Donald Tusk has been the Prime Minister of which country since 2007?

Donald Tusk, the new head of Europe - Telegraph EU Donald Tusk, the new head of Europe Tusk has also long been a proponent of free markets, privatisation and minimal  government interference - a stance that should made him a natural ally of  the UK Donald Tusk, president of the European Council Photo: AFP By Matthew Day, in Warsaw and Bruno Waterfeld in Brussels 7:00AM BST 31 Aug 2014 Initially reluctant to leave national politics, Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister was persuaded by his wife Malgorzata for the “prestige, better money and less problems at work” that come with a top Brussels job at the top of EU officialdom renowned for its “gravy train” pay and perks. Mr Tusk currently earns 240,000 zloty a year, a salary that is worth just €60,000 (£47,500) a year, making him one of the lowest paid EU leaders. In the EU post, he will earn over five times with a pay and perks package worth well over €300,000 a year, including a personal motorcade of five limousines. That Mr Tusk could step into some of Europe’s biggest shoes has surprised many in Poland. Unlike Radek Sikorski, his ardently Europhile foreign minister, he has never made any public declaration of seeking a job in Brussels - even last month saying that he intended to stay in Poland - and has never really outlined in depth his views on Europe. Senior EU officials have described a growing consensus building around Mr Tusk, who is supported by Germany, as the star of his main rival, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the Danish prime minister and daughter-in-law of Lord Kinnock, wanes. “It is a progressive consensus. Her name is Angela Merkel,” joked a Brussels ambassador. Earlier last week, perhaps seeking to curry favour in Berlin, David Cameron added his support to Mr Tusk’s bandwagon. Related Articles Merkel under pressure to ditch 'blackmailing' Cameron in EU president row 02 Jun 2014 The Prime Minister backed Mr Tusk to please the German chancellor and also in the hope that the centre-Right Pole will act as a counter-balance to the federalist ambitions of Jean-Claude Juncker, the incoming president of the European Commission. The 57-year-old prime minister’s prospects for a European role are mainly hindered by his weakness at English. Although improving, Mr Tusk rarely speaks English in public and when he does it comes with a strong Polish accent. Although Mr Tusk’s commitment to the EU has grown over his seven years in office as Poland prospered from union membership, the 57-year-old Polish leader has retained a pragmatic stance on European policy and is committed to its reform. Mr Tusk has also long been a proponent of free markets, privatisation and minimal government interference - a stance that should made him a natural ally of the UK. Despite this, Poland and the UK have clashed in Europe with the two falling out over Mr Cameron call for limits on EU freedom of movement rights that benefit millions of Poles working in Britain. His relationship with Mrs Merkel, has been a mixed blessing domestically, leading to accusations from nationalists circles that he is too close to a country that was for long Poland’s traditional enemy but her blessing counts for a lot in Brussels. Mr Tusk’s instinct to form strong bonds with Germany may stem from his own background. Although born in the northern city of Gdansk, his family hail from the Kaszuby region of Poland, a small distinctive area not far from the city where, for years before the Second World War, Polish and German culture entwined and national divisions blurred. One of Mr Tusk’s grandfathers was even forced to join Hitler’s armies in 1944 after spending time in a concentration camp. This fact was picked up by his opponents, and used in an attempt derail his political career - but the attempt failed and Mr Tusk went on to become a dominant force in Polish politics. As leader of the economically liberal Civic Platform party, he became prime minister in 2007 after inflicting a heavy defeat on his bitter foe Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Credited with bringing order and stability after the turbulent Kaczynski years, which


In the 2008 Olympics, Louis Smith won Britain's first ever medal (bronze) in which sport?

Louis Smith wins Olympics pommel horse silver for GB - BBC Sport BBC Sport Louis Smith wins Olympics pommel horse silver for GB By Ollie Williams BBC Sport at the North Greenwich Arena 5 Aug 2012 Read more about sharing. Louis Smith won a dramatic gymnastics silver medal on the pommel horse, missing out on gold by the narrowest margin after his overall score tied with Krisztian Berki. Both Smith and Berki scored 16.066 but the Hungarian was awarded the Olympic gold for a higher execution score. GB team-mate Max Whitlock scored a superb 15.600 on his Olympic debut, handing the 19-year-old bronze. Smith, 23, adds silver to the bronze medal he won at Beijing 2008. That medal, achieved at the age of 19, made him the first Briton in a century to win an individual gymnastics medal. There, his score tied with that of Croatia's Filip Ude and Smith came off worse, missing out on silver. Four years later, with Smith the favourite for Olympic gold and the last to compete in the North Greenwich Arena, the same happened again. This time, arch-rival Berki took the spoils. Analysis "Louis was under huge amounts of pressure and he had to deliver the goods. In fairness to him he increased the difficulty and to get the same score as the Olympic champion is just fantastic. We've come so far in the sport. We are now the strongest team in the world on the pommel horse. I cannot believe it. This is terrific for British gymnastics." "It was tough. It's happened twice now, at two Olympic Games, being bumped down," he told BBC Sport. "I guess I'm used to it now. But to come second against one of the best pommel-horse workers the world has ever seen? I'm a happy guy." He could not have done more, losing out by a fraction in a battle between two greats of the discipline. When scores are level in gymnastics, the mark awarded for execution - as opposed to difficulty, which is the other half - is counted first to break the tie. Berki had a difficulty score of 6.9 and an execution score of 9.166, to Smith's higher difficulty of 7.0 but lower execution of 9.066. The Hungarian's victory means he has still to lose to Smith in a major final, but Smith's relief at getting through his routine was palpable, having fallen in the same arena at the 2009 World Championships. Smith did not watch Berki's routine, instead opting to continue his warm-up in the depths of the arena. When a rehearsal of his hardest routine did not go to plan, he opted for a slightly safer set of moves and was happy with his decision. "I can't sit here with my face screwed up when I've got a silver at an Olympic Games. It's such a journey, not just for me but for every Olympic athlete," said Smith. "To perform one of my hardest routines cleanly knowing all my friends and family have come to watch, regardless of what medal it won, was an amazing feeling. "I said this final would be a clash of the titans if we both went through our routines, and getting the same score shows how close it was." Whitlock kept his composure remarkably and went through a clean, strong routine in his first Olympic individual final. Not only did it pick up a medal, it hinted at a brighter future in four years' time. "I'm so happy with how my first Olympics has gone, I couldn't ask for more," Whitlock said. "To come second to Louis Smith, to start with, is really good. He was so close to that gold. He's upped his medal from bronze to silver and he should be really happy with it. He's done well." Kristian Thomas and Beth Tweddle are Britain's remaining gymnastics hopes in the men's vault and women's uneven bars respectively. Both finals take place on Monday.


Which stretch of water lies between North and South islands, New Zealand?

New Zealand New Zealand Area: 268,680 square kilometers (103,737 square miles) Highest point on mainland: Mount Cook (3,764 meters/12,349 feet) Lowest point on land: Sea level Hemispheres: Southern and Eastern Time zone: 12 midnight = noon GMT Longest distances: 1,600 kilometers (994 miles) from north-northeast to south-southwest; 450    kilometers (280 miles) from east-southeast to west-northwest Land boundaries: None Coastline: 15,134 kilometers (9,404 miles) Territorial sea limits: 22 kilometers (12 nautical miles) 1 LOCATION AND SIZE New Zealand lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean and consists of two     main islands and a number of smaller ones. The main North and South     Islands, separated by the Cook Strait, lie on an axis running from     northeast to southwest, except for the low-lying Northland Peninsula on     the North Island. With a total area of 268,680 square kilometers (103,737 square miles), New Zealand is roughly the size of the state of     Colorado. 2 TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES New Zealand has three island dependencies in the Pacific Ocean. The Cook Islands are located roughly halfway between New Zealand and     Hawaii, in the middle of the South Pacific. The islands have local     self-government but voluntarily rely on New Zealand to represent their     interests in foreign affairs and defense. The Cook Islands consist of     two island chains: seven low-lying coral atolls in the north, and eight     larger and more elevated volcanic islands in the south. Niue Island, which extends over more than 263 square kilometers (102     square miles), is one of the world's largest coral islands.     Located east of the Cook Islands, Niue also governs itself in local     affairs but depends on New Zealand in international matters. Tokelau, another territory of New Zealand, is an island chain in the     middle of the South Pacific northwest of the Cook Islands. It consists     of three small coral atolls and surrounding islets. Besides these three Pacific island groups, New Zealand also claims land     in Antarctica in and near the Ross Sea. 3 CLIMATE New Zealand has a mild oceanic climate with little seasonal variation.     Mean annual temperatures range from about 11°C (52°F) in the     southern part of South Island to 15°C (59°F) in Northland, the     northernmost part of the North Island. Daytime high temperatures in     summer generally vary from 21°C to 27° C (70° to     81°F); winter highs are usually at least 10°C (50°F).     Temperatures rarely extend beyond the extremes of -10°C (14°F)     and 35°C          (95°F). Due to prevailing westerly and north-westerly winds, the     western mountain slopes of both islands receive the heaviest rainfall.     Average annual rainfall for the country as a whole ranges from 64 to 152     centimeters (25 to 60 inches). Precipitation amounts vary widely,     however; on South Island, for example, central Otago Harbour receives as     little as 30 centimeters (12 inches) per year, while southwestern     Fiordland can get as much as 800 centimeters (315 inches). 4 TOPOGRAPHIC REGIONS New Zealand is very mountainous; more than 75 percent of its land     exceeds an altitude of 200 meters (656 feet). The South Island covers an     area of 149,883 square kilometers (57,870 square miles). Its major     regions are the Canterbury Plains to the east; the central mountain     highlands, which cover much of the island; and a narrow western coast.     The North Island, which spans an area of 114,669 square kilometers     (44,274 square miles), is characterized by hill country. The mountain     highland here is narrow and lies to the east. North and west of the     Kaimanawa Mountains is a volcanic plateau. There is little coastal     lowland; even in Taranaki, where it is widest, Mount Egmont (also called     Mount Taranaki) rises well over 2,438 meters (8,000 feet). The narrow     northern peninsular


