Which country won the 1978 FIFA World Cup?

1978 FIFA World Cup | Football Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 1978 FIFA World Cup Copa Mundial de Fútbol Argentina '78 Tournament details 1–25 June (25 days) Teams 1982 → The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup , quadrennial international football world championship tournament, was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth team (after Uruguay , Italy , England and West Germany ), to be both hosts and world champions. Argentina, the Netherlands and Brazil were the gold, silver and bronze medalists respectively. Iran and Tunisia made their first appearances in the finals. The official match ball was the Adidas Tango. Contents [ show ] Host selection Argentina was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in London, England on 6 July 1966. Mexico withdrew from the bidding process after having been awarded the 1970 competition two years earlier. Qualification Main article: 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification England failed to qualify for the second World Cup in succession, losing out to Italy. European champions Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union also failed to qualify for the finals. Uruguay failed to qualify for the first time since 1958. Newcomers to the finals were Iran and Tunisia; Austria qualified for the first time since 1958, while France, Spain and Hungary were back for the first time since 1966. For the first time, more than 100 nations entered the competition. Controversy A controversial fact surrounding the 1978 World Cup was that Argentina had suffered a military coup only two years before the cup, a coup known as the National Reorganization Process. Less than a year before the World Cup, in September 1977, Interior Minister General Albano Harguindeguy, stated that 5,618 people had recently disappeared. The infamous Naval Mechanics School (known by its acronym ESMA) held concentration camp prisoners of the Dirty War and those held captive reportedly could hear the roars of the crowd during matches held at River Plate's Monumental Stadium, located only a mile away; prompting echoes of Hitler's manipulation of sports during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Because of the political turmoil, some countries, most notably the Netherlands , considered publicly whether they should participate in the event. Despite this, all teams eventually took part without restrictions. Allegations that Dutch star Johan Cruyff refused to participate because of political convictions were denied by him 30 years later. More controversy surrounded the host, Argentina, as all of their games in the first round kicked off at night, giving the Argentines the advantage of knowing where they stood in the group. This issue would arise again in Spain 1982, which prompted FIFA to change the rules so that the final two group games in subsequent World Cups would be played simultaneously. Further accusations surround the game Argentina and Peru played in the second round of the tournament. Argentina needed to win by a margin of four goals to proceed to the final and did so by defeating Peru by 6–0. However, claims that the Argentine military dictatorship interfered to ensure Argentina would defeat Peru, were denied by the Peruvian captain and several Peruvian players. Some accusations originated in the Brazilian media and pointed to the fact that the Peruvian goalkeeper had been born in Argentina. There is also an alleged deal, reported by the British media as an anonymous rumour, that involved the delivery of a large grain shipment to Peru by Argentina and the unfreezing of a Peruvian bank account that was held by the Argentine Central Bank. Another alleged deal, published by a Colombian drug lord in a controversial book, involved the Peruvian team being bribed without any political implications. A third alleged deal, claimed by a Peruvian leftist politician, encompassed sending 13 Peruvian dissidents exiled in Argentina back to Peru. On top of the contradi


From which country did Russia finally withdraw its troops in 1989, after an unsuccessful campaign that lasted nearly ten years?

Russia In World War 2 Russia In World War 2 The great war plan, preparations, collapse, and recovery - a revised view The history of Russia in World War 2 is still being revised. In the first decades after World War 2, the historiography of Russia's part in the war in between 1939 and the end of 1941, was largely based on a combination of the strictly censored Russian state propaganda's version and of what was known outside Russia, which was then closed behind the "Iron Curtain" of the Cold War. Eventually, two new factors provided new insights and new proofs which enable a revision that let us get much closer to the truth. The first factor was the great and laborious work of a few open-minded 2nd generation independent researchers like Viktor Suvorov and Mark Solonin, which applied analytic approaches to the vast scope of publicly available Russian wartime and post-war documentation and literature, detected thousands of small details of information that slipped over the years through the Soviet censorship, and processed these into coherent new insights which dramatically changed our perception of what happened, both before the German invasion (Suvorov's work), and after it started (Solonin's work). First and foremost of these researchers was Vladimir Rezun (known by his pen name Viktor Suvorov), a Russian military intelligence officer who applied his deep knowledge of intelligence gathering and analysis methods, and of Russian military doctrines, to Russia's World War 2 military literature, with dramatic results. The second factor was the partial removal of the deep cover of censorship from Russian military and state archives for a period of just five years, between the collapse of the Communist Soviet Union in 1991 and the gradual recovery of conservative nationalism in the Russian government, marked, for example, by the rise to power of Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer. This gap of five years of relative openness was used by historians to access previously closed archives and reach documents which provide previously unavailable proofs that further support the claims of Suvorov and the other researchers. Since the mid-1990s, 'mainstream' western historiography increasingly accepts both the main claims and the main supporting facts and evidence of the pioneering work of researchers like Suvorov, and the "history as we know it" of Russia in World War 2 is being re-written. The 'old' historiography of Russia in 1939-1941 can be summarized to this: In August 1939 Stalin's Communist Russia signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler's Nazi Germany in order to keep the aggressive Hitler away from Russia. The two dictatorships' mighty armies then attacked and occupied Poland from West and East and divided it between them. While Hitler occupied half of Europe from Norway to Greece, Russia occupied the Baltic states and parts of Finland and Romania. To keep Hitler appeased all this time, Stalin's Russia provided Germany, as agreed, with large quantities of war materials and even operational support services to assist the German war effort. On June 22, 1941, Germany, together with its allies (Finland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy), invaded Russia in a gigantic surprise attack. The mighty German military, the most efficient in the world then, applied its successful Blitzkrieg tactic, and the terrible unpreparedness and deployment in concentrations close to the border of the giant Russian army, helped the Germans to achieve tremendous and rapid victories that defeated the brave and fully equipped but surprised and unprepared Russians, forcing millions of encircled Russian soldiers to surrender. Hitler's German military, exhausted and not equipped for the harsh Russian winter, was finally stopped just before Moscow. Russia survived and recovered from its enormous losses, increased its strength while fighting fiercely, and eventually pushed the Germans all the way back to Berlin, emerging from the long and terrible war as a super-power, an equal only to the United States. Most of this story is correct, but there are two major


Which author uses the pen name Barbara Vine?

Ruth Rendell (Barbara Vine) | Famous Authors with Secret Pseudonyms | TIME.com Famous Authors with Secret Pseudonyms By Samantha Grossman @sam_grossman July 14, 2013 Jerry Bauer / AP The prolific English mystery writer Ruth Rendell took up the unassuming pen name Barbara Vine in 1986. Under that name, she released 14 novels. As the author once explained to the National Post , the two distinct bylines offered the opportunity to hone two distinct voices. The works published under her real name feature more “excitement” and “sensation” while the works published under the pseudonym “don’t have any sort of mystery in them, they don’t have any revelations, really. They’re just really about people.” The author also said she used Vine to explore specific topics, like the evolution of morality. Oh, and Rendell’s got another alter ego too: she was made a a CBE in 1996 and her official title is Baroness Rendell of Babergh.


In the game of Bingo, ‘Tickle Me’ represents which number?

Bingo Number-calling Nicknames 35.. Jump and jive - Flirty wives 36.. Three dozen - Perfect (as in 36-24-36) - Yardstick... he wishes! (USA) 37.. A flea in heaven - More than eleven 38.. Christmas cake 39.. Those famous steps - All the steps - Jack Benny 40.. Two score - Life begins at - Blind 40 - Naughty 40 - Mary (USA) 41.. Life�s begun - Time for fun 42.. That famous street in Manhattan - Whinny the Poo 43.. Down on your knees 44.. Droopy drawers - All the fours - Open two doors - Magnum (USA) 45.. Halfway house - Halfway there - Cowboy's friend - Colt (USA) 46.. Up to tricks 48.. Four dozen 49.. PC (Police Constable) - Copper - Nick nick - Rise and shine 50.. Bulls eye - Bung hole - Blind 50 - Half a century - Snow White's number (five-oh - five-oh..) - Hawaii five O, Hawaii (USA) 51.. I love my mum - Tweak of the thumb - The Highland Div[ision] - President's salute 52.. Weeks in a year - The Lowland Div[ision] - Danny La Rue - Pack 'o cards - Pickup (USA) 53.. Stuck in the tree - The Welsh Div[ision] - The joker 54.. Clean the floor - House of bamboo (famous song) 55.. Snakes alive - All the fives - Double nickels - Give us fives - Bunch of fives 56.. Was she worth it? 57.. Heinz varieties - All the beans (Heinz 57 varieties of canned beans) 58.. Make them wait - Choo choo Thomas 59.. Brighton line (engine 59 or it took 59 mins to go from London to Brighton) 60.. Three score - Blind 60 - Five dozen 61.. Bakers bun 62.. Tickety boo - Turn on the screw 63.. Tickle me - Home ball (USA) 64.. The Beatles number - Red raw 65.. Old age pension - Stop work (retirement age) 66.. Clickety click - All the sixes - Quack quack (USA) 67.. Made in heaven - Argumentative number 68.. Saving grace - Check your weight 69.. The same both ways - Your place or mine? - Any way up - Either way up - Any way round - Meal for two - The French connection - Yum yum - Happy meal (USA) 70.. Three score and ten - Blind 70 - Big O (USA) 71.. Bang on the drum - Lucky one 72.. A crutch and a duck - Six dozen - Par for the course (golf) - Lucky two 73.. Crutch with a flea - Queen B - Under the tree - Lucky three 74.. Candy store - Grandmamma of Bingo - Lucky four 75.. Strive and strive - Big Daddy - Granddaddy of Bingo - Lucky five 76.. Trombones - Seven 'n' six - was she worth it? - Lucky six 77.. Sunset strip - All the sevens - Two little crutches - The double hockey stick - Lucky seven 78.. Heavens gate - Lucky eight 79.. One more time - Lucky nine 80.. Gandhi's breakfast - Blind 80 - Eight and blank - There you go matey 81.. Fat lady and a little wee - Stop and run - Corner shot 82.. Fat lady with a duck - Straight on through 83.. Fat lady with a flea - Time for tea - Ethel's Ear 84.. Seven dozen 87.. Fat lady with a crutch - Torquay in Devon 88.. Two fat ladies - Wobbly wobbly - All the eights 89.. Nearly there - All but one 90.. Top of the shop - Top of the house - Blind 90 - As far as we go - End of the line Explanations of some nicknames: 1 Kelly's eye: In reference to the one-eyed Australian bushranger gangster Ned Kelly. (Note: apparently this explanation is incorrect. A viewer from Australia sent this message: "Ned Kelly didn't have one eye! He didn't even lose an eye in the shoot out at Glenrowan. And when he was wearing his helmet, you couldn't even see his eyes through the slot." But another Australian viewer sent this explanation: "The reason for "Kellys eye" may have been referring to Ned Kelly's helmet, which had one large slot for his eyes that looked like one eye.") 2 One little duck: The shape looks a bit like a swan. 3 One little flea: Looks a bit like a flea. 7 One little crutch: Looks like a crutch. 8 One fat lady: Resembles the two halves of a large lady. 9 Doctor's orders: A pill known as Number 9 was a laxative given out by army doctors in Britain. Apparently in the second world war in Britain doctors wrote on sick notes a 9 pm curfew, thus if patients were found out of their homes after that time they were violating their sick note. (Provided by a visitor) The curfew story's not true. In the Great War, however, there was su


