Which Greek philosopher left Athens for the island of Euboea after the death of his pupil Alexander the Great, in fear of anti-Macedonian feeling?

Greece | Article about Greece by The Free Dictionary Greece | Article about Greece by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Greece Related to Greece: Greek Greece, Gr. Hellas or Ellas, officially Hellenic Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,668,000), 50,944 sq mi (131,945 sq km), SE Europe. It occupies the southernmost part of the Balkan Peninsula and borders on the Ionian Sea in the west, on the Mediterranean Sea in the south, on the Aegean Sea in the east, on Turkey and Bulgaria in the northeast, on Macedonia in the north, and on Albania in the northwest. Athens Athens , Gr. Athínai, city (1991 pop. 2,907,179; 1991 urban agglomeration pop. 3,072,922), capital of Greece, E central Greece, on the plain of Attica, between the Kifisós and Ilissus rivers, near the Saronic Gulf. Mt. Aigáleos (1,534 ft/468 m), Mt. ..... Click the link for more information.  is its capital and largest city. Land and People About 75% of Greece is mountainous and only about 20% of the land is arable. The country falls into four main geographical regions. Northern Greece includes portions of historic Epirus Epirus , ancient country of Greece, on the Ionian Sea and W of Macedon and Thessaly, a region now occupied by NW Greece and S Albania. At the time of Homer, Epirus was known as the home of the oracle of Dodona. ..... Click the link for more information. , Macedonia Macedonia , region, SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula, divided among Greece, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia. Land and People Corresponding roughly with ancient Macedon, it extends from the Aegean Sea northward between Epirus in the west and Thrace in the ..... Click the link for more information. , and Thrace Thrace , region, 3,310 sq mi (8,575 sq km), SE Europe, occupying the southeastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula and comprising NE Greece, S Bulgaria, and European Turkey. Its boundaries have varied in different periods. ..... Click the link for more information. . It takes in part of the Pindus Mts. (which continue into central Greece); low-lying plains along the lower Nestos and Struma rivers; and the Khalkidhikí Khalkidhikí or Chalcidice , peninsula (1991 pop. 92,117), NE Greece, projecting into the Aegean Sea from SE Macedonia. Its southern extremity terminates in three peninsulas: Kassandra (anc. Gr. ..... Click the link for more information.  peninsula, on which Thessaloníki Thessaloníki or Salonica , also known as Thessalonike, Thessalonica, Salonika, and Saloniki, city (1991 pop. 383,967), capital of Thessaloníki prefecture, N Greece, in Macedonia; on the Gulf of Thessaloníki, an inlet of the Aegean Sea, at the neck ..... Click the link for more information. , Greece's second largest city, is located. Central Greece, situated N of the Gulf of Corinth, includes the low-lying plains of Thessaly Thessaly , largest ancient region of Greece in N central Greece. It corresponded roughly to the present-day nomes of Larissa and Tríkkala, which form part of the modern region known as Thessaly. ..... Click the link for more information. , Attica Attica , region of ancient Greece, a triangular area at the eastern end of central Greece, around Athens. According to Greek legend, the four Attic tribes were founded by Ion; in later legend Theseus combined 12 townships into a single state. ..... Click the link for more information. , and Boeotia Boeotia , region of ancient Greece. It lay N of Attica, Megaris, and the Gulf of Corinth. The early inhabitants were from Thessaly. A number of small cities scattered over the rough country—mountainous in the south, hilly in the north—may have had a sort of ..... Click the link for more information. ; Mt. Olympus (Ólimbos; 9,570 ft/2,917 m), the highest point in Greece; and Athens. Southern Greece is made up of the Peloponnesus Peloponnesus or Pelopónnisos , formerly Morea , peninsula (1991 pop. 1,086,935), c.8,300 sq mi (21,500 sq km), S Greece. It is linked with central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth, and it is washed by the Aegean Sea on the east and southeast, by the ..... Click the link for more informati


Philology | Define Philology at Dictionary.com philology noun 1. the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning. 2. (especially in older use) linguistics, especially historical and comparative linguistics. 3. Obsolete. the love of learning and literature. Origin of philology Greek 1350-1400 1350-1400; Middle English philologie < Latin philologia < Greek philología love of learning and literature, equivalent to philólog(os) literary, studious, argumentative + -ia -y 3. See philo- , -logy Related forms [fil-uh-loj-i-kuh l] /ˌfɪl əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/ (Show IPA), philologic, adjective philologically, adverb Examples from the Web for philology Expand Historical Examples Germany and France are the only countries where treatises on philology can be published. Cratylus Plato Nor indeed is induction applicable to philology in the same degree as to most of the physical sciences. Lavengro George Borrow Where there is one person that is interested in philology, there are hundreds that are interested in engines and in wheat. British Dictionary definitions for philology Expand the scientific analysis of written records and literary texts 3. (no longer in scholarly use) the study of literature in general Derived Forms C17: from Latin philologia, from Greek: love of language Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for philology Expand n. late 14c., "love of learning," from Latin philologia "love of learning, love of letters, love of study, literary culture," from Greek philologia "love of discussion, learning, and literature; studiousness," from philo- "loving" (see philo- ) + logos "word, speech" (see logos ). Meaning "science of language" is first attested 1716 (philologue "linguist" is from 1590s; philologer "linguistic scholar" is from 1650s); this confusing secondary sense has not been popular in the U.S., where linguistics is preferred. Related: Philological. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


"Which Verdi opera includes 'The Anvil Chorus""?"

Giuseppe Verdi - Il Trovatore - Anvil Chorus - YouTube Giuseppe Verdi - Il Trovatore - Anvil Chorus Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jan 14, 2012 The Anvil Chorus is the English term for the Coro di zingari (Italian Gypsy chorus), a piece of music from Act 2, Scene 1 of Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore (The Troubador, 1853) which depicts Spanish Gypsies striking their anvils at dawn -- hence its English name -- and singing the praises of hard work, good wine, and their Gypsy women. Most recordings will list this as Vedi! Le fosche notturne. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin Category


Which Premiership football side are nicknamed the Canaries?

11 facts about Norwich City, the famous football club nicknamed as "The Canaries" | UEA International Student Ambassadors 11 facts about Norwich City, the famous football club nicknamed as "The Canaries" 11 facts about The Canaries that will amaze you       Norwich City is well known for the passion of its fans for football. Well for people from Mauritius, this City, the main one in the Anglia region of England, became famous when its local football team, NORWICH CITY alias THE CANARIES, played in the English Premier League and specially after beating Manchester United in a home game 2-0. The day Norwich City FC shook the Premier League by storm     Having a bunch of blog readers based in Mauritius (A big hello for football fans in Mauritius), I thought of sharing some interesting facts about the Norwich CIty FC, specially the ones in red.   The Main man in Norwich City FC attack, Grant Holt 1. Norwich City F.C. was formed following a meeting at the Criterion Cafe in Norwich on 17 June 1902, and the club played its first competitive match against Harwich & Parkeston - at Newmarket Road on 6 September 1902. 2. The club's widest margin of victory in the League was their 10–2 win against Coventry City in Division Three (South) in 1930. 3. Ron Ashman holds the record for Norwich appearances, having played 592 first-team matches between 1947 and 1964. Ron Ashman 4. Ralph Hunt holds the record for the most goals scored in a season - 31 in the 1955–56 season in Division Three (South). 5. Mark Bowen holds the club record for the player with the most international caps, with 35 for Wales. 6. Norfolk is world-famed for its canaries - thus the club's nickname. 7. Norwich have taken part in European competition just once - reaching the third round of the UEFA Cup in 1993–94. They are the only British side to beat Bayern Munich in the Olympic Stadium. 8. Norwich's record home attendance is 43,984 - for a sixth round FA Cup match against Leicester City on 30 March 1963. 9. The club's heaviest defeat in the League was 10–2 against Swindon Town - in 1908 in the Southern Football League. 10. The club's highest league finish was third - in the FA Premier League in 1992–93. 11. Johnny Gavin holds the record as theclub's top scorer over a career - with 122 goals between 1948 and 1955. Hussein Wahedally


What is the surname of the father and son English cricketers who have both played for Nottinghamshire and in successful Ashes series?

