Colonel Hall was a leading character in which US TV series? S

The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series 1955–1959) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Sgt. Ernie Bilko is the ultimate con man. He runs the motor pool at a small Kansas US Army Camp. Colonel Hall, nominally in charge of the base tries to keep Bilko's plans in check. Bilko ... See full summary  » Creator: Colonel Hall is attempting to set a new Army record for inducting new recruits. Unfortunately he also inducts a chimpanzee then has to convene a court martial to discharge Private Harry Speakup. 9.2 It's Fort Baxter Day at the camp. It's tradition for the platoon to date each other's sisters. Doberman's sister is without a date. Bilko can't find anyone to date Duane's sister, that is until he ... 9.1 Bilko hears a recording made by a mystery singer & sets out to find out who the voice belongs to. Doberman is the mystery singer & Bilko sets up an audition at a record company. Is Duane about to ... 9.0 a list of 30 titles created 03 Sep 2012 a list of 33 titles created 15 Oct 2014 a list of 26 titles created 18 May 2015 a list of 31 titles created 12 Jun 2015 a list of 30 titles created 4 months ago Title: The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959) 8.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     8     Primetime Emmys. Another    2 wins & 10 nominations. See more awards  » Photos Sensitive teenager Dobie Gillis (yes, Dobie being his real given name) exasperates his grocer father Herbert T. Gillis and is the apple of Winnie Gillis' eye, she being his mother. Dobie ... See full summary  » Stars: Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Frank Faylen Danny Williams, a successful nightclub singer, encounters a variety of difficult or amusing situations in trying to balance his career with his family: his outspoken wife Kathy, teenage ... See full summary  » Stars: Danny Thomas, Rusty Hamer, Marjorie Lord The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy. Whenever the kids need... See full summary  » Stars: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons. Stars: Fred MacMurray, Stanley Livingston, Don Grady Bill Davis is a highly paid and successful engineer living in a large apartment in New York with his valet, Mr. Giles French . His life is suddenly changed when his niece, Buffy shows up. ... See full summary  » Stars: Brian Keith, Kathy Garver, Anissa Jones The adventures in the Florida Everglades of a game warden, Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, their son Mark, and Mark's tame bear Ben. Stars: Dennis Weaver, Clint Howard, Beth Brickell Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone. Stars: Leo DeLyon, Allen Jenkins, Arnold Stang A nouveau riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways. Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Donna Douglas, Irene Ryan The misadventures of a wisecracking talking horse and his human owner. Stars: Allan Lane, Alan Young, Connie Hines The Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the Daily Planet. Stars: George Reeves, Noel Neill, John Hamilton Seven men and women are stranded on an uncharted island following a torrential storm. Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. Stars: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows Edit Storyline Sgt. Ernie Bilko is the ultimate con man. He runs the motor pool at a small Kansas US Army Camp. Colonel Hall, nominally in charge of the base tri


Panji(m) is the capital of which Indian state, popular with holiday makers?

Birdwatching Trip Report from Goa, India Goa: 15th January 2004 to 6th February 2004, Author Birding by beginners. - Brian & Isabel Eady Having first become interested in birding whilst on a holiday to The Gambia   just four years ago, we decided to venture further afield, and chose Goa,   a small Indian state on the west coast of the Indian sub-continent. Goa, formerly a Portuguese colony, measures a mere 60 miles from north to   south, and only 30 miles from east to west, and is divided into three major   regions. Northern Goa, comprising Pernem & Bardez is divided by the Chapora   River, and is further separated from the central region of the Capital Panji,   and Tiswadi by the Mandovi River. The remaining southern states of Goa are   separated from the central area by the mighty Zuari River. These major rivers   can be crossed only by their individual bridges which make a short trip west   to east quite a lengthy excursion. We booked our three week Goan holiday some 9 months previous, and decided   to stay at the Marinha Dourada hotel in Arpora on a bed and breakfast arrangement. After a 12 hour flight, including a refuelling stop at Bahrain, we finally   arrived at our hotel and were very pleased with ourselves after seeing some   of the other places where fellow holiday makers were dropped off. As the Rep   said," now we are going to the posh area". The hotel was in an ideal setting,   with the main hotel areas fringed by palm trees and two lakes fed by salt   water from the tidal river adjacent to the hotel grounds. We were more than   pleased to find that the hotel room contained a fully stocked fridge/mini-bar   at very reasonable prices. The five and a half hours difference from G M T meant that instead of reaching   the hotel at six thirty in the morning, it was now just past midday, so we   were both feeling quite tired as we had little or no sleep on the plane. However,   after dumping our cases in the room we decided it was time to don our shorts   and stretch our legs. Birding in the Gambia became quite easy for us after the second visit, as   the birds became more familiar to us, whereas Goa, within a completely new   continent, would present us with more difficult identification problems. To   help us with this, we purchased two videos of Birds of Goa by Malcolm Rymer,   another by Bill Oddie, and Guide to the Birds of the Indian Sub-continent   by Grimitt and the Inskips. After playing the videos many times, we felt that   we could venture into the unknown with a reasonable degree of confidence,   and set ourselves a target of between 200 and 250 different species of birds.   After downloading about a dozen reports from the internet, it helped us to   know what birds we could expect on each of the sites we visited. We also purchased   a site guide by Peter Harris to give us further assistance. We had decided before we left that our birding would be confined to early   morning and late afternoon to miss the heat of the day, during which time   we would relax around the pool or on the beach. We had booked a couple of   excursions via the Internet, one at a bird camp (Backwoods) in the Bhagwan   Mahaveer Sanctuary up in the wooded foothills of the Western Ghats, and another   upriver trip to locate the rare Collared Kingfisher. We strolled around the hotel lakes and admired the superb Brahminy and Black   Kites as they soared overhead, and soon spotted the familiar Common Kingfisher   fishing in one of the lakes from a nearby fence. A flash of black and white,   and a splash in the water, gave us another Kingfisher, The Lesser Pied, which   we had been accustomed to seeing in The Gambia. We arrived at the Hotel reception   area and decided to change some money as all we had was English pounds. The   rate was 80 Rupees to the pound, which made the conversion quite easy. Just across the road from the hotel was an area of saltpans, and dried up   paddy fields, and at a first glance


What nationality is the operatic tenor Juan Diego Flores?

Biography - Juan Diego Flórez - Official website Partnerships Biography For the world’s leading opera houses, Juan Diego Flórez is very much the bel canto tenor of choice. His fluid, expressive singing and dazzling virtuosity make him ideal for the operas of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini. His operatic and recital appearances at the most prestigious venues in the world have earned him the acclaim of critics and audiences alike. Juan Diego was born in Lima on 13 January 1973. His father, Rubén Flórez, was a singer, who specialised in performing the criollo waltzes of Peruvian composer Chabuca Granda. Juan Diego inherited both his father’s vocal talent and his love for Peruvian and Latin American music in general. His mother, María Teresa, another music-lover, gave him all the support in the world, encouraging him to persevere with his musical studies and stick to his goals. To begin with, Juan Diego focused on pop, rock and Peruvian music. He wrote his own songs and sang live in the piano bars frequented by his schoolmates in the Barranco district of Lima. In 1989, the young singer won Peru’s first Festival of Song for Peace, which was broadcast on TV nationwide. He always felt that all good musicians, including folk musicians, should read and write music. That’s why in 1990, having attended classes at various academies and taken his first singing lessons, he gained a place at Peru’s National Conservatory of Music. At this point, he had not fully made up his mind to devote himself to classical music. By the end of his first year at the conservatory, however, the experiences of those first twelve months were beginning to shape his vocation. Shortly after beginning his studies there, Juan Diego began taking singing lessons with Andrés Santa María, director of Peru’s Coro Nacional, of which he was to become a member. The Coro played a decisive part in his musical development, giving him the invaluable experience of performing music by the greatest composers at a professional level. Keen to travel and to continue his education, Juan Diego then won a scholarship to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He studied there between 1993 and 1996, and had the opportunity to sing in a number of fully staged complete operas, with an orchestra, an excellent foundation for what was to turn out to be a spectacular career. In 1994, Juan Diego met the celebrated Peruvian tenor Ernesto Palacio in Lima, an encounter which was to prove life-changing. He offered to help the young man get started as a professional singer, and invited Juan Diego to make a recording with him at the Gerace Festival in Italy (Martín y Soler’s Il tutore burlato). Juan Diego visited Italy several more times, including a trip in 1995 to make a second recording with Palacio (Zingarelli’s Le tre ore dell’agonia). The innate characteristics of Juan Diego’s voice, qualities such as flexibility and a seemingly effortless ability to hit the high notes, destined him for the bel canto repertoire and, in particular, the operas of Rossini. Palacio realised this from the start, and guided the younger singer towards these works. In 1996, Juan Diego auditioned in Bologna for the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and was immediately cast by its Artistic Director in a small role in Ricciardo e Zoraide. He never sang this part, however, because events were about to catapult him into the firmament of the international opera world. It was summer 1996. Juan Diego was already in Pesaro, rehearsing for Ricciardo e Zoraide. Shortly before the Festival’s opening night, the tenor who was due to sing the leading role of Corradino in Matilde di Shabran had to pull out because of illness. The organisers began a desperate search for a stand-in who might be up to the challenge – a less than easy task, given that this was a little-known opera, the first night was only days away, and Corradino is a very difficult role to sing. It was then that Artistic Director Luigi Ferrari offered the part to the twenty-three-year-old Juan Diego. The tenor was keen to accept on the spot but,


Which Scottish island is separated from the mainland by Kilbrannan Sound?

