Which product was advertised as 'cleans and polishes in one go'?

UK television adverts 1955-1985 It’s all dirt and dust, But don’t you get fussed, The answer is easily found, Remember: Cleans a big, big carpet For less than half a crown! 1001 carpet cleaner (2) One Thousand and One, One Thousand and One Gets rid of that workaday frown, One Thousand and One cleans a big big carpet For less than half a crown! Bright action foam (deep cleans!), brings up carpets like new! One Thousand and One cleans a big big carpet For less than half a crown! 1001 Dry Foam One Thousand and One Dry Foam — Does it right! One Thousand and One Dry Foam — Cleans it bright! A brighter carpet means a brighter home, One Thousand and One Dry Foam. Acdo Washing Powder: 1971 Fragrances that change your world. Airwick air freshener (2): 1970s (Scrooge sits by the fire; Father Christmas arrives and puts up Christmas decorations) The Airwick Winter Collection Two limited edition festive fragrances — Snowy cedars and mulled wine — Guaranteed to bring the spirit of Christmas to any home! Ajax (1) (Two cleaners and a lift operator walk on the wall) Gets floors too clean to walk on! Ajax (2) Power to shift deep-down stains! Ajax (3) Cleans like a white tornado! Ariel (1) With enzymes to digests dirt and stains/tackles the really tough stains that other powders leave behind Ariel (2) The dirt says “hot” the label says “not”. Ariel (3) Do your whites pass the window test? Ariel. Bacofoil: 1970s [Man in apron  roller skates alongside an extra-long wallpapering table, lining up oven-ready chickens on Bacofoil] Man: This is new double-length Bacofoil. I’ve got 30 seconds to show you how much food you can cook and wrap in this lot. I’m using chickens because I like chickens. It doesn’t have to be chickens. This lot will wrap 30 joints of beef, or 13 turkeys, or 65 pounds of cheese, or 104 rounds of sandwiches. [Reaches half-way point] This is where most other foils run out. Voiceover: New double-length Bacofoil. It’s twice the foil, but not twice the price. Man: I told you we needed a minute. Big S He said “You’re mine for ever”, but she got the dirty pans until Brillo freed her for love. She thought marriage was a bed of roses ― until she saw the mess in the kitchen. There were pans ― dirty pans. Yesterday she was a prisoner of dirty pans. Brillo set her free. He swept her into his arms, then dropped her into the sink. It was a lifetime of dirty pans ― then Brillo arrived. He promised her his worldly goods, but all she got was pans ― dirty pans Then one day Brillo broke into her prison. Calgon Washing machines live longer with Calgon. Comfort Softness is a thing called Comfort! Daz (1): 1950s The Daz white knights are coming your way with big cash prizes. We’re hurrying on our way with purses full of prize money. Our first stop could be at your house. We’re off. If we call, just show us a large Daz packet, answer a simple question correctly, and you win £5. If you have two large or one giant size, you can win £10. Daz white knights will be travelling far and wide including [towns varied by television area]. The Daz white nights are coming your way. And here’s another exciting thing to look out for. Our squires are already putting leaflets through almost every door. It gives you an extra chance of winning the same big prizes. Don’t waste this chance to win big prizes: buy Daz tomorrow because we may call on you. And remember, Daz washes so white you can see the difference! Daz (2) Fabulous Fabulon, makes clothes feel like new! Fairy household soap Fanny Cradock and Johnny are in the kitchen where Fanny is giving Johnny a hard time for having dirty cuffs and collars. After Fanny has given the items a good scrubbing with a block of Fairy soap, the stains vanish. Johnny adjusts his monocle and admires the result. Fanny (looking into the camera): Fairy’s a must for collars and cuffs! Fairy Liquid (1): 1961 Now hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face With mild green Fairy Liquid. Fairy Liquid (2): 1965 4-year-old girl using Fairy Liquid bottles to play skittles Mother: Who’s got my Fairy Liquid? Daughter: It’s for my ski


Who became a monarch after the death of Henry VIII?

BBC History - Henry VIII Henry VIII Henry VIII Henry VIII is one of the most famous kings in English history. He was the second Tudor monarch and was well-known for having six wives. His break with the papacy in Rome established the Church of England and began the Reformation. Image: Henry VIII (1491–1547) by Hans Holbein the younger (Getty Images) More information about: Henry VIII Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English throne. King of England When Henry VII died in 1509, this popular eighteen-year-old prince, known for his love of hunting and dancing, became King Henry VIII. Soon after he obtained the papal dispensation required to allow him to marry his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. In the first years of his reign Henry VIII effectively relied on Thomas Wolsey to rule for him, and by 1515 Henry had elevated him to the highest role in government: Lord Chancellor. In 1521 Pope Leo X conferred the title of Defender of the Faith on Henry for his book 'Assertio Septem Sacramentorum', which affirmed the supremacy of the Pope in the face of the reforming ideals of the German theologian, Martin Luther. Military might Henry VIII's early military campaigns began when he joined Pope Julius II's Holy League against France in 1511. Wolsey proved himself to be an outstanding minister in his organisation of the first French campaign and while the Scots saw this war as an opportunity to invade England, they were defeated at Flodden in 1513. However war with France ultimately proved expensive and unsuccessful. Henry VIII is known as the 'father of the Royal Navy.' When he became king there were five royal warships. By his death he had built up a navy of around 50 ships. He refitted several vessels with the latest guns including the Mary Rose, which sank in 1545. Henry also built the first naval dock in Britain at Portsmouth and in 1546 he established the Navy Board. This set up the administrative machinery for the control of the fleet. A male heir Henry was acutely aware of the importance of securing a male heir during his reign. He was worried that he had only one surviving child, Mary, to show for his marriage to Catherine, who was now in her 40s. So the king asked Cardinal Wolsey to appeal to Pope Clement VII for an annulment and it soon became clear he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn, who had been a lady-in-waiting to his first wife. But, unwilling to anger Catherine of Aragon's nephew – the most powerful ruler in Europe, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V – the Pope refused. Thomas Wolsey's ascendancy was cut short by this failure. In 1533, Henry VIII broke with the church and married the now pregnant Anne Boleyn in a secret ceremony. Henry was excommunicated by the Pope. The English reformation had begun. Head of the Church After Wolsey's downfall, Thomas Cromwell became Henry's chief minister and earned the confidence of the King by helping him to break with Rome and establish Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. This act also brought him much needed wealth through the dissolution of the well-funded monasteries. Over four years Cromwell ordered that 800 monasteries be disbanded and their lands and treasures taken for the crown. The cultural and social impact was significant, as much of the land was sold to the gentry and churches and monasteries were gutted and destroyed. Henry's personal religious beliefs remained Catholic, despite the growing number of people at court and in the nation who had adopted Protestantism. Anne Boleyn In September 1533 Anne gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth I). Henry had grown tired of her, and after two further pregnancies ended in miscarriages, she was arrested in 1536 on trumped up charges of adultery and publicly beheaded at the Tower of London. Henry's third marriage, this time to lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour, finally produced the son he so desperately desired with the birth of Edward in 1537. Ja


Which country was the first to win football's African Nations Cup?

Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana (IC 9-8 on pens) | Africa Cup of Nations final | Football | The Guardian Share on Messenger Close Could there have been a more unlikely hero than Boubacar Barry? He was the reserve keeper, the relic of the past, the clownish figure so often blamed for Ivorian failure. Elevated to play in the final only because Sylvain Gbohouo had suffered a thigh strain, he seized his opportunity in a ridiculous, hilarious, remarkable way, saving two penalties and then scoring the decisive kick in the shootout himself. The mood was of relief rather than jubilation. “When you win with your club it’s quite amazing but with your country it’s unbelievable,” Yaya Touré said. “I’ve been waiting I don’t know how many years to lift this trophy – as captain is something special. The luck came to our side today. I’m delighted and very happy.” For Ivory Coast this was the end of a 22-year wait that in the past nine years has become particularly acute. This was their third final in that time and, when Wilfried Bony and Junior Tallo failed with their first two penalties, they looked to be facing a third defeat. Gervinho, who missed the decisive kick three years ago but had been subbed here before the end, sat on a chair by the dugout throughout the shootout, facing away from the action. Nigel Pearson clings on to Leicester City job after night of confusion Read more “I’ve failed twice in final and it was hard to take,” said Touré. “Today is fantastic. It was a great stress because of the penalties. In 2012 against the coach [Hervé Renard, then of Zambia] my brother [Kolo] missed but today the penalties were something I hate. I must congratulate Copa [Barry]. He showed us the true example of solidarity.” But never doubt Renard and the lucky white shirt that is now unbeaten in 17 Cup of Nations games and that has made him the first manager to lift the trophy with two different sides. “The manager has been brilliant for us,” said Touré. “Without the manager we would have won nothing. He knows very well football in Africa. He made things difficult for me. He told me if I didn’t run he’d kick me out. He’s fantastic.” Pinterest Ivory Coast’s goalkeeper Boubacar Barry, right, scores the winning penalty against Ghana’s goalkeeper Razak Braimah. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP It will not matter to the Ivorians in their triumph but it should matter to CAF and African football that the final was played out before a disappointing crowd. The 2,000 or so orange-shirted members of the official Ivorian fan club were there, as they have been throughout the tournament, swaying along to the anthem and brandishing their various orange inflatables, and there were a few hundred Ghanaians, understandably keeping a lower profile after the events at the semi-final in Malabo on Thursday. Local fans, though, seem to have lost interest in the tournament after their own team went out in that semi-final: only a few hundred turned out at the third-place play-off on Saturday while even the free distribution of tickets outside the ground failed to persuade more than about 12,000 that it was worth braving the rain and the heightened security to attend the game. State television did not even screen the game live. Athletic Bilbao 2-5 Barcelona | La Liga match report Read more On a night that was about the Ivorians’ final consecration after a decade of near misses, it was perhaps appropriate that there were starts for all four of the players who survive from their squad that lost in the final in Egypt in 2006. The Tourés and Siaka Tiéné have been regulars through the tournament but Barry was a late and worrying addition. No matter; in this script he was the hero. Barry has never been the most confident of figures, his habit of leaving his shirt untucked and his mournful face adding to a reputation for haplessness that made it seem at times he is what Buster Keaton would have been if he had been a goalkeeper. Before half-time he had fumbled a cross and sliced a clearance while almost his first act after a cagey opening was to find his feet rooted and his body desperat


In an opera by Wagner, which eponymous group held a song contest, the prize being the hand of 'Eva'?

