surprises. In the spa town of Te Aroha you can luxuriate in a private soda bath, while near Paeroa there are walks in the lush Karangahake Gorge , once the scene of intensive gold mining. Jutting north, the only half-tamed Coromandel Peninsula is an area of spectacular coastal scenery, offering walks to pristine beaches and tramps in luxuriant mountainous rainforest. Its two coasts are markedly different. The west has a more rugged and atmospheric coastline, and easier access to the volcanic hills and ancient kauri trees of the Coromandel Forest – best explored from historic Thames , and from quaint Coromandel , set in rolling hills beside a pretty harbour. On the east coast, Whangamata and Whitianga offer a plethora of water activities and long sandy beaches. Whitianga is also handy for Hot Water Beach , where natural thermal springs bubble through the sand, and the crystalline Cathedral Cove Marine Reserve, ideal for dolphin spotting and snorkelling. From the open-cast gold-mining town of Waihi, at the base of the Coromandel Peninsula, the Bay of Plenty sweeps south and east to Opotiki, traced along its length by the Pacific Coast Highway (SH2). The bay earned its name in 1769 from Captain Cook, who was impressed by the Maori living off its abundant resources and by the generous supplies they gave him – an era of peace shattered by the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s, when fierce fighting led to the establishment of garrisons at Tauranga and Whakatane. The Bay of Plenty has the best climate on the North Island, making it a fertile fruit-growing region (particularly citrus and kiwifruit). The coast, though popular with Kiwi holidaymakers, has remained relatively unspoiled, offering great surf beaches and other offshore activities. The western bay is home to one of the country’s fastest-growing urban areas, centred on Tauranga and the contiguous beach town of Mount Maunganui . The east revolves around Whakatane , the launching point for boat excursions to active White Island , as well as dolphin swimming and wilderness rafting on the Motu River . Contrasting with these two regions is the rugged and sparsely populated East Cape. With a dramatic coastline backed by the Waiapu Mountains, a rich and varied Maori history and great hospitality, this isolated region provides a taste of a more traditional way of life. The Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and the East Cape


Who played Louise Sawyer in the 1991 film Thelma and Louise?

Thelma & Louise (1991) - IMDb IMDb ‘Generation KKK’: Why A&E is Considering Rebranding Their Show After Backlash 22 December 2016 4:51 PM, UTC 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 From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird. Director: Jerry Seinfeld, Demetri Martin and Female Bros: The 16 Best Web Series Of 2016 21 December 2016 7:00 AM, -08:00 | Indiewire a list of 26 titles created 26 Mar 2011 a list of 23 titles created 02 Oct 2012 a list of 38 titles created 14 Jun 2013 a list of 29 titles created 19 Mar 2014 a list of 22 titles created 08 Feb 2015 Search for " Thelma & Louise " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     1     Oscar. Another    17 wins & 39 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan. Director: Ridley Scott A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself. Director: Dominic Sena The story about two sons of a stern minister -- one reserved, one rebellious -- growing up in rural Montana while devoted to fly fishing. Director: Robert Redford A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican, believed to carry a curse, back across the border, while his girlfriend pressures him to give up his criminal ways. Director: Gore Verbinski Epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, love and betrayal. Director: Edward Zwick In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine - the Mob - track them down in an attempt to reclaim it. Director: Tony Scott Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage. Director: Ridley Scott A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger. Director: Neil Jordan After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge. Director: Barry Levinson A duel between two feuding Napoleonic officers eventually evolves into a decades-long series of duels, after each bout - for various reasons - ends unresolved. Director: Ridley Scott Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth and in the process he falls in love with his guide's daughter. Director: Martin Brest True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China's takeover of Tibet. Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Edit Storyline Louise is working in a diner as a waitress and has some problems with her boyfriend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is married to Darryl who likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police. Written by Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de> Somebody said get a life... so they did. Genres: Rated R for strong language, and for some violence and sensuality | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 24 May 1991 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Thelma and Louise See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Then struggling actor George Clooney auditioned five times for Ridley Scott for the part of J.D. that went to Brad Pitt . See mor


The natural geological columns of Fingal's Cave and the Giant's Causeway are formed of which rock?

