The controversial Boruca Dam is in which South American country?

Boruca Dam | Lessons from World Travels Lessons from World Travels Insights from Arcadia University Students: Both Graduate International Peace & Conflict Resolution and Undergraduate Posts Tagged With: Boruca Dam Posted on January 26, 2013 by mwierzel It is difficult writing and reflecting on this incredible trip while holed up in tonight’s snow, but the warm feelings evoked from the pictures that follow are certainly helping keep the cold away. But first, here are the five questions I put forth before departure with what answers I found in Costa Rica. 1. What are the corporate and international monetary ties to the dam? There are a few monetary ties to the dam, most notably that of the Costa Rican government through ICE. We discovered while at one of our hotels in Costa Rica that the energy generated by the dam in Boruca (since shifted to a new location higher up the mountain that would impact fewer people, but still displace many of the Teribe) would not serve the native Borucans or even any Costa Ricans (José Carlos, personal communication, January 9, 2013).. It would be sold by the government as revenue to other Central and South American nations. From the government’s stakeholder perspective, increased revenue would be a boon for a developing nation that seeks to continue to grow and develop. 2. Have there been any inter-group conflicts among the indigenous groups that delayed mediation? According to José Carlos, there is not complete, widespread organization among the eight largest indigenous peoples who would be affected. They are the Bribri, Cabecar, Brumca, Ngobe, Huetar, Maleka, Chonotega, and Teribe (personal communication, January 9, 2013). From José Carlos’ lecture, it is apparent that some people are selling their land to ICE because of the money they receive or because a family member on whom they depend for income works for ICE. So while it appears that there is not large-scale conflict within indigenous groups, there is not complete consensus either (José Carlos, personal communication, January 9, 2013). 3. Which cultural landmarks are threatened by the dam problem? The dam would no longer directly threaten Boruncan land (José Carlos, personal communication, January 9, 2013) but it would still impact members of its neighboring tribe the Teribe. Cultural legacies like medicinal plants and sacred sites would be destroyed by the new dam project in Teribe territory. Additionally, “300 places of archeological significance are located in the affected area” according to Elon University student research on the Teribe. The land and water that comprise the tribe’s home are an integral part of their identities, so this is an issue greater than simply who can own a measurable square footage of land – cultural identity is at stake. 4. How is any UN or World Bank involvement perceived by all stakeholders? I did not get an answer to this question directly, however from the readings we were given and José Carlos’ talk about how some people’s land was illegally taken or purchased leads me to believe that the indigenous people would not be sympathetic to World Bank intrusions, especially when its actions prompt the removal of people from their ancestral homes. The UN’s involvement on behalf of indigenous people via ILO-169 it appreciated, though (José Carlos, personal communication, January 9, 2013). There was also movement to bring up racial discrimination against the Térraba people in the formal UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The government and ICE welcome the World Bank as a means for additional funding and prestige; however, the work sections of the UN are doing now for the indigenous people is likely not well-loved. This dam project (or some iteration of it) has been in the works for over 30 years, so ICE would like to see some movement on it soon. 5. Are other nations waiting on the outcome of this conflict to use as precedent for similar issues in their own countries? I likewise did not get a clear understanding of this question, since most of the discussion topics centered around José C


The ‘Hats’ and the ‘Caps’ were political factions during the 18th Century ‘Age of Liberty’ in which European country?

Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit In his twelfth year he chose the profession of arms, and served his country with distinction. The few and miserable triumphs of Sweden during the Seven Years' War were due almost entirely to young Sprengtporten, and he emerged from it with a lieutenant-colonelcy, a pension and the reputation of being the smartest officer in the service. Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten depicted by Carl Friedrich Bender Coup de Main Edit Sprengtporten had too hearty a contempt for " Hats " and " Caps ", the two main political factions during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772) in Sweden, to belong to either. He made no secret of his sentiments, and soon gathered round him a band of young officers of strong royalist proclivities, whom he formed into a club, the so-called Svenska Botten (Sweden's groundwork). The club was suppressed by the dominant "Caps" who also sought to ruin Sprengtporten financially by inciting his tenants in Finland to bring actions against him for alleged extortion, not in the ordinary courts but in the Riksdag itself, where Sprengtporten's political adversaries would be his judges. The enraged Finnish colonel thereupon approached Gustav III of Sweden with the project of a revolution against the "Caps". It was to begin in Finland where Sprengtporten's regiment the Nylandia dragoons, was stationed. He undertook to seize the impregnable fortress of Sveaborg by a coup de main. The submission of the whole grand duchy would be the natural consequence of such a success, and, Finland once secured, Sprengtporten proposed at the head of his Finns to embark for Sweden, meet the king and his friends near Stockholm, and surprise the capital by a night attack. This plan, subsequently enlarged by a suggestion of a fellow plotter, Johan Christopher Toll , was warmly approved of by the king. On 22 July 1772 Sprengtporten left Stockholm. On 9 August he reached Helsingfors . On 16 August he persuaded to submit to him fortress of Sveaborg, soon followed by that of Helsingfors. A week later all Finland was under the colonel's control. By 23 August Sprengtporten was ready to re-embark for Stockholm with 780 men, but contrary winds kept him back, and in the meantime Gustav III himself had carried out his revolution unaided. On his return to Sweden, however, Sprengtporten was received with the greatest distinction and made a lieutenant-general and colonel of the guards. He was also appointed the president of a commission for strengthening the defences of Finland. But Sprengtporten was still dissatisfied. He could never forgive Gustav for having forestalled the revolution, and his morbidly irritable and suspicious temper saw slights and insults in the most innocent conjunctures. His first quarrel with Gustav happened in 1774 when he refused to accept the post of commander-in-chief in Finland on the eve of threatened war with Imperial Russia . The king good-naturedly overlooked his outrageous insolence on this occasion, but the inevitable rupture was only postponed. A most trumpery affair brought matters to a head. Sprengtporten had insulted the guards by giving precedence over them at a court-martial to some officers of his own dragoons. The guards complained to the king, who, after consulting with the senate, mildly remonstrated with Sprengtporten by letter. Resignation Edit Sprengtporten thereupon tendered his resignation as colonel of the guard, and at a personal interview with Gustav was so violent and insolent that anything like agreement between them became impossible. Sprengtporten was haunted by the fixed idea that the "jeunesse dorée" of the court was in league with his old enemies to traduce and supplant him, and not all the forbearance of the king could open his eyes. He received a pension on his retirement and was allowed the extraordinary privilege of a guard of honour as long as he lived. Nevertheless, to the end of his career, he continued to harass and annoy his long-suffering benefactor with fresh impertinences.


Ornithophobia is the irrational fear of which creatures?

Fear of Birds Phobia – Ornithophobia You are here: Home / Phobias / Fear of Birds Phobia – Ornithophobia Fear of Birds Phobia – Ornithophobia A phobia is an irrational fear about certain objects, features or animals that is out of proportion to the existing circumstances. Thus, Ornithophobia, or the fear of birds makes the sufferers extremely uncomfortable around birds. For some individuals, such fear is only directed towards the birds of prey such as vultures, hawks, and eagles etc, whereas in other cases, even household birds like parrots or parakeets as well as the sight of their feathers are enough to trigger an anxiety attack. Causes of Ornithophobia There may be different causes or reasons behind the excessive fear of birds: Young children can develop Ornithophobia if they have felt threatened by aggressive birds like vultures, hawks or geese. In some cases, the birds might not have shown any violence, but their mere presence at traumatic events such as funerals or accidents can be enough to trigger a phobia in a young child. Birds flying inside the homes through an open window and causing upheaval might have made the parents nervous and this can trigger anxiety attack in the child. Ornithophobia can also be instigated by folklore or movies. Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Birds, or Edgar Allan Poe’s poem ‘The Raven’ also portray birds in negative light or as killing machines. Images of carnivorous birds attacking small prey like rabbits seen on TV shows can sometimes develop a fear of birds in young minds. Most cases of childhood Ornithophobia go away on their own while others may persist even in adulthood. Symptoms of Ornithophobia The symptoms of this phobia vary based on the severity of the condition. As with any other type of phobia, Ornithophobia symptoms can be categorized broadly as mental, physical or emotional. Some people refuse to eat in places where birds may be present from the fear of having their food stolen by the birds. Ornithophobic individuals are afraid of birds preserved by taxidermists and present in museums etc. Still others are afraid of all images, photos or even the feathers of birds. Physical symptoms of this phobia typically include breaking in cold sweat, trembling or shaking, screaming or crying, having an increased heart rate, freezing in place or attempting to flee at the sight of birds. Some individuals are known to experience such anxiety attacks days before an actual confrontation with the birds. Like many other types of phobias, the fear of birds can sometimes be severely debilitating in that; the individual might refuse to leave his home entirely, thereby affecting the day-to-day life. Treatment for fear of birds Overcoming Ornithophobia is essential specially if it causing one to be anxious or depressed all the time. A severely crippling phobia needs professional treatment. In milder cases, one can develop and stick to some self help routines such as positive reaffirmations and visualizations, meditation, or controlled deep breathing and so on. For people with severe anxiety, doctors might prescribe tranquilizers and other medicines to reduce the severity of the symptoms. However, care must be taken when using them. Weaning off such medications can cause withdrawal symptoms and they do not do much for the fear itself rather than providing symptomatic relief. Since most phobias are defined as “a conditional reflex or learning gone wrong”, psychotherapists also recommend behavior therapy to help the phobic individual unlearn these reflexes. Behavior therapy is known to be effective in nearly 9 out of 10 cases of Ornithophobia. Gradual desensitization is another effective method of treating the fear of birds or fear of feathers. Ten to thirty sessions (depending on individual cases) may be used for exposing the person to his/her objects of fears. The patient is shown slides or images of birds or their feathers, taught to imagine approaching the birds until s/he gradually learns to cope without distress. In conclusion Here are the Top 10 Books for Overcoming Phobias If you or a person


The town of Purgatory is in which US state?