Opera Today : Wagner Tannhäuser: Royal Opera House, London Send to a Friend Perhaps Tim Albery’s inspiration came from the prize-singing contest. Dominating the stage in the First Act is a fake Royal Opera House proscenium, complete with fake velvet curtains and gold trimmings. It’s absolutely stunning. But beware! The fact remains, Tannhäuser is not Adriana Lecouvreur. For Wagner, Tannhäuser is torn between extremes. Venusberg represents orgiastic excess and abandonment, Wartburg ascetic self denial. Wartburg wins. Venusberg doesn’t. If Albery thinks Tannhäuser is a metaphor for opera and for the Royal Opera House in particular, maybe he should get out more and see the real world. Prize song contests aren’t just about “singing”, as we know from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and it is even closer to medieval morality tales. For Wagner (who personally liked velvet and excess) what is at issue is a new sensibility built on rigorous conceptual thinking. Wagner’s deliberately distancing himself from Meyerbeer and what he thought of as feelgood, but brainless, glitz. Hence, the ballet that portrays Venusberg. It’s a pointed dig against the kind of entertainment Wagner rejected, and at the kind of audiences who used to flock to see ballerinas’ legs, ignoring the music and drama. Here the ballet is presented completely devoid of irony. Once I saw a production where the ballet was a bondage orgy, the dancers inhuman beasts. Horrifying yet hypnotic, which is why Tannhäuser was enslaved. If Venusberg was as safe and wholesome and dull as this ballet, he would have long since died of boredom. Eva-Marie Westbroek as Elisabeth Albery’s Wartburg is post apocalyptic greyness. The Royal Opera House arch lies broken, twisted like rubble in the background. Visually, though this adds a vertical element to the horizontal flatness. The barrenness is valid, since Wartburg’s in crisis situation. If Venusberg’s no fun, Wartburg should be even less so. Physical movement in the First Act is slow to the point of being comatose. At first I thought this was to allow for Johann Botha’s disability, which would be laudable, but then remembered that excessively slow movement is a Tim Albery trademark. In Albery’s Der fliegende Holländer , Bryn Terfel spent much of the time appearing to pull a long rope suspended diagonally across the stage. (An echo of that rope appears in this Tannhäuser too.) Grunge aesthetic is an Albery thing, whatever the opera or the singer, and sometimes it works. Obviously directors have an individual language, as all artists do, but grimness for its own sake can become tedious if it holds up dramatic flow. Tannhäuser is not a romantic hero. He left Wartburg in a pique and gave in whole-heartedly to Venusberg’s excesses. Thus Johann Botha’s portrayal is psychologically accurate. Wagner’s whole point is that the character is sated, almost destroyed by what he’s experienced, yet still has a spark of goodness that makes him worth saving. That’s why Elisabeth cares about him. Why redeem someone who doesn’t need help? Botha’s characterization was much more subtle and true to the role and to the opera than might meet the eye. On the ear, too, he was very good, totally justifying the casting, even if his voice flagged in the final Act. Much better that Botha sings Tannhäuser with a sense of his inner complexes. Conflict is central to this opera, and Botha’s singing expresses depth and complexity. It’s a difficult role, and less gratifying because the big showpiece song isn’t his, but Botha shows that he’s a hero in his own way. Perhaps Wagner knew that the Meyerbeer crowd would never understand. Michaela Schuster as Venus Tannhäuser might see Elisabeth as the Virgin Mary, but Elisabeth is a real woman with intense passions. Eva-Maria Westbroek’s singing brings out the wildness, even the sexuality in the role. Westbroek’s forte is bringing personality to the parts she sings, and here she turns an almost stereotype into a fully-formed human being,. A lesser singer would be trapped by the restrictions created by this costume and dire


In the Bible, from what was 'Eve' created?

How Was Eve Created? - Contradictions in Genesis By Austin Cline Updated January 01, 2016. Genesis has contradictory accounts of when and how Eve, the first woman, was created. The Bible's first creation story says that Eve was created at the same time as Adam. The Bible's second creation story says that Adam was created first, then all the animals were created, and finally Eve was created from one of Adam's ribs. So when was Eve created relative to Adam and other animals?   First Human Creation Story Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.   Second Human Creation Story Genesis 2:18-22: And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.   It's interesting that so many people remember the second story about Eve being created from Adam's rib, but not the first one. Granted, it's a more engaging story with more going on, but is it mere coincidence that it's also the story in which woman is portrayed as secondary to man? Is it mere coincidence that the creation story which churches emphasize is the one in which woman was created simply to help man while the creation story where woman is created as an equal alongside man is not? So which story about the creation of Eve is supposed to be the "correct" one? The order and nature of events in these two Bible stories are contradictory and they cannot both be true, though they can both be false. Is this a legitimate Bible contradiction or can the two Genesis accounts of when Eve was created be harmonized? If you think you can resolve this Bible contradiction, explain how — but your solution cannot add anything new that's not already in the stories and cannot leave out any details that the Bible provides.


What was the name of the character played by Anna Wing in 'Eastenders'?

Anna Wing obituary | Television & radio | The Guardian Anna Wing obituary Actor who became a household name in her 70s as Lou Beale in EastEnders Anna Wing took along her birth certificate to the EastEnders audition to prove she was the daughter of a greengrocer. Photograph: Graham Turner Thursday 11 July 2013 08.56 EDT First published on Thursday 11 July 2013 08.56 EDT Share on Messenger Close When Anna Wing took on her most famous role, in EastEnders in 1985, the Sun ran the headline: "Enter the dragon ... Lou Beale!" As hard as nails and as brittle as pressed flowers, Lou was one of a declining breed, an East End widow whose power indoors was absolute, but whose attitude towards the outside world was one of mounting fear and alienation. She played Albert Square's indomitable matriarch for only four years but Wing, who has died aged 98, became synonymous for many with her character. The original character outline by Julia Smith and Tony Holland, creators of EastEnders, described Lou Beale thus: "The changing face of the area (especially the immigrants) is a constant source of fear to her, but then she doesn't go out much. She prefers to be at home, or on a trip down memory lane." Wing recognised this stereotypical character as she had grown up among such women. Born in Hackney, east London, she took her birth certificate to the audition to prove she was the daughter of a greengrocer – which was fitting since Lou and her late husband Albert had built up the Beales' business running a fruit and veg stall on Walford market. At the time of her audition, Wing was 71 and the show's producers worried whether she was up to EastEnders' tough filming schedules. "All my life I've been an actress, now I want to be a household name," she told them. She worked 70 hours a week for four years to achieve that aim, playing Lou largely from an armchair, dispensing reminiscences to the family faithful . "I can recall when there was 25 of us round this table for Sunday winkles, and separate tables out in the yard for the kiddies," she said once. She could even reflect on the menopause with her trademark combination of denial and sentiment: "I never had all that trouble. I just got on with it. In my day, we fetched ourselves by the bootstraps and carried on, no matter what." By 1988, Wing had had enough. She asked to be written out. "We had 31 million viewers and it was shown all over the world, and I suddenly thought 'Should I be in this?'... I had a crisis of conscience." So the scriptwriters killed Lou off. She returned from an outing to Leigh-on-Sea feeling ill and retreated to bed. After giving putative wisdom to her descendants, her last words were: "That's you lot sorted. I can go now." After her funeral, her son, Pete, proposed a toast to that "bloody old bag". Wing deserves disentangling from the legend of Lou Beale. She was several things unimaginable to her soap character, including a Quaker and a CND supporter. She decided, aged 11, that she wanted to be an actor after seeing John Gielgud on stage at the Old Vic (in 1977, she appeared with her idol in Alain Resnais' film Providence). After attending the Croydon School of Acting in south London, Wing worked extensively in repertory theatre. She was also a teacher – and an artist's model, at tenpence an hour. "I had a very attractive body, a Renoir, and they were mad about it." When war broke out in 1939, Wing, a lifelong pacifist, took a nursing course and volunteered with the Red Cross. After the war, she worked as both a nursery school teacher and a stalwart of rep, where she met her first husband, the merchant navy lieutenant and actor Peter Davey. The pair had a son, Mark, and were divorced in 1947. In 2007, she reckoned to have appeared in at least 50 plays in 68 years, among them Early Morning in 1969 and A Man for All Seasons in 1971. During the 70s, she worked with Mark (the actor and director Mark Wing-Davey ) in Sheffield Crucible's production of Free for All. She also had small parts in films including Billy Liar (1963) and an adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House (1973


0191 is the telephone code for which British city?