What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket? - Quora What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket? Updated Mar 29, 2015 I)a. Despite of averaging just over 42 in Test Cricket, Sourav Ganguly's average never fell below 40 at any point of time in his entire career. b.Sourav Ganguly is the only cricketer to have won four successive Man of the Match awards in One-day Internationals. He has got these four man of the match awards within the 8 days period. (Sept 14 to Sept 21, 1997) II) Cameron White is the only player to play the role of specialist bowler and a specialist batsman at different point of time for Australia. But, he was never considered as an all-rounder during the selection procedure. He was included in the team as a specialist spin bowler in 2004 Test Squad for India tour. He has played several matches as a specialist bowler. Then he turned into specialist batsman, somehow, hardly bowled at International level after that. III) Shahid Afridi has played 350 One-Day International matches, where he scored 7360 runs with 6 centuries and 35 half centuries, but he has not played 100 balls in an innings yet. (He has played 94 balls for his innings 124 (HS)) IV) Sharjah stadium has hosted most no. of International matches until this date (211 ODIs) and not Lord's or MCG. V) David Warner is the only Australian cricketer in the last 100 years of cricket history, who has played his first international match without playing a single first class(domestic) match before that. VI) Zimbabwe has won more Test matches than Australia this year. VII) On 3rd Sept 2013, Boyd Rankin, playing for England, dismissed Ed Joyce of Ireland. In the 2007 World Cup Rankin - then playing for Ireland - dismissed Joyce who was then playing for England. VIII) Ryan Ten Doeschate has highest ODI average which is 67.00 at present and no one is anyway close to break it. IX) Every Test playing nation has a captain who captained the side in his first match. (When the country played its first match) For India, the man is C. K. Nayudu (Management interview question, typically after you point out Cricket as an interest) X) Since 2008, no one could replace Dale Steyn as a no. 1 Test bowler. Now, that's dominance. (We can't help Pakistani fans) :P XI) A match between Barbados and British Guyana in 1946 saw an over with 14 balls in which there were no wides or no balls. The 8 ball over was in force and the extra six deliveries were due to umpiring miscounting. XII) The only law of Cricket that has not had any changes or modifications is the length of the pitch(22 yards). XIII) Cricket has appeared in the Olympics only twice. The first time was in 1896 in Athens, however, when it came down to it there were not enough teams to compete so the competition did not occur. Then, in 1900 at the Paris Olympics, only two teams were able to compete: Great Britain and France. The winner, Great Britain, received the gold medal. XIV) Jim Laker took 10 wicket haul in an innings, twice. 10-53 and 10-88, both against Australia. The later one was taken while he was playing for Surrey in a first class match hence, less known. XV) History of bats XVI) It was the first time in the cricket history when any team has completed innings at 228, during recent India-Zimbabwe series. XVII) From October 2001 to March 2006 (More than 5.5 years) Harbhajan Singh has not won a single man of the match award. He played 83 ODI, during this period. XVIII) One of the most astonishing bowling analyses on record was returned by R.G. Nadkarni in the India v. England Test at Madras in 1964. It read 31-27-5-0 and, according to reports, English batsmen said he was 'unhittable'. XIX) In 1829 James Broadbridge literally threw his bat at a wide ball and was caught at point by Mr Ward. XX) ODI scores from 0 to 100 that Sachin Tendulkar has never finished his innings on - 56, 58, 59, 75, 76 and 92 ! (In the 403 innings when he scored <100) XXI) There was an Australian cricketer in 1870's named George Bailey, who is Great-great-grandfather of current Australian ODI skipper George Bailey. XXII) Playing most


"Who played headmistress Miss Fritton and her brother in the 2007 film 'St. Trinians""?"

St. Trinian's with Colin Firth it was very exciting. I was a very earnest 19-year-old. I loved all that. Q: What feelings do you have now to your own school days? A: It’s a funny thing — the reality is I have no feelings about school. It’s long gone. Funnily enough, the bad memories — of which I don’t have any left to be honest, I can just remember a sense of tedium — have faded. And teachers that I liked have remained quite vivid. There are three or four left. Q: Were you in love with English and drama at school? A: Yes, obviously. I probably ended up in those areas because those were the inspired teachers. If I’d loved my chemistry teacher and my maths teacher, goodness knows what direction my life might have gone in. I remember there was a primary school teacher who really woke me up to the joys of school for about one year when I was ten. He made me interested in things I would otherwise not have been interested in — because he was a brilliant teacher. He was instrumental in making me think learning was quite exciting. Q: How was it to shoot the scene where the dog humps your leg? A: It was a bit of a pain. There was a little ball of nylon, which they used to substitute the dog, because the dog was not co-operative all the time. But there was a real dog. The only dog they could find in England that was prepared to shag me was a female called Dolly, who proved not to want to do it when the time came. Dolly would intermittently be persuaded to play the game for two or three seconds. Then they gave up and they stuck the nylon on me instead. Q: So you weren’t embarrassed about doing it? A: When I read, it was the thing that gave me the biggest laugh. Then once you’re working on the business of the laugh, on the set, the old adage is how comedy is a rather serious business. Q: Do you find comedy easy? A: It’s an unknown quantity. It’s actually almost a cliché to say it, how hard comedy is. What’s that famous quote? “Dying is easy, comedy’s hard.” I think the broader it gets, if you miss by a millimetre, you’ve missed completely. It’s a very hard thing to do. Q: You’ve worked with Rupert Everett before. How has your relationship evolved? A: It’s quite hard to say how it’s evolved over this afternoon! It is piss taking… but I think there’s a slight feeling of us being a couple of survivors, really. It’s almost a quarter of a century in a business that does claim a lot of 15-minute flash-in-the-pan scalps. And meeting again after Another Country, where we famously didn’t get on, [for The Importance of Being Earnest], even the fact we didn’t get on very well 18 years before was already a source of connection somehow. There’s something quite reassuring – “Oh, it’s you again!” Q: Do you hang out now off set? A: We don’t hang out. We’ve come close to hanging out. After The Importance of Being Ernest, if we’d kept up phone-calls… I sat and listened to him holding forth on spiritual matters for hours on the set [of St Trinians]. I was glazing over and he was talking matters of the soul, in his trailer. Q: You’ve just done The Accidental Husband next with Uma Thurman. How was that? A: That’s fairly straightforward rom-com fare. Griffin Dunne directed, who I loved as an actor. After Hours was one of the great comedies. Griffin did tell me stories about it, but for him it was a rather long time ago, and I know what it’s like answering questions about a film you did twenty years ago! But it’s interesting being directed by someone who is a very good actor. There’s nothing like it. It might sound like a territorial thing about what I do, but I don’t think you can understand what it is until you’ve done it. I know that to be a fact. However good a communicator a director is, unless they’ve been actors, it’s just not the same as the shorthand you get with someone who’s been an actor. Q: You’ve also just done Genova, the new Michael Winterbottom film. A ghost story, is that right? A: It is, yes. I think like a lot of his films it’s not that easy to label what it is, certainly until you see it. But it has a ghost. It’s about two young girls


Which African country has a flag which is a vertical tricolour of blue, yellow and red, similar to the flag of Romania?

Chad This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Chad The French Navy flag book L'Album, 2000 [pay00] gives this colour approximation for the Chad flag: blue Pantone 281c - CMYK 100-70-0-35 yellow Pantone 116c - CMYK 0-10-95-0 red Pantone 186c - CMYK 0-90-80-5 This gives blue slightly darker then that given for Romania (both are approximations made by Armand du Payrat, the editor of the Album, based on flag reported in use). Željko Heimer, 29 March 2003 The blue-yellow-red colours of Chad are a combination of the blue-white-red of France , the former colonial power, and the green-yellow-red of the Pan-African (e.g., Ethiopian ) ones. Cf. Central African Republic whose colors are blue-yellow-red and green. Similarly Andorra 's blue-yellow-red is a combination of the national colours of France and Spain . Accidentally, the flag is the same as the flag of Romania . Roy Stilling, 10 October 1995 The flag of Chad was adopted by law # 59/13 on 11 June 1959 (that is more than one year before independence). Source: Vagnat & Poels, 2000 [vap00] , Smith, 1976 [smi76] Ivan Sache, 11 April 2003 The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics ( Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 ) provides recommendations for national flag designs. Each NOC was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the NOC believed the flag to be. For Chad: PMS 281 blue, 116 yellow, 186 red. The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise. Ian Sumner, 11 October 2012 Full name: Republic of Tchad (R�publique du Tchad). Location: Central Africa. Status: Independent Republic. Chad is the fifth largest country in Africa (1,284,000 sq. km; 1,700 km from north to south; 1,000 km from east to west). The country is located in Central Africa and bordered by Libya (north), Central African Republic (south), Sudan (east), and Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon (west). In 1997, the population of Chad was estimated 7,166,000 (density 5.6 per sq. km). According to the 1993 census, only one fifth of the Chadians live in urban areas, the most important cities being N'Djamena (the capital city, formerly known as Fort-Lamy, 530,000), Moundou (280,000), and Bongor (200,000). The ethnolinguistic composition of the population is very diverse. The three most important groups represent only 50% of the total population: Sara (27.7%), Sudanese Arabs (12.3%), and Mayo-Kebbi (11.5%). Muslims are slightly dominant (54%), whereas 35% of the Chadians are Christians. The official languages are French and Arabic and there is no official religion. Ivan Sache, 11 April 2003, based on Presentation of Chad & Encyclopaedia Universalis Yearbook A short history: 1946 Province of French Equatorial Africa. 1958 Autonomous Republic using today's flag. 11 August 1960. Independence. Since 1960 a civil war has been waged with frequent foreign interventions. French troops in the South, Libyan in the North and always rebel armies. Joan-Franc�s Blanc, 13 November 1996 A bit longer history: The first inhabitant of Chad whose remained have been preserved is Abel, discovered in January 1995 by the French paleontologist Michel Brunet. Abel even predates the famous Lucy, found in Ethiopia. Lucy's "father" Yves Coppens admitted that the centre of early appearance of modern humans must now be considered to be Chad. Rock paintings and engravings found in the Tibesti and the Ennedi demonstrate a more recent but still very ancient populating of the area. Chad has been for centuries a contact zone between the Arabs from Northern Africa and the inhabitants of subSaharan Africa. Therefore, the history of Chad is characterized by ethnical and religious disputes which are not solved yet. Chad was not only a crossroad of transSaharan commercial trails, but had also its own wealth, mainly salt and copper mines. The oldest known kingdom in Chad was found in


What is the common name of garden plants in the Tagetes genus and Calendula genus?

marigold | plant | Britannica.com Marigold bitterroot Marigold, any plant of the genus Tagetes of the family Asteraceae , consisting of about 50 species of annual herbs native to southwestern North America , tropical America, and South America . The name marigold also refers to the pot marigold (genus Calendula) and unrelated plants of several families. French marigold (Tagetes patula). Overview of marigolds. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz African marigold (T. erecta), French marigold (T. patula), and several other species are grown as garden ornamentals, although most species have strong-scented leaves. Members of the genus Tagetes have attractive yellow, orange, or red flowers that are solitary or clustered; leaves opposite each other on the stem that usually are finely cut; and bracts (leaflike structures) that form a cup-shaped base below each flower head. Learn More in these related articles: marigold - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) So disagreeable is the smell of the common marigold that many 16th-century gardeners regarded it as poisonous, and one proclaimed that "few care to handle it, and most choose to admire its charms at a distance only." Nevertheless, the plant’s hardiness and the variety and bright colors of its flowers have succeeded in gaining the favor of gardeners throughout much of North and South America. The plant was named for the Virgin Mary-"Mary’s Gold." Article History Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: February 09, 2015 URL: https://www.britannica.com/plant/marigold Access Date: January 17, 2017 Share


Which of Mahler's symphonies is entitled 'The Resurrection'?