The song ‘Lambeth Walk’ is from which musical?

The Lambeth Walk - YouTube The Lambeth Walk Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Oct 19, 2006 When he was younger, Robert Lindsay starred as Bill Snibson in the UK production of 'Me and My Girl' with Emma Thompson. It was so successful that it opened on Broadway, again starring Robert Lindsay, this time with Mary Ann Plunkett. It won three Tony Awards, including Best Actor. This video is Robert Lindsay singing the Act One finale with the rest of the cast. Enjoy! Category


Lopburi, Phichit and Ang Thong are provinces in which Asian country?

Lopburi Province - iSnare Free Encyclopedia Lopburi Province Lopburi City Gate, from old to new city Seal Lopburi ( Thai : ลพบุรี, rtgs : Lop Buri, pronounced   [lóp bū.rīː] ) is a province in the central region of Thailand . The province is subdivided into 11 administrative districts, and Mueang Lopburi District is the capital. With over 750,000 people, the province is Thailand's 37th largest area and 38th most populous. There are six neighboring provinces, Phetchabun , Nakhon Sawan , Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya , Saraburi , Nakhon Ratchasima , Chaiyaphum , Singburi , and Nakhon Sawan . Lopburi is a significant province historically, where many historical structures, artifacts, and prehistoric settlements have been discovered. In the past, Lopburi was called by the name ‘ Lavo , that is, the kingdom had been ruled by an absolute monarch . Contents 7 External links History Known as Lavo during much of its history, Lopburi probably dates to prehistoric times. [1] The name Lavo originated in the Dvaravati period (6th–11th century CE). The conquering Khmer would build many impressive temples in the city during its rule. Lopburi may even have liberated itself for a time, as it sent independent embassies to China in 1115 and 1155. In 1289 it sent another embassy to China, but soon became part of the Thai kingdom of Sukhothai and later Ayutthaya . During the Ayutthaya period, King Ramathibodi I sent Phra Ramesuan (later King Ramesuan) as the Uparaja to reign in Lopburi. In 1665 King Narai the Great ordered a new palace built on the east bank of the Lopburi River and made Lopburi the second capital of the country, as Ayutthaya was threatened by the Dutch . After King Narai died, the city was almost abandoned and fell into ruin. In 1856 King Mongkut of the Chakri dynasty ordered King Narai's palace to be renovated. The city finally regained its importance in 1938, when Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram chose Lopburi to be the largest military base in Thailand. Geography Lopburi is on the east side of the Chao Phraya River valley, between the Lopburi River and Pa Sak Rivers. Thirty percent of the area of the province, including most of Tha Wung district , the southwestern parts of Mueang Lopburi and Ban Mi districts are a very low alluvial plain . The other 70 percent is mixed plains and hills, with the Phetchabun Mountains forming the eastern boundary of the province towards the Khorat Plateau . Symbols The provincial seal shows Vishnu in front of the Khmer temple Phra Prang Sam Yod . [2] The escutcheon of Lopburi shows Phra Narai and in the background Phra Prang Sam Yod, the "Sanctuary with the Three Towers". It refers to King Narai who in 1664 fortified the city to be used as an alternative capital when Ayutthaya was threatened by a Dutch naval blockade. [3] The provincial tree as well as the provincial flower is the bullet wood . [4] The slogan of the province is National treasures of King Narai's palace and Phra Kan Shrine, famous Prang Sam Yot, city of Din So Phong Marl, well-known Pa Sak Cholasit Dam and golden land of King Narai the Great. Administrative divisions The province is subdivided into 11 districts ( amphoe ). The districts are further subdivided into 124 sub-districts ( tambon ) and 1,110 villages ( muban ).


The unification of the crowns of Aragon and Castile laid the basis of which modern-day European country?

Other for Apr 4, 2010 - Spanish 226 with Haney at University of Wisconsin - Madison - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. Other for Apr 4, 2010 Other for Apr 4, 2010 Arnold S. Last Modified: 2010-04-04 File Size: 1 Views: 2 Imperial Spain Main article: Spanish Empire The unification of the crowns of Aragon and Castile laid the basis for modern Spain and the Spanish Empire.[25] Spain was Europe's leading power throughout the 16th century and most of the 17th century, a position reinforced by trade and wealth from colonial possessions. Spain reached its apogee during the reigns of the first two Spanish Habsburgs " Charles I (1516"1556) and Philip II (1556"1598). This period also saw the Italian Wars, the revolt of the comuneros, the Dutch revolt, the Morisco revolt, clashes with the Ottomans, the Anglo-Spanish war and wars with France.[26] The Spanish Empire expanded to include great parts of the Americas, islands in the Asia-Pacific area, areas of Italy, cities in Northern Africa, as well as parts of what are now France, Germany, Belgium,Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. It was the first empire about which it was said that the sun never set. This was an age of discovery, with daring explorations by sea and by land, the opening-up of new trade routes across oceans, conquests and the beginnings of European colonialism. Along with the arrival of precious metals,[note 14] spices, luxuries, and new agricultural plants, Spanish and other brought back knowledge from the New World, playing a leading part in transforming European understanding of the globe.[27] The cultural efflorescence witnessed is now referred to as the Spanish Golden Age. The rise of humanism, the Protestant Reformation and new geographical discoveries raised issues addressed by the influential intellectual movement now known as the School of Salamanca. In the late 16th century and first half of the 17th century, Spain was confronted by unrelenting challenges from all sides.Barbary pirates under the aegis of the rapidly growing Ottoman empire, disrupted life in many coastal areas through theirslave raids and renewed the threat of an Islamic invasion.[note 15] This at a time when Spain was often at war with France in Italy and elsewhere. The Protestant Reformation schism from the Catholic Church dragged the kingdom ever more deeply into the mire of religiously charged wars. The result was a country forced into ever expanding military efforts across Europe and in the Mediterranean.[28] By the middle decades of a war- and plague-ridden 17th century Europe the Spanish Habsburgs had enmeshed the country in the continent-wide religious-political conflicts. These conflicts drained it of resources and undermined the European economy generally. Spain managed to hold on to most of the scattered Habsburg empire, and help the imperial forces of the Holy Roman Empire reverse a large part of the advances made by Protestant forces, but it was finally forced to recognise the separation of Portugal (with whom it had been united in a personal union of the crowns from 1580 to 1640) and the Netherlands, and eventually suffered some serious military reverses to France in the latter stages of the immensely destructive, Europe-wide Thirty Years War.[29] In the latter half of the 17th century, Spain went into a gradual relative decline, during which it surrendered a number of small territories to France. However Spain maintained and enlarged its vast overseas empire, which remained intact until the beginning of the 19th century. The decline culminated in a controversy over succession to the throne which consumed the first years of the 18th century. The War of Spanish Succession, a wide ranging international conflict combined with a civil war, cost Spain its European possessions and its position as one of the leading powers on the Continent.[30] During this war, a new dynasty originating in France, the Bourbons, was installed. Long united only by the Crown, a true Spanish s


Prathiba Patil was the first woman President of which country?