Country and City Telephone Codes by Long Distance POST/Belmont Telecom Inc., International Dialing Codes All points 8 plus 5 digits ASCENSION Islands City Codes not required. All points 4 digits AUSTRALIA 61 Ach 7727, Bludenz 5552, Graz 316, Innsbruck 512, Kitzbuhel 5356, Klagenfurt 463, Krems An Der Donau 2732,   Linz 70, Linz Donau 70, Neunkirchen Niederosterreich 2635, Salzburg 662, Vienna 1, Villach   4242, Wels 7242, Wiener Neustadt 2622 AUSTRIA 43 Baden Bei   Wien 2252, Badgastein 6434, Graz 316, Horn 2982, Innsbruck 512, Kitzbuehel 5356,   Klagenfurt 4222, Klosterneuburg 2243, Krems An Der Donau 2732, Linz 70, Linz Donau 732,   Lofer 6588, Neunkirchen Niederosterreich 2635, Salzburg 662, Sankt Polten 2742, Thuringen   5550, Velden Am Wother See 4274, Vienna 1, Weis 7242, Zell Am See 6542 AZERBAIJAN 994 Baku 12, Dashkasan 216, Sumgayit 264 BRAZIL 55 Aracajú 79, Belem 91, Belo Horizonte, 31, Boa Vista 95, Botucatu 14, Brasilia 61, Campinas 19, Campo Grande, 84, Canoas 51, Cuiabá 65, Curitiba 41, Diadema 11, Florianópolis 48, Fortaleza 85, Goiania 62, Guarulhos 11, João Pessoa 83, Juiz de Fora 32, Jundiai 11,  Londrina 43, Macapá 96, Maceió 82, Manaus 92, Natal 84, Niteroi 21, Nova Hamburgo, 51, Palmas 63, Paranagua 41, Pelotas 532, Porto  Alegre 51, Porto Velho 69, Recife 81, Ribeirao Preto, 16, Rio de Janeiro, 21, Salvador 71, Santo Andre 11, Santos 13, São Bernardo, do  Campo 11, São Jose dos, Campos 12, São Luiz 98, São Paulo 11, Teresina 86, Vitoria 27 British VIRG Isl Bahenda 36, Buea 32, Veliko Turnovo 62, Yaounde 23 CANADA 1 Alberta 403, British Columbia 250, Vancouver and the Lower Mainland 604, Victoria (and the rest of   the province) 250, Manitoba 204, New Brunswick 506, Newfoundland 709, Nova Scotia 902,   Prince Edward Island 902, Ontario, Fort William 807, Hamilton 905, London 519, Kingston   613, Mississauga 905, North Bay 705, Ottawa 613, Sault Ste. Marie 705, Thunder Bay 807, Toronto 416, Windsor 519, Quebec Montreal 514, Montreal Surburban 450, Quebec City 418, Sherbrooke 819, Trois-Rivieres 819,   Saskatchewan 306, The Northwest Territories 819, 867 and 403, Yukon 403, 867 CAPE VERDE Islands CHILE 56 Antofagasta 55, Arica 58, Calama 56, Chiquayante 41, Concepcion 41, Iquique 57, Penco 41, Puerto Montt 65,   Punta Arenas 61, Rancagua 72, Tecreo 31, San Bernardo 2, Santiago 2, Talca 71, Talcahuano   41, Temuco 45, Valparaiso 32, Vina Del Mar 32 CHINA 86 Anqing 556,   Anshan 412, Baicheng 436, Baoan Xian 755, Baoding 312, Baoji 917, Beihai 779, Beijing   (Peking), 10, Bengbu 552, Cangzhou 317, Changchun 431, Changde 736, Changle 5041, Changsha   731, Changzhou 519, Chaoyang 7644, Chaozhou 7681, Chengde 314, Chengdu 28, Chongan 5098,   Chongqing 811, Conghua 2092, Dagang 22, Dalian 411, Dandong 415, Daqing 4610, Deyang 8241,   Dongguan 7620, Foshan 757, Fuding 5033, Fuxin 418, Fuzhou 591, Gaoming 7650, Gongzhuling,   438, Guangzhou 20, Guilin 773, Guiyang 851, Gutian 5037, Haikou 750, Handan 310, Hangu 22,   Hangzhou 571, Hankou 27, Harbin 451, Hefei 551, Hengshui 318, Hengyang 734, Hepu 7892,   Heshan 7680, Huanggang 713, Huangshi 714, Huaxian 20, Huian 5051, Huizhou 752, Huzhou 572,   Jiamusi 454, Jiangmen 7682, Jianou 5094, Jianyang 590, Jiaxing 573, Jilin 432, Jinan 531,   Jinhua 579, Jining 537, Jinjiang 595, Jinzhou 416, Kaifeng 378, Kaiping 7658, Kunming 871,   Langfang 316, Lanzhou 931, Lianyungang, 518, Liaoyang 419, Liaoyuan 437, Lishui 578,   Liuzhou 772, Longgang 755, Longhai 5062, Longyan, Fujian, 597, Luoyang 379, Luzhou 8400,   Maanshan 555, Mawei 591, Meizhou 753, Mianyang 816, Minqing 5046, Mudanjiang 453, Nanan   5053, Nanching 791, Nanchong 817, Nanjing 25, Nanning 771, Nanping 599, Nantong 513,   Nantou 755, Nanyang 377, Ningbo 574, Ningde 593, Panjin 4271, Panyu 2096, Pingdingshan,   375, Pingtan 5043, Pucheng 5091, Puning 7649, Putian 594, Qingdao 532, Qinhuangdao, 335,   Qinzhou 777, Quanzhou 595, Quzhou 570, Sanming 598, Sanshui 7652, Shanghai 21, Shangqiu   370, Shantou 754, Shaoguan 751, Shaowu 5096, Shaoxing 575,


In which 1991 film were the whole 'Royal Family' wiped out, leaving a club pianist, played by John Goodman, as king?

King Ralph Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 36 out of 47 people found the following review useful: Regarding the film from London, England 29 October 2004 I think that people are generally harsh towards the nature of this film. It is not meant to be entirely accurate and yes, perhaps I am slightly biased having starred in the film myself (Jason Richards (I) on IMDb). You will see that I played the role of Ralph II, the little guy who played that tiny piano/ keyboard at the end of the film! Having looked at the film again recently, I regard it as one of those classic comedies not to be mocked. I had great fun when acting in the film and I had just as much fun watching it! John Goodman really is the greatest of guys (although the size of him really scared me when I met him!) I suggest to everyone who mocks this film, that this is one of the reasons he became so great in the movie world. If it wasn't for King Ralph, he would have never got to the Flintstones or any of the other films which have come to make him so renowned. Was the above review useful to you? 20 out of 23 people found the following review useful: Royally Amusing from Buffalo, New York 18 February 2006 Though this film got trashed in a lot of circles, I rather like it if for no other reasons than it gives Americans some notion of the function of the monarchy in Great Britain. Sometimes having the head of state and the head of government does have its bad points. Watergate for instance might have not been the gut wrenching experience if in America we were a parliamentary democracy with a royal head of state. Richard Nixon would have been put up for a "no confidence" vote and out he would have been without all the drama. Drama on the other side of the Atlantic is saved for the Royals. This film might give an American some idea of what the abdication crisis was all about. John Goodman as the American born King has his own Mrs. Simpson. In fact how he got to the throne is quite the tale. On some grand occasion the extended royal family got together for what looks like a team picture like they take in spring training of the various baseball rosters. Someone left a loose electrical cable dangling on the metal bleachers and the whole lot of them were electrocuted. Genealogists poured through the Windham family tree and found some member had renounced it all and gone to America. The heir of that forgotten branch is John Goodman, Ralph Jones who does a lounge act in Las Vegas and not in classier joints in Las Vegas. Of course the free and easy and thoroughly American Goodman doesn't take readily to his new found job. He can't quite comprehend that he has to serve as well as be served. And he has the same problem the Duke of Windsor had when he was briefly Edward VIII. With a lot more excuse since Windsor was brought up in the tradition. Peter O'Toole as the lord who tries to give him some on the job training and John Hurt who has his own reasons for wanting Goodman to flop both give stand out performances. Best scene the palace ball for Goodman's prospective bride when Goodman does his lounge act. It's a funny film and in its own way educational. The Duke of Windsor should have seen it. His duty would have been clear. Was the above review useful to you? 22 out of 28 people found the following review useful: Predictable but Hilarious from El Paso, TX, USA 13 June 2004 I confess that "King Ralph" is one of my favorite movies. Yes, the basic plot concept of the film has been done in MANY stories, both written and filmed, but the superb acting coupled with the not-so-subtle jabs at British Royalty push the plot right over the top. Never mind that John Goodman is brilliant (as usual), but the well-done and loosely-serious role of Peter O'Toole adds a much needed anchor to Mr. Goodman's highly-anticipated antics. The filming locations of the film as well provide a truly beautiful backdrop to the production, steeped strongly in tradition and British heritage. Two thumbs up for this light-hearted comedy that dares to poke at some of the more serious issues of royal responsibil


In which opera by Offenbach does a poet relate three stories about the loves of his life?

The Tales of Hoffmann | opera by Offenbach | Britannica.com The Tales of Hoffmann Alternative Title: “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” Related Topics Brief excerpt from the barcarole “ Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour, ” also … Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour, ” also called … The Tales of Hoffmann, French Les Contes d’Hoffmann, opera by German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach , with a French libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier, the latter of whom was a coauthor of the play of the same name, from which the opera was derived. The opera premiered in Paris on February 10, 1881. It was the last and easily the most serious of the many Offenbach operas. Its premiere came posthumously. Left unfinished at Offenbach’s death, the work was completed by the composer’s colleagues. The opera is perhaps best known for its barcarolle “ Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour, ” originally a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano , though often heard in instrumental transcriptions. Background and context Like the play, the opera is based on three of the psychologically complicated and fantastic stories of the German Romantic author and composer E.T.A. Hoffmann . Those stories are “ Der Sandmann Die Geschichte vom verlorenen Spiegelbilde ” (“ The Story of the Lost Reflection ”). The opera was intended for the 1877–78 season at Paris’s Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique, though Offenbach missed the deadline by a large margin. When he died in 1880, he had not yet finished its last acts. Determined to bring the work to the stage, the theatre’s managers brought in composer Ernest Guiraud to finish the opera in time for its long-delayed premiere. Further revisions followed. Jacques Offenbach. © Photos.com/Jupiterimages The Tales of Hoffmann has no “official” version. Among the points of debate among music historians are Offenbach’s intentions regarding sung recitatives versus spoken dialogue . Even the order of the opera’s acts has been varied. The opera opens and closes with scenes of Hoffmann’s obsession with Stella, an opera singer. In between are visions of his passions for three other women. Offenbach’s original plan was that those three acts would serve as a kind of spiritual journey from youthful infatuation (the Olympia act) through mature love (the Antonia act) to the indulgences of an idle wastrel (the Giulietta act). In contemporary performance, however, the second and third acts are sometimes switched. Further, some companies label the Prologue as Act I and renumber the succeeding acts accordingly. The structure shown in the synopsis below is one of several variations. Similar Topics Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 Given the debate, not only opera directors but also conductors and musicologists have taken on the task of reimagining Hoffmann. Numerous alternate versions exist, each with its own advocates. One particularly notable version was crafted by American musicologist Michael Kaye, who, in studying Offenbach’s original drafts, restored music for the muse Nicklausse and expanded the Giulietta act, increasing its dramatic impact. For musicological and theatrical reasons, those and other changes that Kaye suggests attracted a strong following, and it may yet become the standard version of Hoffmann. Also problematic is the number of singers required for the principal roles. In each act, the leading tenor is the character of Hoffmann. However, the principal baritone is named Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, or Dapertutto, depending on the scene at hand. The featured soprano may take the role of each of Hoffmann’s loves—Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta, and Stella—in turn. Evidence reveals that Offenbach intended one soprano to perform all the roles and one baritone as well, so as to clarify the notion that those different characters are different aspects of a single personality. Baritones have not protested, as their four roles resemble each other in music style. The four soprano roles, however, make quite different demands upon the voice—from light coloratura to intense drama—so it requires an exceptional soprano to take on all roles. Councillor Lindorf ( bass or ba


In which country was Mohammad al Fayed born?