Resurrection: Why We Need Mahler's Second Symphony on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 | The Huffington Post Resurrection: Why We Need Mahler's Second Symphony on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 09/02/2011 04:29 pm ET | Updated Nov 02, 2011 Albert Imperato Co-founded 21C Media Group Recently, The New York Times published a lengthy list of special 9/11 programming that will hit the airwaves, the concert hall, houses of worship, and movie theaters around the country over the next couple of weeks. Among the events is a special free concert by conductor Alan Gilbert (a client of my company) and the New York Philharmonic of Mahler's Symphony No. 2, which bears the subtitle "Resurrection." Alan and the orchestra will perform this iconic symphony at Avery Fisher Hall on Saturday, September 10; it will also be simulcast onto a big screen on the Lincoln Center Plaza and broadcast on radio and television that night and on the evening of Sunday, September 11. Information about obtaining tickets for the concert is available here . Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony was first performed in 1895. The inspiration for the work came from music that Mahler heard at the funeral of Hans von Bülow, a conductor he revered. It's a massive and utterly awe-inspiring work, which begins with an often-terrifying funeral march and ends, more than 80 minutes later, with a blazing choral hymn celebrating the ultimate rebirth of the spirit. The adjective "life-changing" is overused to describe many things, but Mahler's Second genuinely has that kind of transformative power. Some fans of the symphony have a religious, almost cultish devotion to it. For many orchestras and conductors, it is a musical Everest, a benchmark, and a go-to piece for momentous occasions. It is simply one of the greatest works of art ever created, and it is exactly the music that we need to listen to right now. A decade of war, and now more than two years of extreme economic hardship -- much of it caused by wanton greed -- has left America with a profound hope deficit. Approaching 50 years old now, I look back and realize that a full decade of my life has been lived deep in the shadow of 9/11. My memories of that terrible day are still painfully vivid, but my desire for the country to move beyond fear and sadness, and fully into the light of hope and renewed possibility, is very real and very intense. Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony can help us. For all its titanic reach, dramatic force and visceral power, Mahler's "Resurrection" has some unforgettable moments of repose that provide great salve for the ravaged soul. My favorite is the fourth movement, "Urlicht" ("Primeval Light") -- a tender song of innocence sung by the mezzo-soprano. Here's one of the greats, Janet Baker, singing it with Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra: You don't need to be a religious person to be overtaken by the sincerity and sweetness of this music. "Man lies in greatest need! Man lies in greatest pain!" she sings at the beginning. Look around us: that's the world we live in, partly because of our inherent frailty as mortals, but also because so many of us have acquiesced to the pain and need around us, victims, as we often are, of our own self-absorption. But Mahler's "Urlicht" takes us beyond all of this, beyond blame and worry, and squarely onto the road of redemption. "I am from God and shall return to God!" she sings. And, for me, these simple words are cause for enduring hope. The New York Philharmonic has called its September 10 performance of Mahler's Second Symphony, "A Concert for New York for the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 -- In Remembrance and Renewal." Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony suits this occasion perfectly, and I hope that the work's message of rebirth and transcendence will resonate long after the occasion for which it has been programmed. Follow Albert Imperato on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ajimperato More:


"Who wrote the novels ""A Week in December"" and 'Birdsong""?"

Daniel Soar reviews ‘A Week in December’ by Sebastian Faulks · LRB 5 November 2009 by Sebastian Faulks Hutchinson, 518 pp, £18.99, September 2009, ISBN 978 0 09 179445 3 There are probably more sophisticated reasons for admiring Milton, but I always liked the way his Satan was ‘involved in rising mist’. Involved. There aren’t many writers who are such literalists when it comes to the etymological uses of words: you’d have to have Latin coming out of your ears to think of making the meaning of the word a word is derived from more significant than its actual English usage. The effect is perversely satisfying. Anywhere else but in Milton, you might feel grateful that a nice-sounding word has been chosen over one of its synonyms. Milton makes synonymity impossible. He doesn’t just choose the right word: he chooses the right word for the wrong – for the pleasingly obstinate – reason. One contemporary English novelist has nearly his way with words: particularly in the early parts of his novels, before the excitement takes over and the plot runs out of time for such niceties, Sebastian Faulks chooses his words – his participles, his adjectives, his compound nouns – with more scholastic care than any writer I can think of. And I doubt he gets much credit for it. Birdsong (1993), Faulks’s most sweeping and successful novel, his Paradise Lost, has, as its third sentence: ‘The town side of the boulevard backed onto substantial gardens which were squared off and apportioned with civic precision to the houses they adjoined.’ At first glance, this has a certain orotund fineness to it which either you like or you don’t, but when you look closer – I had to use the OED – you find that the Latinate words are very purposefully derived by way of French: adjoindre is more common in French than its equivalent is in English; and ‘precision’, here, carries a meaning that is slightly less obsolete in French than it is in English, that of cutting off or trimming, making the sentence just tautological enough (‘squared off’, ‘apportioned’, ‘precision’) to turn it into a display of how elegant variation can be when you know your stuff. [*] Elsewhere, it can get a bit tangled – ‘there were small salons equipped with writing desks and tapestry-covered chairs that opened inwards from unregarded passageways’ – but all the verbiage is appropriate to the setting: a well-to-do provincial French town in the years just preceding the Great War, with municipal meetings and busybody neighbours and the promise of much Bovary-like behaviour. Despite that promise, which is more than fulfilled, the novel’s opening pages nearly risk sending readers to sleep with long passages of dialogue that discuss dyers’ complaints, wage disputes (the man of the house is a cloth manufacturer) and the difficulty of competing in an international market. There’s something about the antique, formal transcription of the French dialogue into English that’s reminiscent of Hemingway’s way of suggesting spoken Spanish in For Whom the Bell Tolls, with all his ‘thous’ and ‘thees’. Everything is exactly described and faultlessly detailed, just as it is in the novels that precede and follow it, The Girl at the Lion d’Or (1989) and Charlotte Gray (1998), which extend the territory of conjured French countryside, French manners and French war from the region of the Somme between 1910 and 1918 through 1930s Champagne-Ardenne to Drancy in 1942 and 1943. The mystery about this large achievement is why Faulks should have worked so hard on certain effects, and with such writerly precision, for so little apparent recognition. Birdsong has sold three million copies, but not for the fullness of its account of the cloth manufacturing business in Amiens. Most of his novels are romances, in which the main characters come climactically together because of something special they sense in each other – the young man in Birdsong calls it his lover’s ‘pulse’ – and then move apart because of circumstance and society’s restrictiveness; by the end, the woman has learned something about life and personal liberation


Which Shakespeare play is set in Vienna?

Measure for Measure Setting Where It All Goes Down Vienna Welcome to the Catholic city of Vienna, which is under the fictional reign of Duke Vincentio. In the play, Vienna is a place of sexual depravity, where brothels are a dime a dozen and citizens run amok, thumbing their noses at Vienna's laws. In Measure for Measure, all the brothels in Vienna's suburbs are scheduled to be torn down because prostitution is illegal and the spread of venereal disease is out of control.  When we read this, we can't help but think of the suburbs outside of Shakespeare's London, where the sex industry thrived because it was hard for officials to regulate brothels outside the city limits.  In fact, in April of 1604 (the same year Shakespeare wrote Measure), King James I ordered all the tenements and houses in the suburbs be torn down to prevent the spread of the plague, which killed about 36,000 people in 1603 alone! In contrast to the suburbs are the more religious settings, such as monasteries and nunneries. Interestingly, in 1538, Henry VIII (the English king who broke with the Catholic Church) began the dissolution of all the monasteries and convents in England. This eliminated an important option for women who would seek life as nuns. By the time Shakespeare wrote Measure for Measure around 1604, there weren't any left. There were, however, plenty of them in Vienna (the seat of the Holy Roman Empire). Maybe that's part of why Shakespeare decided to set his play in Vienna. On a more general level, literary critic Marjorie Garber points out that the world of the play is chock full of cramped and claustrophobic spaces: a nunnery, a monastery, a dungeon, a farmhouse surrounded by a moat, and so on. Garber goes on to argue that each of these confining spaces "is imaginatively a sign of a set of other enclosures: virginity and chastity; brotherhood and obedience; even death" (Shakespeare After All, 568).