Information about the Isle of Arran Home |  The Island  | Landscape | Geology | Wildlife | History The island of Arran is nearly 20 miles long and 10 miles wide. It has a circumference of 55 miles and rises to a height of 2,866 feet (874m) at the summit of Goatfell. Arran is sheltered from the Atlantic by the Kintyre Peninsula and separated from mainland Scotland by the Firth of Clyde to the east and the Sound of Bute to the north. The physical characteristics of Arran are defined by the Highland Boundary Fault, which runs across the centre of the island. This geological fault line separates the rugged, mountainous landscape of the north from the more gentle, lower lying, hills of the south. In turn, the landscape influences the local climate and the relatively lush southern half of the island feels the warming effect of the Gulf Stream to a greater extent than does the more barren north. The island's principal settlements include Brodick, Lamlash, Whiting Bay, Blackwaterfoot, Pirnmill and Lochranza. Most of Arran's 5,000 inhabitants, live in the southern half of the island - and over 1000 live in the main town and port of Brodick. Many tourists tend to stick to the south-eastern part of the island, leaving the west and the north relatively undisturbed. Tourism, farming, and forestry are the primary economic activities on Arran, although the manufacture and sale of dairy products, cosmetics and whisky are also important industries here. A road, approximately 56 miles in length, encircles the island. In addition, Arran is traversed from east to west by the String Road, which runs through mountain glens, and to the south over more gentle terrain, by the Ross Road. Public transport facilities on Arran are good. A bus service circles the island and connects with the main ferry services at Brodick and Lochranza. Travel information Telephone enquiries for public transport timetable information can be directed to Traveline Scotland on 0870 608 2 608, 7.00am to 10.00pm, seven days a week. The buses on Arran are run by Stagecoach. Enquiries about the bus services on Arran can be made to them at: Tel - 0141 3326811, Fax - 0141 3323076. Timetables for all bus services on Arran are can be seen here - look for services 321, 322, 323 and 324:


How is the chemical sodium thiosuiphate, used as a fixer in photography, better known?

sodium thiosulfate | chemical compound | Britannica.com Sodium thiosulfate THIS IS A DIRECTORY PAGE. Britannica does not currently have an article on this topic. Alternative Titles: hypo, sodium hyposulfite Learn about this topic in these articles:   in sodium (Na): Principal compounds ...synthetically by the treatment of sodium chloride with sulfuric acid. The crystallized product is a hydrate, Na 2SO 4·10H 2O, commonly known as Glauber’s salt. Sodium thiosulfate (sodium hyposulfite), Na 2S 2O 3, is used by photographers to fix developed negatives and prints; it acts by dissolving the part of the silver salts... in history of photography: Photogenic drawing ...was inadequate, however, and the process was not successful until February 1839, when his astronomer friend Sir John Herschel suggested fixing the negatives with sodium hyposulphite (now called sodium thiosulfate) and waxing them before printing, which reduced the grain of the paper. in technology of photography: Fixing The fixing bath contains a chemical (sodium or ammonium thiosulfate) that converts the silver halide into soluble, complex silver salts that dissolve in the fixer. During this process the film loses its original silver halide milkiness overlaying the image and becomes clear. The fixer also contains a weak acid (to halt the development process) and a hardening agent to reduce gelatin swelling.


In the USA, motor neurone disease is often named after which baseball player?

What is ALS/MND? What is ALS/MND? You are here: Home What is ALS/MND? What is ALS/MND? Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is the name given to a group of diseases in which the nerve cells (neurones) that control muscles undergo degeneration and die. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Progressive Muscular Atrophy (PMA), Progressive Bulbar Palsy (PBP) and Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS) are all subtypes of motor neurone disease. Although MND is the widely used generic term in the United Kingdom, Australia and parts of Europe, ALS is used more generically in the United States, Canada and South America. These diseases are also sometimes known as Maladie de Charcot and are often referred to in the United States as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, after the famous baseball player who died of the disease. By any name, ALS/MND is characterised by progressive degeneration of the motor nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The motor cells (neurones) control the muscles that enable us to move around, speak, breathe, and swallow. With no nerves to activate them, muscles gradually weaken and waste. Symptoms may include muscle weakness and paralysis, as well as impaired speaking, swallowing, and breathing. Progress is generally rapid, with an average life expectancy of between 2 and 5 years from the onset of symptoms. Though it can affect anyone, ALS/MND is more often found in the 40 to 70 year age group. The impact on the community of ALS/MND is usually measured by the incidence and prevalence of the disease. Incidence is the number of new cases added in a defined period, usually a year. Prevalence is the number of cases existing at any point in time.  The incidence of ALS/MND is 2 per 100,000 of total population, while the prevalence is around 6 per 100,000 of total population. Research has found that the incidence is higher in people aged over 50 years. Only 10% of cases are familial (inherited) with the remaining 90% sporadic.  Although classified as a rare disease based on its prevalence, ALS/MND in fact quite common. There are approximately 140,000 new cases diagnosed worldwide each year.  That is 384 new cases every day! The disease affects each individual differently and can have a devastating impact on family, carers, and friends. The rapidly progressive nature of the disease requires constant adaptation to increasing and changing levels of disability, which in turn require increased levels of support. Share this:


Odense and Aarhus are major cities in which European country?

Political Map of Denmark | Denmark Regions Map Political Map of Denmark Disclaimer Close Disclaimer : All efforts have been made to make this image accurate. However Compare Infobase Limited,its directors and employees do not own any responsibility for the correctness or authenticity of the same. Denmark is a Scandinavian country located in northern Europe. The country covers a total area of 1,370,000 square miles. According to the 2011 census, the country had an estimated population of 5,671,050. As shown in the Denmark Political Map, Denmark is the southern-most of the Nordic countries. It is bordered by Sweden to the south-west, Norway and Germany to the south. The country also borders both the Baltic and the North Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark comprises Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. The Denmark Political Map shows the national capital, major cities, regions, counties, and other political divisions of the country. The international boundaries of the country are also shown in the map. Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark and is marked in the map with a red dot enclosed in a square. With an urban population of 1,199,224, it is the largest city in the country. It is the major cultural, administrative, and scientific center of Denmark. Copenhagen is one of the most eco-friendly cities in the world. The other major cities of Denmark are: Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Randers, Kolding, Vejle, Fredericia, Haderslev, Silkeborg, and Viborg. For administrative purposes, Denmark is divided into five regions and ninety-eight municipalities. The regions are: Capital Region of Denmark


Which straits separate Corsica and Sardinia?

Sardinia & Corsica - Costa Smeralda, the Maddalenas & Strait of Bonifacio - Golden Glow Posted on August 27, 2015 by Ellen in Italy , Italy , Sailing , Travel // 0 Comments Sardinia overflows with scenic splendor. In an earlier post, we shared how sublimely beautiful we found the Golfo di Orosei to be, and how much we loved being there, especially after the day-trippers departed. It turned out to be our favorite cruising spot in Sardinia, and now that we’ve left Italy, we can say it was our favorite sailing destination in all of Italy. We found other gorgeous places in Sardinia, namely Costa Smeralda, the Maddalenas, the Straits of Bonifaccio, and the southern coast of Corsica too. I debated doing a separate blog post on each region, but we’re already in Greece now and falling behind on covering where we’ve been, so I’ll share a bit on each, though less than their beauty deserves. Megayachts in Porto Cervo private villas on Costa Smeralda Costa Smeralda After leaving the Golfo di Orosei with our dear friend Joanne, visiting from California, we sailed farther north up the east coast of Sardinia to Costa Smeralda, which is about 35 miles of coastline closer to the north end of the island. The “Emerald Coast” is where the super-rich come for the high season from June through August. When I did my research before Joanne’s visit to find the most beautiful and best sailing areas in Sardinia to take her, Costa Smeralda was number one on many lists. Joanne did her homework too, and the place she also heard about as “the” place to go was Costa Smeralda . Since the Aga Khan built a villa here in the early 1960’s and started inviting all his friends, this jagged section of granite coastline has become home to a high-end summer resort lifestyle. The area has many lavish villas and high fashion shops, and in the high summer season, it is frequented by expensively attired, richly bejeweled jet-setters. Porto Cervo is the most famous port on the Costa Smeralda and people go there to hob-knob with the rich and famous and even royalty (Hollywood and monarchies). We pulled in to check it out, but its fancy marina and hustle and bustle  held no attraction for us. Cost aside, the main negative of Costa Smeralda is actually a surplus of its riches. Its popularity and easy access via road have made many of its beaches and bays crowded. This sounds crazy, but you see so many megayachts on Costa Smeralda that you stop gawking. Okay, well maybe we did look twice at this megayacht – after its deck-mounted helicopter took off. It’s hard to believe that these megayachts are personal boats. We were at customs and immigration in one port and the agent for a megayacht was checking it in. Immigration asks you to designate crew and passengers separately. We overheard her say there were 44 crew aboard and only 2 passengers. Perhaps a few could come to Goldem Glow and feed us peeled grapes -they wouldn’t even be missed! the clear water of Costa Smeralda If you get away from Porto Cervo and the megayacht scene, you’ll find what we liked best about the Costa Smeralda. The Mediterranean Sea in this area is unlike anywhere else. The color ranges between turquoise and a deep green that brings sparkling emerald jewels to mind. Luckily for us, on Golden Glow we can get where the megayachts cannot. We glide into small, quiet coves where we find wonderfully uncrowded beaches, few other boats, and peace and quiet to enjoy that magnificent emerald water. We found one bay in particular that became our favorite secret spot (we’ll share its coordinates if you email us). Golden Glow in the Emerald water This hidden bay offered us the ideal anchorage: shelter from winds and waves, a gorgeous and calm bay to paddleboard and kayak to our hearts’ content, excellent holding for our anchor on a sandy bottom, water that was so clean and clear that we could see all the way down to the anchor 18-20 feet below.  And last but not least, there was fast, free wifi in the bay, perhaps thanks to one of the multi-million dollar villas along the shore kindly or forgetfully keeping acces


In which year did Lenin die, and Mallory and Irvine disappear on Mount Everest?