19th December 1934: Pratibha Patil, first woman president, was born   19th December 1934: Pratibha Patil, first woman president of India, was born Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the 12th President of India and the first woman to hold the office, was born on December 19, 1934, at Nadgaon village in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district. After completing her basic education, she secured a Master’s degree in Political Science and Economics from Jalgaon and a law degree from Mumbai. She practiced law at the Jalgaon District Court.  She married Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat on July 7, 1965. Patil was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on a Congress ticket in 1962 and consistently won the state elections between 1967 and 1985. She became a Rajya Sabha member in 1985 and was elected to the Lok Sabha in the 1991 general elections from Amravati onstituency. On November 8, 2004, Patil became the Governor of Rajasthan, the first woman to occupy the post. Three years later she emerged as a compromise candidate for President and her name was announced by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance on June 14, 2007.  She won the election that was held on July 19. Her challenger was the then Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, backed by the opposition National Democratic Alliance. According to a BBC profile, Patil “was by no means a unanimous choice for the role”. But her long association with the Gandhi family made the “low-profile governor” of Rajasthan the “favoured presidential candidate of Sonia Gandhi”. Patil defeated Shekhawat by a margin of over 3 lakh votes, securing nearly 66 per cent of the total votes cast. The Hindu wrote: “Reflecting the UPA-Left’s national spread…Patil made her presence felt in every State, whereas…Shekhawat drew a blank inWest Bengal, Kerala, Tripura and Mizoram. He secured healthy margins inGujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.” She was sworn in as President on July 25, 2007. In an article on the newly-elected President Outlook magazine wrote: “Pratibha Patil not only has to be a ‘people's president’ — she needs to come up to the expectations of the women of this country. For instance, her women critics — ranging from the fashionably vitriolic Shobha De to the volubly feminist Madhu Kishwar — have dismissed her elevation out of hand, saying that her becoming president will not materially change the condition of women in the country.” When asked about her decision to keep her maiden name after she got married, Patil said: “I had contested elections [in Maharashtra] before I got married — people knew me as Pratibha Patil. So I kept the name. People accepted it — my husband accepted it.” The Hindu’s N. Ram wrote 17 months into her Presidency:…Pratibha Devisingh Patil…is a quiet-spoken head of state. A lawyer by training, she has brought to her job decades of political, legislative, and administrative experience, inMaharashtra and elsewhere. She clearly believes in playing it by the book. Understanding her role sensitively, she has observed the constitutional restraints to the point of being non-obtrusive, in contrast (in this last respect) to her charismatic predecessor [A.P.J. Abdul Kalam].”   When her term ended in 2012, opinions were mixed about how she had fared as President. Praveen Swami wrote in The Hindu: “President Patil’s term in office has been remarkably free of the kinds of friction that erupted during the tenures of some past Presidents — controversies that, on occasion, led Rashtrapati Bhavan towards collision with the political executive…President Patil has also quietly used her office to focus attention on the crisis in India's countryside — a crisis that has claimed thousands of lives in Maharashtra, a State that she has decades-old ties of kinship and social engagement with. In her time in office, she has often spoken publicly on the need for change in India's agrarian policies…” On the other hand the journalist Sunetra Choudhury believed that Patil had “lived up to all the criticism that was thrown by her critics”. Choudhury described her as “just another loyalist Congressperson


Rarotonga is the most populous island of which group of islands?

Cook Islands travel guide - Wikitravel Time Zone UTC-10 The Cook Islands are a self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand , located in Polynesia, in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean , between French Polynesia (Society Islands) to the east and Tonga to the west. This archipelago has 15 inhabited islands spread out over 2.2 million square kilometres of ocean with no land between the tropical Cook Islands and Antarctica . With the same time zone and latitude (south, rather than north) as Hawaii, the islands are sometimes thought of as "Hawaii down under". Though smaller, it reminds some elderly visitors of Hawaii before statehood without all the large tourist hotels and other development. History[ edit ] Named after Captain Cook, who sighted them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965 residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand. New Zealand handles defence, foreign affairs (including issuing passports) and currency; otherwise the islands are self-governing. This includes immigration, which is strictly controlled -- even for non Cook Island New Zealanders. People[ edit ] Many Cook Islanders will tell you how there are more Cook Islanders living in New Zealand and Australia than in the Cook Islands. The population of the Cook Islands is less than 15,000 but there are over 50,000 Cook Islanders living in New Zealand , and over 30,000 in Australia . Those remaining have often spent time in Auckland , Melbourne or Sydney before returning home. Climate[ edit ] Tropical, moderated by trade winds. Rarotonga has average maximum temperatures of around 25°C (77°F) in winter (May-October) and 29°C (82°F) in summer (November-April), temperatures in the northern islands are several degrees higher. Rainfall mostly occurs in summer, usually in the form of afternoon storms. Cyclone season is November to March, although the islands are hit by a big one only once every five years or so. Terrain[ edit ] The Northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls. The Southern Cook Islands consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles where most of the populace lives. Tourism[ edit ] Tourism facilities are well developed on Rarotonga and Aitutaki , and information is available. However you won't see a single tout, and tourist scams are unheard of. If you want to organize something, it usually isn't hard to do, but you will need to make the first move. Get in[ edit ] All visitors to the Cook Islands, irrespective of nationality, are visa exempt for a maximum stay of 31 days. Visitors travelling for touristic purposes may extend their stay, for periods of 31 days, up to a maximum of 6 months. There is a departure tax of $55 per person adult and $15 per child between 2 and 12 but this is now included in your ticket price. You must have a reservation for accommodation pre-arranged or you may be sent back (or onward) on the next flight out. Camping on the beach is not allowed. By plane[ edit ] Rarotonga International Airport ( IATA : RAR) is the main gateway to the Cook Islands. There are daily services to Auckland (3.5h) and weekly services to Sydney , Fiji and to Los Angeles . The only international airlines at present are Air New Zealand, once-weekly Air Tahiti, and twice-weekly Virgin Australia (ex. Pacific Blue). Air New Zealand has code share arrangements with other Star Alliance members including United Airlines , and Rarotonga is a popular stopover on Round the world flights . See the Rarotonga article for airport details. By boat[ edit ] Rarotonga and Aitutaki are regular stops for cruises operating from Tahiti. Other cruise companies also stop by occasionally. If you're planning to sail to the islands you must enter through one of the five designated ports of entry. These are Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Atiu in the Southern group, and Penrhyn and Pukapuka in the Northern group. By plane[ edit ] Domestic inter-island service is provided by Air Rarotonga . Although


British author Vyvyan Holland was the son of which writer and poet?

Learn and talk about Vyvyan Holland, Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, British Army personnel of World War I, English male writers, English people of Irish descent Biography[ edit ] Vyvyan Wilde in 1891 aged 5 After Wilde was convicted of the charge of "gross indecency" and imprisoned, Constance changed her surname, and those of their sons, to Holland. [1] She took the boys to Switzerland and then enrolled them in an English-speaking school in Germany. Vyvyan was unhappy there. Because of this, but also to improve security, Vyvyan was moved to a Jesuit school in Monaco . He converted to Catholicism there and subsequently attended Stonyhurst College , also run by Jesuits. However, his brother Cyril remained at the school in Germany. [2] After Constance's death in 1898 her relatives sought legal counsel to prevent Oscar Wilde from seeing his sons again. Vyvyan studied law at Trinity Hall in the University of Cambridge from 1905, but tired of his studies and left Cambridge in 1907. [3] On 20 July 1909 he accompanied his father's friend Robert Ross to witness the reburial of his father's remains from Bagneux Cemetery to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Holland resumed his study of law at the age of 22, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Inner Temple in 1912. He then began to write poems and short stories. [4] Holland's first wife was Violet Craigie, whom he married in 1913. At the start of the First World War in 1914 he was first commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Interpreters Corps, but later transferred into 114 Battery, XXV Bde Royal Field Artillery . He was demobilised on 27 July 1919 and was awarded an OBE . His brother Cyril had been killed by a German sniper on 9 May 1915, during the Battle of Festubert . Holland went on to become an author and translator. At the beginning of the Second World War he was offered a position as a translator and editor for the BBC , a post he held for six years. In September 1943 he married his second wife, Dorothy Thelma Helen Besant. [5] In 1947 he and Thelma left for Australia and New Zealand, where Mrs Holland had been invited to give lectures on fashionable dress in 19th-century Australia. [4] The couple lived in Melbourne from 1948 to 1952. Their only child, Merlin Holland , became a publisher, a dealer in glass and ceramics, and a writer who edited and published several works about his grandfather. Vyvyan Holland died in London in 1967 aged 80. Original courtesy of Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyvyan_Holland  —  Please support Wikipedia. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia . A portion of the proceeds from advertising on Digplanet goes to supporting Wikipedia. We're sorry, but there's no news about "Vyvyan Holland" right now. Limit to books that you can completely read online Include partial books (book previews) Oops, we seem to be having trouble contacting Twitter Support Wikipedia A portion of the proceeds from advertising on Digplanet goes to supporting Wikipedia. Please add your support for Wikipedia! Searchlight Group Digplanet also receives support from Searchlight Group. Visit Searchlight Copyright © 2009-2016 Digparty. All rights reserved.


The 2005 film ‘Wolf Creek’ is set in which country?

Wolf Creek (2005) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS 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 Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are befriended by a local who turns out to be a sadistic psychopath and will plunge them into a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture. Director: Greg McLean (as Greg Mclean) Writer: Greg McLean (as Greg Mclean) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 36 titles created 08 Oct 2012 a list of 48 titles created 10 Feb 2013 a list of 29 titles created 28 Oct 2013 a list of 23 titles created 10 Sep 2015 a list of 21 titles created 29 Nov 2015 Search for " Wolf Creek " 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. 3 wins & 24 nominations. See more awards  » Videos The outback once more becomes a place of horror as another unwitting tourist becomes the prey for crazed, serial-killing pig-hunter Mick Taylor. Director: Greg McLean Wolf Creek (TV Mini-Series 2016) Drama | Horror | Thriller Eve, a 19-year-old American tourist is targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor. She survives his attack and embarks on a mission of revenge. Stars: Lucy Fry, John Jarratt, Dustin Clare Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror. Director: Alexandre Aja Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences. Director: James Watkins Three backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them. Director: Eli Roth A suburban American family is being stalked by a group of psychotic people who live in the desert, far away from civilization. Director: Alexandre Aja A married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and finds hidden video cameras in their room. They soon realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film. Director: Nimród Antal A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis. Director: Xavier Gens After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics. Director: Dennis Iliadis A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants. Director: Bryan Bertino Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps. Director: Marcus Dunstan Do You Like My Basement? tracks how one man's creative frustration bore a need to make the perfect horror film. Stanley Farmer was rejected universally by the film world. His frustration ... See full summary  » Director: Roger Sewhcomar Edit Storyline Three backpackers travel into the Australian Outback, only to find themselves stranded at Wolf Creek crater. Once there they are encountered by a bushman, Mick Taylor, who offers them a ride back to his place. Little do the three know that their adventure into the Outback, would be a complete nightmare after the backpackers find a way to escape. 90% of them are found in a month. See more  » Genres: Rated R for strong gruesome violence, and for language | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 25 December 2005 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: £554,618        (UK) (16 September 2005) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The collection of victim 'memorabilia' that Liz finds includes num


Neville Chamberlain was British Prime Minister during the reign of which monarch?

