Which common wildflower has the Latin name Bellis Perennis?

Daisy plant DAISY PLANT   Common daisy characteristics English common name: daisy flower, common daisy, lawn daisy, English daisy, dog daisy, bairnwort, bruisewort or woundwort The English name comes from "day's eye" (eye of the day), in reference to its beauty, as daisy flowers open during the day, and close when the sun goes down. Note: Not to be confused with oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). - Spanish: margarita común, margarita europea, margarita menor, margarita de los prados, maya, chiribita, pascuita, bellorita o vellorita, mancerina, coqueta. - Catalan: margalida, margalideta, margaridoia spring pasqüeta. - Euskera: ostaiska, ostaika, petxilote, pitxoleta, mitxoloti, mitxolote, basabitxilorea. - Portuguese and Galician: Bonina, Margarida, velorita, rapazinho, margarida vulgar, margarida minor margarida Common, margaridinha, margarida-rasteira. - French: pâquerette, pâquerette vivace - Italian: Pratolina or margheritina comune. - German: Massliebchen, Gewöhnliches Gänseblümchen Scientific name: Bellis perennis L. Etymology: Bellis derives from latin bellus that means "pretty" or " beautiful flower" . Perennis refers to perennial plant, because it does not lose its leaves in winter. Taxonomic Synonyms: Bellis hortensis; Bellis pumila; Aster bellis. Family: Compositae Origin: native plant of central and northern Europe. Widespread in Asia Minor and naturalized in North America and New Zealand. Habitat: common perennial plant in the meadows of Europe, forests, streams and road margins. Especially found in pine forests. It resists frost. Distribution: nearly worldwide, cultivated as an ornamental or wild.   Characteristics of common daisy Daisy (Bellis perennis) is a perennial plant, with herbaceous stems belonging to the plant family Compositae. The common daisy grows as a low rosette (basal leaves) about 15 - 20cm high . It has some rhizomatic roots , cylindrical and creeping. Daisy leaves are oval, spatulate and toothed, bright green, with short petiole. Each leaf has a size between 2 and 5cm. long. All the leaves are in a basal rosette. The inflorescence of this plant is the typical one of composite plants, a floral head. This type of inflorescence is composed of tens or hundreds of tiny flowers. Daisy floral head is is between 16 to 25 mm. in diameter. Each floral head stands on a long peduncle or flower stalk, devoid of leaves from 13 to 20cm high , pubescent.  Flowers are arranged in a flower head surrounded by bracts. The plant flowers appear in spring, in May (hence the name Maya), but remains in bloom until late summer. The daisy flowers have a radiated structure . In the middle of the flower head tubular hermaphrodite yellow flowers are arranged , surrounded by peripheral ray florets that are female. Ray florets are a type of flowers in Compositae plants that resemble the petals of the whole inflorescence , and which are often referred to in the same way. In a whole, the whole flower head resembles a single flower. When we play "she loves me, she loves me not" , we are removing the ray florets or the female flowers of the periphery of the floral disc or floral head. Ray florets of a daisy are white, slightly pink, being a very attractive and colorful flower among meadows and fields. It is a honey plant. In the picture: botanical illustration of the plant parts of common daisy: (1) rhizome (2) basal leaves, (3) flower stalk;         (4) bracts; (5) inflorescence of the plant, where        have numerous tiny yellow flowers.   Flowers open during the day, and close when the sun goes down or there is bad weather. As a result, it is called daisy , which comes from "day's eye" (eye of the day). Daisy flowers follow a heliotropism, that's to say , its floral head aims to follow the sun. These flowers are pollinated by bees, bumblebees, beetles and hoverflies. * More information: video pollinating a flower . The fruit is an achene , 1mm wide , Obovate, pale, flat and pubescent. Inside lies the seed . The seeds are spread by wind, rain, wild animals and even humans Actually, a daisy is


According to Homer, what was the name of the Cyclops blinded by Odysseus?

Odysseus and the Cyclops After 10 years of fighting against Troy , Odysseus, one of the victorious Greek leaders and known for his cleverness, sailed for home with his men and ships.ï¿½ After many adventures, they came to an island.ï¿½ Unbeknownst to them, the island was inhabited by the Cylops people, a race of giants with only one eye in the middle of their forehead. The Cylops were lawless, without culture, and ate humans when available.   The Story:   On finding a large cave, Odysseus and his men entered the cave, where they helped themselves to the food and drink they found there, and fell asleep.ï¿½ After a time, a Cyclops, whose name was Polyphemus, returned to the cave.ï¿½ Leading his flock of giant sheep into the cave, he rolled a huge stone against the mouth of the cave to close the entrance.ï¿½ On finding Odysseus and his men in the cave, the Cyclops became enraged, grabbed two of the men, smashed their heads against the rocks, ate them, and fell asleep.ï¿½ Odysseus dared do nothing to the Cyclops, since only the Cyclops was strong enough to move the stone away from the mouth of the cave.   The next morning, the Cyclops grabbed two more men, smashed their heads against the rocks, and ate them for his breakfast.ï¿½ He then rolled away the stone, led out his herd of sheep, and rolled the stone back to close the cave.ï¿½ Odysseus devised a plan.ï¿½ He and his men took a large timber, carved the end to a sharp point, and hid it.   When the Cyclops returned in the evening, he again led his sheep in, rolled the stone to close the mouth of the cave, and proceeded to bash in the heads of two more men and eat them.ï¿½ This time Odysseus spoke up, and offered the Cyclops some strong wine he had brought with him.ï¿½ Polyphemus, who had never drunk wine before, drank his fill and became very drunk.ï¿½ Thanking Odyssesus, Polyphemus asked him his name.ï¿½ Odysseus told him his name was ï¿½No manï¿½.ï¿½ The Cyclops then fell fast asleep in a drunken sleep.   Odysseus and his men then took the timber and heated the sharpened end in the fire until it glowed red.ï¿½ Then, with all their strength, they pushed the red-hot point into the eye of Polyphemus.ï¿½ The Cyclops howled and woke up flailing, but he was now blind.ï¿½ The other Cyclops who lived on the island came running, but when they asked Polyphemus who had done this to him, he replied ï¿½No man!ï¿½ and the other Cyclops all returned home laughing.   Early the next morning, Odysseus tied each of his men to the belly of one of the giant sheep. When Polyphemus awoke and led the sheep out of the cave, he felt the back of each sheep to make sure no one was on them.ï¿½ Feeling nothing, Polyphemus allowed each sheep to pass out of the cave, carrying with it one of Odysseusï¿½ crew tied to its belly.ï¿½ Odysseus himself grabbed onto the fleece of the last sheepï¿½s belly, and escaped through the mouth of the cave.   Odysseus and his men ran back to their ship and hurriedlyï¿½ pushed out to sea.ï¿½ As they sailed away from the harbor, Odysseus called out to Polyphemus, laughing at him and telling him that it was not "No Man", but he, Odysseus, who had blinded him and fooled him.


Written in 1830 which composer's major symphony has the alternative title Episode in the Life of an Artist?

Symphony - encyclopedia article - Citizendium       This editable Main Article has an approved citable version (see its Citable Version subpage ). While we have done conscientious work, we cannot guarantee that this Main Article, or its citable version, is wholly free of mistakes. By helping to improve this editable Main Article, you will help the process of generating a new, improved citable version. (CC) Photo: Alton Thompson A concert hall , where symphonies are played. A symphony is a large-scale musical composition for an orchestra . Since the late eighteenth century, composers have regarded the symphony as “the central form of orchestral composition”, similar to how writers of fiction regard the novel and filmmakers the feature film. [1] According to music historian Michael Kennedy, the symphony “is reserved by composers for their most weighty and profound orchestral thoughts, but of course there are many light-hearted, witty, and entertaining symphonies.” [2] In the present day the symphony is a principal element of orchestral concerts in the United States and Europe, and the very name "symphony orchestra", a common synonym for “orchestra”, attests to the symphony’s predominance in the classical concert hall. Contents History Beginnings  the Baroque (1600 - ca. 1750) and early Classical periods (ca. 1750 - 1770s) In the seventeenth century, a "sinfonia" was, most generally, a short instrumental piece that served as an introduction to a larger work, such as an overture to an opera or a cantata . However, the term could also refer to an instrumental work that stood alone, such as a concerto grosso (e.g. Alessandro Stradella’s sinfonie a più istrumenti, "symphonies with more instruments"). Moreover, the terms "sinfonia", "concerto", and "trio sonata" were often used as synonyms. There were two general types of overture in the seventeenth century: the Italian opera sinfonia, exemplified by the works of Alessandro Scarlatti; and the French Overture, exemplified by the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully. Both types of overture were most often structured in three movements; however, the structure of an Italian sinfonia was fast-slow-fast, while that of a French Overture was slow-fast-slow. Regardless of the type, an overture was composed for a small orchestra (no more than fifteen players), was relatively easy to play, and was short in duration (typically six or seven minutes). [3] During the eighteenth century, the overture or sinfonia as "symphony"an independent, multi-movement musical piece for concert performance with (as opposed to a concerto ) no one dominant instrumentdeveloped in various parts of Europe concurrently, particularly in Italy, as evidenced by works by Giovanni Battista Sammartini ; Vienna, notably by Georg Christoph Wagenseil and Georg Matthias Monn ; London, notably by Johann Christian Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel ; North Germany, where a group of early symphonists included Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ; and Mannheim, Germany, where early symphonies were written by Johann Stamitz most especially. At this time the symphony was a structure still under development, and repeated experimentation was expanding the complexity of this relatively new musical form. Symphonies composed in the eighteenth century until the 1770s are referred to as “preclassical” and their composers as “preclassical symphonists”. [4] Why did the symphony grow in prominence? In the Baroque period, secular music for the first time became more prominent than sacred music. New musical forms such as the sinfonia-as-proto-symphony registered this change wherein the concert hall, rather than the church, became the premier venue for which to compose music. The first collections of concert symphonies (still referred to as sinfonias) were published in various places in Europe, such as London, between 1740 and 1750. [5] Growth of the new musical form was also linked to the expansion of the concept of the orchestra itself. The court orchestras during the Baroque period expanded in size to comprise up to twenty players representing various families


Which European country's currency is the forint?

