Which company makes the iPod and the iPhone?

About iPhone, iPad, and iPod accessories - Apple Support Shopping Bag About iPhone, iPad, and iPod accessories iPhone and iPad use the same dock connector as the iPod, so properly designed accessories can be used with either iPhone, iPad, or iPod. While there are thousands of accessories that have been designed specifically for iPod, not all of these are fully compatible with every device. This article outlines the different categories of iPhone, iPod, and iPad accessories, and provides information on troubleshooting accessory and reception issues. To ensure the best possible experience, Apple has created special compatibility requirements for accessory manufacturers. Products that are engineered and certified to be compatible have a "Made for" label on their package. To ensure compatibility when purchasing third-party accessories for use with your device, look for accessories that are authorized to use the "Made for" label associated with your device (see below). "Made for iPod" means that an electronic accessory has been designed to connect specifically to iPod and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards. "Made for iPhone" means that an electronic accessory has been designed to connect specifically to iPhone and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards. "Made for iPad" means that an electronic accessory has been designed to connect specifically to iPad and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards. "Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad" means that an electronic accessory has been designed to connect to iPhone, iPad, and iPod models and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards. Troubleshooting reception and interference issues When using many existing iPod accessories that have the "Made for iPod" label with an iPhone, there is a potential for audio interference. When you connect iPhone to one of these accessories, the iPhone may alert you that the accessory was not optimized for the iPhone. To continue using the accessory while avoiding potential interference issues, you may turn on Airplane Mode, which will disable the wireless features of iPhone. Note: While in Airplane Mode, you will not be able to make or receive calls or use certain features that require wireless communication. For more information about Airplane mode, see this article . In addition, certain accessories may affect iPhone wireless performance. Reorienting or relocating iPhone and the connected accessory may improve wireless performance. If interference or reception issues persist, contact the accessory manufacturer to verify which iPhone models the accessory supports. For more information on accessory troubleshooting, see this article . Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple, is provided without recommendation or endorsement. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of third-party websites or products. Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability. Risks are inherent in the use of the Internet. Contact the vendor for additional information. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Published Date:


The three commonest horse coats are: bay, grey and which other colour?

How to Distinguish Horse Color by Name: 4 Steps (with Pictures) How to Distinguish Horse Color by Name Community Q&A Have you ever seen a horse or pony being ridden and wondered why the rider picked that colored horse? Have you ever seen a horse that looked pretty, but you didn't know the color of the horse? Horse colors are generally easy but some are quite hard. Here is an easy way to tell what color a horse is. Steps Learn some basic terminology: Points: This is referring to the the ears, lower legs, and mane and tail. Mane: The longer hairs growing along the ridge of a horse's neck, from between the ears to the base of the withers. Tail: The long hairs growing from the tailbone. White leg markings: These are situated on the leg regions and include the coronet band (very close to the hoof), white heel (very close to the heel, but situated near the caudal wall), sock (comes right above the pastern), half stocking (comes halfway between the pastern and knee), stocking (touches or above the knee), irregular stocking (stocking that only part of it is above the knee and the other is below it), ermine spots (irregular dark patches near the hoof inside white markings), and pastern (comes just to the pastern). Facial markings: These are situated on the head and forehead and include: Star (little mark on forehead) Snip (little mark on muzzle) Blaze (Wide stripe of white down the front of the face) Stripe (Very thin stripe of white down the front of the face) Bald/white face (Very wide blaze that goes includes the horses eyes) Eye colours: To help tell the different colours apart, though not common, these names may appear: Eye wall, blue eye, teal eye, glass eye, white sclera. Horses can have blue, brown, green, hazel, gold, and red eyes. Other important features of a horse's colour include: Spots, patches, predominant and base coat. 2 Learn the next features. Within each subcategory, there are mixtures and variations. Here are some colours and distinguishing points. Bay: Various shades of brown body colour with black points. There are many types of bay; light bay (the brown is of a light shade), blood bay (the brown has a very deep red tone), mahogany bay (where the brown has a dark purple tinge, usually sooty and more brown), standard bay (where the brown is "flat", no red tinge), golden bay (where the base coat takes on a yellow color), and primitive or "wild" bay (the black markings are faint, and the horse usually has obvious dangerous characteristics). Chestnut or Sorrel: Chestnut or sorrel is defined as a horse with no black hairs. Chestnut is a dark red horse. Very dark chestnuts are called liver chestnuts. Sorrels are more brightly colored, with a lighter coat color. For either, the mane/tail should be the same color as the body. Either color with flaxen mane and tails should have "Flaxen" put in front of the name. Sorrels are often flaxen. Liver chestnut: They are a dark chestnut red-brown colour, appearing to have black in their coat - but they do not. The individual hairs are just very dark red. These horses can also have a flaxen or taffy mane and tail. Black: There is no other color on the horse except black; all points and hairs are black (except for any white markings). Mane and Tail are black. There are a few types of black; Pitch or Raven black, which never fades - Black, which fades in the sun - and smokey black, where the horse looks black at a distance, but closer the horse has a brown tinge. Grey or White grey: These horses may look white, but they are not. Their skin is dark and they have dark pigmentation around their eyes, ears and nose. They are born another color, and fade progressively with age. Dapple grey: These horses are still grey, but have 'dapples'. Dapples are little lighter or darker spots. A normal dapple grey is grey with lighter spots; however an 'inverted' dapple grey is grey with darker spots. Dapple greys can be very light and very dark. Steel grey: This color is when a horse is dark grey, usually with slightly darker points. They have no dappling. Flea-bitten Grey: It looks like it so


On what part of the body would you find the Mount of Venus?

The Girdle of Venus                             The  Girdle of Venus           There is a group of small lines, known as Minor lines, which do not appear in every hand, but which occur often enough in the same lcations to take them out of the class called chance lines, and to form them into a division by themselves. As a rule these Minor lines are not of great importance, often having only a single interpretation, but they are reliable as far as they go. The first of the Minor lines is the Girdle of Venus.   Course Rises between the fingers of Jupiter and Saturn and runs across the Mounts of  Saturn and Apollo, ending between the fingers of Apollo and Mercury (523). The Girdle of Venus does not always run exactly over this path, but sometimes  rises on the Mount of Jupiter and runs over onto the Mount of Mercury, sometimes  ending on the percussion. It is, in part, as sister line to the Heart line, and in some hands, when the  Heart line is absent, takes the place of that line. Older palmists conceived  the idea that when they saw this line in a land which had also a strong Heart  line, that being virtually a sister line to the Heart line, it indicated a double  supply of heart qualities. This was not meant in a physical sense, but as regard  the affections, and for this reason the line was named by them the Girdle of  Venus, meaning the Girdle of Love. As this reading of the line was first made  in thee days when love meant license, the interpretation was attached to it  that anyone with such a abundant supply of affections would seek occasion to  lavish them, and the Girdle of Venus became the synonym of license, profligacy,  debauchery, and was considered the mark of unchastity and abandonment. Through  all the writings on Palmistry this interpretation has been largely adhered to,  often with evident misgivings on the part of some writiers, who have frankly  stated that they were at a loss for an explanation of this line. Some few have  doubted its accuracy, and many practitioners have abandoned its use entirely,  because they could not reconcile its accepted interpretation to the lives of  the subjects they encountered, and many embarrassing errors were occasioned  by the use of the line. To arrive at a correct solution of this much vexed question,  we have only to apply our general hypothesis, and to adapt the line to the  subject, not the subject to the line. Also to remember that this is the  twentieth century, instead of 400 B.C., when the original reading was given,  and that conditions today are different from those prevailing at that time. From an exhaustive study of the Girdle of Venus, I have found that it does  not as a rule indicate debauchery and license, but that it nearly always does indicate an intense state of nervousness, and in a large majority of cases great  liability to hysteria. In a large percentage of hands in which this Girdle of  Venus is found, the palm will be crossed by innumerable lines running in every  direction. This by itself is sufficient ground for pronouncing the subject intensely  nervous, but with the addition of a Girdle of Venus there is an increased degree  of nervous excitability. In seeking the rational of the line remember that the Vital Current enters through  the finger of Jupiter, runs down the Life line, goes to the brain, and, returning,  transfers itself to the lines of Saturn, Apollo, and Mercury, which are its  natural channels of egress from the body. When this course is pursued without  interruption, the action of the fluid is normal. But the Girdle of Venus being  an abnormal line, by virtue of its location, deflects part of the current form  its usual course immediately upon its entrance into us, and the balance of the  Current seeking egress form the body through the lines of Saturn, Apollo, and  Mercury on its return from the brain flows against the barrier formed by  the Girdle of Venus, and cannot easily flow out though the finger ends,  but, being obstructed by the Girdl


Who starred in the films: The Gold Rush, City Lights & Modern Times?

1000+ images about Charlie Chaplin on Pinterest | Classic, Events and The great Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas Charlie Chaplin 102 Pins2.22k Followers Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I. Chaplin used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency from the end of the 1920s.


Whose debut album released in 1998 was entitled The Voice of an Angel?

Charlotte Church Biography (Singer) Birthplace: Llandaff, Wales Best known as: Welsh opera-pop sensation who did Voice Of An Angel Welsh soprano Charlotte Church got her start as a classical singer whose pop-audience appeal made her a millionaire by the time she was 14 years old. Church was signed to a record deal at age 12, after being noticed during an impromptu performance on a local TV talent show. Her debut album, The Voice Of An Angel, was released in 1998 and became a hit on the classical charts. Church then released albums (including 1999's Charlotte Church and 2001's Enchantment), performed internationally and made numerous appearances on television, both in the United Kingdom and the United States. Although known primarily as an opera singer, she also sang songs from Broadway musicals and other popular tunes. One of her best-known songs is "Just Wave Hello," a hit single that was from a television commercial for the Ford Motor Company. As Church emerged from her young teen years, she recorded the pop album Tissues and Issues (2005), and her new all-grown-up persona -- liquor, tobacco and profanity -- made her a favorite of the gossip sheets. By 2007 she was into the second season of BBC variety show (The Charlotte Church Show) and expecting her first child with Welsh rugby player Gavin Henson. Extra credit: Her song “The Prayer” is a duet with singer Josh Groban … She began dating rugby star Henson in 2005. Copyright © 1998-2017  by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved.