Neville Chamberlain | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Unitarian [1] Signature Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS [2] (18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the German-populated Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany . However when Adolf Hitler continued his aggression by invading Poland , Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, and Chamberlain led Britain through the first eight months of World War II . After working in business and local government and after a short spell as Director of National Service in 1916 and 1917, Chamberlain followed his father, Joseph Chamberlain , and older half-brother, Austen Chamberlain , in becoming a member of parliament in the 1918 general election at age 49. He declined a junior ministerial position, remaining a backbencher until 1922. He was rapidly promoted in 1923 to Minister of Health and then Chancellor of the Exchequer. After a short Labour-led government, he returned as Minister of Health, introducing a range of reform measures from 1924 to 1929. He was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in the National Government in 1931. When Stanley Baldwin retired in May 1937, Chamberlain took his place as Prime Minister. His premiership was dominated by the question of policy toward the increasingly aggressive Germany, and his actions at Munich were widely popular among Britons at the time. When Hitler continued his aggression, Chamberlain pledged Britain to defend Poland's independence if the latter were attacked, an alliance that brought Britain into war when Germany attacked Poland in 1939. Chamberlain resigned the premiership on 10 May 1940 after the Allies were forced to retreat from Norway , as he believed a government supported by all parties was essential, and the Labour and Liberal parties would not join a government headed by him. He was succeeded by Winston Churchill but remained very well regarded in Parliament, especially among Conservatives. Before ill health forced him to resign he was an important member of Churchill's War Cabinet , heading it in the new premier's absence. Chamberlain died of cancer six months after leaving the premiership. Chamberlain's reputation remains controversial among historians, with the initial high regard for him being entirely eroded by books such as Guilty Men , published in July 1940, which blamed Chamberlain and his associates for the Munich accord and for allegedly failing to prepare the country for war. Most historians in the generation following Chamberlain's death held similar views, led by Churchill in The Gathering Storm . Some recent historians have taken a more favourable perspective of Chamberlain and his policies citing government papers released under the Thirty Year Rule . Contents Mason College, now the University of Birmingham Chamberlain was born on 18 March 1869 in a house called Southbourne in the Edgbaston district of Birmingham. [3] He was the only son of the second marriage of Joseph Chamberlain who later became Mayor of Birmingham and a Cabinet minister. Joseph Chamberlain had had another son, Austen Chamberlain , by his first marriage. [4] Neville Chamberlain was educated at Rugby School. [5] Joseph Chamberlain then sent Neville to Mason College (the future University of Birmingham). [6] Neville Chamberlain had little interest in his studies there, and in 1889 his father apprenticed him to a firm of accountants. [7] Within six months he became a salaried employee. [8] In an effort to recoup diminished family fortunes Joseph Chamberlain sent his younger son to establish a sisal plantation on Andros Island in the Bahamas. [9] Neville Chamberlain spent six years there but the plantation was a failure, and Joseph Chamberlain lost £50,000. [lower-alpha 1] [10] On his return to England Neville Chamberlain entered business purchasing (with assistance from


Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson and Fillmore are all characters in which 2006 animated Disney film?

Lightning McQueen | Characters | Disney Cars Spinning - Tales From Radiator Springs Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales Sign spinning rises to an incredibly fun art form when Guido is inspired at Luigi’s Casa Della Tires!


The volcano Irazu is in which Central American country?

Few sites compare to the majestic Irazú Volcano National Park - Go Visit Costa Rica Few sites compare to the majestic Irazú Volcano National Park Sponsored Links Travelers with an eye for ecological diversity and unique landscapes have long traveled to Costa Rica to marvel at its golden Caribbean shores, its lush tropical rain forests and it's epic and impressive volcanoes - and few volcanoes have as grand a presence as the eponymous volcano of Irazú Volcano National Park . View Photos Irazú Still Active Irazú is an enormous and still active volcano located in the central expanse of the Central American country a short car or bus ride from the cities of Cartago and San Jose . The mountainous volcano has been dubbed El Coloso (The Colossus) by the locals, due to its historical role in numerous catastrophes. Notable among these is the nearly three years of eruptions that occurred during a visit from former President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Allegedly the eruptions began on the day President Kennedy arrived for a state visit and showered ash and molten rock on neighboring cities, clogged the air with smoke and wrought serious damage on the surrounding area until 1965. Nowadays the volcano is more passive and, as a result, Irazú Volcano National Park has developed into a popular tourist destination for both local and international tourists interested in the unique geographical anomalies that have resulted from this volcanic activity. Of these, the most interesting and beautiful may be the Diego de la Haya lake. Located in one of Irazú Volcano National Park's massive craters, Diego de la Haya is a bright green volcanic lake named after the former Governor of Cartago, Diego de la Haya Fernández. Irazú Volcano National Park Travelers will find much to do in the park than just the volcano. Irazú Volcano National Park features a wealth of hiking and biking trails that will allow tourists to explore the beautiful and untamed natural beauty of the region. Trees within the surrounding forests have grown tall and strong thanks to the mineral-rich soil near the volcano, though the closer one gets to the tree lines, more gnarled and burnt the plants become until active craters still bustling with steam and fumaroles are all that can be seen. While Irazú Volcano National Park may lack some of the biodiversity of Costa Rica's other national parks, there are some unique creatures specific to the regions surrounding the famous volcano. Bird species in particular have adapted to volcano life, with the Volcano Junco (a relative of the common American sparrow) and the Volcano Hummingbird both making their homes in the forests surrounding Irazú volcano. Top Hotel Picks in Costa Rica Sign Up for Javi's Newsletter The Best of Costa Rica Go Visit Costa Rica's


Which actress played Bathsheba Everdene in the 1967 film ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’?

Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) - 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 Far from the Madding Crowd ( 1967 ) PG | Bathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men. Director: Thomas Hardy (from the novel by), Frederic Raphael (screenplay) Stars: Airs Sun. Jan. 29, 2:00 PM on TCM ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 35 titles created 11 May 2011 a list of 40 titles created 11 Dec 2011 a list of 31 titles created 03 Apr 2015 a list of 30 titles created 21 Jun 2015 a list of 27 titles created 11 months ago Title: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) 7.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     Oscar. Another    3 wins & 6 nominations. See more awards  » Photos A vain, pretty girl has recently taken over her uncle's farm. Her independent, naïve personality leaves her torn between the three men who wish to marry her. Director: Nicholas Renton In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor. Director: Thomas Vinterberg A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties. Director: John Schlesinger A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family. Director: John Schlesinger A tale of torrid and forbidden love between a couple in the English countryside. Director: Joseph Losey After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law. Director: John Schlesinger Divorced working woman Alex and well-to-do Jewish family doctor Daniel Hirsh share not only the same answering service but also the favours of young Bob Elkin who bed-hops between them as ... See full summary  » Director: John Schlesinger Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn. Director: Charles Jarrott A girl farmer weds a faithless sergeant who is killed by her suitor, and realises she loves the bailiff. Director: Laurence Trimble Edit Storyline Based on Thomas Hardy's 19th century novel, Bathsheba Everdene is a willful, passionate girl who is never satisfied with anything less than a man's complete and helpless adoration. And she captures the lives and loves of three very different men: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer who is captivated by her beauty and proposes marriage; William Boldwood, a prosperous man in his early forties and a confirmed bachelor; and Sergeant Frank Troy, a handsome, reckless swordsman given to sudden fits of violence. Written by alfiehitchie Her romance with three men becomes a bold adventure [UK theatrical] See more  » Genres: 18 October 1967 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Lejos del mundanal ruido See more  » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Mono (35 mm prints) Color: Prunella Ransome receives an "introducing" credit. See more » Goofs As Terence Stamp applies makeup for his circus act, an edit shows the half-finished lines drawn on his face, but the subsequent shot shows him applying the lines that were previously there already. See more » Quotes Boy practicing prayer on way to church walking


What is the name of the three-eyed fish in the US animated television series ‘The Simpsons’?