The name of which part of the former Roman province of Dacia, translates into English as 'land beyond the forest'?

The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency conventional long form: Republic of Albania conventional short form: Albania local long form: Republika e Shqiperise local short form: Shqiperia former: People's Socialist Republic of Albania etymology: the English-language country name seems to be derived from the ancient Illyrian tribe of the Albani; the native name "Shqiperia" is popularly interpreted to mean "Land of the eagles" conventional long form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria conventional short form: Algeria local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah local short form: Al Jaza'ir etymology: the country name derives from the capital city of Algiers conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS etymology: the name Samoa is composed of two parts, "sa" meaning "sacred" and "moa" meaning "center," so the name can mean Holy Center; alternatively, it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology conventional long form: Principality of Andorra conventional short form: Andorra local long form: Principat d'Andorra local short form: Andorra etymology: the origin of the country's name is obscure; since the area served as part of the Spanish March (defensive buffer zone) against the invading Moors in the 8th century, the name may derive from the Arabic "ad-darra" meaning "the forest" conventional long form: Republic of Angola conventional short form: Angola local long form: Republica de Angola local short form: Angola former: People's Republic of Angola etymology: name derived by the Portuguese from the title "ngola" held by kings of the Ndongo (Ndongo was a kingdom in what is now northern Angola) conventional long form: none conventional short form: Anguilla etymology: the name Anguilla means "eel" in various Romance languages (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French) and likely derives from the island's lengthy shape conventional long form: none conventional short form: Antarctica etymology: name derived from two Greek words meaning "opposite to the Arctic" or "opposite to the north" conventional long form: none conventional short form: Antigua and Barbuda etymology: "antiguo" is Spanish for "ancient" or "old"; the island was discovered by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1493 and, according to tradition, named by him after the church of Santa Maria la Antigua (Old Saint Mary's) in Seville; "barbuda" is Spanish for "bearded" and the adjective may refer to the alleged beards of the indigenous people or to the island's bearded-fig trees Arctic Ocean etymology: the name Arctic comes from the Greek word "arktikos" meaning "near the bear" or "northern," and that word derives from "arktos," meaning "bear"; the name refers either to the constellation Ursa Major, the "Great Bear," which is prominent in the northern celestial sphere, or to the constellation Ursa Minor, the "Little Bear," which contains Polaris, the North (Pole) Star conventional long form: Argentine Republic conventional short form: Argentina local long form: Republica Argentina local short form: Argentina etymology: originally the area was referred to as Tierra Argentina, i.e., "Land beside the Silvery River" or "silvery land," which referred to the massive estuary in the east of the country, the Rio de la Plata (River of Silver); over time the name shortened to simply Argentina or "silvery" conventional long form: Republic of Armenia conventional short form: Armenia local long form: Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun local short form: Hayastan former: Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Armenian Republic etymology: the etymology of the country's name remains obscure; according to tradition, the country is named after Hayk, the legendary patriarch of the Armenians and the great-great-grandson of Noah; Hayk's descendant, Aram, purportedly is the source of the name Armenia conventional long form: none conventional short form: Aruba etymology: the origin of the island's name is unclear; according to tradition, the name comes from the Spanish phrase "oro huba" (there wa


The 'Foumart' or 'Foul-Marten', is an old name for which creature?

Foumart | Define Foumart at Dictionary.com foumart [foo-mert, -mahrt] /ˈfu mərt, -ˌmɑrt/ Spell the European polecat, Mustela putorius. Origin of foumart 1300-50; Middle English fulmard, folmarde. See foul , marten Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for foumart Expand Historical Examples In my county, as well as in many parts of England, the popular name is "foumart," which is said to be derived from "foul marten." British Dictionary definitions for foumart Expand a former name for polecat (sense 1) Word Origin C15 folmarde: from Old English fūl foul + mearth a marten Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Which English writer of humorous novels and stories, born in 1881, made radio broadcasts for the Germans during World War II?

Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 - Credo Reference Embedding articles is subject to our Terms of use . [{"style":"mla","pubnonperiodical":{"title":"Topic Pages","city":"Boston","publisher":"Credo Reference Publisher Contributors","year":2017,"state":"MA"},"pubtype":{"main":"pubnonperiodical","suffix":"pubdatabase"},"pubdatabase":{"year":"2017","month":"January","day":"19","yearaccessed":"2017","monthaccessed":"January","dayaccessed":"19","service":"Credo Reference","db":"Credo Reference","searchtext":"http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/wodehouse_p_1881_1975"},"source":"chapter","chapter":{"title":"Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975","type":"essay"}}] Topic Page: Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 Summary Article: Wodehouse, P(elham) G(renville) (1881–1975) from The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide English novelist. He became a US citizen in 1955. His humorous novels and stories portray the accident-prone world of such characters as the socialite Bertie Wooster and his invaluable and impeccable manservant Jeeves, and Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle with his prize pig, the Empress of Blandings. From 1906, Wodehouse also collaborated on the lyrics of Broadway musicals by Jerome Kern, Gershwin, and others. Staying in France in 1941, during World War II, he was interned by the Germans; he made some humorous broadcasts from Berlin, which were taken amiss in Britain at the time, but he was exonerated later and was knighted in 1975. His work is admired for its style, erudition, and geniality, and includes Indiscretions of Archie (1921), The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922), The Inimitable Jeeves (1932), and Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939). Wodehouse was born in Guildford, Surrey. He began writing while working as a bank clerk in London, and was a columnist for the Globe newspaper from 1903–09. His first adult novel was Love Among the Chickens (1906), in which he introduced the character Ukridge. Psmith first appeared in Mike: A Public School Story (1909), and Bertie Wooster and Jeeves were introduced in 1919. Wodehouse used these characters repeatedly in his entertaining novels, including Piccadilly Jim (1917), Leave it to Psmith (1923), Thank You, Jeeves (1934), Pigs Have Wings (1952), Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963), and Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971). Wodehouse also wrote several plays and screenplays of his own novels, and was the co-author of 18 musical comedies. quotations


Who in 1994 was the first Briton since Tommy Simpson to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France?