A dessert of peaches and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream was created by Auguste Escoffier in honour of which performer?

Escoffier Food Quotes: Read More About Chef Auguste Escoffier By Alex Revelli Sorini Susanna Cutini on February 20, 2016 Born to a modest family, chef Auguste Escoffier left school at thirteen to work in his uncle’s trattoria in Nice as a dishwasher and assistant cook. It didn’t take him long to realize that he had a true passion for gastronomy and, driven by the desire to improve, he left his uncle and went to work in a variety of famous hotels and restaurants - including the Petit Moulin Rouge in Paris. Aguste Escoffier's Biography and Cuisine After taking a break to serve in the war - he was an army cook under the empire of Napoleone III - he opened his own restaurant in 1879, which soon gained worldwide acclaim. Curiously, his career as a French chef was primarily carried out in England, after meeting César Ritz. Escoffier believed that the “grandeur” of French cuisine came from the sauces ( he refined the list of so called 'mother sauces' ), and he was skilled in understanding the changing rhythms of modern life necessitated a quicker service and food that wasn’t too ornamental. His vision of gastronomy was that it should be scientific, methodic and practiced with extreme simplicity - putting the emphasis on flavor and nutrition, lightness and ease of digestion. His menus weren’t just a list of dishes, but a harmonious grouping of foods that created an “orchestrated delicacy”. With his admirable talent for organization, Escoffier also helped rationalize the way kitchen work was divided among the crew, restructuring the methods so as to render them as fast and seamless as possible; his way of delegating work was used in the world’s grand hotels until the 1960s. He also had a very fertile literary life, collaborating with many magazines and publishing numerous books like Le Guide Culinarie and Le Livre de Menus. The History of Peach Melba dessert Chef Auguste Escoffier inventend in 1892 or 1893 a world-famous dessert: the Peach Melba (here is the recipe) , created by French chef while he was at the London's Savoy Hotel, to honour the Australian soprano Nellie Melba performing in Wagner's opera Lohengrin at Covent Garden. The Duke of Orléans gave a dinner party to celebrate her triumph and for the occasion Escoffier created the new dessert, that combines two popular summer fruits: peaches and raspberry sauce accompanying vanilla ice cream. To display it, he used an ice sculpture of a swan, which is featured in the opera: the swan carried peaches which rested on a bed of vanilla ice cream and which were topped with spun sugar. This story is taken from the book 'Tacuinum De' Eccellentissimi', ali&no editore Tags


"Vocalist Roland Orzabal had the 1985 hit ""Everybody Wants to Rule the World' with which band?"

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Original Video w/ Real Genius clips added - Tears for Fears - YouTube Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Original Video w/ Real Genius clips added - Tears for Fears Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jan 20, 2012 One of my favorite songs and one of my favorite movies(Real Genius). Finally together! It's like when chocolate met peanut butter, and stuff happened Welcome to your life Acting on your best behaviour Turn your back on mother nature Everybody wants to rule the world It's my own design Of freedom and of pleasure Nothing ever lasts forever Everybody wants to rule the world There's a room where the light won't find you Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down When they do I'll be right behind you So glad we've almost made it So sad they had fade it Everybody wants to rule the world I can't stand this indecision Married with a lack of vision Everybody wants to rule the world Say that you'll never never never need it One headline why believe it ? Everybody wants to rule the world All for freedom and for pleasure Nothing ever lasts forever Everybody wants to rule the world Words and Music by Roland Orzabel Tears for Fears are an English rock band formed in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesizer bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into mainstream rock and pop, which led to international chart success. Their platinum-selling debut album, The Hurting, reached number one on the UK Album Chart, while their second album, Songs from the Big Chair, reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, achieving multi-platinum status in both the UK and the United States. Following the release of their third platinum-selling album, The Seeds of Love (1989), Smith and Orzabal parted company in 1991, though Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name throughout the remainder of the 1990s. The duo re-formed in 2000, and released an album of new material, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, in 2004. To date, Tears for Fears have sold over 25 million albums worldwide, including more than 8 million in the U.S. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English New Wave band Tears for Fears. It was the band's ninth single release in the United Kingdom (the third from their second LP: Songs from the Big Chair) and seventh UK Top 40 chart hit, peaking at number two in April 1985. In the U.S.it was the lead single from the album and gave the band their first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit on 8 June 1985, remaining there for two weeks. It also reached number-one on both the Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance Singles Sales charts in the U.S. The song has since become the pinnacle of Tears for Fears' chart success, its endurance allowing it to accumulate over two million radio broadcasts by 1994, according to BMI. In 1986, the song won "Best Single" at the Brit Awards. Band member and co-writer Roland Orzabal argued that the song deserved to win the Ivor Novello International Hit of the Year award, claiming that the winner - "19" by Paul Hardcastle - was not an actual song, but only a "dialogue collage." REAL GENIUS Real Genius is a 1985 satirical comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge. The film's screenplay was written by Neal Israel, Pat Proft and Peter Torokvei. It stars Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarret. The film is set on the campus of Pacific Tech, a technical university similar to Caltech. Chris Knight (Kilmer) is a genius in his senior year working on a chemical laser. Mitch Taylor (Jarret) is a new student on campus who is paired up with Knight to work on the laser. The film received positive reviews from critics. The film grossed $12,952,019 at the United States and Canadian box office. Soundtrack "You Took


According to Greek myth, which queen was condemned by Poseidon to be tied to a chair in the heavens for eternity?

Classical Mythology / Myth - TV Tropes Adam and Eve Plot : Deucalion and Pyrrha. Adaptational Villainy : Odysseus (or Ulysses) was considered a slimy villain by the Romans, who thought of themselves as the descendants of the Trojans, and their portrayals of him tended to reflect this - this is why Dante has him in Hell in The Divine Comedy . Although e. g. the Julian family was proud to claim descent from Ulysses through Aeneas' wife Lavinia (who was descended from Odysseus' grandsons Latinus and Italus). Aerith and Bob : For modern readers, anyway. Amongst names like Heracles, Theseus and the like, it's strange to come across the still common name "Jason". Aesop Amnesia : How many times will mortals have to learn that to provoke any god or goddess is certain death ? All Amazons Want Hercules : Trope Maker in the version of the myth where lesbian Amazon queen Hippolyta falls in love with Heracles. All Girls Want Bad Boys : After marrying the homely smith-god Hephaestus, Aphrodite had an affair with Ares, the god of war, behind his back. Some versions of the story say that she chose Hephaestus as a husband precisely because he wouldn't mind if she had an affair or two. Or twelve. It's implied with Persephone and Hades too in some myths. She's happy to get to the Underworld after six months as it gets here away from her over protective mother. All Men Are Perverts : The myths are so filled with perversion that it might be harder to find one where no man does anything perverse. In one classic tale, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite are having a competition to see who was the fairest. They choose some yokel shepherd prince, a fellow named Paris, to judge. Each offers bribes: Athena wisdom and martial prowess; Hera success, fame, and all of Asia for an empire; and Aphrodite a chance to get laid with the hottest woman alive. Paris thinks with his smaller brain and goes for the girl. Turns out she was already married and didn't much care for him, but what's the worst that could happen?note If Paris had any sense, he'd have known that offending Hera rarely ends well . There are a number of tales in which Zeus seduces or forces himself on pretty girls while taking seemingly random shapes. Ganymedes was an example of when he did that to a guy; he then made Ganymede his cupbearer, kicking out Hebe, his daughter by Hera. Ganymede was Trojan, giving Hera yet another reason to hate Troy. Then again she tends to hate everything. There are very few subversions in any of the myths. Perseus is one, as are Hector and Protesilaus. Eros and Psyche avert the trope—which in this pantheon is arguably miraculous—as they do not cheat on one another after they are married and remain happily so ... forever, ostensibly. And Bellerophon who had an entire city's women strip off and throw themselves at him (he was threatening to use his father Poseidon's power to destroy the city). He panicked and fled. All of the Other Reindeer : The other gods ostracized, mocked and pitied Hephaestus because he was ugly, despite him being the creator of all their Iconic Items . Some myths state his own mother (Hera) threw him out of Olympus after his birth when she saw that he was deformed... Fortunately there were some nice nymphs that raised him (and he gets his revenge on her later on when he returns to Olympus). Sometimes Hades as well. This is the reason why Pan refused to live on Olympus when offered by his father. Alternate Mythology Equivalent : Indra and Zeus are very similar characters. Both are Jerkass chief god of the pantheons, wielding Bolts of Divine Retribution and have pretty amusing sexual lives. This is due to their common origin in the Indo-European warrior tribes that expanded out from the plains region north of the Black Sea. Also Apollo and Freyr , Hades and Tuoni and etc. The weekdays Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are named after the Norse/Germanic gods Tiw, Wodan, Thor, and Freya. In the Romance languages, their names are different: For example, in Italian, they're called Martedi (Mars), Mercoledi (Mercury), Giovedi (Jove/Jupiter), and Ve


Who was re-elected Prime Minister of Canada in May 2011?

