Oscar Niemeyer was the chief architect of which capital city from 1956 until 1960?

Oscar Niemeyer | Archinect Oscar Niemeyer   Firm Bio Born December 15, 1907 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oscar Niemeyer grew up in a wealthy family without any aspirations toward being an architect, though he started drawing at an early age. "When I was very little," he later remembered, "my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since." He graduated from Barnabitas College in 1923 and soon after wed a woman named Annita Baldo, to whom he would remain married until her death in 2004. As a young man, Oscar Niemeyer worked for his father at a typography house for a short while before entering the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, from which he graduated in 1934. Shortly before graduation, he joined the offices of Lúcio Costa, an architect from the Modernist school. Niemeyer worked with Costa on many major buildings between 1936 and 1943, including the design for Brazil's Ministry of Education and Health building, which was part of a collaboration with Bauhaus director Le Corbusier. Costa and Niemeyer also worked together on Brazil's iconic pavilion in the 1939 New York World's Fair; legendary Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was so impressed with Niemeyer's design that he declared him an honorary citizen of New York. In 1941, Niemeyer launched his solo career by designing a series of buildings in a new suburb of Rio de Janeiro named Pampulha. Here Niemeyer started developing some of his design trademarks, including the heavy use of concrete and a propensity toward curves. "I consciously ignored the highly praised right angle and the rational architecture of T-squares and triangles," he said, "in order to wholeheartedly enter the world of curves and new shapes made possible by the introduction of concrete into the building process." Niemeyer's status as a rising star in the architectural world was confirmed when he was chosen to represent Brazil as part of the team to design the new headquarters of the United Nations in New York City; the final building was based primarily on Niemeyer's design, with significant elements also taken from his old collaborator Corbusier. Following the completion of the United Nations building in 1953, Niemeyer won an appointment as dean of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, but he was refused an American work visa by the United States government due to his membership in Brazil's Communist Party. In 1956, Juscelino Kubitschek, the president of Brazil and a close friend of Niemeyer, came to the architect with a proposal, asking Niemeyer to become the new chief architect of public buildings in the country's new capital, Brasilia, a Modernist civic metropolis being built from scratch in the interior of the country. Niemeyer eagerly accepted, designing buildings that went along with his utopian vision of government. "This was a liberating time," he said. "It seemed as if a new society was being born, with all the traditional barriers cast aside.... When planning the government buildings for Brasilia I decided they should be characterized by their own structures within the prescribed shapes.... I tried to push the potential of concrete to its limits, especially at the load-bearing points which I wanted to be as delicate as possible so that it would seem as if the palaces barely touched the ground." Some of the buildings Niemeyer designed in Brasilia include the President's Palace, the Brasília Palace Hotel, the Ministry of Justice building, the presidential chapel and the cathedral. After the inauguration of the new capital city in 1960, Niemeyer resigned his position as the government's chief architect and returned to private practice. Oscar Niemeyer had become interested in Communist ideology as a youth and joined the Brazilian Communist Party in 1945. This became a serious problem in 1964, when the Brazilian military overthrew the government in a coup; Niemeyer, viewed by the army as an individual with dangerously left-wing sympathies, had his office ransacked. Spooked, the architect left the country of his birth a


What is the name for the study of hormones?

First scientific study showing effects of growth hormone on athletes — Garvan Institute of Medical Research Browse our newsletters archive First scientific study showing effects of growth hormone on athletes Garvan researchers have published the results of a study, for the first time showing a positive effect of growth hormone on athletic performance, specifically sprint capacity. The study justifies growth hormone being a banned substance, even though evidence of its performance enhancing effect has been very poor until now. Media Release: 04 May 2010 Australian researchers have published the results of a study, for the first time showing a positive effect of growth hormone on athletic performance. It showed a .4 second improvement in a 10-second sprint, enough to turn a last-place Olympic athlete in a sprint event - running or swimming - into a Gold medal winner. The study justifies growth hormone being a banned substance, even though evidence of its performance enhancing effect has been very poor until now. Growth hormone, produced naturally in the body, is important for growth and metabolism. Injectable growth hormone is available for people who have growth hormone deficiency. Many athletes use the drug because they believe that it bulks up their muscles and improves their physical performance (growth hormone "doping"). Until this study, no scientific research had been undertaken to show that growth hormone improves physical performance. Researchers at Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research demonstrated that growth hormone increases an athlete’s ability to sprint on a bicycle, but has no effects on fitness, weight lifting or jumping. The effect on sprint capacity nearly doubled in men who received testosterone injections in addition to growth hormone supplementation. The study looked at 103 healthy recreational athletes, aged 18 to 40 years, who had engaged in regular athletic training for at least a year. It was double-blind and placebo-controlled, meaning that neither the investigators nor the participants knew who was receiving the drug or dummy injections (salt water). Professor Ken Ho, head of pituitary research at Garvan, as well as Chairman of the Department of Endocrinology at St. Vincent’s Hospital, undertook the project with Drs Udo Meinhardt and Anne Nelson, as members of a larger team. Their findings are published today in the prestigious international journal, Annals of Internal Medicine. “Those athletes given growth hormone improved their sprint capacity by 4-5%,” said Professor Ho. “Growth hormone recipients did not increase their muscle mass. They did, however, retain body fluid and experienced swelling and joint pain, unlike those who received salt water injections.” “We used lower doses of growth hormone than athletes are reported to use, and for a shorter time. We can speculate, therefore, that the drug's effects on performance might be greater than shown in this study, and its side effects might be more serious.” “In conclusion, growth hormone increases athletic sprinting when given alone or in combination with testosterone. This is the first demonstration of improvement in a selective aspect of physical performance with growth hormone. We believe that this effect may bring a competitive advantage to athletes engaging in sprint events.” This work was funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency.


Which English city was called Clausentum by the Romans?

A History of Southampton A BRIEF HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON By Tim Lambert ROMAN SOUTHAMPTON About 70 AD the Romans built a town on a bend in the River Itchen, where Bitterne now stands. The Roman town near Southampton was called Clausentum. The streets were laid out in a grid pattern and they were graveled. All the buildings in the Roman town were, at first, built of wood but in the 2nd century wealthy people rebuilt their houses in stone. They had panes of glass in the windows, painted murals on the walls and mosaic floors. Of course, poor people could afford none of these things. They lived in wood and plaster huts. In the 2nd century the little town was fortified. An earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top was erected and ditch was dug. In addition an inner area of 8 acres was given its own ditch, rampart and palisade. In the 4th century the inner area was strengthened when it was given stonewalls. The Roman army left Britain in 407 AD and the town of Clausentum was abandoned soon afterwards. SAXON SOUTHAMPTON The Saxon king, Ine, built a new town on the other side of the Itchen about 690-700 AD. It stood where St Mary's church is today. The new town was called Hamwic or Hamtun. (The ham in Hampshire comes from Hamtun. It was once called Hamtunshire). Saxon Southampton was a large and important port. It is estimated that the population of the Saxon town was 4,000-5,000, which was very large, by Saxon standards. Saxon Southampton was laid out with streets on a grid pattern like the old Roman town, but all the buildings in it were of wood. In Saxon Southampton craftsmen made things like needles and combs from animal bone. There were also blacksmiths, bronze smiths, carpenters, thatchers, leather workers and potters in the town. Women wove wool into cloth. The main export from Southampton was wool. Wine and fine pottery were imported as well as millstones. By the 9th century there was a royal mint in Southampton. Saxon Southampton suffered severely in the Danish raids of the 9th and 10th centuries. The Danes sacked the town several times. Late in the 9th century King Alfred created a network of strongholds called burghs across his kingdom. In the event of a Danish raid all the men in the area were supposed to gather in the stronghold or burgh. It is recorded that there was a burgh called Hamtun (later this name changed into Southampton). Some historians think it may have been within the stone walls of the old Roman town. In the 10th century Southampton went into decline. This may have been partly due to the Danish raids but it was probably also due to the silting up of the Itchen. As the first Southampton declined many people probably moved to Winchester but at least some moved to a new settlement beside the Test. This new settlement was also called Hamtun. It was much smaller than the old town. At the time of Domesday (1086) it may have had about 1,000 inhabitants. Nevertheless the Witan, the Saxon parliament declared Canute king of England at Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON IN THE MIDDLE AGES After the Norman conquest Frenchmen came to live in Southampton. They settled around French Street and Bugle Street. They worshiped in a church dedicated to St Michael (the patron saint of Normandy). The High Street in Southampton was once called English Street. It and East Street were where the original Saxon inhabitants lived. (English Street changed its name to High Street in the 16th century). The Normans also built a wooden castle in Southampton. In the 12th century the castle was rebuilt in stone. Medieval Southampton grew rapidly and probably had about 3,000-4,000 inhabitants by the 14th century. In Medieval Southampton craftsmen of one kind tended to live in one street. Bakers lived in Simnel Street (simnel was type of fine flour). West Street was known as Butcher Row, Bugle Street was also a street of butchers (a bugle is an old name for a young bull). Wincle Street derives its name from the old word wincel meaning nook, corner or angle. By the 13th century there was a small suburb north of Southampton where Above Bar is today


In which Scottish town, north of Stirling, was tennis player Jamie Murray born?