Which author who died in 1998 was the most borrowed author from British libraries for over twenty years?

Which are the most borrowed library books in the UK? Which are the most borrowed library books in the UK? Five children’s authors among the top 10 most borrowed authors in UK libraries 5 February 2016 • 6:54am   The importance of libraries to national literacy was underlined again today with the news that five children's authors – Julia Donaldson, Daisy Meadows, Francesca Simon, Jacqueline Wilson and the collective who write under the pen name Adam Blade – are among the Top 10 most borrowed authors in UK libraries, according to figures from the latest annual data released today by Public Lending Right . The survey, released on the eve of National Libraries Day, covers 2014-15 and shows again the dominance of thriller writer James Patterson, who topped the chart for the most borrowed author for the ninth year running, and crime writers such as Lee Child. It was also the first year that payments were made for audio books. Here are 10 things we learned from the findings:   1: JAMES PATTERSON IS LIBRARY KING The man who has churned out more than 300 novels (or paid other writers to do so, having given them a "detailed outline") released 15 books in 2014 alone. The popularity of his thriller novels remains undimmed. James Patterson is still the most borrowed author and has four books - Invisible, Unlucky 13, NYPD Red and Burn Century - in the top 20 most borrowed titles. He is also the author with the most appearances in the Top 100 most borrowed titles list, with 10. However, although overseas authors such as Patterson and Lee Child are included in the loans figures, they aren’t eligible for PLR payments. The 202 authors who receive the maximum capped £6,600 are all from the UK. Overall, crime fiction and thrillers are hugely popular, with UK library borrowers. Nine of the Top 10 most borrowed books belong to this genre. This include two titles by the most borrowed author, James Patterson Credit: Rex Features/Telegraph   2: ROALD DAHL 1 SHAKESPEARE 0 Shakespeare came in only 10th in the list of most borrowed classic authors. Roald Dahl was top, with Enid Blyton second and Agatha Christie third. Shakespeare, whose 400th anniversary is being celebrated this year, was also beaten by Charles Dickens, PG Wodehouse and JRR Tolkien. Things weren't all Bard for Shakespeare: he did at least beat Jane Austen (11th). And sneaking in at 20th place was Nevil Shute, the not-forgotten-it-seems author of the 1950 classic A Town Like Alice. Charles Dickens: his best characters in pictures 3: AUDIO WAS GOOD FOR JEFF HARDING This year’s PLR payments include, for the very first time, loans of audiobooks that were made by public libraries in 2014-15. JK Rowling’s Harry Potter titles occupied the second and third most loaned slots but the most borrowed audiobook was Lesley Pearse's Without a Trace, read by Emma Powell. Few of you may remember Jeff Harding's acting performance in Father Ted (he played an American priest called Buzz Cagney) but many of us it seems know and like his voice reading books. He was the king of the 109 narrators who registered with the PLR (more should, as there are now more than 16,000 audiobooks in UK libraries). Harding registered more than 650 titles including The Bone Collector, by Jeffery Deaver, and Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer. His 20% narrator’s share in these titles will earn him more than £3,000 in the February 2016 payment round. He said: "I honestly thought that PLR income would be pennies, not pounds. I am happily surprised and sure to spread the good word among my fellow narrators.”   4: DAVID WALLIAMS CONTINUES TO SOAR. AND DOODLING IS NOT A WASTE OF TIME David Walliams’w popularity continues to grow and he’s now the 41st most borrowed author compared to his 157th position in 2012-13. His book Awful Auntie was also the most borrowed title in libraries in Northern Ireland. “What fantastic taste the children of Northern Ireland have,” said Walliams. “I am beyond delighted. Libraries are vital for children and adults to discover a wide variety of books. Long may they live!” Another big riser was Liz Pichon


In the USA, the second Monday in October is a celebration in recognition of which historical figure?

Columbus Day in the United States Home   Calendar   Holidays   the United States   Columbus Day Columbus Day in the United States Columbus Day, which is on the second Monday of October, remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. This holiday is controversial because the European settlement in the Americas led to the demise of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples. Statue of Christopher Columbus The Christopher Columbus monument in Barcelona, Spain. ©iStockphoto.com/Lya_Cattel Observe Columbus Day Some Americans celebrate the anniversary of the discovery of their country with church services and other activities. In some towns and cities, special church services, parades and large events are held. Many celebrations happen in the Italian-American community. The celebrations in New York and San Francisco are particularly noteworthy. In Hawaii Columbus Day is celebrated as Discoverers' Day, but it is not a state holiday. Many states now celebrate Native Americans' Day/Indigenous People's Day instead of Columbus Day. What’s Open or Closed? Columbus day is a public holiday in many parts of the United states, but is not a day off in some states. Some government offices are closed because Columbus Day is still a federal government holiday. The day is a legal observance in states like Florida. Many businesses and shops are open in states that don't have Columbus Day as a public holiday. Schools are not required to close but check with your school district or school calendar on Columbus Day school holiday closures. The same goes for post offices - check with your local post office. About Columbus Day Christopher Columbus is often portrayed as the first European to sail to the Americas. He is sometimes portrayed as the discoverer of the New World. However, this is controversial on many counts. There is evidence that the first Europeans to sail across the Atlantic were Viking explorers from Scandinavia. In addition, the land was already populated by indigenous peoples, who had 'discovered' the Americas thousands of years before. Columbus Day originated as a celebration of Italian-American heritage and was first held in San Francisco in 1869. The first state-wide celebration was held in Colorado in 1907. In 1937, Columbus Day become a holiday across the United States. Since 1971, it has been celebrated on the second Monday in October. The date on which Columbus arrived in the Americas is also celebrated as the DÃa de la Raza (Day of the Race) in Latin America and some Latino communities in the USA. However, it is a controversial holiday in some countries and has been re-named in others. Columbus Day celebrations are controversial because the settlement of Europeans in the Americas led to the deaths of a very large proportion of the native people. It has been argued that this was a direct result of Columbus' actions. It is clear that the arrival of the European settlers led to the demise of a large proportion of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. It has also been argued that Columbus should not be honored for discovering North America, as he only went as far as some islands in the Caribbean and never got as far as mainland America. Note: timeanddate.com states the facts and issues associated with this observance but does not disclose its opinion on the matter. Columbus Day Observances


Who in the early 1960's became known as the King of The Twist?

The Sixties Dance Craze - Looking Back at the 1960s Looking Back at the 1960s “Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. ” ―   Dave Barry The sixties was recognized as a decade of transition from the conservative fifties and also the birth of revolutionary ways to live, think, and create. Known as the age of the youth, there were approximately 70 million children who were teenagers or young adults during this decade. Determined to not follow the footsteps of their elders, this generation made changes in the areas of education, laws, lifestyle, and entertainment. In the entertainment industry, many changes happened in the world of dance. The sixties was all about learning the newest dance craze and performing them on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. Dancing, was a driving force that brought people together in peace and happiness, and continues to be influential across the world today. “We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” ―   Friedrich Nietzsche The sixties dance craze began with the 'TWIST' introduced by Chubby Checker with the release of his song 'The Twist'. 'The Twist' was Checkers 1960 cover for the B-side of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' 1959 single 'Teardrops on Your Letter'. The Twist dance was largely inspired by rock and roll music.The original inspiration came from the African American plantation dance "wringin' and twistin," which has been traced back to the 1890s. However, the dances main features, such as the use of pelvic movement and the shuffling foot movement, can be traced all the way back to West Africa. Throughout the 20th Century, the African dance evolved until emerging to a mass audience in the 1960s. The Twist became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s, enjoying immense popularity among young people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative. The Twist was transformed into many versions, such as the Peppermint Twist, Spanish Twist, and the Florida Twist. Chubby Checker recorded the hit in Italian, French, and German, and created an entirely multilingual album, 'Twisting Round the World'. It also was the inspiration for future dances such as the Cool Jerk, Funky Chicken, and the Mashed Potato.  Check out this video as Chubby Checker shows the world how to do the Twist while performing the Billboard Chart Topper hit 'The Twist'!!! YouTube Video


Which actress played Monica Geller in the TV series Friends?