Canada's Conservatives in crushing election victory | World news | The Guardian Canada's Conservatives in crushing election victory • Prime minister Stephen Harper wins a majority government • Shattering defeat for the opposition Liberals • Leftist New Democrats projected to be main opposition party Conservative party supporters cheer at the election night headquarters of Stephen Harper in Calgary, Alberta. Photograph: Chris Wattie/Reuters Associated Press Tuesday 3 May 2011 01.14 EDT First published on Tuesday 3 May 2011 01.14 EDT Close This article is 5 years old The Conservative prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper , has won a majority for his government in the country's parliamentary elections that also marked a shattering defeat for Michael Ignatieff's opposition Liberals. In another significant shift, the leftist New Democrats are projected to become the main opposition party for the first time in Canadian history with 106 seats, in a stunning victory over the Liberals, who have always been either in power or leading the opposition. The leader of the Green party, Elizabeth May, was also elected to parliament on Monday, marking the first time a member of the environmental party has won a federal election in North America. The Greens put up candidates across Canada , but focused their efforts on getting May elected to ensure they had at least a small voice in the House of Commons. "Today we proved that Canadians want change in politics," May told her supporters. Harper, who took office in 2006, has won two elections but until now had never held a majority of parliament's 308 seats, forcing him to rely on opposition support to pass legislation. While Harper's hold on the 308-member parliament has been tenuous during his five-year tenure, he has managed to nudge an instinctively centre-left country to the right. He has gradually lowered sales and corporate taxes, avoided climate change legislation, promoted Arctic sovereignty, upped military spending and extended Canada's military mission in Afghanistan. Elections Canada reported preliminary results on its website, giving the Conservatives 164 seats, which will mean a fixed four-year term of uninterrupted government for Harper. "It's stunning. We're elated," Conservative Jason Kenney said in an interview with CBC. "We'll be a government for all Canadians." Former colleagues of Harper say his long-term goals are to kill the image of the Liberals, the party of Jean Chrétien, Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau, as the natural party of government in Canada, and to redefine what it means to be Canadian. Harper took a major step toward that on Monday night as the Liberals dropped to 35 seats from 77, according to the preliminary results. The Liberal leader, Michael Ignatieff , congratulated Harper and New Democrat leader Jack Layton and accepted responsibility for the "historic defeat". "I will play any part that the party wishes me to play as we go forward to rebuild," Ignatieff said. Stephen Clarkson, professor at the University of Toronto, said Harper will now be considered a transformative figure in Canadian history. "It's a sea change," Clarkson said. The New Democrats' gains are being attributed to Layton's strong performance in the debates, a folksy, upbeat message and a desire by the French-speakers in Quebec, the second most populous province, for a new face after growing weary of the separatist Bloc Quebecois. The NDP's gains marked a remarkable shift in a campaign that started out weeks ago looking like a straight battle between Harper and Ignatieff, with the 60-year-old Layton recovering from prostate cancer and a broken hip. Harper had campaigned on a message that the New Democrats stood for "higher taxes, higher spending, higher prices, protectionism". He called the election a choice between "a Conservative majority" and "a ramshackle coalition led by the NDP that will not last but will do a lot of destruction". Liberals came in a distant third in Monday's elections with just 34 seats giving Stephen Harper's Conservatives a majority Published: 3 May 2011


Which 2011 BBC drama series, starring Romola Garai and Ben Wishaw, centred around a 1950's current affairs TV programme?

drama | Film e serie tv Alien Nation  Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy | 60 minuti | Alien Nation Alien Nation is a science fiction television series, loosely based on the movie of the same name. Gary Graham starred as Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly working with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco, played by Eric Pierpoint. Sikes also has an on again-off again fl... Jesus of Nazareth  Documentary, Drama | 393 minuti | Jesus of Nazareth Jesus of Nazareth is a 1977 British-Italian television miniseries co-written and directed by Franco Zeffirelli which dramatizes the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus largely according the Christian Bible's New Testament Gospels. It stars Robert Powell as Jesus. The minise... Hercules: The Legendary Journeys  Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy | 45 minuti | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles. It ran for six seasons, producing action figures and other memorabilia as it became o... Zorro  Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Comedy | 30 minuti | Zorro Zorro is an American action-adventure drama series produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on the well-known Zorro character, the series premiered on October 10, 1957 on ABC. The final network broadcast was July 2, 1959. Seventy-eight episodes were produced, and 4 hour-long specials were aired on... Boston Public  Drama, Comedy | 60 minuti | Boston Public Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place. It featured a lar... Spenser: For Hire  Drama | 60 minuti | Spenser: For Hire Spenser: For Hire is a mystery television series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels. The series, developed for TV by John Wilder, differs from the novels, mostly in its lesser degree of detail. Like many TV detective series, the show is voiced over in first person, just as the novels are wr... ?? ???? ??  Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance | 65 minuti | ?? ???? ?? I Can Hear Your Voice is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Bo-young, Lee Jong-suk, and Yoon Sang-hyun. It aired on SBS from June 5 to August 1, 2013, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. Originally set for 16 episodes, due to its successful ratings the series was e... Thirtysomething  Drama, Comedy | 60 minuti | Thirtysomething Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four sea... John Adams  Drama | 60 minuti | John Adams John Adams is a 2008 American television miniseries chronicling most of U.S. President John Adams' political life and his role in the founding of the United States. Paul Giamatti portrays John Adams. The miniseries was directed by Tom Hooper. Kirk Ellis wrote the screenplay based on the book John Ad... Get Real  Drama, Comedy | 60 minuti | Get Real Get Real was a short-lived comedy-drama on the FOX Network centering on the fictional Green family of Los Angeles. It ran from September 1999 to April 2000. It starred Eric Christian Olsen and Anne Hathaway in very early roles, as the older siblings to central character of the series, youngest child... The Crow: Stairway to Heaven  Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama | 60 minuti | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven The Crow: Stairway to Heaven was a 1998 Canadian television series created by Bryce Zabel spun off from the The Crow film series starring Mark Dacascos in the lead role as Eric Draven, reprising the role originally played


David Walliams swam 140 miles of the River Thames in 2011 to raise funds for which charity?

David Walliams relieved after 140-mile Thames charity swim - BBC News David Walliams relieved after 140-mile Thames charity swim 13 September 2011 Close share panel Media captionSpeaking after the end of his epic swim, Walliams said he was "relieved" and "overwhelmed" David Walliams said he felt relieved after completing a 140-mile swim along the length of the River Thames. He reached Westminster Bridge eight days after starting near the river's source, during which he battled illness and rescued a dog. By the time he finished Walliams had raised more than £1m for the Big Splash Challenge for Sport Relief . After his swim, Walliams told the BBC: "A bath is the only water I want to see for quite a while." The comedian had already completed swims across the English Channel in 2006 and the Strait of Gibraltar in 2008 in previous charity events. The Little Britain star entered the water at Teddington Lock on Monday morning, completing a further 15 miles to reach his goal. The last leg of his challenge saw him tackle the tidal stretch of the Thames, with strong currents and undertows, along with busy river traffic. 'Thames tummy' Walliams was greeted on Westminster Bridge by his wife Lara Stone who has been following his progress in a support boat. Fellow comedians Lenny Henry and Miranda Hart and Olympic rower Steve Redgrave were among the huge crowd cheering him on. Image caption David Walliams has raised more than £1m for Big Splash Challenge for Sport Relief As he clambered out of the water just before 18:30 BST towards a podium at County Hall on the southern bank of the Thames, there was a shower of red, white and blue ticker tape. He said as he crossed the finish, there was a wave of "relief that I didn't have to do any more". He began near Lechlade, in Gloucestershire, on 5 September but soon suffered a bout of "Thames tummy" which left him with a high temperature. "It was hard work," Walliams told BBC News. "It was really, really tough and the distance took it out of me. I did a lot of training but I don't know quite how you can prepare for this because it's an endurance event." He said it was "beautiful" coming into London and seeing the Houses of Parliament in the sun. "I felt really proud to be British and really proud that all the people cared," he said. Organisers of the BT Sport Relief Challenge said Walliams's swim had raised £1,093,325 by the time he finished, with more continuing to come in.


Who was the last winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature to have been born in Britain?

Swedish Poet Wins Nobel Prize for Literature - The New York Times The New York Times Arts |Swedish Poet Wins Nobel Prize for Literature Search Continue reading the main story Photo Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer at his home in Stockholm on Thursday after receiving the news that he won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. Credit Maja Suslin/European Pressphoto Agency Tomas Transtromer , a Swedish poet whose sometimes bleak but graceful work explores themes of isolation, emotion and identity while remaining rooted in the commonplace, won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Announcing the award in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy praised Mr. Transtromer, saying that “through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality.” The assembled journalists cheered upon hearing that Mr. Transtromer, who was born in Stockholm, had won the prize. Mr. Transtromer, 80, has written more than 15 collections of poetry, many of which have been translated into English and 60 other languages. Critics have praised Mr. Transtromer’s poems for their accessibility, even in translation, noting his elegant descriptions of long Swedish winters, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Advertisement Continue reading the main story “So much poetry, not only in this country but everywhere, is small and personal and it doesn’t look outward, it looks inward,” said Daniel Halpern, the president and publisher of Ecco, the imprint of HarperCollins that has published English translations of Mr. Transtromer’s work. “But there are some poets who write true international poetry. It’s the sensibility that runs through his poems that is so seductive. He is such a curious and open and intelligent writer.” Neil Astley, the editor of Bloodaxe Books in Britain, called Mr. Transtromer “a metaphysical visionary poet.” “He’s worked for much of his life as a psychologist, and the work is characterized by very strong psychological insight into humanity,” Mr. Astley said. Mr. Transtromer was born in Stockholm in 1931. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father a journalist. He studied literature, history, religion and psychology at Stockholm University, graduating in 1956, and worked as a psychologist at a youth correctional facility. In 1990, Mr. Transtromer suffered a stroke that left him mostly unable to speak, but he eventually began to write again. On Thursday afternoon, the stairwell in Mr. Transtromer’s apartment building filled with journalists from all over the world seeking reaction, the Swedish news media reported. Visibly overwhelmed, Mr. Transtromer finally appeared, accompanied by his wife, Monica. Speaking on his behalf, she said her husband was most happy that the prize was awarded for poetry. “That you happened to receive it is a great joy and happy surprise, but the fact the prize went to poetry felt very good,” she said, addressing him at a gathering that quickly moved into the vestibule of their home in Stockholm. There was also a celebration among Swedes, many of whom have read Mr. Transtromer since his first book of poems, “17 Poems,” placed him on Sweden ’s literary map when he was just 23. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy “To be quite honest it was a relief because people have been hoping for this for a long time,” said Ola Larsmo, a novelist and the president of the Swedish Pen association. “Some thought the train might have left the station already because he is old and not quite well. It felt great that he was confirmed in this role of national and international poet.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story John Freeman, the editor of the literary magazine Granta, said: “He is to Sweden what Robert Frost was to America. The national character, if you can say one exists, and the landscape of Sweden are very much reflected in his work. It’s easy because of that to overlook the abiding strangeness and mysteriousness of his poems.” But in the United Sta