Andy Murray avoids politics before Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie with USA | Sport | The Guardian Andy Murray avoids politics before Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie with USA • Glasgow event ‘is biggest home tie I have played and I expect it to be close’ • Jamie Murray questions Scotland’s failure to capitalise on Wimbledon 2013 Wednesday 4 March 2015 15.14 EST Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 09.37 EDT Close This article is 1 year old Picking his words more adroitly than he selected his shots in an error-strewn nightmare against the Croatian teenager Borna Coric in Dubai , Andy Murray tiptoed around nationalism, football politics and the state of Scottish tennis on the eve of Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie against the USA in Glasgow. It was a virtuoso performance – without notes. Its tone and content suggested team spirit is in good shape, even if his brother, Jamie, is struggling with a cold. However, if the British, who rolled the Americans in San Diego last year , are to beat them back to back for the first time in 110 years, that esprit de corps – driven by what will surely be overwhelming support among a sellout crowd of 7,000 in the Emirates Arena – could swing the result, starting with the singles on Friday. “I expect it to be very close,” Murray said. “It’s the biggest home tie I have played. The tickets sold out quickly, so it shows there is a passion here for the sport.” Which led on, inevitably, to brother Jamie’s comments in the Scottish Daily Mail on Wednesday, in which he lambasted local administrators for failing to build on the immense goodwill and inspiration his brother’s Wimbledon victory in 2013 has generated. “I spoke to [Jamie and our mother, Judy] about it quite a bit over Christmas,” Andy said, “but I don’t know as much as they do. I don’t spend as much time in Scotland now but I respect both of their opinions when it comes to that sort of thing.” The team captain, Leon Smith, born and raised in Glasgow, was more forthright: “It’s a no-brainer that there’s a need for indoor courts, especially north of the central belt. Andy and Jamie made really good use of the Stirling University courts. [Andy] would probably have been a great player anyway but it certainly helps if you can access courts when you’re a youngster.” Led into unrelated waters, Murray confirmed he visited Hampden Park after practice on Tuesday – only his second time in the national stadium after seeing his team Hibernian lose a Scottish Cup final – but said he would not be attending the Celtic-St Johnstone match on Wednesday night, just across the road from the tennis venue. “It was nice to go down on the pitch and see what it was like in the locker rooms,” he said of Hampden, adding when asked: “I don’t think I’ve ever been to Celtic Park. We’ve got the team dinner to look forward to, always a great evening.” Smith, denying any betrayal of personal allegiance, chipped in: “Any of my suggestions to go to Celtic Park were knocked back at the beginning of the week.” In a more serious test of his diplomacy, Murray bit when asked if playing in Scotland felt like a home tie. “This is home. This is where I grew up, this is where my family live. Except for me and my brother, they virtually all still live in Dunblane. I still have very strong ties to Dunblane for a number of reasons.” The USA captain, Jim Courier, described the Murray brothers’ return to Scotland as “a unique opportunity for us to experience the vibe that the crowd will have for him”. In an oblique reference to Andy’s support for Scottish independence, he added: “We obviously know there is a political undercurrent here, we are aware of that, and that just adds a little intrigue. It is another wrinkle, another element to this competition. We know what it means to everybody to play for their country and maybe a little bit extra special for Andy and Jamie playing here in Scotland.” On a lighter note, he said his players would not be out for revenge for the USA’s loss to Europe in the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, adding: “Interestingly, though, Jay Berger, who is [a coach] on our tea


Which painter (1577-1640) was knighted by both Britain and Spain?

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) and Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641): Paintings | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) and Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641): Paintings See works of art Works of Art (18) Essay Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, the greatest Flemish artists of the seventeenth century, were prominent figures on an international stage, namely that of the Catholic church and the royal courts and commercial centers of Europe. As a painter of religious pictures, mythological scenes, classical and modern history, and portraits, Rubens had a broader impact than van Dyck. But as a portraitist , van Dyck was far more influential, especially in England, where he spent most of the 1630s and his works inspired artists for the next 150 years (Thomas Gainsborough [ 20.155.1 ] was his most gifted admirer). Van Dyck was also a highly expressive painter of religious themes and, as a draftsman , a sensitive landscapist, although in the latter field Rubens surpassed every other Flemish painter (A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt [ 1990.196 ] is one of a few dozen landscapes Rubens painted mainly for his own pleasure.) Van Dyck’s reputation as a portraitist was enhanced by his large series of etchings called the Iconography. Not a printmaker but an astute entrepreneur, Rubens supervised the reproduction of his compositions in hundreds of engravings . In contrast to the teenaged prodigy Van Dyck, who was about twenty-one when he painted the self-portrait illustrated here ( 49.7.25 ), Rubens did not develop quickly as an artist. In his early years, he received an exceptional education, experience as a page in a noble house, and training in the studios of three Antwerp painters, most importantly that of Otto van Veen, who probably encouraged Rubens’s trip to Italy in 1600. Here he absorbed profound impressions from classical sculpture and the works of Italian artists such as Raphael, Leonardo , Michelangelo, Correggio, Tintoretto, Caravaggio , and Annibale Carracci . Rubens remained in Italy for eight years, supported by commissions from the duke of Mantua, Genoese nobility, and great Roman patrons, including major orders of the Catholic church. Before the end of 1608, when he returned to Antwerp, he had painted some of the most important altarpieces in Genoa, Rome, and elsewhere in Italy. This experience provided the groundwork for his extraordinary output of religious pictures during the next fifteen years in Antwerp, which he managed by organizing a large workshop of pupils and assistants. Rubens was appointed court painter to Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella, who governed the Southern Netherlands from Brussels on behalf of Spain. However, the artist chose to remain in Antwerp, where he married and built a house and large studio in a Northern version of the modern Italian style. The altarpieces he supplied to Antwerp churches—like the two great triptychs now in the Antwerp Cathedral, The Raising of the Cross and The Descent from the Cross—were often funded by distinguished laymen with a discerning knowledge of the arts, such as the burgomaster Nicolaes Rockox. The Wolf and Fox Hunt of about 1615–21 ( 10.73 ) is the first of several large hunting pictures that Rubens made as alternatives to tapestries and sold to patrons like the duke of Bavaria. He also collaborated with other Antwerp artists, for instance, Jan Brueghel the Elder ( 45.141 ) and Frans Snyders, to produce mythological and other pictures intended mainly for connoisseurs. In all of these works—religious paintings, tapestry designs , book illustrations, and other projects—Rubens exhibited extraordinary learning and imagination. Among the many examples of his insightfully conceived iconographic programs was the spectacular series of thirty-nine ceiling paintings for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp. The canvases (later destroyed in a fire) were actually painted mostly by Van Dyck, after Rubens’s oil sketches, his preferred method of formulating compositions. These modell


What name is given to the distance between the two rails of a railway track?

Infrastructure Infrastructure Introduction Track is the base upon which the railway runs.  To give a train a good ride, the track alignment must be set to within a millimeter of the design.  Track design and construction is part of a complex and multi-disciplinary engineering science involving earthworks, steelwork, timber and suspension systems - the infrastructure of the railway.  Many different systems exist throughout the world and there are many variations in their performance and maintenance.  This page looks at the basics of infrastructure and track design and construction with drawings, photos and examples from around the world.  Some information was contributed by Dan McNaughton, Simon Lowe and Mike Brotzman. Contents Background - Basic Construction - The Sub-Structure - Ballast - Track - Sleepers (Ties) - Rails - Rail Welding - Gauge - Modern Track Forms - Ballasted vs Non-Ballasted Track - Structures - Gauging - Monuments and Datum Plates - Curves - Cant - Turnouts - Crossings - Types of Turnouts - Examples of Turnouts . Background The track is a fundamental part of the railway infrastructure and represents the primary distinction between this form of land transportation and all others in that it provides a fixed guidance system.  The track is the steering base for the train and has evolved from an ancient design of vehicle guidance with origins dating, some historians have suggested, from the Sumerian culture of 2000 BC.  The modern railway version is based on the steel wheel running on a steel rail.  Other forms of guided vehicle technology exist; rubber-tyred trains, magnetic levitation and guided busways, for example, but these are not dealt with here.  There is a good description of the French-based rubber tyred train technology available at The Rubber Tyred Metro . Basic Construction Track is the most obvious part of a railway route but there is a sub-structure supporting the track which is equally as important in ensuring a safe and comfortable ride for the train and its passengers or freight.  The infrastructure diagram here shows the principal parts of an electrified, double-track line. The total width across the two-track alignment will be about 15 m (50 ft) for a modern formation.  The "cess" shown each side of the alignment is the area available for a walkway or refuge for staff working on the track. The Sub-Structure This part of the road consists of three main elements; the formation, the sub-ballast and the ballast.  The formation is the ground upon which the track will be laid.  It can be the natural ground level or "grade" or it can be an embankment or cutting.  It is important that the formation is made of the right materials and is properly compacted to carry the loads of passing trains.  The formation under the track has a "camber" rather like that seen on a roadway.  This is to ensure ease of water run-off to the drains provided on each side of the line.  The track itself is supported on "ballast", made up of stones - usually granite or, in the US, basalt - below which is a layer of sand, which separates it from the formation.  For new or renewed formations, the sand is normally laid over some sort of geotechnical screen or mesh to separate it from the foundation material below.  In the past, asphalt or plastic sheeting has been used to prevent water seepage. Catenary masts (if the line is electrified on the overhead system) are located outside the drains and, beyond them, there is a walkway area.  This may just be a cleared path for staff to walk safely, avoiding passing trains or, on modernised routes, a properly constructed path.  Next to this path will be a cable trough.  These were originally concrete but are nowadays often made of plastic.  Cables crossing the track are protected by a plastic tube, usually bright orange in the UK.  Proper cable protection is essential to prevent damage by animals, track maintenance tools, weather and fire. Usually, the edge of the railway property is outside the pathway or cable runs.  If the line is built through an area requiring an embankment or c


Which composer, born in 1732, wrote the oratorios 'The Creation' and 'The Seasons'?