Mohamed Al-Fayed - Bio, Facts, Family | Famous Birthdays Mohamed Al-Fayed Egyptian businessman whose interests ranged from sports franchises to hotels and department stores. Before Fame He was always a go-getter. His first business was a lemonade stand in his front yard. Trivia He was once the 993rd richest person in the world. Family Life He was married to Samira Kashoggi for two years. He has three sons named Dodi, Karim and Omar and two daughters named Camila and Jasmine.


Royal baby: The top 10 in line for the British throne Email a friend PRINCE William’s daughter is fourth in line to inherit the British throne, behind brother Prince George. The birth means everyone below the baby will move down a place, starting with William’s brother, Prince Harry, who will drop to fifth. But who are the others lining up behind him? Here are the top 10 in line for the throne: 1. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales Visionary ... Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. Picture: Tristan Fewings - Pool/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images The Queen’s number one son has been waiting longer to get his hands on the crown than any other heir to the British throne and, at 66 years-of-age, is the oldest since 1714. Once considered “a bit out there” with his views on architecture, the environment and alternative medicine, he is now seen more visionary. Blotted his copy book when divorced first wife Princess Diana and married the unpopular Camilla Parker-Bowles but with the passage of time public opinion has mellowed. 2. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Popular ... Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Picture: Carl Court/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images Eldest son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, hasn’t put a foot wrong in his 32 years, marrying a dream princess in Kate Middleton, fathering an heir, choosing a career as a helicopter rescue pilot and looking good in uniform. Enormously popular due in no small part to affection held for his late mother, was once the public’s choice to leapfrog his father onto the throne but now firmly ensconced as number two in line. 3. Prince George of Cambridge His Royal cuteness ... Prince George of Cambridge. Picture: AFPSource:AFP Eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Queen’s firstborn great-grandson, Prince George ensured the House of Windsor a direct line of male succession to the throne with his birth at St Mary’s Hospital Paddington on July 22, 2013. 4. Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge The newborn ... The little princess fast asleep. Picture: John Stillwell/Pool via APSource:AP The latest addition to the Royal family, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge, bumps uncle Harry down a spot and would ascend to the throne on the death of father William and brother George. 5. Prince Henry of Wales, known as Prince Harry “Real” royal ... Prince Harry joins the long line of second children born one step from the throne — the so-called spare to the heir. Picture: AFP PHOTOSource:AFP Once number three in line to the throne, Prince Harry seems happier the further down the batting order he goes. The most popular royal behind the Queen, Harry has given the royal family a younger, more dynamic image both domestically and internationally. A frontline soldier with a genuine interest in the plight of disabled vets, his occasional indiscretions only add to his image as a “real” royal. 6. Prince Andrew Duke of York “Randy Andy” ... Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Picture: AFPSource:AFP Once held the position “all care, no responsibility” now enjoyed by nephew Harry, but at 55 “Randy Andy” has become the poster boy for anti-royalists who paint him as an ageing philanderer who hangs out with shady characters and sponges off the public purse. Good to his ex-wife and children though. 7. Princess Beatrice of York Party girl ... Princess Beatrice of York. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images Eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and former wife Sarah Ferguson, 26 year-old Beatrice’s globetrotting, party-going ways have seen her follow her parents as an easy target of British media. 8. Princess Eugenie of York Mad hatter ... Princess Eugenie of York. Picture: Owen Humphreys - WPASource:Supplied Like mother, father and sister, Eugenie never steps out without a target on her back. Best known for the hat she wore to William and Kate’s wedding which accomplished the near impossible and made Beatrice’s headpiece seem almost understated. 9. Prince Edward Earl of Essex Royal wave ... Pince Edward Earl of Essex. Picture: SuppliedSource:News Corp Australia The queen’s


In astrology, name the only star sign not represented by aliving creature?

Libra The Scales – Star Sign Style SHOP Libra The Scales Of Justice… They say that the balance seeking tendencies of Libra can be likened to the Scales of justice, as this zodiac sign strives towards equality and temperance. Libra is Latin for weighing scales and the Libran nature of weighing and swaying is demonstrated in the glyph of the zodiac sign. So, what’s the legend of Libra? The Mythology Of Libra The Scales… As far back as Babylonian astronomy, Libra was known as Mul Zibanu, ‘the Scales’, and were held as sacred to the Sun god Shamash, patron of truth and justice. During the Sun’s transit of the Libra constellation the days and nights are equal and fair, which is where ancient Babylon perhaps originated this thought and association. Since then, Libra has been associated with themes of fairness, as it balances night and day. Greek astronomer Geminus of Rhodes wrote about Libra in the first century B.C. and the Egyptian priest Manetho also wrote of Libra in the third century B.C, however Libra only became a constellation later, in ancient Rome. Manetho introduced the idea that Libra represented legal dealings, linking the constellation with the ‘tables of law’, what is permissible and forbidden, the “people’s magistrate holding lifelong office… Indeed, whatever stands in dispute and needs a ruling the pointer of the balance will determine.” In Roman mythology, Libra is considered to depict scales held by Astraea, a.k.a Virgo, goddess of justice. Libra follows Virgo in the order of the zodiac too. In ancient Egypt, the Scales were used to weigh the souls of the dead against the Feather of Truth, a ritual for the afterlife. Again this symbolism is linked to justice, and the symbol for Libra,  , might well come from the hieroglyphic ‘Akhet’, the place of sunrise. So Civilised! Libra is the only constellation of the zodiac signs that is not represented by a living creature, although in Arabic culture and in ancient Greece Libra was seen as the Scorpius the Scorpion’s claws (or Scorpio), hung upside down. Art For Libra The Scales


What is the name of the 'pre-Roman Road' that runs from Norfolk to Wiltshire?

Wanborough, Wiltshire, England Introduction Wanborough is a village located in north-east Wiltshire, in southern England, about 3 miles south-east of the centre of Swindon. It can be seen near the bottom right corner of the enlarged map of the Swindon area (273,987 bytes), and I have produced a sketch map of the village . It was the home of more than half of my father's ancestors, so far as I have been able to trace them. Origin of The Name There are two theories as to the origins of this name, both showing derivation from original Saxon. The name consists of two parts, "Wan" and "borough". Wan could be from the Saxon word waegn, meaning waggon, or it could be from the Saxon word wenn, meaning tumour. The second part undoubtedly comes from the Saxon word beorg, but this can mean either hill or burial mound. Thus the name as a whole could mean either waggon hill, or place at the tumour shaped mounds (referring to a former nearby round barrow). The original Roman name for Wanborough was Durocornovium (my thanks to Andy James for that piece of information). Geography The village is divided into two parts by a steep hill, the parts being known, not surprisingly, as Upper Wanborough and Lower Wanborough, although some old records, such as the 1841 census, refer to them as West Town and East Town respectively. It lies on a Roman road, the Ermin Way or Ermin Street, about one and a half miles north of where that road crosses the even older Ridgeway, and where it crosses that other pre-Roman road the Icknield Way. Upper Wanborough is about 650 feet above sea level (although the parish extends much further south and rises to 800 feet), the further end of Lower Wanborough only about 300 feet. The lowest part of the parish, in the north and north west, was marked on old maps as Wanborough Marsh, with good reason, while the highest, largely uninhabited, area in the south was marked as Wanborough Plain. Upper Wanborough's location on the Ermin Way was determined, like that of many villages in the area, by the underlying geology. The steep hill mentioned which divides the village into its two parts is a part of the north facing escarpment where the chalk hills covering much of Wessex meet the lower lying, mainly clay, river basins such as the Thames. The chalk is permeable to water, so the hilltops are dry. Where the chalk meets the lower lying, impermeable, clay, there is a line of springs, and that is where villages grew up and where the Icknield Way (an old drovers' road between Wales and Norfolk) runs. There is a long, winding minor road linking a whole series of such villages in this area, including Chiseldon, Badbury, Liddington, Upper Wanborough, Little Hinton (= Hinton Parva), Bishopstone, Idstone, Ashbury and so on almost to Wantage. The map shows them all lying just a mile or two north of the Ridgeway, which runs more or less along the top of the escarpment, where travel in ancient times was so much easier than in the marshy forested valley below. Possibly a result of the use of these long-distance roads is the presence in Wanborough (past and present) of an unusually large number of inns, hotels and other sellers of alcohol. Many of those there now can be seen on Mike Park's Wanborough page and there are photos of them on my Wanborough Buildings and Views page . History Wanborough was once much more important than it is today, as well as being larger in area than the present parish. The Romans had a settlement here which was later taken over by the Romano-British. Several major battles are reported to have taken place within the present parish boundaries between these Britons and the invading Saxons. The parish then was about 5 miles north to south and 1.75 miles to 2.5 miles east to west. Later the width was reduced by about a third when Little Hinton became a separate parish. An old book refers to the "Town of Wanborough looking down on little Swindon". Just recently the little village of Wanborough was incorporated into the large, rapidly growing town of Swindon (population approaching 200,000). An indication of the tow


In which Dickens novel do 'Bitzer', 'Sleary', and 'James Harthouse' appear?

SparkNotes: Hard Times: Character List Character List Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Thomas Gradgrind -  A wealthy, retired merchant in Coketown, England; he later becomes a Member of Parliament. Mr. Gradgrind espouses a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and cold, hard fact. He describes himself as an “eminently practical” man, and he tries to raise his children—Louisa, Tom, Jane, Adam Smith, and Malthus—to be equally practical by forbidding the development of their imaginations and emotions. Read an in-depth analysis of Thomas Gradgrind. Louisa -  Gradgrind’s daughter, later Bounderby’s wife. Confused by her coldhearted upbringing, Louisa feels disconnected from her emotions and alienated from other people. While she vaguely recognizes that her father’s system of education has deprived her childhood of all joy, Louisa cannot actively invoke her emotions or connect with others. Thus she marries Bounderby to please her father, even though she does not love her husband. Indeed, the only person she loves completely is her brother Tom. Read an in-depth analysis of Louisa. Thomas Gradgrind, Jr -  . Gradgrind’s eldest son and an apprentice at Bounderby’s bank, who is generally called Tom. Tom reacts to his strict upbringing by becoming a dissipated, hedonistic, hypocritical young man. Although he appreciates his sister’s affection, Tom cannot return it entirely—he loves money and gambling even more than he loves Louisa. These vices lead him to rob Bounderby’s bank and implicate Stephen as the robbery’s prime suspect. Josiah Bounderby -  Gradgrind’s friend and later Louisa’s husband. Bounderby claims to be a self-made man and boastfully describes being abandoned by his mother as a young boy. From his childhood poverty he has risen to become a banker and factory owner in Coketown, known by everyone for his wealth and power. His true upbringing, by caring and devoted parents, indicates that his social mobility is a hoax and calls into question the whole notion of social mobility in nineteenth-century England. Read an in-depth analysis of Josiah Bounderby. Cecelia Jupe -  The daughter of a clown in Sleary’s circus. Sissy is taken in by Gradgrind when her father disappears. Sissy serves as a foil, or contrast, to Louisa: while Sissy is imaginative and compassionate, Louisa is rational and, for the most part, unfeeling. Sissy embodies the Victorian femininity that counterbalances mechanization and industry. Through Sissy’s interaction with her, Louisa is able to explore her more sensitive, feminine sides. Mrs. Sparsit -  Bounderby’s housekeeper, who goes to live at the bank apartments when Bounderby marries Louisa. Once a member of the aristocratic elite, Mrs. Sparsit fell on hard times after the collapse of her marriage. A selfish, manipulative, dishonest woman, Mrs. Sparsit cherishes secret hopes of ruining Bounderby’s marriage so that she can marry him herself. Mrs. Sparsit’s aristocratic background is emphasized by the narrator’s frequent allusions to her “Roman” and “Coriolanian” appearance. Stephen Blackpool  -  A Hand in Bounderby’s factory. Stephen loves Rachael but is unable to marry her because he is already married, albeit to a horrible, drunken woman. A man of great honesty, compassion, and integrity, Stephen maintains his moral ideals even when he is shunned by his fellow workers and fired by Bounderby. Stephen’s values are similar to those endorsed by the narrator.