The Simpsons Cartoon Studio | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Simpsons Cartoon Studio Share The Simpsons Cartoon Studio The Simpsons Cartoon Studio is a computer program based on the animated television series The Simpsons that was released for PC and Mac computers in 1996 by Fox Interactive. It allows users to create their own Simpsons cartoons, using characters, sounds, music, and locations from the show. The cast members of The Simpsons provided their voices for the program. The Simpsons Cartoon Studio has received generally positive reviews, although there has been some criticism too. The game was based on the Felix the Cat's Cartoon Toolbox. Released: June 1, 1996 [ show ] Gameplay The Simpsons Cartoon Studio is a design program for creating cartoons using characters, sounds, music, and locations from the American animated television series The Simpsons. To create a cartoon, one first selects a background, then inserts characters, props, and special effects, and after that adds dialog, sound effects, and music. The program allows users to send the finished cartoons to friends through email or save it onto a hard drive or a floppy disk. There are seventeen characters, fifty special effects, two-hundred-and-seventy props, and thirty-five backgrounds in The Simpsons Cartoon Studio, with thousands of individual cels hand-drawn by actual The Simpsons cartoonists. Every character has a set of actions; for example, Homer can crawl, ride on a tube, and run away screaming, while Bart can run, trip over, cycle, ride his skateboard, and paint graffiti with spray-paint. Backgrounds featured range from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to Bart's room. There are props include tables, furnitures, and it even includes animals like Santa's Little Helper , Snowball II and Blinky . Development The Simpsons Cartoon Studio was released for PC and Mac computers in the middle of 1996. It was developed and published by Fox Interactive, and uses an improved version of the interface from Felix the Cat's Cartoon Toolbox that was developed by Big Top Productions. The dialogs featured in the program were provided by the actual cast members of The Simpsons. Receptions Critics gave The Simpsons Cartoon Studio generally favorable reviews, and it received a lot of hype in the United States around the time it was released. A reviewer for The Palm Beach Post wrote that it is not very easy to create the cartoons: "Layering characters, props, sound effects and dialogue into seamless animation is no small task, and you'll invest a good chunk of time with this CD-ROM before you're ready to premiere your own Simpsons episodes. But if you're fan enough to go the distance, this is a remarkably versatile program that turns out great-looking cartoons." Similarly, Jane Clifford of The San Diego Union-Tribune called it "quite a challenging product" which produces cartoons that "really look professional." Benjamin Svetkey of Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+ rating, commenting that the cartoons created "can be entertaining, but they're hampered by a failing common to the make-your-own-movie genre: Since Cartoon Studio has a limited number of voice clips ('Ay, caramba!', 'Mmm... donuts', and about 50 variations on 'Bart!'), your plot choices are restricted to the usual pranks, pratfalls, and catchphrases. Still, as Homer would say, The Simpsons Cartoon Studio is more 'Woohoo!' than 'D'oh!'." Wired's Erika Milvy commented that "Fox's Simpsons Cartoon Studio may be more the '90s answer to Colorforms than a finely tuned animation resource, but dang if it isn't fun to watch Smithers and Mr. Burns hula across the monitor as a three-eyed fish swims by," and added that "for the anally inclined, there's certainly a way to have these cartoons make more sense. But I prefer to toss rhyme and reason out the window." Joseph Szadkowski of The Washington Times wrote that "For the amount of complicated computer stuff going on — frame by frame editing, character motion, voice overlays — even the most computer-illiterate individual should be able to figure this out.


A ‘Yarborough’ is a hand in which card game?

Yarborough - definition of yarborough by The Free Dictionary Yarborough - definition of yarborough by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/yarborough Also found in: Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . yar·bor·ough n. Games A bridge or whist hand containing no honor cards. [After Charles Anderson Worsley, Second Earl of Yarborough (1809-1897), said to have bet 1,000 to 1 that such a hand would not occur.] yarborough (ˈjɑːbərə; -brə) n 1. (Bridge) bridge whist a hand of 13 cards in which no card is higher than nine 2. (Card Games) bridge whist a hand of 13 cards in which no card is higher than nine [C19: supposed to be named after the second Earl of Yarborough (1809–62), who is said to have bet a thousand to one against the occurrence of such a hand] Yar•bor•ough (ˈyɑrˌbɜr oʊ, -ˌbʌr oʊ; esp. Brit. -bər ə) n. a hand in bridge or whist in which no card is higher than a nine. [1895–1900; after the 2nd Earl of Yarborough (d. 1897), said to have bet 1000 to 1 against its occurrence]


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Who wrote the music for the American musical ‘West Side Story’?

The Official West Side Story Web Site -- FAQ 15. Can you suggest some topics for an essay about West Side Story? 1. How does West Side Story compare to Romeo & Juliet? WSS is a modern day adaptation of the timeless classic by William Shakespeare. They both involve two young people that fall in love, but are kept apart by their friends/families. This causes grave consequences. For more information, please read Jack Gottleib's West Side Story fact sheet . 2. Where does it take place? West Side Story takes place on the west side of Manhattan, New York City. Most of the scenes take place in the streets, playground, on the roof, at Doc's or under the highway. 3. When does it take place? West Side Story is set in the mid 1950's, when many Puerto Ricans moved to NYC. 4. What's the basic plot? For a full plot summary of West Side Story, please visit Music Theater International's WSS page . 5. Who are the main characters and who played them in the movie and original broadway version? Riff, leader of the Jets Bernardo, leader of the Sharks Maria, Bernardo's little sister Tony, a founder of the Jets Doc, owner of Doc's store/Tony's boss Anita, Bernardo's girlfriend Ice, one of the toughest Jets Lt. Shrank, police officer To find out who played each character, visit the WSS Archives Major Productions page . 6. Where are the gangs from? The Jets are from Manhattan. They have ruled their "turf" for years, after defeating the Emeralds. The Sharks are from Puerto Rico. They have just recently come to NY, and want a "turf" of their own. 7. Who wrote West Side Story? West Side Story is based on a conception by Jerome Robbins. Book by Arthur Laurents Entire Original Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins Orchestrations by Leonard Bernstein with Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal Film Version: Directed by: Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins Screenplay: Ernest Lehman Choreography: Jerome Robbins 8. When was West Side Story written? Jerome Robbins' proposed the idea for writing a musical based on Romeo and Juliet to Leonard Bernstein in January of 1949 (working title: East Side Story, set in the slums at the coincidence of Easter-Passover celebrations). In August of 1955, a meeting with Arthur Laurents produced another idea -- two teen-age gangs as the warring factions, one of them newly-arrived Puerto Ricans, the other self-styled "Americans." In November, 1955 Stephen Sondheim joined the project as lyricist. A year and a half later, rehearsals began for the Broadway premiere of West Side Story. For more about the development of WSS, please read The Growth of an Idea by Arthur Laurents, New York Herald Tribune, 8/4/57. 9. Where was West Side Story first performed? The stage version of West Side Story opened in previews/tryouts on August 20, 1957 in Washington D.C. Following this and another preview engagement in Philadelphia, the musical opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater, September 26, 1957. The film version was released on October 18, 1961 10. How are the movie and the stage version different? While the movie version of West Side Story is among the most faithful of Hollywood adaptations, a number of changes were made in translating the work to film, some to suit the medium, others to suit the audience sensibilities, and one or two so-called artistic choices. Here are some examples. Setting. While it seems only natural now, the idea of filming on actual city streets took some time in forming. The original stage version was performed with abstract settings, minimal in the extreme. Score. The music of West Side Story was carefully re-worked for the film. The Overture includes the song "Maria," changed from "Somewhere" in the stage version. (The overture is often eliminated in the stage productions.) Music was added extending "The Prologue", and so the actual dancing of the Jets evolves slowly from other physical movement such as the basketball shots. (On stage, the dancing begins almost immediately.) The change most often discussed and debated is the switching of "Gee, Officer Krupke" and "Cool". Apparently a


HAJJ IS THE PILGRIMAGE TO CITY MAKKAH – bestumrahpackages WordPress.com HAJJ IS THE PILGRIMAGE TO CITY MAKKAH The Hajj (pilgrimage to city Makkah) is the 5th of the basic Muslim practices and institutions well-known as the 5 pillars of Islam. Pilgrimage is made to the Holy Kaaba, found in the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia, the ‘House of ALLAH Almighty,’ whose sanctity rests in that the Hazrat Ibraheem (AS) built it for the worship of ALLAH Almighty.  ALLAH Almighty rewarded him by attributing the House to himself, in essence honouring it, and by making it the devotional epicentre which all Muslims face when offering the namaz or prayers.  The rites and the rituals of pilgrimage are performed today exactly as did by Hazrat Ibraheem (AS) and after him by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Pilgrimage is viewed as a particularly praiseworthy activity.  Pilgrimage serves as a penance, the ultimate pardon for sins, devotion, and extreme spirituality.  The pilgrimage to Makkah, the most holy city in Islam, is required of all financially and physically able Muslims once in their life.  The pilgrimage rite starts a few months after Holy Ramadan, in the month last month of Zil-Hajj on the 8th day, and ends on the 13th day.  Makkah is the center towards which the Muslims meet once a year, meet and revive in themselves the faith that all Muslims are equivalent and deserve the sympathy and love of others, irrespective of their race or racial origin. Therefore the pilgrimage unites the Muslims of the globe into one international fraternity.  More than 2 million persons perform the Hajj each year, and the rite serves as a unifying power in Islam by bringing Muslims of diverse backgrounds together in worship.  In few Muslim societies, once a Muslim has made the pilgrimage, he is often labelled with the title ‘hajji’; this, though, is a cultural, rather than religious custom. Finally, the Hajj is a manifestation of the faith in the oneness of ALLAH Almighty, all the pilgrims worship and obey the orders and commands of the One ALLAH Almighty. At certain stations on the caravan routes to Makkah, or when the pilgrim passes the nearest point to those stations, the pilgrim enters the state of purity well-known as ihram. In this state, the particular ‘normal’ actions of the day and night become prohibited and impermissible for the pilgrims, such as clipping the fingernails, covering the head, and wearing normal garments in regards to men. Males remove their daily wears and don the garments particular to this state of ihram, 2 white seamless sheets that are wrapped around the body in a prescribed way.  All this increases the sanctity and reverence of the pilgrimage, the city of Makkah, and month of Zil-Hijjah. After entering into the state of ihram, the pilgrim proceeds to Makkah and awaits the start of the Hajj. kaabahtours.co.uk is one of the authorized Hajj and Umrah travel agent based in UK offers a range of Affordable Saudi Umrah Visa from UK. Share this:


RSM is the international vehicle regristration for which republic?