Monica Geller-Bing | Friends Central | Fandom powered by Wikia I KNOW! ” Monica Geller (born April 22, 1969) is a fictional character on the popular U.S. television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), played by Courteney Cox . Monica was known as the "Mother Hen" of the group and her Greenwich Village apartment was one of the group's main gathering places. Contents [ show ] Background Monica was born April 22, 1969. Monica is Ross's younger sister, and the daughter of Jack and Judy Geller . Monica, like the rest of her family, is Jewish. She had a slightly difficult childhood, characterized by the bickering which took place between her and her brother (some culminating in memorable events such as the Geller Cup , which took place every Thanksgiving). She also had, and still has, a difficult relationship with her parents, who unconsciously favor Ross over her on various occasions. (Her father did try to fix this by giving her his Porsche in " The One Where Rosita Dies "). High school was a difficult time for Monica, who gained a substantial amount of weight and peaked at 255 pounds. She had few friends; her best friend being Rachel Green . For prom, she even had a date: Roy Gublik . Her first kiss, however, was (by accident) her brother, Ross. [5] She met Chandler Bing at her parents' house on Thanksgiving Day, 1987. She initially had a crush on him (even became a chef because he told her that he liked her macaroni) until she overheard him referring to her as Ross's "fat sister." The shock was so great for her that she became determined to take off all her extra weight by the next time he would see her. She accomplished this goal by Thanksgiving, 1988. [6] She unintentionally got back at him by dropping a knife and severing one of his toes during a failed attempt to seduce him. After college, Monica pursued life in New York as a chef at Iridium . She also lived with Phoebe Buffay , across the hall from Chandler. Phoebe moved out because she was worried that their friendship would suffer due to Monica's obsessive tidiness. She had a crush on Joey Tribbiani when he first moved in with Chandler, although he repelled her by stripping naked in her apartment the day they met. [7] Personality This section is (partially) copied from Wikipedia . There may be an updated version available. While she is kind, caring and friendly, Monica is perhaps most notorious for her obsessive cleanliness (classifying places by cleanliness, where 'Monica-clean' is even cleaner than 'Health-Department-clean' [8] ). She is also known to talk abnormally loudly (such as in The One With The Apothecary Table ) and for her bossiness and unnatural organizational skills (such as The One On The Last Night ). Phoebe and Rachel also call her high-maintenance. [9] Aside from being a neat-freak, Monica can also be bossy and somewhat competitive, hating to lose in competitions. Cleanliness and Orderliness "Neat Freak" Monica is comically obsessive about the state of her apartment. She loves cleaning, describing a dry-cleaning establishment as her Disneyland. This personality trait becomes progressively exaggerated as the series progresses. Examples of this tendency include: In The One With The Embryos , we learn that she organizes towels into 11 categories, including "everyday use", "fancy", "guest", and "fancy guest". Later, boxes can be seen with other categories, "kitchen", "old", and "beach". This leaves 4 of the 11 categories unknown to the audience. She cleans the toilet 17 times a day (even if someone is using it). She labels everything, from dishes to photographs. She even numbers the mugs in her kitchen so that if one of them goes missing, she will know which one is missing. She tries acting like a kook. She pretends that she doesn't care that she has left her shoes in the living room, only to be rendered unable to sleep because she's left to wonder if she should go out and get them. She becomes anxious when Rachel moves the green ottoman while cleaning the apartment. Chandler says to Rachel, "Thank God you didn't try to fan out the magazines. I mean, she'll sc


Which fashion designer was chiefly responsible for the popularization of the Little Black Dress?

stumbleupon Email Comment From Coco Chanel’s popularization of the suit to Christian Dior’s full-skirted New Look, the ongoing evolution of fashion has existed largely on the innovations of the visionaries. For those creative and revolutionary enough to concoct an idea backed up only by their own convictions, some have managed not only to enter the mainstream of fashion but be embraced wholeheartedly by its capriciousness. While many designers stay within the familiar bounds of what’s been deemed marketable and find their client base in clothing that is wearable and flattering, there are other designers whose nearly surrealistic convictions have put them a little outside of the mainstream. Though a thick line exists between ready-to-wear and the avant-garde, a few designers have opted to leave their clothing with the mark of something a bit more extraordinary. Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf have made art and the artifice of the fashion world a source of inspiration, creating clothing and runway shows that were not necessarily appreciated or understood, while Vivienne Westwood, a designer who has been in the business for more than four decades, is largely responsible for the development of punk fashion, which is nearly inseparable from its music. Whether they’ve managed to bridge the gap between art and life in the present or changed the shape of fashion’s future possibilities, the following have defined their aesthetic and stood out as the singular purveyors of their own distinct ideas. Yohji Yamamoto Born in Tokyo, Japan on October 3, 1943, designer Yohji Yamamoto obtained a degree in law before he went on to pursue fashion design at Bunka College. With an impetus to change the idea of what could constitute women’s fashion, Yamamoto set out to make “men’s clothes for women” and debuted his first collection in Paris in 1981. Immediately making waves in the fashion world with his oversized silhouettes, Yamamoto’s androgynous style and deconstructed look signalled something of a revolution in design.  While Yamamoto has worked with designers like Adidas and Hermès, he remains a distinctive designer for carving out his own voice. Thierry Mugler Born on December 21, 1948 in Strasbourg, France, Thierry Mugler focused more on drawing and dancing for the Rhin Opera in his youth, but upon moving to Paris at age 24, he began his career as a designer. After working with many ready-to-wear fashion houses, Mugler opened his own store in 1978 and won over fans with his clean, sophisticated designs. He eventually gained more notoriety in the 1980’s when his clothes became defined by angular lines, shoulder pads and corsets and were often made with PVC, appearing as a homage to bondage. While Mugler’s has become a recognizable name in recent years for his fragrance Angel, his dramatic sense of the female form and his emphasis on exaggerating those lines has a had a strong impact on fashion. Courrèges Born on March 9, 1923 in Pau, France, it was designer André Courrèges that gave birth to the famed fashion house of Courrèges. After studying civil engineering and moving to Paris in 1925, Courrèges relocated to Spain and began working under the revered designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. Inspired by Balenciaga, Courrèges opened his own design house in 1961 and released the Space Age collection in 1964, which used materials like plastic and metal for garments that consisted of clean lines and geometric shapes, harkening to futurism and architects like Le Corbusier. While the aesthetic hit the fashion world like an explosion before the scene fell to hippie style, Courrèges design of items like go-go boots and the miniskirt have left their mark. Gareth Pugh Born on August 31, 1981, Gareth Pugh started his fashion career early on, working as a costume designer for the English National Youth Theatre before achieving his fashion degree at Central Saint Martins in 2003. Through features with Dazed & Confused magazine and word of mouth, Pugh debuted his first collection during London’s Fall 2006 fashion week. Drawing comparisons to Vivienne Westwood an


Who was Home Secretary during the Foreign Prisoners Scandal of 2006?

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | How the deportation story emerged Printable version How the deportation story emerged Here is the sequence of events in the row over the 1,023 foreign prisoners who were released without being considered for deportation: FEBRUARY 1999 The first of the 1,023 foreign nationals at the centre of the row is freed after serving their sentence. However, the offender does not face a hearing for deportation, as required of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. Over the next seven years, more than 1,000 more also escape scrutiny on release from jail. 2003 HM Inspector of Prisons' annual report talks of an "institutional blind spot" for foreign nationals within the prison service and a dilatory attitude from the Immigration Service, "which unless pressed, was not monitoring those liable to deportation and making arrangements for this to take place as soon as sentence had expired". 2004 Another HMPI report reveals that a new prison service order "provides no guidance to prisons on work with foreign nationals beyond their status as potential immigration detainees". JANUARY 2005 Home Office officials first become aware that a number of foreign criminals have been released from UK jails without being considered for deportation, according to a subsequent briefing by the prime minister's official spokesman. JULY 2005 In some instances, action on criminal cases was not being initiated until a late stage, allowing insufficient time to make preparations for removal before the end of sentence National Audit Report, July 2005 Download the reader here The National Audit Office, an independent watchdog, publishes a report on returning failed asylum applicants, which warned that preparations to remove foreign criminals from the UK should begin "much earlier". It said officials were unable to say how many failed applicants had been released from prison because removal could not be arranged. Mr Clarke has admitted that his attention was first brought to the problem on publication of this report. The government proposed extra investment, and according to the prime minister, nearly ï¿½3m more has since been invested in increasing resources in the key areas. The Home Office has since revealed that 288 of the 1,023 were freed after August 2005. OCTOBER 2005 Conservative MP Richard Bacon raises the issue during a meeting of the cross-party Public Accounts Committee in the Commons. He asked what happened to foreign nationals - particularly asylum seekers - on release from prison. It was around this time that Mr Clarke says he became "fully aware" of the scale of the issue. If you are judged by the system to have a failed asylum application and you shouldn't be here, then shouldn't you be considered for deportation once you are released from prison? Richard Bacon MP He told BBC's Today programme that he "set in motion a whole set of procedures to change the way the prison service and nationality directorate were working". The Home Office then told Parliament that a new system was in place to correct the inadequacy. DECEMBER 2005 The Home Secretary warns Prime Minister Tony Blair that hundreds of foreign prisoners have been freed without the required investigation into whether they should be deported. Mr Clarke has since told the BBC: "He agreed we needed to take very strong steps to deal with it." FEBRUARY 2006 Ministers become aware that 288 more foreign prisoners had been released since August 2005, despite the changes they had pledged to implement. A third successive annual report by the prisons inspectorate highlights shortcomings in foreign nationals policy. MARCH 2006 The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) publishes its report on returning failed asylum applicants, criticising the inefficient way they were handled. The report, based on investigations by the cross-party committee of MPs, notes that between 2001 and August 2005, "403 foreign nationals were released from prison without deportation proceedings being completed". One member, Conservative Richard Bacon, writes back to the Home Office requesting more infor


Which supermodel was married to Richard Gere between 1991 and 1995?