Which pop group was named for the schoolboy hero of the film 'Back To The Future'?

52 Reasons Why Back To The Future Might Just be the Greatest Film of all Time 52 Reasons Why Back To The Future Might Just be the Greatest Film of all Time Power up the DeLorean, turn the time circuits on and get the flux capacitor! Flipboard (As our editor Matt Holmes turns 25 today, he's out of office and we are going to re-publish some old favourites. Such as this beauty from Gareth Bunkham) Power up the DeLorean, turn the time circuits on and get the flux capacitor fluxing, 'Back to the Future' has landed back in U.K. cinema's for a refreshing, and unique, nationwide re-release. This is something we've been asking studio's to do for some time, put serious money in giving genuine classics that glourious chance to find a whole new audience. To celebrate the release, he's a re-running of an old favourite. 52 reasons (in no particular order) why Back to the Future might just be the greatest film of all time (and make sure you check it out in theatres now)... 1. The Opening Scene The opening scene in 'Back to the Future' is quite simply: perfect. It flawlessly sets up the films central themes of time and space, provides heaps of exposition, presents the clock imagery that runs through the entire franchise and foreshadows events further on the film in one simple tracking shot; but most importantly it grabs your attention instantly. Every time I watch Back to the Future I pick up on something new in that opening scene. The most recent occasion it was that one of Docs myriad clocks has a little scientist that looks remarkably like Dr. Emmett L. Brown himself hanging from one of the hands, foreshadowing that spine-tingling scene later in the film (more on that later though). 2. The Coolest Movie Car Ever You made a time machine out of a DeLorean? Ive heard all the arguments for other celluloid cars but nothing even comes close to Docs modified DeLorean  its a time machine for crying out loud! 3. Crispin Glover The man who is the very definition of the phrase cult actor got his big break in 'Back to the Future' and went on to carve out a career filled with eclectic performances coupled with a plethora of off-screen eccentricities. Glover is brilliant as George McFly and as much of a cult hero as he has become, its a shame 'Back to the Future' wasnt the start of a more successful career for this charismatic enigma. 4. Johnny B. Goode Well its an oldie where I come from One of Back to the Futures most enduring scenes is Martys performance of Chuck Berrys legendary 'Johnny B. Goode', complete with freak-out guitar solo at the end mimicking the playing traits of some of his all-time great guitar heroes. Back to the Future - Johnny B. Goode As Marty looks out on the shocked crowd after his axe-wielding antics he realises hes lost the 50s kids and quips: I guess you guys arent ready for that yet but your kids are gonna love it. 5. The Chuck Berry reference Its your cousin Marvin Mid-way through the aforementioned performance of Johnny B. Goode, before Martys over zealous string plucking loses the room, front man of the band playing the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, Marvin, of 'Marvin Berry and the Starlighters' fame, heads off to the side of the stage and makes a phone call. Yelling over the music to his cousin Charlie he remarks you know that new sound youre looking for? Well listen to this and holds the phone out to capture Johnny B. Goode, essentially suggesting that Marty is responsible for giving Chuck Berry the inspiration for Johnny B. Goode and the pioneering of rock n roll. This scene is typical of the clever alternate time zone pop culture references that pepper the whole 'Back to the Future' trilogy  the use of Charlie rather than Chuck and the fact that Marvins surname is Berry, means this not an obvious reference to everyone but its very well done all the same.


From which ship did Grace Darling and her father rescue seven survivors in 1838?

Wreck and Rescue: Grace Darling, A Victorian Heroine | Historic England Wreck and Rescue: Grace Darling, A Victorian Heroine Glossary Wreck and Rescue: Grace Darling, A Victorian Heroine When Grace Darling was born on November 24th, 1815, in the Northumbrian town of Bamburgh, to the lighthouse keeper William Darling and his wife Thomasina, there was little indication that she would become one of the most fêted heroines of the Victorian era and a celebrated media figure. William was the keeper at Brownstone lighthouse among the Farne Islands, but in 1826 transferred to the new Longstone light, which was better positioned to warn shipping away from the Farne Islands: for ever after the name Darling would be associated with the Longstone lighthouse and with one of the most notorious wrecks lost among the Farne Islands. The late 18th to early 19th century cottage in which Grace Darling was born, of random rubble stones with a slate roof. © Mr Steve Miller. Source Historic England Archive Disaster! The Farne Islands are a notorious ships' graveyard: a collection of rocks and small islands lying off the forbidding cliff of Bamburgh. Caught in a storm with the wind blowing from the south-east, countless vessels coming from the south overshot their intended destination of Tynemouth to come to grief among the Farnes further to the north. Many of the Farne rocks have names hinting at their capacity to tear ships apart, among them the Fang and the Knivestone. During a storm on the night of 7th September, 1838, like many other vessels before and since, the paddle steamer Forfarshire , bound from Hull for Dundee with a general cargo and passengers, was driven onto the rocks and 'went to pieces': few people today now realise the maritime origin of this phrase. The night of the wreck On that fateful night, Grace, now 22, was at home at the lighthouse with her parents. The lighthouse would have borne the brunt of the storm, battered by the huge waves crashing against its walls, so its effects on the disintegrating wreck can easily be imagined. In the early morning the family could just make out the wreck, but only when it was fully light could they see the survivors on Big Harcar Rock, clinging to the fore part of the wreck which was all that remained. The weather conditions were too atrocious to permit any hope of rescue from the mainland, and local fishermen considered the attempt far too perilous. Even William himself had his doubts, but there was no other possible help for the few survivors still clinging to what remained of their ship, so he and his daughter prepared to set out in their coble to do what they could to rescue survivors. Rescue at last The north-east coble at its smallest was a sturdy little rowing boat, used for fishing and piloting other ships, and was the inspiration for the earliest lifeboats, being easy to right in difficult conditions. After a short but dangerous passage among the rocks in extreme conditions, the Darlings were only able to take five people off the rock on their first attempt, including a lady still clinging to the bodies of her two dead children in grief. Passengers, especially women and children, frequently came off worst in such shipwrecks, sometimes because they had been abandoned by the crew, but more often because they were much more vulnerable and less aware of what to do to help themselves in danger, and "exposure", or hypothermia, could strike indiscriminately. On the second attempt William Darling returned to Big Harcar with some of the crew he had rescued the first time round, to pick up the other four survivors, leaving Grace behind with her mother to care for the remainder of the first group in the lighthouse. The storm raged for two days before the survivors could be taken to the mainland. The lifeboat 'Tyne', displayed under its elegant commemorative canopy, erected in 1894, shows something of how the versatile coble developed into a dedicated lifeboat as designed by William Greathead and William Wouldhave, both claimed as the inventor of the self-righting lifeboat. The actual cobl


In which year did Sir Anthony Eden resign as Prime Minister?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 9 | 1957: Sir Anthony Eden resigns 1957: Sir Anthony Eden resigns Sir Anthony Eden has resigned as prime minister of Britain due to ill health. A statement issued by Buckingham Palace at 1900 GMT today said that following a private audience with the Queen, Her Majesty had accepted the prime minister's resignation. Sir Anthony issued his own statement this evening: "When I returned to this country a month ago I hoped that my health had been sufficiently restored to enable me to carry out my duties effectively for some considerable time. That hope has not been realised. "I do not feel that it is right for me to continue in office as the Queen's First Minister knowing that I shall be unable to do my full duty by my Sovereign and the country." Successor Sir Anthony underwent a series of operations to correct a gall bladder condition in 1953. But in recent months the abdominal symptoms have recurred and he has now been advised by his doctors to take rest. The Queen will decide who will become the next prime minister and leader of the Conservatives. It is thought the job will be given either to Harold Macmillan, current Chancellor of the Exchequer or to Rab Butler, leader of the House of Commons. Sir Anthony was prime minister for one year and 279 days. Although a popular leader when he was elected, many believe his controversial decision to use armed intervention in the Suez crisis last year was the beginning of his demise as prime minister. Sir Anthony Eden was forced to resign because of ill health In Context


Cliff Richard's 'Living Doll' featured in which 1959 film?

Cliff Richard - Living Doll (1959) - YouTube Cliff Richard - Living Doll (1959) 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. Published on Mar 18, 2013 "Living Doll" is a song written by Lionel Bart made popular by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (then still The Drifters) in 1959. Worldwide Sales were 2,000,000. Living Doll was originally written for the film Serious Charge which featured Cliff Richard. The idea came from a newspaper advert for a child's doll. The original version of Living Doll was a rock 'n' roll song (rather than a ballad) and can be heard on the soundtrack to Cliff Richard's first film, Serious Charge. It was originally meant for the singer Duffy Power. Category


On March 22nd 2007, naval personnel from which British warship were arrested and imprisoned by the Iranian navy?