Living | From Purgatory to Hell: America's oddest town names | Seattle Times Newspaper From Purgatory to Hell: America's oddest town names By Sherry Stripling Seattle Times staff reporter It's a long way from Scratch Ankle, Ala., to Good Grief, Idaho; from Stinking Point, Va., to Yum Yum, Tenn.; from Dynamite, Wash., to Tranquility, Calif. But stopping to take pictures along the way, writer Gary Gladstone reports that meeting the people who lived there put the fun back into his flagging career as a freelance photographer. The result is "Passing Gas: And Other Towns Along the American Highway" (Ten Speed Press, $19.95), so named because people who drive through Gas, Kan., are told not to blink or they'll pass Gas. In getting glimpses of who lives in Purgatory, Maine, or Tightwad, Mo., Gladstone comes up with Nothing, Ariz., or Zero, Mont., in trying to find out how some of these towns got their names. That's nothing to Panic, Pa., about. But there's something reassuring about towns so small that people 10 miles away have never heard of them, or where an elderly woman agrees to get her photo taken because "Velma at the County says that you're OK." Gladstone writes that he started his 38,000-mile journey over 40 states expecting to find cartoon characters, but instead found real people. Some a little odd, a few surly, but most happy to share all they know about their strangely named little towns. "Oh, boy. You've just made my year!" bare-footed Chris McKinley says as he poses atop his pickup truck in Scratch Ankle, Ala., named when church people passing by in their carriages noted that scratching mosquito bites was the prime pastime of people on porches. In Intercourse, Ala., named for the crossroads where the general store sits, Gladstone heard that after a series of car crashes outside the town's meeting hall, the local sewing instruction group was asked to take down its sign, "Intercourse Lessons Wednesday Night." He did not learn the origin of the names of Rough and Ready and Fearnot, neighboring towns in Pennsylvania, but he did hear about a newspaper headline from the 1930s: "Fearnot Man Marries Rough and Ready Woman." Another headline, this time from Nice, Calif., made Jay Leno's headline segment on "The Tonight Show": "Nice man arrested for beating wife." The origin of the name Suck-Egg Hollow in Tennessee was not so nice. A local egg farmer shot every animal that came near his henhouse until he discovered black snakes were sucking down his eggs. Meanwhile, Toad Suck, Ark., was named for ferry boat captains who sucked down moonshine whisky in between runs until they "swole up like toads." Towns were named for prominent people — Dull (Ohio); Nuttsville (Virginia) — and for the parting words of prominent people whose names were spurned (In Michigan: "You can call this place Hell for all I care"). Civil War soldiers left the legacy of Sweetlips, Tenn., when they stopped for a drink at the stream, and for Stinking Point, Va., when their bodies washed up on shore. Peculiar, Mo., could have been called Exasperation. After turning down a mail district three times for picking names that were already chosen, officials sent a message saying that they didn't care what it was called as long as it was peculiar, meaning unique. In the five years of intermittently traveling these back roads, Gladstone learned to call ahead to find someone willing to talk and pose for the photos, which sometimes are directly related to the town name — as in Fleatown, Ohio, where the dog posing with his owners just by chance started to scratch — but more often not. Gladstone has shot photos for Life, Look and the Saturday Evening Post. He describes himself as a fast-talking New Yorker, which sometimes earned him a frosty reception on the phone. But in person he was no match for the slow-talking country folks: "We say hello and that's the last word we get in," he writes about one stop. Of course, he couldn't find any bumpkins in Washington state, but he did find scenery, and Gladstone writes that the Pacific Northwest "is as beautiful as advertised,


What was the first scheduled television programme to be shown in the UK on BBC2?

BBC 2 Aborted Launch Night BBC 2 Aborted Launch Night A special welcome if you've found yourself here after doing some Googling as a result of tonight's (17th April) The One Show piece about the disasterous BBC TWO launch night. Yes, that was me showing Giles Brenreth the original tape! We filmed that segment of the piece at the BBC's new archive centre in West London. When BBC2 launched on April 20th 1964, widespread power failure in Central London prevented the channel from broadcasting its intended schedule from BBC Television Centre, which was affected by the power cut. Instead, the channel launched with a short news bulletin, read by reporter Gerald Priestland, from the BBC's news studios in Alexandra Palace, followed by an evening of instrumental music from contemporary west end musicals and "BBC 2 WILL START SHORTLY" captions occasionally interrupted by "MAJOR POWER FALIURE" captions accompanied by apologetic announcements explaining why people weren't able to watch Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate or fireworks from Southend Pier. Even this short broadcast was dogged with technical difficulties - the first two and a half minutes were broadcast in complete silence, with Priestland completely unaware we couldn't hear him. BBC 2's first scheduled programme was in fact Playschool, broadcasting the following morning. A second "launch" programme, which featured the now famous scene of presenter Denis Tuohy blowing out a candle in the darkened studio was shown as part of the news bulletin later in the evening, which is just as well as it's now folklore that someone had forgotten to put hands on the studio clock for the intended first night! Since all the recording equipment at BBC Television Centre were out of action, the only recordings of the aborted launch programme were believed to be amateur audio recordings made by enthusiasts in their homes. No video was believed to exist since video recorders were very rare in 1964, well out of the price range of a household (then, about �100,000). Until now. Early in February 2003, an engineer was sorting out tapes in BBC Research & Development's modest tape archive at Kingswood Warren in Surrey when he came across a 2 inch Quad spool tape with associated paperwork reading "Opening of BBC 2" dated 20th April 1964. The archive itself comprises mainly of experimental HDTV recordings but it seems the 2 inch spool had been kept as an example of obsolete technology after an extensive clear out in the mid '90s. Since the only Quad tape machines that now exist in the BBC in London are based in the main archive at Windmill Road, it was several days before it was indeed confirmed that the tapes did contain the original news bulletin in its entirety. The tape was made on Kingswood Warren's own Quad recorder on the evening of launch, off-air from Crystal Palace, and the recording was in very good condition - almost as good as the day it was recorded! What's most remarkable about the tape is that back in 1964 (only 7 years after the first high-band video recorder had been invented), tapes were very expensive and were routinely bulk erased and re-used (I'm told that this spool would have costed around �100 in 1964!). The fact that this tape survived provides what's believed to be the earliest surviving recording off-air of a 625 line broadcast in the UK and probably the world. The original spool alongside a conventional VHS tape for scale comparison A detail of the label on the spool The recording gives a remarkable insight into what news broadcasts were like in the mid 1960s. Today, the production gallery communicates with the news reader using talk-back through an ear piece worn by the presenter, with the news usually being read off auto-cue. In this recording, the news reader reads from cards on his desk, with a single card for each news item. Twice, breaking news items were brought in from a teletype by one of the men sitting behind him, and on more than one occasion, Priestland is interrupted by phone calls from the production gallery. The first phone call, like the broadcast had a tec


Which English agriculturalist developed a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701?

Jethro Tull Search Jethro Tull While a British rock band made his name famous nearly 300 years after his birth, Jethro Tull (1664 – 1741) was renowned in his own right as an agricultural pioneer and the inventor of the seed drill, the horse drawn hoe, and an improved plough, all major developments in the 18th century agricultural revolution. Share ASME getmedia/2702f163-bf53-4814-ae59-deb7203d1280/Jethro_Tull-History_of_Mechanical_Enginerring-60th.jpg.aspx?width=60&height=60&ext=.jpg While a British rock band made his name famous nearly 300 years after his birth, Jethro Tull (1664 – 1741) was renowned in his own right as an agricultural pioneer and the inventor of the seed drill, the horse drawn hoe, and an improved plough, all major developments in the 18th century agricultural revolution, a period marked by rapid advancements in agricultural productivity and developments in farming technology. Tull was born in Basildon, Berskhire, England in 1664. He studied law and graduated from Oxford University in 1699. Although he was admitted to the bar in the same year, he never practiced law. Tull began farming on his father's land in 1700 and took great interest in agricultural processes. At the time, farmers typically planted crop seeds by carrying the seeds in a bag and walking up and down the field while randomly throwing or broadcasting the seed by hand on to the ploughed and harrowed ground. Tull deemed the method inefficient as the seed was not distributed evenly and much of it was wasted and did not take root. Jethro Tull's seed drill. In 1701, Tull developed a horse-drawn mechanical seed drill . The drill incorporated a rotating cylinder in which grooves were cut to allow seed to pass from a hopper above to a funnel below. The seeds were then directed into a channel dug by a plough at the front of the machine, and immediately covered by a harrow attached to the rear. Planting the seeds at regular intervals, at a consistent depth, and in a straight line limited waste and dramatically increased harvest yields. According to Royal Berkshire History, Tull said of his invention, "It was named a drill because when farmers used to sow their beans and peas into channels or furrows by hand, they called that action drilling." Tull's improved drilling method allowed farmers to sow three rows of seeds simultaneously. Tull took further scientific interest in plant nourishment. He correctly theorized that plants should be more widely spaced and the soil around them thoroughly broken down during growth. He further theorized that plants surrounded by loose soil would grow better not only during sowing, but in the early stages of growth as well. Tull's theory, however, was based upon a fundamental error. He believed that the nourishment which the plant took from the earth was in the form of minute particles of soil. He did not believe that animal manure, which was commonly used as fertilizer, provided the plant with nourishment, but rather it provided a fermentative action in breaking up the soil particles. He saw no additional value in manure. He was highly criticized for this belief. In 1709, he moved to a parcel of inherited land in Hungerford, called Prosperous Farm, where he continued his novel farming methods. In 1711, a pulmonary disorder sent him to Europe in search of treatment and a cure. While traveling, he noted the cultivation methods employed in the vineyards in the Languedoc area of France and in Italy, where it was usual practice to hoe the ground between the vines rather than manuring. On returning to Prosperous in 1714, he applied the same practice on his fields of grain and root crops. Tull's crops were sown in widely spaced rows to allow the horse, drawing the hoe, to walk without damaging the plants, while enabling tillage to the soil during most of the period of growth. This ongoing cultivation of the soil while the plant was growing was the central point of Tull's theory and the practice continues today. He believed that the cultivation of the soil released nutrients and reduced the need for manure. While apparent


British comedian Michael Joseph Pennington is better known by what name?