RSM - Dictionary definition of RSM | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary RSM The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations © The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations 1998,    originally published by Oxford University Press    1998. RSM regimental sergeant major • international vehicle registration for Republic of San Marino • Royal School of Mines • Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. MLA " RSM. " The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations.             . Encyclopedia.com. 20 Jan. 2017 < http://www.encyclopedia.com >. "RSM." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations.                         . Encyclopedia.com. (January 20, 2017). http://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/rsm "RSM." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations.                         . Retrieved January 20, 2017             from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/rsm Learn more about citation styles Citation styles Encyclopedia.com gives you the ability to cite reference entries and articles according to common styles from the Modern Language Association (MLA), The Chicago Manual of Style, and the American Psychological Association (APA). Within the “Cite this article” tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. Then, copy and paste the text into your bibliography or works cited list. Because each style has its own formatting nuances that evolve over time and not all information is available for every reference entry or article, Encyclopedia.com cannot guarantee each citation it generates. Therefore, it’s best to use Encyclopedia.com citations as a starting point before checking the style against your school or publication’s requirements and the most-recent information available at these sites: Modern Language Association


Shaun the Sheep first appeared in which 1995 UK animated television film?

Shaun the Sheep aims to expand his flock with a big-screen adventure | Film | The Guardian Shaun the Sheep aims to expand his flock with a big-screen adventure Aardman Animations teams ups with French broadcasting giant StudioCanal to give Nick Park's creation his own movie Shaun the Sheep is the creation of Wallace and Gromit's Nick Park Friday 26 April 2013 07.40 EDT First published on Friday 26 April 2013 07.40 EDT Close This article is 3 years old Shaun the Sheep, the animated character created by Wallace and Gromit's Nick Park, is to get his own movie, it was announced today . Shaun first appeared in A Close Shave, the third Wallace and Gromit film from 1995 that went on to win the Oscar for best animated short. He then became the central character in a CBBC TV series that was first broadcast in 2007. The film's plot is described as an "epic adventure" in which "Shaun, Bitzer and the flock have to go to the big city to rescue [the Farmer]". The UK's Aardman Animations, which has created all the Wallace and Gromit films as well as more recent work such as Arthur Christmas and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists , is teaming up with the French-owned powerhouse StudioCanal to make the film. It will be directed by Richard Starzak (aka Goleszowski), creative director on the Shaun the Sheep TV series for the last five years, and Mark Burton, co-writer of Curse of the Were-Rabbit . David Sproxton, Aardman's executive chairman and a producer on The Pirates! said: "Shaun and his friends have a massive global following and we are very excited about being able to put them into a bigger adventure for the big screen." Olivier Courson, StudioCanal's CEO, said: "Shaun is a character you love at first sight whatever your age. We are really happy to work with Aardman; it's such a talented team."


Which infamous monk was murdered in Petrograd (St Petersburg) in 1916?

History of St. Petersburg under Vladimir Lenin St. Petersburg (Petrograd) under Lenin: The Civil War and its aftermath St. Petersburg (Petrograd) under Lenin: The Civil War and its aftermath (1918-1924) Lenin may have become the ruler of Russia and Petrograd the first socialist capital, but a successful revolution here did not mean that the rest of the country had obediently followed suit. There were still vast territories that did not recognize Bolshevik rule. Although Lenin quickly negotiated a devastating separate peace with Germany which resulted in the loss of enormous tracts of land, the country itself erupted into brutal Civil War as Tsarist forces clashed with Red Guards. In this perilous situation, Russia's capital was, after a two hundred year interlude on the Neva, returned to Moscow, a greater distance from the insecure border, in March 1918. Parade of delegates across the Field of Mars to a session of the Second Congress of the Comintern. Petrograd, 19 July 1919 Petrograd experienced mass exodus. The government bureaucracy with its attendant hordes of ministers, clerks, and military personnel relocated to Moscow, able-bodied men were embroiled in the Civil War, and civilians absconded to the countryside where food was easier to procure. Likewise, the wealthy and aristocratic, a targeted class under the new regime of workers and peasants, fled to safer grounds. Vladimir Nabokov, who had spent his childhood in a luxurious mansion within the shadow of St. Isaac's Cathedral, escaped on the last ship out of Sebastopol. Rasputin's aristocratic murderer Felix Yusupov - jewels and two Rembrandts in hand - was part of the royal entourage that crammed onto a warship in Yalta, kindly provided by the British for the Tsar's mother. Those who remained often ended up corpses: four Grand Dukes, including the Tsar's uncle, were shot in the Peter and Paul Fortress in 1918. As a result of this turmoil, in four years the population of the city was reduced by more than two-thirds, sinking from 2,400,000 in 1916 to 740,000 in 1920. Vladimir Lenin presents a report on the international situation at a session of the Second Congress of the Comintern. Petrograd, 19 July 1919 Photo by Karl Bulla Meanwhile, the battle for political education was also under way. Geographical signposts were used to educate the populace in the ideas and ideals of the new regime and to eliminate associations with St. Petersburg's imperial and religious past. As it was clearly impossible for a self-respecting socialist city to have one of its main waterways named in honour of Catherine the Great, the Ekaterinsky Canal was renamed Canal Griboedova in 1923, after the nineteenth century aristocratic author and diplomat who Soviet historians rather improbably deemed an honorary Marxist. Gathering of workers from the Putilovskiy Factory for elections to the Petrograd Soviet Street names with religious overtones were likewise deemed inappropriate by the atheistic government. Thus, the square in front of the Moscow Railway Station, previously called Znamenskaya Ploshchad after the nearby Church of Our Lady of the Sign (Znamenskaya Tserkov ), was renamed Ploshchad Vosstaniya ("Uprising Square") to commemorate the numerous revolutionary protests that had occurred here (the church itself was torn down in 1940, a fate which befell many churches throughout the land). In 1918, the city's grand central avenue, Nevsky Prospekt, was rechristened Ulitsa Proletkulta after the Organization of Proletarian Culture and Enlightenment, a short-lived experimental artistic institution (the Soviet passion for snappy portmanteau abbreviations quickly came to dominate not only the official language of the era, but also the toponymy of Russia's cities). In the same year, the Winter Palace, former residence of the Tsars, was renamed Palace of the Arts, and Palace Square became Ploshchad Uritskogo ("Uritsky Square"). A trampled star on Palace Square But who was Uritsky? The story of this man is telling for the times. A Bolshevik revolutionary, Moisey Uritsky became head of the Petrograd


Which poet and garden designer was dubbed ‘The Bard of Twickenham’?

Project MUSE - “A Relic from the Cave of Pope”: Drawings of the Grotto in an Extra-Illustrated Plan of Mr. Pope’s Garden in the Huntington Library “A Relic from the Cave of Pope”: Drawings of the Grotto in an Extra-Illustrated Plan of Mr. Pope’s Garden in the Huntington Library J. Vanessa Lyon (bio) abstract Alexander Pope’s Twickenham grotto was one of the most famous in England. The poet continuously renovated and expanded his “sacred cave” from 1725 until his death in 1744. But while the grotto’s picturesque Thames-side exterior was widely reproduced in prints and paintings throughout the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, only a handful of images depicting the site’s fictively ruinous interior are known today. This essay proposes an addition to the visual culture of Popeiana in the form of six previously unpublished period drawings. The images are examined in light of their proto-gothic qualities as well as the Catholic poet’s pastoral retirement, artistic connections, and possible Jacobite leanings. keywords eighteenth-century landscape design, architectural drawings, gothicism and neoclassicism, Jonathan Richardson, William Kent an intriguing set of what appear to be eighteenth-century drawings of the grotto of Alexander Pope promises to enrich our understanding of the appearance and allure of this ingenious feature of the poet’s Twickenham villa and garden. Unsigned and, to my knowledge, published here for the first time, five of the six careful but confidently executed drawings ( figs. 1 – 6 ) depict individual, cave-like structures, while the sixth shows double doors in an elaborate surround surmounted by a large urn. Although the drawings primarily depict the faces of the dark, rough-hewn interiors to which they provide variable degrees of visual access, none of the sheets is labeled, nor are the entrances explicitly rendered as individual components of a larger architectural project. Nonetheless, due to their structural differences and stylistic similarities, one might sensibly assume that the drawings are first thoughts or preliminary sketches undertaken of or for the same site. From this perspective it is possible to read them not so much as variations on a theme (or practically speaking, multiple potential design [End Page 441] Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 1. Unattributed drawing bound in Huntington Library, 106623, an extra-illustrated copy of John Serle, Plan of Mr. Pope’s Garden (London, 1745). Click for larger view Unattributed drawing bound in Huntington Library, 106623. [End Page 442] Unattributed drawing bound in Huntington Library, 106623. Click for larger view Unattributed drawing bound in Huntington Library, 106623. [End Page 443] schemes proposed for the same single location) as independent if interrelated architectural solutions for various parts of a larger, decidedly eclectic, whole. Despite the drawings’ anonymous status, there are good reasons to surmise that they are rare interior views of Pope’s grotto either as it was or as he envisioned it could be during some stage of its re/construction from 1725 to 1744. Click for larger view Figure 5. Unattributed drawing bound in Huntington Library, 106623. The six unattributed drawings are bound in the Huntington Library’s extra-illustrated copy of the Plan of Mr. Pope’s Garden (1745), written and illustrated by the poet’s longtime gardener, John Serle. The book’s binding dates from the late nineteenth century. 1 But the “extra” elements added to Serle’s text suggest a keen interest in some lesser-known features of Pope’s famously artful garden and his grotto in particular. An avid collector of extra-illustrated books, Henry E. Huntington acquired Serle’s Plan at the highly publicized 1911–12 sale of the library of Robert Hoe. The American bibliophile’s famed collection of exceedingly rare, largely English books and manuscripts also included the Gutenberg Bible on vellum, for which Huntington paid $50,000—at [End Page 444] Click for larger view Unattributed drawing bound in Huntington Library, 106623. [End Page 445] the t


Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman play husband and wife in which 1979 film?