Cycling: Tour de France: Boardman's flying start: British sprinter breaks speed record to lay first claim to yellow jersey | The Independent Cycling: Tour de France: Boardman's flying start: British sprinter breaks speed record to lay first claim to yellow jersey Saturday 2 July 1994 23:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Online CHRIS BOARDMAN became only the second Briton to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France when he won yesterday's Prologue time trial here. In humid conditions, the 25- year-old Merseysider beat Miguel Indurain, winner of the Tour for the past three years, over the 4.4-mile course on the streets of Lille, using the Lotus- developed bike that helped him to Olympic gold. 'The next thing I would like to do is to take the yellow jersey to England,' Boardman said afterwards. 'It's probably the only time it will go to England in my professional career so we're going to fight very hard to keep it.' 'From now on every day is a bonus for me. There is no longer any pressure on me. It's on Indurain and Rominger. They have to win the Tour. I have hit my objective.' Tommy Simpson was the first Briton to wear yellow, for one day in the Pyrenees in 1962. Five years later, he died after collapsing on the Ventoux mountain in extreme heat. Indurain was 15 seconds slower yesterday as Boardman averaged 34mph - a Tour record - to finish in 7min 49sec with Toni Rominger of Switzerland third, 19 seconds slower. Boardman will wear the yellow jersey on today's first road stage, over 145 miles from Lille to Armentieres. Boardman's compatriot Sean Yates, a Tour veteran, was 54th, 51 seconds behind. To beat Indurain by 15 seconds is impressive, but sprinters can cut that to pieces in a matter of days. ''I have to be very careful of that time gap. My team must help keep the sprinters at bay,' Boardman said. 'I gained valuable experience when I held the leader's yellow jersey in the Dauphine Libere race for two days. In this race you have to be a bit of a racehorse, a decathlete, and a chess player, to survive.' 'It is a bonus for me that the Tour is going to England,' Boardman said. 'I could have gone faster from the start but I did not want to blow up. The Olympics taught me how to handle the pressure, but this is a different league, even to the Olympics. 'I didn't use the brakes today. If I crash, I crash. I was at 101 per cent. For this year my first objective was the prologue. It's like a dream for me. I have always watched the Tour de France and for me to be in it is incredible.' It was Boardman's 11th victory since he turned professional last September with a winning debut. In his first outing for the French team GAN, he won the Eddy Merckx Grand Prix time trial in Brussels. Two years ago his victory in the Olympic 4,000m pursuit in Barcelona brought Britain's first cycling gold medal for 72 years. Boardman, a time-trial specialist, was always touted as one of the favourites to take the Prologue after six wins this season, five of them in solo rides. But Indurain, despite being beaten in the Tour of Italy this year, was expected to mount a formidable challenge in a discipline he has dominated since his first Tour de France win in 1991. The 33-year-old Rominger, however, was also delighted with his performance, which kept him in Indurain's shadow. Rominger enjoyed a tremendous start to the season by winning the Spanish Vuelta, the Paris-Nice and the Tour of the Basque Country, while Indurain suffered his first defeat in a major Tour since the 1991 Tour of Spain when he finished third in the Giro d'Italia earlier this month. 'People are predicting the start of his decline,' his team- mate Gerard Rue, of France, said, 'but I can assure you that he's just as strong as last year and that there's plenty more to come for him. He's hungry.' The time trial specialists, Alex Zuelle and Armand de las Cuevas of France, considered as possible contenders for victory, had strong rides to finish fourth and fifth respectively. The Italian Claudio Chiappucci, more at ease in the mountains than in time trials, came a surprising nin


Who won the Best Supporting Actor 'Oscar' for his role in 'Jerry Maguire'?

Cuba Gooding Jr. Wins Supporting Actor: 1997 Oscars - YouTube Cuba Gooding Jr. Wins Supporting Actor: 1997 Oscars Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Feb 19, 2008 Cuba Gooding Jr. wins the Oscar for Supporting Actor for Jerry Maguire at the 69th Annual Academy Awards. Mira Sorvino presents the award. Category


The Fosse way runs southwest from Lincoln to which city?

h2g2 - The Fosse Way - A Journey through Roman Britain - Edited Entry Watling Street | The Fosse Way | Ermine Street This is a journey along the Fosse Way 1 , the important north–south road running up the western side of Great Britain. The road runs from Exeter (Devon) in the South to Lincoln (Lincolnshire) in the North, forming one of the main routes in Roman Britain. At Lincoln, the Fosse Way joins Ermine Street where travellers could continue their journey north through Owmby or could turn back towards the south through Ancaster (Cavsennae). This would suggest that trade goods from the Empire entered Roman Britain from the southern end of this major thoroughfare and were distributed throughout Britain. Travelling on the Road Travellers on the road were served by a system of way stations or mansios. The privately-owned cauponae were also established along the routes, providing basic hostel-like accommodation. The upper classes, however, would have used the better tabernae; these began as houses on the roadside offering a service similar to the modern 'bed and breakfast' system. Travellers would also need sufficient money to pay the various tolls along the way. The Start of The Fosse Way Unlike Watling Street , the Fosse Way has one clear starting point: Exeter in Devon. This was originally a Roman legionary fortress , founded by the Second Legion in 46 AD in a riverside settlement of the Dumnonii. It was clearly a well-placed settlement, as the town flourished and developed into a prosperous town and port. The Fosse Way follows two separate routes for one portion of its length, in the section between Exeter and Bath. The northeastern route goes directly from Honiton to Ham Hill. The eastern route goes from Honiton to Ham Hill via Axminster. We are going to travel back in time to 100 - 200 AD, when the journey described in this Entry would have been possible. You will see over 20 settlements, from the grand to the rural, some of which existed just to serve the garrison of the fort near where they were built, and to give shelter to the travellers on the Fosse Way. The journey on foot will take a minimum of about nine days - that's assuming you walk eight hours a day, travelling an average of 32 to 33 miles per day. It is interesting to note that the longest distance between any two points on this journey is the 23 miles between Honiton and Ham Hill on the northeastern route. This is less than one day's travel for foot soldiers, although wagons and carts could be as slow as eight miles a day. All distances given are starting from Exeter. The condition of the towns and sites today are shown by the numbers at the start of each section: 1 = No longer visible, or built over. 2 = Some evidence visible in the ground: building platforms, mounds and crop marks. 3 = Some ruins are visible above ground. 4 = Visible site with museum support. 5 = A major site and tourist attraction. In addition, the Roman name of the each site is given, where known. Exeter Translation: 'The riverside settlement of the Dumnonii' Condition: 4 Exeter was a British tribal city and a Roman legionary fortress of the Second Legion 2 , and was founded in 46 AD. Originally a Celtic oppidum (tribal capital), Exeter was built on the river Exe. The town had a basilica, a forum, temples and baths. The houses were of timber and stone, and mosaic floors and painted plasterwork were not uncommon. The town also had a very busy and prosperous port at Topsham, 3 miles to the southwest. Topsham - the port for Exeter Condition: 1 The settlement was originally intended to provide a port to supply the legions in Exeter and the West of Britain. There were timber-framed houses and a few stone buildings, with some paved streets. To start your journey: On the Fosse Way, travel east-northeast from Exeter to Honiton - 18 miles. Honiton Translation: 'Hillfort of the dead' Condition: 1 Honiton 3 was a small religious and trading settlement built alongside the Fosse Way. The settlement developed around 48 AD, around a hill fort that was on the border between the territories of the


After which film star is the airport in Orange County, California named?

California won't celebrate 'John Wayne Day'; one lawmaker cites actor's 'disturbing views' on race - LA Times California won't celebrate 'John Wayne Day'; one lawmaker cites actor's 'disturbing views' on race John Wayne Los Angeles Times John Wayne chats with reporters at the Orange County Airport (later renamed the John Wayne Airport) in 1978. John Wayne chats with reporters at the Orange County Airport (later renamed the John Wayne Airport) in 1978. (Los Angeles Times) By Jessica Roy Luis A. Alejo It's a no-go for The Duke. A California lawmaker's bid to commemorate May 26, 2016, as "John Wayne Day" failed in the Assembly after lawmakers cited the actor's comments on race. In a 1971 interview with Playboy, Wayne called black people "irresponsible" and said Native Americans were "selfish" for not wanting to share their land with white colonists. "He had disturbing views toward race," said Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Watsonville), according to the Associated Press . The resolution received 35 votes but needed 41 votes to pass. Assemblyman Matthew Harper (R-Huntington Beach), who proposed the bill, blasted the decision as a result of "political correctness." "Today is the day that political correctness prevailed over a profoundly American figure," he said in a statement on his website , which he also posted to Facebook. He said opposing a day to commemorate John Wayne "is like opposing apple pie, fireworks, baseball, the Free Enterprise system and the Fourth of July!" The actor grew up in Southern California and starred in dozens of westerns over the course of a career that spanned half a century before his death in 1979. The airport in Orange County is named after him. In the Playboy interview , Wayne had said he supported white supremacy "until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people." When asked about his westerns and the way indigenous populations were treated by colonists, he was unapologetic, explaining, "Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves." Assemblyman Mike Gibson, a Democrat, said he appreciated Wayne's contributions to film but didn't think someone who held those views deserved to be recognized by the legislature. "Certainly his movies are one thing, but in terms of his private life, and also his views, I find them very offensive," Gibson said, according to the AP.


In which Irish city can one stroll along the Mardyke Wall, between the north and south channels of the River Lee?