HUF | Hungarian Forint | OANDA Hungarian Forint Overview The Forint is the official currency of Hungary, and is issued by the Hungarian National Bank. The modern Forint was introduced in 1946, after the second world war. The Forint was subdivided into 100 fillér, but fillér coins are no longer in circulation. The long-term goal of the Hungarian government is to replace the Forint with the Euro , although this transition has been delayed due to current economic issues. If you are traveling to Hungary, check for currency import and export restrictions. Permission is required from the National Bank for converting large amounts of Forint to or from foreign currencies. Economy Hungary has made a successful shift to a market economy after the first multi-party elections were held in 1990. Before the fall of the Communist regime in 1989, its economy was centrally planned. Since 1990, foreign ownership and foreign investment have become commonplace, and Hungary receives about a third of the foreign investment flowing into the Central European area. Production in Hungary has shifted from lower-value textiles and food products to higher-value sectors such as luxury vehicle production, renewable energy, tourism, and information technology. Over 60% of Hungary’s exports are related to machinery and equipment. In recent years, Hungary has required financial assistance from world bodies such as the IMF and World Bank to service its large public debt. As one consequence, Hungary has delayed adopting the euro until 2020. History The name Forint has its origin in coins minted in Florence in 1252, called Fiorino d’oro. Forint banknotes and fillér coins were introduced and circulated in August 1946, as a crucial step in the stabilization of the country after World War II. Inflation (especially during the late 1980s) made fillér coins irrelevant, and they were removed from circulation in 1996. Coins continue to be minted in Forint denominations. The Forint became fully convertible in 2001 after the high inflation of the 1990s when Hungary transitioned to a market economy. Symbols and Names Fillér = 1/100 of a Forint Denominations Bills: 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 forint Coins: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 forint Countries Using This Currency SITE MAP © 1996 - 2017 OANDA Corporation. All rights reserved. "OANDA", "fxTrade" and OANDA's "fx" family of trademarks are owned by OANDA Corporation. All other trademarks appearing on this Website are the property of their respective owners. Leveraged trading in foreign currency contracts or other off-exchange products on margin carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for everyone. We advise you to carefully consider whether trading is appropriate for you in light of your personal circumstances. You may lose more than you invest. Information on this website is general in nature. We recommend that you seek independent financial advice and ensure you fully understand the risks involved before trading. Trading through an online platform carries additional risks. Refer to our legal section here . Financial spread betting is only available to OANDA Europe Ltd customers who reside in the UK or Republic of Ireland. CFDs, MT4 hedging capabilities and leverage ratios exceeding 50:1 are not available to US residents. The information on this site is not directed at residents of countries where its distribution, or use by any person, would be contrary to local law or regulation. OANDA Corporation is a registered Futures Commission Merchant and Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member of the National Futures Association . No: 0325821. Please refer to the NFA's FOREX INVESTOR ALERT where appropriate. OANDA (Canada) Corporation ULC accounts are available to anyone with a Canadian bank account. OANDA (Canada) Corporation ULC is regulated by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), which includes IIROC's online advisor check database ( IIROC AdvisorReport ), and customer accounts are protected by the Canadian Investor P


With what type of shop is Charing Cross Road in London traditionally associated?

London/Leicester Square – Travel guide at Wikivoyage Chinatown[ edit ] Chinatown is centrally located in the West End, along and around Gerrard Street off Leicester Square. It spreads into Wardour Street at one end and Newport Place at the other. London's Chinatown may not be quite as large as those in San Francisco or Vancouver but it is still a great place to dine out in the evening, authentically Chinese and definitely different from anywhere else in London. Trafalgar Square[ edit ] Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square is a large public square commemorating Lord Horatio Nelson's victory against Napoleon's navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The central monument within the square is a single tall column on which the figure of Nelson stands gazing over London and is one of the great iconic images of London. His monument is surrounded by four colossal lions and a series of large fountains. Much more than just an open plaza, Trafalgar Square is famous as the location of a large number of important buildings and institutions that surround the square and fill the streets surrounding it. Trafalgar Square also marks the northern end of Whitehall , the centre of British government. In 2003 Trafalgar Square was renovated and expanded to link up directly with the National Gallery on the north side of the square - a great improvement to the traffic which once completely encircled this, the largest public square in the West End. The early 18th century church of St Martins in the Fields stands at the north-east corner of the square. Just by the church, Charing Cross Road gives access to the fabulous National Portrait Gallery, and leads on further to Leicester Square, Soho and the famous collection of bookstores on the road itself. To the south, Whitehall leads to Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament and 10 Downing Street. Christmas time sees the erection of a large Christmas Tree within the square, the annual gift of the people of Oslo , capital of Norway , as a token of gratitude for Britain's help in WWII. Trafalgar Square is also traditionally the scene of lively celebrations for Londoners on New Year's Eve, though an increasingly heavy police presence has meant that some antics (drunks leaping into the fountains) have all but disappeared. More recently, Trafalgar Square has served as an outdoor venue for concerts and VIP appearances, courtesy of the Mayor of London's Office, which is keen to see Londoners use their public spaces better. Visitors to the square on an ordinary day may also discover small-scale demonstrations and public speakers - the Square is a convenient gathering place near to, but not threatening, the seat of British Government down the road at Westminster. Leicester Square[ edit ] This smallish London square is the site of most British film premieres and the square itself is surrounded by terrifyingly-expensive cinemas — tickets for an evening screening will cost upwards of £17, 3D screenings will cost upwards of £15. At night, Leicester Square becomes exceptionally busy with tourists and locals, visiting the surrounding clubs and bars. In the north-west corner of the square is a musical clock, incorporating a Swiss glockenspiel, that is popular with tourists. It was popular enough that its remodelling and restoration was actually a requirement when permission was given for the demolition of Swiss Centre in 2008, of which it had been a part. The TKTS half price ticket booth is on the south side of Leicester Square for cheap tickets for theatre performances. By Tube[ edit ] Leicester Square is served by a Tube station of the same name located just off the north east corner of the Square on Charing Cross Road. The station is on both the Northern and Piccadilly Lines and acts as a convenient place to start any exploration of London's West End. Chinatown is a short walk from both Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly and Bakerloo Lines) — walk east along Shaftesbury Avenue, before turning right at Wardour Street, watch for the ornamental gates — and Leicester Square (Piccadilly and Northern Lines) stations. The


Which UK city has the area dialling code 0113?

0113 Area Code and Number Information The 0113 dialling code covers Leeds and the surrounding area. Areas covered include: Have you been called by a number beginning 0113? To get more information on a full number beginning 0113, click here . Phone numbers beginning 0113 are geographic numbers. How to write an 0113 telephone number The correct way to write telephone numbers beginning 0113 is in the format 0113 xxx xxxx The local number (the part of the number after the dialling code) is 7 digits long The cost of calling an 0113 number When calling from a landline, calls to 0113 numbers can cost up to 10p per minute, dependent on the time of day, and there is usually also a call set-up fee When calling from mobile phones, calls to these numbers cost between 10p and 40p per minute. Most landline operators offer inclusive call packages which allow calls free at certain times of the day, or at all times, and most mobile companies include free any-time minutes in the monthly contract payment, or a bundle of minutes for a reduced cost in the form of a top-up credit. Codes near to 0113 area code: 01274 ( Bradford ) about 6 miles to the WSW 01943 ( Guiseley ) about 8 miles to the WNW 01937 ( Wetherby ) about 11 miles to the E 01765 ( Ripon ) about 11 miles to the NNE 01924 ( Wakefield ) about 12 miles to the S 01535 ( Keighley ) about 13 miles to the W 014233 ( Boroughbridge ) about 14 miles to the NE 014232 ( Harrogate ) about 14 miles to the NE 01422 ( Halifax ) about 15 miles to the WSW 01977 ( Pontefract ) about 16 miles to the ESE 01484 ( Huddersfield ) about 16 miles to the SW 01347 ( Easingwold ) about 21 miles to the ENE 01226 ( Barnsley ) about 21 miles to the SSE 01757 ( Selby ) about 22 miles to the E 01756 ( Skipton ) about 23 miles to the WNW


Who is declared King at the end of Macbeth?

Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth (a Later Tragedy) In a thunderstorm, three witches decide to meet again on the heath "after the deed is done." Next, a captain reports to King Duncan that Macbeth beat Macdonwald in battle. Ross adds that the Thane of Cawdor was traitorous to Scotland during the battle. The three witches confront Macbeth and Banquo on their way home from the battle. They predict that Macbeth will be King of Scotland, and Banquo, though never king himself, will beget rulers. The witches leave and Ross informs Macbeth that he has inherited the title Thane of Cawdor (as also predicted by the witches). Macbeth contemplates the prediction of him being king, and wonders if he should help make it happen. Malcolm reports to King Duncan that Cawdor admitted his traitorous deeds at his execution. The king then warmly greets Macbeth and Banquo. To Macbeth's dismay, King Duncan declares his eldest son, Malcolm, Prince of Cumberland (i.e. the next king). At Inverness Castle, Macbeth's wife learns of his encounter with the witches and decides that she'll persuade Macbeth to fulfill his destiny through foul play. She then learns that King Duncan is coming to her castle to stay the night, strengthening her decision to murder Duncan. Macbeth appears and his wife tells him she'll do the foul deed herself. Duncan arrives and Macbeth tells his wife he doesn't want to murder Duncan. She talks him into it, adding that they'll frame Duncan's own guards with the murder. Past midnight, Macbeth converses with Banquo, then alone, hallucinates that a bloody dagger is in front of him. Macbeth meets his wife and tells her he murdered Duncan. He also begins hearing voices. Macbeth forgets to return the daggers to the king's guards, so his wife does it for him, bloodying herself too, as Macbeth loses himself in insanity. They return to their chambers as Macduff and Lennox appear at the castle gates. Macbeth greets them and they ask to see Duncan. Macduff and Macbeth "discover" the body. Macbeth accidentally admits of the murder, then recants. Duncan's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, flee to England and Ireland, fearing for their own lives. Subsequently, Macduff and Ross discuss that all have decided that Malcolm and Donalbain bribed the guards to kill Duncan. Consequently, Macbeth is declared king. At Scotland's castle (Forres), Macbeth contemplates how he fears Banquo may give breed to children who may overthrow Macbeth. Macbeth convinces (hires) to men to murder Banquo and his son, Fleance. Macbeth scares his wife by informing her of Banquo and Fleance's impending death. The murderers successfully murder Banquo, but Fleance escapes. At dinner, Macbeth imagines he sees Banquo's ghost causing his wife to excuse the dinner guests. On the heath, The three witches make a brew chanting "double, double, toil and trouble." Macbeth approaches and asks three questions. The witches answer: 1. Beware Macduff, 2. None of woman borne will harm Macbeth, and 3. Macbeth will until Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane Hill. Finally, the ghost of Banquo appears, showing his eight future royal offspring. Lennox and another Lord discuss that Macduff has gone to England to convince the innocent Malcolm to join arms with Northumberland and Siward against Macbeth. They inform Macbeth that Macduff has fled to England. Macbeth vows to fight them at Fife. Lady Macduff laments that her husband, a traitor, is virtually dead. Villains come and kill her son since he supports his father. In England, Macduff and Malcolm agree to fight together against Macbeth. Ross delivers the devastating news to Macduff that his son and wife are dead. A doctor and servant observe Macbeth's wife's sleepwalking and sleep-talking about Duncan's death. Menteith, Angus, Caithness, and Lennox discuss the impending battle with Macbeth and Birnam wood. An Dunsinane Castle, Macbeth is informed that an army of 10,000 is near. At Birnam wood, Malcolm orders his soldiers to cut the trees and use them as disguises. In the castle, Macbeth learns that his wife has die


Give a year in the life of the composer Camille Saint-Saens.

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns: Composer's life & music | Classic FM Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns Biography Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) was a French composer, organist and conductor who wrote works including Rondo Capriccioso, Samson and Delilah and Symphony No.3 'Organ'. Life and music Born in Paris in 1835, the son of an audit clerk and carpenter’s daughter, Saint-Saëns showed signs of exceptional musical ability from infancy. He gave his first private concert to an audience at the tender age of five, started seriously composing the following year, and aged 10 gave his professional debut with an orchestra playing a Mozart concerto and the first movement of Beethoven’s C minor Concerto. Saint-Saëns was one of the most gifted polymaths in musical history. Quite apart from his exceptional skills as a musician – composer, virtuoso pianist/organist, conductor, distinguished pedagogue – he was also a multi-linguist, a consulted authority on literature and the arts in general, a notable author and poet in his own right, and could hold his own with experts in a whole variety of ‘spare-time’ disciplines, notably archaeology and astronomy. His most notable work of all is the Danse Macabre (1874), a cornucopia of demonic delight, featuring a scordatura (unconventionally tuned) solo violin, a xylophone making bloodcurdling skeletal noises and a grotesque dance of death silenced only by the sound of the oboe announcing the dawn’s arrival. Tragically, Saint-Saëns’ two sons both died young. The most distinguished French composer of his generation, Saint-Saëns selflessly promoted the music of his younger contemporaries, as well as editing works by Gluck, Rameau and Mozart. Saint-Saëns died in Algiers aged 86. Did you know? Saint-Saëns could sightread scores of mind-boggling complexity perfectly at first sight. Wagner, who had little time for anyone but himself, was dumbfounded when Saint-Saëns played through several of his epic operatic scores at the piano as though it was child’s play. Saint-Saëns: 15 facts about the great composer Loved for The Swan in Carnival of the Animals and his Organ Symphony, Saint-Saëns was one of the greatest composers that France has produced. Soloists: Jacqueline du Pre; Osian Ellis Record Label: EMI


To which order of mammals does the lemur belong?

The Primates: The Primate Order Table regions of Africa 1     Some researchers prefer an alternate       classification that divides the primates into 2 suborders:  Prosimii    (lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers) and Anthropoidea (monkeys, apes, and    humans).  To see what this classification system looks like click here .  The taxonomy of the Primate   Order is likely to be modified over the next few years as a result of the   discovery of new species and the use of DNA sequencing data.  At   present, there are differences of opinion as to the placement of some   species.  Several of these differences are referred to in footnotes 2-4    below. 2 Some taxonomists consider tarsiers to be a  distinct suborder, the Tarsioidea. 3


The TV series The Wire was set in which US city?

Amazon.com: The Wire: The Complete Series: Various: Movies & TV Ad feedback Special Offers and Product Promotions Save Big On Open-Box & Pre-owned: Buy "The Wire: The Complete Seriesâ from Amazon Warehouse Deals and save 65% off the $199.95 list price. Product is eligible for Amazon's 30-day returns policy and Prime or FREE Shipping. See all Open-Box & Pre-owned offers from Amazon Warehouse Deals. Editorial Reviews Product Description In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. In the schools. In the media. The places and faces have changed, but the game remains the same. Review The Wire: The Complete First Season After one episode of The Wire you'll be hooked. After three, you'll be astonished by the precision of its storytelling. After viewing all 13 episodes of the HBO series' remarkable first season, you'll be cheering a bona-fide American masterpiece. Series creator David Simon was a veteran crime reporter from The Baltimore Sun who cowrote the book that inspired TV's Homicide , and cowriter Ed Burns was a Baltimore cop, lending impeccable street-cred to an inner-city Baltimore saga (and companion piece to The Corner ) that Simon aptly describes as "a visual novel" and "a treatise on institutions and individuals" as opposed to a conventional good-vs.-evil police procedural. Owing a creative debt to the novels of Richard Price (especially Clockers), the series opens as maverick Detective Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West, in a star-making role) is tapping into a vast network of drugs and death around southwest Baltimore's deteriorating housing projects. With a mandate to get results ASAP, a haphazard team is assembled to join McNulty's increasingly complex investigation, built upon countless hours of electronic surveillance. The show's split-perspective plotting is so richly layered, so breathtakingly authentic and based on finely drawn characters brought to life by a perfect ensemble cast, that it defies concise description. Simon, Burns, and their cowriters control every intricate aspect of the unfolding epic; directors are top-drawer (including Clark Johnson, helmer of The Shield's finest episodes), but they are servants to the story, resulting in a TV series like no other: unpredictable, complicated, and demanding the viewer's rapt attention, The Wire is "an angry show" (in Simon's words) that refuses to comfort with easy answers to deep-rooted societal problems. Moral gray zones proliferate in a universe where ruthless killers have a logical code, and where the cops are just as ambiguous as their targets. That ambiguity extends to the ending as well; season 1 leaves several issues unresolved, leaving you begging for the even more impressive developments that await in season 2. --Jeff Shannon The Wire: The Complete Second Season It hardly seems possible, but The Wire's second season is even better than the first . The "visual novel" concept of this masterful HBO series is taken even further in a rich, labyrinthine plot revolving around the longshoremen of Baltimore's struggling cargo docks, where corruption, smuggling, and murder draw the attention of detective McNulty (Dominic West). What follows is a series of events which at first seem unrelated (including 13 bodies found in a cargo container), and then the ongoing effort to topple the drug empire of "Stringer" Bell (Idris Elba) and the imprisoned Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris), whose business is suffering from short supply, high demand, and disruption of distribution. The dutiful diligence of a Marine Police Patrol Officer and the moral outrage of the longshoremen's union leader are also factored into the suspicious goings-on at the loading docks, and what unfolds in these 12 episodes is an American crime epic easily on par with the Godfather saga. Yes, it's that good. Detailed synopsis is pointless; The Wire must be seen, heard, and absorbed to fully appreciate the way in which over 40 characters are flawlessly incorporated into a sprawling but tightly disciplined plot that deals, in the larger sense, with the deindustr


In which English city was Isambard Kingdom Brunel born in 1806?