Johnny Vegas Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline Film & Theater Personalities Johnny Vegas Biography Johnny Vegas is an English actor and comedian. Read through this biography to know in details about his life, career, works and timeline. Quick Facts St Helens, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England Personality Type Maia Dunphy (m. 2011), Catherine Donnelly (m. 2002â2008) education Upholland Image Credit http://www.hippowallpapers.com/gabourey-sidibe-wallpapers Christened Michael Joseph Pennington, Johnny Vegas is one of the most popular comedians and actors of the entertainment industry. Famous for his angry outbursts and weird humor, he has made quite a name for himself as a comedian. Blessed with a portly figure and husky voice, his appearance adds on to his perfect comic timing, thus making him one of the most celebrated figures. Trained in ceramics, he tried his hand at making pottery his chief profession but soon gave up on the same to pursue acting. Interestingly, unlike other comedians and actors of his generation, he made his debut as a contestant in the television show, âWin Lose or Drawâ. Over the years, he built quite a reputation for himself as a comedian. However, in the course, he did not give up on his ceramic love and continued to pursue the art form. His artistic designs were exhibited as a collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. To know more about his life and works, read through the following lines. Childhood & Early Life Johnny Vegas was born as Michael Joseph Pennington to Laurence and Patricia Pennigton in Thatto Health, St Helens, Lancashire. He was the youngest of the four children born to the couple. He had three siblings, two elder brothers Robert and Mark and an elder sister Catharine. Raised as a Roman Catholic, he attained his formal education from West Park School, Alder Hey Road, St Helens. He then studied at St Joseph College, a boarding school seminary in Upholland. Though originally intended to train himself for priesthood, he returned after four terms being homesick. He later on enrolled at the Middlesex University to study art and ceramics. After three years, he gained a third class degree in the same. Career Completing his education, he tried to have a career in pottery but in vain. For survival, he took up various odd and menial jobs. He started working in an Argos warehouse, selling boiler insurance and packing bottles of Jif in a factory. He then worked as a barman at the Brown Edge pub in Thatto Heath Comedy occurred to him inadvertently. He made a debut as a contestant in the television show, Win, Lose or Draw in UK. It was during the show that he used the stage name, Johnny Vegas which has stayed on with him since then. He made a brief appearance in Channel 4âs 100 Greatest Stand Us and BBC Threeâs Almost Famous 2. It was in the mid-nineties that he took up residence in London with the intention of becoming a stand-up comedian. There, he was trained and mentored by Malcolm Hardee, the godfather of comedy. In 2001, he was the face of the advertising campaign for the launch of the ITV digital. However, the launch was a disastrous one given the fact that the puppet named Monkey, voiced by Ben Miller, gained all the limelight. In 2002, he made an appearance in the Dirk Maggs directorial Radio 4 sitcom âNight Classâ, which he co-wrote with Tony Burgess and Tony Pitts. In the show, he played the character of a former Butlinâs redcoat teaching evening classes in pottery. The show gained a runner-up position at the Sony Radio Academy Awards. While continuing with his television show, he made a big break at the big screen with the feature film, âThe Virgin of Liverpoolâ. Same year, he starred in other films such as âCheekyâ and âBlackballâ. In 2004, he had three movies slated for release including âSex Lives of the Potato Menâ, âTerkel in Troubleâ and âThe Libertineâ. Post âNight Classâ, he followed up with the BBC3 sitcom, âIdealâ in 2005. He starred in a total of 53 episodes posing the character of Moz. Same year, he


The National Art Library is in which London museum?

National Art Library catalogue, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. (Book, 1972) [WorldCat.org] The E-mail message field is required. Please enter the message. E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/585014 Title: National Art Library catalogue, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. Publisher: Boston, G.K. Hall, 1972- ISBN/ISSN: 0816110220 9780816110223 OCLC:585014 The ReCaptcha terms you entered were incorrect. Please try to match the 2 words shown in the window, or try the audio version.


Which King of Sparta was the husband of Helen of Troy?

About Helen of Troy About Helen of Troy Robert E. Bell H elen of Sparta was perhaps the most inspired character in all literature, ancient or modern. A whole war, one which lasted for ten years, was fought over her. Not only that, nearly all the myths of the heroic age were threaded together in such a way that this most idealized of all wars was the culmination of various exploits, including the Argonaut, the Theban wars, and the Calydonian boar hunt. It is as though this event was in the destiny of every dynasty formed from the beginning of things. Helen, the face that launched a thousand ships, was a tantalizing enigma from the very first. She was flesh and blood certainly, but she was also immortal, since her father was none other than Zeus. Her mother was the beautiful Leda, queen of Sparta, who was ravished by the father of the gods in the form of a swan. Leda's husband was Tyndarecus, who later the same night, unaware of his feathered predecessor, also impregnated his wife. She produced two eggs, one of which yielded Helen and Polydeuces and the other of which contained Castor and Clytemnestra. While a swan's egg can be accepted for the sake of myth, it has never made much sense that the part of her pregnancy initiated by Tyndareus should produce an egg as well. This most curious of births has been subjected to all manner of combinations over the years. As delicious as the story of Leda was, some commentators even went so far as to suggest that Helen and the Dioscuri were conceived at Rhamnus in Attica by Zeus and Nemesis, the usually rather stern and sexless goddess whose job it was to curb excesses. Nemesis, not happy with being raped by a swan, laid an egg and left it. Leda found it, and when the egg hatched it produced Helen and the Dioscuri. In that case, Clytemnestra was not even a sister of Helen. It is difficult to imagine the childhood of the famous egg-born quartet. Two of them could be injured, perhaps, but not fatally; two had special gifts that made them physically and mentally superior. Apparently there was no jealousy among them. Castor and Polydeuces were so closely attached they swore to die together, even if Polydeuces could not hope to fulfill this resolve. The relationship between Helen and Clytemnestra was not so simple. Helen was stunningly beautiful, and this must have caused Clytemnestra some wistful moments when inevitable comparisons were made. When the sisters reached puberty, Helen was kidnapped. Both the aging Theseus, king of Athens, and his friend Peirithous, king of Larissa, wanted to have sex with one of Zeus' daughters before they died. Theseus chose Helen, whose remarkable beauty was already talked of far and wide. The abductors took her to Aphidna, a small city north of Athens, and left her in the safekeeping of one of Theseus' vassals. He put his mother, Aethra, with her as a guardian and companion. Inevitably, stories arose that Theseus took her into safekeeping to do Tyndarcus a favor. One of Tyndarcus' nephews was persistently pursuing her as a suitor, even at her very young age. Another story said the sons of Apharcus, Idas and Lynceus, stole her, which caused the famous fatal battle between them and the Dioscuri. There can be little question that Theseus took Helens virginity. After all, that was the object of the kidnapping. Some suppose that he planned to keep her intact until she reached marriageable age. But the more realistic writers even gave the couple a child. Interestingly, but improbably, the child was Iphigeneia. We cannot know how long Helen was at Aphidna. Theseus had accomplished his goal, so he left her and went with Peirithous to Hades to steal Persephone. This was foolhardy as it turned out, for both were imprisoned, Peirithous forever. The Dioscuri meanwhile raised an army and marched on Athens. The Athenians knew nothing of the outrage to their sister, but one Academus had knowledge of the facts and revealed the hiding place. The brothers razed Aphidna and delivered Helen, whom they carried home to Sparta, along with Aethra and Peirithous' sister as pers


Which famous monument stands in the centre of the ‘Place Charles de Gaulle’ in Paris?

Place Charles De Gaulle Photo, Place Charles De Gaulle photos, Phillip Colla Natural History Photography :: Online Photo Search Home    >    Natural History Photography Blog    >    Search    >    Place Charles De Gaulle Arc de Triomphe. The Arc de Triomphe (Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (originally named Place de l'Etoile), at the western end of the Champs-Elysees. The Arc de Triomphe (in English: "Triumphal Arch") honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, and its iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail. It set the tone for public monuments, with triumphant patriotic messages. The monument stands 50 metres (164 ft) in height, 45 m (148 ft) wide and 22 m (72 ft) deep. Place Charles De Gaulle Photo. Location: Arc de Triomphe , Paris, France   Arc de Triomphe. The Arc de Triomphe (Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (originally named Place de l'Etoile), at the western end of the Champs-Elysees. The Arc de Triomphe (in English: "Triumphal Arch") honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, and its iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail. It set the tone for public monuments, with triumphant patriotic messages. The monument stands 50 metres (164 ft) in height, 45 m (148 ft) wide and 22 m (72 ft) deep. Place Charles De Gaulle Picture. Location: Arc de Triomphe , Paris, France   Arc de Triomphe. The Arc de Triomphe (Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (originally named Place de l'Etoile), at the western end of the Champs-Elysees. The Arc de Triomphe (in English: "Triumphal Arch") honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, and its iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail. It set the tone for public monuments, with triumphant patriotic messages. The monument stands 50 metres (164 ft) in height, 45 m (148 ft) wide and 22 m (72 ft) deep. Stock Photography of Place Charles De Gaulle. Location: Arc de Triomphe , Paris, France   Arc de Triomphe. The Arc de Triomphe (Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (originally named Place de l'Etoile), at the western end of the Champs-Elysees. The Arc de Triomphe (in English: "Triumphal Arch") honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, and its iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail. It set the tone for public monuments, with triumphant patriotic messages. The monument stands 50 metres (164 ft) in height, 45 m (148 ft) wide and 22 m (72 ft) deep. Photograph of Place Charles De Gaulle. Locati


Which US musician launched ‘Mansinthe’, his own brand of Absinthe in 2007?