Cork, Ireland World Facts Index > Ireland > Cork Cork's claim of being Ireland's 'real capital' is supported by culture, class, and history, yet the city effortlessly holds onto its country town charm. The second largest city in the Irish Republic, Cork is modern, lively, and attractive, with lots to offer the short- or long-term visitor. The centre of Cork is located on an island between two channels of the Lee River. City Centre Patrick's Street runs through the heart of the city. It offers a host of shopping opportunities and boasts some of Europe's largest retail chains. Oliver Plunkett Street, which runs partly parallel to Patrick's Street, bustles with smaller shops, life and colour. Second-hand books, hand-made chocolates, an infinite array of surprises can be found in the alley-ways and lanes around this central shopping district. Heading west, one comes to the English Market, the culinary heart of Cork, boasting a huge array of fresh local produce, and tantalising international delicacies. Following Patrick's Street eastwards leads to the statue of Father Matthew, much respected founding-father of the Irish Temperance Movement. Tucked off to the left, one finds the Cork Opera House, venue for national and international theatre, opera, and concerts. The Crawford Art Gallery with its impressive collection to suit modern and traditional tastes is to be found here as well. At the other end of Patrick's Street lies the Grand Parade. A visitor might wish to turn left here, past the cheerful greenery of Bishop Lucey Park, and view the impressive Nationalist Monument, or turn right to ramble along the Coal Quay, with its bustling Saturday open-air market, second-hand shops, and enjoy a pint or a coffee in the spacious, gracious Bodega. One block further west lies North Main Street, and the Cork Vision Centre: situated in the historic St Peter's Church, it offers the visitor the opportunity to really get a feel for the city with a magnificent 1:500 scale model of the whole city. Further south is the Triskel Arts Centre, a vibrant cluster of gallery, theatre, and drinking spaces, with a Sushi Bar thrown in for good measure. Further along this stretch one finds the graceful Tudor-styled Beamish & Crawford Brewery, (Cork also boasts the Murphy's Brewery, and the rich, sweet aroma of brewing stout often wafts through the city). Venturing further west, one leaves the inner centre of the city, past corner-shops, and pubs, and toward the Mardyke Walk. This delightful stretch, which has been an institution amongst locals for over a century, leads directly to Fitzgerald Park, a popular family spot in the Summer, but boasting a beautiful array of well kept flora whatever the season. The Cork Public Museum is situated within the park and offers a wealth of information for those interested in local and national history. Defined by the two channels of the Lee, the city centre of Cork has a beauty of its own, easily and best experienced on foot. A stroll along any of the water-ways can be surprising and rewarding, while the island itself invites the visitor to lose their way, yet easily to find it again. North of the City The "North Side" is defined by hills rising up from the river, and toward the city's more hidden charms. Dominating the landscape is St Anne's Church; the lime and sandstone, (two walls built of each), clock tower can be seen from all over the city. For only £2, one can climb the tower to ring the famous Shandon Bells, and savour the spectacular view from the top. Directly below "the bells", is the old Cork Butter Exchange, now home of the intriguing Butter Museum, and the Shandon Craft Centre. The old weighing-house of the Butter Exchange has been transformed into The Firkin Crane Centre, a two stage theatre which is famous for showcasing the best of Irish ballet and contemporary dance. A little further north, one finds the impressive North Cathedral, a triumph of modern design fused with reverent antiquity. Perched on a more western point of the hill, lies the Cork City Gaol; this gloomy nineteenth-century prison w


Which American poet, translator and critic born in 1885 was indicted for treason for making Fascist radio broadcasts during World War Two?

Ezra Loomis Pound facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Ezra Loomis Pound COPYRIGHT 2004 The Gale Group Inc. Ezra Loomis Pound Ezra Loomis Pound (1885-1972), American poet, translator, editor, critic, and esthetic propagandist whose life was surrounded by controversy, is best known for his Cantos (1925-1960), an epic version of the history of civilization. Pound founded the imagist movement in American poetry and was an influential poet. He was the first to promote and publish T.S. Eliot's poetry. Recently it was discovered that Pound's suggested revisions for Eliot's The Waste Land (1922) were adopted in the final version of the work, revealing Pound as a sort of invisible "co-author" of one of the 20th century's most influential poems. Unfortunately, Pound's positive role as a teacher and promoter of modernist poets and poetics and as a translator of Oriental and Anglo-Saxon verse has been largely overshadowed by the spectacle of the vehemently reactionary anti-Semite and racist who actively supported the Fascists during World War II, was indicted for treason following the war, and was declared legally insane in 1945. Ezra Loomis Pound was born on Oct. 30, 1885, in Hailey, Idaho, but spent most of his youth in Pennsylvania. In 1901 he began attending the University of Pennsylvania and then, two years later, transferred to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, from which he graduated in 1905. He received a master of arts degree from Pennsylvania in 1906, where he taught while engaged in his studies. Among his pupils was poet William Carlos Williams. After teaching French and Spanish at Wabash College, Indiana, Pound left for London in 1908 on a cattle boat, where he lived until 1920. Imagist Movement A Lume Spento (1908), Pound's first published volume, was followed in 1909 by Personae of Ezra Pound and Exultations of Ezra Pound. Most of his early work was late romantic in style, heavily imitative of Robert Browning, and probably influenced as well by his study of Provençal chansons. The "credo" Pound stated in 1917, calling for a new "imagist" poetry of austerity, directness, and emotional freedom, a poetry "nearer the bone, " was realized in the poem Portrait d'une femme, published in Ripostes (1912), which was probably inspired by Henry James's novel Portrait of a Lady and which may have influenced T.S. Eliot's later poem of the same name. Pound founded and edited the revolutionary literary magazine Blast in 1914 and later became the European editor of Harriet Monroe's Chicago Poetry, using his influence to promote and encourage Eliot. Harriet Monroe later said, "It was due more to Ezra Pound than to any other person that 'the revolution' was on." Pound effectively preached the gospel of modernism during this period, but his own poetry for the most part did not live up to his teachings. He developed his own voice as a poet much more slowly than did Eliot, who by the time he left Harvard had already developed his mature style. Through his "creative translations" of Chinese poems in Cathay (1915) and his "Homage to Sextus Propertius" (1918 and 1919) Pound's characteristic mature style gradually emerged. By the time Hugh Selwyn Mauberley appeared in 1920, with its echoes of Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, " Pound had achieved his artistic maturity. In 1918 Pound began investigating the causes of World War I, the earliest evidence of his lifelong obsession with economic and political theory, to explain the failures of modern democratic society. From 1920 to 1924 Pound lived in Paris, where he was associated with Gertrude Stein and her brilliant circle of American expatriates. He dominated the avant-garde literary movements of the period. He moved to Italy in 1924, where he spent most of the rest of his life. The first of the Cantos, his magnum opus, appeared in 1925. In the years before World War II he published, in addition to his poetry, books on economics, art, and Oriental literature and lectured at the Bocconi University in Milan on Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren. In


In 1938 at the age of 19, which jockey became the youngest ever winner of the Grand National?

Facts & Figures Facts & Figures It is illegal for anyone aged under 18 to gamble Facts & Figures Records The first race was held in 1839, but it started in inauspicious circumstances, going off two hours late after confusion over weighing procedures. The aptly named, and 5-1 favourite, Lottery came home first. The 1929 National featured the most starters in the race when 66 horses lined up. The smallest field was in 1883 when just 10 faced the starter. The fastest ever time is the 8 minutes 47.8 seconds Mr Frisk recorded in taking victory in 1990. The slowest time is the 14m 53s it took Lottery to win the first National in 1839. The smallest number of finishers was in 1928 when Tipperary Tim, a 100-1 outsider, was the first of two past the post. The greatest number of horses to finish was 23 in 1984. Hallo Dandy, ridden by Neale Doughty, was the winner. 17 completed last season. The 1997 Grand National, which was won by Lord Gyllene, was the 150th running of the race at Aintree and Sir Peter O'Sullevan's 50th and final commentary for the BBC. 2013 saw the first screening of the race by Channel 4. The shortest price winner was Poethlyn at 11-4 in 1919. The Course The first five Grand National's included one jump that was a stone wall. It was situated where the water jump now stands. Becher's Brook earned its name when a top jockey, Captain Martin Becher, took shelter in the brook after being unseated. "Water tastes disgusting without the benefits of whisky" he reflected. The Chair is the tallest fence at 5ft 2ins, and the broadest. The fence got its name as it was once alongside the seat used by the distance judge. The fences at Aintree are made up of spruce from the Lake District. The cost of the building work is tens of thousands of pounds and takes a month to complete. As well as horse racing, Aintree has also hosted a European and five British Grand Prix. Stirling Moss won his first Grand Prix in Liverpool in 1955. The change seemed to work in 2014 as no horse lost his jockey until the Canal Turn, although there were plenty of early casualties last year. Horses Red Rum is the most successful horse, having won the Grand National three times: 1973, 1974 and 1977. The oldest winning horse is Peter Simple, aged 15 (1853); the youngest winning horses were Alcibiade (1865), Regal (1876), Austerlitz (1877), Empress (1880), Lutteur III (1909), all aged 5. Abd-El-Kader was the first horse to win back-to-back Nationals, in 1850 and 1851. The Colonel, (1869 & 1870), Reynoldstown (1935 & 1936) and Red Rum (1973 & 1974) have also retained the crown. Can Many Clouds join this elite club this year? Moiffa won in 1904 - having disappeared a year earlier. On a trip to Liverpool from New Zealand, Moiffa's ship was shipwrecked. The horse was presumed lost at sea before turning up on an outcrop south of Ireland. The legendary Golden Miller won in 1934 and became the only horse to complete the Cheltenham Gold Cup-Grand National double in the same season. Garrison Savannah narrowly failed to emulate the feat in 1991. Manifesto has run in more races than any other horse. Between 1895 and 1904, he ran in eight races, winning two and coming third on three occasions. He only failed to finish once. Two Russian horses, Reljef and Grifel, competed in the 1961 Grand National, but neither finished. Horses from Hungary, the Czech Republic and Norway have also run in previous Grand Nationals, although all with similarly disappointing results. Hungarian chaser Buszke was pulled up in 1868, while Gyi Lovam, the first Czechoslovakian challenger in 1931, came to grief at Becherï¿½s, was remounted but fell again four fences later. The Czech-trained Essex, Fraze and Quirinus all carried automatic top-weight in the 1980s and 1990s but failed to complete. The 2000 renewal saw the first Norwegian-trained runner in the shape of Trinitro, but he got no further than the first fence where he fell. Japanese thoroughbred, Fujino-O captured four consecutive renewals of the prestigious Nakayama Daishogai in his homeland before being sent to Britain to be prepared f