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - 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 Ted Kramer's wife leaves her husband, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation. Director: Avery Corman (from the novel by), Robert Benton (written for the screen by) Stars: a list of 44 titles created 22 Mar 2012 a list of 32 titles created 10 Aug 2012 a list of 42 titles created 10 Feb 2013 a list of 37 titles created 02 Jan 2015 a list of 34 titles created 04 Oct 2015 Title: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     5     Oscars. Another    32 wins & 23 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. Director: Barry Levinson An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years. Director: Bruce Beresford The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son. Director: Robert Redford In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter. Director: Sydney Pollack A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York to seek personal fortune but, in the process, finds himself a new friend. Director: John Schlesinger Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems. Director: James L. Brooks Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. Director: Kevin Costner At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair. Director: Anthony Minghella Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap. Director: Sydney Pollack The story of the final Emperor of China. Director: Bernardo Bertolucci A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. Director: John Madden Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. Director: Rob Marshall Edit Storyline Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new responsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back. Ted, however, refuses to give him up, so they go to court to fight for the custody of their son. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl> There are three sides to this love story! Genres: 19 December 1979 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Kramer Versus Kramer See more  » Filming Locations: The first cut ran 43 minutes longer than the eventual film. See more » Goofs When they meet over wine; the ashtray changes position on the table from when he walks in & is then sitting down. See more » Quotes Joanna Kramer : I love you, Billy. Billy Kramer : I love you too, Mommy. (Chicago, Illinois) – See all my reviews I consider myself lucky that I got to view a wonderful movie with two marvelous actors. "Kramer vs. Kramer" was great to me because I think I could relate to it. Unfortuna


Roman Numerals CD represent which number?

CD in Roman Numerals | InRomanNumerals.com CD in Roman Numerals The Roman Numerals CD represents 400 Decimal Number People find this page searching for: what does CD mean in roman numerals


During which month of the year does the Summer Solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?

June Solstice - Summer and Winter Solstice Equinoxes and solstices from 2000–2049 Zenith Furthest Away from the Equator A solstice happens when the sun's zenith is at its furthest point from the equator. On the June solstice, it reaches its northernmost point and the Earth’s North Pole tilts directly towards the sun, at about 23.4 degrees . It's also known as the northern solstice because it occurs when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere. 11 Facts About the June Solstice Meaning of Solstice 'Solstice' (Latin: 'solstitium') means 'sun-stopping'. The point on the horizon where the sun appears to rise and set, stops and reverses direction after this day. On the solstice, the sun does not rise precisely in the east, but rises to the north of east and sets to the north of west, meaning it's visible in the sky for a longer period of time. Although the June solstice marks the first day of astronomical summer, it's more common to use meteorological definitions of seasons, making the solstice midsummer or midwinter. Stonehenge in England. Solstices in Culture Over the centuries, the June solstice has inspired countless festivals, midsummer celebrations and religious holidays. One of the world's oldest evidence of the Summer Solstice's importance in culture is Stonehenge in England, a megalithic structure which clearly marks the moment of the June Solstice. In the Southern Hemisphere, where the June solstice is known as the shortest day of the year, it marks the first day of astronomical winter, but the middle of winter in meteorological terms. Midnight Sun or Polar Night? On the June solstice, the midnight sun is visible ( weather permitting ) throughout the night, in all areas from just south of the Arctic Circle to the North Pole. On the other side of the planet, south of the Antarctic Circle there's Polar Night, meaning no Sunlight at all, on the June Solstice. Solstice Dates Vary Even though most people consider June 21 as the date of the June Solstice, it can happen anytime between June 20 and June 22, depending on which time zone you're in. June 22 Solstices are rare - the last June 22 Solstice in UTC time took place in 1975 and there won't be another one until 2203. The varying dates of the solstice are mainly due to the calendar system – most western countries use the Gregorian calendar which has 365 days in a normal year and 366 days in a Leap Year . A tropical year is the time it takes the Earth to orbit once around the Sun. It is around 365.242199 days long, but varies slightly from year to year because of the influence of other planets. The exact orbital and daily rotational motion of the Earth, such as the “wobble” in the Earth's axis (precession of the equinoxes), also contributes to the changing solstice dates. Moving to Other Seasons Equinoxes and Solstices Equinoxes and Solstices happen twice a year, but not always on the same date. After the June solstice, the sun follows a lower and lower path through the sky each day in the Northern Hemisphere until it reaches the point where the length of daylight is about 12 hours and eight to nine minutes in areas that are about 30 degrees north or south of the equator. Areas 60 degrees north or south of the equator have daylight for about 12 hours and 16 minutes. This is the September Equinox , the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Earth does not move at a constant speed in its elliptical orbit. Therefore the seasons are not of equal length: the times taken for the sun to move from the March Equinox to the June Solstice , to the September equinox, to the December solstice , and back to the March equinox are roughly 92.8, 93.6, 89.8 and 89.0 days respectively. The consolation in the Northern Hemisphere is that spring and summer last longer than autumn and winter.


In which US state did singer Elvis Presley perform his last concert?

Elvis Presley In Concert Lost That Dream, Chaos Indeed College Park, Maryland September 27, 1974 By Forest George One day you are the King of the Jungle, loved by millions. The next day you are almost at Rock Bottom, panned by critics, businessmen and a few fans, but still loved by millions. In 1974, Elvis Presley went out on tour and knocked them dead over and over again with incredible concerts. Several imports and FTD albums have covered 1974 from the March tour, the June tour, the Tahoe engagements, the two Vegas engagements, and his final tour of the year from September 27-October 9, 1974. During the final Vegas stint, a turning point began that would affect Elvis for the rest of his life. He had seemingly prepared himself for a 1974 revival in Vegas much like his 1970 "That's The Way It Is" revival four years earlier. He had prepared a different set list to open his August 19, 1974 Vegas season. A mixture of his old 1972 set-list, and some songs from current albums that he had never sang before. These included opening with "Big Boss Man," and singing "Down In The Alley," and "Good Time Charlie Got The Blues." Most Elvis fans assumed the Vegas crowd had not appreciated the changes. Elvis would return to his usual set-list he had used all year, opening with "See See Rider" and following with "I Got A Woman" as usual for the rest of the engagement. In hindsight, even if the changes had been accepted, Elvis still had his drug use issues, and had almost OD' a couple of times in 1974, according to Linda Thompson on the documentary The Last Day's Of Elvis. The two broke up, albeit shortly, during the summer, and Elvis' behavior was already becoming erratic. He had been experimenting with different drugs during the summer. The Vegas stint was successful as usual, but as the Vegas season winded down, Elvis was wound up with a lot of aggression. He ended up cussing out a heckler during an August 30 midnight show. On September 2, 1974, Elvis would perform his final Vegas show for the season, and the songs were performed adequately, but the key point of the show were the strange dialogues on different subjects. These subjects included Karate; Bill Cosby; flirting with his ex-wife and trashing her current boyfriend, Mike Stone; flirting with his "girlfriend of the month," Sheila Ryan; his liver biopsy; his diamond rings; and the most infamous drugs dialogue ever. One of the only few times Elvis openly denied that he never had done drugs and went into a tirade against "movie magazines." The concert known by the fans, as "Desert Storm," would have been enough of a story itself. With the season over, however, many would have felt the worst was over. Elvis, however, had another tour to perform in less than three weeks and apparently the stress and the drug use had finally reached him to his breaking point. September 27, 1974 was the opening night of his fall tour and it began in College Park, Maryland. He would perform two shows on two different nights, and for years it would rumored that both of these shows had been the worse performances Elvis ever gave on stage up to that point. Stein Eric Skar, of Elvis: The Concert Years noted a story of Elvis arriving to College park, that he simply fell out of the car. "Lying on the ground he refused help from any, and from here he struggled to the stage." This concert can be heard in its entirety now with the import Chaos in College Park. As the opening rift blasted thru the arena, it was like every other Elvis concert. Everybody went crazy, and was excited to see the man himself, but according to Geoff The Chef in the "Chaos In College Park" album jacket, Elvis "was visibly struggling as he entered the stage . . . Right from the get-go, the musicians on stage noticed that something was wrong. Elvis' vocals were weak and lackluster, and his delivery lacked focus and power." There was no joy, no excitement, and it appeared that he was struggling and sometimes out of tune. It had to been the first time Elvis truly did a bad version of "See See Rider" that had no redeeming value. Ignoring the


An abecedarian is a person who is learning what?

Abecedarian | Define Abecedarian at Dictionary.com abecedarian [ey-bee-see-dair-ee-uh n] /ˌeɪ bi siˈdɛər i ən/ Spell a person who is learning the letters of the alphabet. 2. a beginner in any field of learning. adjective of or relating to the alphabet. 4. 1595-1605; < Medieval Latin abecedāriānus. See abecedary , -an Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for abecedarian Expand Contemporary Examples And that's pocket change compared to abecedarian, which cost an amazing $90,000 per student in today's dollars. Can We Really Give Everyone Access to High Quality Preschool? Megan McArdle February 12, 2013 Historical Examples A man may always study, but he must not always go to school what a contemptible thing is an old abecedarian!