Joseph Haydn, Composer | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Biography (Born March 31, 1732, Rohrau, Austria—died May 31, 1809, Vienna) Austrian composer. Intended for the priesthood, he was recruited at age eight to the choir at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, where he learned violin and keyboard. On leaving the choir, he began supporting himself by teaching and playing violin, while undertaking a rigorous study of counterpoint and harmony. He came to the attention of Pietro Metastasio and through him became factotum to the composer Nicola Porpora in exchange for lessons. Gaining entrée to high society, in 1761 he became head of the musical establishment at the great palace of the Esterházy family, which would support him for most of his career. In this position of artistic isolation but with excellent resources, Haydn felt free to experiment and was forced to become original. By his late years he was recognized internationally as the greatest living composer. He composed important works in almost every genre, and his elegant and ingratiating works balance wit and seriousness, custom and innovation. The first great symphonist, he composed 106 symphonies, including the popular last 12 “London symphonies” (1791–95). He virtually invented the string quartet, and his 68 quartets remain the foundation of the quartet literature. His choral works include 14 masses and the oratorios The Creation (1798) and The Seasons (1801). He also wrote 47 piano sonatas and more than 125 beautiful works for the cello-like baryton. The principal shaper of the Classical style, he exerted major influence on his friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and on his student Ludwig van Beethoven.


Which musical instrument does President Bill Clinton play? He played this instrument in the Arkansas State Band.

Presidents Who Played Instruments | Minor Music Presidents Who Played Instruments Categories: For Everyone , Patriotic Music , Presidents Who Played Presidents’ Day (celebrated on the third Monday in February), was originally established in 1885 in recognition of George Washington. The holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of the 1971 Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. Presidents’ Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents past and present. Wondering how many U.S. Presidents played musical instruments… According to our research: 13. * And while George Washington doesn’t make the list, Lincoln does. Check out the others. Some may surprise you. Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) Third president of the United States, drafted the Declaration of Independence, and played the Violin & Cello. John Quincy Adams (1767 – 1848) The sixth president of the United States formulated the Monroe Doctrine, and  played the Flute. John Tyler (1790-1862) The tenth president of the United States was the first Vice President to be elevated to the office of President by the death of his predecessor, played the violin. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) The sixteenth president of the United States issued the Emancipation Proclamation and played the Violin. Chester Alan Arthur (1829 – 1886) Became the 21st president of the United States following the assassination of President James A. Garfield. He played the Banjo. Franklin Roosevelt (1882-1945) The 32nd President of the United States and the fifth cousin to President Theodore Roosevelt, played the piano and sang soprano in his school choir. Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) The 28th president of the United States and creator of the League of Nations, played the Violin and sang tenor in his college glee club. Warren Harding (1865-1923) The 29th president of the United States organized the Citizen’s Cornet Band, available for both Republican and Democratic rallies. He once remarked that, “I played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet.” Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) The 30th president of the United States was determined to preserve old moral and economic precepts amid American prosperity. He played the harmonica. Harry Truman (1884 – 1972) The 33rd president of the United States who served during the conclusion of World War II, played the Piano. Richard Nixon (1913 – 1994) The 37th president of the United States, who ended American fighting in Viet Nam and later resigned from office in the aftermath of the Watergate Scandal, was a classically-trained pianist and also played the accordion. Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) The 40th president of the United States implemented the Reagan Revolution, which aimed to reinvigorate the American people and reduce their reliance upon Government. He played the harmonica. Bill Clinton (born 1946) The 42nd president of the United States and the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term, plays the saxophone.


Alfred Hitchcock made two films of the same name and virtually the same story in 1934 and 1956, the second starring Doris Day and James Stewart. Name the film. The Man Who Knew

Alfred Hitchcock - Biography - IMDb Alfred Hitchcock Biography Showing all 191 items Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (19) | Trivia  (100) | Personal Quotes  (57) | Salary  (8) Overview (5) 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (1) Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and Eileen Hitchcock (born 1892). Raised as a strict Catholic and attending Saint Ignatius College, a school run by Jesuits, Hitch had very much of a regular upbringing. His first job outside of the family business was in 1915 as an estimator for the Henley Telegraph and Cable Company. His interest in movies began at around this time, frequently visiting the cinema and reading US trade journals. It was around 1920 when Hitchcock joined the film industry. He started off drawing the sets (he was a very skilled artist). It was there that he met Alma Reville , though they never really spoke to each other. It was only after the director for Always Tell Your Wife (1923) fell ill and Hitchcock was named director to complete the film that he and Reville began to collaborate. Hitchcock had his first real crack at directing a film, start to finish, in 1923 when he was hired to direct the film Number 13 (1922), though the production wasn't completed due to the studio's closure (he later remade it as a sound film). Hitchcock didn't give up then. He directed The Pleasure Garden (1925), a British/German production, which was very popular. Hitchcock made his first trademark film in 1927, The Lodger (1927) . In the same year, on the 2nd of December, Hitchcock married Alma Reville. They had one child, _Patricia Hitchcock_ who was born on July 7th, 1928. His success followed when he made a number of films in Britain such as The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Jamaica Inn (1939), some of which also gained him fame in the USA. In 1940, the Hitchcock family moved to Hollywood, where the producer _David O. Selznick_had hired him to direct an adaptation of 'Daphne du Maurier''s Rebecca (1940). After Saboteur (1942), as his fame as a director grew, film companies began to refer to his films as 'Alfred Hitchcock's', for example Alfred Hitcock's Psycho (1960), Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976), Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972). Hitchcock was a master of pure cinema who almost never failed to reconcile aesthetics with the demands of the box-office. During the making of Frenzy (1972), Hitchcock's wife Alma suffered a paralyzing stroke which made her unable to walk very well. On March 7, 1979, Hitchcock was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award, where he said: "I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, and encouragement, and constant collaboration. The first of the four is a film editor, the second is a scriptwriter, the third is the mother of my daughter Pat, and the fourth is as fine a cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen and their names are Alma Reville." By this time, he was ill with angina and his kidneys had already started to fail. He had started to write a screenplay with _Ernest Lehman_ called The Short Night but he fired Lehman and hired young writer David Freeman to rewrite the script. Due to Hitchcock's failing health the film was never made, but Freeman published the script after Hitchcock's death. In late 1979, Hitchcock was knighted, making him Sir Alfred Hitchcock. On the 29th April 1980, 9:17AM, he died peacefully in his sleep due to renal failure. His funeral was held in the Church of Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. Father Thomas Sullivan led the service with over 600 people attended the service, among them were Mel Brooks (director of High Anxiety (1977), a comedy tribute to Hitchcock and his films), Louis Jourdan , Karl Malden , Tippi Hedren , Janet Leigh and François Truffaut . - IMDb Mini Biography By: Col Needham <co


On which island did the mutinous crew from the Bounty make their home?

Relatives of mutinous HMS Bounty crew and captain they cast adrift to make peace after 225 years | Daily Mail Online comments It is a feud which began in the 18th century, when the crew of HMS Bounty mutinied. But after 225 years, descendants of Lieutenant William Bligh, the captain of the ship, and his rebellious first mate Fletcher Christian will finally make peace. The dispute dates back to the mutiny on His Majesty’s Armed Vessel Bounty on April 28, 1789, when Christian and 17 crew members seized the ship, casting Bligh and 18 loyal shipmates adrift in the Pacific. "The Loyal Men of the Bounty" showing HMS Bounty leaving her infamous Captain Bligh adrift in small boat with cadre of loyal men somewhere near Pitcarn Island Bligh and his crew managed to sail nearly 4,000 miles to Timor in seven weeks with no charts and few provisions. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Christian and his men hid from the Royal Navy with their Tahitian ‘wives’ on Pitcairn island in the south Pacific, which their descendants still inhabit today. Now Maurice Bligh, 71, the great-great-great-grandson of Captain Bligh, is preparing to meet Jacqui Christian, 44, a direct relative of the sailor who led the rebellion. HMS Bounty before the mutiny that left Lieutenant William Bligh, the captain of the ship, adrift with 18 of his crew The pair will shake hands in January next year, and then celebrate the 225th anniversary of the settlers’ landing on Pitcairn. Miss Christian will hand back a bible – long known as Bligh’s  Bible – which was taken from the captain’s cabin on the Bounty. Mr Bligh, from Sittingbourne, Kent, will then return the bible as an act of friendship to the Pitcairn islanders to end the feud. Historians have described the stand-off between the Blighs and the Christians as like ‘rival football teams’, with animosity simmering down the generations. Fletcher Christian - the English sailor who led the mutiny against Captain William Bligh on HMS Bounty in 1789


Who starred as the villain Max Cady in the 1991 remake of the film 'Cape Fear'?

Cape Fear (1991) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV a list of 30 titles created 25 Mar 2012 a list of 49 titles created 29 May 2014 a list of 33 titles created 13 Mar 2015 a list of 32 titles created 18 Nov 2015 a list of 29 titles created 27 Nov 2015 Search for " Cape Fear " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     2     Oscars. Another    4 wins & 15 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Four honourable men business ends up in a chaos when Johnny boy adopted their profession and ruined their empire Director: Martin Scorsese Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team. Director: Brian De Palma The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross. Director: Martin Scorsese Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback. Director: Martin Scorsese An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it. Director: Martin Scorsese Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy. Director: Martin Scorsese A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s. Director: Robert De Niro Haunted by the patients he failed to save, an extremely burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three fraught and turbulent nights. Director: Martin Scorsese A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail. Director: J. Lee Thompson Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends, a mafia underboss and a casino owner, for a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director: Martin Scorsese A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C. Director: Brian De Palma An egotistical saxophonist and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, up-hill climb. Director: Martin Scorsese Edit Storyline Sam Bowden ( Nick Nolte )is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver" type family-man. Max Cady ( Robert De Niro ) is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss. Written by James Craver The Bowden family has moved to New Essex. See more  » Genres: Rated R for strong violence, and for language | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 15 November 1991 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Cabo de miedo See more  » Filming Locations: Reese Witherspoon auditioned for the role of Danielle Bowden. See more » Goofs When Sam Bowden is first confronted by Max in his car, he offers to buy Max off. Max counters Sam's hypothetical $10,000 offer with, "Let's say $50,000--$50,000 into [about] 5,000 days" equals $10 per day. He meant to say 5,000 days into $50,000, which would give his daily pay rate. (The first calculation equals


Which athlete won a gold medal for Great Britain in the 2009 World Championships in Berlin in the triple jump?