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) - Genealogy Isambard Kingdom Brunel Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Apr 9 1806 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Death: Sep 15 1859 - Westminster, London, England Parents: Marc Isambard Brunel, Sophia Brunel (born Kingdom) Wife: Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensington, England, United Kingdom Spouse: Marc Isambard Brunel, Sophia Kingdom, Isambard Kingdom Brunel Son: Apr 9 1806 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Death: Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, Sophia Brunel (born Kingdom) Siblings: Emma Joan Harrison (born Brunel), Sophia Mcnamara Brunel, Harriet Brunel Wife: Sep 4 1806 - Portsea, Hampshire, England Death: Sep 15 1859 - Westminster, London Parents: Marc Isambard Brunel, Sophia Brunel (born Kingdom) Siblings: Emma Joan BRUNEL, Sophia Macnemara Hawes (born Brunel), Harriet Brunel Wife: Apr 9 1806 - Portsmouth, Hants, England Death: Sep 15 1859 - London, England Parents: SIr Marc Isambard Brunel, Sophia Brunel (born Kingdom) Wife: Mary Elizabeth Brunel (born Horsley) Children: Apr 9 1806 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Death: Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, Sophia Brunel (born Kingdom) Siblings: Emma Joan Harrison (born Brunel), Sophia Mcnamara Hawes (born Brunel), Harriet Brunel Wife: Mary Elizabeth Brunel (born Horsley) Children: SIR MARC ISAMABARD BRUNEL, SOPHIA BRUNEL (born KINGDOM) Siblings: SOPHIE HAWKES (born ISAMABARD), EMMA HARRISON (born ISAMABARD) Wife: Apr 9 1806 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Death: Sep 15 1859 - Westminster, London, England Parents: Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, Sophia Brunel (born Kingdom) Siblings: Emma Joan Harrison (born Brunel), Sophie Macnemara Hawes (born Brunel), Harriet Brunel Wife: Mary Elizabeth Brunel (born Horsley) Children: Apr 9 1806 - Britain Street, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire Death: Sep 15 1859 - Duke Street, Westminster, London Parents: Marc Brunel, Sophia Brunel (born Kingdom) Siblings: Emma Brunel, Sophia Brunel, Harriet Brunel Wife: Apr 9 1806 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Death: Sep 15 1859 - Westminster, London, England Parents: Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, Sophia Brunel (born Kingdom) Siblings: Emma Joan Harrison (born Brunel), Sophie Macnemara Brunel, Harriet Brunel Wife: Mary Elizabeth Brunel (born Horsley) Children: Apr 9 1806 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Death: Sep 15 1859 - Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Parents: Marc Isambard Brunel, Sophia Brunel (born Kingdom) Siblings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was a leading British civil engineer, famed for his bridges and dockyards, and especially for the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of famous steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering. Though Brunel's projects were not always successful, they often contained innovative solutions to long-standing engineering problems. During his short career, Brunel achieved many engineering "firsts", including assisting in the building of the first tunnel under a navigable river and development of SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven ocean-going iron ship, which was at the time (1843) also the largest ship ever built.[1][2] Brunel set the standard for a very well-built railway, using careful surveys to minimise grades and curves. That necessitated expensive construction techniques and new bridges and viaducts, and the famous two-mile-long Box Tunnel. One controversial feature was the wide gauge, a "broad gauge" of 7 ft 0 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), instead of what was later to be known as 'standard gauge' of 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm). The wider gauge added to passenger comfort but made construction much more expensive and caused difficulties when eventually it had to interconnect with other railways using the narrower gauge. As a result of the Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846 (and after Brunel'


Who painted The Ambassadors, which hangs in the National Gallery?

Hans Holbein the Younger | The Ambassadors | NG1314 | National Gallery, London Sorry, your browser doesn't support the video tag. Professor Philip Steadman and Louise Govier discuss 'The Ambassadors' 3 mins 5 secs Transcription Voiceover: The National Gallery Podcast. Miranda Hinkley (in the studio): Anamorphic art is a term unfamiliar to many, a type of optical illusion, such images tend to be hidden and unique by their very nature. Unless you look at a piece of anamorphic art from exactly the right angle, you won’t see the intended image which is often only visible to one person at a time. I spoke to Professor Philip Steadman, an expert in perspective, and podcast regular, Louise Govier, to find out more, and began by asking Louise to point out the most famous anamorphic illusion in the Gallery, the mysterious white smudge at the bottom of [Hans] Holbein’s masterpiece, 'The Ambassadors'. Louise Govier: Yes, it’s in the skull in the foreground of the painting. I’ve sat in front of this painting with all sorts of groups of people, school children, and asked them what this weird object is, stretched out, white object in the front. And often they say, oh it’s a feather, it’s a baguette, I’m not sure, and you have to wait for one person to be sitting at the right-hand side of the painting who suddenly says, oh, it’s a skull. It’s a distortion that allows you to work out what it is when you just stand in the right place, it seems to pop into position. Miranda Hinkley: And in fact there’s a clue as to where you have to stand, because if you look at the floor in front of the painting, there’s a very worn patch over to the right, and if we now go and stand in exactly that spot, then it all begins to make sense. Louise Govier: Yes, absolutely. Now I’m standing right in the place where you should be, it looks recognisably like a skull, sometimes a bit more three-dimensional than others, but you can really see that it is meant to be a reminder of death. Of course this is an amazing, very lavish portrait, and if you follow the line up from the skull towards the top left-hand corner of the painting, you realise the tiny thing peeking out is a crucifix. It’s a reminder that these two men are aware of their mortality and of the fact that salvation lies through God, Christ and the afterlife. Miranda Hinkley: Well, we’re also joined by Philip Steadman, who’s an expert on perspective in art and architecture. Philip, is it significant that we’re stood off to the right, would this effect also work if we were on the other side? Philip Steadman: No, there’s got to be a particular viewpoint from which you look at it, like all perspectives, but with anamorphic perspectives it’s particularly important that you go to the viewpoint. In most pictures in perspective, they’re quite forgiving, you can look at them from many points of view, but anamorphic perspective is a very distorted kind, and it only looks correct when you get round to wherever the viewpoint is. Miranda Hinkley: You’ve been listening to an extract from the National Gallery podcast. You can subscribe to the monthly show by visiting www.nationalgallery.org.uk /podcasts.


Who had their first UK number one hit in May 1999 with Swear It Again?

Official Charts Flashback 1999: Westlife – Swear It Again 25 April 2014 Official Charts Flashback 1999: Westlife – Swear It Again It was the first of an incredible 14 Number 1s for the likely lads from Ireland, and it topped the charts 15 years ago today. Google + It was the first of an incredible 14 Number 1s for the likely lads from Ireland, and it topped the charts 15 years ago today. 1999 was a time when pop ruled supreme and its hottest stars were boybands, and ones with an Irish connection were usually the hottest of them all. When it came to chart success, Boyzone were the boyband to beat, but as their time was coming to an end – for the next few years at least – it was an opportunity for five fresh faces, each topped by perfect ‘90s hair, to step up. Westlife – originally Westside, but had to have a rethink because of an existing US group – were Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Brian (which he changed to Bryan, before going back to Brian) McFadden. In the age-old spirit of boybands lending a hand to young pretenders, the five lads were introduced to the world as being managed by Boyzone’s Ronan Keating. Behind the scenes, however, it was management supremo and future X Factor legend Louis Walsh who was looking after their interests. Their first single, Swear It Again, was an instant hit, debuting at the top this week in 1999. Watch out for the infamous key change:  Swear It Again was first in a run of seven consecutive Number 1s, including 1999’s Official Christmas Number 1 I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun and a cover of Phil Collins’ hit Against All Odds featuring none other than Mariah Carey in 2000. It really, really happened. We saw it with our own eyes. The group has 14 chart-toppers on the Official Singles Chart, the last being The Rose in 2006. Swear It Again has sold 375,000 copies, making it their 7th bestselling single in the UK. Their biggest is 2001’s Comic Relief single Uptown Girl – originally a 1983 Number 1 for Billy Joel – which has shifted over 785,000 copies. Over on the Official Albums Chart, they’ve had seven Number 1s, with six albums selling over a million copies. Their bestselling album in the UK is the first volume of greatest Hits, Unbreakable, from 2001. It’s notched up over 1.8 million sales. Chart Fact: 12 of Westlife’s Number 1s featured all five of them. After Brian left in 2004, they had only two more chart-toppers. Check out Billy's original chart-topping rendition of Uptown Girl before we rake over the rest of the Top 5 this week in 1999. 2: Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now Fresh from his first ever chart-topper (as Fatboy Slim, at least) with Praise You, Norman Cook continued his reign as the king of '90s DJs with this much-sampled smash. Thanks to Westlife, it wouldn’t advance any farther than runner-up position, but it scored him a fourth Top 10 hit. He’d go on to have three more, with the latest being the super-noisy anthem to all party-lovers Eat Sleep Rave Repeat FT Rivastarr and Beardyman, which hit Number 3 in late 2013. Right Here, Right Now has sold 372,000 copies in the UK – over 16,000 of those just last year! 3: Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment As EastEnders’ favourite tragic barmaid Tiffany, Martine McCutcheon captured the hearts of millions. As a pop singer, she managed to sell them a few records too! After two weeks at Number 1 with this, her debut solo single, Martine slipped two places. But, unlike the time her soap character took a tumble in front of a car on Albert Square, there was plenty of life left in Martine and she went on to have four more Top 10 hits. Perfect Moment managed to shift over 610,000 copies. 4: Texas – In Our Lifetime While Martine was just starting out, Scottish pop rock band Texas were celebrating a decade in the biz, with their seventh Top 10 hit. Fronted by straight-talking Sharleen Spiteri, the band were regular guests on the huge TV shows of the day, like Chris Evans’ iconic ladfest TFI Friday. Six more Top 10 hits followed, with Sleep being the last in 2006. In Our Lifetime never advanced on Number 4, and


"Which sauce gets its name from the Italian for ""pound"" or ""crush""?"

Pesto | Define Pesto at Dictionary.com pesto noun, Italian Cookery. 1. a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat. Origin of pesto Genoese dialect 1935-1940 1935-40; < Upper Italian (compare Genoese dialect pésto pesto), Italian: noun derivative of pestare to pound, crush; see piste , pestle Dictionary.com Unabridged British Dictionary definitions for pesto Expand noun 1. a sauce for pasta, consisting of basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, oil, and Parmesan cheese, all crushed together Word Origin Italian, shortened form of pestato, past participle of pestare to pound, crush Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for pesto Expand n. olive oil-based pasta sauce, 1937, from Italian pesto, contracted form of pestato, past participle of pestare "to pound, to crush," in reference to the crushed herbs and garlic in it, from Latin root of pestle . Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


Brideshead is the seat of which family in Evelyn Waugh's novel?