Did George Leigh Mallory Summit Mt Everest? Clues and the Chinese   Mallory  and Irvine The Final Chapter Everest 2005: Did                 George Leigh Mallory Summit Mt Everest? Clues and the Chinese Part 1 Map showing the location where Xu Jing    said he saw a body in 1960. �EverestNews.com At first  we called last year's expedition, "Mallory and Irvine The Final Chapter: The  retrieval of the camera".  You might have noticed about half way into the  expedition we dropped the part about "The retrieval of the camera".  Not  because we believed the camera couldn't be found.  We no longer believed the  camera would solve the mystery or whether George Mallory made the summit of Mt  Everest. Before the  expedition, we believed what we had been told over the years: that the camera  may hold photographs which could show if Mallory and Irvine summited Everest  in 1924. However, our sources told us there was an old body up high up on the  ridge of Everest.  This made us wonder. How could Sandy die high on the ridge,  but George died much lower on the mountain, and Sandy had the camera with the  summit shot?  It didn't make sense. On June 8,  1924 Mallory & Irvine were spotted from below going over one of the last major  obstacles of their route.  The summit of Mt. Everest was only a few hours  away. Swirling mists closed in. They were never seen again. Their  disappearance left unanswered a question that has haunted mountaineers ever  since: did they reach the top? In 1999  the Mallory and Irvine research expedition found Mallory's body at around 8100  meters. But that was not the first time someone had found Mallory. The Chinese  found his body decades earlier, in 1975. Xu Jing says, "We saw the body of  Mallory in 1975". While some did not believe the Chinese, they published this  information widely: mainly in Chinese articles, but also in reports to Ms  Hawley. For example Samdrup, one of the 1975 Summiters, wrote to Ms Hawley in  1996 that the Chinese found a body at 8100 meters. The Chinese were clearly  right... The  Chinese also state they found Sandy Irvine on the ridge of Everest in 1960  (see the map above). While many again do not believe the Chinese, we believe  them. They gave us too many corroborative facts not to believe them.  Furthermore, climbers who came after the first Chinese climbers saw a body on  the ridge too. The  Chinese found Sandy in 1960. In EverestNews.com's exclusive interview with Xu,  he says, "I saw it [Sandy's body] with my own eyes. I didn't go up and check  carefully. I only said to myself: Oh another victim. " Xu Jing:  �In those years China was cooperating a lot with the Soviet Union but they  wouldn�t go with us. Before the Everest climb our record was 7,000 metres so  we went to Beijing University where they recommended that we learn from the  Royal Geographical Society�s magazine, which was very useful and  inspirational. You could say we climbed the mountain inspired by the British  pioneers. That is mountaineering � you learn from the experience of others. In  1958 I investigated the route. We tried every route but the British route was  the most scientific, it was longer but it was safer.�  You see,  the Chinese studied the reports of the British.  They probably knew 100 times  more than any of us know today about the British expeditions. They picked up  rope, oxygen bottles, and equipment the British left on Everest, and took it  back to China to study. Xu Jing refers to the body as "Irvine" most of the time  instead of a "body"  Let's  continue with the Chinese for a minute to learn another clue.  Xu Jing says, "... persons climbed the Second Step one by one, but one person alone I think  it's very unlikely. It's my personal opinion."  Xu Jing is  replaying this in his mind. He is thinking Sandy died alone on the ridge, so  how could Sandy have made it up by himself?  Xu concludes Sandy probably did not  summit based on him being alone on the ridge. And we


Which European capital city is on the River Tagus?

Tagus 3.7.2 Institutional Structures and     Policies 3.7.2.1 Institutional Structures The Tagus basin is managed by a basin organisation in Spain, the "Confederacion     Hidrografica de Tajo" (CHT), and by the National Institute for Water,     INAG in Portugal, harmonising the management by three Regional Water Departments. In 1998 the Luso-Spanish Convention on the use of shared rivers came     into effect. This replaced the earlier agreements of 1964 for the Douro     river and of 1968 for the remaining shared rivers, in which the Tagus     was included. The new agreement is a more modern one aiming at the sustainable     use of water and the protection of the water quality in the shared rivers.     Detailed regulations for minimum flows in the Tagus are part of the Additional     Protocol to the Convention. This stipulates a minimum annual flow at the     downstream border of 2700 hm3 with derogation in case of a dry year (precipitation     from October to March <60% than the average of the wet semester, or <70% if annual rainfall in the previous year is <80% than the average) [28] . The Convention is not basin-specific but deals with all basins, and regulates     the sharing of water and the protection of its quality. No operational     secretariat exists in the sense of the example of the ICPR, but co-operation     is stimulated by regulating information exchange and consultation mechanisms.     There is a bilateral Committee for the Application and Development of     the Convention that acts as a working group of the superior body, the     Ministerial Conference. One distinct characteristic of the Convention     is that the operational structure for water-quantity management (water     sharing, flood warning) is much more developed than that for water-quality     management. 3.7.2.2 Policies Given the objective of improvement of water quality in general, in the     case of Spain defined in the form of quality objectives for each stretch     of the river for drinking-water production, the countries have adopted     policies to decrease the discharge of effluents to the surface-water system.     In Spain and Portugal, all the EC Directives have been incorporated into     the legislation. Quality objectives for each stretch of the river depend     on the designated water use in a defined stretch and quality objectives     are according to the requirements of the corresponding EC Directive. The     policy to decrease the discharge of effluents to the surface water system     was laid down in decree DL152/97, stipulating that no later than by the     end of 2005 all settlements with more than 2000 inhabitants must have realised the prescribed treatment capacity. For settlements with more     than 15,000 inhabitants, this date is set at the end of 2000. With respect to pollution licenses for the discharge of industrial waste     water in Portugal, the situation is poor in the sense that only a small     fraction of industrial sites actually have pollution licenses, and an     even smaller fraction actually monitors its discharges as prescribed.     Considering that the legislation regulating the discharges of different     sources of pollutants mostly originates from the late 1990s, it can be     expected that this policy will bear results in the short to medium term. 3.7.3 Environmental Issues 3.7.3.1 Hydromorphology and Flow Regulation One characteristic of the Tagus basin is the proliferation of small,     medium and large dams and their corresponding reservoirs. The total storage     capacity is 14 km3, or 74% of average annual runoff in the basin. In the     largest part of the basin natural flow conditions have now been replaced     by regulated flow conditions. The impact of this ongoing process of flow     regulation on the morphology of the river as well as on the aquatic and     other ecosystems in


Which human rights group appointed Sharmishta (Shami) Chakrabati as director in 2003?