World Athletics: Great Britain's Phillips Idowu wins triple jump gold in Berlin - Telegraph Athletics World Athletics: Great Britain's Phillips Idowu wins triple jump gold in Berlin Never mind the bolt through his eyebrow and the studs in his tongue. Phillips  Idowu can now finally bound into Hackney from the world athletics  championships with the metal adornment he has always coveted; a major gold  medal.   Image 1 of 2 Over the moon: triple jumper Phillips Idowu won Britain's second gold medal at the World Championships in Berlin Photo: GETTY IMAGES   Great Briton: Londoner Idowu registerde a personlal best with a jump of 17.73m Photo: AP By Ian Chadband, Chief Sports Correspondent in Berlin 10:47PM BST 18 Aug 2009 One of the great unfulfilled talents of British athletics, the man with his self-styled “pillar-box red” barnet finally delivered here in Berlin when he hopped, stepped and jumped his way to the world triple jump title with a lifetime best leap outdoors. The 30 year-old, as renowned for his tattoos and body piercings as for his unfair reputation of being a nearly man, at last satisfied long-held expectations – not least his own – as he soared out to 17.73 metres, the longest by anyone this year, to win Britain’s second gold of the week after Jessica Ennis’s heptathlon triumph. “I feel like king of the world!” he exclaimed. “It’s been a long time coming.” It was one of those nights when he makes a deceptively brutal event look easy. “Hop, step, jump, 17.73. Simples!” he chuckled, impersonating a certain TV meerkat. In the process, Idowu also leapt out of the long shadow of Jonathan Edwards, who was watching from the BBC commentary box. Fittingly, the world record holder, former Olympic and twice former world champion will present his successor with gold in the Olympiastadion on Wednesday. “Great,” said Idowu. “It will feel like a changing of the guard.” This was a wonderful performance not least because his first two jumps might have persuaded him it would not be his night again. Related Articles Can Bolt run 9.4 secs? 18 Aug 2009 Nelson Evora, his Portuguese nemesis, who has beaten him in their last three major competitions, opened with a formidable 17.54m leap and twice Idowu would have soared past him if he had not got his run up wrong. First leap, he came within three centimetres of his target after not even hitting the take-off board; at the second attempt, he again barely touched the board but still recorded 17.44m. Deja vu? At last year’s Olympics, he had lost to Evora by the length of a cigarette. “For the third, I thought, 'Just run, you’re ready to explode’, and it came together,” Idowu said. Despite again being 20cm short of the ideal take-off position, it was a monster. If tight to the plasticine, it would have been close to the jumpers’ holy grail of 18 metres but it surpassed Idowu’s outdoor personal best by five centimetres and forced reigning champion, Evora, to match his own lifetime best to regain the lead. “I didn’t think I’d done enough and was waiting for someone to come back at me, but God was looking down on me,” pondered Idowu. Evora, so celebrated back home that he even beat Cristiano Ronaldo to the sportsman of the year title, made a fine response with a final leap which Idowu could hardly watch but he was still 18cm shy. This was a triumph for perseverance. Idowu had tried hard to conceal how much it had hurt last year to go unbeaten all season and then to lose the biggest prize of all. Previously, he had won world indoor and Commonwealth titles but they were not enough for him. He had felt so confident last year that he reckoned he felt like Superman; on Tuesday night, draped afterwards in the Union Jack for a cape, he must have had the same sensation, even if his initial blank, morose demeanour on the track told of a man almost in shock. “I just broke down in tears because the moment was very emotional and I needed five minutes to take a breath and realise it. I feel so very good because all my hard work has finally paid off,” he said. The suspicion was that perhaps Idowu’s


Which US President was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919?

Woodrow Wilson - Facts Woodrow Wilson The Nobel Peace Prize 1919 Woodrow Wilson Born: 28 December 1856, Staunton, VA, USA Died: 3 February 1924, Washington, DC, USA Residence at the time of the award: USA Role: Founder of the League of Nations, President of United States of America Field: world organizing Woodrow Wilson received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1920. Prize share: 1/1 Father of the League of Nations President Woodrow Wilson of the United States won the Peace Prize for 1919 as the leading architect behind the League of Nations. It was to ensure world peace after the slaughter of millions of people in the First World War. After the outbreak of war in 1914, it was Wilson's policy to keep the United States out. But Germany's unrestricted submarine offensive sank American ships, and in 1917 Wilson took the United States into the war. While severely critical of those at home who opposed the war, he presented his Fourteen Points program for peace. Wilson recommended national self-government for oppressed peoples, a conciliatory attitude to losers in the war, and a league of nations to ensure post-war peace. The peace negotiations in Paris were a disappointment to Wilson. Britain and France insisted that Germany must pay an enormous indemnity and accept the blame for the war. Subsequently the Senate refused to approve US membership of the new League of Nations. For this reason there was disagreement about Wilson in the Nobel Committee, until a majority decided to give him the Prize. Copyright © The Norwegian Nobel Institute Share this:


In which county would you find the stone circle known as 'Long Meg and her daughters'?

Long Meg & Her Daughters Stone Circle – Visit Cumbria     One of the finest stone circles in the north of England, the circle has a diameter of about 350 feet, the second biggest in the country. Long Meg is the tallest of the 69 stones, about 12 feet high, with three mysterious symbols, its four corners facing the points of the compass and standing some 60 feet outside the circle.   The stones probably date from about 1500 BC, and it was likely to have been used as a meeting place or for some form of religious ritual. Long Meg is made of local red sandstone, whereas the daughters are boulders of rhyolite, a form of granite.   William Wordsworth  wrote ‘Next to Stonehenge it is beyond dispute the most notable relic that this or probably any other country contains.’   The monument commonly called Long Meg A weight of Awe not easy to be borne Fell suddenly upon my spirit, cast From the dread bosom of the unknown past, When first I saw that family forlorn; Speak Thou, whose massy strength and stature scorn The power of years – pre-eminent, and placed Apart, to overlook the circle vast. Speak Giant-mother! tell it to the Morn, While she dispels the cumbrous shades of night; Let the Moon hear, emerging from a cloud, At whose behest uprose on British ground That Sisterhood in hieroglyphic round Forth-shadowing, some have deemed the infinite The inviolable God that tames the proud. William Wordsworth 1822 Local legend claims that Long Meg was a witch who with her daughters, was turned to stone for profaning the Sabbath, as they danced wildly on the moor. The circle is supposedly endowed with magic, so that it is impossible to count the same number of stones twice, but if you do then the magic is broken.     Just over a third of a mile (0.5 km) to the North-East of Long Meg and her Daughters, the largest stone circle in Cumbria, is one of the smallest, appropriately named  Little Meg .   Beneath the stones are the remains of the gypsum / anhydrite industries of the  Long Meg Plaster and Mineral Co. Ltd. . Menu :


In which atmospheric city was the Daphne du Maurier short story 'Don't Look Now' set? It was later filmed in 1973.

Film locations for Don't Look Now (1973) Stay at: Hotel Gabrielli Sandwirth , Castello 4110, Riva degli Schiavoni, (tel: +39.041.5231580) Stay at: Bauer Grunwald , San Marco 1459, Campo San Moise (tel: +39.041.520.7022) Stay at: La Fenice et des Artistes , San Marco 1936, Campiello Fenice (tel: +39.041.523.2333) alongside, and serving, the Teatro La Fenice (the Opera House) Churches: San Nicolo dei Mendicoli , Campo San Nicolo, toward the rather glum, industrial San Marta area Church of San Stae at Campo San Stae, Santa Croce, on the northern curve of Canal Grande Trivia Venice is gloomy and atmospheric again in Luchino Visconti 's yearningly romantic Death In Venice . See a brighter, sunnier Venice in David Lean 's 1955 Summer Madness, with Katharine Hepburn famously taking a tumble into the canal, or in Steven Spielberg 's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . Another Daphne Du Maurier story adapted for the screen is The Birds Don't Look Now location: Donald Sutherland finally meets the mysterious figure: Palazzo Grimani, Calle di Mezzo, Venice Dank, crumbling, off-season Venice provides the setting for Nicolas Roeg ’s reinvention of a Daphne du Maurier short story as a dazzling – and disturbing – cinematic mosaic. Sceptical architect John Baxter ( Donald Sutherland ), doomed by a refusal to accept his own extrasensory powers, and his wife Laura ( Julie Christie ) stay at the ‘Europa Hotel’. You won't be able to follow them exactly. The fictitious ‘Europa’ is a conflation of two classy – and pricy – Venetian establishments. Don't Look Now location: the luxury hotel: Hotel Gabrielli Sandwirth, Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice The lobby and the exteriors are the Hotel Gabrielli Sandwirth , Castello 4110, Riva degli Schiavoni, a converted Gothic palace overlooking the San Marco Canal just east of the Piazza San Marco. Don't Look Now location: the luxury hotel interior: Hotel Bauer Grunwald, Campo San Moise, Venice The hotel interior – location for one of cinema’s most convincing sex scenes – is over to the west of Piazza San Marco, the expensive Bauer Grunwald , San Marco 1459, Campo San Moise. Don't Look Now location: the church being restored: San Nicolo dei Mendicoli, Venice The church Baxter is restoring is way down in the southwest of the city. It’s San Nicolo dei Mendicoli, one of the oldest in Venice and restored – in real life – during the Seventies (though you won’t see the mosaic worked on in the movie, which was nothing more than a film prop). The church, which is open to the public from 10 till noon in the mornings and 4.30 to 7.30 in the afternoon, is on Campo San Nicolo, a small square surrounded on three sides by the Rio di San Nicolo and the Rio delle Terese. To get to it, you need to follow the Canale della Giudecca waterfront, the Fondamenta delle Zattere, west past the Stazione Marittima toward the rather glum, industrial San Marta area. The suspicious detective follows Baxter through the San Polo district in the centre of the northern curve of the Grand Canal’s reverse ‘S’, to the southwest of Venice’s second largest square, the Campo San Polo: the Calle di Castel Forte and the Ponte Vinanti. The restaurant in which John and Laura meet the two strange sisters is the Ristorante Roma, near to the Ponte Scalzi over the Grand Canal by the railway station, Stazione Ferrovia Santa Lucia. Don't Look Now location: the old ladies's hotel: Hotel La Fenice et Des Artistes, San Marco 1936, Campiello Fenice, Venice After Laura collapses, she’s taken to hospital from the landing stage on the north side of the Grand Canal here. The sisters stay at La Fenice et des Artistes , San Marco 1936, Campiello Fenice alongside, and serving, the Fenice Opera House which burned to the ground in such mysterious circumstances, west of Piazza San Marco. The narrow canal, to which Baxter finally follows the tiny red-coated figure, is the Calle di Mezzo, northeast of Piazza San Marco, to the gates of the Palazzo Grimani a Santa Maria Formosa (at the junction of Rio di Santa Maria Formosa and Rio di San Severo – don’t confuse it with the o


Which bank acquired the Woolwich Building Society in 2000?