Absinthe Mansinthe 0,7l, 66.6% Absinthe Mansinthe 0,7l, 66.6% Description Reviews (0) Marilyn Manson drinks Absinthe, now he has his own Absinthe brand - Mansinthe. The Absinthe itself is green with a smooth and balanced taste. It has a low anise level and therefore doesn´t have an extreme licorice taste. Try it and experience what inspires Marilyn! Absinthe was invented at the end of the 18th century, in Val-de-Travers in the Swiss province of Jura. It is traditionally made of vermouth, aniseed, fennel and a range of other herbs. In the mid 19th century, absinthe was the drink of Bohemia. Artists such as Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Vincent van Gogh regarded the green fairy as a source of inspiration. The same is true for Marilyn Manson, who has been known as an absinthe lover for many years. In July 2007, together with Markus Lion from ABSINTHE.DE and multiple award-winning Swiss speciality distillery Matter-Luginbühl AG, he launched his own absinthe, which is called Mansinthe. Manson intensely involved in the development Two years after the initial idea to do develop an absinthe together with Marilyn Manson, it was finished, Markus Lion looks back. Manson was intensely involved in the development, constantly tasting the samples, giving his opinion and providing suggestions for changes. When he was completely satisfied with a prototype, the final implementation was swift. The artist, whose real name is Brian Hugh Warner, presented his Mansinthe at the private viewing of his exhibition in Galerie Schenk in Cologne, on 27th June 2007. How to prepare Mansinthe: Pour 3cl of Mansinthe into a large stemmed glass, then place a slotted absinthe spoon and sugar cube over the glass. Slowly drip ice-water over the sugar cube until dissolved, then fill glass with water to preferred taste. You may also use an Absinthefountain - that makes a perfect preparation as well as a Brouilleur. This fine spirit is also enjoyed by the most discerning connoisseurs without sugar. Do not: light your Absinthe on fire think, Absinthe will make you hallucinate - it wont! Drink responsibly and with moderation! Gold medal winner at the 2008 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Bronze medal winner at the 2008 IWSC


The Australian city of Melnbourne lies at the mouth of which river?

Melbourne | Article about Melbourne by The Free Dictionary Melbourne | Article about Melbourne by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Melbourne Also found in: Dictionary , Thesaurus , Wikipedia . Melbourne, city (1991 pop. 2,761,995), capital of Victoria, SE Australia, on Port Phillip Bay at the mouth of the Yarra River. Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, is a rail and air hub and financial and commercial center. Wool and raw and processed agricultural goods are exported. The city is heavily industrialized; industries include shipbuilding and the manufacture of farm machinery, textiles, and electrical goods. Included in the Melbourne urban agglomeration are many coastal resorts. Settled in 1835, it was named (1837) for Lord Melbourne Melbourne, William Lamb, 2d Viscount , 1779–1848, British statesman. He entered Parliament as a Whig in 1805, was (1827–28) chief secretary for Ireland, and entered (1828) the House of Lords on the death of ..... Click the link for more information. , the British prime minister. From 1901 to 1927 the city was the seat of the Australian federal government. The population, once primarily British, has changed since World War II with immigration from E and S Europe and, more recently, Asia. Melbourne has campuses of several universities, including the Univ. of Melbourne (1853), Monash Univ. (1958), and La Trobe Univ. (1964). Melbourne Technical College, the Australian Ballet School, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Melbourne Museum, and the galleries and theaters of the Victorian Arts Centre also are in the city. Melbourne is the seat of Roman Catholic and Anglican archbishops. Attractive parks, including the notable Royal Botanic Gardens and Melbourne Zoo; the bustling Queen Victoria Market; and the cultural and commercial Federation Square complex draw both tourists and residents. Melbourne Park is the site of tennis's Australian Open, the Melbourne Cup horse race is run annually at Flemington Racecourse, and the city hosts a Formula One Grand Prix race. Melbourne was the site of the 1956 summer Olympic games. Melbourne, city (1990 pop. 59,646), Brevard co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon); inc. 1888, consolidated with Eau Gallie 1969. It is a tourist and aerospace center near the Atlantic Ocean. The leading industries process and ship fruit, and manufacture electronic equipment and leisure craft. Since the development of Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral , low, sandy promontory extending E into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island, E Fla., separated from Merritt Island by the Banana River, a lagoon; named (1963) Cape Kennedy in memory of President John F. Kennedy, it reverted to its original name in 1973. ..... Click the link for more information. , the aerospace industry has bolstered Melbourne's economy and population. Florida Institute of Technology is in the city, and Patrick Air Force Base is nearby. Melbourne   a city in the Commonwealth of Australia; capital of the state of Victoria. Located on the shore of Port Phillip Bay at the mouth of the Yarra River. Founded in the 1830’s, the city was named after the prime minister of Great Britain, Lord Melbourne. It is the largest city in the country after Sydney. In 1971 the population was 2,389,000 (suburbs included). From the early 19th century until 1927, Melbourne developed as a business and financial as well as an administrative center. It was the capital of the Commonwealth of Australia from 1901 to 1927. After 1927 the city became a major industrial center because of its advantageous location for transportation. Melbourne is a junction for railroad and aviation routes. In addition, it is Australia’s most important port. At high tide it is accessible to ocean-going vessels. Its freight turnover is 6.5 million tons. Grain, flour, canned and frozen meat, fruit, and wool (35 percent of the total exports) are exported from Melbourne, and phosphorites, oil, and spare automobile parts are the main imports. The port is equipped with loading and unloading machinery. Each dock and wharf serves a partic


Which ship picked up over 700 Titanic survivors in April 1912?

BBC NEWS | UK | Dive to film Titanic rescue ship Dive to film Titanic rescue ship 1,500 passengers died when the Titanic sank in 1912 Divers are preparing to record the first video footage of the wreck of RMS Carpathia, which rescued more than 700 survivors from the Titanic in 1912. The vessel was herself sunk off the Cornish coast in a German torpedo attack six years later. Dive organiser Jeff Cornish said the team of volunteers was also aiming to collect artefacts for an exhibition about the Titanic in London next year. The ship lies 500ft (150m) underwater, 300 miles off south-west England. The ship picked up 705 survivors as the Titanic went down in 1912 after hitting an iceberg. It is believed that without the Carpathia and her skipper, Captain Arthur Rostron, there would have been no survivors from the Titanic. Ship's bell Mr Cornish said the divers were hoping to recover a number of key items from the ship. "The ship's bell is going to be a prize possession which we would like to recover," he said. "(And) what's called a 'loving cup' was given by survivors of the Titanic to Captain Rostron for saving them. "What's present on the bridge, cutlery, plates with the Cunard insignia on it - those sorts of things that I think people will be interested in looking at in the exhibition." The wreck of the 13,000-tonne Cunard liner was discovered in 1999. The passenger steamship had been built at the Swan Hunter yard in Newcastle and was launched in August 1902. It was sailing east from New York on the night of Sunday 14 April, 1912, when it received the Titanic's distress signal. Captain Rostron set a course at maximum speed to reach the Titanic's last known position, about 58 miles away. He ordered the ship's heating and water to be cut off so the engines could use all its steam as it worked through dangerous ice fields to reach the sinking Titanic.


Austria is divided into how many states?

Austria States Vienna   At the beginning of the 20th century, Austria was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or Austria-Hungary. This country included most or all of present-day Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia, about half of Romania, and parts of Southern Poland, Western Ukraine, Northern Yugoslavia, and Northern Italy. It also had administrative control of Bosnia-Herzegovina. At the end of World War I, the treaties of Saint-Germain and Trianon redrew the map of Europe, and Austria emerged looking almost exactly as it does today. During World War II, Austria was annexed by Germany, but the Allies never recognized the annexation, and at the end of the war, the status quo ante was restored. Other names of country:  ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. NUTS: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. Note: by taking the first three characters of the NUTS codes, the states can be grouped into three regions: AT1 Ostï¿½sterreich, AT2 Sï¿½dï¿½sterreich, and AT3 Westï¿½sterreich. UPU: Province codes from "Postal Addressing Systems". Conv: Conventional abbreviations used in Austria. Population: 2011-10-31 census from population registers (source [5]). Postal Codes: Austrian Postleitzahlen (postal codes, abbreviated PLZ) are four digits. With a few exceptions, the state can be deduced from the first one or two digits. The exceptions are cases where a city is served from a distribution center in a neighboring state. (a) Also 99xx for East Tyrol. Note: postal codes for Austrian addresses can be identified by prefixing them with "A-". Further subdivisions: See the Districts of Austria page. Each state is further subdivided into entities of two types: Politischer Bezirk (district) and Statutarstadt (statutory city, or urban district). (Vienna has only one such subdivision.) There are currently 99 districts. They are further subdivided into Gemeinden (communes). Territorial extent:  Vienna is completely surrounded by Lower Austria. Tyrol consists of two sections, separated by a strip of land belonging to Salzburg. The smaller part, commonly called Osttirol (East Tyrol), is equivalent to the Politischer Bezirk of Lienz. There is also a small area of Tyrol, containing the town of Jungholz, which is connected to the rest of Tyrol at only a single point. The Austrian-German border forms an X there. for Austria lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions. Origins of names:  Burgenland: Named for the three Hungarian counties, known in German as Eisenburg, ï¿½denburg, and Wieselburg, which were cut up to make this state: the Land of the "-burgs." Carinthia: The inhabitants of this region were known as Carantani to the ancient Romans. Lower Austria: Area of Austria which lies downstream along the Danube. Salzburg: German Salz: salt, Burg: castle. Salt was mined and stored here. Styria: German Steiermark from Steyr, a city name, and Old High German marcha: boundary land. Tyrol: Named for Tyrol Castle near Merano. Upper Austria: Area of Austria which lies upstream along the Danube. Vienna: Latin Vindobona from Indo-European vindo: whiteness and Celtic bona: citadel. Vorarlberg: = Before the Arlberg, a mountain (pass) which divides this state from the rest of Austria. Change history:  1918: The official names of the provinces of ï¿½sterreich ober der Enns and ï¿½sterreich unter der Enns were changed to Oberï¿½sterreich and Unterï¿½sterreich, respectively, to conform to popular usage. 1920-07-16: By the Treaty of Saint-Germain, Austria was created as a fragment of Austria-Hungary. In principle, Austria was to include the ethnic German areas of Austria-Hungary, but some of these areas were given to other countries for political reasons. The southern part of Tyrol was given to Italy, and is now the region of Trentino-Alto Adige. (The loss of this area left Tyrol in two fra


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Which chemical element is also know as ‘Inflammable Air’?