Cindy Crawford | Cindy Crawford: 'Ex Richard Gere And I Were Never Friends' | Contactmusic.com Cindy Crawford: 'Ex Richard Gere And I Were Never... Cindy Crawford: 'Ex Richard Gere And I Were Never Friends' Cindy Crawford Richard Gere Cindy Crawford 's ex-husband Richard Gere is a stranger to her these days. The supermodel was married to the Hollywood star between 1991 and 1995, and she's speculated on why their relationship went wrong. She was 26 when she tied the knot and Richard was 42, with the star admitting the age gap did play into their issues. "We're friendly, but I think it's almost like he's gone back to being, like, ' Richard Gere ' again, like a stranger because we don't really see each other that much," she told Marc Maron on his WTF podcast. "I think part of the problem in our relationship was that we were a lot of other things but I don't know if we were ever friends - like peers, because I was young, and he was Richard Gere. And then, as I started kind of growing up and growing into myself - it's hard to change the nature of a relationship once you're already in it." Hindsight is what's led Cindy to understand the problems in her former marriage, as at the time of tying the knot she saw no reason why things wouldn't work out. "I was young," she explained. "I didn't think I was young, though, but I was young. I was with Richard for like six years, but I was only married for two years." Three years after her split from Richard Cindy married Rande Gerber, and they went on to have two children. They are still together and happier than ever, with Cindy hinting she's learnt from her past marriage mistakes and that's why things are different this time around. "I think why Rande and I really work is that we were friends first," she said. "I never pretended to like baseball or meditation - or whatever the version is." Contactmusic


Who had a hit in the 1980s with White Wedding

White Wedding by Billy Idol Songfacts White Wedding by Billy Idol Songfacts Songfacts Despite rumors to the contrary, this song is not about Idol's actual little sister. "Little sister" is slang for girlfriend. He is singing about a woman/girl he loves marrying someone else while he still loves her. Idol did have a sister who was getting married, but on an episode of VH1 Storytellers, he explained that his sister's wedding simply gave him the idea for the song. Like many of Idol's compositions, he started with the title and wrote the song from there. >> Suggestion credit: Jon - Atlanta, GA The video for this song help launch Billy Idol to stardom. It was directed by David Mallet, who had worked with Queen and David Bowie. Idol had little cash, so Mallet cut him a break on his fee. The concept was a "nightmare wedding," with a Goth guy (Idol) marrying a normal girl, with some vampire imagery thrown in. The bride was played by Perri Lister, who was Billy's girlfriend. The resulting video contained some of the most indelible images seen on MTV, including the barbed-wire wedding ring, the motorcycle crashing through the church window, and the dancers slapping their own butts in time to the music. Mallet said of Idol in the book I Want My MTV: "In those days, he was the greatest looker and mover since Elvis. Before 'White Wedding,' nobody would have admitted that was even possible. One look at that video and they got him." A key element to this song is the quick little guitar riff that starts it. Idol and his guitarist, Steve Stevens, liked to have a distinctive guitar part to open the songs - they thought of it like a flag harkening its arrival. This song is very anti-marriage song, and yet many people have it played at their weddings simply because it mentions a wedding. This was used in the movie The Wedding Singer. After getting dumped at the alter, Adam Sandler tells his friends to "turn this crap off" after the video comes on. Idol later appears in the movie as himself. He helps get Sandler together with Drew Barrymore. In the UK, this did not become a hit until 1985, when it was released there for the third time. Herman's Hermits recorded this for the 2002 album When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear . Cevin Soling, who put the album together, explains why he chose this song for Herman's Hermits: "They have that very sweet, innocent persona. And you think of Herman's Hermits, you think that the cute, adorable Peter Noone fronting this very sweet, innocent thing. And then you've got Billy Idol who's kind of the antithesis of that. A friend of mine got to play the song for Billy Idol on the air, and she was interviewing him, so she played the Herman's Hermit's 'White Wedding' for Billy Idol. I think he just said the word, 'Frightening.'" (Check out our interview with Cevin Soling .)


Which alcohol forms the primary ingredient of a White Lady cocktail

How to make a White Lady Cocktail. Find more cocktail recipes online. How to make a White Lady Rate this recipe 37 ratings The White Lady has a lot of similarities to a Sidecar - the key difference being the main ingredient, gin rather than brandy. In this version of a White Lady, we have added a touch of sugar to balance the citrus and egg white to give it a velvety mouth feel. Ingredients


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Which popular knighted actor was born David White in 1940

Catalyst Astrology-David Jason Horoscope David JASON , Chart Born February 2, 1940     at 3:00 AM in London Sir David John White, OBE known by his stage name David Jason (born 2     February 1940) is a highly regarded English actor, admired equally for     his dramatic work as for his comedy roles. He is perhaps most famous for     his portrayal of "Del Boy" in the BBC television situation comedy     Only Fools and Horses which made him a household name in the United Kingdom,     and for playing detective chief inspector Jack Frost on A Touch of Frost. Height: 5' 6" (1.68     m) Early career He started his television     career in 1964 playing the part of Bert Bradshaw in Crossroads. In 1967     he played a spoof super-hero Captain Fantastic (and also other roles),     in the television sketch comedy series Do Not Adjust Your Set. His co-stars     were Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Humphrey Barclay, who recruited     David Jason to appear in Do Not Adjust Your Set (partly to offset the     rather intellectual style of Idle, Jones and Palin), admired David's masterly     sense of timing. Jason also appeared     in variety shows in support of stars such as Dick Emery, and his performances     caught the attention of Ronnie Barker, who was soon to become a mentor     to Jason. In 1969 Jason was recruited to appear in Hark At Barker, starring     Ronnie Barker as Lord Rustless, as Dithers, the hundred-year old gardener.     There was also a sequel, His Lordship Entertains. That year he also made     an appearance in the popular ITC show Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in     the fifth episode of the series That's How Murder Snowballs as Abel, a     framed performer in a major London theatre. In 1973 he played junior employee     Granville in the first programme of the comedy anthology Seven of One,     called Open All Hours and starring Barker as the miserly proprietor of     a corner shop. Four series of Open All Hours were subsequently made from     1976 to 1985. He also featured in Barker's Porridge, a prison-based comedy,     as Blanco. He also took the lead role in ITV sitcom A Sharp Intake Of     Breath. In 1974, Jason also     played the part of the inept spy Edgar Briggs in the television comedy     series The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs, long before the time of spoof     spy thrillers such as Austin Powers and Johnny English. In the 1970s he also     acted in radio comedies, including Week Ending (in which he regularly     satirised such figures as then UK Foreign Secretary Dr David Owen) and     The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (as the "B Ark Captain" in the sixth episode). Maturity and success In 1981 he found his most enduring and popular role. Del Boy in Only Fools     and Horses (created by John Sullivan) is a wide-boy who makes a dubious     living in Peckham, south London, trading in shoddy and counterfeit goods.     He is assisted by his brother Rodney (played by Nicholas Lyndhurst) and     Grandad (played by Lennard Pearce) or, in later episodes, Uncle Albert     (played by Buster Merryfield). In this role Jason popularised some slang     words and phrases; examples being the mild insults "dipstick" and "plonker", and the celebratory "lovely jubbly". He has also earned acclaim     for a string of straight roles. These include Skullion in Porterhouse     Blue, Pa Larkin in the rural idyll The Darling Buds of May (based on the     H. E. Bates novel) which also featured Catherine Zeta-Jones before she     achieved success in Hollywood, and Detective Jack Frost in the TV series     A Touch of Frost. In addition to these     dramatic roles he has also worked as a voice artist for Cosgrove Hall     on a number of children's television productions, providing voices for     DangerMouse, The BFG, Count Duckula and Toad from The Wind in the Willows,     as w


Who was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace?

Facts about Buckingham Palace The Royal Flag When can we see the flag on the pole? When the Queen is at home, you can see her royal flag flying from the flag pole on top of Buckingham Palace. This flag is called the Royal Standard. The flag is split into four quadrants. The first and fourth quadrants represent England and contain three gold lions walking (passant) on a red field; the second quadrant represents Scotland contains a red lion standing on the left hind foot (rampant) on a gold field; the third quadrant represents Ireland and contains the gold Coat of arms of Ireland on a blue field. In flag protocol, the Royal Standard is supreme. It must only be flown from buildings where the Queen is present. It flies above the British Union Flag (Union Jack), Standards of other Royal Family members, and other British flags. It never flies at half staff. Standing guard outside Buckingham Palace Foot Guards Who guards the palace? What do they wear? Five regiments of Foot Guards guard the Palace. They wear red jackets and tall, furry hats called bearskins. When the first guards come on duty, there is a ceremony called the Changing of the Guard. Changing of the Guard A familiar sight at Buckingham Palace is the Changing of the Guard ceremony that takes place in the forecourt each morning. The monarch and the royal palaces have been guarded by the Household Troops since 1660. Read more about the Changing of the Guard ceremony Inside Buckingham Palace What can you see inside Buckinham Palace? The Palace has around 600 rooms, including 19 State rooms, 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 78 bathrooms, 92 offices, a cinema and a swimming pool. It also has its own post office and police station. About 400 people work at the Palace, including domestic servants, chefs, footmen, cleaners, plumbers, gardeners, chauffers, electricians, and two people who look after the 300 clocks. Royal Parties Every year, more than 50,000 people come to the Palace each year as guests to banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions, and Royal Garden Parties Interesting facts about Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms including 19 state rooms, 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live at Buckingham Palace. Where to next? From Buckingham Palace you can walk through Green Park to Horse Guards Parade where you will see the soldiers on horseback.