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists Shelves: novels ********Please note - contains spoilers ************ One's head is rather spinning, there are so many terribly good things and likewise so very much abject wretchedness it's hard to begin. Let us try. 1) This book is the twisted story of a homosexual affair, which I was truly not expecting it to be. It's famously set amongst the upper classes, firstly in Oxford, so you get pages of blissed-out descriptions of life amongst British aristocratic students in the 1920s and how many plovers eggs they ea ********Please note - contains spoilers ************ One's head is rather spinning, there are so many terribly good things and likewise so very much abject wretchedness it's hard to begin. Let us try. 1) This book is the twisted story of a homosexual affair, which I was truly not expecting it to be. It's famously set amongst the upper classes, firstly in Oxford, so you get pages of blissed-out descriptions of life amongst British aristocratic students in the 1920s and how many plovers eggs they eat and which claret they guzzle. That part is what I was expecting, and very lush and delectable and appalling it is too. But what surprised me is that it all takes place within a thick pall of implied and overt homosexuality. The two principals of the first half, Charles and Sebastian, are in love, clearly. they do everything and go everywhere together. And the best character in the whole book is a Quentin Crisp-style flaming queer called Anthony Blanche who says things like "Good evening Mulcaster, old sponge and toady, are you lurking amongst the hobbledehoys? Have you come to repay me the three hundred francs I lent you for the poor drab you picked up in the casino? It was a niggardly sum for her trouble, and WHAT a trouble, Mulcaster!" and "The gallery after luncheon was so full of absurd women in the sort of hats they should be made to eat that I rested here with Cyril and Tom and these saucy boys." At one point Anthony takes our hero Charles to a gay club which Charles refers to as a "pansy bar". But here's the thing - a) this novel is not notorious for its gay subject matter; it is true there is no explicit buggery going on, but neither is it especially coy. As it was published in 1945 when English men were being imprisoned for homosexuality (a crime which was only removed from the statutes in 1967, that year of liberation) this seems to me very interesting. b) Nor in the book is there any trace of disapproval anywhere, from anyone, that homosexuality is wrong. The only sin which gets its religious comeuppance is adultery. From this book you would get the notion that the upper classes tolerated openly gay relationships in the 1920s and 1930s. This is surprising to me. It could be something to do with the public school system and the worship of classical Greece. It's all very queer. 2) This book appears to think its point is a religious one. So that the climactic sundering of the lovers in part two is because one of them is a passionate disbeliever and the other one realises that religion, by which we mean Catholicism, is genuinely important. As a confirmed "what's God got to do with it" agnostic, this washes right over my head but leaves me feeling damp and annoyed - I trudged through 330 pages for a stupid religious damp squib ending like that? Give me my money back! In the words of The Shangri-Las, "and that's called...bad". 3) this book is a love song to wealth and class, and as an only slightly reconstructed old class warrior, I was sailing on queasy seas, but could not help enjoying Waugh's tremendous atmospheric prose and beautiful dialogue. In the words of The Shangri-Las, "and that's called...glad". 4) This book presents us with one of my least favourite types of characters, the doomed agonised male with whom we are supposed to agonise along with and swoon over and indeed love. You get this creep popping up all over the place. He's there in The English Patient, he's there in that stupid movie Damage, he's there in Dead Man Walkin


With which trade is Hatton Garden in London traditionally associated?

jewellery shops in Hatton Garden London jewellers UK London EC1 Period and designer jewellery has grown more in value than the housing market, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), making jewellery re-valuations highly advisable. ... 11-Jan-2017 | 0 comments If money is no object and you are having trouble thinking of the ultimate Christmas gift, look no further than our suggestions- each cherry picked for their extraordinary and rare qualities.   ... 11-Nov-2016 | 0 comments Star Jewellers has been established in Hatton Garden since 1999. Our staff have been employed within the jewellery industry for a combination of 60 years and included in our team is a qualified gemmol... 31-Oct-2016 | 0 comments Imitation Jewellery is a fact of life and has been around for centuries. Today, there are so many well-made copies it can be quite scary for many shoppers who purchase pre-owned items: how do you know... 28-Oct-2016 | 0 comments


Which UK city has the area dialling code 0117?

0117 Area Code and Number Information The 0117 dialling code covers Bristol and the surrounding area. Areas covered include: Have you been called by a number beginning 0117? To get more information on a full number beginning 0117, click here . Phone numbers beginning 0117 are geographic numbers. How to write an 0117 telephone number The correct way to write telephone numbers beginning 0117 is in the format 0117 xxx xxxx The local number (the part of the number after the dialling code) is 7 digits long The cost of calling an 0117 number When calling from a landline, calls to 0117 numbers can cost up to 10p per minute, dependent on the time of day, and there is usually also a call set-up fee When calling from mobile phones, calls to these numbers cost between 10p and 40p per minute. Most landline operators offer inclusive call packages which allow calls free at certain times of the day, or at all times, and most mobile companies include free any-time minutes in the monthly contract payment, or a bundle of minutes for a reduced cost in the form of a top-up credit. Codes near to 0117 area code: 01275 ( Clevedon ) about 1 miles to the NW 01934 ( Weston-Super-Mare ) about 12 miles to the SW


When Roger Federer achieved a career grand slam in 2009, he was the first man to do so since who in 1999?

ATP WTA Tennis Players Player Biography On The Court Made his ATP Debut at Gstaad in 1998, losing to Lucas Arnold Ker in straight sets. His first win came at Toulouse in September 1998 over Guillaume Raoux. He advanced to the quarterfinals at Toulouse and climbed nearly 500 spots in the rankings to No. 396. Made his Davis Cup debut in 1999, going 1-1 for Switzerland against Italy. His Grand Slam debut came at Roland Garros in 1999, losing in four sets in the first round to No. 3 Patrick Rafter. Breached the Top 100 in September of 1999 after reaching the second round at Tashkent. Reached the third round of the Australian Open in 2000, then reached his first ATP final, doing so at Marseille, where he lost to Marc Rosset. Fought through to the fourth round of the French Open to break into the Top 50 for the first time at No. 38. Participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, reaching the bronze medal match but losing to Arnaud Di Pasquale. Scored his first ATP level title in January 2001, winning Milan including an upset of No. 7 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the semifinals. Joined the Top 20 for the first time by reaching the quarterfinals at Monte Carlo to improve to 18th in the world. Reached the quarterfinals at the French Open, then did likewise at Wimbledon, upending No. 6 Pete Sampras in the fourth round in a five-set, 7-6(7), 5-7, 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-5 marathon. Opened 2002 by winning Sydney, then reached the finals at Miami, taking out No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals before losing to Andre Agassi in the finals. Won Hamburg over No. 5 Marat Safin to join the Top 10 for the first time at No. 8. Fell back to 14th before winning Vienna in October to rejoin the Top 10 at No. 7. Qualified for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup and went 3-0 in round-robin play before losing in the semifinals to Hewitt. First tournament win of 2003 came at Marseille, then added crowns at Dubai and Munich. Won Halle, then made his Grand Slam breakthrough at the All England Club, winning Wimbledon by defeating Mark Philippoussis in straight sets. Rose to No. 3 in the rankings with the victory. Moved to No. 2 after reaching the semifinals at the Rogers Cup and finished the year by winning Vienna and the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston, going 5-0 and defeating Agassi for the title. He began 2004 by winning the Australian Open 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-2 over No. 86 Marat Safin, ascending to No. 1 in the world, a ranking he would not give up for more than four years. He won Dubai and Indian Wells back to back, then Hamburg and Halle before repeating at Wimbledon, knocking off No. 2 Andy Roddick in four sets. He followed this with titles at Gstaad and the Rogers Cup. He added a third Grand Slam in 2004 by winning the US Open, dominating Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6(3), 6-0. He finished the year on a 17-match win streak, winning Bangkok and the Masters Cup for a 74-6 overall record. Federer picked up where he left off in 2005, winning Doha and extending his win streak to 27 straight before losing to Safin in the Australian Open semifinals. He won his next four tournaments - Rotterdam, Dubai, Indian Wells and Miami before falling in the quarterfinals at Monte Carlo, another consecutive match win streak of 25. He rebounded to win Hamburg, but his first bid at completing the career Grand Slam at Roland Garros was cut short by the fast-rising Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. Hardly daunted, Federer won at Halle, then took his third straight Wimbledon, besting Roddick again in the final. He continued to win at a fervent pace, taking the titles at Cincinnati, then the US Open again - defeating Agassi for the title - and Bangkok before finally suffering a five-set loss in the finals of the Tennis Masters Cup. That last win streak was 34 in a row and Federer finished the season at 81-4 with three Grand Slams. He started 2006 quickly with two more victories - at Dubai and at the Australian Open, taking out surprising finalist Marcos Baghdatis, ranked 54th in the world, in four sets. He took the titles at Indian Wells and Miami, and made the finals at Roland Garros, but w


Which chemical element, atomic number 51, used to be called Stibium?