"According to Tobias Smollet, who was ""the great cham (ruler) of literature""?"

What are James Boswell's styles and techniques in his The Life of Samuel Johnson ? | eNotes What are James Boswell's styles and techniques in his The Life of Samuel Johnson ? Stephen Holliday | College Teacher | (Level 1) Distinguished Educator Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:34 PM Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson, published in 1791, is still considered to be the finest biography in the English language and is the single best source for our knowledge of Samuel Johnson in his interactions with his friends and acquaintances.   In an entry in his journal in 1780, Boswell noted: "I told Erskine I was to write Dr. Johnson's life in scenes.   He approved." Boswell's early intention to capture Johnson's life "in scenes" is particularly important because, much later, Boswell also observed that the best biography of Johnson would reflect not only what he wrote but what he "said, and thought: by which mankind are enabled as it were to see him live. . . ." Boswell's narrative technique, for the most part, centers on the alternation of quoting lengthy passages from Johnson's voluminous writings and the inclusion of Boswell's own authorial interpretations of Johnson's life.  For example, rather than relying on Johnson's own recollections of his life, Boswell adds his own observations of Johnson's behavior: He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day.  Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner, without any scheme of study, as chance threw books in his way. . . . If we are looking for merely objective observations of Johnson, we must be disappointed, but if we seek an interpretation of Johnson, then Boswell has met that goal admirably.  Consistent with Boswell's  style, he does not evaluate Johnson's behavior in this observation; he merely adds an observation that could only be made by someone with an intimate understanding of Johnson's private history.  The observation that Johnson lived from "day to day" and that he read in a "desultory manner" is characteristic of an omniscient or limited omniscient narrator. Boswell's style throughout the biography is to establish a setting in which he can show Johnson in the best light and then to depict the scene in such detail, using dialogue to add verisimilitude, that the reader feels like an ease dropper at a private conversation.  One of the results of this technique is that Boswell becomes the authoritative keeper of Johnson's actions and words across a wide range of Johnson's later life when he had become, according to the novelist Tobias Smollett, the "Great Cham of Literature."  Our understanding of Johnson, therefore, is a carefully crafted memory recorded and created by Boswell himself. In a sense, Boswell's style in the biography mirrors Johnson's own--when he is interpreting or commenting on Johnson's behavior, Boswell's prose can be relatively ponderous, solemn--slow--but when he recounts scenes in which Johnson acts or speaks, the style is lively, replicating the cadence of conversation and creating a picture of Johnson's interaction with friends and acquantainces.  More important, however, Boswell's technique of recording Johnson's words creates a new kind of biography in which a man's actual words become his legacy, perhaps the greatest service Boswell could have performed as Johnson's biographer.


HESTIA - Greek Goddess of Hearth & Home (Roman Vesta) Hestia Hestia, Athenian red-figure kylix C5th B.C., National Archaeological Museum of Tarquinia HESTIA was the virgin goddess of the hearth (both private and municipal) and the home. As the goddess of the family hearth she also presided over the cooking of bread and the preparation of the family meal. Hestia was also the goddess of the sacrificial flame and received a share of every sacrifice to the gods. The cooking of the communal feast of sacrificial meat was naturally a part of her domain. In myth Hestia was the first born child of Kronos (Cronus) and Rhea who was swallowed by her father at birth. Zeus later forced the old Titan to disgorge Hestia and her siblings. As the first to be swallowed she was also the last to be disgorged, and so was named as both the eldest and youngest of the six Kronides.  When the gods Apollon and Poseidon sought for her hand in marriage, Hestia refused and asked Zeus to let her remain an eternal virgin. He agreed and she took her place at his royal hearth. Hestia was depicted in Athenian vase painting as a modestly veiled woman sometimes holding a flowered branch (perhaps a chaste-tree). In classical sculpture she was also veiled, with a kettle as her attribute. FAMILY OF HESTIA PARENTS [1.1] KRONOS & RHEA (Hesiod Theogony 453, Apollodorus 1.4, Diodorus Sicululs 1.4. Hyginus Preface, Ovid Fasti 6.285) [1.2] KRONOS (Homeric Hymns 18 & 24) [1.3] RHEA (Pindar Nemean Ode 11) OFFSPRING NONE (She was a virgin goddess.) ENCYCLOPEDIA HE′STIA (Hestia, Ion. Histiê), the goddess of the hearth, or rather the fire burning on the hearth, was regarded as one of the twelve great gods, and accordingly as a daughter of Cronus and Rhea. According to the common tradition, she was the first-born daughter of Rhea, and was therefore the first of the children that was swallowed by Cronus. (Hes. Theog. 453, &c.; Hom. Hymn. in Ven. 22; Apollod. i. 1. § 5.) She was, like Artemis and Athena, a maiden divinity, and when Apollo and Poseidon sued for her hand, she swore by the head of Zeus to remain a virgin for ever (Hom. Hymn. in Ven. 24, &c.), and in this character it was that her sacrifices consisted of cows which were only one year old. The connection between Hestia and Apollo and Poseidon, which is thus alluded to in the legend, appears also in the temple of Delphi, where the three divinities were worshipped in common, and Hestia and Poseidon appeared together also at Olympia. (Paus. v. 26. § 26, x. 5. § 3; Hom. Hymn. xxxi. 2.) As the hearth was looked upon as the sacred centre of domestic life, so Hestia was the goddess of domestic life and the giver of all domestic happiness and blessings, and as such she was believed to dwell in the inner part of every house (Hom. Hymn. in Ven. 30; Callim. Hymn. in Del. 325, in Cer. 129), and to have invented the art of building houses. (Diod. v. 68; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 735.) In this respect she appears often together with Hermes, who was likewise a deus penetralis, as protecting the works of man. (Hom. Hymn. xxxii. 10: Paus. x. 11. § 3.) As the hearth of a house is at the same time the altar on which sacrifices are offered to the domestic gods (hestiouchoi or ephestioi), Hestia was looked upon as presiding at all sacrifices, and, as the goddess of the sacred fire of the altar, she had a share in the sacrifices in all the temples of the gods. (Hom. Hymn. in Ven. 31.) Hence when sacrifices were offered, she was invoked first, and the first part of the sacrifice was offered to her. (Hom. Hymn. xxxii. 5; Pind. Nem. xi. 5; Plat. Cratyl. p. 401, d. ; Paus. v. 14. § 5; Schol. ad Aristoph. Vesp. 842 ; Hesych. s. v. aph hestias archomenos.) Solemn oaths were sworn by the goddess of the hearth, and the hearth itself was the sacred asylum where suppliants implored the protection of the inhabitants of the house. (Hom. Od. xiv. 159; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1579.) A town or city is only an extended family, and therefore had likewise its sacred hearth, the symbol of an harmonious community of citizens and of a common worship. This public


Who rules in the form of government known as 'Stratocracy'?