How Did We Learn to Fly Like the Birds? Myths and Legends of Flight Greek Legend - Pegasus Bellerophon the Valiant, son of the King of Corinth, captured Pegasus, a winged    horse. Pegasus took him to a battle with the triple headed monster, Chimera. Icarus and Daedalus - An Ancient Greek Legend Daedalus was an engineer who was imprisoned by King Minos. With his son, Icarus,    he made wings of wax and feathers. Daedalus flew successfully from Crete to    Naples, but Icarus, tired to fly too high and flew too near to the sun. The    wings of wax melted and Icarus fell to his death in the ocean. King Kaj Kaoos of Persia King Kaj Kaoos attached eagles to his throne and flew around his kingdom. Alexander the Great Alexander the Great harnessed four mythical wings animals, called Griffins,    to a basket and flew around his realm. Early Efforts of Flight Around 400 BC - China The discovery of the kite that could fly in the air by the Chinese started humans   thinking about flying. Kites were used by the Chinese in religious ceremonies.   They built many colorful kites for fun, also. More sophisticated kites were   used to test weather conditions. Kites have been important to the invention   of flight as they were the forerunner to balloons and gliders. Humans try to fly like birds For many centuries, humans have tried to fly just like the birds. Wings made    of feathers or light weight wood have been attached to arms to test their ability    to fly. The results were often disastrous as the muscles of the human arms are    not like a birds and can not move with the strength of a bird. Hero and the Aeolipile Aeolipile The ancient Greek engineer, Hero of Alexandria, worked with air pressure      and steam to create sources of power. One experiment that he developed      was the aeolipile which used jets of steam to create rotary motion. Hero mounted a sphere on top of a water kettle. A fire below the kettle      turned the water into steam, and the gas traveled through pipes to the      sphere. Two L-shaped tubes on opposite sides of the sphere allowed the      gas to escape, which gave a thrust to the sphere that caused it to rotate. 1485 Leonardo da Vinci - The Ornithopter Leonardo da Vinci's Ornithopter Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480's.       He had over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight. The Ornithopter flying machine was never actually created. It was a       design that Leonardo da Vinci created to show how man could fly. The       modern day helicopter is based on this concept. 1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier- the First Hot Air   Balloon One of The Montgolfier's Balloons The brothers, Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, were inventors      of the first hot air balloon. They used the smoke from a fire to blow      hot air into a silk bag. The silk bag was attached to a basket. The hot      air then rose and allowed the balloon to be lighter-than-air. In 1783, the first passengers in the colorful      balloon were a sheep, rooster and duck. It climbed to a height of about      6,000 feet and traveled more than 1 mile. After this first success, the brothers began to send men up in balloons.      The first manned flight was on November 21,      1783, the passengers were Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Francois      Laurent. 1799 - 1850's - George Cayley One Version of a Glider George Cayley worked to discover a way that man could fly. He designed      many different versions of gliders that used the movements of the body      to control. A young boy, whose name is not known, was the first to fly      one of his gliders. Over 50 years he made improvements to the gliders. He changed the shape      of the wings so that the air would flow over the wings correctly. He designed      a tail for the gliders to help with the stability. He tried a biplane      design to add strength to the glider. He also recogniz


Ursula Andress was the first Bond Girl, but what was her character name?

The first Bond Girl - Photos of the gorgeous Urusula Andress     Ursula Andress became famous as Honey Ryder, a shell diver and James Bond’s woman of desire in Dr. No (1962), the first Bond movie. In what became an iconic moment in cinematic and fashion history, she rose out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini sporting a large diving knife on her hip. Due to her heavy Swiss-German accent, her character’s voice was provided by Nikki van der Zyl, while the calypso was sung by Diana Coupland. The scene made Andress a “quintessential” Bond girl. Andress later said that she owed her career to that white bikini: “This bikini made me into a success. As a result of starring in Dr. No as the first Bond girl, I was given the freedom to take my pick of future roles and to become financially independent.”The bikini she wore in the film sold at auction in 2001 for £41,125 ($59,755). In 2003, in a UK Survey by Channel 4, her entrance in Dr. No was voted #1 in “the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments”.Andress won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in 1964 for her appearance in the film.   Andress. S ource   Actresses Joan Collins, Barbara Bouchet, Ursula Andress and Elsa Martinelli in Rome for a panel discussion.  Source   Close-up of Ursula Andress in a scene from the movie Stick’em Up, Source   Elvis Presley with Ursula Andress & Elsa Cárdenas in Fun in Acapulco (1963) Source Andress co-starred with Elvis Presley in the 1963 musical film Fun in Acapulco, with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in 4 for Texas (1963), opposite Marcello Mastroianni in The 10th Victim (1965), alongside John Richardson in She (1965), and as the countess in The Blue Max (1966). She also appeared in the Bond satire Casino Royale (1967) as Vesper Lynd, an occasional spy who persuades Evelyn Tremble, played by Peter Sellers, to carry out a mission. Later, she worked with fellow former Bond girls Claudine Auger in Anyone Can Play (1968), Barbara Bach in Stateline Motel (1975), and Luciana Paluzzi in The Sensuous Nurse (1975).     Ursula Andress as Honey Rider in Dr. No.  Source In 1965, she posed nude for Playboy; it would be the first of seven times she was pictured in the magazine over the next fifteen years. When asked why she had agreed to do the Playboy shoot, Andress replied coolly, “Because I’m beautiful.”She went on to appear nude or semi-nude in nearly all of her film roles between 1969 and 1979, earning her the nickname “Ursula Undress.”   Ursula Andress and Vicenç Caraltó Source Other films from this period of her career include the West African diamond-searching adventure The Southern Star (1969) with George Seagal. The crime caper Perfect Friday (1970) with Stanley Baker and David Warner, the western Red Sun (1972) with Charles Bronson and Alain Delon, as Joséphine de Beauharnais in the swashbuckling spoof The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976) with Michael Sarrazin. The cult favorite Slave of the Cannibal God (1978) with Stacey Keach, and as Louise de La Vallière in The Fifth Musketeer (1979) with Beau Bridges. Ursula Andress,1960  Source She played Aphrodite in 1981’s Clash of the Titans, where she worked with Laurence Olivier. During the making of the film, Andress linked up with leading man Harry Hamlin, who became the father of her child. In 1982, she portrayed Mabel Dodge in the adventure-drama film Red Bells. On television, she participated in the 1986 Emmy-winning miniseries Peter the Great, and joined the cast of the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest for a three-episode arc in 1988 as an exotic foreigner who assists David Selby in retrieving Dana Sparks from a white slave ring. Ursula Andress.   Since the beginning of the 1990s, her acting appearances have been rare. In 1995, Andress was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the “100 Sexiest Stars in film history.” Her last role to date was playing “Madonna” in the low-budget 2005 Swiss feature Die Vogelpredigt oder Das Schreien der Mönche (de) (English title: The Bird Preachers).


Who was the first foreign player to score a hat trick in the Premiership?

San Francisco Bay Area — News, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Classifieds: SFGate 24 Comments The influx of foreign talent in the Premier League has brought about an unprecedented depth of scoring talent over the last decade, with many overseas imports making their way into the annals of English football. January 21 marks the three-year anniversary of Clint Dempsey 's 2012 hat-trick against Newcastle United, steering Fulham almost single-handedly to a 5-2 win over the Magpies. That accolade to this date makes Dempsey the only American ever to bag a hat-trick in the English first tier. In celebration of the Texan's accolade, we've pulled together a list of the greatest foreign talents to have marked their territory in the Premier League with a hat-trick, taking into account all players originating outside the United Kingdom. For some, this achievement was routine, while even some of the most world-class athletes could only manage the feat on one occasion. Regardless of how many hat-tricks they bagged, however, simply recording one is good enough to gain entry into our draw, paying respects to the foreign figures of past and present to have netted goals en masse. Phil Cole/Getty Images Tony Yeboah The only Ghanaian ever to score a Premier League hat-trick, former Leeds United striker Tony Yeboah twice bagged three-goal hauls during his time at Elland Road, both of which came in 1995. In two years among the English top flight, one of the Black Stars' most prominent attackers in history scored 32 goals, six of those coming against Ipswich Town and Wimbledon.   Robinho Many would suggest that Robinho's £33 million arrival at the Etihad Stadium in 2008 is where Abu Dhabi's money-fuelled ownership of Manchester City first began to rear its head as a future Premier League titan. In the five years since, not every player purchase has worked as desired—to say the least—and while Robinho's value to City was up for debate, he at least has a proud Premier League hat-trick to his name. The Brazilian put all three past Stoke City in a 3-0 defeat of the Potters in October 2008, just a month-and-a-half after his arrival in England, showing fans what they had to be excited for in future. Robinho's time with the Citizens ultimately ended quite bitterly and dragged out with a short-term loan at former club Santos, but there's no denying what a magnificent talent the former Selecao star was in his prime.   Savo Milosevic Savo Milosevic's three years at Villa Park were far from the most prolific of his career, but a hat-trick against Coventry City during his debut 1995-1996 campaign provided one particular highlight for the Serbian. He would later go on to find his most reliable scoring touch with Spanish sides Real Zaragoza, Espanyol and Celta Vigo, albeit never quite living up to the expectations established at Partizan Belgrade. 25. Andrei Kanchelskis Michael Steele/Getty Images Andrei Kanchelskis represented no fewer than four Premier League clubs during his playing career, but a combined 11 league appearances for Manchester City and Southampton meant the Russian didn't net a single goal for either outfit. Rather it was Manchester United and Everton who got the best out of his ability earlier in the 1990s, grabbing a hat-trick for each of those teams, both of which came in the 18 months building up to his first England departure. Arriving at Old Trafford from Shakhtar Donetsk in 1991, it took the enigmatic winger more than three-and-a-half years to bag his only United hat-trick, accounting for three of his 28 league goals with the Red Devils. After transferring to the Goodison Park in 1995—where he enjoyed a much more prolific scoring pattern—Kanchelskis showed more initiative, taking just six months to bag three in a 5-2 beating of Sheffield Wednesday in April 1996. Despite his instant impact on Merseyside, however, Kanchelskis was sold to Fiorentina in 1996 before he had a chance to get his second Everton season up and running. 24. Fabrizio Ravanelli Michael Steele/Getty Images The first of two iconic, Italian '90s strikers included i