Shami Chakrabarti - Wikispooks Shami Chakrabarti Liberty Shami Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti (born 16 June 1969) is a barrister involved in human rights who was appointed Shadow Attorney General by Jeremy Corbyn on 6 October 2016. [1] From September 2003 to March 2016, she was director of Liberty , formerly the National Council for Civil Liberties . [2] When nominated for a peerage in August 2016, she said: “I am honoured to accept Jeremy Corbyn’s challenge and the opportunity to help hold the government to account. This is a dangerous moment for our country and we share vital human rights values that need defending more than ever before in my lifetime.” The Board of Deputies of British Jews were critical of the nomination, saying it compromised the independence of the inquiry that she recently conducted into alleged antisemitism in the Labour party. [3] Contents 4 References Labour Party "antisemitism" On 29 April 2016, Jeremy Corbyn appointed Shami Chakrabarti to chair an inquiry into alleged antisemitism in the Labour Party . As a party member, Chakrabarti said she was confident her independence would not be compromised. [4] [5] The inquiry followed what Jewish author Norman Finkelstein called a “smear campaign” of “political blackmail”, which was led by right-wing media outlets and pro-Israel commentators in an attempt to undermine the Labour leader and his allies. The aim of the report was to show that Corbyn was serious about cracking down on all forms of racism present in his party. Chakrabarti report On 30 June 2016, Shami Chakrabarti launched her report at what should have been an incredibly positive press conference for party leader Jeremy Corbyn. [6] Instead, the mainstream media seemed to focus its efforts on kicking Corbyn while he was down rather than covering the outcome of the anti-racism report. Unfortunately, says Chakrabarti, the mainstream media’s misleading posts on 30 June “cast a shadow over two months’ really hard, open-hearted work”. While her report did find some “minority hateful or ignorant attitudes” and some “bitter incivility of discourse”, it also concluded that: "[the] Labour Party is not overrun by anti-Semitism, Islamophobia or other forms of racism." It also said: "Labour members should be free and positively encouraged to criticise injustice and abuse wherever they find it, including in the Middle East… But surely it is better to use the modern universal language of human rights, be it of dispossession, discrimination, segregation, occupation or persecution." Chakrabarti complained on LBC and BBC Radio 4 that the media had been "so quick today to trash our open-hearted work." She defended Jeremy Corbyn’s condemnation of stereotypes aimed at minority religious groups, which had been shamefully manipulated by a media establishment clearly out for blood. The Labour leader had made it very clear that both antisemitism and Islamophobia were equally unacceptable, insisting: "Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic states or organisations." As anti-Corbyn figures in politics and the media rushed to condemn this poignant comment as somehow antisemitic, which it clearly wasn’t, Chakrabarti said: "I am a little heart-sore with the misrepresentation of those remarks about Israel… I’m really, really disappointed with the people that have spun that." Chakrabarti finished her interview with LBC radio by praising Corbyn’s Labour party for giving her the independence to undertake such a valuable investigation, and made a very clear comparison with other parties, asking: "Where is the inquiry in either UKIP or the Conservative Party into holocaust metaphors that have been used in the referendum campaign?" [7] Walkout by Ruth Smeeth Another issue ‘spun’ by the media was the walkout at the inquiry’s press conference of Ruth Smeeth , the Stoke-on-Trent North MP who previously worked as Director of Public Affairs and Campaigns at the Britain Israel Communications and Research C


Which Yorkshire town gives its name to a double lamb chop?

Barnsley Chops - A Yorkshire CookA Yorkshire Cook Barnsley Chops Follow A Barnsley Chop is a lamb chop taken from right across the loin which becomes a double sided chop. It is sometimes referred to as a saddle chop as it is cut across the saddle producing a double loin chop with a little under fillet all in one.  Sometimes they are known as butterfly chops – just to confuse you. And why ‘Barnsley’? As with so many dishes or cuts of meat, there are several claims to have invented this cut, but all the ones I have seen do centre round Barnsley in South Yorkshire , once a coal mining and glass making town. The explanation I like best (which doesn’t mean it is accurate) is : ‘The Barnsley chop’s creation is accredited to Barnsley Master Butcher, Albert Hirst. He wanted to create a special dish to be served to H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales, when he came to officially open Barnsley Town Hall on the 14th December, 1933. This presentation of a 1lb and 6 oz Barnsley chop to Edward, Prince of Wales, was the introduction of a true delicacy into Yorkshire culture, a feast which even HRH couldn’t finish. So just clear all this up, we serve the authentic version which is prepared as a very thick chop cut just over the kidney and on one side only and then cooked extremely slowly.’ Source Beatson House That Prince of Wales became King Edward VIII – the one who married Mrs Simpson and abdicated. I notice there that the claim is that it should be served as a thick chop and cut on one side only! Oh, well!  My butcher cuts them as the full butterfly chop so that’s what I get. I like to cook it really slowly with either onions or leeks with some red wine and stock.  The herbs I used on this occasion are mint and rosemary.  The rosemary is still growing happily in my herb tub and the mint was in the freezer . You can cook under a grill (broiler) for about 3 – 4 minutes a side but you don’t get the gravy that way and you really do have to watch them for overcooking. I served them with the leeks they were cooked with, some mustard mash and frozen peas, blanched with mint but still with a bite – I suppose I should have mashed them to produce mushy peas but I didn’t think of it!   2 tablespoons of chopped fresh thyme or mint 1 tablespoon of chopped fresh rosemary 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt freshly ground black pepper. 2 leeks, cut and well washed (or 1 onion peeled and sliced). 1 glass of red wine – you could use a red fruit juice 130 ml of stock or water 2 x 300g / 10oz Barnsley chops – that’s not likely to be exact INSTRUCTIONS Heat the oven to 170C / 340F / Gas Mark 3 Place leeks, herbs into a casserole or baking tin big enough to take the chops in one layer but not much bigger than that or you will end up having to add too much liquid to avoid it drying out.. Lay the chops on top.  I’ve said before that I only rarely brown meat in a frying pan before cooking. Pour over the wine and stock – you only need about 1 inch / 2.5cm – don’t get too fussy about measurement! Cover – if the tin doesn’t have a lid, use foil. Place on middle shelf of oven and leave for 2 hours. Check if they are tender – poke with a sharp knife – if so, put at the bottom of the oven and reduce heat to 140C / 284F / Gas Mark 1. If not, keep the temperature as it is.  The thickness of the chops will determine how quickly they cook. 20 minutes before serving, remove lid. When serving, transfer juices to a small saucepan and boil on stove while serving the rest of veg.  The fat from the chops will have melted into the juices and will give the gravy a shine when you spoon it over the meal and a rapid boil will thicken it as the steam comes off – in chef language, that is ‘reducing’ or making a ‘reduction’..    A YEAR AGO WE ATE :


Which internet service was set up by David Filo and Jerry Yang in 1994?

Yahoo and Jerry Yang: A History - Deal Journal - WSJ Yahoo and Jerry Yang: A History By Shira.Ovide@wsj.com Jan 17, 2012 5:30 pm ET The histories of Yahoo and Jerry Yang have been intertwined for 17 years. Now,  Yang is resigning from the company , removing the personal embodiment of Yahoo’s legacy as an Internet pioneer. While at Stanford University in 1994, Yang and David Filo, created a novel directory of Web sites they liked. The service soon exploded in popularity and their company — along with brands such as Netscape — became an icon of the early Internet age. Here is a history of Yahoo and Yang: 1995: Jerry Yang and David Filo, engineering graduate students at Stanford University, take a leave of absence from school to try their hand at turning their school project, a guide to the World Wide Web, into a real business. Yang and his family had emigrated to San Jose, Calif., from Taiwan when the young Yang was 10 years old.


Malachite is an ore of which chemical element?

Malachite A mineral is a naturally occuring, homogeneous, solid with a crystalline atomic structure. Crystallinity implies  that a mineral has a definite and limited range of composition, and that the composition is expressible as a chemical  formula. Some definitions of minerals give them as inorganic materials, however both diamonds and graphite are considered  minerals, and both are primarily comprised of carbon, which would make them organic. So this leads me, as an  engineer, to believe that mineralogists do not have a good, precise definition of a mineral, but rather a loose  definition. The definition above, is the most inclusive and would include all substances currently described as minerals.  The key items that make something a mineral are occurring naturally, and the definite crystal structure, that is  expressible as a chemical formula. Rocks that do not meet this criteria are referred to as amorphis - not having a  definite structure or expressible as a chemical formula. Some elements that occur naturally and are minerals are arsenic,  bismuth, platinum, gold, silver, copper, and sulphur. THE DEFINITION OF ORGANIC: Organic chemistry is the study of those substances containing carbon in combination with hydrogen (H), and a few other non metals, namely oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), sulfur (S) and the halogens (F2, Cl2, Br2, and I2). Malachite is a copper bearing mineral, with as much as 58% copper content. The distinctive bright-green hydrous CARBONATE MINERAL malachite is a common but minor ore of copper. It is usually found in copper deposits associated with LIMESTONE, occurring with AZURITE as the weathering product of other copper ore minerals. Hardness is 3 1/2 to 4, streak is pale green, specific gravity is 3.9 to 4.1, and luster is adamantine to silky. Malachite forms needlelike prismatic crystals (monoclinic system) that are rarely distinct; it is usually found in granular, earthy, or fibrous masses and rounded, banded crusts. Malachite is used as a decorative stone when cut and polished, a semiprecious gem, and a green pigment. Half of the world's copper deposits are in the form of chalcopyrite ore. All important copper-bearing ores fall into two main classes: oxidized ores and sulfide ores. Sulfide ores are more important commercially. Ores are removed either by open-pit or by underground mining. Ores containing as little as 0.4% copper can be mined profitably in open-pit mining, but underground mining is profitable only if an ore contains 0.7%-6% copper. The oxidized ores, such as cuprite and tenorite, can be reduced directly to metallic copper by heating with carbon in a furnace, but the sulfide ores, such as chalcopyrite and chalcocite, require a more complex treatment in which low-grade ores have to be enriched before smelting begins. This involves the ore-flotation process, in which the ore is crushed and powdered before it is agitated with water containing a foaming agent and an agent to make the copper-bearing particles water-repellent. These particles accumulate in the froth on the surface of the flotation tank, and this froth is skimmed off and heated to about 800 deg C to remove some of the water as well as antimony, arsenic, and sulfur, which are also present.


"""Bound for Glory"" is the 1943 autobiography of which singer-songwriter?"

Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie | PenguinRandomHouse.com Add to Cart About Bound for Glory First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America’s Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all. Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma and traveled this whole country over—not by jet or motorcycle, but by boxcar, thumb, and foot. During the journey of discovery that was his life, he composed and sang words and music that have become a national heritage. His songs, however, are but part of his legacy. Behind him Woody Guthrie left a remarkable autobiography that vividly brings to life both his vibrant personality and a vision of America we cannot afford to let die.   “Even readers who never heard Woody or his songs will understand the current esteem in which he’s held after reading just a few pages… Always shockingly immediate and real, as if Woody were telling it out loud… A book to make novelists and sociologists jealous.” —The Nation About Bound for Glory First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America’s Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all. Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma and traveled this whole country over—not by jet or motorcycle, but by boxcar, thumb, and foot. During the journey of discovery that was his life, he composed and sang words and music that have become a national heritage. His songs, however, are but part of his legacy. Behind him Woody Guthrie left a remarkable autobiography that vividly brings to life both his vibrant personality and a vision of America we cannot afford to let die.   “Even readers who never heard Woody or his songs will understand the current esteem in which he’s held after reading just a few pages… Always shockingly immediate and real, as if Woody were telling it out loud… A book to make novelists and sociologists jealous.” —The Nation From the Trade Paperback edition. Get the news you want from Penguin Random House Praise “Even readers who never heard Woody or his songs will understand the current esteem in which he’s held after reading just a few pages… Always shockingly immediate and real, as if Woody were telling it out loud… A book to make novelists and sociologists jealous.”—The Nation “Deserves the attention of this generation… It is not only a fascinating autobiography, it is a voice from the grass roots of America… Woody speaks for the indomitable spirit of an independent man who set out to do his own thing.”—Library Journal “Woody Guthrie was the greatest composer and singer of folk songs America has produced. In his autobiography, he tells how he grew up in Oklahoma, rode the rails, and found inspiration for his music through his own hard times during the Depression. As his songs attrest, he’s a good prose stylist, with an ear for the patterns of American speech.”—The Washington Post Table Of Contents Foreword: “So Long, Woody, It’s Been Good to Know Ya” by Pete Seeger A Tribute to Woody Guthrie by Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior I. Soldiers in the Dust II. Empty Snuff Cans III. I Ain’t Mad at Nobody IV. New Kittens XIX. Train Bound for Glory Postscript About Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was a legendary American folk singer-songwriter. His songs told the stories of the American people: their land, their labors, their trials and their joys. While many of his songs were born of his experience in the Dust… More about Woody Guthrie About Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was a legendary American folk singer-songwriter. His songs told the stories of the American people: their land, their labors, their trials and their joys. While many of his songs were born of his experience in the Dust… More about Woody Guthrie Product Details


Lugnaquilla is the highest summit in which Irish mountain range?

3 Peaks of Ireland - County Kerry 3 Peaks of Ireland May, June, July, August, September, October About this Adventure Experience the beautiful mountain scenery of County Kerry in South West Ireland and the rugged Wicklow Mountains in Leinster, and climb the highest peak in Ireland’s 3 biggest mountain ranges, all in one weekend Price & Inclusions Highlights Brandon Peak is on the Dingle Peninsula at 952m and is the highest mountain in the Brandon Mountain range. Carrauntoohil, at 1038m, is the highest mountain in the Macgillycuddy’s Reeks range and the highest mountain in Ireland. Lugnaquilla, at 925m, is the highest mountain in the Wicklow Mountain range. In Irish, Lugnaquilla = Log na Coille, meaning Hollow of the Wood. Quick Facts 3 days guiding by qualified mountain leaders Total Distance - 20 to 25 miles depending on choice of routes Total Height Gain - 2,500m Comfortable accommodation provided to take the hassle out of your trip. Many years experience offering guided trips. You need to be pretty fit and have a head for heights. Set open dates or bespoke courses for individuals to larger groups - just ask if the date you want is not listed. Itinerary The trip starts on a Thursday and finishes on the Monday. At the start of your trip you will meet your guide who is a qualified mountain leader. A typical itinerary may look like this: Thursday Fly from the UK to Kerry Airport and you will be transferred to the picturesque town of Dingle where you will be staying for the night. Experience some local hospitality at a local Inn! Friday Breakfast then depart for Brandon. Depending on the weather we will either take the main tourist path or the scenic ‘7 lakes' route. Return to Dingle by mid afternoon and transfer to your overnight accommodation. Saturday Breakfast then depart for Carrauntoohil, the highest mountain in Ireland. Again we have a choice of routes depending on weather and appetite. Descend the mountain by mid afternoon and transfer to your overnight accommodation. Sunday Breakfast then depart for Lugnaquilla. Return to transport early afternoon and transfer to Dublin. Either late afternoon flight back to the UK or optional overnight stay in Dublin. Monday Morning flight back to the UK for people that chose optional overnight in Dublin. Please note: This itinerary is a guide only. It can be subject to change dependent upon viability, course members' fitness, weather conditions or for any other reason the guide may deem necessary. Every effort is made to fit the course around your needs and abilities. Requirements To do this trip you need to have a certain level of fitness. No previous mountaineering experience is required, however, the fitter you are the more you will enjoy your day. Each day will be relatively long, covering between 6 and 11 miles whilst ascending the 3 highest peaks in Ireland, therefore a few training walks and visits to the gym will undoubtedly add to your overall enjoyment of the trip. You should be able to walk several hours a day whilst carrying a small backpack. We recommend that you follow a fitness plan in preparation for your challenge, an example of one will be sent to you when you have confirmed your booking. Although the fitness plan we will send to you has been devised by a fitness professional, this is only provided as a guide and you should seek professional advice before starting your own fitness regime. More Information   Brandon Peak on the Dingle Peninsula, at 952m, is the highest mountain in the Brandon Mountain range. Mount Brandon (Irish: Sliabh Bhreandáin or Cnoc Bréanainn) takes its name from Saint Brendan 'The Navigator', who legend suggests climbed to the summit around 530AD to see the Americas, before setting sail for them. Mount Brandon owes its craggy shape to the work of local glaciers during the ice age, which gouged out a series of corries (cwms) on the eastern flank of the mountain. Running in a line almost all the way to the summit are some Paternoster lakes, a series of rock steps each of which are occupied by a lake, the largest being Loch Cruite. Carrauntoo


In the Sudanese wars, which British general was killed at Khartoum?

Mahdist War and the Siege of Khartoum approx. 50,000 men Siege of Khartoum - Background: In the wake of 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, British troops remained in Egypt to protect British interests. Though occupying the country, they allowed the Khedive to continue overseeing domestic affairs. This included dealing with the Mahdist Revolt which had commenced in Sudan. Though technically under Egyptian rule, large parts of Sudan had fallen to Mahdist forces led by Muhammad Ahmad. Considering himself the Mahdi (the redeemer of Islam), Ahmad defeated Egyptian forces at El Obeid in November 1883 and overran Kordofan and Darfur. This defeat and the deteriorating situation led to Sudan being discussed in Parliament. Assessing the problem and wishing to avoid the cost of intervention, Prime Minister William Gladstone and his cabinet were unwilling to commit forces to the conflict. As a result, their representative in Cairo, Sir Evelyn Baring, directed the Khedive to order the garrisons in Sudan to evacuate back into Egypt. To oversee this operation, London requested that Major General Charles "Chinese" Gordon be placed in command. A veteran officer and former governor-general of Sudan, Gordon was familiar with the region and its peoples. Leaving in early 1884, he was also tasked with reporting on the best means for extracting the Egyptians from the conflict. Arriving in Cairo, he was re-appointed Governor-General of Sudan with full executive powers. Sailing up the Nile, he arrived at Khartoum on February 18. Directing his limited forces against the advancing Mahdists, Gordon began evacuating women and children north to Egypt. Siege of Khartoum - Gordon Digs In: Though London desired to abandon Sudan, Gordon firmly believed the Mahdists needed to be defeated or they could overrun Egypt. Citing a lack of boats and transport, he ignored his orders to evacuate and began organizing a defense of Khartoum. In an effort to win over the city's residents, he improved the justice system and remitted taxes. Recognizing that Khartoum's economy rested on the slave trade, he re-legalized slavery despite the fact the he had originally abolished it during his earlier term as governor-general. While unpopular at home, this move increased Gordon's support in the city. As he moved forward, he began requesting reinforcements to defend the city. An initial request for a regiment of Turkish troops was denied as was a later call for a force of Indian Muslims. Increasingly agitated by Gladstone's lack of support, Gordon began sending a series of angry telegrams to London. These soon became public and led to a vote of no confidence against Gladstone's government. Though he survived, Gladstone steadfastly refused to become committed to a war in Sudan. Left on his own, Gordon began enhancing Khartoum's defenses. Protected to the north and west by the White and Blue Niles, he saw that fortifications and trenches were constructed to the south and east. Facing the desert, these were supported by land mines and wire barriers. To defend the rivers, Gordon retrofitted several steamers into gunboats which were protected by metal plates. Attempting an offensive near Halfaya on March 16, Gordon's troops faltered and took 200 casualties. In the wake of the setback, he concluded that he should remain on the defensive. Siege of Khartoum - The Siege Begins: Later that month, Mahdist forces began to near Khartoum and skirmishing commenced. With Mahdist forces closing in, Gordon telegraphed London on April 19 that he had provisions for five months. He also requested two to three thousand Turkish troops as his men were increasingly unreliable. Gordon believed that with such a force, he could drive off the enemy. As the month ended, the tribes to the north elected to join with the Mahdi and cut off Gordon's lines of communication to Egypt. While runners were able to make the journey, the Nile and telegraph were severed. As enemy forces surrounded the city, Gordon attempted to convince the Mahdi to make peace but with no success. Siege of Khartoum - Fall of Khartoum: Holding the


Which Italian city is the capital of the region Emilia-Romagna?