Energy and kids   Hydrogen Hydrogen is the chemical element with atomic number 1. It is represented by the symbol H. At standard temperature and pressure, hydrogen is a colorless, odorless, nonmetallic, tasteless, highly flammable diatomic gas with the molecular formula H2. With an atomic weight of 1.00794 u, hydrogen is the lightest element. Hydrogen is the simplest element known to man. Each atom of hydrogen has only one proton. It is also the most plentiful gas in the universe. Stars are made primarily of hydrogen. The sun is basically a giant ball of hydrogen and helium gases. In the sun's core, hydrogen atoms combine to form helium atoms. This process—called fusion gives off radiant energy. This radiant energy sustains life on earth. It gives us light and makes plants grow. It makes the wind blow and rain fall. It is stored as chemical energy in fossil fuels. Most of the energy we use today came from the sun's radiant energy. Hydrogen gas is lighter than air and, as a result, it rises in the atmosphere. This is why hydrogen as a gas (H2) is not found by itself on earth. It is found only in compound form with other elements. Hydrogen combined with oxygen, is water (H2O). Hydrogen combined with carbon, forms different compounds such as methane (CH4), coal, and petroleum. Hydrogen is also found in all growing things—biomass. It is also an abundant element in the earth's crust. Hydrogen has the highest energy content of any common fuel by weight(about three times more than gasoline), but the lowest energy content by volume (about four times less than gasoline). It is the lightest element, and it is a gas at normal temperature and pressure. Hydrogen gas, H2, was first artificially produced and formally described by T. Von Hohenheim (also known as Paracelsus, 1493–1541) via the mixing of metals with strong acids. He was unaware that the flammable gas produced by this chemical reaction was a new chemical element. In 1671, Robert Boyle rediscovered and described the reaction between iron filings and dilute acids, which results in the production of hydrogen gas. In 1766, Henry Cavendish was the first to recognize hydrogen gas as a discrete substance, by identifying the gas from a metal-acid reaction as "inflammable air" and further finding in 1781 that the gas produces water when burned. He is usually given credit for its discovery as an element. In 1783, Antoine Lavoisier gave the element the name hydrogen (from the Greek hydro meaning water and genes meaning creator) when he and Laplace reproduced Cavendish's finding that water is produced when hydrogen is burned Hydrogen and energy carrier Energy carriers move energy in a usable form from one place to another. Electricity is the most well-known energy carrier. We use electricity to move the energy in coal, uranium, and other energy sources from power plants to homes and businesses. We also use electricity to move the energy in flowing water from hydropower dams to consumers. It is much easier to use electricity than the energy sources themselves. Like electricity, hydrogen is an energy carrier and must be produced from another substance. Hydrogen is not widely used today but it has great potential as an energy carrier in the future. Hydrogen can be produced from a variety of resources (water, fossil fuels, biomass) and is a byproduct of other chemical processes. Unlike electricity, large quantities of hydrogen can be easily stored to be used in the future. Hydrogen can also be used in places where it’s hard to use electricity. Hydrogen can store the energy until it’s needed and can be moved to where it’s needed. How is hydrogen made Since hydrogen doesn't exist on earth as a gas, we must separate it from other elements. We can separate hydrogen atoms from water, biomass, or natural gas molecules. The two most common methods for producing hydrogen are steam reforming and electrolysis (water splitting). Scientists have even discovered that some algae and bacteria give off hydrogen. Steam reforming is currently the least expensive method of prod


In the nursery rhyme, ‘…who…put the kettle on?

Polly Put the Kettle On Polly Put the Kettle On Polly Put the Kettle On Polly put the kettle on Polly put the kettle on Polly put the kettle on We'll all have tea Sukey take it off again Sukey take it off again Sukey take it off again They've all gone away


In which European city was writer and poet Oscar Wilde born?

Oscar Wilde: Biography, Writer, Poet | Online Homework Help | SchoolWorkHelper Oscar Wilde: Biography, Writer, Poet You are here: PDF Oscar Wilde (real name Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde) was born on October 16th, 1854 in Dublin. His father, William Robert Wilde, was an eminent eye doctor, with an interest in myths and folklore. He was the founder of the first eye and ear hospital in Great Britain, as well as the appointed Surgeon Occultist to the Queen, who knighted him. His mother, Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde, was a poet who wrote patriotic Irish verse under the pen name Speranza, and had a considerable following. As a youngster, Wilde was exposed to the brilliant literary talk of the day at his mother’s Dublin salon. In 1864 Wilde entered the Portora Royal School at Enniskillen, and in 1871 entered Trinity College in Dublin. In 1874 he left Ireland and went to England to attend Magdalen College at Oxford. As a student there, he excelled in classics, wrote poetry, and incorporated the Bohemian life style of his youth into a unique way of life. He came under the influence of aesthetic innovators such as English writers Walter Pater and John Ruskin. He found the aesthetic movement’s notions of “art for art’s sake” and dedicating one’s life to art suitable to his temperament and talents. As an aesthete, Wilde wore long hair and velvet knee breeches, and became known for his eccentricity as well as his academic ability. His rooms were filled with various objets d’art such as sunflowers, peacock feathers, and blue china. Wilde frequently confided that his greatest challenge at University was learning to live up to the perfection of the china. Wilde won numerous academic prizes while studying there, including the Newdigate Prize, a coveted poetry award, for his poem Ravenna. In 1879 Wilde moved to London to make himself famous. He set about establishing himself as the leader and model of the aesthetic movement. Besides his hair and breeches, he added loose-fitting wide-collared silk shirts with flowing ties and lavender colored gloves. He frequently carried a jewel-topped cane and was caricatured in the press flamboyantly attired and holding an over- sized sunflower, an icon of the movement. Wilde quickly became well known despite having any substantial achievements to build on. His natural wit and good humor endeared him to the art and theater world, and through his lover Frank Miles, he found it easy to become part of the cliques that frequented London’s theater circuit and drawing rooms. He became a much desired party guest, and eventually his popularity led to his being chosen as an advance publicity man for a new Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, Patience, that spoofed aesthetes like himself. In 1881, Wilde’s first book of poems, called Poems, was published. In 1882, short of money, he accepted an invitation to embark on a lecture tour of America. He produced his first play in New York City, called Vera, about nihilism in Russia. According to some, it was canceled at the last moment, probably for political reasons; others say he saw it performed there but that it ran unsuccessfully. Throughout that year he lectured in 70 American cities as well as Ontario and Quebec in Canada on the arts and literature. The tour was an unmitigated smash and Wilde returned to London in 1883 in triumph and richer by several thousand pounds. By the time he returned from America he had already tired of being the Great Aesthete and began dressing more conventionally. He did a successful tour of the U.K. He also wrote his second unsuccessful play, The Duchess Of Padua. In 1884, he married Constance Lloyd, the daughter of an Irish barrister. They had two sons, Cyril and Vyvyan. The family moved into a house in Chelsea, an artist section of London. In 1887, he took a job at Woman’s World, a popular magazine for which he wrote literary criticism. In 1888 he published The Happy Prince and Other Tales, a collection of original fairy tales which he wrote for his sons. Two years later he tired of journalism and journalists. He returned to partyin


What do the interior angles of an octagon add up to in degrees?

Cool math .com - Polygons - Octagons - properties, interior angles Sum of the Interior Angles of an Octagon: This image shows the process for a  HEXAGON: Using the same methods as for hexagons to the right (I'll let you do the pictures)...  To find the sum of the interior angles of an octagon, divide it up into triangles... There are six triangles...  Because the sum of the angles of each triangle is 180 degrees...  We get So, the sum of the interior angles of an octagon is 1080 degrees. Regular Octagons:The properties of regular octagons: All sides are the same length (congruent) and all interior angles are the same size (congruent). To find the measure of the angles, we know that the sum of all the angles is 1080 degrees (from above)...  And there are eight angles... So, the measure of the interior angle of a regular octagon is 135 degrees. The measure of the central angles of a regular octagon: To find the measure of the central angle of a regular octagon, make a circle in the middle...  A circle is 360 degrees around...  Divide that by eight angles... So, the measure of the central angle of a regular octagon is 45 degrees. Popular Topics


What is the title of the theme tune to BBC radio’s ‘Desert Island Discs’?