Iran Report: April 3, 2007 Iran Report: April 3, 2007 April 03, 2007 Expert Discusses British Sailors' Apparent Cooperation With Iranian Authorities The Britons have appeared relaxed in televised images April 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iran's state-run media say all 15 British naval personnel being held by Tehran have confessed to illegally entering Iranian waters. Previously, Iranian television showed four of the Britons saying they had entered Iranian territory without permission when they were detained on March 23. RFE/RL correspondent Eugen Tomiuc asked independent military analyst Charles Heyman if military personnel are supposed to follow certain protocols when they are detained by foreign authorities. RFE/RL: This is the second time in recent years that U.K. personnel have been detained by Iran. Is this case different from the incident in 2004, when eight British servicemen were seized after allegedly straying over the maritime border? Charles Heyman: No, I don't think it's any different this time. There is a dispute over where the border actually runs. The British say the border runs along one line, the Iranians say the border runs along another line. It's possible that both sides think they are in the right, and both sides firmly believe that what they are saying is correct. I mean, it really does need some international arbitration to actually, at long last, delineate exactly where this border runs. RFE/RL: What rules must the naval personnel follow in a situation like this? Heyman: This is a very, very difficult one for these naval personnel. They are not prisoners of war. When you are given resistance-to-interrogation training, it really is [intended] for prisoners of war. These sailors have been taken, basically, in a civil dispute, a case that normally goes before normal courts. They've been arrested, as opposed to having been captured. And one of the problems here is that if you adopt the stance that you normally do when you're a prisoner of war -- number, rank, and name -- in some legal codes, and of course in the Iranian code specifically, the inability of the person who's been detained to explain why they were there and what they were doing is, in fact, an offense in itself -- an admission of guilt. So these people are in a very difficult position. They also haven't got any access to British consulate officials. But they're not prisoners of war. They've just been arrested. So their status is very, very different, and it must be very, very confusing for them. "I think that if we play this one correctly, our people will come back and it will be recognized for what it is -- a relatively minor territorial incident." -- Heyman RFE/RL: Since those captured are military personnel, one would have expected them to talk with more reluctance than what we've seen on television. What kind of training do navy personnel have to help them in the event they are captured? Heyman: I think that all the training is for capture by an enemy force. None of the training goes into being detained. They're not captured. They're being detained or arrested in a civil dispute. And there's no doubt whatsoever -- nobody can deny this -- that those sailors and marines are being treated humanely and decently by the looks of things, by the Iranians. And that's why they're smiling and they're relaxed. They know that this is a civil case, as opposed to being prisoners of war. It's a very, very difficult area. You know, you can play very easily with the public-relations aspect of it. You can get them in unguarded moments and take images of them when they are smiling. They're not going to be sitting around scowling 24 hours a day. That's not how you keep your morale up. RFE/RL: What does this do for the image of the British military in general? Heyman: It has come at a very sensitive moment. I think that most people worldwide understand the realities of a situation like this. These people -- the sailors and the marines -- are in a very difficult position. They weren't really equipped for war fighting. They weren't equipped to properly defend themsel


What's the Difference Between Rabbits and Hares? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141219-rabbits-hares-animals-science-mating-courtship.html What's the Difference Between Rabbits and Hares? For one, they're separate species—and hares are bigger, have longer ears, and are less social than bunnies. View Images A newborn Nuttall's cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) rests in Alberta, Canada. Photograph by All Canada Photos, Alamy Hares and rabbits look similar, and some may hop to the conclusion that they're the same animal. Related Content Not so fast. Our Weird Animal Question of the Week comes from Tristan Ishtar , who asked: "What's the difference between a rabbit and a hare? And is that where 'hare brained' came from?" The short answer: A lot, and yes—the adjective "harebrained" likely refers to hares' skittish tendencies, especially in captivity. Hares and rabbits are in the same family, Leporidae , but they're "different species, like sheep and goats are different species," Steven Lukefahr , a geneticist at Texas A&M University in Kingsville, said via email. View Images Young eastern cottontails (Sylvilagus floridanus) snuggle in their nest. Photograph by Scott Camazine, Alamy Opposites From Birth Hares are also larger, have longer ears, and are less social than rabbits. The "most profound difference" is seen in baby hares versus baby bunnies, said Philip Stott , a wildlife ecologist at the University of Adelaide in Australia. (See National Geographic's pictures of baby animals .) First off, a hare's pregnancy lasts 42 days, compared with rabbits' 30-31 days with a bun(ny) in the oven. Newborn hares, called leverets, are fully developed at birth—furred with open eyes—while newborn rabbits, called kittens or kits, are born undeveloped, with closed eyes, no fur, and an inability to regulate their own temperature, Stott said. Their nests are also worlds apart—"hares live completely aboveground, lacking the normal burrow or warren system of rabbits," said Michael Sheriff , an ecologist at Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania. (Related: " Ask Your Weird Animal Questions: Animal Nests Explained.") That's why, as a hare that burrows, "Bugs Bunny is a fraud," Stott joked. There is an exception to the burrowing-bunny rule—the cottontail , a type of American rabbit that does not burrow. View Images A female European hare (right) boxes with a male in Wales. Photograph by Andy Rouse, 2020VISION/Nature Picture Library/Corbis Are We Fair to the Hare? As for "harebrained," which means flighty or foolish, Stott suspects it stems from the animals' unease in captivity, where they're prone to spooking at the slightest stimulus (sometimes accidentally causing their own deaths). Stott, who has tried hand-raising hares, said even those that are bottle-fed from day one never really relax in his company. The expression "mad as a March hare" is no doubt a reflection on hares' behavior during mating season, which involves leaping into the air, among other antics, Texas A&M's Lukefahr said. The female hare, called a jill, tests the male, called a jack, by making him give chase over several miles, Stott says. If he catches her, she'll mate with him; if not, "he was poor paternal material anyway," Stott says. (Also see " Wild Romance: Weird Animal Courtship and Mating Rituals.") But if a female isn't ready to mate with a male who is chasing her, she might stand up and throw a punch right at him—or several. Life in the Fast Lane Such a zany courtship is not just about fun—it's also about staying fit, Stott said. Speed is crucial to hares' survival, especially for species that live on open plains, such as the European hare, which can run at 37 body lengths a second, he said. Cheetahs , he noted, "can only manage 23 body lengths per second." Those speedy reflexes may be great for avoiding predators, but it makes hares a "poor pet," he said. That's another way they differ from rabbits, which the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals describes as " delightful companion animals ." Despite its name, a jackrabbit


Which is the most northerly lake in the Cumbrian 'Lake District'?

Lake District Cottages for 2 Romantic Cottages in the Heart of Cumbria Cottages for two / Converted Stables Romantic Cottages for 2 in the Heart of Cumbria No longer a working farm, Ellen Hall is now a romantic hideaway, set in a peaceful vale near to the river Ellen in Cumbria. It’s an ideal retreat for exploring the Lake District, providing stress-free getaways for busy people and a peaceful haven for those with time to linger. With a small brook running through the garden, this is a place where guests can enjoy the soothing sounds of water and birdsong, while soaking up the peaceful atmosphere. Our wonderful self catering cottages are available for weekends and mid-week mini breaks as well as weekly bookings. See our tariff for full details. If you’re looking for self catering cottages for two in Cumbria for long or short breaks, give us a call on 01697 321439. Click on the cottage names above to see details on all our romantic Cumbrian cottages. Experience the Lake District from one of our cottages for 2. Visit Gilcrux, Cockermouth, Keswick and more The quiet seclusion of the peaceful vale where Ellen Hall is situated makes this the perfect destination for a “get away from it all” break. There’s a network of bridle paths leading straight from the door. For those wanting more: beautiful Buttermere and the town of Cockermouth, a bustling market town and the birthplace of William Wordsworth is only a few miles away. The capital of the North Lakes, Keswick, is less than half an hour’s drive along Bassenthwaite Lake. The Keswick area is host to outdoor pursuit centres, a marina, many famous restaurants and even boasts it’s own “Theatre by the Lake”. Less than three miles from Ellen Hall is the beautiful heritage coastline of Cumbria, while Carlisle, Hadrian’s Wall, and Scotland are all within easy reach. Dog Friendly Cottages Our Lake District Cottages are dog friendly for more information click here Lake District Cottages for 2 Testimonials 2nd-6th Jan 2017 Been every year since I met Mark (6yrs) See you next year. Love it. Fab! xx Kendra and Mark, Middlesbrough.


Which Biblical king was the son of David and Bathsheba?

Bathsheba - Wife of King David and Mother of Solomon By Jack Zavada Updated December 21, 2015. The relationship between Bathsheba and King David did not begin well, but she later became his loyal wife and mother of King Solomon , the wisest ruler of Israel. David forced Bathsheba to commit adultery with him while her husband, Uriah the Hittite, was away at war. When she became pregnant, David tried to trick Uriah into sleeping with her so it would look like the child was Uriah's. Uriah refused. David then plotted to have Uriah sent to the front lines of battle and abandoned by his fellow soldiers; Uriah was killed by the enemy. After Bathsheba finished mourning Uriah, David took her for his wife. But David's actions displeased God, and the baby born to Bathsheba died. Bathsheba bore David other sons, most notably Solomon . God so loved Solomon that Nathan the prophet called him Jedidiah, which means "beloved of Jehovah." Bathsheba's Accomplishments: Bathsheba was a faithful wife to David. She was especially loyal to her son Solomon, making sure he followed David as king, even though Solomon was not David's firstborn son. Bathsheba is one of only five women listed in the ancestry of Jesus Christ ( Matthew 1:6 ). Bathsheba's Strengths: Bathsheba was wise and protective. She used her position to ensure both her and Solomon's safety when Adonijah tried to steal the throne. Life Lessons: Women had few rights in ancient times. When King David summoned Bathsheba, she had no choice but to sleep with him. After David had her husband murdered, she had no choice when David took her for his wife. Despite being mistreated, she learned to love David and saw a promising future for Solomon. Often circumstances seem stacked against us , but if we keep our faith in God, we can find meaning in life . God makes sense when nothing else does. Hometown: 2 Samuel 11:1-3, 12:24; 1 Kings 1:11-31, 2:13-19; 1 Chronicles 3:5; Psalm 51:1. Occupation: Queen, wife, mother, counselor of her son Solomon. Family Tree: Husbands - Uriah the Hittite, and King David. Sons - An unnamed son, Solomon, Shammua, Shobab, and Nathan. Key Verses: 2 Samuel 11:2-4 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, "She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite." Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. ( NIV ) 2 Samuel 11:26-27 When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD. ( NIV ) 2 Samuel 12:24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The LORD loved him; ( NIV )


How many Umpires are there in a game of Baseball?