Kingsford Smith Airport serves which Commonwealth city?

Sydney Airport & City chauffeur transfer services; EnviroFleet Central Coast, and Newcastle among other parts of NSW, including ACT and Canberra Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport is located about 8 km south of Sydney's CBD and less than 10 km from most major tourist attractions in Sydney. The airport is well connected by good quality roads. Sydney's airport is Australia's busiest airport and a world class facility. It is Australia's international gateway and an essential part of the city's and state's transport network connecting Sydney and NSW to international, domestic and regional destinations.


Which left-handed golfer won the US Masters three times, in 2004, 2006, and 2010?

Golf Today's A to Z of Golf: Left-handers - how many have won major championships? A-Z of Golf Left-handers - how many have won major championships? Only four champions, with seven championships between them:  Sir Bob Charles, Mike Weir, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson. Year 278 ³ ¹ Charles defeated Phil Rodgers in a 36 hole playoff 140 to 148 ² Weir defeated Len Mattiace 5 to 6 at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff ³ Watson defeated Louis Oosthuizen 4-4 to 4-5 in a sudden death playoff Until very recently, left-handed golfers - and especially good ones - were a rarity. The reasons usually given are a lack of left-handed equipment, overwhelmingly right-handed coaches, and the fact that it actually makes more sense to play right-handed if your leading (ie stronger) hand is the left. Bob Charles was the first left-hander to win a major championship The first left-hander to take a major title was Bob Charles (Sir Robert Charles since his 1999 knighthood) of New Zealand, who won the Open Championship in 1963 at Royal Lytham & St Annes in an 18 hole playoff with American Phil Rogers. It would be 40 years before the next left-hander claimed a major, in the person of Canadian Mike Weir at the 2003 Masters, also won in a sudden -death playoff with American Len Mattiace. Hot on his heels, Phil Mickelson (known affectionately as 'Lefty') took the 2004 Masters, the 2005 PGA, the 2006 Masters and the 2010 Masters, all of them outright, beating respectively Ernie Els, Thomas Bjørn and Steve Elkington, Tim Clark, and in 2010 Lee Westwood into second place. Perhaps reinforcing the point that the leading hand should be the stronger hand, both Mickelson and Weir are right-handed for everything except golf. Most recently, Bubba Watson won the 2012 Masters in a playoff against Louis Oosthuizen, meaning that five of the seven major victories by left-handers have come at Augusta National. April 2012


Lady Day (The Feast of the Annunciation) is on what date?

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Feast of the Annunciation Home > Catholic Encyclopedia > A > The Feast of the Annunciation The Feast of the Annunciation Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download . Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more  all for only $19.99... The Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (25 March), also called in old calendars : FESTUM INCARNATIONIS, INITIUM REDEMPTIONIS CONCEPTIO CHRISTI, ANNUNTIATIO CHRISTI, ANNUNTIATIO DOMINICA. In the Orient, where the part which Mary took in the Redemption is celebrated by a special feast, 26 December, the Annunciation is a feast of Christ; in the Latin Church , it is a feast of Mary. It probably originated shortly before or after the council of Ephesus (c. 431). At the time of the Synod of Laodicea (372) it was not known; St. Proclus , Bishop of Constantinople (d. 446), however, seems to mention it in one of his homilies . He says, that the feast of the coming of Our Lord and Saviour , when He vested Himself with the nature of man (quo hominum genus indutus), was celebrated during the entire fifth century. This homily , however, may not be genuine, or the words may be understood of the feast of Christmas . In the Latin Church this feast is first mentioned in the Sacramentarium of Pope Gelasius (d. 496), which we possess in a manuscript of the seventh century; it is also contained in the Sacramentarium of St. Gregory (d. 604), one manuscript of which dates back to the eighth century. Since these sacramentaries contain additions posterior to the time of Gelasius and Gregory , Duchesne (Origines du culte chrétien, 118, 261) ascribes the origin of this feast in Rome to the seventh century; Probst, however, (Sacramentarien, 264) thinks that it really belongs to the time of Pope Gelasius. The tenth Synod of Toledo (656), and Trullan Synod (692) speak of this feast as one universally celebrated in the Catholic Church . All Christian antiquity (against all astronomical possibility) recognized the 25th of March as the actual day of Our Lord's death. The opinion that the Incarnation also took place on that date is found in the pseudo-Cyprianic work "De Pascha Computus", c. 240. It argues that the coming of Our Lord and His death must have coincided with the creation and fall of Adam. And since the world was created in spring, the Saviour was also conceived and died shortly after the equinox of spring. Similar fanciful calculations are found in the early and later Middle Ages , and to them, no doubt, the dates of the feast of the Annunciation and of Christmas owe their origin. Consequently the ancient martyrologies assign to the 25th of March the creation of Adam and the crucifixion of Our Lord ; also, the fall of Lucifer, the passing of Israel through the Red Sea and the immolation of Isaac. (Thruston, Christmas and the Christian Calendar, Amer. Eccl. Rev., XIX, 568.) The original date of this feast was the 25th of March. Although in olden times most of the churches kept no feast in Lent , the Greek Church in the Trullan Synod (in 692; can. 52) made an exception in favour of the Annunciation. In Rome , it was always celebrated on the 25th of March. The Spanish Church transferred it to the 18th of December, and when some tried to introduce the Roman observance of it on the 25th of March, the 18th of December was officially confirmed in the whole Spanish Church by the tenth Synod of Toledo (656). This law was abolished when the Roman liturgy was accepted in Spain . The church of Milan , up to our times, assigns the office of this feast to the last Sunday in Advent . On the 25th of March a Mass is sung in honour of the Annunciation. (Ordo Ambrosianus, 1906; Magistretti, Beroldus, 136.) The schismatic Armenians now celebrate this feast on the 7th of April. Since Epiphany for them is the feast of the birth of Christ , the Armenian Church formerly assigned the Annunciation to 5 January, the vigil of Epiphany. This feast was always a holy day of obligation in the Universal Church. As such it


"Members of which band won both ""I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here"" and 'Strictly Come Dancing "" in 2011?"

I'm a Celebrity 2011: Mark Wright and Dougie Poynter to fight it out for the crown | Daily Mail Online comments Mark Wright and Emily Scott may have set tongues wagging with their jungle flirtations, but it's fair to say Mark's attention has shifted since her departure. He and McFly bass player Dougie have seen their unlikely friendship go from strength to strength, but it is about to face its greatest test yet. With Antony and Fatima were voted out, the best buddies have been left to fight it out for the crown in the final, airing tonight. And all that man love flying about the jungle has certainly had an impact on the viewers, as the pair are currently neck and neck in our very own Daily mail poll. Will he win? Mark Wright has made it to the final of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here 'Bosom buddies': Dougie will be up against his friend Mark in tomorrow's grand final       Only one of the young stars will be named King of the jungle but no doubt there will be 'no hard feelings' when the winner is announced tomorrow. The Only Way Is Essex star Mark seemed to agree and revealed he's made some true friends. 'Dougie will be a friend for life but when I first met Antony I didn’t know if I’d get on with him as much as I did,' he said. 'When Emily came into the camp I thought she’s hot, she’s a true fighter, if I get out and we gel then who knows what might happen.' He then went on to say how much he'd missed his family whilst being in the jungle but was glad that he did it. 'It makes me emotional thinking about it because it has been the most wonderful experience. 'I’m proud and honoured every day that goes by I’ve won, every vote that’s been given me, I’ve won.' Obvious award: Mark won his prize for having the Best Body Dougie admitted that he wasn't sure he'd made the right decision by going on the show, but added he couldn't have been more wrong. 'I was super nervous and I thought, "what am I doing?" I have nothing in common with these people," and I didn’t expect to get on with many of the others. 'I’ve met people that I’ll be friends with for a long time. I thought I wouldn’t get on with Mark but it’s awesome hanging out with him.  Smelly winner: Dougie won the award for being the Most Grubbiest camp mate 'The experience has been amazing, wicked, everything about the jungle is amazing. Anyone who gets the chance, should do it, it’s the coolest thing ever.' Mark's best friend and TOWIE wingman James 'Arg' Argent might be the best person to give Dougie an indication of what he can expect should his friendship with Mark continue outside the jungle. Arg has been looking forward to a reunion with his best mate - and a return to their favourite boys' nights, a hugely embarrassing secret he keeps from all ladyfriends. The Essex singer confessed in an interview with the Mirror: 'Mark’s big secret is his lads’ sleepovers – he’ll be so embarrassed now his girlfriends have found out. We’ve always done them and the last was about a month ago.' Missing his family: Mark began to cry when his letter from his family was read out to him 'We share a bed and watch a movie – last time we saw the Disney film The Mighty Ducks on DVD.' Despite his natual envy of Dougie spending so much time with Mark, Arg enthusiastically showed his support for Mark, gushig: 'I’m confident he’ll be the King of the Jungle.' Emotional Mark was rather overwhelmed when he heard a letter from his family yesterday, having admitted on several occasions just how much he missed them. 'We are so proud of you and everyone is missing you and sending their love and kisses,' they wrote. Getting emotional: The McFly star got quite upset as his letter from his band mate and girlfriend was read out  'You have done everything that we hoped you would; you are a true gentleman and a courageous and fun-loving boy. 'We are all willing you to win but you are already a winner in our eyes.  Everyone is voting for you at home and so many are saying that you have surprised them and that they feel they are seeing the real Mark.  'We miss you and love.  TEAM MARK! TEAM MARK