22 The year 2000 saw the acquisition of Woolwich plc - FINANCE - 103 22 the year 2000 saw the acquisition of woolwich plc SCHOOL View Full Document [22] The year 2000 saw the acquisition of Woolwich plc (formerly the  Woolwich Building Society ). [23] 21st century [ edit ] In 2001 Barclays closed 171 branches in the UK, many of them in rural communities: Barclays called itself "THE  BIG BANK" but this name was quickly given a low profile after a series of embarrassing PR stunts. [24] In 2003, Barclays bought the American credit card company  Juniper Bank  from  CIBC , re-branding it as "Barclays  Bank Delaware". [25]  The same year saw the acquisition of Banco Zaragozano, the 11th largest Spanish bank. [26] Barclays took over sponsorship of the  Premier League  from  Barclaycard  in 2004. [27]  In May 2005 Barclays moved its group headquarters from  Lombard Street  in the  City of London  to  One Churchill Place  in  Canary Wharf . Also in  2005 Barclays sealed a £2.6bn takeover of  Absa Group Limited , South Africa's largest retail bank, acquiring a 54%  stake on 27 July 2005. [28] Then in 2006, Barclays purchased the HomEq Servicing Corporation for US$469 million in cash  from  Wachovia  Corp. [29]  That year also saw the acquisition of the financial website Comparetheloan [30]  and Barclays  announcing plans to rebrand Woolwich branches as Barclays, migrating Woolwich customers onto Barclays  accounts and migrating back-office processes onto Barclays systems – the Woolwich brand was to be used for  Barclays mortgages. [31] In January 2007, Barclays announced that it had purchased the naming rights to the  Barclays Center , a proposed  18,000-seat arena in Brooklyn , New York, where the  New Jersey Nets  planned to relocate. [32]  Barclays cancelled its  secondary listing on the  Tokyo Stock Exchange  in 2008. This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full                             Document In April 2013, Barclays announced a new initiative called Digital Eagles. The ideology was to create infectious staff  advocacy and use this opportunity to highlight to customers the benefits of digital solutions to help make customers live much easier. Barclays Digital Eagles are the creative driving force for everything digital across the United  Kingdom with expansions taking place in South Africa and Europe. Abandoned merger with ABN AMRO [ edit ] In March 2007, Barclays announced plans to merge with  ABN AMRO , the largest bank in the Netherlands. [33] [34]  However, on 5 October 2007 Barclays announced that it had abandoned its bid, [35]  citing inadequate support by  ABN shareholders. Fewer than 80% of shares had been tendered to Barclays' cash-and-shares offer. [36]  This left the consortium led by  Royal Bank of Scotland  free to proceed with its US$99.9 cents counter-bid for ABN AMRO. This is the end of the preview. Sign up to                   access the rest of the document. TERM _ _ Report Information from ProQuest 19 August 2015 20:27 _ 19 August 2015 ProQuest T 03.pdf


What was the middle name of Diana, Princess of Wales?

Kate Middleton's Royal Baby girl and Britain's favourite names for the Princess | Daily Mail Online comments Weighing in at 8lb 3oz and making her entrance into the world at 8.30 this morning, Britain's newest royal is a little girl.  But with the speculation over the new baby's sex at an end, attention is now turning to another big question - what will the little girl be named? Throughout the Duchess of Cambridge's pregnancy, punters have been rushing to the bookies to place bets on the name - some more bizarre than others. What's in a name? There are plenty of choices for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to weigh up While the Cambridges are unlikely to bestow the name Khaleesi on their daughter (an outsider at Paddy Power with odds of 500/1), popular picks such as Alice are considerably more likely.  RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Other popular choices include Alexandra, Elizabeth and Charlotte, while Diana and Camilla are both in the running. So what will it be? FEMAIL weighs up the options.   ALEXANDRA One of the most popular choices so far, Alexandra is one of the Queen's middle names and has a serious royal pedigree. Her Majesty's cousin is also called Alexandra, as was her great-grandmother, Alexandra of Denmark, the Queen Consort of Edward VII. Known to her family as Alix, she was considered one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe and was aunt by marriage to another famously beautiful Alexandra - the last Tsarina of Russia.  Famously beautiful: Queen Alexandra was born a Danish princess and married Edward VII More recent royal Alexandras include Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, the former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, and Caroline of Monaco's youngest daughter, Princess Alexandra of Hanover.  ALICE  A perennial favourite, Alice, which is of Old French origin, is currently leading the field and is hotly tipped to be chosen should the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge produce a girl. Although a fixture in the baby name top 10, it also has quite the royal pedigree and has been bestowed on blue-blooded babies since the Middle Ages. One early Princess Alice was Alice of Jerusalem, the daughter of the Crusader king Baldwin II and his wife, Morphia. Alice: The Duke of Edinburgh with his mother Princess Alice of Hesse, later Greece and Denmark Royal family: Princess Alice, in a dark dress next to Queen Mary, is seen at the Queen's wedding in 1947 After her marriage in 1126, she became known as Alice of Antioch and famously battled her own brother for control of the city following her husband's death. More recent royals with the name Alice include Princess Alice of Hesse, the second child and third daughter of Queen Victoria, and Princess Alice of Battenburg - the Duke of Edinburgh's mother. CHARLOTTE William and Kate could name a daughter Charlotte, the feminine form of Charles, in honour of the Duke's father and the baby's grandfather, the Prince of Wales. Regardless of that, Charlotte has long been a popular choice for royal ladies, among them George III's queen, Charlotte. Honour: Charlotte would honour Prince Charles or Queen Charlotte, right, wife of George III A keen botanist, the royal, who was born in 1744, founded Kew Gardens, had 15 children, among them a daughter also named Charlotte, and was a patron of the arts. Her son George IV named his only child Charlotte, but she tragically died in childbirth at the age of 21, leading to a mass outpouring of grief across the nation Charlotte is also the middle name of Kate's sister Pippa Middleton. DIANA  William and Kate are also likely to want to remember the Duke's late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash when William was just 15. The Duke places great importance on honouring her memory, having already used Diana's sapphire and diamond engagement ring when he proposed to Kate. Keeping her memory alive: Diana is another possible choice for the new royal baby It is thought likely they would use the name Diana, if not as a first name, then as one of a baby daughter's middle names. While there have been few notable royal Dia


Who was the principal guitarist with the Quintette du Hot Club de France?

quintet of the hot club of france after you've gone - YouTube quintet of the hot club of france after you've gone Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 10, 2010 Quintette du Hot Club de France was a jazz group founded in France in 1934 by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli, and active in one form or another until 1948. One of the earliest and most significant continental jazz groups in Europe, the Quintette was described by critic Thom Jurek[1] as "one of the most original bands in the history of recorded jazz." Their most famous lineup featured Reinhardt, Grappelli, bassist Louis Vola, and rhythm guitarists Roger Chaput and Joseph Reinhardt (Django's brother) who filled out the ensemble's sound and added occasional percussive effects. Category


What specific product is associated with the town of Lynchburg Tennessee?

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Who is the narrator for the majority of R L Stevenson's book Treasure Island?