Stibnium | Article about Stibnium by The Free Dictionary Stibnium | Article about Stibnium by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Stibnium Also found in: Dictionary , Thesaurus , Medical , Legal , Wikipedia . antimony (ăn`tĭmō'nē) [Lat. antimoneum], semimetallic chemical element; symbol Sb [Lat. stibium,=a mark]; at. no. 51; at. wt. 121.760; m.p. 630.74&degC;; b.p. 1,750&degC;; sp. gr. (metallic form) 6.69 at 20&degC;; valence 0, +3, −3, or +5. Antimony exists in two allotropic forms (see allotropy allotropy [Gr.,=other form]. A chemical element is said to exhibit allotropy when it occurs in two or more forms in the same physical state; the forms are called allotropes. ..... Click the link for more information. ); the more common is silvery blue-white and has a rhombohedral crystalline structure. It is a poor conductor of heat and electricity and is brittle and easily powdered. It is primarily used in alloys and chemical compounds. It is a member of Group 15 of the periodic table periodic table, chart of the elements arranged according to the periodic law discovered by Dmitri I. Mendeleev and revised by Henry G. J. Moseley. In the periodic table the elements are arranged in columns and rows according to increasing atomic number (see the table entitled ..... Click the link for more information. . Antimony rarely occurs free in nature, but its ores are widely distributed. The principal ore is stibnite stibnite , antimony sulfide, Sb2S3, a mineral, silvery gray in color, with a metallic luster. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system. Found in many parts of the world, it is the most important ore of antimony. ..... Click the link for more information. , a sulfur compound known since early times; there are extensive deposits in China. Antimony is often found in other ores as well, e.g., silver, copper, and lead. The pure element antimony is produced from the ore by roasting it to form the oxide, then reducing the oxide with carbon or iron; often a flux of sodium sulfate or sodium carbonate is used to prevent loss of molten antimony by evaporation. Antimony does not react with air or water at room temperature; it does react with fluorine, chlorine, or bromine and is soluble in hot nitric or sulfuric acid; at higher temperatures, antimony will ignite and burn in air. It unites with hydrogen to form stibine, a poisonous gas. In combination with metals antimony forms alloys that are hard and brittle and have low melting points. The alloys of antimony include britannia metal britannia metal, silvery-white alloy of tin with antimony, copper, and sometimes bismuth and zinc. It is very similar in appearance to pewter, but is harder. It is used widely for the manufacture of tableware. ..... Click the link for more information. , type metal type metal, alloy of lead with antimony, tin, and sometimes copper, so named because of its one time extensive use for making printing type. Expanding upon solidification, the alloy takes a fine and clear impression of the mold in which it hardens. It has a low melting point. ..... Click the link for more information. , Babbitt metal Babbitt metal, an antifriction metal first produced by Isaac Babbitt in 1839. In present-day usage the term is applied to a whole class of silver-white bearing metals, or "white metals. ..... Click the link for more information. , and sometimes pewter pewter, any of a number of ductile, silver-white alloys consisting principally of tin. The properties vary with the percentage of tin and the nature of the added materials. ..... Click the link for more information. ; these alloys expand on cooling, thereby retaining fine details of a mold. Alloys and compounds of antimony are used in bearings, storage batteries, safety matches, and as a red pigment in paint. Although antimony and many of its compounds are toxic, tartar emetic tartar emetic, poisonous, odorless, transparent rhombic crystals or white powder with a metallic, sweetish taste. Chemically, it is potassium antimony tartrate, KSbC4H4O7· 1-2H2O. It is used as a mordant in dyeing. ....


What is the nationality of Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius?

Oscar Pistorius Ethnicity - Oscar Pistorius Net Worth Oscar Pistorius Ethnicity Read more... Oscar Pistorius Oscar Pistorius Net Worth is $5 Million. Oscar Pistorius Salary is $2 Million. Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a South African sprint runner. Pistorius, who has double below-knee amputations, is the world record holder for T44 in the 100, 200 and 4. Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius... Oscar Pistorius Net Worth is $5 Million. Oscar Pistorius Salary is $2 Million. Oscar Pistorius Net Worth is $5 Million. Oscar Pistorius Salary is $2 Million. Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a South African sprint runner. Pistorius, who has double below-knee amputations, is the world record holder for T44 in the 100, 200 and 4 Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a South African sprint runner. Pistorius, who has double below-knee amputations, is the world record holder for T44 in the 100, 200 and 400 metres events and runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial artificial limbs by Ossur. He competes in T44 events though he is actually classified in T43 . In 2007, Pistorius took part in his first international competitions for able-bodied athletes. However, his artificial lower legs have given rise to claims that he has an unfair advantage over able-bodied runners. The International Association of Athletics Federations amended its competition rules to ban the use of "any technical device that incorporates springs, wheels or any other element that provides a user with an advantage over another athlete not using such a device". The Federation said that the amendment was not specifically aimed ...


Which surrealist experimental and fashion photographer was born in Philadelphia in 1890?

Man Ray - Emmanuel Radnitzky - Surrealist Photographer - Beetles+Huxley | Beetles & Huxley     Man Ray's great influence on twentieth century art covers a range of disciplines including painting, photography, sculpture and film. A key member of the Dada and Surrealist movemenst, he considered himself to be principally a painter, but in fact made his most significant contributions in the genres of fashion, portrait, and camera-less photography. Man Ray was born Emmanuel Radnitzky on 27 August 1890 in Philadelphia, USA. He was the first of four children born to Melach Radnitsky, a tailor, and Manya Louira, both Jewish-Russian immigrants. The family relocated to Brooklyn, New York, in 1897 where Radnitzky attended the Boy's High School from 1904-1908. There he learned drawing and industrial draughtsmanship and, supplemented with regular visits to the Museum of Modern Art, developed a keen interest in art. A course at the free-thinking Ferrer School of Art, between 1910 and 1911, and a visit to the groundbreaking International Exhibition of Modern Art at the Armory, in 1913, confirmed his ambitions to be an artist himself. In 1911, his family adopted the more American sounding surname, Ray, and their eldest son adapted his nick-name, Manny', to become Man Ray. With a new name, and new passion, Man Ray set about absorbing himself into the New York art world, renting a cottage in a New Jersey artist's community, and becoming drawn into a set of radical, iconoclastic artists and writers. In 1915 he held his first one-person show of paintings, highly influenced by Cubism, at the Daniel Gallery in Manhattan. He also met Marcel Duchamp for the first time, who was to become his closest friend and artistic collaborator. While New York provided Man Ray a heady and inspiring mix of Modern art and exotic companions, it did not bring him success. This, combined with a failed marriage to the poet, Adon Lacroix, drove him to relocate to Paris in 1921, the centre of the avante-garde at the time. With Duchamp, who had moved to Paris a few months before him, Man Ray began to live a typical, and successful, bohemian life in the Montparnasse district of the city. However, his success came from an unexpected direction. Despite holding onto ambitions of being a painter, it was through photography that Man Ray found his first taste of fame, and money. He became well-known for his portraits of fellow artists and writers  including George Braque, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse  but also for his daring, unusual and, crucially, camera-less photographs. He called them "rayographs", after himself. Taking varieties of found objects, Man Ray would place them on light-sensitive photographic paper (in the dark) and then expose the paper with bursts of light. This would result in the objects' silhouettes being left on the newly blackened paper. He also used bursts of light to add further patterns and highlights. This technique was not new, the process having been invented by William Fox Talbot in the 1830s, and the official name for the result was a "photogram". However, it was nevertheless sufficiently innovative to keep Man Ray at the forefront of the Parisian Avant-garde, not least because the found and unconnected nature of the objects used fitted into Dada principals. Man Ray made many rayographs, but also made experimental films, worked as a fashion photographer, and took studio photographs, pursuing his own artistic agenda, which was becoming increasingly Surrealist. By the time May Ray exhibited in the first Surrealist exhibition in 1925, with Jean Arp, Joan Miró, André Messon, Pablo Picasso and others, he had already become a shining light of the movement. Man Ray's straight photographs were as inventive as his rayographs, and have since become Surrealist icons. His four-eyed portrait of the Marquise Casati (1922) is a blurred face, full of energy and completely detached from conventional portraiture of the time. Conversely, his elegant, Le Violin d'Ingres (1924), in which his lover, Kiki de Montparnasse is pictured nude, wit


To which group of mammals does the possum belong?

Difference between opossum and possum | Difference Between Difference between opossum and possum • Categorized under Animals | Difference between opossum and possum Introduction Possums and Opossums belong to the group of mammals known as marsupials. Marsupials, like other mammals, are covered with hair and give live birth although they do not have long gestation periods. Marsupials a significant group of land mammals in South America and Australia while there is only one naturally occurring marsupial in North America, the opossum. In fact the Australian possum got its name because of a remote resemblance to the American opossum! Scientific Classifications The American possum are actually called opossums, of the scientific order Didelphimorphia and the Didelphidae family, with at least 103 differing species. The term possum correctly refers to the Australian animals of the suborder Phalangeriformes of the order Diprotodontia. Geographical Prevalence Opossums are found only in North America, although there is a “water possum”, also known as the yapok, which is found in Central and South America. Possums on the other hand are native to Australia, but not New Zealand, New Guinea, Indonesia and some small islands in the Pacific. The brush-tailed possum found its way to New Zealand over a hundred years ago. Physical Characteristics Didelphimorphs or opossums are small to medium-sized marsupials, with size variations in the approximate range of a small mouse to a large cat. Most opossums have long snouts, a narrow skull a pronounced sagittal crest. They also have a large number of teeth with small incisors, large canines and tricuspid molars. Many opossums dwell in trees, at least partially and are omnivores. Didelphimorphs walk with their feet flat and their hind feet have an opposable claw-less digit. The North American opossum has a bare prehensile tail unlike the Australian possums which have furry tails. Possums are four-footed marsupials with prominent median incisors and long thick tails. The smallest possum, colloquially known as the Tasmanian Pygmy Possum has a body length of less than 3 inches and weighs about 10 grams. The largest, the Bear Cuscus, can weigh more than 7 kg. Possums are mostly nocturnal and generally herbivores or omnivores. The opossum has a dark gray coat, although some diverge to yellow-brown tones, while the possum is primarily gray in colour. Anomalous white opossums have also been seen. Unusual Facts Opossums have demonstrated partial or total immunity to many sorts of snake venoms. They have the capacity to digest a huge variety of food but also eat the skeletons of rodents since they need high levels of calcium. While not as cute as cats, they kill cockroaches and rats in their own territory. With the halux or opposable toe on the hind feet, opossums are the only mammals other than primates with a thumb-like faculty. They also have conscious control over their prehensile tail which they are able to use as a fifth hand. Possums have a number of predators in the wild, including foxes, cats, birds of prey, Tasmanian devils, dogs, dingoes and snakes. They are solitary animals and rarely group together except to mate. A female possum gives birth to up to four baby possums after a short gestation period of approximately a fortnight after which the babies move to the mother’s pouch until they are able to start feeding themselves. Usually only one possum child survives the six months or so that it takes them to become capable of independent survival. Differences Given that the possum and the opossum refer to a number of different varieties of marsupials, the easiest way to delineate the differences between them is to describe one of each type. The Australian Common Brushtail Possum is unique to New Zealand and Australia while the Virginia North American Opossum is native to the eastern United States but has spread through to western United States and Central America. The Brushtail Possum is one of the largest types of possums and can grow to up to three feet in length. The Virginia Opossum is grows t


Engineer, George Stephenson was born in a village outside which English city in 1781?