Lucy Snow is the heroine of which Charlotte Bronte novel?

Charlotte Brontë: Why Villette is better than Jane Eyre - Telegraph Charlotte Brontë: Why Villette is better than Jane Eyre Everybody knows Jane Eyre, but Charlotte Brontë's greatest and most  original novel was her last, Villette Charlotte Brontë: her last novel, Villette, is 'an astonishing piece of writing', according to Lucy Hughes-Hallett Photo: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy By Lucy Hughes-Hallett 9:32AM BST 21 Apr 2014 Charlotte Brontë wrote not one but two masterpieces. Most readers know Jane Eyre. Even non-readers feel they know it, because they have seen a film version, or just because it is a part of our common culture. But Villette, Brontë’s last and – to my mind – greatest novel, is less popular, perhaps because it is so uncompromising and so original. It is high time it was recognised as the blazing work it is. Reading it you enter an area of experience – of passion and disappointment and the violent return of the repressed – that has seldom been so lucidly articulated. It is also an astonishing piece of writing, a book in which phantasmagorical set pieces alternate with passages of minute psychological exploration, and in which Brontë’s marvellously flexible prose veers between sardonic wit and stream-of-consciousness, in which the syntax bends and flows and threatens to dissolve completely in the heat of madness, drug-induced hallucination and desperate desire. “Villette! Villette!” wrote George Eliot. “It is a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power.” It was unlike the strong-minded Eliot to be reduced to exclamation marks and vague talk of a “something”. But Villette was so innovative for its time, and remains to this day so potently strange, that critics have struggled to find words to describe it. “There are so few books, and so many volumes,” wrote Eliot’s partner GH Lewes. “Among the few stands Villette.” Lewes thought it was unique. Lesser authors were “reverberating the vague noise of others”. Brontë spoke out boldly in a voice that was all her own. Villette is the most autobiographical of Brontë’s novels. In it, she elaborates on the true story of her unrequited love for a married schoolmaster called Constantin Héger. In 1842 Brontë, then aged 26, went with her sister Emily to Brussels. There they worked as student-teachers in the Hégers’ school with the intention of perfecting their French, and returning home to set up a school of their own. Emily, miserably homesick for the Yorkshire moors, left first. Charlotte stayed for two years, and subsequently wrote Monsieur Héger a series of letters to which he, probably in obedience to his wife, never replied. Brontë saw him as her intellectual mentor, but the yearning tone of her letters, and the two novels for which her Belgian experiences provided her with raw material, make it obvious that she was in love with him. Related Articles Charlotte Bronte letter sells for £24,000 at auction 04 Sep 2013 In The Professor , her first novel, written shortly after she returned from Brussels, she disguised the relationship by making her central character a man. In Villette she reverses the sex-change and writes from a point of view very close to her own. But standing at that point is a person who is far from being just Charlotte Brontë’s fictional alter ego. Out of the ordinary story of a lonely woman’s love of an unattainable man, Brontë fashions a novel that is at once an intensely erotic love story, a fierce attack on the conventions that doomed so many 19th-century women to submission and frustration, and a beautiful and inventive piece of poetic fiction. As Virginia Woolf wrote, Brontë was one of those writers whose “overpowering personality” means “they have only to open the door to make themselves felt. There is in them some untamed ferocity perpetually at war with the accepted order of things.” The Brontë myth would have us see Charlotte and her sisters as spinsters, timidly hiding behind male pseudonyms. Anyone who has read Villette knows that Woolf comes much closer to the truth. It is a fierce boo


Who designed the Team GB uniforms for the 2012 Olympic Games?

London 2012 Olympics uniforms to be made from recycled materials | Metro News London 2012 Olympics uniforms to be made from recycled materials Kavi Shah Monday 30 May 2011 12:08 pm Uniforms for volunteers, torchbearers and staff at the London 2012 Olympic Village will be made from recycled materials – while designer Stella McCartney will produce the Team GB athletes gear. Designer: Triple jumper Phillips Idowu wears the Adidas Team GB range designed by Stella McCartney while staff and volunteers will be kitted out in recycled material uniforms (Picture: PA) Sports giant and sponsor for the London 2012 sportswear, Adidas, hopes that using the recycled content will make it the Games ‘sustainable’. Buttons, polyester and cotton for clothing will be from recycled materials, and there are plans for a special shoe to be made too. Adidas also plans on making drinking bottles, which it claims will be the first 100% recycled bottle in the world. Chief executive Herbert Hainer said: ‘Every product within the volunteer staff and the torch relay and within the village will have recycled material.’ German sportswear maker Adidas is also hoping that the team GB uniform, which will be designed by Stella McCartney, will become a must-have item for Olympics goers. Athlete Holly Avil wears Stella McCartney’s team GB uniform. Adidas hopes that this will be snapped up as the must-have item of the London 2012 Games (Picture: PA) Miss McCartney, daughter of former Beatle Sir Paul, is creative director of the Adidas Team GB ranges, and will oversee the design of the athletes’ kit and fan clothing. Mr Hainer thinks it will do well. He said: ‘I have seen the prototypes already and I think what she is designing is truly phenomenal.’ The sports firm is investing £100m into the Olympic Games in London next year, and hopes the merchandise will generate £100m of sales, and will help it steal market leadership from rival Nike. Mr Hainer added: ‘We want to achieve market leadership in the UK by 2015 at the latest. The Olympics is definitely a pillar for that.’Adidas is kitting out the host nation’s athletes with gear designed by Stella McCartney and also making the official London 2012 sports apparel merchandise for sale in the UK, which will not feature the group’s three-stripes logo. As official sportswear partner, Adidas will also provide clothing for the athletes to wear in the Olympic village and for volunteers. More


Which of the Mr Men has extremely long arms?

Mr. Tickle | Mr. Men Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia First Appearance: Physical (Speaking) He is a very friendly character who can't resist a tickle. In the app released in 2014, Mr. Rush, Mr. Chatterbox, Mr. Nosey, Mr. Busy, Mr. Silly and Mr. Rush cameo although they were all published after his book. He is one of the four orange characters. The other three being Mr. Small, Little Miss Curious, and Little Miss Calamity. In the books, he is one of the ten orange characters. The other nine being Mr. Topsy-Turvy, Mr. Clever, Mr. Cheerful, Little Miss Late, Little Miss Greedy, Little Miss Fickle, Little Miss Contrary, Little Miss Curious, and Little Miss Fun. Mr. Tickle is one character who is seen with Mr. Scatterbrain (Farms). In Circus, his legs Can Stretch As long As Mr. Tall's legs are. He hasn't been angry yet in the main scene. (But in the "Angry Heads".) He is one of the 12 characters with no visible nose. The other eleven being Mr. Small, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Strong, Little Miss Daredevil, Mr. Messy, Little Miss Chatterbox, Mr. Bounce, Mr. Happy, Mr. Bump, Mr. Tall and Little Miss Bossy. He didn't believe that Mr. Rude was a rude character (an exception was made in Dining Out ), but he was 1 out of 7 "Angry Heads" shouting "Mr. Rude!!!!" He was proud of Mr. Rude who farted for them to save the spaceship from the "Angry Aliens". His arms are accidentally tied up on a tree in Snow and with Mr. Rude in Superstore and with a gift in gifts and in the UK Opening Cinematic by Miss Naughty which she knows knots easily. In Camping, while Mr. Nervous is singing a song he tickles everybody. He has robot helpers which can tickle anyone at his command He was seen twice without his hat in Hats and Sun & Moon. In the Mr. Men show, particularly in Season 2, He is mischievous if he is hurting the Mr./Misses or makes them cry, as long as he tickles them. He may have a crush on Little Miss Naughty. In the 1995 show, he is first seen in The joke is on Little Miss Naughty. He is one of the characters where that the other mr. men and little misses (except Mr. Bump, Mr. Nervous, Mr. Lazy, Mr. Fussy, Mr. Bounce, Mr. Grumpy, Mr. Quiet, Mr. Rude, Mr. Stubborn, Miss Bossy, Miss Naughty, Miss Scary, Miss Whoops and Miss Calamity) don't mind a tickle from him. He has been seen with all characters (except Mr. Tall (but he was seen with him in the 1995 show, and is one of his best friends, being seen with him at least three notable times, four if you count Mr.Tall's story.). Out of all the characters in the Mr. Men show, he has been seen with the most, if not, the most characters. He has sung Tickle it out three times in the series (Farm, Dining Out, Arts and Crafts). He blew bubbles of Mr Nervous, Mr Grumpy and himself. In fact, one of himself tickled him. He either thinks tickling is boring unless he can stretch his arms, or his tickles don't tickle unless is arms are long. The Only time he didn't want to tickle anyone was in Night after being scared at seeing Mr. Stubborn as a werewolf. He hasn't been told to be quiet by Mr. Noisy, it is unknown if he does though. He made a cameo on an episode of Mike And Molly along with Mr. Messy as plush toys.