Treasure Island Characters | GradeSaver Buy Study Guide Jim Hawkins The young (probably 13 or 14) Jim Hawkins is the narrator of the adventure that is told in Treasure Island. It is his feelings, perceptions, and emotional responses that the reader responds to and views the story through. Jim Hawkins is the typical young boy, who through no fault of his own, becomes involved in the ultimate adventure, especially for a boy of his age. Through this process, Jim transforms from someone who is merely an onlooker, to an active participant who determines his own fate by courageous, and often very risky, actions. Although it is not due to his bravery or any special skills, it is he and not the older, more experienced men on the journey who uncover the pirates plan for mutiny, find Ben Gunn and enlist him in their cause, and steal the Hispanolia and return it to the captain. Jim thinks on his feet and by the end of the book has matured into a capable, competent boy. It is in his triumph over Israel Hands on the Hispanolia that his physically maturation is complete, and likewise, his decision not to run away from Long John Silver when urged by Dr. Livesey that his moral maturation is complete. Jim returns home to write the story and is haunted by Long John Silver and his parrot in his dreams long after his return from Treasure Island. Mrs. Hawkins Jim's mother. The only female in the book makes her only brief appearance at the beginning of Treasure Island. Her character is most revealed in the actions that she takes in order to assure that she gets what is her due from Billy Bones treasure. By being able to go back and return to the inn in the face of grave danger, she sets an example that Jim follows later in the book. Billy Bones Billy Bones is the first pirate that Jim meets in the book - his appearance (ragged, scarred, ponytail, and a cut on his check) signals the end of tranquil at the inn. Despite his drinking (especially rum) and singing a song that is clearly a pirate tune, his seeking out the Admiral Benbow inn is a sign that he does not want to be captured. Although Billy Bones demonstrates this dubious behavior, Jim is not afraid of him and even enjoys the excitement that the seaman brings to the otherwise isolated island. In return, Billy Bones is kind to the young boy. Billy Bones is a precursor to one side of Long John Silver's personality, the kind, gentle, parental side that is present when he aligns with the "good" men. Although he is blustery, beneath it all he is good-hearted. Jim is genuinely sad when he passes away at the end of the first part of the book, from a stroke. Dr. Livesey From the moment that Dr. Livesey appears in Treasure Island, he is depicted as an arbitrator who is fair, intelligent, fearless, and well-organized. As he becomes involved in the treasure hunt, he also shows consideration and kindness to Jim, thus, becoming one of many surrogate parental figures to Jim in the course of the novel. Dr. Livesey is also a narrator of the novel (although only for a few chapters). These chapters are not nearly as colorful or as emotionally charged as the chapters that are narrated by the younger Jim. His descriptions further his characterizations as a scientist, who is most concerned with curing the sick (he repeatedly mentions the malaria present in the swamps). Dr. Livesy is also extremely concerned with fairness to all, as his concern about the pirates that they had to leave behind demonstrates. Black Dog A companion of Billy Bones, his arrival at the Admiral Benbow inn marks the beginning of violence at the inn and the notification to Bones that other pirates know of his whereabouts. Although he and Billy Bones are friendly, their meeting ends in a fight where Billy Bones is injured. Pew Pew is another character who arrives at the Admiral Benbow in order to try and ambush Billy Bones and find the treasure map. Pew is described vividly, at first as a blind old man who "rat-tap-tap" with his stick but, deceptively, also an evil, mean adversary who is willing to use physically prowess in order to cowe


The Kiel Canal links the North Sea with which other sea?

Kiel Canal Kiel Canal Voyages Kiel Canal, Opened in 1895, the Kiel Canal is one of the world's busiest artificial waterways. Sixty miles (98 kilometres) long and thirty-six feet (11 metres) deep, the canal links the North Sea with the Baltic and saves international shipping the long detour around the stormy Skagerrak. Vessels heading east from the North Sea into the Baltic enter the canal at Brunsbüttel and complete the transit at Kiel-Holtenau, or vice versa. At both ends, there are locks to adjust the water level of the waterway to that of the ocean. The procedure at the lock gates requires the full concentration of the crew, as the ropes must be held very tightly to prevent ships and harbour walls from being damaged. A complicated signal system regulates traffic; maximum speed allowed is eight knots. It is mandatory for ships to employ a canal pilot for the transit. These pilots know the canal like the back of their hands, not only by day, but even more important, by night. The high cost involved in shipping makes it no longer feasible to stop traffic at sunset, as was done before the canal was equipped with night lighting. Transit time normally is between eight and nine hours. While it is of no importance for tankers or freighters whether they travel through the canal in daylight or during the night, cruise vessels prefer a daytime transit to ensure that guests may enjoy the sights. At certain places, the canal is only 528 feet (158 metres) wide, which brings fields and meadows into close range. A connection between both shores is maintained not only by ferries, but also by a number of bridges. You may want to be on the lookout for the one at Rendsburg. Its special feature is the aerial ferry suspended from the bridge by steel ropes, which is the only such transportation in Europe to carry pedestrians, cyclists and cars across the waterway. Be out on deck and enjoy this leisurely transit through one of Northern Europe’s most important waterways.


Which actor provided the voice for Mr Magoo?

Jim Backus, Actor, Voice Of Mr. Magoo - tribunedigital-chicagotribune Jim Backus, Actor, Voice Of Mr. Magoo July 04, 1989|By New York Times News Service. Jim Backus, the beetle-browed actor whose booming voice gave life to the nearsighted cartoon character of Mr. Magoo and the self-indulgent millionaire of ``Gilligan`s Island,`` died of pneumonia Monday in St. John`s Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 76. Mr. Backus, who had Parkinson`s disease for many years, entered the hospital more than two weeks ago. He was an actor and writer in the theater, radio and television and in more than 80 movies. His most prestigious film role was that of James Dean`s ineffectual father in ``Rebel Without a Cause,`` but it was as Mr. Magoo that he became best known to audiences. His vocal portrayal of the pink-nosed bumbler in the screen cartoon series began in the late 1940s, continued for more than 50 episodes and won two Academy Awards. In 1958, in his freewheeling reminiscence, ``Rocks on the Roof,`` Mr. Backus said he had loosely patterned the delivery and philosophy of Mr. Magoo on his father, an amiable Cleveland engineer who confused names, dates and places with lovable determination. ``Magoo`s appeal lies in our hostility toward an older generation,`` Mr. Backus said in a 1958 interview. ``But he`s not only nearsighted physically. His mind is selective of what it sees, too. That is where the humor, the satire lies, in the difference between what he thinks he sees and reality as we see it.`` Mr. James Gilmore Backus, born and raised in Cleveland, graduated in 1933 from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. After two years of appearances in summer stock and several productions in New York, Mr. Backus said, ``I decided to try radio as a source of livelihood because I like to eat regularly.`` He was a free-lance performer on hundreds of radio programs. Ultimately he became a hit playing a character called Hubert Updyke III on several shows. Updyke, a hilarious snob who insisted that his ancestors landed at ``Cadillac Rock,`` said things like ``Careful, or I`ll have your mouth washed out with domestic champagne.`` His Broadway appearances included roles in ``Too Many Heroes`` (1937) and ``Paint Your Wagon`` (1951). As a writer, Mr. Backus often collaborated with his wife, the former Henriette Kaye. The two wrote a lighthearted depiction of their life together in a 1962 book, ``What Are You Doing After the Orgy?`` They also produced two humor books based on his illness, ``Backus Strikes Back`` and ``Forgive Us Our Digressions.`` Among his more memorable screen portayals were Cmdr. Hutch in ``Francis in the Navy`` (1955) and the glib press agent in ``Man of a Thousand Faces`` (1957). On television, Mr. Backus appeared in the ``Lux Video Theater,`` was a panelist on ``What`s My Line?`` and played Joan Davis` long-suffering husband on 117 episodes of ``I Married Joan`` (1952-1954). Mr. Backus won popularity with younger generations for his portrayal of the fabulously wealthy Thurston Howell III on television`s ``Gilligan`s Island,`` which originally ran from 1964 to 1967 and which has been in syndication ever since. ``The critics assassinated it, but the kids flipped for it,`` he once said. ``I`ve been watching the reruns and confess I`m hooked on it myself.`` Mr. Backus is survived by his wife. MORE:


In which country was Grinling Gibbons born?

Grinling Gibbons, master woodcarver BY DAVID ROSS , EDITOR The most famous English woodcarver of all time was born, oddly enough, not in England at all but in Rotterdam, in what is now Holland, in 1648. Grinling Gibbons did not set foot in the British Isles until sometime around 1670 or 1671. Grinling Gibbons In those days a craftsman needed to be recognized and promoted by patrons to make his work widely known. Gibbons was fortunate in that he was blessed with extraordinary talent in woodworking, and that his talent was recognized and promoted by a succession of patrons until he eventually came to the notice of Charles II. Charles gave Gibbons commissions, as did William III and George I. Gibbons was also a favourite of the premier architect of the age, Christopher Wren. Wren called upon Gibbon to supply decorative carving for many of his country house commissions. Carved panelling, Petworth House The genius of Gibbons is not simply that he had a remarkable ability to mold and shape wood, but that he evolved a distinct style that was all his own. Working mostly in limewood, Gibbons' trademark was the cascade of fruit, leaves, flowers, foliage, fish, and birds. Such cascades could be applied to paneling, furniture, walls, or even chimneys. Perhaps to prove that he was not limited in his ability to the cascades, Gibbons produced a cravat made of limewood in a perfect imitation of Venetian needlepoint. The "cravat" was so lifelike that a foreign visitor was fooled into thinking it the standard dress of the English country gentleman! Horace Walpole, who is known to have later worn the cravat on at least one occasion, remarked in 1763, "There is no instance of man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers". The cravat is now on display in the Chapel at Chatsworth . Much of Gibbons work survives in isolated country houses, but Hampton Court Palace near London is blessed with an abundance of fine carvings by the Dutch-born master. William III commissioned Gibbons to redecorate his State Apartments, and was so impressed by the result that in 1693 he gave Gibbons permission to use the title "Master Carver". Such carvings as the ones at Hampton Court are filled with symbolism which would have been apparent to an educated observer of the day, but which would escape most modern observers. Very often each object in the carving would have a particular meaning or reference to a classical Greek or Roman ideal or story. Some of Gibbons best work outside Hampton Court survives at Petworth House in Sussex, in particular a ceiling he designed for the Duke of Devonshire, and at Lyme Park and Dunham Massey in Cheshire, Belton House in Lincolnshire and Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire. Other fine examples of his work can be seen at Windsor, and St Paul's in London. Also in London, the font at All Hallows by the Tower church has a wooden cover carved by Gibbons in 1682. Grinling Gibbons work had an enormous influence of interior design and decor during the Golden Age of the English country house. Later craftsmen such as Thomas Chippendale are known to have been heavily influenced by his work. Grinling Gibbons died in 1720.


The main mouth of the Amazon lies in which country?