Fingal's Cave – Isle of Staffa, Scotland | Atlas Obscura See more things to do in Scotland » At 72 feet tall and 270 feet deep, what makes this sea cave so visually astoundingly is the hexagonal columns of basalt, shaped in neat six-sided pillars, that make up its interior walls. The cave was a well-known wonder of the ancient Irish and Scottish Celtic people and was an important site in the legends. Known to the Celts as Uamh-Binn or “The Cave of Melody,” one Irish legend in particular explained the existence of the cave as well as that of the similar Giant’s Causeway  in Ireland. As both are made of the same neat basalt columns, the legend holds that they were the end pieces of a bridge built by the Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhaill (a.k.a. Finn McCool), so he could make it to Scotland where he was to fight Benandonner, his gigantic rival. The legend, which connects the two structures, is in effect geologically correct. Both the Giant’s Causeway and Fingal’s Cave were indeed created by the same ancient lava flow, which may have, at one time formed a “bridge” between the two sites. Of course, this happened some 60 million years ago, long before people would have been around to see it. Nonetheless, the deductive reasoning of the ancient peoples formed the connection and base of the legend that the two places must be related. The cave was rediscovered when naturalist Sir Joseph Banks visited it in 1772. At the time of Banks’ discovery, Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books was a very popular poetic series, supposedly translated from an ancient Gaelic epic by Irish poet James Macpherson. The book was an influence on Goethe, Napoleon, and Banks, who promptly named the Scottish cave, which already had the name Uamh-Binn, after the Irish legend, calling it “Fingal’s Cave.” And though Banks is responsible for both rediscovering and renaming the cave, it would be a romantic German composer who truly vaulted the cave to world fame. So moved was famed composer Felix Mendelssohn by the splendor of the cave that he sent the opening phrase of an overture on a postcard to his sister with the note: “In order to make you understand how extraordinarily the Hebrides affected me, I send you the following, which came into my head there.” The Hebrides Overture, also known as Fingal’s Cave, premiered on May 14, 1832, in London. (The original name may have been based on the amazing noises the cave sometimes produces.) In a one-two Romantic punch, artist J. M. W. Turner painted “Staffa, Fingal’s Cave” in the same year and together these launched the cave from a little-known wonder into a must-see Romantic-Victorian tourist site. William Wordsworth, John Keats, Lord Tennyson, and Queen Victoria all visited the cave as did consummate traveler and lover of wonders, Jules Verne. After this, the cave never left the public imagination. Pink Floyd named one of their early, unreleased songs after the cave, and Matthew Barney used the cave in his Cremaster cycle. One can visit the cave via cruise (though boats cannot enter the cave, they make regular passes by it) or can travel to the small island of Staffa and hike into the cave by stepping from column to column.


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The introduction of what vegetable coincided with the coronation of the British monarch in 1902?

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How many strings does a mandolin commonly have?

How many strings does a mandolin have? | Reference.com How many strings does a mandolin have? A: Quick Answer A typical mandolin has eight strings. A member of the lute family, the mandolin is a short, stringed instrument that is played by plucking its strings usingÂ a plectrum. Its eight strings are actually doubled, meaning that two strings are tuned in unison;Â pairs of similarly tuned strings areÂ called courses, so an eight-stringed mandolin can also be referred to as having four courses.


What three-letter brand meaning 'flight' is the Polish national airline?