The luxury Maybach car models are to be discontinued in 2013, which car company produces them?

Maybach Officially Discontinues All Models - Autoblog Autoblog Maybach Officially Discontinues All Models The ultra-luxe brand was never making money AOL Autos Staff Maybach, the ultra-luxe branch of Mercedes-Benz coveted by the business elite and rap stars alike, has been officially discontinued. Mercedes recently released the price list for the 2013 models of these limo-like sedans, with the price column simply stating "Discontinued" for each one of them. No one is overly surprised to see the brand go. Shockingly, sales of the car, which goes for $376,300 all the way up to $1,380,000 for the Landulet edition, were very, very slow. The brand simply wasn't making any money. In fact, it had been reported that the company had been losing a staggering $500,000 on each model that was sold. Sedans from the 2012 model year will still be sold, though they'll maintain the increased MSRPs slapped on by Daimler after it was known Maybach was going kaput. Maybach had recently been giving out a $100,000 rebate to buyers in an effort to move the last ones off of dealer lots, but even such a tantalizing (and crazy) deal hasn't been enough to move them. Maybach sedans come in 3 variations: The Type 57, the bigger Type 62 and the ultra-exclusive Landulet. Both the Type 57 and Type 62 come with a 5.5L V-12, which creates 543 hp. Essentially, the only difference between the two is that the Type 62 has a longer wheelbase. The Landulet comes with a 6.0L V12, producing 620 hp. The rear passenger area has a convertible roof and is separated from the driver by a glass partition. Naturally, all of these vehicles come with tons top of the line luxury features, which you can explore here . The Maybach sedans will be replaced by the Mercedes-Benz S600 Pullman, which will be used to combat cars from Bentley and Rolls-Royce. This vehicle will resurrect the Pullman moniker and will likely be shown to the world with the next-gen S-Class. There are rumors aplenty about the S600, but we'll have to wait and see what comes of it. The most interesting thing we've heard is that the car will come with all engine variants, including the four-cylinder diesel. Follow Us


Melboume, Australia lies on which river?

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Albert II is currently king of which country?

Former Belgian King Albert Can’t Live On $1.2 Million A Year, Asks for More Cash To Pay For Castle, Yacht, Other Luxuries Former Belgian King Albert Can’t Live On $1.2 Million A Year, Asks for More Cash To Pay For Castle, Yacht, Other Luxuries 11/07/13 AT 3:07 PM Close Belgians are outraged over demands being made by their recently retired monarch, King Albert II, for more money beyond his yearly £770,000 ($1.24 million) allowance. It seems the ex-king, who abdicated in July in favor of his son Philippe over his apparent poor health following a series of royal scandals, needs the extra dough to pay the high heating bills for his castle (Belvedere, on the outskirts of Brussels) and to buy fuel for his 27-metre (88.6-foot) luxury yacht, the ALPA, which he uses to sail the blue Mediterranean. But the Belgian government, in the grip of a budget austerity drive and job cuts, is not in the mood to give in to his entreaties. Earlier in the year, the Brussels government had already reduced the payouts to the country’s various royal family members in the wake of tax irregularities among the blue-bloods. [[nid:1460980]] Le Soir newspaper reported that an irate Albert is currently shuttling between his apartment in Rome and his two holiday homes in France, one in the Riviera town of Châteauneuf de Grasse and another home on Île Saint-Louis in the heart of Paris. Albert is also incensed with having to pay any taxes, claiming that the new VAT, excise and income tax laws for the royals eats away 200,000 euros of his now reduced salary. Albert reportedly went right to the prime minister and various government ministers with his demands. Related Stories King Albert II Of Belgium Abdicates "I and the government are very satisfied with the reform of the allowances and the financing of the monarchy," Premier Elio Di Rupo told MPs during a parliamentary debate. "The government does not intend, directly or indirectly, to change anything." Di Rupo, a Socialist from a poor immigrant background, was warmly praised by MPs for his refusal to provide further funding to the retired king. European media reported that Albert, who is independently wealthy, actually lost annual allowances totaling some £9.6 million ($15.4 million), leading even him to belt-tightening. But that does not inspire any sympathy from his beleaguered fellow Belgians. "This is particularly shocking. He has a very generous endowment and is also a member of one of the richest families in our country," said Theo Francken, a Flemish nationalist MP, according to the Telegraph. "Can you imagine, three vacation homes -- one in Paris, one in Rome, and one on the French Riviera -- and you have to do the upkeep," complained Belgian lawmaker Jean-Marie Dedecker. "And now they put you on miserable pay of 923,000 euros. And you have to get there yourself without an army plane taking you there. How bad is that?" The royal family in Belgium is one of the few institutions in the kingdom that seems to unite the French-speaking south with the Flemish north, although some Flemish nationalists would like to get rid of the monarchy entirely. The nationalist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) and other parties are making political hay out of the ex-king’s demands. "During such a [financial] crisis, he gets three times more than U.S. President Obama," said Barbara Pas of the anti-monarchist, right-wing Flemish Interest Party. Interestingly, the most famous monarch of them all, England’s Queen Elizabeth II, recently received a £5.1 million ($8.2 million) increase in the sovereign grant, which totaled £36.1 million ($58 million) for the year, The Independent reported.


What is a cricket umpire signalling when he holds out one arm horizontally?

DM's Explanation of Cricket - Officials Officials Umpires A cricket match is adjudicated by two umpires , who make all decisions on the field. The umpire's decisions are final and players are not entitled to question them in any way. During the bowling of a ball, one umpire stands behind the non-striker's wicket, ready to make judgements on LBWs and other events requiring a decision. The other umpire stands on the striker's popping crease, about 20 metres (20 yards) to one side (usually the leg side, but not always), ready to judge stumpings and run-outs at his end. The umpires remain at their respective ends of the pitch, thus swapping roles every over. The umpires swap ends after each side has completed one innings. Whenever any decision involving the fall of a wicket is in any doubt whatsoever in an umpire's mind, the umpire must rule in favour of the batsman. If a live ball hits an umpire, it is still live and play continues. If it lodges in an umpire's clothing, it becomes dead. Appeals Whenever a batsman may be out, he is entitled to wait for a decision from the appropriate umpire before leaving the field. In many cases, such as being bowled or most catches, it is obvious to all that the batsman is out and he usually leaves the field without waiting for the umpire's decision. Some cases, such as very fine edges of the ball off the bat caught by the wicketkeeper, or all LBWs, are not obvious. In such cases, the umpire does not make a decision unless the fielding team appeal to the umpire for a decision. This is conventionally in the form of the question "How's that?" - often shouted with enthusiasm by multiple members of the fielding team as "Howzat?!" Following an appeal, the umpire will make a decision and all players must abide by it. Extra Detail: Umpires Signals The umpires signal various events with gestures, as follows: Out. The umpire raises one hand above his head, with the index finger extended. Not Out. There is no formal signal to indicate that a batsman is not out. The umpire usually shakes his head 'no'. Four. The umpire extends an arm horizontally and waves it briefly back and forth in a horizontal arc. Six. The umpire raised both arms straight over the head. No Ball. The umpire holds one arm out horizontally. Wide. The umpire holds both arms out horizontally. Byes. The umpire raises one arm over the head, palm open. Leg Byes. The umpire raised one leg and taps the knee, thigh, or shin with one hand. Dead Ball. If an umpire has to signal dead ball to prevent the players from assuming that the ball is still alive, he waves both arms across each other in front of his abdomen. One Short. The umpire touches the tip of one hand to the same shoulder. Third Umpire. If an umpire wishes the third umpire to make a decision based on a TV replay, he draws a large square shape in the air with both hands, spreading them out high in the air in front of him, bringing them down, and then together again. Extra Detail: Third Umpire If the technology is available for a given match, a third umpire may be used. He sits off the field, with a television replay monitor. If an on-field umpire is unsure of a decision concerning certain events, he may signal for the third umpire to view a television replay. The third umpire views a replay, in slow motion if necessary, until he either reaches a decision or decides that he cannot make a clear decision. He signals the result to the on-field umpire, who must then abide by it. If the equipment fails, the third umpire signals no decision. The type of events that may be referred to the third umpire are explicitly restricted, and the list is updated from time to time following administrative reviews. Currently, only the following events may be referred to the third umpire: run outs, whether or not a catch has carried to a fielder before hitting the ground, whether or not a ball or fielder has touched the boundary. The following events are among those currently prohibited from being referred to the third umpire: LBWs,