Emilia-Romagna: The Foodie Capital of Italy - KissFromItaly | Italy tours Emilia-Romagna: The Foodie Capital of Italy The Best Food From Bologna & Emilia-Romagna • • • If Italy is the Foodie capital of the world, and we know that it is, then it’s only natural to ask, where is the best food in Italy? It’s a difficult question since a good argument could be made for almost every Italian grandma’s kitchen, and Italians aren’t known for their objectivity. A Tuscan will tell you Tuscany, a Roman will tell you Rome, and so on and so forth. To get the closest to an objective answer that you can, ask an Italian, "where’s the best food in Italy, BESIDES [name of his hometown]?" Perhaps begrudgingly, he will answer Emilia-Romagna . Think of some of your favorite typical Italian products. We bet at least a few, if not most of them are named after places in Emilia-Romagna! Does Bologna, Parma, or Modena sound familiar? These cities are practically synonymous with their most famous foods! If you consider yourself a foodie, then Emilia-Romagna is your mecca, and these are the foods you can’t leave without trying: Mortadella di Bologna: We’re not talking about "bologna" pronounced "bah-low-nee" here. Mortadella is a spiced pork meat, sometimes with pistachios or olives, that you have to taste to fully understand the difference from the bland slices used to pack school lunches that you may have tried outside of Italy. You’ll find Mortadella on many an aperitivo plate in Italy as it makes the perfect pre-dinner appetizer. Parmigiano Reggiano: You’ve probably tried Parmesan cheese before, but once you try authentic Parmigiano-Reggiano from it’s namesake, Parma, you’ll understand why it’s so often imitated, and you’ll taste the immense difference between the imitations and the real thing. Parmigiano Reggiano is D.O.P protected, meaning that only cheeses made in a specific zone within Emilia-Romagna that follow the strict rules of production and inspection can carry the name "Parmigiano-Reggiano." Tortellini This small, ring-shaped pasta is beloved all over Italy and even the world, and it too hails from Emilia-Romagna, specifically Bologna and Modena. They are usually stuffed with cheese or prosciutto, and served in broth. While you’re in Bologna we recommend trying fresh, hand-made tortellini to change your definition of good pasta forever! Tagliatelle alla Bolognese Tagliatelle is another must-taste pasta during your stay in Emilia-Romagna! The long, flat pasta is made with egg and flour, and is perfect served with a hearty ragù alla Bolognese. "Bolognese Sauce" outside of Italy often bears little resemblance to the real thing. If you’re looking at a runny, tomato-heavy meat sauce, then an Italian wouldn’t call it Bolognese and keep a straight face. The authentic Bolognese is a thick sauce made with plenty of beef or pork, onions, garlic, tomato and wine. It’s best served with any long, flat pasta. Tagliatelle are best, but pappardelle or fettuccine will work in a pinch. Prosciutto di Parma "Prosciutto crudo di Parma" also known as Parma Ham, is a cured pork that comes from - you guessed it: Parma! This is another D.O.P. product that must be produced within a certain area with defined standards of production. For the ultimate taste of Parma, try a slice of Prosciutto di Parma paired with a nice chunk of Parmigiano-Reggiano!   Culatello di Zibello Prosciutto's even more tasty and noble cousin, Culatello di Zibello, is undoubtedly the king of Salumi. Culatello is made from a part of the rear leg bone, and because it eliminates the possibility of making a cured ham like the prosciutto di parma described above, it is considered a more exclusive product and is more expensive. Gnocco Fritto Fried dough show up varied forms under different names all over Italy. In Emilia-Romagna you'll find Gnocco Fritto, a square of golden fried dough, fluffy on the inside, crispy and lightly salted on the outside. Gnocco Fritto is typically served as a appetizer along with sliced meats and cheeses. Balsamic


The journalist Polly Toynbee writes for which national newspaper?

Inside the National Gallery, a portrait of modern inequality | Polly Toynbee | Opinion | The Guardian Inside the National Gallery, a portrait of modern inequality Polly Toynbee The museum’s move to privatise its staff illustrates how wages have been squeezed across the country The ‘colonnaded splendour’ of the National Gallery: ‘the only national museum in London not paying the living wage’. Photograph: Steve Vidler/Alamy Tuesday 20 January 2015 01.00 EST Last modified on Tuesday 19 July 2016 10.11 EDT Share on Messenger Close The National Gallery’s colonnaded splendour radiates across Trafalgar Square a sense of the importance of art in Britain’s national life. But the reality inside is far less glorious. The 400 gallery assistants are about to be outsourced to a private company against their will, to squeeze pay and conditions. A ballot by their union, PCS, closes this week, calling for a five-day strike in protest. All day they guard the nation’s treasures: not automata, but well-informed, if untrained, guides who like to be asked questions, know where paintings are, are glad to advise nervous visitors unsure what to look at. Some have worked there for 40 years, some are younger, many former art students. Ben, who has been there for over a decade since art school, is an artist when not at work stopping people poking the paintings. His favourite beat is the impressionists and Van Gogh, where he sends the ditherers: all assistants have their preferences, he says (Poussin and the French classicists being the least popular). Bigger pictures on arts issues: workers at the National Gallery and BP’s sponsorship of Tate | Letters: Dr Nicholas Penny and Graham Bennett Read more A letter to staff from the director, Nicholas Penny , says all gallery services go out to tender in April, something no other national gallery or museum has done. That includes visitor services, school bookings, public information and even complaints. As Tupe – Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) – regulations require, staff will transfer to a private company on the same terms, but that’s weak protection : they can be sent to work anywhere in that company. As one fearful gallery assistant says: “I came to work at the National Gallery, but I could be transferred to a supermarket car park.” This is the only national museum in London not paying the living wage. A tangle of pay rates means that older staff (predominantly male) are paid more than newer (predominantly female). But even if men and women’s pay were equalised, many of the older staff would still lose out. The gallery’s grant is being cut , so it needs to make more money with extra paid evening events. Staff are willing – but expect extra pay. Management says negotiations went nowhere, so they have to go nuclear: let a private company get tough with them. Some would leave: they note that the security firm CIS, brought in to staff the recent Rembrandt exhibition, took away the chairs used by the gallery’s own guards. That’s how private companies profit from these contracts: as old staff leave, new staff can be hired at any pay rate. One gallery trustee I spoke to admitted that CIS had been brought in to run the Sainsbury wing to give the gallery staff a fright. CIS, if you look at its website , mostly provides heavies to guard empty buildings, not talk to the public. Most trustees, I’m told, would like to keep the staff in-house. What happens in hard times is always the same: spreadsheets show the most crushable item is staff. Numbers are cut and squeezed hard for longer hours. Vital breaks in a long day are eliminated. Changing into your uniform or taking your tea break has to happen on unpaid time. It’s easier to let ruthless companies to do the dirty work, so squeamish managers can wash their hands of consequences. Both sides will now go to Acas: there is still time to pull back from this privatisation too far. This shedding of long-term employees is emblematic of low-pay Britain, where a million public jobs are being lost. Public servants are more unionised than other workforce


"Which US actor, who appeared in the film ""The 40 year old Virgin"", also played the lead role in the US version of ""The Office""?"

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What name is given to a Papal legate or ambassador to a civil government?

The Galileo Project | Galileo | Patrons | Pope Urban VIII Pope Urban VIII Maffeo Barberini (1568-1644) The Barberini were a powerful family, with branches     in Rome and Florence , which had produced several cardinals up to that point.     Maffeo was born into the Florentine branch of the family in 1568. His     father died when Maffeo was only three years old; his mother insisted     that he be educated by the Jesuits --first     in Florence, and later in Rome at the Jesuit Collegio     Romano . Here he lived with his uncle, Francesco Barberini, who held     the high church office of Protonotary     Apostolic . In 1589 he took the degree of doctor of law from the University     of Pisa. Maffeo Barberini' s rise in the church hierarchy was rapid. In 1601 he     served as papal legate to the court of Henri IV, king of France; in 1604 he became archbishop of Nazareth (an office he obviously fulfilled in absentia since the Holy     Land was under Moslem rule) and took up the post of papal nuncio (lit.     messenger, the papal legate permanently accredited to a civil government)     to the French king; in 1606 he was made a cardinal with the titular church     of St. Peter in Montorio and later St. Onofrio; in 1608 he became bishop of Spoleto. As bishop, Barberini convened a synod ,     completed the construction of one seminary and built two others, and served     as legate of Bologna and prefect of the Segnatura di Giustizia. Upon the death of Pope Gregory XV, in1623,     Maffeo Barberini was elected Pope, taking the name of Urban VIII. During his long papacy, Urban VIII promoted missionary work. He formed dioceses and vicariats in various missionary terrritories and founded a college for the training     of missionaries. He also repealed the monopoly on missionary work in China     and Japan given to the Jesuits in 1585, opening these countries to missionaries     of all orders. In 1639 he prohibited slavery among the Indians of Brazil,     Paraguay, and the West Indies. During this period the temporal power of the papacy was in greatest danger     from the Hapsburg dynasty which ruled much of the German speaking region     of Europe, the Southern Netherlands, and Spain. Spanish influence in Italy     has been on the rise for a century, and the kingdom of Naples and Sicily,     under Spanish rule, lay immediately to the South of the Papal State. For     this reason, Urban VIII favored the anti-Hapsburg policy of the French,     neglecting to support the catholic cause in Germany. Urban VIII saw to it that the Barberini family benefited from his papacy.     His brother and two nephews were made cardinals and given high church     offices. Other family members were helped by the Pope in the acquisition     of property and titles . He even went so far as to make war on Parma, Tuscany , Modena, and Venice over a matter     of protocol involving his nephew-cardinals. Pope Urban strenghtened fortifications     and armaments in the papal territories. He lavishly supported artists,     chief among whom was Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, who beautified St. Peter's     cathedral. Urban had the bronze supporting girders of the Roman Pantheon     melted down and made into cannon and and other objects. This prompted     the epigram: `` What the barbarians did not do the Barberini's did.'' Maffeo Barberini was an accomplished man of letters, who published several     volumes of verse. Upon Galileo' s return to Florence, in 1610, Barberini     came to admire Galileo' s intelligence and sharp wit. During a court dinner,     in 1611, at which Galileo defended his view on floating bodies, Barberini     supported Galileo against Cardinal Gonzaga. From this point, their patron-client     relationship flourished until it was undone in 1633. Upon Barberini' s     ascendance of the papal throne, in 1623, Galileo came to Rome and had


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What was Cliff Richard's first UK number one single in 1959?

The UK Number Ones : Artist List Week Ending ACT TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT 31 Jul 1959 Cliff Richard Living Doll 6 1st No 1 Written by Lionel Bart ("Oliver!"), it was Cliff's first   of 14 No 1s spanning a record 40 years. 30 Oct 1959 Cliff Richard Travellin' Light 5 2nd No 1 Living Doll sound-alike repeated the   trick. 28 Jul 1960 Cliff Richard Please Don't Tease 4 3rd No 1 Co-written by Bruce Welch, it was chosen for release by a poll of   Cliff's fans. 29 Dec 1960 Cliff Richard I Love You 2 4th No 1 His first Xmas No 1 - something he would later become famed for. 11 Jan 1962 Cliff Richard The Young Ones 6 5th No 1 Taken from his film of the same name.  One of his most popular   songs. 3 Jan 1963 Cliff Richard The Next Time / Bachelor Boy 3 6th No 1 Both tracks from his film "Summer Holiday". 14 Mar 1963 Cliff Richard Summer Holiday 3 7th No 1 From Cliff's film of the same name.  Perhaps his best-loved   song. 15 Apr 1965 Cliff Richard The Minute You're Gone 1 8th No 1 Country music song recorded in Nashville. His first No 1 for two   years. 10 Apr 1968 Cliff Richard Congratulations 2 9th No 1 Losing Eurovision song which gave Cliff a new No 1. His next was 11   years away. 25 Aug 1979 Cliff Richard We Don't Talk Anymore 4 10th No 1 After a lean time through most of the 70s, this first No 1 for 11   years started run of Top 10 hits throughout the 80s. 22 Mar 1986 Cliff Richard & The Young Ones Living Doll (New recording for Comic Relief) 3 11th No 1 He was in the middle of an 80s revival, and made this charity hit   with the anarchic team from the tv show "The Young Ones". 3 Dec 1988 Cliff Richard Mistletoe And Wine 4 12th No 1 He was still riding high, and this Christmas hit swept him back to   the top of the chart. 8 Dec 1990 Cliff Richard Saviour's Day 1 13th No 1 He had been part of Band Aid II which made No 1 at Xmas 1989, so he   could claim three Xmas chart toppers in a row. 28 Nov 1999 Cliff Richard Millennium Prayer 3 14th No 1 40 years after his first ever No 1, he was back at the top again,   despite resistance from radio stations.  It failed to hang on for Christmas.


What term is given to the moon when it is between half and full?

Moon Glossary: Lunar Terms and Definitions Moon Posters Moon Glossary: Lunar Terms and Definitions A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | W | X, Y, Z A Albedo  This term is a unit-less measure that refers to the how much an object diffusely reflects light from the sun. Angular Diameter  The measurement of the diameter of a distant object from the perspective of the angle resulting between the observer and the object's outer edges. Also known as the 'visual diameter'. Annular Eclipse  Refers to an solar eclipse where the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, but with the Moon appearing smaller than the Sun to the observer, leaving a bright ring around the circumference of the Moon. Anomalistic Month  The length of time that the Moon takes to pass between perigee (or apogee) passages  that is, the 27.55455 day period during which the Moon moves from its closest (or farthest) point to the Earth, all the way around and back again. Anorthositic Rock  A calcium-rich rock type found in abundance on the Moon. Aphelion  The farthest point from the Sun in a planetary body's orbit. Apogee  The farthest point from the Earth in the Moon's orbit. Apogean Tide  The name for low tide when the Moon is at it's farthest point from the Earth. Apolune  The farthest point from the Moon in an object's orbit around it. B Basalt  Volcanic rock formed by rapidly cooling lava. Found on the moon and the earth. Breccia  A type of rock that is composed of a matrix of different materials, minerals and fragments of other rocks. Found on the moon and the earth. C Celestial equator  The projection of the Earth's equator into space. It could be considered an invisible belt that surrounds the Earth in the minds of astronomers. Celestial Mechanics  The specialized areas of astrology that describes the gravitational effects of heavenly bodies as well as their motion. Colongitude  Also called selenographic colongitude, it is the longitude of the Moon's morning terminator. Conjunction  The term applied when two planets are in close proximity to each other in the sky, from the perspective of an Earth-bound observer. Crater Wall  The cliff-like wall formed by the impact of a meteor with a celestial body such as a planet or moon. Crescent Moon  The famous image of the Moon frequently used in the media, consisting of only a thin crescent slice of the Moon being visible from Earth. This phase of the moon occurs just after the New Moon phase, which is also known as Dark of the Moon. There is also a Crescent Moon phase just prior to the next New Moon as well. D Dark of the Moon  So named because during this phase, the Moon is not visible in the sky, Dark of the Moon is also known as New Moon. Declination  Declination is the position of a celestial body, such as the Moon, in the equatorial coordinate system. Declination is measured by degrees in relation to the celestial equator. Diurnal  In astronomy, diurnal generally refers to the motion of an object in a 24 hour period. An example would be Moon-rise. These activities repeat every 24 hours. The diurnal arc describes the amount of time a celestial object takes to transition from fully risen to fully set. DST  Daylight Savings Time. E Earthshine  The light of the sun that is reflected back into space by the Earth, and which can illuminate other objects such as the Moon. Eclipse  Any interference between the light from the Sun and the object being illuminated. The Moon frequently moves between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the Sun's rays. Ecliptic  A term applied to the invisible path in the sky that the Sun moves through during the year, in relation to Earth and the other planets. Elongation  The angle found between a planet and the Sun, from the perspective of the Earth. Ephemeris  An astronomical text which contains the position of celestial bodies in the sky as seen from Earth at specific times. These positions are given in coordinates that astronomers can then use to locate and view these bodies. Equatorial Tide  A tide with a perio


Which company built the USA's first turbojet-powered combat aircraft, the P-80 Shooting Star, which entered service in 1945?

The Post War (1945 – 1959) – British Columbia Aviation Museum The Post-War Era (1945 - 1959) Auster AOP 6 The initials stand for “Air Observation Post”. Three American manufacturers built large numbers of these military artillery spotters during the Second World War. Auster was a British company, but it was set up as Taylorcraft UK to licence-produce one of the US designs. The post-war AOP 6 was Auster’s own design, but it was closely based on its US predecessors. It had an in-line 4 cylinder deHavilland engine rather than an American flat four, and had trailing flaps added. Thirty six AOP 6s were bought by the RCAF and the Army Air Corps, and they served with distinction in the Korean War. All were retired by 1958. The Museum’s Auster was built in 1947 and served with 444 Squadron and the Joint Training School. After a period in storage it was sold commercially in 1969, and flew for twelve years before going back into storage. It was acquired by the Museum in May 2000, and subsequently has been completely overhauled under Transport Canada supervision. It has been repainted in the Joint Training School’s colours and markings. Volunteer work was led by Morris Sweet.     Lockheed T-33 "Silver Star" The Americans' first turbojet-powered combat aircraft, Lockheed’s P-80 “Shooting Star” entered service just before the end of the Second World War, but it did not see combat. As the F-80 it did see considerable action in the early stages of the Korean War. By then a two-seat trainer version, the T-33, was entering service. It was built in far greater numbers than the fighter – 6,686 in total. They became very widely used, over many years. The RCAF used the T-33 mainly for advanced pilot training and weapons training, with a few modified as ECM target aircraft. They served in considerable numbers, from 1953 until the last was retired in 2002. Canadair built 656 under licence as the “Silver Star” powered by the Rolls-Royce “Nene” turbojet. Our example was purchased from a farmer in Stoney Plains, Alberta by Palmer Dahl. It underwent an extensive restoration and was rolled out in 2010.     Luscombe "Silvaire" Luscombe Aircraft Engineering built metal light aircraft from 1933. The “Silvaire” Model 8 was introduced in 1938, but production was interrupted by the Second World War. It was one of the first light aircraft to be built entirely out of aluminum, though ours has acquired some structural duct-tape over the years! Our Luscombe is a two-seat Model 8A, built in 1946, with an 85 hp Continental engine. It was salvaged in pieces in South America, and was donated to the Museum in 1988. Restoration work of the structure was carried out by students at Camosun College, under the direction of Bill Lawrie, and it was reassembled by Museum volunteers.  The aircraft has been completed in the livery of Bill Sylvester's B.C Airlines Ltd., one of the province's first airlines.     Republic RC-3 “Seabee” The first amphibious light aircraft intended for private ownership took to the air in November 1944. With the end of the Second World War approaching, Republic Aircraft hoped that “everyman” would want to fly when the war was over. The “Seabee” amphibian was their response, offering an aircraft as low cost and versatile as possible. The demand proved to be limited, and less than 2,500 “Seabees” were produced. Prices rose and production ended when it was found that they were being sold for about half of the production cost! The Museum’s example is an RC-3 model, serial #710, built in 1947. It was originally the personal aircraft of the Manager of Alaska Coast Airlines, but was subsequently purchased by Norie Brothers Logging. Henry and Frank Norie donated it to the Museum in 1991.     Vickers “Viscount” 757 Towards the end of the Second World War the British formed the Brabazon Committee to recommend types of civil aircraft that would be needed when peace returned. Vickers responded with a project that became the “Viscount”, which proved to be the most successful British commercial airliner of all time. It was the world’s first turboprop powered


In the French original of 'Magic Roundabout, the character Pollux had a sweet tooth, what name did the character have in the English version?

The Magic Roundabout | Scratchpad | Fandom powered by Wikia Welcome to the The Magic Roundabout mini wiki at Scratchpad! You can use the box below to create new pages for this mini-wiki. The Magic Roundabout is a television created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot. Some five hundred five-minute-long episodes were made and were originally broadcast between 1964 and 1971 on ORTF. The series also attained great success in the United Kingdom. The English-language version was narrated by Eric Thompson, the father of actresses Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson, and was broadcast from 18 October 1965 to 25 January 1977. This version of the show attained cult status, and was watched as much by adults for its dry humour as by the children for whom it was intended. Contents Characters Although the characters were common to both versions, they were given different names depending on the language. The main character was Dougal (Pollux in the original French-language version) who was a drop-eared variety of the Skye Terrier. In the French version Pollux was a British character who spoke somewhat broken French with an outrageous English accent, as a result of Ivor Wood's role as co-creator. His sweet tooth, shown through his fondness for sugar lumps, was based on a French belief that one of the traits of the English is a liking for sweets. Other characters include Zebedee (Zébulon), a jack-in-the-box; Brian (Ambroise), a snail; Ermintrude (Azalée), a cow, and Dylan (named after Bob Dylan[1])(Flappy) a rabbit, who in the French version was Spanish. There are two notable human characters: Florence (Margote), a young girl; and Mr Rusty (le Père Pivoine), the operator of the roundabout. The show had a distinctive visual style. The set was a brightly coloured and stylised park containing the eponymous roundabout (a fairground carousel). The programmes were created by stop motion animation, which meant that Dougal was made without legs to make him easier to animate. Zebedee was created from a giant pea which was available in the animation studio and was re-painted. The look of these characters was the responsibility of British animator Ivor Wood, who was working at Danot's studio at the time (and who subsequently animated The Herbs, Paddington Bear and Postman Pat). English-language version The British (BBC) version was especially distinct from the French version in that the narration was entirely new, created by Eric Thompson from just the visuals, and not based on the script by Serge Danot. A former BBC employee, interviewed on BBC Radio in 2008, maintained that the original contract with the French owners did not include the scripts which accompanied the original animations (contrary to BBC assumptions). The BBC, instead of making a further payment to acquire the scripts, which would have required translation, decided to commission its own version - without access to the original French, and the English-language version therefore bears no resemblance to it. The first BBC broadcasts were stripped across the week and shown at 5.40pm, just before the early evening news each day on BBC1. This was the first time an entertainment programme had been transmitted in this way in the UK. The original series, which was a serial, was made in black-and-white. It was made in colour from series 2, with the first colour programme transmitted 5 October 1970. Fifty-two additional episodes, not previously broadcast, were shown in the UK during 1992 by Channel 4. Thompson had died by this time, and the job of narrating them in a pastiche of Thompson's style went to actor Nigel Planer. The British Dougal was grumpy and loosely based on Tony Hancock, an actor and comedian. Ermintrude was rather matronly and fond of singing. Dylan was a hippy-like, guitar-playing rabbit, and rather dopey. Florence was portrayed as courteous and level-headed. Brian was unsophisticated but well-meaning. Zebedee was an almost human creature in a yellow jacket with a spring instead of feet. He always appeared and disappeared with a loud "boing"-sound and usually closed the show wit


Ramon Mercader assassinated which C20th leader?

Trotsky assassinated in Mexico - Aug 20, 1940 - HISTORY.com Trotsky assassinated in Mexico Publisher A+E Networks Exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded by an ice-ax-wielding assassin at his compound outside Mexico City. The killer–Ramón Mercader–was a Spanish communist and probable agent of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Trotsky died from his wounds the next day. Born in the Ukraine of Russian-Jewish parents in 1879, Trotsky embraced Marxism as a teenager and later dropped out of the University of Odessa to help organize the underground South Russian Workers’ Union. In 1898, he was arrested for his revolutionary activities and sent to prison. In 1900, he was exiled to Siberia. In 1902, he escaped to England using a forged passport under the name of Leon Trotsky (his original name was Lev Davidovich Bronshtein). In London, he collaborated with Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin but later sided with the Menshevik factions that advocated a democratic approach to socialism. With the outbreak of the Russian Revolution of 1905, Trotsky returned to Russia and was again exiled to Siberia when the revolution collapsed. In 1907, he again escaped. During the next decade, he was expelled from a series of countries because of his radicalism, living in Switzerland, Paris, Spain, and New York City before returning to Russia at the outbreak of the revolution in 1917. Trotsky played a leading role in the Bolsheviks’ seizure of power, conquering most of Petrograd before Lenin’s triumphant return in November. Appointed Lenin’s secretary of foreign affairs, he negotiated with the Germans for an end to Russian involvement in World War I. In 1918, he became war commissioner and set about building up the Red Army, which succeeded in defeating anti-communist opposition in the Russian Civil War. In the early 1920s, Trotsky seemed the heir apparent of Lenin, but he lost out in the struggle of succession after Lenin fell ill in 1922. In 1924, Lenin died, and Joseph Stalin emerged as leader of the USSR. Against Stalin’s stated policies, Trotsky called for a continuing world revolution that would inevitably result in the dismantling of the increasingly bureaucratic Soviet state. He also criticized the new regime for suppressing democracy in the Communist Party and for failing to develop adequate economic planning. In response, Stalin and his supporters launched a propaganda counterattack against Trotsky. In 1925, he was removed from his post in the war commissariat. One year later, he was expelled from the Politburo and in 1927 from the Communist Party. In January 1928, Trotsky was deported by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Alma-Ata in remote Soviet Central Asia. He lived there in internal exile for a year before being banished from the USSR forever by Stalin. He was received by the government of Turkey and settled on the island of Prinkipo, where he worked on finishing his autobiography and history of the Russian Revolution. After four years in Turkey, Trotsky lived in France and then Norway and in 1936 was granted asylum in Mexico. Settling with his family in a suburb of Mexico City, he was found guilty of treason in absentia during Stalin’s purges of his political foes. He survived a machine gun attack carried out by Stalinist agents, but on August 20, 1940, fell prey to Ramón Mercader, a Spanish communist who had won the confidence of the Trotsky household. The Soviet government denied responsibility, and Mercader was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Mexican authorities. Related Videos


Who has written a series of books featuring the character Jack Reacher?

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Oklahoma! - I Cain't Say No - YouTube Oklahoma! - I Cain't Say No Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 25, 2011 From the CinemaScope version of the 1955 Rodgers and Hammerstein film, "Oklahoma!". Gloria Grahame performs "I Cain't Say No". No copyright infingement intended. Buy the 50th Anniversary Edition of "Oklahoma!" on DVD for the full CinemaScope and ToddAO versions of the film! **** Sorry, comments have been disabled because I was getting really tired of reading all the negative comments, mostly from those who clearly do not understand the performance in proper context. This secondary romance in Oklahoma! (Ado Annie and Will Parker) is intended as comic relief to the main story of Laurie and Curly. This song is not supposed to be sung perfectly or operatically. Nor is it intended to sound in any way "sexy" or "sultry". Any performance that has these qualities is WRONG in my opinion. Had R&H wanted this song to sound "perfect", they would have either dubbed Gloria, or found another actress to play the part. They had almost complete artistic control over the production of this movie. (Curiously, no one complains about the similarly comedic and imperfect way Gene Nelson sings his various songs as Will Parker.) So, go ahead and criticize Gloria Grahame about this "awful", "pathetic", "tone deaf" (or any other pejorative you wish) performance, but pardon me if I don't want to read your critique at 1am in the morning. **** Category