Major Airlines of Europe - Nations Online Project Major Airlines of Europe ___ Major Airlines of Europe List of major airlines and flag air carriers operating from European countries. Listed are international and domestic operating airlines, commercial airlines with passenger and cargo services, scheduled air carrier and low cost airlines, as well as their main hub airports (IATA airport code in parenthesis). For more information about the companies click on the link to connect to the official airline website. Meanwhile the airlines offer all similar services on their website, like online booking, flights and hotel/car offers, seat reservations, online check-in, miles bonuses and also travel insurances. Under the city links you will find information about the city, the location of the local airport(s), the actual local time and the current weather conditions of the city or airport. The country links open the respective country profile with comprehensive information about the nation. Bookmark/share this page Austrian Airlines IATA Designator: OS, ICAO Designator: AUA, Callsign: AUSTRIAN The Austrian flag carrier operates scheduled services to over 130 destinations predominantly in Europe, and some routes to USA and Asia. The subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa has its main base at Vienna International Airport (VIE) near Vienna (Wien). Lauda Air IATA Designator: NG, ICAO Designator: LDA, Callsign: LAUDAAIR Lauda Air operates scheduled leisure flights and charters to holiday destinations in Europe, North Africa, the Caribbean and South-East Asia. Its hub is Vienna International Airport (VIE) near Vienna . Niki IATA Designator: HG, ICAO Designator: NLY, Callsign: FLYNIKI flyNiki is a scheduled semi-low cost airline, it operates charter services to leisure destinations in Europe and Egypt . Niki has its hub at Vienna International Airport (VIE), Vienna . Belavia IATA Designator: B2, ICAO Designator: BRU, Callsign: BELAVIA The state-owned Belavia Belarusian Airlines is the national airline and flag carrier of Belarus. Belavia operates a network of routes between European cities and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as some destinations in the Middle East. Its main base is at Minsk International Airport (MSQ) located about 42 km (26 mi) east of Minsk , the country's capital city. Brussels Airlines IATA Designator: SN, ICAO Designator: BEL, Callsign: BEELINE Brussels Airlines is the result of the alliance between SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express, a formerly Brussels-based low fare airline. Today Brussels Airlines is a subsidiary of Lufthansa. It is the largest airline based in Belgium, it operates flights to more than 40 European destinations as well as flights to 16 destinations on the African continent, its hub is at Brussels National Airport (BRU) near Belgium's capital Brussels . On the company's website you will find corporate profile, timetables, etc. IATA Designator: FB, ICAO Designator: LZB, Callsign: FLYBULGARIA The national airline carrier of Bulgaria, it is based in Sofia the country's capital. Balkan Airlines (defunct) IATA Designator: LZ, ICAO Designator: LAZ, Callsign: BALKAN Balkan Airlines was Bulgaria's government-owned national carrier between 1946 and 2002 and, at its height, one of Europe's largest air carriers. B&H Airlines IATA Designator: JA, ICAO Designator: BON, Callsign: AIR BOSNA B&H Airlines is the flag carrier of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it operates scheduled passenger and charter services as well as small cargo services, its home base is at Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ), the primary international airport in the country, located close to Sarajevo . Croatia Airlines IATA Designator: OU, ICAO Designator: CTN, Callsign: CROATIA Croatian Airline based in Stranice, is the national flag carrier of the Republic of Croatia, it serves the Balkan region and destinations in Europe. Its hub is at Zagreb Airport (ZAG), the main international airport of Croatia near Zagreb the country's capital city. Cyprus Airways IATA Designator: CY, ICAO Designator: CYP, Callsign: CYPRUS Cyprus


Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy played the title roles in which UK 1970s TV sitcom?

Yootha Joyce (Actress) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Yootha Joyce Female Born Aug 20, 1927 Yootha Joyce was an English actress, best known for playing Mildred Roper in Man About the House and George and Mildred. related links Dyer Tribe: Dees Shouldn't Play Hard To Get  Melbounre Times Weekly Google News - Aug 23, 2011 'They're the footy equivalent of thumbing through an old Yootha Joyce fan magazine under a freezing cold shower. It was great to see the Tigers carve their initials into Melbourne's private school hearts to see if they really did bleed blue' The Inbetweeners Movie: When Comedy Takes A Break  The Independent Google News - Aug 14, 2011 'Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce reprised the eponymous characters in one of the countless spin-offs from 1970s sitcoms. To celebrate their wedding anniversary, Mildred decides they should have a break in a posh London hotel, despite George's concerns' For Sale: Burial Plots X 2. Genuine Reason, Owner Moving Away  Expressandstar.Com (Blog) Google News - Jul 22, 2011 'This week, their house was about to be demolished and Mildred (Yootha Joyce) urged George (Brian Murphy): âWe can't just sit here like King Canute.â George replied: âI can't see what burning the cakes has to do with it.â Pause and consider this' Town In Shock Over Pier Theatre's Plight  Bournemouth Echo Google News - May 29, 2011 'The theatre has played host to some of entertainment's top names over its 51 years, including Sid James, Arthur Askey, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy and Les Dawson. Mr Jarvis, who lives in Bournemouth and became a star on the CBeebies channel,' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Yootha Joyce. CHILDHOOD 1927 Birth Born on August 20, 1927. TWENTIES 1956 28 Years Old In 1956 she married the actor Glynn Edwards, best known for playing Dave, landlord of the Winchester Club in Minder. … Read More It was through Edwards that she first came to prominence in the renowned Joan Littlewood Theatre Workshop, appearing at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, in Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be and going on to make her film debut in Sparrows Can't Sing (1963). Read Less FORTIES 1968 40 Years Old Joyce and Edwards divorced in 1968 but remained close friends, to the extent that she used to console him after his subsequent relationships broke down. … Read More In the 1960s and 1970s she became a familiar face in many one-off sitcom roles and supporting parts in films, with her first main recurring role being Miss Argyll, frustrated girlfriend of the title star Milo O'Shea in three series of Me Mammy (1968â71); the tapes of that series are now lost. Prior to that, she played a cameo role in Jack Clayton's The Pumpkin Eater (1964) as a psychotic young woman opposite Anne Bancroft, delivering a performance that has been called one of the "best screen acting miniatures one could hope to see." She also had a featured role (as brassy housekeeper Mrs Quayle) in Clayton's next film Our Mother's House (1967), a dark drama starring Dirk Bogarde, which dealt with a group of young children who conceal the death of their single mother to prevent being split up. Read Less 1973 45 Years Old It was not until 1973 that she acquired a starring role, when she was cast as man-hungry Mildred Roper, wife of sub-letting landlord George, in the sitcom Man About the House. … Read More This series, which starred Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox and Sally Thomsett, and Brian Murphy as George Roper, ran until 1976, deriving its comic narrative from two young women and a young man sharing the flat above the Ropers. Read Less 1976 48 Years Old When the series ended, a spin-off was written featuring the Ropers; George and Mildred was first broadcast in 1976. … Read More The couple were seen moving from the London house in Middleton Terrace in the previous programme and into a newer suburban property in Peacock Crescent, Hampton Wick. Much of the new series centred on Mildred's desire to better herself in her new surroundings, but always


What are the first names of writer J R R Tolkien?