Amazon Facts | Project Amazonas Project Amazonas Amazon Facts Amazon Facts Amaze (or bore) your friends and colleagues with some Amazon trivia. Who knows, it might even win you big bucks someday on a game show! The Amazon IS the world's greatest river. The Nile of Africa may be slightly longer, depending on how you measure each river, but for many other reasons the Amazon River is the undisputed title holder - the greatest river on the planet, in the solar system, and perhaps even in the Milky Way galaxy (at least no-one from planets orbiting Betelgeuse or Antares has yet provided convincing evidence that they have a bigger river on their planet!). Read on! If size is important to you... The average discharge of water into the Atlantic Ocean by the Amazon is approximately 175,000 m3 per second, or between 1/5th and 1/6th of the total discharge into the oceans of all of the world's rivers! This discharge is 4-5 times that of the Congo River (the second largest in ocean discharge), and 10 times that of the Mississippi. The Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon, is the second largest river in the world in terms of water flow, and is 100 meters (over 300 feet) deep and 14 kilometers (~9 miles) wide near its mouth at Manaus, Brazil. Raindrops keep falling on my head! Average rainfall across the whole Amazon basin is approximately 2300 mm (or ~7.5') annually. In some areas of the northwest portion of the Amazon basin, yearly rainfall can exceed 6000 mm (almost 20')! Where does all that water go? The water discharged into the Atlantic Ocean is actually only about 1/3rd of the water that falls in the Amazon basin as rain. Where does the other 2/3rds go? Up to half of the rainfall in some areas may never reach the ground, being intercepted by the forest and re-evaporated into the atmosphere. Additional evaporation occurs from ground and river surfaces, or is released into the atmosphere by transpiration from plant leaves. All of this moisture re-enters the water cycling system of the Amazon, and a given molecule of water may be "re-cycled" many times between the time that it leaves the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and is carried by the prevailing westerly winds into the Amazon basin, to the time that it is carried back to the ocean by the Amazon River. The Andes Mountains that border the west side of the Amazon help to ensure that most of the moisture stays in the system - very little is carried by the prevailing winds over the Andes to the Pacific Ocean. A long and winding river road. The total length of the Amazon River from its source springs in the Andes (taking the Ucayali River as the continuation of the main river into the Andes), is estimated at 6518 km ( ~4075 miles) (not including all river bends, and measuring the short distance around Marajó Island in the mouth of the Amazon). This is exceeded only by the Nile River (including the Kagera River) of Africa with a total length of 6671 km (4170 miles). If you measure the long-way around Marajo Island, however, the Amazon is slightly longer than the Nile! The Amazon headwaters are located high in the Andes at an elevation of about 5,200 meters (17,000 feet), and only 190 kilometers (120 miles) from the Pacific Ocean. Like mother, like daughters.... Two of the tributaries of the Amazon, the Juruá and the Madeira Rivers, are both over 3,300 km (2,060 miles) long. About 1,100 other sizeable tributaries empty into the Amazon River. Talk about a big mouth! The mouth of the Amazon is over 320 km wide (approximately 200 miles), and contains the worlds largest freshwater island, Marajó Island, with an area of 48,000 km2 (about the size of Switzerland). Momma was not a Rolling Stone! After leaving the Andes, the elevational gradient of the Amazon is very low. Iquitos, Peru is some 3,600 km (2,250 miles) from the Atlantic, yet the river-level at low-water season is only about 100 m (a bit more than 300') above sea-level, and the slope is around 2 cm (less than one inch) vertical change per kilometer. In the lower Amazon, at the mouth of Rio Negro and still 1,500 km from the Atlantic


Adam Dalgleish is a Scotland Yard detective in whose crime novels?

PD James' The Adam Dalgliesh Chronicles [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Roy Marsden, Penny Downie, Ian Bannen, Mairead Carty, Simon Chandler, Susannah York, Pauline Collins, John Vine, Ricci Harnett, Cathryn Harrison, Sean Scanlan, Kenneth Colley, Gemma Jones, Wendy Hiller, Martin Jarvis, Mel Martin, Joss Ackland, Barry Foster, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Palmer, Ross Devenish, Andrew Grieve, Gareth Davies, John Davies, Ronald Wilson, John Gorrie, Herbert Wise: DVD & Blu-ray  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images ? Product Description All ten cases of PD James' Adam Dalgliesh Chronicles starring Roy Marsden in the title role collected and uncut. Dalgliesh, who holds the high position of Commander in the Metropolitan Police Service at New Scotland Yard in London, is an intensely cerebral and private person. He writes poetry, a fact which his colleagues are fond of reminding him. Several volumes of his poetry have been published. Dalgliesh lives in a flat above the Thames at Queenhithe in the City of London and drives a Jaguar. He's singular and even perhaps quirky in his methodology but seldom does he fail to get his man - a modern day Sherlock Holmes, one might say. The first ten of PD James' thirteen novels about the atypical detective were adapted for TV miniseries' by Anglia TV with Marsden as Dalgliesh; 'Cover Her Face' (1985), 'A Mind To Murder'(1995), 'Unnatural Causes' (1993), 'Shroud For A Nightingale' (1984), 'The Black Tower' (1985), 'A Certain Justice' (1998), 'Death of an Expert Witness' (1983), 'A Taste For Death' (1988), 'Devices and Desires' (1991), and 'Original Sin' (1997) Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.


What was the middle name of Princess Diana?

Princess Diana - Biography - IMDb Princess Diana Biography Showing all 50 items Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (2) | Trivia  (27) | Personal Quotes  (13) Overview (5) 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Bio (2) Princess Diana was born July 1, 1961 at 7:45pm weighing 7lb 12oz at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England. She had her christening at Sandringham Church in Norfolk. Her full name is Lady Diana Frances Spencer. On July 29, 1981 she married her Prince Charming - Prince Charles of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II . On June 21 1982 her first son was born - Prince William Arthur Phillip Louis Windsor. Two years later, on September 15 1984, Diana's second and youngest son was born - Prince Henry Charles Albert David Windsor. Later on she said that the time she was expecting Harry was the best time she and Charles ever had they were getting along so well. On August 26 1996, the "Fairy-Tale" marriage was over. A year later on August 31 1997, much of the world was in a state of mourning - their beloved Princess died in a car accident with boyfriend Dodi Fayed , along with the driver of the car. The only survivor was Dodi's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones. Diana today is still remembered by many as the "People's Princess". She will always be remembered. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Lexie <Lexiie22@hotmail.com> Princess Diana was born Diana Frances Spencer on July 1, 1961. Her parents were Edward John Spencer and Frances Ruth Burke Roche, Viscount and Viscountess Althorp, later Earl and Countess Spencer. When she was 6 her parents split up and her mother got married to Peter Shand Kydd. Diana lived with her father her two older sisters and her younger brother Charles. When she was about 8 she was sent to boarding school. After that she went to another boarding school and then finally to a school in Switzerland where only French was spoken. She was not what one would call an academic, and actually would be considered a high school drop out. When she was at her final boarding school in England she met Prince Charles for the first time. He was dating Diana's sister Sarah at the time and Diana was so exited about finally meeting him that she could not concentrate on her O level exams the following week. It was only when her grandfather died that she inherited the title of Lady. Diana lived in an apartment with roommates and was a nanny and a school teacher when she got engaged to the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles . They got married in the summer of 1981 and on July 21 1982, Prince William Arther Phillip Louis was born. On September 15 1984, she had Prince Henry Charles Albert David. Her marriage started to fail then. In 1992 she and Prince Charles separated and in 1996 they divorced. She then lost the privilege of being called Her Royal Highness. In 1996 she fell in love with Dodi Fayed , the son of the owner of Harrods Department Store in London. On the night of August 31 1997, they were both tragically killed in a motor accident when the car they were in collided with a beam on the Pont D'Alma near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Her funeral was held on September 6 1997, just 9 days before Henry's 13th birthday. She is buried on an island at her ancestral home at Althorp. - IMDb Mini Biography By: CRR Spouse (1) Trivia (27) Buried on an island in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, UK. Has two sons with Prince Charles: Prince William (b. 21 June 1982) and Prince Harry Windsor (b. 15 September 1984). Former daughter-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip . "Candle in the Wind", the Elton John song about Marilyn Monroe , was changed to fit her, and performed by John at her funeral. Coincidentally, both women died at age 36. Had her look-alike puppet in the French show Les guignols de l'info (1988). Her death was used by Jean-Pierre Jeunet as a plot device for Amélie (2001). Invited Supermodel Cindy Crawford to Buckingham Palace for dinner, when Prince William had a secret crush on the model. Distantly related to actor Humphrey Bogart , who was her seventh cousin. Once referred to Camill


Who wrote the novel The Turn of the Screw?

SparkNotes: The Turn of the Screw: Context The Turn of the Screw Henry James Table of Contents Plot Overview Henry James (1843–1916), whose mastery of the psychological novel markedly influenced twentieth-century literature, was born in New York City. His father, Henry James, Sr., was an unconventional thinker who had inherited considerable wealth. James, Sr., became a follower of Swedenborgian mysticism, a belief system devoted to the study of philosophy, theology, and spiritualism, and socialized with such eminent writers as Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Washington Irving, and William Makepeace Thackeray. James’s older brother, William James, profoundly influenced the emerging science of psychology through his Principles of Psychology (1890) and The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). He also distinguished himself as an exponent of a brand of philosophical pragmatism he named “radical empiricism,” the idea that beliefs do not work because they are true but are true because they work. The James children were educated in a variety of schools and with private tutors, in what James later called “small vague spasms” of schooling augmented by his father’s extensive library. In 1855 the James family began a three-year tour of Geneva, London, and Paris, an experience that probably influenced James’s later preference for Europe over his native land. After a year at Harvard Law School, he began writing short stories and book reviews. He continued to travel widely from a base in England, where he chose to settle. He became a British subject in 1915, a year before his death at the age of seventy-three. By the time James died, he had written more than a hundred short stories and novellas, as well as literary and dramatic criticism, plays, travel essays, book reviews, and twenty novels, including The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Bostonians (1886), The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903), and The Golden Bowl (1904). Although James had many friends and acquaintances, he maintained a certain reserve toward most people. An “obscure hurt,” as James later described a mysterious early injury he suffered in connection with a stable fire, haunted him throughout his life. He never married, and the absence of any known romantic attachments has led some critics to speculate that he was a repressed or closeted homosexual. Others attribute the reason for James’s lifelong celibacy to the early death of his beloved cousin Mary “Minny” Temple, the model for several of his heroines. James wrote The Turn of the Screw in 1897, at a low point in his life. In 1895 he had suffered a tremendous personal and professional blow when his play Guy Domville was booed off the London stage. Deeply wounded, James retreated from London and took refuge in Sussex, eventually taking a long-term lease on a rambling mansion called Lamb House. Shortly thereafter, he began writing The Turn of the Screw, one of several works from this period that revolve around large, rambling houses. Like many writers and intellectuals of the time, James was fascinated by “spiritual phenomena,” a field that was taken very seriously and was the subject of much “scientific” inquiry. The field remained popular even after the unmasking of the Fox sisters, whose claims of being able to communicate with the spirit world had started the craze for spiritualism in the 1840s. Henry James, Sr., and William James were both members of the Society for Psychical Research, and William served as its president from 1894 to 1896. James had written ghost stories before The Turn of the Screw. It was a popular form, especially in England, where, as the prologue to The Turn of the Screw suggests, gathering for the purpose of telling ghost stories was something of a Christmastide tradition. According to James’s notebooks and his preface to the 1908 edition of The Turn of the Screw, the germ of the story had been a half-remembered anecdote told to him by Edward White Benson, the archbishop of Canterbury: a story of small children haunted by the ghosts of a pair of s


The Australian town of Newcastle is in which state?