Eastern League Southern League (AA) Ryan Addition, John Bostwick, Jose Esteras, Blake Felter, Jimmie Hollingsworth, Javerro January, David Marcoe, Matthew McCoy, Shane Livensparger, Garrett Patterson, James Rackley, Alex Ransom, Jeremy Riggs, Charles Tierney, Alex Ziegler Texas League (AA) Travis Eggart (TL), Matthew Czajak (CAL), Ryan Simmons (FSL), Eggart promoted 7/5/14 due to Wolcott promotion. Nestor Ceja (CAL) for Eggart, Nate White (TL), Ron Teague (TL), Lee Myers (CAL), Brett Terry (TL), Ramon Hernandez (TL), Clay Park (FSL), Bryan Fields (TL), Mike Cascioppo (TL), Derek Eaton (CAL) Jake Wilburn (CAL) for Ryan Simmons as of 6/28. Nestor Ceja (CAL) for Travis Eggart. Eggart to PCL as part of Wolcott promotion to MLB California League (A-Advanced) Reid Gibbs (NWL/SAL), Clint Vondrak (MWL), Clayton Hamm (SAL), Jake Wilburn (SAL), Nestor Ceja (MWL), Malachi Moore (NWL), Jeff Gorman (promoted from SAL to replace Ceja: Wolcott promotion, Kyle McCrady (NWL), Jason Starkovich (MWL), Sean Allen (MWL), Lewis Williams, III (SAL) McCrady and Moore directly to High Long A from Short A with no Low Long A, Jake Wilburn to TL as of 6/28, Skylar Shown (SAL) for Jake Wilburn 6/28, Nestor Ceja to (TL) 7/5/2014: Wolcott MLB promotion, Jeff Gorman promoted from SAL Carolina League (A-Advanced) Chase Eade (MWL), Mike Provine (NYP/MWL), Ryan Wills (SAL), Andrew Freed (SAL), Travis Godec (SAL), Ben Levin (SAL), Cody Oakes (SAL), Brian Peterson (SAL) Eric Bacchus and Adam Beck from the SAL in for Ryan Wills and Andrew Freed as of 6/28. Wills to (EL) Florida State League (A-Advanced) HP – Travis Eggert - Texas League 1B – Jasen Viscont - Eastern League 2B – Nate White - Texas League 3B – Matt McCoy - Southern League Southern League All Star Game – North Division vs. South Division Chattanooga, Tennessee – June 17 th HP – Matt McCoy - Ellis Grove, IL. 1B – Blake Felter - Kissimmee, FL 2B – Shane Livensparger - Jacksonville Beach, FL. 3B – Jeremy Riggs - Suffolk, Va. South Atlantic League All Star Game – Northern Division vs. Southern Division Hickory, North Carolina – June 17 th HP - Tucker Beneville - Efland, North Carolina 1B – Jeff Gorman - Hayward, California 2B – Rich Grassa - Lindenhurst, New York 3B – Derek Gonzales - Orem, UT Umpire Advancement in the Early Days Before the creation of a formal umpire development program, Minor League presidents would travel to the umpire schools and sign umpires to professional contracts right at the schools. Umpires were then "sold" from league to league by word of mouth through the various league presidents. In fact, umpires were known to "politic" in order to advance themselves. The individual league presidents were 100% responsible for lining up their own umpire staffs each year. At that time, it was not uncommon for an umpire to jump from what would now be Rookie classification to AAA classification with no intermediate stops. The league itself paid all salary and expenses - as minimal as it was then - for each umpire in the league. For example, monthly salaries for umpires in the Florida Rookie League (forerunner of the Gulf Coast League) ranged from $175 to $200 per month and umpires were given from $150 to $200 for expenses. In comparison, the starting salary in the GCL is currently $1,800 per month. History of the Umpire Development Program By 1964, Baseball had decided it was in need of a new method for recruitment, training and development of umpires for the Major Leagues as well as a new method of training and advancement for umpires within the Minor Leagues. Basically, Baseball was looking at a two-fold purpose in instituting a new program. A more athletic, energetic, educated, dedicated, and mannerly-type individual was desired - one with unquestionably high morals and integrity standards. At the same time, a different method of advancement through the Minor Leagues was needed. For those reasons, the Umpire Development Program was established at Baseball's Winter Meetings in Houston in 1964, and the program began operating in early 1965. Immediately, plans were set int


Home - The Office of Gordon & Sarah Brown The Office of Gordon & Sarah Brown Welcome to the Office of Gordon & Sarah Brown Visit our news page to find out the latest from the Office. Read More Global Education We believe education is the birthright of every child, the key to expanded opportunity, and a source of prosperity, employment and social cohesion. Read More 2025 In 2025: SHAPING A NEW FUTURE Gordon Brown charts the massive technological, demographic social and political forces - including the explosive growth of a global middle class, reinventing our world. Read More Latest News 2017: A Year To Restore Hope For Children We would be entitled to approach 2017 with trepidation – so many people still battered and bruised, grieving and confused by the events of a momentous 12 months. Now a new year has begun and with it new commitments to … Continue reading » At the UN Brown Calls For 2017 Children’s New Deal Speaking at the United Nations today, UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown said: “2017 must see an end to the war on children. “Never since 1945 have so many children been subjected to such widespread violations of their … Continue reading » Brown Calls For International Criminal Court Prosecutions Following Year Of War Crimes Against Children Speaking at the Education in Emergencies Forum in Brussels today, UN Education Envoy Mr Brown said: “With 500,000 children under siege in Syria and Iraq, an International Criminal Court investigation into the abuse of children in Libya, evidence mounting of … Continue reading » Celebrities share toddler photos to support Theirworld’s #5for5 campaign A host of famous faces have shared cute pre-school photos of themselves to show support for a new campaign by children’s charity Theirworld. #5for5 highlights the need for all children to get the best start in life. Stars taking part … Continue reading » Sarah talks about the power of laughter with top comedians Sarah Brown speaks to comedians James Corden, Sarah Millican and Stuart Goldsmith in the latest episode of her podcast series titled ‘The Power of Laughter’. The fourth instalment of ‘Better Angels’ focuses on the power of comedy and looks at … Continue reading » Gordon Brown Proposes UK People’s Constitutional Convention Extracts from Gordon Brown’s speech to the Fabian Society, delivered today 3 November 2016: I want to suggest today that there is now an overwhelming case for a UK-wide people’s constitutional convention, mandated with setting a roadmap towards a more … Continue reading »


Which cartoon featured 'Benny the Ball', 'Spook' and 'Officer Dibble'?

Top Cat - Classic TV Database Top Cat Added to the database on March 2, 2009 Rate 5 (1 Vote) So the swinging theme song immortalizes, "the chief, he's the king, but above everything: he's the most tiptop Top Cat!"... In the tradition of great screen conmen--one of the few with a visible tail--"Top Cat" holds a top spot in the hearts of cartoon fans. The smooth-talking New York City cat, known as T.C. to his kitty cohorts Benny the Ball, Choo-Choo, Spook, The Brain and Fancy-Fancy, is always on the make toward a big score or swindle. And the bothersome--and ever-exasperated--Officer Dibble is relentlessly on his case (although always a step behind)--throughout 30 fast, funny episodes. Cast and Characters Arnold Stang as Top Cat Maurice Gosfield as Benny The Ball Marvin Kaplan as Choo Choo Leo De Lyon as Brain/Spook John Stephenson as Fancy-Fancy Allen Jenkins as Officer Charles "Charlie" Dibble The Alley Cats


If Pluto is no longer recognised as a planet, which is the smallest planet in the solar system?

Pluto and the Solar System | IAU Pluto and the Solar System Pluto and the Developing Landscape of Our Solar System The discovery of Pluto Nearly eighty years ago an astronomer working at the Lowell Observatory in the United States made a discovery that would ultimately initiate a dramatic change in the way we look at our Solar System. The young astronomer was Clyde Tombaugh, an observing assistant working at the observatory made famous by the great astronomer Percival Lowell. Tombaugh was continuing the search for an elusive planet – planet X – that Lowell had believed (incorrectly) to be responsible for perturbing the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. Within a year, after spending numerous nights at the telescope exposing photographic plates and months tediously scanning them for signs of a planet, Tombaugh saw what he was looking for. At around 4pm on the afternoon of 18 February 1930 Tombaugh began comparing two plates taken in January that year showing a region in the constellation of Gemini. As he flicked from one plate to the other, trying to see if something moved slightly between the two (the tell-tale sign of the planet he was hunting), he spotted something. In one part of the frame a small object flitted a few millimetres as he switched between the two plates. Tombaugh had found his new planet! (Stern & Mitton, 2005) The changing landscape of the Solar System   The object Tombaugh had discovered was named Pluto, a name officially adopted by the American Astronomical Society, the Royal Astronomical Society in the UK and the IAU. It is a frigid world, billions of kilometres from Earth, and 30 times less massive than the then-smallest known planet, Mercury. But Pluto was not alone. It was found to have five satellites. The largest, Charon, was discovered in 1978. The smaller four were discovered using the Hubble Space Telescope in 2005, 2011 and 2012 and officially named Nix, Hydra, in early 2006 ( read more ) , Kerberos and Styx in 2013 ( read more ) by the IAU. The view of our Solar System's landscape began to change on August 30, 1992 with the discovery by David Jewitt and Jane Luu from the University of Hawaii of the first of more than 1000 now known objects orbiting beyond Neptune in what is often referred to as the transneptunian region. More generally these bodies are often simply labelled as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). With so many Trans-Neptunian Objects being found, it seemed inevitable that one or more might be found to rival Pluto in size. On the night of the 21 October 2003, Mike Brown from Caltech, Chad Trujillo from the Gemini Observatory and David Rabinowitz from Yale University were using a telescope and camera at the Palomar Observatory in the US to search the edge of the Solar System. That night they imaged a region of sky showing an object moving relative to the background stars. Later analysis showed that they had discovered another cold world, around 2500 km across, orbiting the Sun. Subsequent observations showed that the new object, initially named 2003 UB313 according to the International Astronomical Union's protocol on the initial designation of such objects, was more massive than Pluto and that it too had a satellite ( read more ). With an object larger and more massive than Pluto now beyond Neptune and ever more of these Trans-Neptunian Objects being discovered, astronomers were beginning to ask: "Just what constitutes a planet?" A new class of objects and how to define a planet The IAU has been responsible for the naming and nomenclature of planetary bodies and their satellites since the early 1900s. As Professor Ron Ekers, past president of the IAU, explains: Such decisions and recommendations are not enforceable by any national or international law; rather they establish conventions that are meant to help our understanding of astronomical objects and processes. Hence, IAU recommendations should rest on well-established scientific facts and have a broad consensus in the community concerned .( read the full article on page 4 of the IAU GA Newspaper ) The IAU decided to create a commit


What was the 'Boston Strangler's' real name?