Classic BBC Radio Theme ~ Desert Island Discs - YouTube Classic BBC Radio Theme ~ Desert Island Discs Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Aug 29, 2009 This is (By The) Sleepy Lagoon composed by Eric Coates and performed by Eric Coates and the Symphony Orchestra. The original version was recorded by Coates for introducing the BBC radio series Desert Island Discs, which has run since 1942, and the theme is still in use today. Upon hearing the melody, Jack Lawrence wrote the song lyrics to it, and it became a hit for bandleader Harry James reaching no1 in the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart in 1942. Other hit versions were recorded by Dinah Shore, David Rose, Fred Waring, Glenn Miller and others. The song made the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960, in a version by the Platters, found originally on the flipside of the 1960 top ten "Harbor Lights". The song is used at one of the rides (The Magic Clock) in De Efteling in The Netherlands, one of Europe's largest theme parks. Category


In Greek mythology, who was condemned to the eternal task of rolling a large stone up to the top of a hill, from which it always rolled down again?

Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Sisyphus   Sisyphus  (SIS-i-fus) Sinner condemned in Tartarus to an eternity of rolling a boulder uphill then watching it roll back down again. Sisyphus was founder and king of Corinth, or Ephyra as it was called in those days. He was notorious as the most cunning knave on earth. His greatest triumph came at the end of his life, when the god Hades came to claim him personally for the kingdom of the dead. Hades had brought along a pair of handcuffs, a comparative novelty, and Sisyphus expressed such an interest that Hades was persuaded to demonstrate their use - on himself. And so it came about that the high lord of the Underworld was kept locked up in a closet at Sisyphus's house for many a day, a circumstance which put the great chain of being seriously out of whack. Nobody could die. A soldier might be chopped to bits in battle and still show up at camp for dinner. Finally Hades was released and Sisyphus was ordered summarily to report to the Underworld for his eternal assignment. But the wily one had another trick up his sleeve. He simply told his wife not to bury him and then complained to Persephone, Queen of the Dead, that he had not been accorded the proper funeral honors. What's more, as an unburied corpse he had no business on the far side of the river Styx at all - his wife hadn't placed a coin under his tongue to secure passage with Charon the ferryman. Surely her highness could see that Sisyphus must be given leave to journey back topside and put things right. Kindly Persephone assented, and Sisyphus made his way back to the sunshine, where he promptly forgot all about funerals and such drab affairs and lived on in dissipation for another good stretch of time. But even this paramount trickster could only postpone the inevitable. Eventually he was hauled down to Hades, where his indiscretions caught up with him. For a crime against the gods - the specifics of which are variously reported - he was condemned to an eternity at hard labor. And frustrating labor at that. For his assignment was to roll a great boulder to the top of a hill. Only every time Sisyphus, by the greatest of exertion and toil, attained the summit, the darn thing rolled back down again.


Which member of The Beatles used the pseudonym L’Angelo Misterioso?

This Day in Music, November 29: L'Angelo Misterioso | TMR This Day in Music, November 29: L'Angelo Misterioso November 29, 2011 By Neil Cossar , Contributor On this day in 2001, former Beatles guitarist George Harrison died in Los Angeles of lung cancer, aged 58. Following the breakup of The Beatles, Harrison had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys. George was the youngest member of The Beatles (16 when he joined), and went on to release the acclaimed triple album, All Things Must Pass, in 1970, from which came the worldwide No.1 single “My Sweet Lord.” This was a sad day, the second Beatle to leave us and at just 58. Who'd of thought that by the turn of the century, we would've lost two Beatles? First John and now George. I'm sure, like myself growing up with the Fabs, you just thought they would be around forever. There is so much to say about Harrison; he achieved so much in his post-Beatle life. George was the mastermind behind the first major musical live fundraiser with The Concert For Bangladesh. Many critics say that his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass is the finest solo Beatles effort. It is a great body of work which, with the release of the worldwide hit "My Sweet Lord," well and truly established Harrison as an equal to Lennon and McCartney. By the end of The Beatles, George had accumulated hundreds of songs, many of which found a home on All Things Must Pass. He went on to make another eight solo albums during his career. Harrison had formed a close friendship with Eric Clapton in the late 1960s, and they co-wrote the song "Badge" which was released on Cream's Goodbye album in 1969. Harrison also played rhythm guitar on the song. For contractual reasons, Harrison was required to use the pseudonym "L'Angelo Misterioso," meaning "The Mysterious Angel" in Italian. George became an accomplished gardener; he restored the English manor house and grounds of Friar Park, his home in Henley-on-Thames. Several Harrison videos were filmed on the grounds, including "Crackerbox Palace. In addition, the grounds served as the background for the cover of All Things Must Pass. He employed a staff of ten workers to maintain the 36-acre (150,000 m2) garden, and both of his older brothers worked on Friar Park as well. Harrison took great solace working in the garden and grew to consider himself more a gardener than a musician; his autobiography is dedicated "to gardeners everywhere." George had standout tracks on every Beatles album from Revolver through to Abbey Road: "Taxman," "Within You Without You," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Here Comes the Sun," and "Something" (which is the second-most covered Beatles' song after "Yesterday"). Harrison was quoted as saying that his favourite cover of the song was James Brown's, and he kept Brown's version in his personal jukebox. Olivia Harrison said of her late husband, "There was a quote by the Indian poet Tagore that George read to me one day that said, 'Blessed is he whose fame does not outshine his truth.' And I think it's safe to say, that, despite his immense fame, his truth will never be out-shined or forgotten." Eric Clapton said of Harrison, "He was just a magical guy. He would show up with his guitar and come in and you'd start playing. He started to sing, would start to sing 'Here Comes the Sun.'" I could be wrong, but in another world, where John Lennon wasn't murdered and George didn't die, would The Beatles have ever got back together? Lennon and McCartney had become friends again, but George was still the dark horse. You know the multi-million dollar offers would've been on the table, but you know what? I don't think George would've done it. And I think that would've been the right decision. Let it be, as all things must pass. Share this story


In cookery, ‘agneau’ is French for which meat?

Le Gigot d'Agneau - French Roasted Leg of Lamb Recipe - Learn French Le Gigot d'Agneau - French Roasted Leg of Lamb Recipe March 21, 2016  Pin it Today, we'll take a look at a very traditional French leg of lamb recipe: le gigot d'agneau Pascal. In case you were wondering, let's be clear: "Agneau Pascal" does NOT mean "Some guy named Pascal's recipe for leg of lamb!" but rather the lamb that is traditionally cooked for Easter (called "Pâques") holiday. You’ll find several variations of this leg of lamb recipe in countries around the mediterranean (my favourite being the lemon based Greek leg of lamb, but I’m biased with my ancestry). The good news is that as far as holiday meals are concerned, this is probably one of the simplest and fastest to make: The whole recipe requires just 5 ingredients and less than 15 minutes of preparation! Now you can of course spruce it up a little (which is what I do) but the basics of the meal is super simple. Ingredients For the French Easter Lamb Recipe Leg of lamb, bone-in recommended (“Gigot d’agneau”) Garlic Dried “herbes de Provence” (mixture of savoury, thyme, lavender and other herbs) Leg of Lamb Recipe [Note: Take the leg of lamb out of the fridge about 2 hours before you start the recipe so that the meat is not too cold] Run the leg of  lamb under cold water to remove any stickiness of the meat and dry it well with paper towels.  Removing all the excess moisture will make for a crispier outside when cooking. If your butcher has not done so, remove most of the white tough skin that might be on the leg of lamb.  Just make a small incision, pull with your fingers and cut parallel to the meat as you pull (Some people don’t mind that skin it but I prefer without it, it makes the meat more presentable and easier to eat) Cut your garlic into small juliennes (long strips) of about 5mm x 5mm (imagine tiny garlic French fries!) With a long sharp knife, make an long thin incision in the meat and insert the garlic into the opening.  (I also like to add a couple of leaves of fresh rosemary too but not everyone likes that stronger taste).  This is called “piquer la viande à l’ail” (literally to pierce the meat with garlic). Do this evenly in all the deep parts of the meat.  The amount of garlic you “pique” with is up to you and based on your preferences, use less for a romantic dinner, use more after 10 years of marriage ;-) Put the leg of lamb in a large oven dish (“Un plat”) and add some olive oil (not too much, lamb already has lots of natural fat) and generously sprinkle pepper and, optionally, the “herbes de Provence” on every part of the roast. With the oil, all the pepper and herbs will stick to the meat making a sort of crust. [Note you can make all these steps the day before, just make sure you take the leg of lamb out of the fridge 2 hours before you put it into the oven] Cooking Your Leg of Lamb Set your oven (“un four”) to a high temperature (about 240° celsius/464°F and let it get really hot) Just before you put the leg of  lamb in the oven, sprinkle the whole roast with salt. Put in the high temp oven for about 20 minutes to develop a nice crust (“une croûte”).  This will prevent juices from flowing out during the cooking and add flavor + visual appeal. Then lower the oven to about 200° C / 390° F Let cook your leg of lamb for about 12 to 15 minutes per pound depending on if you want it pink or 18 minutes if you want it well done. In the middle of the cooking, you can flip the leg of lamb once if you’d like. Serving the Leg of Lamb Once you take the “gigot” out of the oven, take it out of the pan and cover it with tin foil (“papier alu” – short for aluminium). Let it rest at least 10 minutes for the juices to flow back into the leg of lamb meat. In the meantime, you can dump most of the fat that is left in the pan and put the pan on the stove at a low heat (make sure your pan allows that). Then add a large glass of chicken stock (or I prefer to add red wine) and deglaze the pan, scraping all the good bits from the bottom of the pan, let it reduce, season if needed and serve as a


Which energy drink is advertised with the slogan ‘…..gives you wings’?