Bill Sikes: My favourite Charles Dickens character - Telegraph Charles Dickens Bill Sikes: My favourite Charles Dickens character Bill Sikes - from Oliver Twist - is one of Dickens's nastiest characters and  is the eighteenth in the Telegraph pick of the best Charles Dickens  characters.   Image 1 of 4 Drunken Bill Sikes, one of Charles Dickens's meanest villains, kidnaps Oliver Twist. Sikes is accompanied by his dog Bulls Eye in this portrait by Frederick Barnard. Photo: Alamy   Image 1 of 4 Kay Walsh (Nancy) is attacked by Bill Sikes (Robert Newton) in the classic 1948 film version of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. KAY WALSH AND ROBERT NEWTON    Image 1 of 4 Charles Dickens's books have been published all over the world. This Oliver Twist was, appropriately, one of the Dover Thrift Editions.    By Catherine Gee , Writer, TV & Radio 7:00AM GMT 15 Feb 2012 Follow My Favourite Charles Dickens character: Bill Sikes from Oliver Twist (1838) Rarely has a villain come along who is more dark and frightening than Bill Sikes. He’s drunk, brutal, selfishly bullish and possesses a consuming desire for revenge and control that is further blinkered by his inability to be reasoned with – all made all the more fearsome by his realism. Men much like him existed then and men much like him exist now. He is the one man on the streets of London who never showed a scrap of kindness – apparent or otherwise – to young orphan Oliver and remains probably Charles Dickens’s darkest character. He manages his career as a criminal and those who work with him with a harsh iron fist. He beats those closest to him – his girlfriend Nancy and his dog Bulls Eye – without remorse and when he discovers that Nancy plans to return Oliver to his wealthy guardians he murders her in a fit of anger. Oliver Twist has been adapted many times for stage and screen but it is probably Oliver Reed’s portrayal of Sikes in Carol Reed’s 1968 musical film that is best remembered. He became every inch of the drink and rage-filled criminal – no doubt helped along by Reed’s own substantial alcohol problem. The full series of 'My favourite Charles Dickens character' is: Related Articles


What is the largest member of the cat family? | Reference.com What is the largest member of the cat family? A: Quick Answer According to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, the largest member of the cat family is the tiger. The tiger is additionally the biggest mammal on land, and it subsists entirely on meat. Full Answer There are nine subspecies of tigers that have been classified by scientists, including the Caspian, Java and Bali, all of which are extinct. The other six species include the Indo-Chinese, Sumatran, Malayan, South China, Bengal and Siberian. The subspecies range in size, and the average female tiger weighs up to 242 pounds while the male weighs up to 310 pounds.The largest tigers are the Indians, and some of the males weigh up to 570 pounds.


TV programme in which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of millionaires

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1981 film set in Russia, produced, directed and starring Warren Beatty. Also starring Dianne Keaton

Reds (1981) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States. Director: a list of 48 titles created 20 Oct 2012 a list of 23 titles created 14 May 2013 a list of 47 titles created 31 Jan 2015 a list of 26 titles created 12 Dec 2015 a list of 25 titles created 11 months ago Search for " Reds " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     3     Oscars. Another    19 wins & 34 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Edit Storyline American journalist John Reed journeys to Russia to document the Bolshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. His fervor for left-wing politics leads him to Louise Bryant, then married, who will become a feminist icon and activist. Politics at home become more complicated as the rift grows between reality and Reed's ideals. Bryant takes up with a cynical playwright, and Reed returns to Russia, where his health declines. Written by Jwelch5742 Not since Gone With The Wind has there been a great romantic epic like it! Genres: 25 December 1981 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Novelist Jerzy Kosinski originally turned down the acting gig in this film because he feared he would be kidnapped by the KGB whilst shooting on location in Finland. See more » Goofs When Louise first comes to New York and finds John's apartment (during the time of WWI), some of the apartment windows behind her have air conditioning units. See more » Quotes [first lines] Witness 1: [voiceover] Was that in 1913 or 17? I can't remember now. Uh, I'm, uh, beginning to forget all the people that I used to know, see? Witness 2: [voiceover] Do I remember Louise Bryant? Why, of course, I couldn't forget her if I tried. As the credits roll, additional interviews with the 'witnesses' play. See more » Connections Every movie lover should see this film! 26 June 2001 | by Princess-Alice – See all my reviews Warren Beatty's Reds follows only Gone With The Wind in my list of favourite films. This movie is both a love story, and a documentary. It educates the viewer not just on John Reed and his comrades, but on WWI era society in general. This brilliant script, (which, like the writings of Jack Reed expresses his political feelings with the same poetic eloquence as his love poems to his wife Louise), is interspersed with commentary from Jack's contemporaries, who tell the history from their own unique perspectives. As the truth of what was going on in that community is such an illusive thing, the only way to tell this story accurately was to show the often completely opposite view points of what was going on as told by the people for whom this history is a first hand memory. The acting in Reds is breath taking. Every member of this, extremely large, cast committed fully to their characters. One feels a true connection to even those characters who lurked in the background with only occasional lines. The most notable performances were by Beatty himself, (who's embodiment of Jack Reed was incredible), Diane Keaton, (who portrayed all the facets of Louise's personality with stunning realism), Jack Nickelson, (who delivers O'Neil's quick witted dialogue with an almost frightening cynicism), and Maureen Stapelton, (who conveyed an amazing strength as Emma Goldman). While these actors were the most prominently featured, all the actors delivered noteworthy performances as far as I'm concerned. The political history covered in this movie is nothing if not vast. This is proof of Beatty's most impressive knowledge of history. This is a film I would recommend be shown in schools, as one the most in depth study of American communism


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Of the athletic events being contested in 2012, which event has the longest standing Olympic record?

Why Olympic Records Are Broken (or Not) - The New York Times The New York Times SundayReview |Which Records Get Shattered? Search Photo Bob Beamon breaking the long-jump record at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Credit Bettmann/Corbis IT’S swimming that makes the biggest splash at the Olympics these days — especially here in the United States, where we will be disappointed if Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte fail to return from London with more gold medals and more world records. I’m partial to track and field, however. It’s at the Olympic Stadium in London where we’ll see athletes competing not just against one another, but against the intrinsic barriers of human achievement. The runners and jumpers and javelin-throwers will set fewer world records than the swimmers do. But the ones they set are more likely to survive the test of time. Consider the men’s long jump, for instance. The Olympic record in that discipline was set more than 40 years ago, in Mexico City, by the American Bob Beamon. About nine months before a man landed on the moon, Beamon made a giant leap — 29 feet two and a half inches — that has yet to be surpassed at the Olympic Games. (Mike Powell beat Beamon’s record at a non-Olympic meet in Tokyo in 1991, a record which itself is now more than 20 years old.) In another prestigious event, the women’s 100-meter dash, the world record of 10.49 seconds was set in 1988, at the Olympic trials in Indianapolis, by Florence Griffith-Joyner. She also set the Olympic record, 10.62 seconds, later that year in Seoul. Continue reading the main story Those cases are not as exceptional as you might think. Only five track and field world records were broken at the Beijing games in 2008 out of 47 events. And it was actually a relatively productive Olympics by that standard: only seven world records had been established at the prior four games combined. Advertisement Continue reading the main story By contrast, 25 world records were set in the swimming competition in Beijing — out of just 34 events. The longest-standing world record in any swimming discipline is barely more than 10 years old. It was set by Grant Hackett in the 1,500-meter freestyle short course at the Australian Championships in 2001. In fact, the progress in swimming has followed a predictable and almost eerie regularity, with the winning times in most events improving at virtually every Summer Games. I have developed a statistical method to measure the amount of improvement in medal-winning times in Olympic competition between the 1968 games in Mexico City and the 2008 games in Beijing. The method looks at the overall trend-line in each discipline — not just the record-setting performances, which could conceivably be outliers. In all 28 swimming events that have been contested continuously since 1968, the rate of progress has been almost exactly the same. In each discipline, times have fallen by somewhere between 8.2 percent (in the women’s 200-meter freestyle) and 12.5 percent (the women’s 200-meter breaststroke) over the 40-year period. Track and field athletes have made nowhere near such consistent progress — with the exception of a few relatively obscure events like racewalking. In short-distance running events, for instance, medal-winning times have fallen by only about 2 percent over the 40-year period.  Long-distance runners have made slightly more progress — about a 6 percent improvement since 1968 — but still much less than the swimmers. The field events that make up the other half of the athletics completion have been a mixed bag. Although there has been a lot of progress in the high jump and the pole vault, the trend has actually been negative in some other competitions. The woman who won the shot-put competition in Beijing, Valerie Vili of New Zealand, would not, with her tosses, have won even a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. What accounts for those differences? Part of the answer is simply that swimmers have benefited more from technology, in the form of everything from sleeker, computer-designed Speedos to deeper (and, for t


What is the venue for the 2012 Olympic Badminton ?