George Stephenson (1781 - 1848) - Genealogy George Stephenson Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Wylam, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom Death: in Tapton House, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Place of Burial: June 9 1781 - Wyland, Wylam, Northumberland, England Death: June 9 1781 - Wylam, Northumberland, England Death: June 9 1781 - Wylam, Northumberland Death: Aug 12 1848 - Tapton House, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Parents: George (Geordy) Stephenson, Mabel Stephenson (born Carr) Sister: Frances (Fanny) Stephenson (born Henderson) Wife: June 9 1781 - Wyland, Wylam, Northumberland, England Death: June 9 1781 - Wylam, Northumberland, United Kingdom Death: Aug 12 1848 - Tapton House, Chesterfield, England Parents: Robert Stephenson, Mabel Stephenson (born Carr) Brother: Elizabeth (Betty) Stephenson (born Hindmarsh) Partner: Frances (Fanny) Stephenson (born Henderson) Wife: Ellen Mary (Nellie) Stephenson (born Gregory) Children: June 7 1781 - Wylam, Northumberland Death: Aug 12 1848 - Tapton House, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Parents: Robert (Old Bob) Stephenson, Mabel Stephenson Siblings: ...son, Eleanor (Elendor) (Nell) Liddell (born Stephenson), Robert Stephenson, John Stephenson, Ann Nixon (born Stephenson), William Stephenson Wife: Aug 12 1848 - Tapton House Brother: June 9 1781 - Wylam, Northumberland, England Death: Aug 12 1848 - Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England Parents: Robert Stephenson, Mabel Stephenson (born Carr) Siblings: Hannah Stephenson, Robert Stephenson, James Stephenson, Eleanor Stephenson, John Stephenson, Anne Stephenson Wife: June 9 1781 - Wylam, [parish], Northumberland, England Death: Aug 12 1848 - Chesterfield, [parish], Derbyshire, England Parents: Robert Stephenson, Mable Stephenson (born Carr) Wife: June 9 1781 - Stone cottage half a mile from Wylam Death: Aug 12 1848 - Tapton House, Chesterfield, England Parents: Robert Stephenson, Mabel Stephenson (born Carr) Siblings: Ellen Stephenson, Robert Stephenson, John Stephenson, Ann Nixon (born Stephenson) Children: Robert Stephenson, Mabel Stephenson (born Carr) Siblings: James Stephenson, Ann Nixon (born Stephenson), John Stephenson, <Private> Stephenson, Robert Stephenson III Son: sister About George Stephenson John worked in the mines and kept in close contact with George. When George was having troubles on the construction of the Stockton and Darlington Railway he hired John and his brother James as gang leaders. After this was finished they both went to work in the Newcastle engine works, but then tragedy struck. John was ‘killed by a fall of the shear legs’ in January 1831, and a similar fate befell James. George was very upset by all this, and made himself responsible for the upbringing of the families. Eleanor had only one daughter, but Hannah was left with four children aged between nine and two years old, and another on the way. George Stephenson asked them to live with him. Mildred Rose (‘Nunny’) said “You see, when my great-grandfather died, Uncle George Stephenson took great-grandmother, who was his niece, to live with him. My father remembers some quaint stories his mother handed down to him”. It was only a few months after this that George bought a large mansion near Ashby-de-la-Zouch probably for his new extended family. George Stephenson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", the Victorians considered him a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement, with self-help advocate Samuel Smiles particularly praising his achievements. His rail gauge of 4 feet 8+1⁄2 inches (1,435 mm), sometimes called "Stephenson gauge", is the world's standard gauge. Early life George StephensonGeorge Stephenson was born in Wylam, Northumberland, 9.3 miles (15.0 km) west of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was the second child of Robert and Mabel Stephenson


Based on their geological formation, what type of mountains are the Alps?

Formation of The Australian Alps Formation of The Australian Alps Latitude -36.415964, Longitude 148.623476 Located in the Snowy Mountains Region of NSW, nearest town Jindabyne Source with permission: www.australianalps.environment.gov.au/learn/geology.html Link to Detailed Map The Australian Alps do not fit the conventional image of towering, sharply defined peaks and  ice-scoured ridges as found in the Himalayas and European Alps. Instead, the Australian Alps comprise  extensive undulating plateaus and ridges, surrounded by steep slopes, escarpments and gorges. In New South  Wales, much of the undulating plateau landform is still intact; whereas in Victoria there are a number of  smaller isolated plateau areas dissected by deep gorges and river valleys. The Australian Alps may not be very high by world standards - Mt Kosciuszko is 2,228 metres above  sea level, while Mt Bogong, the highest in Victoria, is 1,986m, and Mt Bimberi, the highest in the  Australian Capital Territory, is 1,911m - but Australia's Alps are remarkable for their age and formation.  They are lower than other famous mountain ranges elsewhere in the world because they are older, were  formed differently, and have been subject to erosion for a longer period. Formation of the Australian Alps The Australian Alps are the highest part of a larger entity, the Eastern Highlands of Australia,  which runs the length of the east coast from northern Queensland to Victoria. The origin of the Alps is the  same as that of the Eastern Highlands. Because the Australian Alps cover a large area, they display a wide range of rock types and a  complex geological history spanning 520 million years. The events that formed the different rocks in the  Alps, and the Alps landscapes, are described here in order from oldest to youngest. When talking geological  history, we use the abbreviation mya to mean "million years ago". Link to Development of the Australian Alps Diagram Early history - deep oceans and ancient mountains Earth's surface is continually being reshaped and modified by geological processes. Southeastern  Australia has only existed as a continuous landmass for about 350 million years, and its appearance has  changed radically during that time. Before 350 mya, there were oceans and island chains where there is now  dry land. The oldest rocks in the alpine region are basalt lavas erupted onto the deep ocean floor about  520 mya, in the Cambrian period. They  occur in Victoria in the Howqua Valley and the remote Dolodrook Valley. At this time eastern Australia did  not exist - the region was a deep ocean dotted with volcanic islands, similar to the western Pacific Ocean  of today. During the next 80 million years, in the Ordovician period, vast areas of the ocean floor were  covered by a thick blanket of sand and mud, over time turning into the sedimentary rocks sandstone and  mudstone. These rocks form much of the Australian Alps. In this time interval a large chain of volcanic  islands formed in what is now New South Wales, erupting basalt and andesite lava. These rocks are seen in  the Kiandra and Jagungal areas. From 440 to 360 mya (the Silurian and Devonian periods) a series of mountain-building events  folded the sedimentary and volcanic rocks, lifted them out of the sea to form land and moved blocks of  crust tens to hundreds of kilometres along large faults. This was the result of collisions of several small  tectonic plates, crumpling rocks together and thickening up the crust. In addition, some rocks were buried  deep in the crust and heated, thereby becoming metamorphosed to produce rocks such as slate, schist and  gneiss. Slate is common throughout the high country, with good examples at Mt Hotham and Mt Feathertop in  Victoria. Schist and gneiss occur in the Victorian Alps around Mt Bogong, Falls Creek and Omeo. Some rocks  were heated above 650° C, enough to melt them. Also in the Silurian and Devonian, large bodies of granite were emplaced into the crust and huge  volcanoes erupted ash and lava over the newly create


Which concert venue is the home of the Halle orchestra?

Hallé Orchestra From: 22nd March 2017 The Bridgewater Hall Prodigiously gifted young Israeli conductor Lahav Shani makes his Hallé debut alongside a Hallé favourite, Sofya Gulyak. She is soloist in... Beyond the Score: Elgar’s Enigma Variations From: 11th March 2017 The Bridgewater Hall One evening Elgar sat down at his piano to improvise. ‘That’s a good tune’ said his wife Alice, ‘what is it?’ ‘Nothing yet’, r...


Who was the founder and first Director of the National Theatre?