Nanophilia is a strong attraction to which type of people?

philo-, -philia (love, fondness for, attraction to) words: namatophilous to oxyphilous, part 6 of 10. Philo Words: namatophilous to oxyphilous, Part 6 of 10 Words that include: philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic, -philous, -phily, -philiac, -philist, -philism (Greek: love, loving, friendly to, fondness for, attraction to, strong tendency toward, affinity for). namatophilous, namatophile, namatophily: In biology, dwelling and thriving in brooks and streams. namzlikophilist: A collector of prayer rugs. nanophilia: A strong sexual attraction to short or small people. napcarrephilis: A collector of handkerchiefs. narratophilia: In psychiatry, a sexual perversion in which sexual arousal and orgasm are dependent upon uttering obscene words or telling dirty stories to the sex partner; the same term is also used for the sexual perversion in which the subject must read or listen to such stories in order to become aroused and achieve orgasm. nautumephilist: A collector of naval uniforms. necrocoleopterophilous, necrocoleopterophily: In biology, pollinated by carrion beetles. necroentomophilous, necroentomophily: In biology, fertilized by carrion beetles. necrophile, necrophilic, necrophilist, necrophilism: In psychiatry, one who is morbidly attracted to corpses; also attributed and figuratively, a morbid fancy for the dead, or for contact with dead bodies. An obsessive fascination with death and corpses. A paraphilia [sexual perversion], whose condition is that the love object, whether heterosexual or homosexual, must be dead before orgasm can be achieved. Psychiatric Dictionary, 7th ed., by Robert J. Campbell necrophilia: In psychiatry, A paraphilia whose condition is that the love object, whether heterosexual or homosexual, must be dead before orgasm can be achieved. Although a rare perversion overall, it is claimed by some that morticians, undertakers, etc., contribute a relatively high proportion of subjects who have the perversion in either a grossly overt or an attenuated (reduced) form. Although usually thought of as a condition limited to males, necrophilia was described in a female in 1976. necrophilism: In psychiatry, A morbid desire to be in the presence of dead bodies. nepiophilia: In psychiatry, a sexual perversion in which sexual arousal and orgasm are possible only if the partner is a baby. The sexual perversion in which the subject himself must act as or be treated as a baby is termed autonepiophilia or paraphilic infantilism. neutrophile, neutrophil, neutrophilic: Not stained strongly or definitely by either acid or basic dyes but stained readily by neutral dyes. Used especially of white blood cells. nomophilous, nomophile, nomophily: In biology, thriving in pastures. nosophile: A person who is morbidly attracted by sickness or disease. notaphilist: A collector of bank notes. noterophilous, noterophile, noterophily: In biology, thriving in mesic [conditions of moderate moisture or water supply] habitats. nucleophile: A chemical compound or group that is attracted to nuclei and tends to donate or share electrons. nyctophilia, nyctophile, nyctophily: A fondness for night or darkness. oceanophilous, oceanophile, oceanophily: In biology, dwelling and thriving in oceanic habitats. ochthophilous, ochthophile, ochthophily: In biology, thriving on banks. ocmophile, ochthophily: In psychiatry, a co-dependent lover; a smothering, obsessive partner. ocnophile: In psychiatry, a term for the person with a type of primitive two-person relationship in which the subject is clingingly dependent on an overvalued object and is unable to make any move toward independence. A smothering, obsessive partner. oenophil, oenophile, oenophily, enophil, enophile, enophily: A special love of, or fondness for, wine; including collecting and drinking. olfactophili: In psychiatry, a sexual perversion in which odor (especially genital, anal, or axillary) is necessary, or at least desirable, for sexual arousal and orgasm. ombrophilous, ombrophile, ombrophily: In biology, thriving in habitats having an abundance rain. ophiophilist: One


Entertainer Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou is better known by what name?

George Michael - Biography - IMDb George Michael Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (1) | Trade Mark  (1) | Trivia  (39) | Personal Quotes  (34) Overview (5) 6' (1.83 m) Mini Bio (1) George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in Finchley, north London, in the United Kingdom, to Lesley Angold (Harrison), a dancer, and Kyriacos Panayiotou, a restaurateur. His father was a Greek Cypriot, and his mother was of English background. He first discovered fame as a musician when he and school friend, Andrew Ridgeley , formed the pop group Wham! . Success came fast and furious with their first album, 'Fantastic' (1983) hitting the UK number one spot. Wham! survived for five years and during that time the group notched up four number one singles and two number one albums. Most of their other releases made top three. George also contributed to the Band Aid Single 'Do They Know It's Christmas' (1984), and scored two further solo number one hits with 'Careless Whisper' and 'A Different Corner'. Following the break-up of Wham! , George went on to have a hugely successful career as a solo artist, his debut album 'Faith' (1987) - and the single of the same name - both achieving instant and international success. The album has since been certified Diamond. Over the last four decades George has notched up 8 number one albums in the and 13 number one singles in the UK (including Wham! , Band Aid , and the 'Five Live' EP). In the U.S. he has achieved 2 number one albums and 10 number one singles, with numerous other number one hits throughout the rest of the world. He has performed duets with artists including Aretha Franklin , Elton John , Queen , and Lisa Stansfield , and actively participates in charitable causes, Live Aid and the Freddie Mercury concert for AIDS being just two of the more prominent examples. According to a BBC documentary, George donated more than five million pounds towards various charities. Whilst with Wham!, he donated all the proceeds of 'Last Christmas' (1984) to charity. The single reached number two in the UK and George also performed simultaneously on the number one charity record 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. George released the single 'December Song' in 2008 as a free download: his hope was that purchasers would donate money to charity. He remained in contact with his Wham! partner and long-time friend Andrew Ridgeley until his death in 2016. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Trade Mark (1) Powerful, smooth and soulful voice Trivia (39) He was arrested in April 1998 at a public restroom in Beverly Hills for committing a lewd act in front of an undercover police officer. As a result, for the first time he spoke publicly about being gay. BBC talk show host Michael Parkinson dedicated an episode of his Parkinson (1971) series to an interview with him. Michael also wrote and released the song "Outside", which had lyrics and a music video mocking the whole incident. The arresting police officer filed a civil suit against Michael for defamation of character, but it was dismissed. He enjoyed four UK number one singles with Wham: "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" (1984), "Freedom" (1984), "I'm Your Man" (1985) and "The Edge of Heaven" (1986). His song "Father Figure" was sampled for PM Dawn 's hit "Looking Through Patient Eyes". He collaborated with Queen and Lisa Stansfield on the British chart-topping "Five Live" (EP) of 1993. The first three singles of George Michael's solo career all went to the number one position on the UK chart: "Careless Whisper" (1984), "A Different Corner" (1986) and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (1987). The latter was a duet with Aretha Franklin . His song with Wham! , "Last Christmas", is the best selling UK hit never to get to number one, reaching the number two position in December 1984, being re-issued and reaching the number six position the next December and being re-issued again and reaching the number 45 position in December 1986. It spent a total of 24 weeks on the UK chart. He sang on the number one and number two Christmas singles of 1984, Band Aid's "Do They Know I


In Greek mythology, who was condemned to hold the ‘world’ on his shoulders for all eternity as punishment for warring against Zeus?

Which Ancient Greek God Carried the World on His Shoulders? Which Ancient Greek God Carried the World on His Shoulders? Let's Hope Atlas Never Shrugged Atlas in Rockefeller Center.  Corinne Gill Updated April 14, 2016. Question: Which God Carried the World on His Shoulders? The expression "to carry the world" or " the weight of the world on one's shoulders " comes from a story in mythology. Which god had to wield this big burden? Answer: The Titan Atlas  carried something very heavy, possibly the weight of the world, on his shoulders. This was a punishment that came down from Zeus , king of the gods after they sided against Zeus in the war of the Titans vs. the Olympians. But Vitruvius claims this was actually a reward, for "through his vigorous intelligence and ingenuity, he was the first to cause men to be taught about the courses of the sun and moon, and the laws governing the revolutions of all the constellations." Where Atlas would have to stand to carry the heavens on his shoulders? In the ancient world view , where the Mediterranean was the heart of the world, oceans surrounded the inhabited area and it is possible to picture Atlas standing in the world-circling oceans holding up the world, perhaps to keep it from sinking. continue reading below our video 10 Facts About the Titanic That You Don't Know Ovid also mentions Atlas residing in the far west, or, as Pseudo-Apollodorus notes, among with Hesperides. In the  Book I  of The  Odyssey , attributed to Homer , Atlas is pictured standing in water. However, in this same version, Atlas doesn't hold the world, but pillars separating Earth and Heaven. When Hercules (who saved the Titan Prometheus from Zeus' liver-loving eagle) fetched the apples of the Hesperides , he required the help of Atlas. Atlas agreed on condition that Hercules assume his heavy burden while Atlas grabbed the fruit. Atlas got them, but admitted he was tired of holding the heavy burden; it was Hercules's turn to bear the world on his shoulders. Hercules told Atlas that he'd hold it - whatever it is - but he needed to put up a pad on his shoulders first, so could Atlas just take it back for a sec, please? Atlas foolishly agreed. Hercules picked up the apples and went blithely on his way.  Another version of the story, as told by Diodorus Siculus, agrees with Vitruvius. Apparently, Atlas was an expert in astrology and taught Hercules all he knew about the stars. " -Edited by Carly Silver