2012 London Olympics -- Eight badminton players disqualified for trying to lose matches comment LONDON -- Eight badminton players at the London Olympics were kicked out of competition Wednesday for trying to lose -- a display that drew outrage from fans and organizers who said the women had violated the most sacred stage in sports. After an unexpected loss by a powerful Chinese doubles team, the eight women appeared to play poorly on purpose to secure a more favorable position in the next phase of the event. The feeble play was obvious to fans who attended the matches Tuesday night at Wembley Arena -- they chanted, "Off! Off! Off!" -- and to incredulous television broadcasters and viewers watching around the world. "They're serving fault and fault! They are just hitting the ball into the net!" the BBC's David Mercer said in disbelief. "They are both trying to lose, and that is unforgivable. This is the Olympic Games." The eight doubles players from China, South Korea and Indonesia were cited by the Badminton World Federation for "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport." Referee Torsten Berg, second from right, talks to South Korean coach Sung Han-kook, right, after Berg issued a black card to the players in the women's doubles match between South Korea and Indonesia.  AP Photo/Andres Leighton The players are world doubles champions Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of China and their South Korean opponents, Jung Kyun-eun and Kim Ha-na, along with South Korea's Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung and Indonesia's Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii. They were disqualified from competition but allowed to stay at the Games -- a step lighter than expulsion, the penalty for positive drug tests. "We have to be clear: There has been a problem here and we have to take that problem very seriously," BWF secretary general Thomas Lund said. "There are things we can improve on and look at after this competition." Teams blamed the introduction of a round-robin stage rather than a straight knockout tournament as the main cause of the problem. The round-robin format can allow results to be manipulated to earn an easier matchup in the knockout round. The Chinese players tried to rig the draw after China's second-seeded pair unexpectedly lost to a Danish team in the morning. That placed the No. 2 pair on course for a semifinal meeting with Wang and Yu, instead of the final. Wang and Yu then deliberately set out to lose so they would go into the bottom half of the draw. They hardly exerted themselves, and neither did the South Koreans, drawing jeers of derision from the crowd and warnings from the umpire and tournament referee Torsten Berg. Wang and Yu eventually got what they wanted by losing. After the match, Yu said his team was only trying to save energy for the knockout rounds, which start Wednesday. Later, Yu said he was quitting the sport. A comment on a verified account for Yu on the Tencent microblogging service late Wednesday read: "This is my last game. Farewell Badminton World Federation. Farewell my dear badminton." An hour later, the South Korean team of Ha and Kim took to the court and decided also to try to lose to the Indonesians to avoid meeting Wang and Yu in the quarterfinals. Early on, all four players were warned by the umpire for not trying hard, and Berg returned and produced black cards to disqualify both pairs, but the cards were rescinded on a promise of better play. In the third game, Berg reappeared to urge them to finish, and the Indonesians ended up being better at losing than Ha and Kim, who fell into the playoff they didn't want with the world champions. South Korea and Indonesia appealed the disqualification, but the BWF rejected the South Korean appeal and Indonesia's challenge was withdrawn. China had accepted the federation's earlier decision. The competition was to continue later Wednesday with four previously eliminated teams in the quarterfinals. Russian pair Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova, and Canadian team Alex Bruce and Michele Li now advance from Group A. Australian pa


In which Olympic track cycling event is a derny used?

What is the derny, used in cycling's keirin discipline? | Sport | The Guardian Olympics 2012: cycling What is the derny, used in cycling's keirin discipline? The motorised bicycle, named after its French inventor, is used to create a slipstream for the cyclists following it The rider of the derny sits upright on his machine as he goes around the track in order to create a slipstream for the following riders. Photograph: Tom Jenkins Friday 3 August 2012 18.58 EDT First published on Friday 3 August 2012 18.58 EDT Close This article is 4 years old The solitary biker who leads the procession of Olympic cyclists in the keirin event is known as the derny after the type of motorised bicycle he rides. He sits bolt upright at the back of his machine to create a slipstream for the cyclists behind him to ride in. The slipstream can make cycling 40% easier. Derny bikes were first made in 1938 in France by Roger Derny and Son. The company closed in 1957, but the name stuck. Dernys are bicycles powered with a 98cc engine with a fuel tank by the handlebars. The top speed with the cyclist pedalling is around 40 miles an hour, depending on gearing. Many of those used have original frames, although they have updated engines. They are used in keirin racing, six-day races, motor-paced road races and in endurance training.


In which event did Boris Onischenko compete before being disqualified for cheating at the 1976 Montreal Games?

50 stunning Olympic moments No18: Boris Onischenko cheats, GB win gold | Simon Burnton | Sport | The Guardian 50 stunning Olympic moments 50 stunning Olympic moments No18: Boris Onischenko cheats, GB win gold The most infamous case of sporting skulduggery in Olympic history came in the modern pentathlon in the Montreal Games in 1976 when Onischenko used an electrical device in his épée Boris Onischenko has his weapon checked during the modern pentathlon in the Montreal Games in 1976. Photograph: Popperfoto Wednesday 14 March 2012 08.03 EDT First published on Wednesday 14 March 2012 08.03 EDT Share on Messenger Close It is just as well that Nadia Comaneci turned up with her scoreboard-befuddling antics , because without her there would have been worryingly little good news to cheer in Montreal. Why Olympians shine under the spotlight Read more On the eve of the opening ceremony – a threatened strike by broadcasters having been seen off only the previous day – a torrential downpour sent water pouring into the velodrome through leaks in the roof, and so many people fainted during the ceremony’s dress rehearsal that organisers were forced to distribute 14,000 salt tablets in an attempt to avoid a repeat on the big day. The bill for staging the Games – which escalated from an initial estimate of $124m to a final outlay of $1.5bn – took 30 years to pay off, finally being settled in December 2006 . Canada became the first and so far only host nation not to win a single gold medal . The Games began with streams of athletes leaving the city, as all but two African nations eventually joined a last-minute boycott in protest at New Zealand, whose rugby side had just body-swerved a boycott to go on a tour of South Africa, being allowed to compete – “unequivocally not our concern in any way,” according to the IOC president, Lord Killanin. New nations were joining the protest even after the Games began, with officials often not finding out until only one boxer turned up to a bout, or just one team to a football match. Both the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People’s Republic of China (China) also withdrew, each because of problems with the other and the former so late in the day that their sailors were already on the water for the official opening of the regatta when they were beckoned back to land. And then the Games began. 19 July, the second day of competition, started with the newspapers full of news of Comaneci’s perfect 10. Finally it seemed that attention was starting to turn away from the politics and towards the action. By the day’s end, though, the talk was only of one thing: the most infamous case of sporting skulduggery in Olympic history. Boris Onischenko was one of the modern pentathlon’s star athletes. A three-times world champion and member of Russia’s winning team in 1972, when he was an individual silver-medallist, he was, at 38, considered likely to leave his last Games with at least one further medal. After the equestrian events Russia’s team lay fourth, with their best disciplines still to come, and Onischenko started the second day’s fencing in thrilling style. In this part of the pentathlon, every athlete played each of the others in a round-robin competition, in what added up to 46 matches spread over a period of 12 hours. Each lasted three minutes, or until one of the contestants registered a hit, with an electronic scoreboard programmed to automatically detect when either blade found its mark. The aim was to win at least 70% of your matches, which would trigger a 1,000-point bonus, and after winning each of his first four Onischenko seemed very much on target. The Russians faced the Britons early in the day. First he easily beat Danny Nightingale – “I was expecting to lose, he was a renowned fencer” – and next up was Adrian Parker. “Onischenko scored a hit, but we could not see how he managed it,” recalled the British team manager, Mike Proudfoot, who suspected some kind of technical malfunction. “We called an official to look at the equipment. He inspected the piste and electrical equipment, but eventuall


Mark Spitz famously won seven gold medals in the 1972 Munich Olympics. How many gold medals did he win the the 1968 Mexico City games?

Mark SPITZ - Olympic Swimming | United States of America Mark SPITZ Olympic Games 1968 , 1972 Mark Spitz is one of the greatest swimmers of all time. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games. Prediction backfires American Mark Spitz had brashly predicted that he would win six gold medals at the 1968 Mexico City Games. Although he did take home two gold medals from the relays, he performed well below expectations in his individual races. He was third in the 100m freestyle, second in the 100m butterfly and last in the final of the 200m butterfly. Seven golds At the 1972 Munich Games, Spitz was determined to make up for his below-par performances four years earlier. He did not disappoint. Over a period of eight days, Mark Spitz entered seven events, won all seven and set a world record in every one. Long-lasting record Mark Spitz held the record for most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games for 36 years. It was finally broken by American phenomenon Michael Phelps who won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games.


Which was the first country to host the Olympic games for a second time?

Olympics Games: Summer Olympics 2016 and Winter Olympic 2018, Venue, Schedule The next summer Olympics is going to be hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5 to 21, 2016. It is the first South American country to host the games. Summer Olympics Events: These events are organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOL). The Olympics includes 35 sports and nearly 400 events. The Summer Olympics includes 28 sports with 38 disciplines and the Winter Olympics includes 7 sports with 15 disciplines. The Summer Olympic sports are archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, judo, mountain biking, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, softball, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling. Two sports, taekwondo and triathlon (swimming, biking, running), were introduced for the first time at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. In 1996, Mountain biking made its Olympic debut. Olympics symbol: The Olympics flag consists of the Olympic rings -five intertwined rings representing five continents having colors - blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white field. The Olympic Motto: The Olympic motto is "Ctius, Altius, Fortius", which means "Faster, Higher, Stronger" Olympic Torch Relay: The Olympic Flame is lit in Olympia which is used to light the torch. The torch is relayed to the host city's Olympic stadium. Olympic Mascot: The Olympic mascot is an animal or human figure which represents the cultural heritage of the host country. The mascots are important message transmission vehicles for the world's largest sports event, especially for children and young people. The mascot reflects the host country identity and culture. Winter Olympics The XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from Feb 9 - Feb 25. The Winter Olympics are a celebration of winter sports around the world. The Winter Olympics are held every four years in a venue known for its competitive winter sports facilities. The first winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. They were held every four years thereafter with a break between 1936 and 1948 for the Second World War. From then on both the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics were held in the same year till 1992. However, in accordance with a 1986 decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it was decided to hold the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics in different four-year cycles, thus these two sport events now occur two years apart. Winter Olympics exclusively features seven snow-sporting events divided into 15 disciplines. The various sporting events at the Winter Olympic Games are: Alpine skiing, Biathlon, Bobsled, Cross-country skiing, Curling, Figure skating, Freestyle skiing, Ice hockey, Luge, Nordic combined, short track speed skating, Skeleton, Ski jumping, Snowboarding, and Speed skating. The Winter Olympics because of the nature of the sports involved and their requirements have always been held in countries in the northern hemisphere so far. They have yet to be held in the southern hemisphere. The US has been the host country four times, while France has hosted the games thrice. Austria, Canada, Japan, Italy, Norway and Switzerland have each hosted the Games on two occasions. The next event, i.e. The XXIII Winter Olympic Games will be held at Pyeongchang South Korea from February 9 to 25, 2018, while the following event, i.e. the XXIV Winter Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, China in 2022. Last updated on January 13, 2016


Which country were appearing at their first finals during Euro 2012 ?