Boston Strangler Case Solved 50 Years Later - ABC News ABC News Boston Strangler Case Solved 50 Years Later By MICHELE MCPHEE WATCH Boston Strangler Case Solved After 50 Years 0 Shares Email A water bottle recovered from a construction site where Tim DeSalvo – whose uncle Albert DeSalvo had confessed to being the internationally notorious Boston Strangler – gave police the DNA evidence they needed to bring closure to a case that has been a mystery for nearly 50 years, murders for which no one has ever been charged. "This is really a story of relentlessness,'' Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis explained today as Massachusetts top law enforcement officials revealed that DNA preserved from the body of the Boston Strangler's last victim--raped and murdered in 1964--can now be linked with "99.9 percent certainty" to the late Albert DeSalvo. "This is good evidence. This is strong evidence. This is reliable evidence,'' Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley said of the new DNA result. "But there can be no doubt." The Boston Strangler case, which inspired a 1968 Hollywood movie starring Tony Curtis, marked a terrifying swath of history in the city – and one that has long been mired in doubt. It was the 1960s and single women across Massachusetts were the target of a serial killer and rapist. When it was over, the Boston Strangler had killed 11 women. The case baffled the five separate District Attorney's offices investigating the murders because of the spread-out locations of the victims. Then DeSalvo, a convicted rapist, made a jailhouse confession claiming that he was the Boston Strangler and provided details on the 11 murdered women. But DeSalvo was never charged in the case and was found dead in his cell under mysterious circumstances at Walpole state prison in 1973. This week investigators will exhume DeSalvo's body from Puritan Lawn Cemetery in Peabody, Mass., to make the final determination with DNA testing. The strangler's last victim would be 19-year-old Mary Sullivan, strangled with her own stocking in her Beacon Hill apartment on tony Charles Street. She was also sexually savaged. Her killer left behind seminal fluids that were lifted from a maroon blanket her body was covered with. That remains the only DNA evidence in the entire Boston Strangler investigation: six samples that the Boston Police Crime Lab's lead forensic scientist Robert Hayes preserved as he waited for technology to advance to the point where nuclear DNA could be positively matched to a suspect. First, police had to make sure the Y-chromosomes in those DNA samples were a familial match to DeSalvo in order to convince a judge to let investigators disturb his grave. So BPD Sgt. Brian Albert, a surveillance expert, followed nephew Tim DeSalvo to his worksite in Boston and retrieved a water bottle he drank from and left behind. It was a match to the samples collected in the 1964 Beacon Hill murder, excluding 99.9 percent of the male population from suspicion in Mary Sullivan's killing, Hayes said, and pointing to Albert DeSalvo with near certainty as the man responsible. "I knew science would one day provide us with answers in this case,'' Hayes told ABC News. Those answers provided comfort to the nephew Mary Sullivan never met: Boston author Casey Sherman, who had long held that his aunt had been murdered not by DeSalvo but by another man. He even wrote a book, "A Rose for Mary" about the investigation he launched to assuage his mother's nightmares. His mother Diane was just 17 when Mary Sullivan was murdered and she continued to dream of her sister, Sherman told ABC News. "I am grateful this brings closure to me and to my mother most of all,'' Sherman said, his voice shaking with emotion. He got choked up, took a breath, and continued talking. "For all these years it was just me and her chasing this case,'' Sherman said. "It took 49 years for police to say they legitimately got him." But Elaine Sharpe, a lawyer for the DeSalvo family, insisted that police have not legitimately identified Albert as the Boston Strangler. She added that his nephew


Name the dragonthat guarded the treasure in 'The Hobbit'?

SparkNotes: The Hobbit: Character List Character List Analysis of Major Characters Individual Characters Bilbo Baggins -  The hero of the story. Bilbo is a hobbit, “a short, human-like person.” Commonsensical and fastidious, Bilbo leads a quiet life in his comfortable hole at Bag End and, like most hobbits, is content to stay at home. But Bilbo possesses a great deal of untapped inner strength, and when the wizard Gandalf persuades Bilbo to join a group of dwarves on a quest to reclaim their gold from a marauding dragon, Bilbo ends up playing a crucial role as the company’s burglar. Bilbo’s adventures awaken his courage and initiative and prove his relentless ability to do what needs to be done. Gandalf -  A wise old wizard who always seems to know more than he reveals. Gandalf has a vast command of magic and tends to show up at just the moment he is needed most. Though he helps the dwarves in their quest (not least by making Bilbo go along with them), he does not seem to have any interest in their gold. He always has another purpose or plan in mind, but he rarely reveals his private thoughts. Read an in-depth analysis of Gandalf. Thorin Oakenshield  -  A dwarf who leads his fellow dwarves on a trip to the Lonely Mountain to reclaim their treasure from Smaug. Smaug’s bounty is Thorin’s inheritance, as it belonged to Thror, Thorin’s grandfather, the great King under the Mountain. Thorin is a proud, purposeful, and sturdy warrior, if a bit stubborn at times. As the novel progresses, his inability to formulate successful plans, his greed, and his reliance on Bilbo to save him at every turn make Thorin a somewhat unappealing figure, but he is partly redeemed by the remorse he shows before he dies. Gollum -  A strange, small, slimy creature who lives deep in the caves of Moria beneath the Misty Mountains. There, Gollum broods over his “precious,” a magic ring, until he accidentally loses it and Bilbo finds it. We never learn exactly what kind of creature he is. Apparently, his true shape has been too deformed by years of living in darkness to be recognizable. Smaug -  The great dragon who lives in the Lonely Mountain. Years ago, Smaug heard of the treasure that the dwarves had amassed in the mountain under Thror’s reign, and he drove them away to claim the gold for himself. His flaming breath can scorch a city, his huge wings can carry him great distances, and his armorlike hide is almost impenetrable. Smaug can speak and possesses a dark, sardonic sense of humor. Bard -  The grim human who is the honorable captain of the guard in Lake Town, a human city built on Long Lake just south of the Lonely Mountain. With the help of information discovered by Bilbo and related by a thrush, Bard finds Smaug’s weak spot and kills him. Beorn -  A man who can turn into a bear, Beorn helps Bilbo and the dwarves after their escape from the goblins. Elrond -  The great leader of the elves at Rivendell. Elrond gives Bilbo’s group aid and helpful advice when they pass through Rivendell early in the novel. He is described in Chapter 3 as being “as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer.” Dark Lord Sauron -  An evil sorcerer and creator of the magic ring. Also called the Necromancer, Sauron is only mentioned in The Hobbit; he never actually appears. Thror -  Thorin’s grandfather. Thror mined Moria, a series of caves under the Mountain, and discovered a wealth of gold and jewels. He became King under the Mountain, but before long, the dragon Smaug came and killed or scattered all of Thror’s people. The dragon has been guarding the treasure ever since, and Thorin wants to get back what is rightfully his. Races Dwarves -  Thorin’s group, composed of Fili, Kili, Dwalin, Balin, Oin, Gloin, Ori, Dori, Nori, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur, none of whom is really developed as an individual character in the novel. The narrator describes dwarves unfavorably in Chapter 12, noting their greed and trickery. Some, however, are “decent enough people like Thorin and Company, if you don’t expect too much.” Elv


"Which Italian spaghetti literally means ""little worms""?"

Pasta Names and Shapes... Explained! Home » All Articles » Food & Wine » Pasta Names and Shapes… Explained! Pasta Names and Shapes… Explained! Farfalle, or "butterfly," pasta Orecchiette, an interestingly-shaped pasta from Puglia, gives away its shape with its Italian name… Ever wanted to learn how to make your own delicious pasta from an expert Italian chef? We’d love to teach you in Rome with our ever-popular pasta-making class ! Bucatini, spaghetti, tortellini, rigatoni: There are hundreds of kinds of Italian pastas, and each one has its own, special name. That’s pretty confusing… but it’s also fun! We’ve said many times before that Italian food is regional (in fact, there’s no such thing as “Italian food”). Pasta is a major part of that. Local kinds of pasta in Tuscany differ from those in Rome, Milan, or Puglia. For us, though, one of the really fun things about Italian pasta—and the names of Italian pastas—are that each pasta name actually means something. Usually, in fact, the name gives away the shape of the pasta itself. Want proof? Here are just some of our favorite pastas, and what their names mean in Italian! Bucatini all’amatriciana, a popular dish in Rome Bucatini: One of the most popular kinds of pasta in Rome, bucatini look like thick spaghetti—but they have a tiny hole in the middle. (Think of a Twizzler!). What does bucatini mean? “Little holes!”. (Buco means hole, while adding an –ino, or –ini for plural, means “small”). Cannelloni: These big tubes of pasta (usually stuffed and popped in the oven) are named after, well, “big tubes.” (Adding -one, or –oni for plural, means “big”). Farfalle, or “butterfly,” pasta Farfalle: This pasta might have the prettiest name of them all… “butterflies”! Hence the shape—of a bow tie, or (more creatively) a butterfly. Fettuccine: This flat, ribbon-shaped pasta is named after, you guessed it, “little ribbons.” Fusilli pasta might just be named after… rifles! Fusilli: This pasta is thought to come from the word “fucile,” or “rifle”. Makes sense because fusilli are spiral-shaped… as is the inside barrel of a gun. Linguine: This flattened, long pasta is named after “little tongues” (tongues: lingue, and the -in makes them “small”). Orecchiette: This pasta, unique to the region of Puglia, means “little ears.” Sure enough, it’s an ear-shaped pasta. Penne: An easy one, penne means “pens.” Next time you have a bowl of penne, check it out: The end of each piece of penne is similar to the tip of a fountain pen. Spaghetti: Spaghi are “twines”; an -ett makes them small, so these are “little twines.” Perfect, right? Strozzapreti pasta Strozzapreti: From central Italy, especially Emilia-Romagna, Umbria and Tuscany, this pasta might have the strangest name of them all: “priest-strangler.” No one’s exactly sure where the name comes from. Some think it’s because priests loved the pasta so much, they ate too quickly and choked. Vermicelli: In Italy, this is a tubular pasta that’s a little thicker than spaghetti. The name means “little worms.” Sounds gross—but, of course, tastes great! (Check out the video below to learn how to make carbonara, a classic Roman pasta, from scratch!). What’s your favorite pasta—or pasta name? Tell us in the comments!