Red Bull DOESN'T give you wings: Energy drink giant to cough up £8.1m over false advertising lawsuit - Mirror Online News Red Bull DOESN'T give you wings: Energy drink giant to cough up £8.1m over false advertising lawsuit Austrian manufacturer loses US lawsuit and agrees to pay out to anyone who drank Red Bull in America in the last 12 years  Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Red Bull DOESN'T give you wings – who knew? The famous energy drink slogan has been found to be false after a US lawsuit. And the Austrian manufacturer has agreed to cough up a bank-busting $13million (£8.1m) to settle over false advertising. It means anyone who glugged a can of Red Bull stateside in the last 12 years could soon have a cash windfall winging their way. And they don't even need a proof of purchase. They shouldn't moon the boss, cancel the milk and book round-the-world flights just yet though. Because the company – which admitted no wrongdoing – has only agreed to fork out $10 (£6.17) cash or $15 (£9.26) worth of Red Bull products per person up to the cap of $13m. A website -  energydrinksettlement.com  - set up by Red Bull to process claims crashed after a flood of traffic this week. Can you believe it? Red Bull has lost a lawsuit over the 'gives you wings' claims (Photo: Getty / asasinz2 / Youtube) There’s a deadline of March 2015 to submit an application. The false ad lawsuit was kicked off in 2013 by a US consumer, Benjamin Careathers. He argued the Red Bull slogan clearly doesn't mean the drink will give you wings. But he claimed it is generally accepted the drink should give a higher energy boost than an average cup of coffee . At a hearing in August, a judge agreed with him. "Even though there is a lack of genuine scientific support for a claim that Red Bull branded energy drinks provide any more benefit to a consumer than a cup of coffee, the Red Bull defendants persistently and pervasively market their product as a superior source of 'energy' worthy of a premium price over a cup of coffee or other sources of caffeine," the suit says. The firm has agreed to amend future marketing campaigns. Red Bull is the biggest selling energy drink in the world, with 5.4 billion cans sold in 2013. poll loading


A pontil is a metal rod used in the process of what?

pontil - Wiktionary pontil pontil (plural pontils ) (glassblowing) A punty ; a metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed called the "pontil mark".


What colour are the flowers of the saw-wort?

Wild Plants to Dye For | River of Flowers Wild Plants to Dye For POSTED ON:  …………from Wild Carrot to Woad! Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) ©  Alvesgaspar Natural dyes originate from the flowers, leaves, roots, wood and bark of wild plants, lichens, fungi and insects. Natural dyes are usually lustrous with subtle variations in hue, and can develop a patina, which ages beautifully. The colours have been described as ‘feeling’ as alive as the wildlife that yields them. Whether they are native or not, many of the wildflower names are steeped in history, notably Woad, Madder, Saffron and Indigo!  Woad (Isatis tinctoria) © Pethan Natural dyes can be found in the kitchen in edibles such as onions (amber yellow to rust), blackberries and beetroot (purple red), rhubarb (yellow) and carrot tops (soft green) as well as teas and coffees (browns), spices such as Tumeric (yellow) and food colourings such as Cochineal (reds). However, many of the beautiful wild plants to dye for, can be grown wild in your garden. Provided that you leave some for the pollinators, the flowers, leaves and roots can be gathered for dyeing cloth and wool. Natural pigments can be fast or fleeting and those, which tend to fade away in the light, need to be ‘fixed’. This process is called ‘mordanting’ and is especially important if the plants contain no organic fixatives or mordants such as the tannins so common in tea and oak galls. The non-organic mordants are metallic salts such as alum (Aluminium potassium sulphate), used in conjunction with Cream of Tartar, common salt (Sodium chloride) and iron (Ferrous sulphate) , known since the middle-ages as copperas. Iron is often used as a modifier to calm down over-bright colours.  Different colours from the same plant can often be obtained by using different mordants or no mordant at all. RED: Natural dyes were used for thousands of years before synthetic dyes were invented, and one of the best-known red dye plants is the Indian Madder ( Rubia tinctorum ), which is still used today. There is a native variety of Madder ( Rubia peregrina ) found in Cornwall, which produces a delicate crimson. Other red pigment producing plants include Dyer’s Woodruff or Sweet Woodruff and Lady’s Bedstraw. Lady’s Bedstraw (Galium verum) © AnRo0002 YELLOW: Two of the most common wild plants used by dyers before the 1800’s are Dyer’s Greenweed in the Pea Family, also known as Dyer’s Broom, and Weld, in the Mignonette Family, is also known as Dyer’s Rocket! Sometimes these two yellow dye plants have their names muddled up so following them via their Latin names will help. Weld (Reseda luteola) © Kurt Stüber Dyer’s Greenweed (Genista tinctoria) © H Zell A whole range of yellows can be obtained by using wildflowers such as Tansy, from the Daisy family so beloved by pollinators. This plant yields a range of yellows from pale yellow cream through to a sharp mustard. Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) © FIR0002 The colours of the flowers usually bear no relation to the eventual dye colour, for example, the bright-pink flowers of Saw-wort yield a bright yellow dye.  Saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria) © Hectonichus And although Yarrow flowers ranging from white through to red, its eventual dye pigment is a soft yellow. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) © H Zell St John’s Wort is probably the most versatile of the yellow pigment-producing plants, offering hues ranging from egg custard through to olive green, deep maroon and even black depending on whether mordants are used or not. St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) © H Zell Other yellow dye wildflowers worth experimenting with include non-native Dyer’s Chamomile (Anthemis tinctoria) and native Golden Rod (Solidago spp.) and Dock (Rumex spp.). BLUE: Few UK native wildflowers, apart from Woad, a naturalised rather than native plant originating from southern Europe centuries ago, can produce blue dyes as deep, vivid and lasting as Indigo, which comes from the tropics.  Some wild berries will give a blue or blue-black colour in combination with alum such as Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) and Blackthorn or Common Sloe


A Schick test is a skin test for previously acquired immunity to which disease?

Schick test - definition of Schick test in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of Schick test in English: Schick test A test for previously acquired immunity to diphtheria, using an intradermal injection of diphtheria toxin. Example sentences ‘By 1921 Park and his colleagues had used the Schick test on more than 52,000 New York City schoolchildren.’ ‘The Schick test, in which a tiny quantity of diphtheria toxin protein is injected into the skin of the forearm, can show whether an individual is immune to diphtheria.’ Origin Early 20th century: named after Bela Schick (1877–1967), Hungarian-born American paediatrician. Pronunciation What area does herpetology relate to? reptiles and amphibians What area does ornithology relate to? birds What area does mathematics relate to? classification What area does biology relate to? living organisms What area does cytology relate to? organisms at low temperatures What area does zoology relate to? animals What area does ichthyology relate to? fish What area does metallurgy relate to? allergies What area does zymurgy relate to? fermentation What area does agriscience relate to? farming You scored /10 practise again? Retry


Jafar, Abu and Iago are all characters in which Disney film?

Jafar (Disney) | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Appearance Jafar's physical appearance is similar to that of Ming the Merciless : He is tall, thin, and almost always depicted in a flowing robe of black, maroon, red, and other moody colors. In the first Aladdin film, he was shown to be bald underneath his hat. Jafar carried a cobra-head staff , which he used for his sorcery. Biography Aladdin Jafar is introduced as the sinister Royal Vizier to Agrabah's Sultan who desires power over Agrabah. He is the second most powerful authority in Agrabah, answering only to the Sultan. He is always accompanied by his sarcastic, devious pet parrot, Iago . Whilst presenting a charming and respectable exterior to the Sultan and the people of Agrabah, he secretly holds everyone around him in contempt and manipulates the Sultan by means of hypnotizing him with a magical snake-headed staff, which he always carries on his person. Even regarding his desire to marry Jasmine afterwards, it was solely so he could gain control of the throne and intended to kill her soon thereafter—though he later reneges on this in an attempt to make her his queen consort. He's traveled widely and amassed a wide knowledge of magical artifacts and legends. Until he uses Genie's powers to become a sorcerer, however, his magical abilities are limited to the use of such artifacts as he's collected, and his prowess as an accomplished alchemist. He also had some contacts within the Agrabah underworld, including the thief Gazeem , whom he hired to find the Scarab half. He eventually managed gain it after some delays, although he was unable to retrieve the lamp after further delays that resulted in Gazeem's death, relating to a Diamond in the Rough. Undeterred, he returns to Agrabah, and upon learning from the Sultan that Jasmine doesn't wish to marry a prince, offered to help in exchange for the Sultan's familial sapphire ring, with hypnosis being involved. After departing, however, he makes it clear to Iago that he intends to usurp the Sultan's authority. He later used the Sultan's ring to uncover the diamond in the rough at his laboratory, eventually identifying the individual necessary to access the Cave of Wonders: Aladdin. He then had the royal guards arrest Aladdin as a subtle means of recruiting him, although he did not expect Jasmine to have accompanied him (she had escaped from the palace earlier to avoid having to find another Prince at her doorstep). Nonetheless, after being confronted by Jasmine, he lied about having executed Aladdin. With Jasmine out of the way of his plans, he then made his way to the dungeons and disguised himself as an old prisoner, offering to help Aladdin escape from the dungeons in exchange for aiding him in retrieving the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. After accepting the deal, they then made their way to the cave. After Aladdin was accepted in to retrieve the lamp, Jafar then promised the former's reward to be given upon his return. Once Aladdin returns with the lamp, Jafar after retrieving it, attempted to give Aladdin his "reward" (the eternal reward of death), but Abu bit him in the wrist. Unbeknownst to him until after the cave collapsed, Abu also stole the lamp from him before he bit him. Jafar then screamed in failure and frustration at the loss of the lamp. Afterwards, Jafar ended up reprimanded by the Sultan for executing a prisoner without his consultation (Jasmine had informed him earlier of Jafar's supposed execution of Aladdin), with Jafar swearing that it won't happen again. Although Sultan forgave Jafar instantly, Jasmine was still furious with him, and vowed to "get rid of him" once she eventually rises up as queen. The furious Jafar takes her threats to heart, fuming over the fact that not only has he lost the lamp, but is also in danger of losing his head should he fail to somehow take control of Agrabah. As he contemplates on the matter, Iago suddenly concocts a new plot, advising Jafar to take advantage of Jasmine's enforced marriage by marrying her, himself. Once he is legally dubbed sultan as a


The song ‘Ugly Duckling’ by Danny Kaye features in which car manufacturers television advert?

Ad of the Day: Audi Goes Back to the 1920s to Pitch the 2012 A5 | Adweek Advertising & Branding Advertisement Sometimes a brand is just too forward thinking for its own good. At least Audi was when its engineer Paul Jaray designed a crazy-looking, aerodynamically advanced concept car in 1920—a vehicle that looked straight out of The Jetsons. But what was then the automotive laughingstock of Weimar Germany might have ended up being an inspiration to modern-day car designers. Things weren't easy for the poor little Jaray Audi when it debuted, Audi shows us in its latest (and thankfully, vampire-free) TV spot, "The Swan," which BBH London and director Joachim Back based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale of "The Ugly Duckling" (and set to the song of the same name, sung by Danny Kaye in 1952's Samuel Goldwyn musical about the Danish author). As the misunderstood vehicle drives through a small Bavarian village, the local residents mock and scowl at it. Admittedly, it looks ridiculously out of place. The sad Audi finally retires to a nearby forest, where it's transformed into a white, streamlined 2012 Audi A5 version of itself, whose exterior hints at the lines of the original concept car but is a lot less visually jarring. It's a charming spot that will certainly stand out—swan-like for the category, indeed. Then again, the new A5 doesn't have that silly "ugly duckling" charm. So, maybe a 1920s reissue is in order? CREDITS Head of Marketing: Dominic Chambers Agency: BBH, London Creative Team: Matt Doman, Ian Heartfield Creative Directors: Nick Kidney, Kevin Stark Producer: Ruben Mercadal


Who became the Mayor of New York City in 2002?

City Mayors: Michael Bloomberg - Mayor of New York City Mayor of the Month for August 2012* Michael Bloomberg By Andrew Stevens 12 September 2013*: Michael Rubens Bloomberg became New York City's 108th mayor on 1 January 2002, re-elected in 2005 and, more controversially, 2009. America’s 12th richest person and proprietor of the financial data firm bearing his name, Bloomberg’s brand of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism places him in the tradition of the Democrat-leaning city’s iconoclast Republican mayors. The mayor is also leader of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition and C40 climate change group. Update 6 November 2013: Bill de Blasio elected mayor of New York City Bloomberg was born into a Jewish-American family on 14 February 1942 in Medford, Massachusetts, where his father was the bookkeeper for a local dairy. After attending Johns Hopkins University to study electrical engineering, where he was a self-financed student, he obtained his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1966. He was then hired by Salomon Brothers to work on Wall Street. He quickly advanced through the ranks and became a partner in 1972. Soon after, he was supervising all of Salomon's stock trading, sales and later, its information systems. He was dismissed in 1981 after another company acquired Salomon. Bloomberg used his $10m stake from the Salomon sale to start his own company, an enterprise that would revolutionise the way Wall Street did business. In 1982, Bloomberg L.P. sold 20 subscriptions to its service; 20 years later that figure had multiplied to over 165,000 subscribers worldwide. As the business proved its viability, the company branched out and in 1990 Bloomberg LP entered the media business, launching a news service, and then radio, television, Internet, and publishing operations. Bloomberg’s election as mayor in 2001 came in the aftermath of 9/11, with two-term Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani prevented from standing again by term limits. Giuliani’s tenure as mayor was notable for the zero tolerance policies he had pioneered alongside NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, having made his name as a tough city prosecutor during the 1980s. The Republicans’ hold on City Hall comes after the Democrat era typified by the terms of Ed Koch and David Dinkins and a series of damaging splits in the late 1970s. New Yorkers’ political allegiances are known to be fluid, with many voters prizing independence of mind rather than partisan allegiances and the ability to split ticket for elections at different levels of government. That said, machine politics still play a part in the selection of candidates in partisan primaries. Much is also made of ethnic voting blocs, with candidates assiduously courting the votes of Jewish, Irish, Italian and Hispanic communities. In September 2004, Bloomberg was ranked number 34 in a Forbes poll of the 400 Richest Americans and as of 2011 the 12th richest, making him one of the richest people in the world (30th as of 2011). This was given as one consideration of his decision in 2001 to seek the post of New York Mayor as a Republican, rather than a Democrat, due to his belief that having no political background to draw on, the tightly organised factions in the city party would opt for a favoured son. The New York Democrats eventually chose Mark Green, a consumer activist and associate of Ralph Nader. Bloomberg himself defeated former Democratic Congressman and Deputy Mayor Herman Badillo in the Republican primary, which had to be re-staged because of the events of 9/11. Despite his wealth, the Bloomberg claims to retain something of a down to earth manner, even travelling to city hall on the subway some days. He does not reside in the official residence of the New York Mayor, Gracie Mansion, but at his own home on the Upper East Side. He also waives his entitlement to the mayor’s salary and accepts a token payment of one dollar annually. Bloomberg is widely acknowledged for the deft city statecraft and competence of his administration, with his managerial style of leadership credited to building on the work


The Scales represent which sign of the Zodiac?

Libra - The Scales - Astrology - The White Goddess Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac, is shown as a woman holding a pair of scales. Libra is a Masculine, Cardinal Air sign. Libra - The Scales - Astrology - The White Goddess Home ï¿½ Divination ï¿½ Astrology ï¿½ Libra - The Scales Libra - The Scales Libra - The Scales - 23 September - 22 October A Masculine, Cardinal Air sign. Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac, is shown as a woman holding a pair of scales. The 13th century Cathedral of Chartres in France, on a column to the south of the 'astrological door' is a small carving of the symbol of Libra. One of the zodiacal sculptures by Benedetto Antelami, depicts a man holding a set of scales. The Egyptian symbol for Libra, showed a disc above a bowl like form, said to represent the setting Sun above the Earth. More importantly, the space between the Sun and Earth represents the airy realm of Libra. It is this space that exists between the male principle and the female, that the impulse of Libra is trying to bridge. Correspondences American Indian: Sturgeon, Salmon Animal: Elephant Birthstone: Emerald, Beryl, Opal Element: 2nd of three air signs Flower: Lily Hawaiian: MAHOE HOPE - Gourd Scales Indian (Sanskrit): Tula - The Scales Metal: Brass Quality: 3rd of four cardinal signs Roman: Themis Weapon: The Cross Characteristics Libra is the seventh sign of the zodiac; it is cardinal and air. Libra is the diplomat or negotiator of the zodiac. The symbol for Libra is the scales, always balancing two opposing options. Libra does so well at seeing both sides of a question that it sometimes has difficult deciding which option to choose. Libra is concerned with harmonious relationships between people. Representing this idea, the ruling planet is Venus. Egyptian symbol for Libra, showing the Sun above the Earth. The enclosed space denotes Air, the realm of Libra.   Hawaiian Astrology MAHOE HOPE - Gourd Scales. In Hawaiian mythology is depicted similarly to the Scales in Greek mythology, the cardinal airy sign of the Statesman or Manager. Celtic Tree Astrology Cypress: 26/07 - 04/08 ROWAN TREE (the Sensitivity) - full of charm, cheerful, gifted without egoism, likes to draw attention, loves life, motion, unrest, and even complications, is both dependent and independent, good taste, artistic, passionate, emotional, good company, does not forgive. Beth-Luis-Nion Tree Alphabet : Gort (Ivy) September 30 to October 27 Native American Medicine Wheel The Crow/Raven September 22/October 23 The Butterfly Clan


Which English Rugby Union team play their home games at Franklins Gardens?

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Who plays the politician who becomes the boyfriend of Jennifer Lopez in the 2003 film ‘Maid in Manhattan’?

Maid in Manhattan (2002) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress. Director: John Hughes (story) (as Edmond Dantès), Kevin Wade (screenplay) Stars: a list of 30 titles created 29 Dec 2012 a list of 23 titles created 23 Oct 2013 a list of 30 titles created 8 months ago a list of 22 titles created 3 months ago a list of 43 titles created 2 months ago Title: Maid in Manhattan (2002) 5.1/10 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. 1 win & 8 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Mary Fiore is San Francisco's most successful supplier of romance and glamor. She knows all the tricks. She knows all the rules. But then she breaks the most important rule of all: she falls in love with the groom. Director: Adam Shankman The love life of Charlotte is reduced to an endless string of disastrous blind dates, until she meets the perfect man, Kevin. Unfortunately, his merciless mother will do anything to destroy their relationship. Director: Robert Luketic A woman conceives twins through artificial insemination, only to meet the man of her dreams on the very same day. Director: Alan Poul A thirty-something, is still living at home until his parents hire an interventionist to help him graduate out of the house. That's when the fun begins. Director: Tom Dey A guy in love with an engaged woman tries to win her over after she asks him to be her maid of honor. Director: Paul Weiland     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X   Single-girl anxiety causes Kat Ellis (Messing) to hire a male escort (Mulroney) to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding. Her plan, an attempt to dupe her ex-fiancé, who dumped her a couple years prior, proves to be her undoing. Director: Clare Kilner A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons. Director: Peter Chelsom After running away fails, a terrified woman (Jennifer Lopez) empowers herself in order to battle her abusive husband (Billy Campbell). Director: Michael Apted A young woman who's reinvented herself as a New York socialite must return home to Alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband, after seven years of separation. Director: Andy Tennant An FBI agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event. Director: Donald Petrie A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him. Director: Marc Lawrence After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with. Director: Anne Fletcher Edit Storyline Marisa Ventura is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall, a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx. Written by Anonymous cupid in central park... See more  » Genres: Rated PG-13 for some language/sexual references | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 13 December 2002 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Made in New York See more  » Filming Locations: $18,711,407        (USA) (13 December 2002) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The second time the casting of Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Lopez have crossed paths. Lopez previously replaced Bullock in Enough. See more » Goofs The hote