By Andrzej Lukowski Posted: Monday October 21 2013 © Philip Vile Exactly 50 years ago today, Britain’s flagship theatre began life with a production of ‘Hamlet’ directed by its legendary founder Laurence Olivier. That calls for a party, and on November 2 there’ll be a proper knees up with ‘ NT: 50 Years on Stage ’, a star-studded live performance of a selection of the theatre’s ‘greatest hits’ that’ll be broadcast on BBC2. That’s a helluva lot of history to cover – so for your delectation (and ours) we asked a panel of experts who work in and around the NT to get you up to speed on what, precisely, this ‘National Theatre’ thing is all about. Why does nobody ever call it the Royal National Theatre? Do you all hate Her Majesty? Lyn Haill, head of print and publications ‘The NT was granted the Royal patent in 1988 to mark its twenty-fifth birthday; but having been “NT” or just “The National” for so long before that, that’s how most people continued to refer to us.’ Why did Mary Whitehouse try to sue you in the ’80s? Sebastian Born, literary director ‘Howard Brenton’s 1980 play “The Romans in Britain” juxtaposed the Roman invasion of Britain with the British Army’s presence in Northern Ireland and featured a short scene of male rape. Mary Whitehouse (who hadn’t seen the play) brought a private prosecution against its director, Michael Bogdanov, for “having procured an act of gross indecency”, bizarrely claiming there was no difference between a simulated act and a real one. The case collapsed at the trial when it emerged her solicitor had sat in the back of the circle and couldn’t swear to what he’d actually seen.’ NT founder Laurence Olivier was a superstar actor – why have all his successors just been directors? Lyn Haill ‘Olivier can be seen as the last of the great “actor-managers” stretching back to Kean, Garrick and Henry Irving; his glamorous status and worldwide reputation was ideal for establishing the NT company at the Old Vic. Since then, the leaders of this three-auditorium flagship for British theatre have all been great directors – it’s always been led by a creative figure.’ It took 25 years to build the National Theatre’s South Bank home – why? Gavin Clarke, archivist ‘Parliament passed the National Theatre Bill in 1949 but there were years of dithering over the best site; the Queen Mother laid the first foundation stone in 1951 next to the Festival Hall but it kept moving (she apparently joked it should have been put on castors). It was decided in July 1962 that the Old Vic Theatre was to become the temporary home of the National Theatre company; work on the actual site began in 1969 but it wasn’t opened until 1976.’ What is the National Theatre’s most successful show? Chris Harper, producer ‘In terms of audience numbers, it has to be “War Horse”. First produced in the Olivier Theatre in 2007, it has been seen by four million people worldwide. On Tuesday 22 October, the NT’s anniversary, “War Horse” will be playing not only in London but also in Birmingham, Ohio and Berlin.’ What is the worst thing that’s ever gone wrong during a production? Eric Lumsden, head of stage management ‘Alan Ayckbourn’s “Way Upstream” is set on a river cruiser and for its 1982 NT production, a giant water tank was built into the Lyttelton stage to float the boat. Unfortunately it sprang a leak, causing floods, technical hitches, a seasick company and crew and several cancelled performances. The Daily Mail theatre critic Jack Tinker arrived to review the show wearing Wellington boots.’ Is your building really a modernist classic, or just scary and bleak? Paul Jozefowski, NT Future Project manager ‘Denys Lasdun’s 1970s building is the pre-eminent example in Britain of mid-twentieth century modernism; the style is known as “Brutalist” – not (ahem) descriptive, but from the French béton brut, or “raw concrete”. Our NT Future redevelopment will make it much more open and welcoming. Time Out called it “one of the seven wonders of London” and we agree!’ The National Theatre makes truck loads of money – why does it still get public subsidy


Who had their first UK number one hit in July 1993 with Pray?

Record-Breakers and Trivia - everyHit.com Back To The 'Records & Trivia' Index Most Number 1s This, possibly the most important record, is held by Elvis Presley. He has had 21 chart-toppers, 18 of them different songs (three titles have topped the chart on two distinctly separate chart runs as part of the series of re-issues to commemorate what would have been Elvis' 70th birthday in 2005). You can see how this record has 'changed hands' over the years here . The Beatles are the top group with 17 number 1s. Madonna is the top woman with 13 (as of April 2008). Top female group is The Spice Girls with 9. Only seven acts in chart history have got into double figures with their tally of chart-toppers. They are: Elvis Presley (21, 18 different songs), The Beatles (17), Cliff Richard (14 : six of them with The Shadows, one with The Drifters, one with The Young Ones), Westlife (14 : one of them with Mariah Carey), Madonna (13), The Shadows (11 : six of them with Cliff Richard, two of these also with The Norrie Paramor Strings) and Take That (11: one featuring Lulu). Westlife hold the record for getting into double-figures in the shortest time (2 years and 10 months [ie. 149 weeks] - more than 3 months quicker than The Beatles (who took 165 weeks). Unlike Westlife, however, The Beatles tended to spend several weeks at the summit, slowing down their release rate.) It is worth pointing out that Paul McCartney has appeared on more Number 1s than any other artist under a diverse range of credits. He has, in fact, appeared on 24 Number 1s; solo (1), with Wings (1), Stevie Wonder, The Christians et al (1), Ferry Aid (1), Band Aid (1), Band Aid 20 (1) and The Beatles (17). In total, twenty-one artists have appeared on ten or more number one singles. They are: Paul McCartney (24), Elvis Presley (21), John Lennon (20), George Harrison (18), Ringo Starr (16), Cliff Richard (15), Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan (14), Robbie Williams, Madonna (13), Gary Barlow, Brian McFadden (12), Mel C , Geri Halliwell (11), Mel B, Emma Bunton, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen (10). Artist with Most Weeks at Number 1 It's Elvis Presley. He has topped the chart for a total of 80 weeks (as of w/e 5th Feb 2005). Top group is The Beatles (69 weeks). Top female performer is Madonna (29 weeks - as of w/e 17th May 2008). In his many different manifestations, however, Paul McCartney has spent 93 weeks at the top. Most Consecutive Number 1s 7 - by The Beatles and Westlife. The Beatles' stretch began with "A Hard Day's Night" in 1964 and lasted to "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" in 1966. The run was broken when "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" merely made the number 2 position the following year! Westlife's stint began with their debut, "Swear it Again" in 1999 and ran through to "My Love" in November 2000 (though one hit was a 'duet' with Mariah Carey). It was broken by "What Makes A Man" which peaked at number 2 the following month. Beatles fans are, however, quick to point out that "Ain't She Sweet" (which made number 29 in 1964) was recorded in 1961, well before their EMI contract. It was issued by Polydor to 'cash in' on the success of the fab four. Fans argue that this was not an "official" Beatles release. If this logic is accepted (though the track did make the charts), The Beatles run of successive number ones begins with "From Me To You" in April 1963 - making a total of 11. Top female group is The Spice Girls (6 in a row from "Wannabe" through to "Too Much"). Longest Span of Number 1 Singles 47 years, 6 months and 23 days. Held by Elvis Presley. His first number 1 was "All Shook Up" in 1957 (w/e 13th June). His most recent chart-topper was the re-issue of "It's Now Or Never" in 2005 (w/e 5th Feb). Runner up is Cliff Richard. His first chart-topper was "Living Doll" in 1959. His latest was "The Millennium Prayer" in 1999, a span of 40, 4 months and 15 days. (+ 21 days for total span). Longest span for a female artist with solo credit is Madonna on 20 Years, 7 Months, 1 Day (from "Into The Groove", 3rd Aug 1985 to


Who composed his first symphony, subtitled Winter Daydreams in 1866?

Symphony No. 1, “Winter Daydreams” | LA Phil Symphony No. 1, “Winter Daydreams” Composed: 1866; 1874 Length: c. 45 minutes Orchestration: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals), and strings First Los Angeles Philharmonic performance: July 31, 1973, Yuri Ahronovitch conducting When Tchaikovsky entered the Moscow Conservatory as professor of harmony, with a diploma from the St. Petersburg Conservatory, he had two strikes against him: his own equivocating nature and his lack of emotional security. In March 1866 he began working diligently on his First Symphony, work which caused him much anguish for the remainder of that year. By May, the First Symphony agony was full upon him, as indicated by a letter to his brother Modest. “My nerves are again as upset as they could be. This is for the following reasons: 1) my lack of success in composing the symphony; 2) Rubinstein and Tarnovsky who, noticing that I'm edgy, spend all day frightening me by the most varied means; 3) the ever-present thought that I shall soon die and won't even complete the symphony successfully.” All was not dismal during that month, however, for his Overture in F had been performed with some success in St. Petersburg. This lift to his spirits carried over to his work on the Symphony for, in mid-June, he reported that he had begun scoring it. Still, in August the work was not yet finished, but he showed it in its incomplete state to his former teachers, Anton Rubinstein and Nikolai Zaremba, from whom he received nothing but the harshest of criticism. Finally, in February 1868, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 was performed in Moscow in its entirety, and the composer could report to his brother Anatoly, “My Symphony scored a great success, particularly the Adagio.” In 1874, when the work was about to be published (with the composer’s own titles for the first two movements), Tchaikovsky made several revisions, most of them minor. Considering this was the firstborn of his symphonies, the composer’s affection for it was undiminished through the years. In 1883, he wrote to Mme. von Meck regarding his symphonic babe, “Although it is in many ways very immature, yet fundamentally it has more substance and is better than many of my other more mature works.” In spite of this notably sentimental remark, there seems no question that the all but completely neglected First Symphony does not have quite the strength, conviction nor the substance of the last three symphonies. That said, it is also true that the work is genuine Tchaikovsky, not merely in embryo but fully formed, particularly in orchestration and thematic character. “Winter Daydreams” is programmatic in an atmospheric rather than in a precise, story-telling way. The first movement has an invigorating sense of spaciousness that is enhanced by the opening flute and bassoon announcement of the main theme. This is surely Russian music, not with the earthiness of Mussorgsky or the fairytale imagery of Rimsky-Korsakov, but with a folk spirit that is not hidden by sturdy if unassuming compositional craft. In this first movement, as in the remainder of the Symphony, the Tchaikovskyan orchestral trademarks are clearly in evidence: the exploitation of woodwinds, the rushing, brilliant string passages, the antiphonal (call and response) procedures. The second movement, in which he used material from his Overture The Storm of 1864, is again folk-like, wistful rather than dramatic and, like so much of Tchaikovsky – early, middle, and late – balletic in character. Expectedly, the Scherzo, whose material is a reworking of the corresponding section of an early piano sonata, dances vibrantly and rustically if a bit self-consciously; at mid-point a waltz lilts pleasantly though not as memorably as some of the many later examples by Tchaikovsky. For his finale, Tchaikovsky meditates a bit, then puts a zesty dance theme through extended orchestral choreography, some of it contrapuntal, some march-like, and finally heads for a grand climac


For which sporting trophy is competition still rooted in a challenge to the holders?

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