Biography – The Tolkien Society J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biographical Sketch By David Doughan MBE Who was Tolkien? Photo by Pamela Chandler. © Diana Willson. Used with permission. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of our world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide. In the 1960s he was taken up by many members of the nascent “counter-culture” largely because of his concern with environmental issues. In 1997 he came top of three British polls, organised respectively by Channel 4 / Waterstone’s, the Folio Society, and SFX, the UK’s leading science fiction media magazine, amongst discerning readers asked to vote for the greatest book of the 20th century. Please note also that his name is spelt Tolkien (there is no “Tolkein”). Childhood and Youth The name “Tolkien” (pron.: Tol-keen; equal stress on both syllables) is believed to be of German origin; Toll-kühn: foolishly brave, or stupidly clever – hence the pseudonym “Oxymore” which he occasionally used. His father’s side of the family appears to have migrated from Saxony in the 18th century, but over the century and a half before his birth had become thoroughly Anglicised. Certainly his father, Arthur Reuel Tolkien, considered himself nothing if not English. Arthur was a bank clerk, and went to South Africa in the 1890s for better prospects of promotion. There he was joined by his bride, Mabel Suffield, whose family were not only English through and through, but West Midlands since time immemorial. So John Ronald (“Ronald” to family and early friends) was born in Bloemfontein, S.A., on 3 January 1892. His memories of Africa were slight but vivid, including a scary encounter with a large hairy spider, and influenced his later writing to some extent; slight, because on 15 February 1896 his father died, and he, his mother and his younger brother Hilary returned to England – or more particularly, the West Midlands. The West Midlands in Tolkien’s childhood were a complex mixture of the grimly industrial Birmingham conurbation, and the quintessentially rural stereotype of England, Worcestershire and surrounding areas: Severn country, the land of the composers Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Gurney, and more distantly the poet A. E. Housman (it is also just across the border from Wales). Tolkien’s life was split between these two: the then very rural hamlet of Sarehole, with its mill, just south of Birmingham; and darkly urban Birmingham itself, where he was eventually sent to King Edward’s School. By then the family had moved to King’s Heath, where the house backed onto a railway line – young Ronald’s developing linguistic imagination was engaged by the sight of coal trucks going to and from South Wales bearing destinations like” Nantyglo”,” Penrhiwceiber” and “Senghenydd”. Then they moved to the somewhat more pleasant Birmingham suburb of Edgbaston. However, in the meantime, something of profound significance had occurred, which estranged Mabel and her children from both sides of the family: in 1900, together with her sister May, she was received into the Roman Catholic Church. From then on, both Ronald and Hilary were brought up in the faith of Pio Nono, and remained devout Catholics throughout their lives. The parish priest who visited the family regularly was the half-Spanish half-Welsh Father Francis Morgan. Tolkien family life was generally lived on the genteel side of poverty. However, the situation worsened in 1904, when Mabel Tolkien was diagnosed as having diabetes, usually fatal in tho


Which British cyclist crashed out of the 1998 Tour de France while wearing the Yellow Jersey?

Brits on Tour: every British rider to ride the Tour ... Sponsored by Dan McLay became the 66th British rider to start the Tour de France when the 24-year-old Fortuneo-Vital Concept sprinter rolled out from Mont-Saint-Michel for stage one of the 2016 race. After two Brits – Charles Holland and Bill Burl – went where no British riders had gone before by starting the 1937 Tour de France, it was the British team of 1955 which truly blazed a trail. Since then, there have only been three Tours without a British rider on the startline – in 1976, 2004 and 2005. So which British riders have earned a spot in cycling’s greatest race during its 103 editions? And how did they fare? Here’s the full list – and their Tour highlights. Brian Robinson, part of the 1955 British Tour de France team and Britain’s first ever Tour stage winner, blazed a trail for the likes of Ben Swift and his Team Sky team-mates to follow (pic: York Council, via Flickr Creative Commons) Related Articles Three Brits in young AnPost-Chain Reaction Cycles line-up for 2017 1930s It was not until 1937, the 31st edition of the Tour de France, that British riders entered the race for the first time, with two Brits in the three-strong British Empire team (Canadian Pierre Gachon was the other rider). Charles Holland (1937) An Olympic team pursuit bronze medallist, Holland was the more successful of the two Brits to enter in 1937, but abandoned after several mechanical issues on stage 14C in the Pyrenees. Bill Burl (1937) London-born Bill Burl’s role in 1937 is remembered less than Holland’s, because he was forced to abandon with a broken collarbone on stage two after colliding with a photographer. 1950s The first British team ever to enter the Tour de France, during a period when it was raced by national teams, did so in 1955. Of the ten-strong line-up, two men finished. In 1958, Brian Robinson became the first British rider to win a stage of the Tour de France. Dave Bedwell (1955) Essex-born Dave Bedwell won four stages of the inaugural Tour of Britain in 1951, and took a further nine in his career; a British champion at amateur, semi-pro, and pro level he abandoned his only Tour de France on stage three. Tony Hoar (1955) One of two Brits to finish the 1955 Tour de France, Hampshire’s Tony Hoar was the lanterne rouge, finishing last in 69th place. Stan Jones (1955) Stan Jones was one of two riders from the Concorde Club to form part of the British team, but missed the time cut on stage seven in the Alps after suffering several punctures. Fred Krebs (1955) Austrian-born Fred Krebs was a top-ten finisher at the inaugural Tour of Europe and at Liege-Bastogne-Liege, but a knee injury curtailed his only Tour de France. Bob Maitland (1955) The other of two Concorde Club members selected, Bob Maitland was a two-time British hill climb champion and 1948 Olympic silver medallist but abandoned on stage nine after a crash. Ken Mitchell (1955) A nasty saddle sore curtailed Yorkshireman Ken Mitchell’s sole Tour de France, though he did go on to finish runner-up at the Tour of Britain later that year. Bernard Pusey (1955) A Commonwealth Games bronze medallist the previous year, and Tour of Ireland winner, Bernard Pusey abandoned the Tour de France on stage two. Ian Steel (1955) Scot Ian Steel won the 1951 Tour of Britain and 1952 Peace Race but, as one of the few non-Hercules team riders in the British setup was forced to ride as a domestique in his only Tour de France and abandoned, demoralised, in the mountains. Bevis Wood (1955) Lancastrian Bev Wood enjoyed domestic success in the early 1950s, but abandoned the 1955 Tour de France on stage three. Related Articles Three Brits in young AnPost-Chain Reaction Cycles line-up for 2017 Brian Robinson (1955-1961) The most famous of Britain’s first ever Tour de France team, Yorkshireman Brian Robinson finished the 1955 race in 29th place overall, which earned him professional contracts in Europe and Tour de France berths thereafter with mixed international teams. Britain’s first ever Tour de France stage winner Brian Robinson with five-t


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Musician Dizzy Gillespie most famously played what instrument?

Dizzy Gillespie dizzy gillespie . american jazz   musician . b 1917 . d 1993 John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, one of the greatest   Jazz trumpeters of 20th century and one of the prime architects of the bebop movement in   jazz, was born in Cheraw, South Carolina and died in Englewood, New Jersey.           Nicknamed "Dizzy" because of his zany on-stage antics, Gillespie, a brass virtuoso, set   new standards for trumpet players with his innovative, "jolting rhythmic shifts and   ceaseless harmonic explorations" on the instrument during the 1940's period, which   ushered in a definitive change in American Jazz music from swing to bebop. The last of   nine children, Gillespie was born into a family whose father, James, was a bricklayer,   pianist and band leader: Dizzy's mother was named Lottie. Dizzy's father kept all the   instruments from his band in the family home and so the future trumpet great was around   trumpets, saxophones, guitars and his father's large upright piano (his father tore down   one of the walls of the house to get the piano in ) most of his young life. James use to   make all of his older children practice instruments but none of them cared for music.   Dizzy's father died when he was ten and never heard his youngest son play trumpet,   although he did get the chance to hear him banging around on the piano, because Dizzy   started trying to play this intrument at a very early age.           In 1930,   Gillespie tried learning how to play the trombone but his arms were too short to play it   well. That same year he started playing a friend's trumpet and heard one night over the   radio a broadcast of Roy Eldridge playing trumpet in Teddy Hill's Orchestra, that was   playing at the Savoy Ballroom in New York City. Young Gillespie, then 13, loved Eldridge's   playing and the entire band. From that day on, he dreamed of becoming a jazz musician.           In 1933,   after graduating from Robert Smalls secondary school, Gillespie received a music   scholarship to attend Laurinburg Institute, in North Carolina. He stayed there for two   years, studying harmony and theory until his family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,   in 1935. In Philadelphia, Gillespie began playing trumpet with local bands, learning all   of his idol Eldridge's solos from records and radio broadcasts: it was in Philadelphia   that he picked up his nickname of "Dizzy.". In 1937, "Dizzy" moved to   New York and replaced Eldridge in Teddy Hill's Orchestra. After a couple of years   Gillespie moved on to Cab Calloway's band in 1939.           In 1937,   Gillespie met his future wife, Lorraine, a chorus dancer at the famed Apollo Theater: they   were married in 1940 and remained together until his death. Gillespie worked with many   bands during the early 1940's (Chick Webb, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, "Fatha" Hines and Billy Eckstine's seminal band ) before teaming up with Charlie   Parker in 1945. Their revolutionary band ushered in the bebop era and was one of the   greatest small bands of the 20th century. An arranger and composer, Gillespie wrote some   of the greatest jazz tunes of his era: songs such as "Groovin' High", "A   Night in Tunisia" and "Manteca" are considered jazz classics today..           With his   trumpet and its upturned, golden bell, goatee, black horn rim glasses and beret, Gillespie   became a symbol of both jazz and a rebellious, independent spirit during the 1940's and   50's. His interest in Cuban and African music helped to introduce those music's to a   mainstream American audience. When he died he was famous and beloved everywhere and had   influenced entire generations of trumpet players all over the world who loved and emulated   his playing and his always positive, upbeat, optimistic attitude.                                                                                Quincy Troupe Biography   copyright Mason Editions 2000 and Quincy Troupe. Biography may not be   repr


Deoxyribonucleic acid is commonly known as what?

Introduction: What is DNA? | Learn Science at Scitable Introduction: What Is DNA?   Deoxyribonucleic acid, more commonly known as DNA, is a complex molecule that contains all of the information necessary to build and maintain an organism. All living things have DNA within their cells. In fact, nearly every cell in a multicellular organism possesses the full set of DNA required for that organism. However, DNA does more than specify the structure and function of living things — it also serves as the primary unit of heredity in organisms of all types. In other words, whenever organisms reproduce, a portion of their DNA is passed along to their offspring. This transmission of all or part of an organism's DNA helps ensure a certain level of continuity from one generation to the next, while still allowing for slight changes that contribute to the diversity of life. But what, exactly, is DNA? What smaller elements make up this complex molecule, how are these elements arranged, and how is information extracted from them? This unit answers each of these questions, and it also provides a basic overview of the process of DNA discovery. Further Exploration


Who was the voice of the genie in the 1992 animated Disney film Aladdin?

Voice Compare: Aladdin - Genie | Behind The Voice Actors Franchise: Aladdin In 1992 Walt Disney released an animated film called Aladdin that would become the most successful film for that year. One of the huge selling points was that Robin Williams would voice the Genie. Williams worked for SAG scale pay on condition that his name or image not be used for marketing, and the Genie wouldn't take more than 25% of space on any advertising artwork. Williams main reason for doing the role was gratitude for his success with the Disney/Touchstone film Good Morning, Vietnam. The studio however did not meet these requests and Williams and Disney had a falling-out. For Aladdin: The Return of Jafar in 1994, Genie was voiced by well known voice actor Dan Castellaneta who is perhaps best known as the voice of Homer Simpson. Castellaneta also provides the voice of Genie for the Aladdin TV series and the Kingdom Hearts video game series. When certain individuals were fired from Disney and new people were hired, it was a fresh start to fix the rift between Robin Williams and Disney. After a public apology Williams forgave Disney and agreed to reprise the role of Genie for the third film Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Dan Castellaneta who had previously recorded dialogue for the film had his work redone by Robin Williams. Genie of Aladdin will forever be a significant role that changed the voice acting business. The success of Aladdin was one of many films that eventually started a trend of famous Hollywood celebrities as the stars of an animated film rather than using performers with more experience in voice acting. With better potential box office success and good tools for marketing, the use of well known stars working in animation has greatly increased in the 21rst century. Whether you agree or not with this growing sensation where A-List celebrities are hired over more qualified voice actors for animated films probably originated from this character. Created by Jackson_H on Dec 2 2009 Special thanks to Music Meister for additional sound clips.


A Dagwood is what type of snack, named after cartoon character Dagwood Bumstead?

Blondie and Dagwood Blondie and Dagwood   Blondie is a popular comic strip created by Murat Bernard "Chic" Young and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. It has been published in   newspapers since September 8, 1930. The success of the comic strip led to   a long-run Blondie film series (1938-1950) and a popular Blondie radio program   (1939-1950). Chic Young drew Blondie until his death in 1973, when the control   of the strip passed to his son Dean Young. Dean Young has collaborated with   a number of artists on the strip, including Jim Raymond, Mike Gersher, Stan   Drake, Denis Lebrun and most recently, John Marshall. Through these changes,   Blondie has remained popular, appearing in more than 2300 newspapers in 55   countries and translated into 35 languages, as of 2005. Blondie celebrated   its 75th anniversary in 2005. Characters Originally, Blondie focused on the adventures of Blondie Boopadoop,   a carefree flapper girl who spent her days in dance halls. On February 17,   1933, after much fanfare and build-up, Miss Boopadoop married her boyfriend   Dagwood Bumstead, the son of a wealthy industrialist. Unfortunately for the   Bumsteads, Dagwood was disowned by his upper-crust family for marrying beneath   his class. Ever since, he has been slaving away at the office of the J. C.   Dithers Construction Company under the direction of tyrannical boss Julius   Caesar Dithers, who frequently threatens to fire Dagwood from his workplace   when (as frequently happens) Dagwood either botches or does not finish his   work, sleeps on the job, comes into work late, or pesters Dithers for a raise   or promotion. Blondie and Dagwood live next door to Herb and Tootsie Woodley.   The Bumstead family has grown, with the addition of a son named Alexander   (originally "Baby Dumpling") in 1934, a daughter named Cookie in   1941 (both permanently frozen in their late teens as of 2008), and a dog named   Daisy. Alexander and Cookie have grown into teenagers who uncannily resemble   their parents. Other regular characters include Mr. Beasley the mailman, Elmo   Tuttle, a pesky neighborhood kid who often asks Dagwood to play, Cora Dithers,   the domineering wife of Julius Dithers, and Lou, owner of Lou's Diner where   Dagwood frequently eats on his lunch break. Running gags There are several running gags in this strip. * An impossibly tall sandwich Dagwood often fixes for a snack,   which came to be known as a Dagwood sandwich. * Dagwood's propensity to nap on the couch during the day. * He is repeatedly shown colliding with Mr. Beasley while rushing   out the front door each morning, or to be interrupted by other characters   while he is relaxing in the bathtub. * Goofing off or sleeping at his desk in the office. * Mr. Dithers firing him for being incompetent, or physically booting him   out of his office. * Dagwood demanding a raise from Dithers and failing to get it every time. * Dagwood meeting salesmen at his house door selling impossible looking items. * The car pool gag, with various variations, with Dagwood keeping his car pool waiting, running after their car, or stuck in traffic. * Having a midnight snack. * The Christmas shopping gag, where Dagwood is shown holding up a number of   Christmas packages that completely cover up his face and upper body. 75th anniversary In 2005 the strip celebrated its 75th anniversary. In preparation   of the anniversary the artists started the longest running serial ever, starting   on 10 July, 2005, and running till 4 September, 2005. During this period they   only ran preparation for the anniversary daily cartoons [1]. Characters from   several other strips, including Garfield, Beetle Bailey and Hagar the Horrible,   made appearances [2]. During this time, the strip Pearls Before Swine made   fun of the fact that their cast was not invited, and decided to invite themselves. Changing times While the distinctive look and running gags of Blondie have   been carefully preserve