Types of Governments Types of Governments The Key 2 Liberty involves learning the principles of freedom for yourself and then sharing your knowledge with others. TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS Left vs. Right It is amazing how much the meaning of the words “left” and “right” changes from one person to another when referring to various types of governments.  Every news media outlet portrays a different point of view.  Many people view the political scale ranging from communist governments on the far left to fascist governments on the far right placing “moderate” governments in the middle.  This type of political scale leads to confusion as it provides little information regarding the power structure between the leaders of a government and its people.  The far left and far right of this political scale are governments that are structured from the top down.  The leaders have complete control of the people and determine the rules that they must follow without their consent.  Governments in the middle of this scale have less control over the people but the level of control is ambiguous. The discussion of left vs. right governments becomes even more perplexing since it is common for people to refer to political parties as being associated with “the left” or “the right”.  In the United States the Democrats are commonly referred to as being the party of “the left” while the Republicans are depicted as the party of “the right”.  Using the words “left” and “right” in this context does not provide any information regarding the level of control the leaders of the government have over the people.  For the remainder of this section on the web site, Types of Governments, the words “left” and “right” will specifically refer to types of governments and not political parties. The Founders used a different scale to measure governments.  Their scale was based on the degree of power the leaders had over the people.  On the left side of the scale are governments that exercise tyrannical control of the people such as in a monarchy or dictatorship.  On the right side of the scale there is no government or a state of anarchy.  The middle of the scale represents governments that give a certain degree of power to the people.  This web site will use the Founder’s definition of the governmental power scale when describing different forms of governments with tyrannical governments having total control of the people on the far left to no government or a state of anarchy on the far right. The different types of governments will be described in the general order from left to right on the Founder’s scale with those having the most control over the people on the far left to a state of anarchy on the far right.  There are many different words that people use to describe governments with some of them having only slight differences.  Three key characteristics of each type of government listed on this page will be described.  The first being whether or not the majority of the people have consented to the particular form of government.  The second is how much control (if any) the people have in their government and the third is the relationship held between the military leaders, the government leaders, and the people. Totalitarian Under this type of government the state has complete control over all aspects of public and private life.  The government is composed of a single political party that operates all sectors of the media and uses mass propaganda to influence the people and stay in power.  Totalitarian governments are positioned on the complete, far left side of the Founder’s scale.  The leader(s) of a totalitarian government are not elected and as a result there is little consideration for the rights of the people.  The people have no say in the operations of the government or creation of the laws that rule them.  The military is always used in a totalitarian style government to keep the current leaders in power and to maintain absolute control of the people.  People who live under totalitarian governments are nev


Which US President is featured on a $5.00 bill?

1900-Present 1900-Present   Page Content March 14, 1900 - The Gold Standard Act officially placed the United States on the gold standard. September 6, 1901 - President William McKinley was shot twice in Buffalo, New York by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition. McKinley’s death led to the Secret Service permanently protecting the president. McKinley died of his wounds on September 14, 1901 after appearing to be recovering for several days. April 18, 1906 - A massive earthquake, one so powerful it could be felt south of Los Angeles, as far north as Oregon and as far west as Nevada, was centered in San Francisco. The earthquake and the fire it spawned destroyed at least 50 percent of the city before being stopped. The San Francisco Mint remarkably escaped damage from the earthquake and became a refuge center. The mint was damaged by the fire, but efforts by firemen and workers prevented large scale damage. March 13, 1907 - A financial panic began as the stock market began to fall. The market reached a low point on November 15, 1907 when the average was 39% lower than on March 13.  February 18, 1908 - Postage stamp coils were issued for the first time by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. May 18, 1908 - Congress required “In God We Trust” be placed on all coins starting in 1909. May 30, 1908 - The Aldrich-Vreeland Act created the National Monetary Commission. The commission studied banking in Europe and North America the reports it made led to the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.  February 9, 1909 - Congress passed the Opium Enforcement Act, prohibiting the use or possession of opium for non-medicinal purposes. Medicinal opiates remained unregulated until 1914. August 2, 1909 -The Lincoln one-cent coin was issued to replace the Indian Head penny. It was the first circulating coin to feature a real person and the first to feature a President of the United States. June 25, 1910 - An Act of Congress established the Postal Savings Depositories. The Act allowed the Post Office to function as a bank and was intended to coax money out of hiding from people who didn’t trust banks. February 25, 1913 - The Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, authorizing federal income tax, was ratified. October 3, 1913 - The federal income tax on individuals and corporations went into effect. December 23, 1913 - President Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law, creating a new central bank. February 14, 1914 - The Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s new building at the end of 14th Street was completed at a cost of almost $3 million dollars. November 10, 1914 - The National City Bank of New York opened a branch in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the first foreign branch opened by a nationally chartered U.S. bank. November 16, 1914 - The Federal Reserve Banks opened. December 17, 1914 -The Harrison Narcotics Act was passed. Among other things, it required opium producers to pay taxes and register with the Internal Revenue Service. January 28, 1915 - The U.S. Coast Guard was created by Congress with the merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and U.S. Life-Saving Service. It was designated to operate as part of the Navy in time of war. July 24, 1915 - Frank Burke, a member of the United States Secret Service working in New York City, stole a briefcase that contained all records of German espionage in the United States up to that point of World War I. April 24, 1917 - The First Liberty Loan Act authorized the issue of $5 billion worth of bonds at 3.5 percent interest three weeks after the United States declared war on Germany. October 6, 1917 - The Trading with the Enemy Act gave the president the ability to regulate trade during times of war. The U.S. Customs Service was charged with enforcing the act. April 5, 1918 - The Third Liberty Loan Act authorized the issue of $3 billion worth of bonds at 4.5 percent interest. April 23, 1918 - The Pittman Silver Coinage Act was approved. The Act removed a large number of silver dollars from circulation to be melted down and sold as silver bullion. The Act required that an equal number of


Who won the 2010 'Oscar' for Best Actor for the film 'Crazy Heart'?

Best Actor Oscar 2010: Who Should Win? (PHOTOS) | The Huffington Post Best Actor Oscar 2010: Who Should Win? (PHOTOS) 04/09/2010 05:12 am ET | Updated May 25, 2011 100 None of these five men have won an Oscar for best lead actor, but Jeff Bridges, George Clooney and Morgan Freeman have been nominated in the category and Clooney and Freeman have won supporting actor Oscars. This is a first Oscar nomination for Colin Firth and Jeremy Renner.


The New England range of mountains (highest point Ben Lomond) are in which Commonwealth country?

Glen Innes - New South Wales - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au Glen Innes Interesting historic township in the New England area of New South Wales Glen Innes is situated amidst rolling countryside on the Northern Tablelands of NSW, 624 km north-east of Sydney and 1075 metres above sea-level. It has a current population of 6250 people. The local economy is based principally upon agriculture and tourism. The town is known for its fine parks which are especially attractive in autumn. Glen Innes has numerous arts, craft and collectables shops. Fishing, fossicking and horseriding are also popular ways to enjoy the scenic environs. The Nugumbal people who visited the area in the warmer months. They are thought to have called it 'Eehrindi', meaning wild raspberry. The first European in the area was John Oxley, en route to Port Macquarie in 1818. By 1835, two hairy convict stockmen, Chandler and Duval, assigned to Captain Dumaresq, were the first whites working in the area north of Armidale. They did much to open up the area to settlement by advising and guiding prospective settlers to new lands where they selected stations in the late 1830s. For this reason the district was initially known as 'Beardy Plains' or 'Land of the Beardies'. The first to be guided by the 'Beardies' into the Glen Innes area was Thomas Hewitt who, in 1838, took up the Stonehenge station. Others rapidly followed and by 1840 the land was settled. There was conflict between white and black in the early days of settlement but it appears to have ceased by about 1845. The present site was laid out in 1851 and was named after the station's former owner, Major Archibald Clunes Innes, former commandant of the Port Macquarie penal settlement. Glen Innes was gazetted in 1852 with the first land sales taking place in 1854, the year the first post office opened. The area became a noted sheep-raising and wheat-growing area with the first flour mill opening in the 1850s. Ben Lomond station, to the south, was held up by bushranger 'Thunderbolt' (Fred Ward) in the late 1860s. As the mail coach made slow headway up the Ben Lomond Range (the highest point in northern New England), he found it an easy target. The discovery of tin at Vegetable Creek in 1872 caused a boom for the town which lasted until the economic depression of the 1890s. Over the years antimony, gold, bismuth, manganese, silver, arsenic, molybdenite, emeralds and sapphires were all commercially mined in the district and a number of small towns sprang up around the operations. Glen Innes became a municipality in 1872 and the prosperity and growth witnessed the erection of some substantial public buildings in the 1870s, including the courthouse, hospital and town hall. The railway arrived in 1884. Timber milling became a substantial enterprise in the 1920s with commercial sapphire mining commencing in 1959 and proving highly prosperous into the 1980s. The town's annual celebrations include the Pastoral and Agricultural Show in February, the Australian Celtic Festival in May, 'Minerama' (the Gem and Mineral Festival) in September, in which Australian gem collectors gather and guided tours of local fossicking sites are organised, the Australian Bush Music Festival in October, and the Land of the Beardies Bush Festival in November, entailing a mardi gras, carnival, motor show, exhibits and competitions. The town markets are held on the second Sunday of the month in Grey St and, in summer, on the third Sunday at Red Range Sports Grounds. Things to see: Tourist Information Centre The town's information centre is open seven days a week from 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. and is located at 152 Church St (the New England Highway), between Bourke and Meade Sts, tel: (02) 6732 2397. Arts, crafts, souvenirs and sapphires are all on sale with the coach and rest rooms open 24 hours a day. Enquiries can be made here concerning details about local fishing, fossicking, horseriding, bushwalking and farm stays. There is also a heritage walk brochure. Powerhouse Museum A few doors south of the visitors' centre, the museum houses the 1


Which colonial power governed Mauritius before the British?