Australia's top 50 largest cities and towns by population | .id blog Find detailed information for over 500 Australian communities by visiting the .id Demographic Resource Centre. Some interesting points about this list: Sydney remains Australia’s largest urban centre, but it’s now only 5% bigger than Melbourne. The exclusion of Central Coast has an impact, but Melbourne has also had some outlying centres like Melton excluded. Melbourne is growing faster and should overtake Sydney within about 25 years on current trends. The fastest growing centres in this list are Ellenbrook (WA) and Melton (Vic) – which is a little misleading as these centres are really part of Greater Perth and Greater Melbourne respectively, but are separated in the new ABS list. NSW has 18 centres (including cross-border ones) in the  top 50 list, by far the most of any state. South Australia manages only one, Adelaide. Mount Gambier just misses out, in 51st place. Despite a population only a quarter the size of South Australia, Tasmania manages 3 entries in the list, Hobart, Launceston and Devonport, due to a more dispersed population. Queensland also “punches above its weight” with 10 entries, more than Victoria with a much larger population. This is for the same reason, a dispersed population. All of the top 50 centres increased in population over 5 years. The lowest growth was in Lismore, just 1.9%. In the top 100 centres, only 2 showed decline over that period, Broken Hill and Moe-Newborough. Further reading You might like to download our e-book Predicting the Growth Suburbs of the Future to look at where we see population growth occurring in the future. And our National Demographic Indicators website has the population and other demographic measures for every Local Government Area in Australia. Notes on geography Populations are more malleable than people think, and really depend on where you draw the boundaries. For example Central Coast is no longer included as part of Sydney but has its own identity in this list. This means that Sydney’s population appears substantially lower than in the previous list , which used the Greater area and had no listing for Central Coast. The ABS have come up with new boundaries, called “Significant Urban Areas”, so this article has used these, and ranks the centres by these new boundaries. According to the ABS, Significant Urban Areas “represent concentrations of urban development with a population of 10,000 or more using whole Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s). They do not necessarily represent a single Urban Centre, as they can represent a cluster of related Urban Centres with a core urban population over 10,000. They can also include related peri-urban and satellite development and the area into which the urban development is likely to expand.” What this means is that they represent cities and towns as most people understand them, but in some cases, areas may be subsumed within a larger Significant Urban Area (eg. a contiguous suburb of a major city would generally be included as part of that city). Large satellite centres which are part of the Greater Capital City area, but geographically separated, are now separately identified in many cases (hence Central Coast being separated from Sydney. So the important thing to remember is that this represents a particular way of drawing boundaries to rank areas but it may not be the only one. If your area isn’t listed, it’s likely included as part of another major centre, due to geographic proximity. Access the Australian Community Profile to find Census results for each Capital City, State, and Australia on topics including population, age, country of birth, languages spoken, occupations, industries, employment, disability, income, qualifications, transport and much more… Share


Two of the water signs are Cancer and Scorpio, what is the third?

Water - Article by Astrology.com Water BY ASTROLOGY.COM NOVEMBER 25, 2009 12:08 PM EST Share Share Share The element of Water is associated with the signs Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, and it also rules the Fourth, Eighth and Twelfth Houses. Watery descriptiions are well suited to this element: fluid, flowing, wavering. These terms can easily apply to an individual's emotions -- the realm where Water most powerfully exerts its influence. Water signs are intuitive and sensitive, and they feel more intensely than the rest. They are emotional and nurturing, and like a river, they run deep. How things feel is what matters to these folks, and they base their actions on sense, rather than on logic or intellect. Water is also about compassion and understanding, since the receptive talents of these individuals are remarkably high. Water sign people can take in the feelings of others, process them, and put forth a plan or solution that will be conscientious to all. Those graced by Water love to take their sense of the world and translate it into the artistic. They desire aesthetic beauty -- and for everyone to be happy as a result of that beauty. Much like still water can become stagnant, however, an inactive Water sign person is not at their best. Water signs feel most fulfilled when they are helping others, and they do so in an enchanting, considerate and even romantic way. The flip side of this dreamy Water world is the tendency of these individuals to brood. Water signs are susceptible to mood swings, and at their worst, they could become self-indulgent, controlling and hostage to a fantasy world. This also brings up the ability of these folks to see things more clearly than others. Call it psychic, if you will. Water Signs are emotional, empathetic, receptive and feel things deeply. Alternately calm like the sea or possessing the force of torrential rain, the emotions brought forth by this element are plentiful, indeed. Sponsored Link


In the 1940 film Fantasia, who was the Sorcerer's Apprentice?

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Which South American country was named after an Italian City?

South America Map, Map of South America South America Industrial Centers About South America South America is the world's fourth largest continent on Earth, and the fifth most populous. With a history that spans over a thousand years, South America has been culturally influenced by Spanish, Portuguese, Asian, and African cultures. Europeans explored South America beginning in the late fifteenth century, and the continent was named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci who is believed to have recognized it as a separate continent. Located primarily in the southern hemisphere, with a few countries in the northern hemisphere, South America is comprised of twelve independent countries and three territories. Geography South America is bound by the Caribbean Sea in the north, the North Atlantic Ocean in the east and northeast and by the South Atlantic Ocean in the southeast. The South Pacific Ocean borders the continent in the west. In the northwest, the Isthmus of Panama joins South America with North America. South America is also home to a stunning variety of landscapes from desert to rainforest, and from plains to hills. Historic Overview South America has a long history, dating back to human migration across the Bering Land Bridge. By about 1200 BC hunters traveled from Asia to Alaska, crossing the Bering Strait and drifted gradually south. From 1400 to 1550, the indigenous people of the Inca Empire spread across South America to regions in modern-day Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Northern Argentina, and Peru. In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the "New World", and the number of Spanish explorers increased between 1496 and 1526. In 1533, the Spanish Army led by Francisco Pizarro had captured much of Inca territory. In the period between 1535 and 1537, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia were founded, and by the eighteenth century the Spanish colonies in South America started to make a serious bid for independence. While fighting wars against France on the European mainland, Spain began to lose control of its South American colonies, and by the end of the war in 1814, countries like Argentina and Venezuela gained their independence from Spain, and other nations followed suit. In the twentieth century, several South American countries, including Peru and Venezuela, had held elections for the first time after their independence. Economy The manufacturing industries, agriculture, and trade primarily support the economy of South America. The economies of many South American countries are based on export of goods, primarily the export of agricultural products. Brazil and Argentina lead in the export of goods to other nations. Some of the major agricultural products include sugarcane, corn, wheat, soybean, and coffee. South America's mineral resources also contribute substantially to the economy. Some major mineral resources found in South America are petroleum, gold, iron ore, silver, and copper. South American countries have shown remarkable economic development in the past two decades. Countries like Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, Peru, Chile, and Uruguay have had maximum growth, even during the global recession of 2008 and 2009. South American countries have shown resilience as compared to other nations around the world. The major challenge that South America's economy faces is the high levels of inequality between the rich and the poor in many countries. The gap between the rich and the poor in South America is highest in the world. In response, many South American countries are trying to come together with the help of two trade blocs, the Mercosur, which includes countries like Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Paraguay; and the Andean Community of Nations, which includes countries such as Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, and Chile. These trade blocs help the countries strengthen their economic ties and improve their economies. Travel and Tourism Tourism is another important industry in South America that not only enhances the GDP of each country, but also ensures greater job opportunities. The historical si


Rachel, a Hebrew name appears in the Old Testament, it means what?

Rachel | The amazing name Rachel: meaning and etymology Source: http://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Rachel.html 🔼The name Rachel in the Bible Rachel is one of four arch-mothers of Israel (Genesis 29:6). She is one of two wives of Jacob , sister of Jacob's first wife Leah (note that in the later Levitical code the marrying two sisters became prohibited — Leviticus 18:18); daughter of Laban , who is the son of Bethuel , who is the son of Nahor , the brother of Abraham . The two sons of Rachel are Joseph and Benjamin , and Rachel dies while giving birth to the latter. Rachel names her youngest son Ben-Oni but Jacob changes his name into Benjamin. Rachel is buried by the way to Bethlehem Ephrath (Genesis 35:19). Rachel's name appears in Greek in the New Testament (spelled Ραχηλ), in the harrowing observation of Jeremiah 31:5 of Rachel weeping over her children, which Matthew applies to Herod's massacre of the infants of Bethlehem (Matthew 2:18). 🔼Etymology of the name Rachel The name Rachel is identical to the word רחל (rahel) meaning ewe: