Richard III Society  |  RICHARD III | HIS LIFE A Brief Biography and Introduction to Richard's Reputation by Wendy E.A. Moorhen What follows is a brief factual biography of Richard III which provides links to more in-depth articles and papers on his life, career and reputation. Boyhood Fotheringhay Castle by Julian Rowe, reproduced by kind permission of Peter Hammond Richard Plantagenet was born on 2 October 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire, the youngest son of Richard, Duke of York, and his wife, the former Cecily Neville. York, a cousin to the reigning King Henry VI, held senior government positions but was unpopular with the Lancastrian regime. York's disputes led to his early death at the Battle of Wakefield on 30 December 1460. His eldest son, Edward, seized the throne of England in March the following year and defeated the Lancastrians at Towton on 29 March. Middleham Castle ©Geoffrey Wheeler The young king Edward IV now assumed responsibility for the upbringing of his younger siblings who had hitherto experienced an unsettled childhood. The elder son, George, was created duke of Clarence and the younger, Richard, was created duke of Gloucester at the age of eight and entered the household of his cousin, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, to begin his education as a nobleman. This took place primarily at the earl's Yorkshire estates of Middleham and Sheriff Hutton. Meanwhile, King Edward clandestinely married a Lancastrian widow in 1464 and thus began to alienate Warwick, his most powerful ally, who had favoured a political match with a European princess. Over the next five years the relationship between king and 'over-mighty' earl deteriorated until civil strife was resumed in 1469 and the following year Edward was driven into exile. One of the causes of their dispute was the marriage of Warwick's elder daughter to Clarence without the king's permission. The Young Duke The Battle of Barnet © Geoffrey Wheeler Richard accompanied Edward to the continent and on their return to England in 1471 the eighteen-year-old duke was given command of the vanguard at the Battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury. These battles were resounding Yorkist victories and both Warwick and the Lancastrian heir, Prince Edward of Wales, were killed. The former king, Henry VI, died a few days later in London. Richard now assumed the responsibilities of his position. He had been admiral of England since 1461 and he was now appointed constable. King Edward granted Richard many of Warwick's forfeited estates and the following year the duke married Warwick's younger daughter Anne, who was the widow of Prince Edward who was killed at Tewkesbury. The Battle of Tewkesbury © Geoffrey Wheeler The couple took up residence in the north of England , which King Edward effectively entrusted to his brother, and Richard was created Warden of the West Marches of Scotland. Richard took his duties seriously and held the north against any Scottish incursions. In 1476, Duchess Anne gave birth to their only child, who became known as Edward of Middleham. During the remaining years of his brother's reign, Richard of Gloucester rarely left the north. Two such occasions included the invasion of France in 1475 and attending the parliament of 1478 when their brother Clarence was attainted for treason and privately executed. In the summer of 1482, Richard invaded Scotland at King Edward's behest. He was accompanied by the Scots king's brother, the duke of Albany. Richard and Albany marched as far as Edinburgh before Richard strategically withdrew over the border. April - July 1483 On 9 April 1483 King Edward died, a few days short of his forty-first birthday. There had been no time to prepare for a transition of power and the heir, another Edward, was twelve years old. Factions were immediately formed, each believing that they had an important role to play in the government of England. There was the queen and her extensive family; the old nobility, represented in the former king's Council, which included the late king's friend and chamberlain, William, Lord Hasti


What was Britain's first designated New Town, established by the New Towns Act 1945?

New towns - UK Parliament New towns New towns New towns During the inter-war years the success of ‘garden city’ and ‘garden suburb’ projects led to many of the new council estates being built on similar lines. Green spaces Towards the end of the Second World War, attention was directed to the post-war reconstruction of Britain’s towns and communities. The possibility of building new towns had been accepted in 1945 by a government committee chaired by Lord Reith, the founder of the BBC. The committee included a number of leading figures in the Town and Country Planning Association, originally the Garden Cities Association founded in 1899. New towns The 1946 New Towns Act established an ambitious programme for building new towns. It gave the government power to designate areas of land for new town development. A series of ‘development corporations’ set up under the Act were each responsible for one of the projected towns. Stevenage, in Hertfordshire, was the first new town created under the Act, with ten others following by 1955. Most were intended to accommodate the overspill of population from London. Since the 1950s, Parliament has authorised further developments in England, Scotland and Wales. Town and country planning Parliament saw it as essential to restrict the growth of large cities. The Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 laid down procedures to control urban sprawl into the countryside. All planning was to be subject to planning permission by local councils. Most importantly, every area of the country was to have a ‘development plan’ showing how each area was either to be developed or preserved. Did you know?


What is the common name of the plant hedera helix?

Plants & Flowers » Hedera helix Plants & Flowers Common name: Common Ivy, English Ivy, Hedera Helix, Ivy, Vine Family: Araliaceae Hedera poetarum Bertol. Hedera helix Distribution and habitat: Hedera helix is a species of ivy native to most of Europe and western Asia. It is labeled as an invasive species in a number of areas where it has been introduced. It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing high where suitable surfaces (trees, cliffs, walls) are available, and also growing as ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces. It climbs by means of aerial rootlets with matted pads which cling strongly to the substrate. The leaves are alternate and have petiole; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun, usually high in the crowns of trees or the top of rock faces. The flowers are produced from late summer until late autumn, individually small, in umbels, greenish-yellow, and very rich in nectar, an important late autumn food source for bees and other insects. The fruit are purple-black to orange-yellow berries, ripening in late winter and are an important food for many birds, though somewhat poisonous to humans. Description: Hedera helix has typically ivy-shaped leaves with tree to five lobes of which the one at the apex is the longest and most pointed. The original species has been superseded by its many varieties. Most of the following plants are self branching (each stem tend to branch naturally at frequent intervals) and this makes the plants dense and rather bushy. Houseplant care: Winter growth of English Ivy plants tends to be very long without bearing many leaves. Trim areas like this with lots of woody growth but few leaves. For the plant to fill out properly during growth cut the stems down to strong growth areas. Light: Native to light woodland areas, Hedera helix as houseplant thrive in an environment of bright filtered to low light. Ample light helps the leaves become more colorful but filter the light to prevent excessive heat which can lead to drying and poor performance. Temperature: Hedera helix plants are not greatly affected by hot and cold temperature, but fluctuating temperatures can stifle performance dramatically. Keep Hedera helix in an atmosphere with a consistent temperature and away from drafts, open doors, or vents. In temperatures above 18oC (64oF) provide extra humidity. During the winter months encourage them to take a short rest by keeping them cool. A temperature of 10oC (50oF) is ideal. Water: Hedera helix plants prefer an evenly moist environment. Water the plants freely during growth. Keep Hedera helix houseplants moist in the winter. Spraying Hedera helix with soft water weekly will help prevent spider mites from infesting the plants. Fertilising: Hedera helix care requires the monthly application of liquid fertilizer or, another option often preferred, is to apply a quarter strength fertilizer when watering. Potting and repoting: Use a soil based potting mixture. Overcrowded plants can be repotted during any season. Move the plant in a pot one size larger whatever pale roots emerge through drainage holes. Maximum pot size should be 12-15cm (5-6 inch). Top dress annually those plants that are not being moved on. For best effect put four or six small plants in a single basket. Propagation: Root cuttings are the preferred method of propagation. Root the 10-15cm (4-6 inch) cuttings of young (not matured) growth during the spring to autumn. More mature cuttings (adult growth) of 18-23cm (7-9 inches) will produce a bushy “tree-ivy” type of growth but root very slowly if at all. Problems: Plant care and maintenance helps reduce these problems. Common pests affecting Hedera helix are spider mites, aphids, mealybugs and scale insects. Red spider mites are often difficult to see without a close inspection. However, white webs formed on the plant are usually indicative of a spider mite infestation. Treatment: Remove the infested leaves and treat the plant w


Who is the only man to win both a Nobel Prize for Literature and an Oscar?

Only person ever to win an Oscar and Nobel prize-Apnaahangout Only person ever to win an Oscar and Nobel prize Only person ever to win an Oscar and Nobel prize Arun Kallarackal Last updated on: August 26, 2013 Tips and Facts No Comments Oscar is the holy grail of cinema world and Nobel prize is an ultimate achievement for any individual who makes notable contributions in the fields of medicine, chemistry, literature, peace, physics.   Double delight! Both are highly valued and respected. Has any individual won an Oscar and Nobel? The answer is yes.  George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright won Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. Later, he went on to win an Oscar for Best Screenplay for the film Pygmalion. Thus he became the one and only person ever to win the Oscar and Nobel Prize both. Related Posts


Who was the Swedish scientist 1814-1874 who has a unit of length named after him?

Nordics Who Have Distinguished Themselves in the Scientific Community | Nordic Space Nordics Who Have Distinguished Themselves in the Scientific Community 17.08.2014 E-mail LinkedIn Facebook Twitter From the beginning of time, various people in various ways around the world have distigushed themselves regading the scientific evolution. Many of the fundamental laws of today originate from great philosophers in the late Middle Ages and throughout the very productive period in the beginning of the 20th century, with Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Ervin Scrødinger, Wiliam Heisenberg and Niels Bohr. Today, much of the physics and experiments on our planet Earth, such as the experiments that are carried out at CERN and in space, are conducted to find proof of the fundamental laws formulated by scientists and philosophers and great thinkers of the past. The Nordic countries are no exception, and from the Middle Ages several scientists distinguished themselves in this development. Denmark and Sweden were at one point, from the Middle Ages, regarded as European Great Powers, and were considered hugely vital in the scientific communityy. Norway, at that time, was a part of Denmark, (The Dark Middle Ages), but between 1814 and 1905 a part of Sweden. Finland was in different periods parts of both Sweden and Russia. This has greatly affected the scientific development in the Nordic countries. Name as Tycho Brahe, Ole Rømer, Anders Celcius, Hans Christian Ørsted, Niels Henrik Abel, Anders Ångstrøm, Svante Arrhenius, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Kristian Birkeland, Niels Bohr and Hugo Alfven will for all future be bundled to large scientific steps forward. In this article, we will introduce some of their scientific history as well as the stories behind the most famous scientists of the Nordic countires. That is only an introduction. Will you learn more, follow the links and a very large amount of more information will be accessible. The information compiled and edited in this article is provided by Baard Kringen at NordicSpace from information and documentation in different sources, mainly the Wikipedia. All pictures: Wikipedia. The Basis For the Laws of Planetary Motion Johannes Kepler is famous for formulating the three fundamental laws of planetary motion, describing elliptical motion of planets around the sun, developing the early telescopes and inventing the convex eyepiece etc. Lesser known is the fact that Johannes Kepler was assistant for the Danish Tycho Brahe from 1600 to Tycho’s death one year later. Johannes Kepler published his first two laws about planetary motion in 1609, after having found them by analyzing the astronomical observations of Tycho Brahe; Kepler’s third law was published in 1619. Much of Keepler’s work was based on Tyco Bradhe’s accurate investigations. Tycho Brahe (14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601) was a Danish nobleman known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations. He was born in Scania, then a part of Denmark, now a part of Sweden. Tycho Brahe As an astronomer, Tycho worked to combine what he saw as the geometrical benefits of the Copernican system with the philosophical benefits of the Ptolemaic system into his own model of the universe, the Tychonic system. Furthermore, he was the last of the major naked eye astronomers, working without telescopes for his observations. Tycho Brahe was granted an estate on the island of Hven and the funding to build the Uraniborg, an early research institute, where he built large astronomical instruments and took many careful measurements, and later Stjerneborg, when he discovered that his instruments in the former were not sufficiently steady. On the island, he also founded manufactories such as papermaking to provide material for printing his results. After disagreements with the new Danish King Christian IV in 1597, he was invited to Prague, where he became the official imperial astronomer. He built the new observatory at Benátky nad Jizerou. There, from 1600 until his death in 1601, he was assisted by Johannes Kepler, who later used Tycho’s


Which comedienne and TV actress's 2008 autobiography is entitled Dear Fatty?

Dear Fatty | Penguin Books Australia Dawn French Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, with a career that has spanned nearly three decades. Loved for her irreverant humour, Dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries and challenge stereotypes. Here she describes the journey that would eventually establish her as a perhaps unlikely, but nevertheless genuine, national treasure.  Dawn began her career as part of the groundbreaking alternative comedy group, the Comic Strip, marking a radical departure from the more traditional comedy acts of the time. Later came the all-female Girls On Top, which teamed Dawn with Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax and Tracy Ullman and firmly established women in British comedy. As part of the wildly successful and much loved duo French and Saunders, Dawn helped create a repetoire of brilliantly observed characters, parodying popular culture and impersonating everything from Madonna and Harry Potter to The Exorcist. Dawn's more recent role in the Vicar of Dibley showcased not only her talent but also her ability to take a controversial and topical issue and make it mainstream - and very funny. From her early years as an RAF child and her flat-sharing antics with Jennifer Saunders, to her outspoken views on sizism and her marriage to Lenny Henry, Dear Fatty will chronicle the extraordinary, hilarious rise of a complex, dynamic and unstoppable woman. Format & Editions


During the Wars of the Roses, Richard Duke of York (father of Richard III) was killed at which battle of 1460?

Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York (c.1410-1460) [Richard of York, Richard Plantagenet] Search   RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK (c.1410-1460), was the son of Richard, Earl of Cambridge , by Anne, daughter of Roger, Earl of March. [see Richard's Genealogy ] In 1425 he was relieved from the effects of his father's attainder , and succeeded to the estates and titles of his uncles, Edward, Duke of York , and Edmund, Earl of March . In 1430 he was made Constable of England, in 1432 he was appointed Guardian of the Coast of Normandy, and in 1436 was made Regent of France, and advanced with an army almost to the gates of Paris [q.v. Hundred Years' War ]. In the next year he was recalled, but in 1440 was appointed regent again, holding office till 1445. In 1449 he was made Lieutenant of Ireland, and governed that country with great wisdom and moderation during the one year for which he held this post. On his return to England in 1450 he came prominently forward as the opponent of the Duke of Somerset . He was as popular as Somerset was odious, and had powerful allies in the Nevilles, with whom he was closely connected by his marriage with Cecily, daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland. In 1451 a proposal was made in Parliament that York should be declared heir to the crown, but this was not seriously entertained, and the proposer was imprisoned. In 1452 York, declaring that his sole object was to rid the king [ Henry VI ] of Somerset and other evil counsellors, raised a force, and marched to London. Henry met him at Blackheath, and York laid before him a bill of accusation against Somerset, at the same time swearing fealty to the king, and promising for the future to sue for remedy in legal form. The birth of an heir to Henry in 1453 deprived York of all hope of succeeding peacefully to the throne, while the imbecility of the king gave him the office of Protector, which he held till Henry's recovery in 1455, Somerset being in prison during this period. On the king's restoration to health (Feb., 1455) York was dismissed and Somerset reinstated. The first battle of St. Albans followed, in which the latter was slain, and the king shortly afterwards becoming once more imbecile, York was again appointed Protector. Two years of comparative peace followed, and in March, 1457, a great pacification took place at St. Paul's. The misgovernment and misfortunes of the country, and the alienation of the Nevilles gave York another opportunity in 1459. The Yorkists were marching south when Lord Audley tried to stop them at Blore Heath , but was defeated, and battle was imminent at Ludlow when the defection of Trollop alarmed the Yorkists, and they fled. The duke went to Ireland, and in the Parliament held at Coventry at the end of the year was attainted. In 1460 the Yorkist lords planned a return to England, and York issued a manifesto against the royal ministers. The battle of Northampton placed the king at their mercy, and the Parliament which met repealed the duke's attainders. York now for the first time asserted his claim to the throne, and after a long discussion a compromise was effected, by which Henry was to retain the crown during his life-time, after which it was to revert to York and his heirs. Meanwhile the duke and his sons were not to molest the king, any attempt on the duke's life was made high treason, and the principality of Wales was handed over to him. However, Margaret , who refused to recognise this arrangement, had been collecting an army in the north, and against her the Duke of York marched. The battle of Wakefield ensued on the last day of the year, when York was slain. His head was placed on the walls of York, garnished with a paper crown, but was taken down after the battle of Towton . By his marriage with Cecily Neville the duke had eight sons and one daughter died in childhood. Of the other, Edward and Richard became kings, Edmund was killed at Wakefield , and George was created Duke of Clarence. His daughters were Anne, who married the Duke of Exeter , and secondly Sir J. St. Leger; Elizabeth, who married John, Earl o


Becky Sharp is the heroine of which novel?

Becky Sharp – Heroine? – Mary C. M. Phillips by Mary C. M. Phillips Becky Sharp – Heroine? While preparing for our Edith Wharton tribute at the  Malverne Public Library , I decided to read Thackeray’s most celebrated novel, Vanity Fair .   I admit the only reason I decided the open this book is that Undine Spragg (the heroine from Edith Wharton’s  The Custom of the Country ) is often compared to Thackeray’s heroine (or is it non-heroine?), Becky Sharp. I’m only 125 pages into the book and must admit…I love Becky Sharp. Uh oh.  Is that a bad thing?  I don’t know. I’ll have to read more to see if my opinion changes.  I know, I know, she’s a shameless social climber.  But I haven’t met any other characters in the book that deserve my respect…yet. I certainly don’t admire any character traits in Undine Spragg, the heroine of  The Custom of the Country (and that’s an understatement).  Undine is everything I try NOT to be:  overly ambitious, materialistic, selfish, vain.  She has no scruples and her lack of maternal instinct is downright depressing. Undine Spragg, Becky Sharp, Scarlett O’Hara.  These are the characters taking up the space in my brain these days. Heroines. With admiration or contempt, they are incredibly interesting and complicated heroines. Share this:


My Animals and Other Family is a 2013 autobiography by which TV and Radio presenter?

My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding – review | Books | The Guardian My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding – review Balding's autobiography contains irresistible insights into a certain kind of English family Sporting … TV presenter and journalist Clare Balding. Photograph: Julian Andrews/ Rex Features Friday 19 April 2013 12.59 EDT First published on Friday 19 April 2013 12.59 EDT Share on Messenger Close Were post-Olympics Britain to vote for a head girl, it would be a fair bet that the honour would fall to Clare Balding . If it's not shocking to learn from the first volume of her endearing autobiography that she has form as a boarding school prefect, there are also little surprises embedded in the sports broadcaster's account of her early life. The daughter of a racehorse trainer, she measures out her life in ponies, boxers and lurchers, but even those who find the sporting life a distasteful mulch of dog slaver, moult and mucking out will find it hard to resist stories of the young Balding bowling into her house in filthy jodhpurs to find the Queen eating breakfast, or the Mean Girls atmosphere of boarding school pranks. Balding's love of animals is warmly expressed, a striking contrast to her rancour-free insights into a certain kind of English family, one who considered a brisk wave to be a public display of affection and who might easily forget to pick up their daughter for her first school holiday. As this biography underlines, however, she has turned out rather well.


Who was the director of the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall?

Skyfall (2012) - 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 From $12.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV ON DISC ALL Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. Whilst MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Director: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. Michael Fassbender in Trespass Against Us arrives on Blu-ray and DVD March 7 15 hours ago | WeAreMovieGeeks.com a list of 25 titles created 07 Jun 2012 a list of 32 titles created 12 May 2013 a list of 23 titles created 10 Dec 2014 a list of 26 titles created 29 Dec 2015 a list of 26 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Skyfall " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     2     Oscars. Another    64 wins & 115 nominations. See more awards  » Videos     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X   Armed with a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007 and must defeat a weapons dealer in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, but things are not what they seem. Director: Martin Campbell James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organization from eliminating a country's most valuable resource. All the while, he still tries to seek revenge over the death of his love. Director: Marc Forster     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X   A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. Director: Sam Mendes James Bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow agent formerly believed to be dead. Director: Martin Campbell The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name. Director: Brad Bird An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. Director: Brian De Palma Agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fianceé in response . Director: J.J. Abrams Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. Director: Christopher McQuarrie Investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Director: Guy Hamilton After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. Director: Jon Favreau A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and regain his memory. Director: Doug Liman Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity. Director: Joss Whedon Edit Storyline When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one


What is indicated by the Eastern Slavic name suffix 'ovich'?

Surnames-endings Surnames -EWSKI, -OWSKI, -IEŃSKI, -IŃSKI, and -YŃSKIS The -ski is an adjectival suffix, which can be added directly to a stem -- as piekarski means "of the baker (piekarz)" -- or can be compounded with other suffixes. Two common suffixes that can precede -ski are: 1) -ew- or -ow- (basically the same thing, dependent on whether the stem ends in a consonant classified as hard or soft); and 2) -in- or -ien- or -yn. The -yn is added to stems ending in hard consonants, the other two added to "soft" stems; for all intents and purposes, -ien- can be regarded as a variant of -in-, often indicating some dialect difference in pronunciation. Both prefixes have a possessive meaning, so that -owski/-ewski and -i[e]nski/-ynski mean "of the _'s." In the suffix combinations -inski and -ynski the N is softened and spelled with an accent, which I render on-line as ń (-iński and -yński). We also see these suffixes added to names without -ski, so that Jan means "John" and Janów means "of John," and Russian Stalin means "[man] of steel" (stal'). We see places called Janów, which just means "[place] of John." Suffixes can also be added to those suffixes, so that we also see Janowo, also meaning "[place] of John," and Lipiny, "[place] of the lindens" (from lipa, "linden"). I believe Slavic linguists have written articles on when and why -ew-/-ow- is added in some cases, and -in-/-yn- in others, but that gets into complicated issues that are best left only to those who want to study Slavic linguistics in a serious way. The bottom line is that once either set of suffixes -ow/-ew and -in/-yn has been added to a stem to form a place name X, the suffix -ski can be further added to them to mean, in effect, "one from X." Thus kowal is "smith," Kowalew or Kowalewo is "[place] of the smith," and Kowalewski is "one from the place of the smith." Or lipa is "linden," Lipiny is "place of the lindens," and Lipiński is "one from the place of the lindens." Incidentally, we see the -in/-yn suffix added sometimes without the preceding vowel, yielding names such as Lipno, also meaning "place of the lindens"; this place name, too, can yield the surname Lipiński. These processes are very common in Polish surname formation. These suffix complexes -ewski/-owski and -iński/-yński can also be added directly to nouns sometimes to simply indicate a connection. Thus Łomża is the name of a major town in Poland, and łomżyński is an adjectival form meaning "of Łomża." So surnames ending in these suffixes don't always have to refer to place names. More often than not they do, but they don't have to. You might notice that there's considerable overlap in meaning between, say, Janów [kin or place of John] and Janowski [kin of John or one from John's place]. In fact, we sometimes see both names used, and in older records a family may appear with the forms used interchangeably. In more modern times the -ski forms have tended to predominate; but there are Poles named Janów. As with any aspect of onomastics, it doesn't pay to make flat generalizations -- almost anything you say that is correct most of the time can have glaring exceptions. -SKI * I'm A -SKI, I Must Be Noble! * Again and again I hear "Someone told me names ending in -ski are noble. Is that true?" I've responded so often I'm sick of the whole subject. Still, it's a legitimate question, so let's start with it. If you're talking about names found in records from, say, the 14th century, then yes, names ending in -ski were borne by nobles. So were names ending in -owicz, or -ik, or whatever suffix you care to mention. Back then, all surnames were noble! In other words, only nobles used surnames. It wasn't until much later that non-nobles began using surnames regularly -- generally not until the 16th or 17th centuries. It's hard to be absolutely certain of the dates because there are very few records before the 1600s that mentioned non-nobles at all; so we have don't have much evidence as to when the practice of bearing unchanging, hereditary names spread to the middle class and the peasants. But by and la


What is the more familiar name of Samuel Peyton Jones, a character in an animated series for children?

Francis Peyton Rous | Biographical Memoirs V.48 | The National Academies Press Cancel Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages. ~  :~: At:  .~ ~~ - : :: : - :: ~ - - ~r~~ ~ ~ Ad. .. ::: .~. . ~ ::: . FRANCIS PEYTON ROUS Octo her 5, ~ 879-February ~ 6, 1970 BY RENATO DULBECCO PEYTON ROUS was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1966, when he was eighty-six years old, for discoveries he had made fifty years before. He was born on the 5th of October 1879 in Balti- more, Maryland, to a family that valued humanistic education. Thus, after the death of his father, when Peyton Rous was a child, his mother rejected the idea of joining her family in Texas and stayed in Baltimore, where excellent education for the children was available. Of the two sisters of Peyton Rous, one became a musicologist, the other a painter; and Peyton himself had a flair for writing. Peyton Rous enrolled in the Medical School of the recently created Johns Hopkins University, which he attended without special distinction. As an undergraduate he showed a naturalist's tendency and published articles about Baltimore's flowers. After graduating in medicine, he went to the University of Michigan, where he began his research career in pathology, which he perfected during a year in Dresden. In 1909 he joined the Rockefeller Institute under Simon Flexner, to engage in cancer research, against the opinion of influential friends who thought it was a hopeless field. There he remained until his death. In 1921 he became co-editor (and later editor) of the Journal for Experimental Medicine. In 1927 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He died in 1970, at the age of ninety, and 275 276 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS is survived by his wife, Marion, and three daughters, Marion, Ellen, and Phoebe. In addition to the Nobel Prize, Peyton Rous received many honors and honorary degrees, which are listed at the end of this memoir. The name of Peyton Rous became widely known to biolo- gists in the fifties and sixties for his earlier discovery of a virus causing sarcoma in chickens, which became aptly known as the Rous Sarcoma Virus. At the time he became famous, Peyton Rous appeared as an elderly, highly educated, gentleman with silvery hair. But in his youth he was a very hardworking scientist with a determined, fiery, and highly critical personality. He was a medical man who wished to learn about cancer as a disease and a biologist who did not want to follow the beaten track, and he was willing to hunt for new clues in well-designed but slow experiments. I, like most of my contemporaries, became acquainted with Peyton Rous's fundamental discovery in the early fifties, when Harry Rubin came to my lab to work with the Rous Sarcoma Virus. He started using a focus technique on the chorioallantoic membrane of the chicken embryo, which Rous had invented many years before. Later I had occasion to meet Peyton Rous several times on the platform as a speaker, or across the discus- sion table, or in his laboratory at the (then) Rockefeller Institute. I remember the manrather small in stature with silvery hair and penetrating eyes. I also remember that before our first meet- ing I was inclined to think of him as a figure of the past, but soon changed my mind at that meeting and even more so at subsequent ones. Clearly, he was very much alive until his very last days, with a keen interest in new developments in virology and cancer research. He was able to discuss his past work with equanimity and to accept new interpretations of his data. I re- member I suggested to him an explanation of the clonal charac- teristic of the neoplastic transformation of papillomas in terms FRANCIS PEYTON ROUS 277 of somatic cell genetics, a concept that was not part of cancer research in the period of his active work. H


Singer Alecia Beth Moore, who has had 3 UK number one hits, records under what name?

Pink - Biography - IMDb Biography Showing all 70 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (5) | Trivia  (47) | Personal Quotes  (13) Overview (3) 5' 4" (1.63 m) Mini Bio (1) Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Philadelphia. Her parents, Judith Moore (née Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore , a Vietnam veteran, divorced when she was very young. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Irish, German, and English ancestry. As a child, all Pink wanted was to become a singer, and she was driven by the music of Madonna , Mary J. Blige , 4 Non Blondes , Janis Joplin , Billy Joel and Whitney Houston . Pink was a very unique teenager, and went through phases as a skateboarder, hip-hopper and gymnast. She spent several years as part of the club scene in Philadelphia, singing guest spots and performing for talent shows. At the age of 13, she was asked by a local DJ to sing back-up for his rap group, Schools of Thought. A short time later, she was discovered by a record executive and joined a female R&B group, Choice. When that didn't work out, she signed with LaFace Records and began her solo career. In spring 2000, she released her debut, "Can't Take Me Home". She co-wrote many songs and watched it go multi-platinum by the year's end. Her debut included the Top 10 hit, "There You Go", which was certified a gold single. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Michael Arreola Spouse (1) ( 7 January  2006      - present) (2 children) Trade Mark (5) Pink colors sometimes appear in her hair Her tattoos Spells her name with an exclamation mark instead of an 'i'. Short platinum blonde hair American singer-songwriter. Grew up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Her hit song "There You Go" was dubbed the "I Will Survive" for the new millennium by Teen People magazine. Remade the Patti LaBelle classic "Lady Marmalade" along with Mya , Lil' Kim and Christina Aguilera for the Moulin Rouge! (2001) soundtrack. Claims her name derives from the movie Reservoir Dogs (1992). while seeing the movie with friends, they all agreed that she resembled the character Mr. Pink, played by Steve Buscemi . They thought the name to be a great irony, as she was a tomboy. Was the lead singer of the rock band Middleground before getting a record deal. Attended Central Bucks West High, class of 1997. Sometimes writes her name: P!nk Her father is a Vietnam veteran. Met her boyfriend, motocross superstar Carey Hart , at the 2001 X Games in Philadelphia. She's a big supporter of the animal-rights organization PETA. She was voted one of Choice USA's "Top 30 Under 30" activists for reproductive freedom in 2004. Ranked #36 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). Is good friends with Avril Lavigne and Lisa Marie Presley . Engaged to Carey Hart on June 26, 2005. They got married January 7, 2006. She has a brother named Jason Moore. Parodied Paris Hilton , Lindsay Lohan , Mary-Kate Olsen , Jessica Simpson , Hilary Duff , Nicole Richie and several other Hollywood celebrities on the music video for her single "Stupid Girls", in which she deplored the lack of good role models for girls (February 2006). Follows a strict vegan lifestyle. Dislikes horror movies. Her first concert took place in Orlando, Florida. Ranked #57 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. Announced that she and Carey Hart had separated, but remained good friends (19 February 2008). Born to James Jim Moore , a Vietnam veteran, and his then-wife, Judith Moore (aka Judy Kugel), a nurse. Her father has Irish, German, and English ancestry. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Bohemia, Russia, and Lithuania). Being a passionate campaigner for PETA, she once sent a letter to Prince William criticizing him for fox hunting and to Queen Elizabeth II protesting the use of real fur in bearskins of the Honourable Artillery Company and the Foot Guards. Has won two Grammy Awards for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals" in 2002 ("Lady Marmalade") and "Best Female Rock Performance" in 2004 ("Trouble"). As of 20


Sophia Dorothea of Celle was married to which British king?

Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Electoral Princess of Hanover | Unofficial Royalty Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Electoral Princess of Hanover by Susan Flantzer Credit – Wikipedia Sophia Dorothea of Celle was never Queen, but she was the wife of King George I before he became King, the mother of King George II , and the ancestor of the current British Royal Family. She was born on September 15, 1666 in Celle, now in Germany, the only child of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his mistress Éléonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse .  Sophia’s mother was from a noble, but untitled French Huguenot family. Éléonore was a lady-in-waiting to Marie de la Tour d’Auvergne, Duchess of Thouars whose son had married into the Hesse-Kassel family. During a visit to Hesse-Kassel in 1664, Éléonore met Georg Wilhelm who immediately fell in love with her. Éléonore became Georg Wilhelm’s mistress and received the title Frau (Lady) von Harburg. In 1674, their daughter Sophia Dorothea was legitimized by Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I who granted Éléonore the titles Gräfin (Countess) von Harburg and Wilhelmsburg. Éléonore and Georg Wilhelm married morganatically in 1676. Because of her mother’s background, Sophia Dorothea was not considered as a marriage prospect by many of the German ruling houses. Georg Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1680; Credit – Wikipedia At the age of 16, in a marriage arranged by the bride and groom’s fathers (who were brothers), Sophia Dorothea was married to her first cousin, 22-year old Georg Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg , the eldest son of Ernst August, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophia of the Palatinate (commonly referred to as Electress Sophia of Hanover), whose mother was Elizabeth Stuart, the second child and eldest daughter of King James VI of Scotland/King James I of England . The couple had two children: Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687 – 1757), married 1706 Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg (later King Frederick William I of Prussia), had issue Sophia Dorothea with her two children, circa 1691; Credit – Wikipedia The marriage was happy at first, but soon both George and Sophia Dorothea found affection elsewhere. George fell in love with one of his mother’s ladies-in-waiting, Melusine von der Schulenburg .  Sophia Dorothea fell in love with a Swedish Count, Philip Christoph von Königsmarck , an officer in the Hanoverian army. Despite warnings, from her mother and friends, Sophia Dorothea and her lover wrote letters to each other, met secretly, and planned to escape Hanover together. On the morning of July 2, 1694, after a meeting with Sophia Dorothea, von Königsmarck disappeared from Leineschloss Castle in Hanover and was never seen again. It was widely believed that George ordered von Königsmarck’s death. There is some speculation that the letters were forgeries, and the question of Sophia Dorothea’s guilt is still debated. On December 28, 1694, a tribunal of judges and Lutheran Church officials declared the marriage of George and Sophia Dorothea dissolved on the grounds of Sophia Dorothea’s desertion. Philip Christoph von Königsmarck; Credit – Wikipedia Meanwhile, Sophia Dorothea had been moved to the Castle of Ahlden in her father’s territory of Celle. She hoped to be reunited with von Königsmarck, whose disappearance had not been made known to her. Finally, Sophia Dorothea was told about the terms of the marriage dissolution. Because she was considered the guilty party, she was not allowed to remarry, would never again see her children, and would be kept as a prisoner at the Castle of Ahlden for the remainder of her life. The Castle of Ahlden had guard unit of 40 soldiers with five to ten of them guarding the castle around the clock. Sophia Dorothea had a household consisting of two maids of honor, several maids and other staff for the household and kitchen, who were all chosen for their loyalty to Hanover. Castle of Ahlden; Photo Credit – Wikipedia Sophia Dorothea’s former husband had a change in fortune when the British House of Stuart failed


Where in the British Isles would you find Trinity Manor, Longueville Manor and Rosel Manor?

Advertise on Jersey Hotels - Hotels In Jersey Hotels Info Pages St. Brelade - Jersey, Area information. Having been named after the wandering saint, St. Branwallader, you will wander nonstop with the beauty of the whole parish. St. Brelade is the second largest land area in the Jersey Islands. Its surface area is 7,103 vergees. St. Brelade, which is on the southwestern of the Jersey Island, is the only parish that borders another parish that is St. Peter. Though the Church of Brelade is located far from the historic spots of the area, still it was situated in the dramatic end of the beautiful St. Brelade's Bay. The location of their church even has a legend that fairies were the one who chose this site near the shoreline. Also, just along the side, St. Brelade has this little Fisherman's Chapel that housed the paintings called frecoes that shows the icons of the Catholic Church Reformation of the Western Europe. Also, on the side of the Parish Church, La Chapelle es Pecheurs has well-preserved arts from the medieval period. Should you visit this parish, don't forget to drop by and see the medieval arts and paintings that will transport you back to the past. Want to see the most popular bays in Jersey? The only place to be is at St. Brelade! It has the Ouaisne, Portelet and St. Brelade Bay. Just being in St. Brelade Bay, you would not notice that the day is about to finish with tons of activities to do. The beach with the clear water and powdered golden sand is not just a sight that would capture your attention but the cafÃ© and restaurant surrounding the beachside will beckon you to go and have a taste of the food that is truly delicious. Beach activities are also waiting for you to try--volleyball, speedboat tripping and banana boat rides. You can also try other water sports such as canoeing and pedalos. If you want to relax and enjoy the sight of the beach, go to the southwestern part of the Island and you will find the La Corbiere lighthouse. This was the concrete lighthouse that was first built in the British Isles. Should there be a low tide, you can actually walk to get there with the causeway and be mesmerized with the clear rock pools. Don't forget to take a picture of this panoramic view, which draws more tourists to the Island. On the other hand, if you want to laze and learn the tradition of perfume making in Jersey, come and visit the Jersey Lavander Farm. You will be shown a video of all the activities on the farm from the origin of lavender, harvesting, distilling and bottling the perfume. If you love flowers and nature, you will be awed with the plants that surround the farm like cypress, eucalyptus, peppermint and rosemary. You will also discover the 56 different kinds of bamboos since the farm houses this collection. Usually, all the plants on the farm are also for sale. If you just want to relax while viewing the scenery of greens and flowers, they have a tea room just suitable for dozing with nature. Bays, farm and other scenic views will complete your vacation and adventure at St. Brelade!


Which fruit has varieties called Medjool and Deglet Nour?

6 DATE VARIETIES 6.1 DEGLET NOUR Imports of the deglet nour date variety are approximately 30ï¿½000 tonnes per year. It is the most popular variety in EU. Nevertheless there are some differences between southern and northern Europe. Southern EU countries mainly consume deglet nour dates. Due to their history and culture, France, Spain and Italy have strong trading links with Tunisia and Algeria. Some 90 percent of the deglet nour produced in the world are exported from these two countries. The remaining 10 percent are produced in Israel and the United States. With 25ï¿½000 tonnes, the southern EU countries represent 85 percent of deglet nour imports. They consume the bulk of natural deglet nour, which is not very popular in Germany and the United Kingdom where consumers tend to prefer processed dates. As they have less trade relationship with Maghreb countries, the United Kingdom and Germany import smaller quantities of deglet nour (some 4ï¿½200 tonnes together in 2000). However, it seems that deglet nour consumption has increased. Deglet nour still offers significant opportunities as evidenced by the increase in imports since 1998. Nevertheless its price has decreased steadily since 1995. This is reflected in the declining unit value of imports for Tunisian and Algerian dates (which are essentially deglet nour) in Figure 11. 6.2 COMMON DATES Common date is a term generally used by European traders to designate dates that are not deglet nour or mejool. This group includes several varieties such as kenta, alligh, kouat alligh, sayer and zahedi. The United Kingdom and Germany together import approximately 10ï¿½000 tonnes of common dates annually. In Germany, traders are interested in the low price of common dates. In The United Kingdom, the population of Asian origin is thought to have a big influence on the consumption of common dates. These dates are also used by the foodstuff industry in the UK. While EU imports of common dates are significant (about 16ï¿½000 tonnes), this quantity has not increased substantially over the past years. This seems to indicate that demand is shifting towards higher quality dates such as mejool or deglet nour. Only the foodstuff industry keeps a stable demand for common dates. The low and declining prices of common dates can be seen in Figure 11, where the unit value of common dates imported from Iran and Pakistan has declined to approximately US$0.5 per kg. 6.3 DIVERSIFICATION INTO NON-TRADITIONAL VARIETIES AND PRODUCTS Mejool In Europe, mejool dates have been known since the early 1990s and it is only in the last three to four years that they have really taken off. They are to be found on the market of the main European countries. Imports of mejool are very low (1ï¿½800 tonnes in 1999, see Table 3) but they have been rapidly increasing. With approximately 1 800 tonnes per year, and especially an exponential growth, these dates are arousing interest and hopes among importers. On a market in which there is seldom any innovation, the promising beginnings of mejool give some reason to think that, in coming years, it could be a major product in the range of dates on offer. Countries producing mejool The United States and Israel today share the European market. The United States is the foremost producer. Located in California, the palm groves lie mainly in the two areas of Bard Valley, which by itself produces 70 percent of mejool dates, the second area being Coachella Valley. Their exports rose to approximately 800 tonnes in 1999. Israel is playing the part of a challenger effectively. In the opinion even of American traders, the country offers an interesting alternative to buyers. This source has improved its quality, it guarantees the traceability of products and continues to be less expensive by virtue, in particular, of lower transport costs. It is developing its production (2 000 tonnes), mainly in the regions of Eilat and the Dead Sea. As in the case of other varieties of dates, the marketing of mejool has been entrusted to two companies, Agrexco and Hadiklaim. According to these trad


Which racecourse stages the Midlands Grand National?

Big Race History: Midlands National : General : Horse Racing Free Bet Cheltenham is over and thoughts move to the Grand National. Uttoxeter hosts an important National pointer this weekend, the Midlands National. Malcolm Pannett goes through the race's history. This year the Midlands National, a good race in its own right and a National pointer to boot, celebrates its 40th anniversary having been first run in 1969. The inaugural race took place five weeks after the Grand National and all eyes were on Highland Wedding, who had won at Aintree. But it was not to be, Highland Wedding ran a lacklustre race and was pulled up with the race going the to the 13-year-old Happy Spring, who had split Mill House and Arkle in the 1963 Hennessy, ridden by Ken White, who would go on to win the 1975 Champion Hurdle on Comedy Of Errors. Over the years several horses have won, or run well in, the Midlands National on their way to other top honours. The 1975-winner Rag Trade went on to win the next year's Grand National, a second success in that race for owner 'Teasy-Weasy' Raymond Bessone who was renowned as a celebrity hairdresser; in 1986 Arthur Stephenson's The Thinker won and then took the Cheltenham Gold Cup the following season; Lord Gyllene, who was second to Seven Towers in 1997, went on to win that year's rescheduled 'Monday National'; while Noel Meade's 2002-victor The Bunny Boiler won the Irish National six weeks later. The race was moved to its current position in the calendar, the Saturday after Cheltenham, in 1991 with success going to the dual-Welsh National winner Bonanza Boy. The distance has varied between a minimum of four miles and a maximum of four and a half miles with the current distance set at four miles, one furlong and 110 yards. The 1977 renewal had a kick in the tail when the winner, No Scotch, and the second, Evander, along with Kick On, who had finished fourth, as well as Hidden Value and Spittin Image were all subsequently disqualified when it was realised that they were not qualified to run according to the conditions of the race. Therefore Watafella was promoted from third to first place becoming the first winner in the race for Jenny Pitman who also won with Wilsford (1990) who five years later was successful in the Scottish National. Other notable winners include Grey Sombrero who won carrying a mere 9st 7lb in 1971; Jimmy Miff (1979) who ran in the race six times; and GVA Ireland who landed a memorable gamble in 2006. The Midlands National appears to be a race that you should watch with a pint of beer in your hand, as long as you are over 18 of course, as the sponsors along the way have included Ansells, Tetley, Marstons and the present incumbent John Smith's who took over in 2003. 25 years ago: Mr Mole, who was a decent hunter chaser and point-to-pointer, put in a personal best when winning by six lengths in testing underfoot conditions. Handled by John Webber for just that race and the following one, where he fell, he reverted to the care of his former handler Mrs S Gill. Webber, father of current trainer Paul, would win it again with Knock Hill in 1988 10 years ago: Peter Beaumont's Young Kenny, at 5-2 favourite, notched win number two of what would be a lucrative hat-trick. Prior to the Uttoxeter event, in which the son of Ardross beat the staying on Call It A Day by eight lengths after taking up the running from Ottawa four out, he had landed the Greenalls Grand National Trial at Haydock putting 13 lengths between him and runner-up Fiddling The Facts at the line. Not surprisingly the bay was sent off favourite again in the Scottish National a month later, duly obliging by an easy nine lengths after putting in a spectacular round of jumping. Five years ago: 15,000 spectators thronged the track in keen anticipation of a good, albeit blustery, afternoon of sport. But the wind increased dramatically to near gale force and the racing had to be abandoned for safety reasons. Last Year: Himalayan Trail, formerly thought of as a horse with potential, had been out of sorts until winning a small race at Bango


Becky Thatcher is a character in which novel?

The character of Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer from LitCharts | The creators of SparkNotes He also misses Becky, who is with her parents in Constantinople. (full context) Chapter 29 Tom is delighted on Friday morning to learn that Becky has returned to town. That same day they get together with their friends and play,... (full context) Chapter 31 ...to Saturday afternoon in order to tell the story of what happened to Tom and Becky. They're playing in the cave along with their friends. They split off to explore a... (full context) Chapter 32 By Tuesday the villagers are mourning Tom and Becky. But by nightfall there is jubilation, because the children are found. (full context) Chapter 35 Judge Thatcher thinks highly of Tom for having rescued Becky from the cave. Becky has even told him about how Tom took her punishment at... (full context) Cite This Page Choose citation style: O'Dwyer, Deirdre. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Characters: Becky Thatcher." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 22 Jul 2013. Web. 14 Jan 2017. O'Dwyer, Deirdre. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Characters: Becky Thatcher." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 22 Jul 2013. Web. 14 Jan 2017. O'Dwyer, Deirdre. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Characters: Becky Thatcher." LitCharts LLC, July 22, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2017. http://example.org/lit/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/characters/becky-thatcher. O'Dwyer, Deirdre. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Characters: Becky Thatcher." LitCharts LLC, July 22, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2017. http://example.org/lit/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/characters/becky-thatcher. Copy to Clipboard


Who was the architect of the Gherkin Building at 30 St Mary Axe, London?

The Gherkin - Sightseeing - visitlondon.com The Gherkin 30 St Mary Axe is a tall office building known affectionately as The Gherkin. The Gherkin is not open to the public.Read More About 30 St Mary Axe is a tall round office building in London known affectionately as The Gherkin. The Gherkin was designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004. The Gherkin is 180m tall. The Gherkin in London is not open to the public. Images and Videos


What is the common name of birds of the genus Pica?

Bird Names – Ornithology United States- birds Bird Names Bird groups are organized by scientific classification, based upon their anatomical structure , geographic distribution, behavior, blood proteins, and a variety of other characteristics. Most recently, and probably most accurately, DNA hybridization has determined the relationships and supposed evolutionary history of all the bird groups of the world and most of the species. Learn more below and see  Lectures  for more detailed information. Birds, Class Aves, are arranged into groups called Orders (ending in-iformes); these are such groups as the ducks and geese, loons, hawks and eagles, hummingbirds, kingfishers and rollers, herons and egrets, and penguins. The largest group, Passeriformes, is the songbirds . In each order are Families, ending in -idae. In Gruiformes, the Cranes are in Gruidae and Rails in Rallidae. Finally, birds have scientific names, the genus and species, such as Cathartes aura(Turkey Vulture) and the American Robin, Turdus migratorius. What’s in a Name? The Red-bellied Woodpecker does not have a red belly and some call those lovely goldfinches wild canaries and house finches linnets. The European Buzzard is similar to the North American Red-tailed Hawk, so you could potentially see the same kind of bird at one place as another. Blue birds are not necessarily bluebirds and black birds are not necessarily blackbirds. Not to mention there’s the issue of different languages, as how a bird is named in America could be different from how it is named in France.  All birds have a scientific name (actually two names) derived primarily from the Latin or Greek.  Anas platyrhynchos is the scientific name for the Mallard . Anas, the “genus” is Latin for duck, and indicates that the Mallard is related to other ducks such as the Pintail, Gadwall, and Black Duck. The species name, platyrhynchos, is Greek for flat bill, referring to the typical ducklike bill. See my book, Latin for Bird Lovers , just out in 2014. (The species name for the Pintail is acuta, referring to the “acute” or pointed tail.) So the genus Anas, being the same for both species, tells us these ducks are related but distinct species with distinct species names. Note that the genus and species are always in italics and that species is both singular and plural. The American Ornithologist’s Union has created a standardized checklist of the common English names of American birds and the   International Ornithologists Union IOC Bird List  has standardized English names for all birds of the world. But scientists continue to use scientific names in order to avoid any confusion, to better show avian relationships, and to communicate with colleagues across the world whose common names are in their native languages. Both the AOU and IOC recommend that the proper English names of birds be capitalized. So one would write Black-capped Chickadee or Oak Titmouse, but refer to a chickadee or a titmouse in lowercase. That’s not a rule, but the guideline is followed in almost all ornithological journals and most books, including field guides. Luckily for birdwatchers, we have official common English names, easier to pronounce and spell. No other group of organisms can say the same. So when you make a check mark next to a bird name, consider what it might mean. A little research into bird names can open up a whole new way of looking at our feathered friends. The Ornithologist’s newest book, published by Timber Press, due on book shelves April 2014. Learn why birds received the Latin names they did and what these names mean. What’s in a Name? Have you ever wondered why a bird might be called a thrush, wren, tit, hawk,   tanager or owl? How about “grackle?” This name is from the Latin graculus, originally referring to the European Jackdaw and later to the similar looking grackle. Magpies have that moniker because, many years ago, the name “Margaret “or “Meg” was applied to a chattering old woman gossip and the name morphed into “mag.” The “pie” part comes from piebald, meaning patched, referring to the white p


Which Frenchman was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature but refused it?

Nobel Prize in Literature 1964 - Press Release Announcement Address by Anders Österling, Member of the Swedish  Academy This year the Nobel Prize in Literature has  been granted by the Swedish Academy to the French writer  Jean-Paul Sartre for his work which, rich in ideas and filled  with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a  far-reaching influence on our age. It will be recalled that the laureate has made it known that he  did not wish to accept the prize. The fact that he has declined  this distinction does not in the least modify the validity of the  award. Under the circumstances, however, the Academy can only  state that the presentation of the prize cannot take place.   Refusal In a public announcement, printed in Le  Figaro of October 23, 1964, Mr. Sartre expressed his regret  that his refusal of the prize had given rise to scandal, and  wished it to be known that, unaware of the irrevocability of the  Swedish Academy's decisions, he had sought by letter to prevent  their choice falling upon him. In this letter, he specified that  his refusal was not meant to slight the Swedish Academy but was  rather based on personal and objective reasons of his own. As to personal reasons, Mr. Sartre pointed out that due to his  conception of the writer's task he had always declined official  honours and thus his present act was not unprecedented. He had  similarly refused membership in the Legion of Honour and had not  desired to enter the Collège de France, and he would refuse  the Lenin Prize if it were offered to him. He stated that a  writer's accepting such an honour would be to associate his  personal commitments with the awarding institution, and that,  above all, a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an  institution. Among his objective reasons, Mr. Sartre listed his belief that  interchange between East and West must take place between men and  between cultures without the intervention of institutions.  Furthermore, since the conferment of past prizes did not, in his  opinion, represent equally writers of all ideologies and nations,  he felt that his acceptance might be undesirably and unjustly  interpreted. Mr. Sartre closed his remarks with a message of affection for the  Swedish public. At the banquet, S. Friberg, Rector of the Caroline  Institute , made the following remarks: "Mr. Sartre found  himself unable to accept this year's Prize in Literature. There  is always discussion about this prize, which every one considers  himself capable of judging, or which he does not understand and  consequently criticizes. But I believe that Nobel would have had  a great understanding of this year's choice. The betterment of  the world is the dream of every generation, and this applies  particularly to the true poet and scientist. This was Nobel's  dream. This is one measure of the scientist's significance. And  this is the source and strength of Sartre's inspiration. As an  author and philosopher, Sartre has been a central figure in  postwar literary and intellectual discussion - admired, debated,  criticized. His explosive production, in its entirety, has the  impress of a message; it has been sustained by a profoundly  serious endeavour to improve the reader, the world at large. The  philosophy, which his writings have served, has been hailed by  youth as a liberation. Sartre's existentialism may be understood  in the sense that the degree of happiness which an individual can  hope to attain is governed by his willingness to take his stand  in accordance with his ethos and to accept the consequences  thereof; this is a more austere interpretation of a philosophy  admirably expressed by Nobel's contemporary, Ralph Waldo Emerson:  'Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own  mind.'" The quality of human life depends not only on external conditions  but also on individual happiness. In our age of standardization  and complex social systems, awareness of the meaning of life for  the individual has perhaps not been los


In the children?s TV series Dora the Explorer what is the name of the monkey who is Dora's best friend?

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Which metal, atomic number 22, is used in the construction of parts for high speed planes, spacecraft and missiles?

Titanium - An introduction to the element, its alloys, and uses Titanium Tweet by Chris Woodford . Last updated: August 12, 2016. Concorde, they called it, but it could just as easily have been named Titan. Whizzing through the sky at twice the speed of sound (up to 2200 km/h or 1350 mph), the world's favorite supersonic plane was protected from air friction by a heat -proof titanium skin that could stretch as much as 25 cm (10 inches) during flight! It's not surprising titanium is the metal of choice in airplanes like this: it's as strong as steel but only about half as heavy and it doesn't go rusty. Although three quarters of the world's titanium is used in aerospace, you won't just find this metal soaring through the sky: it has a huge range of other applications, from the manufacture of toothpaste, false teeth, and wedding rings to the development of artificial hip joints and deep-diving submarines. Impressed? You will be! Let's take a closer look at how this amazing material works. Photo: Concorde: a titanium tube comes in to land? Photo by Jose Lopez courtesy of Defense Imagery. Now retired from flight, the only Concordes we're likely to see these days are either standing in museums or floating on their way to them . Properties Photo: Welding a titanium tube. Photo by Staff Sgt. Phillip Butterfield courtesy of US Air Force . Think "strong, light, and rustproof" and you have the essence of what makes titanium so important. It's a brilliant all-round material—similar to aluminum but very much stronger and quite a bit heavier. Like aluminum, titanium is a silvery-white metal that resists corrosion (rusting): that's because it reacts readily with oxygen and forms a protective layer of titanium oxide that keeps out air and water. Titanium also resists attack by strong acids and alkalis. It's relatively hard and brittle when it's cold and you have to heat it up to work it into shape or draw it into wires. In chemical reactions, it forms lots of interesting compounds (when atoms of titanium bond to atoms of other elements); it also forms some extremely useful alloys (when titanium metal is "mixed" with other metals to combine their useful properties). Uses Photos: Everyday uses of titanium: Titanium dioxide puts the white color in white paint, which is why this tube is labeled "Titanium White." Perhaps the best-known use of titanium is in the compound titanium dioxide (TiO2 also known as titanium white), which is one of the whitest substances known. About 95 percent of the titanium we consume is used in titanium dioxide, which puts the whiteness in everything from paints , toothpastes, and paper to porcelain ceramics , floor coverings, textiles, and even concrete . Arguably titanium's use as a whitener is a trivial—if economically very important—use for such a versatile material, because it doesn't really matter what color our toothpaste and paint is: we could live without such things, if we really had to. But could we live without the titanium alloys that are used to make airplane parts? In some modern planes, titanium has been used in everything from the outer "skin" and the landing gear to the hydraulic pipes and the innermost parts of the jet engines (because it's light and good at withstanding high-temperatures and the stresses and strains caused by friction when air moves through at supersonic speeds). Since titanium is so useful in airplanes, it's not surprising it's used in spacecraft too. Photos: Everyday uses of titanium: My eyeglass frames are made from a nickel -titanium alloy. They're called shape memory frames because you can bend them and they'll spring straight back to shape. Behind them, the tiny loudspeaker on my laptop is also made from titanium. And what about medical items made from titanium—could we live without those? Many people have strong but flexible eyeglasses made from titanium alloys. Thanks to its protective oxide coating, titanium is a perfect metal for making things like replacement hip joints because it won't rust or react adversely with tissue or bone. The same quality makes it ideal for


Which fruit has varieties called Lady de Coverly and Kishmish?

Raisins Raisins lenovo смартфон купить украина The sultana is a "white" (pale green), oval seedless grape variety also called the sultanina, Thompson Seedless (United States), Lady de Coverly (England), and oval-fruited Kishmish (Iran, Turkey). It is assumed to originate from the Asian part of the Ottoman Empire. In some countries, especially Commonwealth countries, it is also the name given to the raisin made from it or from larger seedless grapes; such sultana raisins are often called simply sultanas or sultanis. These are typically larger than Zante currants (which are actually a kind of dried grape, not currants in the botanical sense), and the Thompson variety is smaller than many seeded raisins. In the USA, the name "raisin" is applied to all dried grapes, so that the breakfast cereal known "Sultana Bran" in Australia and the United Kingdom is called Raisin Bran in the United States. Other types of raisins like Golden, Sundried and etc are coming from different drying process of Sultana raisins. Another seedless grape variety from the former Ottoman Empire, the round-fruited Kishmish, is also dried to make a larger sultana raisin especially in Iran Empire. Raisins can contain up to 72% sugars by weight, most of which is fructose and glucose. They also contain about 3% protein and 3.7%–6.8% dietary fiber. Raisins, like prunes and apricots, are also high in certain antioxidants, but have a lower vitamin C content than fresh grapes. Raisins are low in sodium and contain no cholesterol. Data presented at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session in 2012 suggests that, among individuals with mild increases in blood pressure, the routine consumption of raisins (three times a day) may significantly lower blood pressure, especially when compared to eating other common snacks. Production: 1-Washing: In the washing part the raw material (Dried Grape) is double washed and after adjusting the hummidity on heating room goes to sorting and packing part. 2- Sorting and Packing:For sorting raisins, Anahita Co. uses Laser technology by Laser Sorter Machine (BEST Helius 2015) and X-Ray Machin (BEST IXUS 2015) and finally the cartons pass from Metal Detector for final check.


William Wallace defeated the English forces of the Earl of Surrey at which battle of 1297?

11 September 1297: The Battle of Stirling Bridge, William Wallace's Greatest Victory Over The English - Kindle edition by DecisiveDays.com. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. on January 12, 2014 Format: Kindle Edition On September 11, 1297, the English army of Edward I was beaten by a Scottish army commanded by Andrew Murray and William Wallace, of Braveheart fame, at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on the River Forth in Stirling, Scotland. This singular event retained Scottish independence from the English. This short historical account by Decisive Days. com. captures the atmosphere and strategy of the battle perfectly. This historical group has a series of short histories of famous battles on Kindle.. At only 26 pages, it is a quick but satisfying read. The brutality of the battle is explained in detail. The English commander is killed in the battle and his skin flayed from his corpse. Wallace makes a belt from his flesh. Grim stuff, but typical of the brutality of the times. The English were guilty of many crimes of rape, torture and brutality against the Scots. An interesting bonus item is a description of the Scottish claymore or large broadsword wielded by Wallace. Wallace was later betrayed and captured by the English. He was tortured and executed in London by King Edward I, known as Edward Longshamks. But he remains a hero in Scotland to this day for his fight against tyranny. Robert the Bruce later defeated the English again at the Battle of Bannockburn to consolidate Scottish independence and he became King of Scotland. Interesting enough, later this year the Scots will vote in a referendum on whether to pull out of the United Kingdom with England and become independent again. Perhaps the spirit of Wallace and the Bruce will be with them.


What is featured on the central yellow stripe of the flag of Ghana?

flag of Ghana | Britannica.com Flag of Ghana horizontally striped red-yellow-green national flag with a central black star. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 2 to 3. Related Topics flag of Italy When Kwame Nkrumah organized the Convention People’s Party in 1949 to work toward more self-government for the native African peoples of the British Gold Coast , a flag was developed for the movement. A simple horizontal tricolour of red-white-green, it became well known throughout the Gold Coast as a symbol of modernization and self-reliance. Self-government was introduced in 1952, and independence was granted on March 6, 1957. On that day a national flag, based on the Convention People’s Party flag, was hoisted throughout the land. The country also acquired a new name, based on the empire of Ghana , which had been a powerful and rich state from the 7th to the 13th century. Ghana, as the first of the sub-Saharan African states to achieve independence, took a leading role in the movement toward African liberation and unity. Its new flag retained the red and green stripes of the old, but it changed the white to yellow and added a black five-pointed star, referred to as the “lodestar of African freedom.” The red symbolizes the independence struggle, yellow the wealth of the country, and green its forests and farms. President Nkrumah imposed single-party rule in 1964 but was overthrown in 1966. During those two years the red-white-green party flag (with a black star) was in use, although the end of Nkrumah’s rule led to a reversion to the flag of independence with its yellow stripe, hoisted again on February 28, 1966.


Which Canadian is served by Pierre Trudeau International Airport?

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A cholecystectomy is an operation to remove which organ?

Overview - Cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) - Mayo Clinic Cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) Print A cholecystectomy (koh-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-me) is a surgical procedure to remove your gallbladder — a pear-shaped organ that sits just below your liver on the upper right side of your abdomen. Your gallbladder collects and stores bile — a digestive fluid produced in your liver. A cholecystectomy may be necessary if you experience pain from gallstones that block the flow of bile. A cholecystectomy is a common surgery, and it carries only a small risk of complications. In most cases, you can go home the same day of your cholecystectomy. A cholecystectomy is most commonly performed by inserting a tiny video camera and special surgical tools through four small incisions to see inside your abdomen and remove the gallbladder. Doctors call this a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In some cases, one large incision may be used to remove the gallbladder. This is called an open cholecystectomy. Gallstones. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/digestive-diseases/gallstones/Pages/facts.aspx. Accessed June 15, 2016. Understanding gallstones. American Gastroenterological Association. http://www.gastro.org/info_for_patients/2013/6/6/understanding-gallstones. Accessed June 15, 2016. Feldman M, et al. Gallstone disease. In: Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2016. http://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed June 16, 2016. Patient information for laparoscopic gall bladder removal (cholecystectomy) from SAGES. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. http://www.sages.org/publications/patient-information/patient-information-for-laparoscopic-gallbladder-removal-cholecystectomy-from-sages. Accessed June 15, 2016. Feldman M, et al. Gallstone disease. In: Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal Cholecystectomy. American College of Surgeons. https://www.facs.org/education/patient-education/patient-resources/operations. Accessed June 15, 2016. Picco MF (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. June 22, 2016. Related


To within one year either way how old was Joan Rivers when she died in September 2014?

From the archives: How Joan Molinsky became Joan Rivers From the archives: How Joan Molinsky became Joan Rivers Updated: September 4, 2014 â 4:31 PM EDT Jan 18 - 4:10 PM FILE - In this Oct. 30, 1986 file photo, talk show host Joan Rivers, right, talks with guest, first lady Nancy Reagan, during her appearance on "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers," in Los Angeles. Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. She was 81. Rivers was hospitalized Aug. 28, after going into cardiac arrest at a doctor's office. (AP Photo, Reed Saxon, File) Close icon BARBARA BECK, Daily News Staff Writer Once there lived in Brooklyn a shy, homely, woefully fat kid named Joan Molinsky. When Joan went away summers to camp Kinni-Kinnic, the counselors assigned her bunks 6, 7, and 8 and allowed her in the glee club only because she promised to mouth the words.   In high school, she got to be chairman of the decorating committee for the senior prom. It was held in the Waldorf-Astoria's grand ballroom - but Joan managed to make it look like a gymnasium. What's worse, she was the only girl without a date. Finally, her father said, "Look, Lump, we'll get your cousin to take you. "That was humiliating enough. " But my cousin," recalls Joan, " she didn't want to take me either. "   Today there lives in Beverly Hills a petite 39-year-old blonde named Joan Rivers. This weekend she will pack them in at the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel/Casino in Atlantic City where she does comedy routines about Joan Molinsky. During the daytime she will put the finishing touches on a new book about getting started in show business and she will place calls to one of the major movie studios currently considering her latest screenplay.   "I was sitting at a dinner party, and Cary Grant came over to talk to us," Joan Rivers recalls, still overcome with disbelief. "CARY GRANT. He wrote down his telephone number on a piece of paper and told me to call him.   "The piece of paper said 'Cary G.,'" Rivers said, chuckling and shaking her head from side to side. " Like I've got other friends who are Cary F. and Cary M."   Times have changed for Joan Rivers.   After more than 15 years on the laugh circuit, she is still one of the most sought-after comediennes around.   It was on the Johnny Carson show back in 1965 that she made her first television appearance. Carson predicted, "You're going to be a big star." And the next day critical raves and offers poured in.   Even before the fateful Carson show, Rivers had managed to garner some credits. She took her first acting lessons when she was 12 and, within a few months, was cast in the film "Mr. Universe," starring Bert Lahr and a young actor named Vincent Edwards. ("I've always had a flair for spotting talent. As soon as I saw him, I predicted he'd never make it . . . But that's nothing. My manager told Barbra Streisand she'd never make it. That was last week." )  As a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Barnard College at 19 with a degree in social anthropology, she decided she wanted to be an actress, and improvised off-Broadway at Chicago's famed Second City and wrote television patter for Zsa Zsa Gabor, Phil Foster, Phyllis Diller, and Topo, the Italian mouse on "The Ed Sullivan Show." She filled in with odd jobs, toured the Catskills, talked her way through hundreds of routines at small clubs in New York and San Francisco and finally made it with the Carson show.   Despite her success, inside Joan Rivers still lurks a bit of Joan Molinsky, the outcast of Camp Kinni-Kinnic. "I still feel fat," she says. "To me a star always looked gorgeous, cool and composed. I just don't think of myself as a star.   "Did you look at my hips after I did the Carson show? They must have grown eight inches. It's nerves. I still get them before a show. It's never easy to walk out there," Rivers said.   Indeed, Rivers still tapes her routines and reviews them the next day. Even her 14-year-


Miriam Gonzalez Durantez married which UK politician in 2000?

Miriam González Durántez - Mrs Clegg - Spain News in English Profiles Miriam González Durántez - Mrs Clegg She is wife of the Liberal Democrats leader in the U.K., Nick Clegg, but she can't vote for him Apr 19, 2014 - 7:21 PM Spanish national right wing newspaper, La Razón, has carried out an interview with Míriam González, the Spanish lawyer wife of the British Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. The paper says it had the privilege of sharing coffee with her in Putney, and notes the forthcoming UK election could result in a hung parliament for the first time since 1974. She tells the paper that the two party system should be done away with in Britain, and although she is a politician’s wife she does not have a role. ‘I’m just married to him’, she says, although admits it would be ‘a complete privilege’ to move into Downing Street. She interrupted an interview on ITV with Marie Nightingale after being described as ‘a political wife’. She met Nick Clegg in Bruges at the start of the 90’s where both were on post-graduate courses, and it was said to be love at first sight. She had to steal him from a friend who was going out with him at the time – ‘I lost a friend and gained a husband’, she is said to have said. The couple originally communicated in ‘schoolboy’s French’. The couple got married in 2,000, and have three children, Antonio, Alberto and Miguel, who are all kept fiercely out of the limelight. Born in Valladolid in May 1968, she grew up in Olmedo. She worked with Chris Patten when he was European Foreign Affairs Commissioner, and then Nick Clegg was an MEP. She worked briefly in the Foreign Office in London, and is now a partner of the international law firm DLA Piper, where she will continue to work during the present election campaign in the U.K., bringing home more money than her husband. She never sets a meeting after six so that there is more time to be with the children. Miriam González Durántez - Archive Photo La Razón comments that the fierce British press is falling at her feet, describing her as elegant, watchful, and with a special passion when talking about politics. Much of the coverage of her in the UK press, with a big piece in the Daily Mail, has been that, being Spanish, she is not allowed to vote for her husband, to which she told La Razón that she is proud to be Spanish. The UK press note too that she has kept her Spanish surname, but she says that is just a cultural question. Míriam González father, José Antonio González Caviedes, was Mayor of Olmedo, and also a Partido Popular senator. He died in a traffic accident in 1996. The paper asks her whether it is more difficult to be a politician’s daughter than a politician’s wife, and she notes that when she supported her father she was only responsible for herself, but now the difference is she is responsible for a family. She notes that the fundamental thing is to put matters into perspective, and to realise that a crisis is never such a big crisis, or a triumph is never such a big triumph. She comments too on her sadness at the state of Spanish politics, saying what is needed is more internal democracy in the Spanish political parties, so they can contact again with the electorate. Asked what her husband Nick Clegg likes most about Spain, she says ‘The jamon y croquetas’.


In which year did all the following events occur: Tunguska explosion in Siberia, First Model T Ford produced, 2-year-old Pu Yi becomes Emperor in China and the Summer Olympics first held in London?

Timewave Zero daily resonances , page 2 Timewave Zero daily resonances   Listen... You don't go in a football club and tell everyone they're wasting their time because they'll never win the next match. My life is not of your concern. Get off this thread if you want to gain time... Let's see your opinion on January 17 2011. What do you care if I waste time? I have plenty of free time...And I don't believe in the freaking end of the world... edit on 31-12-2010 by Zagari because: (no reason given) [more Can you tell me the dates? Anyway if its 1944 it resonates with next year... Operation Valkyrie was a continuation of government plan. On July 20, 1944, an attempt was made on Adolf Hitler's life by a bomb which narrowly missed killing Hitler. The continuation plan though allowed them to temporarily transfer control of the government to themselves (the conspirators/good men) but Hitler regained control with a public address. Its a sort of beast of revelation being wounded in the head type of scenario. Standard graph: 1887: January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr. Joseph Grancher. January 20 – The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. January 21 The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed. HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres – a record for any Australian capital city We do have the tools to predict the future... The Timewave graph needs serious attention and scutiny of the smallest things THE SOONER you understand THE BETTER we will be.. JANUARY 17 2011 - one of the principal dates of 2011, the second most novel day in 2011 standard graph: June 29–30 – First Inter-Parliamentary Conference held. June – Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night. [edit] July–SeptemberJuly 8 – The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published. July 14 – International Workers Congresses of Paris, 1889 establish the Second International July 31 – Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife marries Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife. August 14 – The Great London Dock Strike breaks out in England. August 26 – The Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act 1889, commonly known as the Children's Charter is passed in Britain January 17 2011 comparison with 1943: standard October 5 1943 October 5: Nazi Germany incorporates the Istrian Peninsula, much of the Italian Alps, and the eastern Italian city of Trieste into the Reich. Islam and its Reich: October 5, 1943, the Mufti arrived in Germany visiting the Research Institute on the Jewish Problem, where he declared that Muslims and Germans were “Partners and allies in the battle against world Jewry.” JANUARY 18 2011 August 30 – Official opening of Royal Mail Mount Pleasant Sorting Office in London. August – The Jewish Settlement of Moisés Ville is founded in Argentina. September 10 – Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi becomes Albert I, Prince of Monaco. September 17 – Civil War veteran Charles Charles Jefferson Wright founds New York Military Academy with 75 students on 30 acres (120,000 m2) of land in Cornwall, NY. September 23 – The Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market Hanafuda playing cards. [edit] October–December September 23: Nintendo founded as a playing card manufacturerOctober 2 – In Washington, DC, the first International Conference of American States begins. October 6 – The Moulin Rouge cabaret opens in Paris. October 24 – Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivers the Tenterfield Oration calling for the Federation of Australia. Comparison with 1943: October 6 1943 - October 6 – WWII: Americans and Japanese fight the naval Battle of Vella Lavella. JANUARY 19 2011 Standard graph: 1889: November 2 – North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. November 8 – Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state. November 11 – Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state. November 14 – Inspired by Jules Verne, pioneer woman journalist Nellie Bly (El


Who had a UK No. 1 hit in 1960 with Only the Lonely?

Only the Lonely | The Huffington Post 21/10/2013 17:17 | Updated 21 December 2013 1.2k Neil Cossar More music trivia than you can shake a stick at - editor of This Day in Music In Oct 1960, Roy Orbison had his first UK No.1 single with Only The Lonely which was the first of 33 UK hits. The song was turned down by The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley, so Orbison decided to record it himself. Roy had teamed up with songwriter Joe Melson who had recently quit his band The Cavaliers. The pair went on to write a string of hits for Monument Records including: Running Scared, Crying, Blue Bayou, and Only The Lonely, which became Orbison's first major hit. I find it funny to think that various budding English rock musicians were in awe of Orbison, and before they became famous would buy his singles, listening, learning and attempting to copy his singing and writing skills. I am of course taking about The Beatles, who at this time were playing the endless sets in Liverpool and Hamburg, Germany, but would later meet their hero, tour with him and Harrison would end up working alongside Roy in The Traveling Wilburys where Roy was know as 'Lefty Wilbury' and Harrison 'Nelson Wilbury'. Roy Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the middle son of Orbie Lee Orbison, an oil well driller and car mechanic. On his sixth birthday, Orbison's father gave him a guitar. He became a fan of Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers and country singer, guitarist Lefty Frizzell (who Roy named himself after in the Wilburys). In high school, Orbison and some friends formed The Wink Westerners (what a brilliant name), a band that played country standards and Glenn Miller songs. When they were offered $400 to play at a dance, Orbison realised that he could make a living in music. Later, after hearing about a new rising star by the name of Elvis Presley, Orbison drove 355 miles to Dallas to see the on-stage antics of Presley. Orbison also got to meet Johnny Cash when he toured in 1955, playing on the same local radio show as Roy, who suggested that Orbison approach Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings signed to Sun in 1956, and their first release Ooby Dooby became a chart hit, but the follow-up singles failed. Then in 1958 Roy's luck changed. He was offered a spot on an Everly Brothers show in Hammond, Indiana. It turned out The Everlys needed a song for their new single and asked Roy if he had anything. He sang his new composition Claudette and they asked him to write the words down. So he did, on the top of a shoebox. The Everlys' Claudette was released in late March 1958 as the B-side of All I Have To Do Is Dream. The A side went to No. 1 (this song is very special to me - it was at the top of the charts on the day I was born!). Soon Roy's songs had been recorded by Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rick Nelson and Johnny Cash. Orbison had a knack for writing a great pop song. Now signed to Fred Foster's Monument label, Roy was up and running as a solo artist. Only the Lonely peaked at No.2 on the Billboard Charts and became No.1 in the UK. Only the Lonely became the first song that truly probed the frightening potential of Roy Orbison's voice, and established his uniqueness. And then he gave us Oh Pretty Woman which became his biggest hit. Few songs have boasted such a memorable guitar riff; the song sold about seven million copies in 1964 alone. Roy was now a true star; he toured with The Beatles in the UK, The Rolling Stones and toured with The Beach Boys in Australia. Sadly during the mid-'60s Roy suffered two major personal tragedies: Roy and his wife Claudette shared a love for motorcycles; however, tragedy struck on 6 June, 1966, when Orbison and Claudette were riding home from Bristol, Tennessee. Claudette was struck by a semi-trailer truck and died instantly. Two years later, on 14 Sept, 1968, tragedy struck again when, horrifically, two of his three sons lost their lives in a house fire. Roy Dwayne Orbison was ten-years-old; his brother, Anthony, was just six. Unable to write songs in the wake of such crushing loss, Orbison nonetheless