Mauritius Mauritius Mauritius THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS is a democratic and prosperous country whose entire population has ancestral origins elsewhere: Europe, Africa, India, and China. Until recently, the country's economy was dominated by the production and export of sugar, a legacy of its French and British colonial past. After independence in 1968, government-directed diversification efforts resulted in the rapid growth of tourism and a manufacturing sector producing mainly textiles for export. During French colonial rule, from 1767 to 1810, the capital and main port, Port Louis, became an important center for trade, privateering, and naval operations against the British. In addition, French planters established sugarcane estates and built up their fortunes at the expense of the labor of slaves brought from Africa. The French patois, or colloquial language, which evolved among these slaves and their freed descendants, referred to as Creole, has become the everyday language shared by most of the island's inhabitants. French is used in the media and literature, and the Franco-Mauritian descendants of the French settlers continue to dominate the sugar industry and economic life of modern Mauritius. The British captured the island in 1810 and gave up sovereignty when Mauritius became independent in 1968. During this period, the French plantation aristocracy maintained its economic, and, to a certain degree, its political prominence. The British abolished slavery but provided for cheap labor on the sugar estates by bringing nearly 500,000 indentured workers from the Indian subcontinent. The political history of Mauritius in the twentieth century revolves around the gradual economic and political empowerment of the island's Indian majority. Mauritian independence was not gained without opposition and violence. Tensions were particularly marked between the Creole and Indian communities, which clashed often at election time, when the rising fortunes of the latter at the expense of the former were most apparent. Nonetheless, successive governments have, with varying success, attempted to work out a peaceful modus vivendi that considers the concerns of the island's myriad communities. These varied interests have contributed to a political culture that is occasionally volatile and highly fluid, characterized by shifting alliances. A notable lapse from democratic practices, however, occurred in 1971. The Mauritius Labor Party (MLP)-led coalition government of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, faced with the radical and popular challenge of the Mauritian Militant Movement (Mouvement Militant Mauricien--MMM) and its allies in the unions, promulgated the Public Order Act, which banned many forms of political activity. This state of emergency lasted until 1976. The resilience and stability of Mauritian society, however, was demonstrated by the fact that an MMM-led government eventually gained power through the ballot box in 1982. Despite many differences, the major political parties have worked successfully toward the country's economic welfare. For this reason, Mauritius has evolved from a primarily agricultural monocrop economy marked by high unemployment, low salaries, and boom-or-bust cycles to one dominated by manufacturing, tourism, and expanding financial services. As Mauritius faces the future, it can look back on its dazzling economic performance in the 1980s and attempt to build on that success by continuing its tradition of political stability, foresight, and prudent development planning. Mauritius Although there is no evidence of human habitation on Mauritius before the early seventeenth century, Phoenicians probably visited the island about 2,000 years ago, and Malays and Arabs stopped on the island in subsequent centuries. The Portuguese charted the waters surrounding the island, which they called Ilha do Cirne (Island of the Swan), in the early sixteenth century. In 1638 the Dutch began colonizing the island, which they named after Maurice of Nassau, the stadthouder (head of state) of Holland. The island's first governor, Co


American Chester Carlson invented which now common office machine?

Chester Carlson : definition of Chester Carlson and synonyms of Chester Carlson (English)   Early life “ Work outside of school hours was a necessity at an early age, and with such time as I had I turned toward interests of my own devising, making things, experimenting, and planning for the future. I had read of Thomas Alva Edison and other successful inventors, and the idea of making an invention appealed to me as one of the few available means to accomplish a change in one's economic status, while at the same time bringing to focus my interest in technical things and making it possible to make a contribution to society as well. ” —Chester Carlson, to A. Dinsdale [1] Carlson's father, Olaf Adolph Carlson, had little formal education, but was described as "brilliant" by a relative. Carlson wrote of his mother, Ellen, that she "was looked up to by her sisters as one of the wisest." [2] When Carlson was an infant, his father contracted tuberculosis , and also later suffered from arthritis of the spine (a common, age-related disease). When Olaf moved the family to Mexico for a seven-month period in 1910, in hopes of gaining riches through what Carlson described as "a crazy American land colonization scheme," Ellen contracted malaria. [3] Because of his parents' illnesses, and the resulting poverty, Carlson worked to support his family from an early age; he began working odd jobs for money when he was eight. By the time he was thirteen, he would work for two or three hours before going to school, then go back to work after classes. By the time Carlson was in high school, he was his family's principal provider. [4] His mother died of tuberculosis when he was 17, and his father died when Carlson was 27. Carlson began thinking about reproducing print early in his life. At age ten, he created a newspaper called This and That, created by hand and circulated among his friends with a routing list. His favorite plaything was a rubber stamp printing set, and his most coveted possession was a toy typewriter an aunt gave him for Christmas in 1916—although he was disappointed that it was not an office typewriter. [5] While working for a local printer while in high school, Carlson attempted to typeset and publish a magazine for science-minded students like himself. He quickly became frustrated with traditional duplicating techniques. As he told Dartmouth College professor Joseph J. Ermene in a 1965 interview, "That set me to thinking about easier ways to do that, and I got to thinking about duplicating methods." [6]   Education “ Well, I had a fascination with the graphic arts from childhood. One of the first things I wanted was a typewriter —even when I was in grammar school. Then, when I was in high school I liked chemistry and I got the idea of publishing a little magazine for amateur chemists. I also worked for a printer in my spare time and he sold me an old printing press which he had discarded. I paid for it by working for him. Then I started out to set my own type and print this little paper. I don't think I printed more than two issues, and they weren't much. However, this experience did impress me with the difficulty of getting words into hard copy and this, in turn, started me thinking about duplicating processes. I started a little inventor's notebook and I would jot down ideas from time to time. ” —Chester Carlson, to A. Dinsdale, when asked about his choice of field [1] Because of the work he put into supporting his family, Carlson had to take a postgraduate year at his high school to fill in missed courses. He then entered a cooperative work/study program at Riverside Junior College , working and going to classes in alternating six-week periods. Carlson held three jobs while at Riverside, paying for a cheap one-bedroom apartment for himself and his father. At Riverside, Chester began as a chemistry major, but switched to physics, largely due to a favorite professor. [7] After three years at Riverside, Chester transferred to the California Institute of Technology , or Caltech—his ambition since high school. His tuition, $26


New Britain, the largest island of the Bismark Archipelago, is part of which country?

New Britain, island, Papua New Guinea Encyclopedia  >  Places  >  Australia and Oceania  >  Pacific Islands Political Geography New Britain New Britain, volcanic island (1990 pop. 315,649), c.14,600 sq mi (37,810 sq km), SW Pacific, largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago and part of Papua New Guinea, in which it forms two provinces (East and West New Britain). Rabaul is the chief town and port. The island is mountainous, with active volcanoes, hot springs, and peaks over 7,000 ft (2,130 m) high. The major export is copra, and some copper, gold, iron, and coal are mined. Visited and named by the English explorer William Dampier in 1700, New Britain became part of German New Guinea in 1884. Germany called it Neu Pommern (New Pomerania). In 1920 it was mandated to Australia by the League of Nations and in 1947 was made a UN trust territory under Australian control. In 1937 and again in 1994 Rabaul was severely damaged by volcanic activity. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