My Football Facts & Stats | England National Football Team Statistics 1872-2016 Statistics detailing the results achieved against  of all  England's 86 different international opponents played so far with chronological table The England National football team is the joint oldest in the world, formed at the same time as Scotland's National Team . England played their first international match against Scotland at Scotland's invitation, at Hamilton Crescent in Scotland on 30th November 1872. Over the next forty years, England played exclusively with the other three "Home Nations" - Scotland, Wales and Ireland (later, Northern Ireland). The games were made competitive with the advent of the British Home Championship, sometimes called "Home Internations", from 1883 to 1984. Before Wembley was opened in 1923, England had no permanent home ground. England joined FIFA in 1906, playing its first ever game outside the British Isles in 1908. However, the relationship between the two was strained mainly due to the status and definition of amateurs, resulting in the British nations' departure from FIFA in 1928, before rejoining in 1946.  As a result, England did not compete in a FIFA World Cup until 1950, in which they were beaten in a 1-0 defeat against the United States, failing to get past the first round. England's first ever defeat on home soil to a non-UK team was a 0-2 loss to Ireland on September 21, 1949 at Goodison Park, Liverpool. A 6-3 loss in 1953 to Hungary was England's first ever defeat to a non-UK team at Wembley. England are one of the more successful footballing teams, being one of only seven countries to ever win the FIFA World Cup, which they did in 1966 when they hosted the finals. They defeated West Germany 4-2 in extra time in the Final. Since then, however, they have only reached the semi-finals once, losing to West Germany on penalties. Nevertheless, they remain a prominent team on the global stage, usually just inside or close to  the top ten rankings of both FIFA and ELO.  Although Walter Winterbottom was appointed as the first ever full time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by an FA  committee until Alf Ramsey took over in 1963. Under Ramsey, England experienced its greatest ever success, winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final against West Germany 4-2 after extra time. Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick in the final. The 1966 World Cup was also held in England. England qualified for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico as reigning cup holders. They reached the Quarter-finals but were knocked out by West Germany. England failed to qualify for both the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. In 1982, England under Ron Greenwood qualified for FIFA World Cup in Spain after a 12-year absence and were eliminated from the second round without losing a match. The team under Bobby Robson fared better as England reached the quarter finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup and finished fourth in the tournament four years later, which was the best performance in the World Cup since 1966. Graham Taylor's short reign as Robson's successor ended after his England failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but then the 1996 European Championships were held in England, and under new coach Terry Venables the team had its best ever performance at a European Championship, reaching the semi-final. The England team of the 1990s and 2000s hasn't progressed beyond the quarter finals of any international tournament apart from Italia 90 and Euro 96. Sven-Göran Eriksson took charge of the team between 2001 and 2006 and was the first non-English manager of England. Steve McClaren was appointed as the head coach following the 2006 World Cup. The reign was marked with little success, with England failing to qualify for the 2008 European Championships. McClaren left on 22 November 2007, after only 16 months in charge and making him the shortest tenured full time England manager ever since the inauguration of the post in 1946. He was replaced by the former Real Madrid and AC Milan manager Fabio Capello. The Italian was the second foreign mana


Which player was fined and given a one match ban for revealing his sponsored underpants after scoring?

In Uefa's sad world a pair of marketed underpants is worse than racism | Marcus Christenson | Football | The Guardian Sportblog In Uefa's sad world a pair of marketed underpants is worse than racism Uefa needs to explain how it can fine Nicklas Bendtner £80,000 for showing his underpants when Porto had to pay only £16,700 for their fans' racist abuse earlier this season Nicklas Bendtner has been fined £80,000 for showing his underpants after scoring against Portugal. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images Monday 18 June 2012 10.25 EDT First published on Monday 18 June 2012 10.25 EDT Share on Messenger Close What price ambush marketing? Well, the going rate seems to be €100,000 (£80,000) according to Uefa, which has fined the Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner that extraordinary amount for revealing a pair of underpants with the name of an Irish bookmaker on it. Uefa has also banned Bendtner for one game, meaning that Denmark will be without their top striker for their crucial World Cup qualifier against Czech Republic in September. It is a ban that could have huge implications for the Danes' hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup and, subsequently, the Danish FA's income for the next few years. First of all: It is a ridiculous punishment. It is ludicrous in its own right but when you start comparing it to the fines Uefa has handed out for racism, it becomes embarrassing. Here is a list of Uefa bans in the past: • October 2000 Patrick Vieira says Sinisa Mihajlovic called him a black bastard and a fucking black monkey, which Mihajlovic denies. The Serb also claimed that Vieira had started it by calling him a gypsy. Uefa's punishment? Two-match ban for Mihajlovic. • June 2007 Serbian fans aim racist abuse at England's Nedum Onuoha at the Under-21 European Championship in Holland. Uefa's punishment? Serbian Football Federation is fined £16,500 for "the racist chanting of supporters and the improper conduct of their players". • June 2008 Some Croatia fans are found guilty by Uefa of "displaying a racist banner and showing racist conduct" during a Euro 2008 quarter-final against Turkey. Uefa's punishment? The Croatian Football Federation is fined nearly £10,000. • February 2012 Porto fans subject the Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli to prolonged racist abuse in the Europa League tie. Uefa's punishment? Porto are fined £16,700. In some of the cases Bendtner's "crime" has been judged by Uefa to be about 10 times as bad as racist chanting. How can anyone possibly justify that? Uefa needs to come out and say why it has decided to fine a player £80,000 for breaking a rule he said "he wasn't aware of" while punishing racist abuse less severely. The absurdity of Uefa's fining system was there to be seen earlier this season after the above-mentioned fine handed out to Porto for the racial abuse of Balotelli (£16,700) was followed by a higher fine (£24,740) for Manchester City – for returning to the field less than a minute late after half-time. The sad thing is that the only winners in this pitiful tale is Paddy Power, the bookmaker whose name so offended Uefa. The governing body said on its website on Monday that Bendtner had been fined and banned for "improper conduct" – but surely it is Uefa that should be held to account for that offence.


Who was the only player to make the UEFA team of the tournament whose team was knocked out in the group stages?

The 16 teams who have qualified for the Champions League knock-out stage - Goal.com AC MILAN The Italian giants had a hit-and-miss group stage campaign, as they won twice, drew twice and lost twice. However, due to results in other fixtures, they sneaked into the last 16 ahead of Zenit St Petersburg by a single point, but behind Group C victor Malaga. Their stuttering Serie A form does not necessarily equate to an early exit in the Champions League for the Rossoneri - last season, eventual winner Chelsea finished sixth in the Premier League but managed to conquer Barcelona and Bayern Munich en route to the coveted trophy. Star forward Stephan El Shaarawy - who has been spectacular this season - will hope some of his team-mates start scoring as frequently as him in 2013 should they hope to win silverware. ARSENAL Arsenal is another team that has had an indifferent 2012-13 season but scraped into the last 16 by a point in second place. The Gunners started brightly enough, but one win and two losses in their final four games could have cost them dearly. Arsene Wenger, head coach at the north London club for well over a decade now, has not led Arsenal to a Champions League final since 2006, when the club lost to Barcelona. Six years later and the Blaugrana have repeatedly been an unsurpassable object for the Premier League giants, and their second-place finish means that another knockout stage clash against the Catalan giants is far from unforeseeable. BARCELONA Barcelona has not been as impenetrable as usual in the group stage this term. Defensive injuries affected their 'Goals Against' tally, and the club was beaten by Celtic in a shock result in November. However, wins scattered in other fixtures allowed it to ease away from its opponents and finish comfortably top of Group G. Unsurprisingly - considering its recent record in the Champions League, and the incredible array of talent at their disposal - Barca is the favorite to reclaim the trophy. It has reached at least the semifinal stage in the five most recent seasons, and has won the competition three times in the last seven years. BAYERN MUNICH Last year's runner-up was assured of its spot in the last 16 with a game to go, when a draw to Valencia allowed the club to progress due to BATE's inability to beat Lille. Die Roten have been rampant in the Bundesliga and have been amongst the form teams this season anywhere in Europe. With the likes of Mario Gomez, Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery, Toni Kroos, Mario Mandzukic and Thomas Muller to choose from in attack, and seasoned Germans such as Bastian Schweinsteiger, Philipp Lahm and Manuel Neuer behind it, Bayern is in a fantastic position to take Europe by storm this season. Bayern is up there with the likes of Barca and Real Madrid as favorites to win this time around. BORUSSIA DORTMUND Borussia Dortmund might have headed into the Champions League group stage tentatively, but it exits as one of the best bets to make it far in the competition this season. The club's conquering of this year's 'Group of Death' - which included Real Madrid, Manchester City and Ajax - in unbeaten fashion was exquisite, and it will not be underestimated in the knockout matches. Robert Lewandowski, Mario Gotze and Marco Reus are all key assets to the reigning Bundesliga champions, who may choose to focus their efforts on the Champions League if they fail to make ground on Bayern in the German league. CELTIC Fun fact: Had Celtic's two consecutive matches with Barcelona in Group G been in the knockout stage of the competition, the team would have taken the Spanish giants to extra time! Could Celtic have lasted until penalties in that situation? It will be hoping that the resilience it showed against Tito Vilanova's side comes in handy in the last 16 after the Scottish side squeezed into second place ahead of Benfica. The odds of Neil Lennon's lads taking the trophy are predictably high, and only a mad man or incredibly optimistic Bhoys fan would ever seriously think they can win the continental competition this campaign. However, just making it this