The Epiphany as the Evanescent Moment: Flashes of Unintellectual Light in James Joyce’s Dubliners » Writing Program » Boston University The Epiphany as the Evanescent Moment: Flashes of Unintellectual Light in James Joyce’s Dubliners Navraj Narula Download this essay James Joyce’s Dubliners, a collection of 15 short stories, defies literary norms by breaking the original storyline format of Freytag’s pyramid, which suggests that a clear beginning consisting of a proper introduction of the setting and the characters, a middle discussing the conflict that would lead to a climax, and an end that ties the story together with a denouement are indispensable to any written work of fiction (“Analyzing a Story’s Plot: Freytag’s Pyramid”). James Joyce challenges these conventions by abruptly positioning the conflict at the start of his stories and refusing to include a resolution at the end of each one, inviting his readers to consider the cliffhanger at the end of each story in Dubliners rather than offering them a realization or, as most critics would say, an epiphany. In fact, as relayed by Zach Bowen, the founding editor of both the James Joyce Literary Supplement and the Florida James Joyce Series, a large number of Joyce’s critics “have had something to say about [Joyce’s] epiphanies and their use” in Dubliners (103). However, these noted critics—such as Henry Levin, Thomas Connolly, and William York Tindall—only acknowledge the everyday, hackneyed definition of epiphany, that of a “revelation” or a “realization.” These critics, who solely relate the word epiphany to enlightenment, claim that the characters in Dubliners do indeed arrive at a realization at the end of each story. Upon inspecting Dubliners and its unconventional endings though, I have come to the conclusion that the figures in Joyce’s stories arrive at no revelation at all. Published in 1914, a time when Irish nationalism instilled in people a desire to discover their identities, Dubliners offers its characters no sort of realization of their life’s purposes. Instead most find themselves lost, accepting failure or unable to proceed. Through a close reading of “Araby,” “The Boarding House,” and “Eveline,” I will, by recovering the Joycean definition of “epiphany,” demonstrate that an epiphany does not always necessarily adhere to the critical definition (or even worldly meaning) of the word as a “revelation” or a “realization.” In congruency with the Joycean definition of an epiphany as a departure from the critical definition of an epiphany, the Joycean definition does not go so far as to take action in reaching a point of realization; instead, it merely showcases the experiences of the characters in Dubliners, not drawing the reader’s attention to any sort of profound revelation. While many critics claim that what Joyce meant by an epiphany is a realization, I will argue that what Joyce meant by an epiphany is simply an unrevealing experience. In Stephen Hero, Joyce’s posthumously published autobiographical novel, he relates that an epiphany is a “sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or in a memorable phase of the mind itself” (Stephen Hero 211), believing that these epiphanies must be recorded “with extreme care, seeing that they [epiphanies] themselves are the most delicate and evanescent of moments” (211). Florence L. Walzi, an English professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who is an expert on the early works of Joyce, examines the etymology of the word “epiphany,” indicating that the basic meaning of epiphany in Greek is an “appearance” or “manifestation” related to a verb meaning “to display or show forth” (436). Then, Walzi goes even further to say that this basic meaning of an epiphany “reflects the later sense of the word as a revelation,” deeming it “a flash of intellectual light” (436). While Walzi, like most critics, extends the definition of “epiphany” beyond its basic meaning, I am hesitant to leap from “appearance” or “manifestation” all the way to “revelation.” Joyce explicitly defines an


Which operetta, first performed in 1874, features the character 'Gabriel von Eisenstein', who is given a prison sentence for insulting an official, and is then conspired against by, amongst others, a notary called 'Dr. Falke'?

Full text of "The standard light operas, their plots and their music;" See other formats 7    Iv"   fV?USC LI   THE STANDARD LIGHT OPERAS    By GEORGE P. UPTON  MUSICAL HANDBOOKS THE STANDARD OPERAS THE STANDARD ORATORIOS THE STANDARD CANTATAS THE STANDARD SYMPHONIES THE STANDARD LIGHT OPERAS xamo. Yellow edges. Per volume, $1.50   WOMAN IN MUSIC  i6mo. $1.00  MUSICAL PASTELS: A Series of Essays on Quaint and Curious Musical Subjects.  Large 8vo. 'With ten full-page illustrations from rare wood engravings.  A. C. McCLURG & COMPANY CHICAGO   THE  STANDARD LIGHT OPERAS  THEIR PLOTS AND THEIR MUSIC   BY GEORGE P. UPTON  AUTHOR OF "THE STANDARD OPERAS," ETC. \V   CHICAGO  A. C. McCLURG & CO.  1902   COPYRIGHT  A. C. MCCLURG & Co. 1902   Published September 13, 190*     TO MY FRIEND  CHARLES C. CURTISS   PREFACE.   THE present volume, "The Standard Light Operas," has been prepared not only with the hope that it may supply a popular want in these days when the light opera is so much in vogue, but also with the purpose of completing the series which the author has already compiled, including the opera, oratorio, cantata, and symphony. It has been somewhat difficult to select from the " em- barrassment of riches " in the material offered by the profusion of operettas, musical comedies, and legitimate light operas which have been produced during the last few years, and which are still turned out with almost bewildering rapidity. Still more difficult is it to determine accurately those among them which are standard. A few of the lighter works which are contained in the original edition of the " Standard Operas " have been recast, as they properly belong in a work of this kind, and as they may answer the needs of those who have not the former volume. The opera comique and the opera bouffe are also represented by the best of their class, those whose text is clearly objectionable being   viii PREFACE.  omitted. The entire list of the characteristic and de- lightful operettas by the late Sir Alexander Sullivan is included, and some of the musical comedies which have a strong hold upon popular admiration. The operas have not been analyzed with that close- ness of detail which characterizes the " Standard Operas," as they do not call for treatment of that kind, and in many cases the leading numbers are only suggested. They are described rather than criticised, and as they have been compiled solely for the use of the general public they have been pre- sented as untechnically as possible. They are in- tended to heighten popular enjoyment rather than to supply information for musicians, and as a vade mecum for the opera-goer rather than a reference for the musical student.  G. P. U.  CHICAGO, August, 1902.   CONTENTS   PAGE  ADAM  |/ THE POSTILION OF LONJUMEAU 15  AUBER  FRA DIAVOLO 19  THE CROWN DIAMONDS 22  AUDRAN  OLIVETTE 26  THE MASCOT 29  BALFE  THE BOHEMIAN GIRL 33  THE ROSE OF CASTILE 36  BELLINI  LA SONNAMBULA 40  BENEDICT  THE LILY OF KILLARNEY 43  BOIELDIEU  LA DAME BLANCHE 47  CELLIER  DOROTHY 50  CHASSAIQUE  FALKA 52   x CONTENTS.  PAGE  DF.KOVEN  ROBIN HOOD 57  MAID MARIAN 60  ROB ROY 63  THE FENCING-MASTER 67  DELIBES  LAKME 70  DONIZETTI  THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT .... 73  DON PASQUALE 76  LINDA 78  THE ELIXIR OF LOVE 81  EICHBERG  THE DOCTOR OF ALCANTARA 84  FLOTOW  MARTHA 87  STRADELLA 90  GENfiE  NANON 93  GOUNOD  MlRELLA 97  HUMPERDINCK  HANSEL AND GRETEL 100  JAKOBOWSKI  ERMINIE 103  LECOCQ  GlROFLE-GlROFLA IO6  I/'LA FILLE DE MADAME ANGOT 109  LORTZING  CZAR AND CARPENTER 113   CONTENTS. xi  PAGE  LUDERS  KING DODO 116  THE PRINCE OF PILSEN 118  MASS  PAUL AND VIRGINIA 121  QUEEN TOPAZE 124  THE MARRIAGE OF JEANNETTE 126  MILLOCKER  /^THE BEGGAR STUDENT 128  f'' THE BLACK HUSSAR 131  NESSLER  THE TRUMPETER OF SAKKINGEN 134  NICOLAI  THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR 138  OFFENBACH  THE GRAND DUCHESS OF GEROLSTEIN ... 141  LA BELLE HELENE 145  ORPHEU


What was the name of the Irish dancer who founded the Royal Ballet School?

DANCE VIEW - More Than a Revival, a Revelation - NYTimes.com DANCE VIEW; More Than a Revival, a Revelation By Jack Anderson Published: September 26, 1993 Dame Ninette de Valois, The Irish-born dancer who founded Britain's Royal Ballet, turned 95 this year. The company celebrated the occasion by demonstrating that she is not only a remarkable organizer but also a gifted choreographer. Her directorial genius is legendary. In 1931, she formed a group known as the Vic-Wells Ballet, after the theaters in which it performed: the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells. Later, it changed its name to the Sadler's Wells Ballet, moved to the Royal Opera House after World War II, made a triumphant American debut in 1949 and became the Royal Ballet in 1956. Although Dame Ninette retired as director in 1963, she continues to serve the Royal as an adviser. The organization now consists of two large troupes, the London-based Royal Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet. What tends to be overlooked today is Dame Ninette's choreography. Over the years, as her administrative duties increased, she allowed her creative output to dwindle, and she choreographed little after 1950. Dame Ninette's artistry was re-affirmed this summer. Both London's Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet School mounted her well-known "Checkmate," of 1937, which depicts an allegorical chess game between Love and Death. What came as a revelation was the Birmingham Royal's revival of her "Job," a 1931 work that had not been staged for 20 years. The reconstruction, supervised by Joy Newton and Jean Bedells, two former Sadler's Wells dancers, was one of the highlights of the Birmingham company's summer engagement at the Royal Opera House. Dame Ninette -- looking frail yet still indomitable -- attended the first presentation, on July 29. The Birmingham Royal will keep "Job" in its repertory and has scheduled a special performance of the work on Nov. 11 in Coventry Cathedral. "Job" is distinguished in every respect. Its score by Ralph Vaughan Williams resounds with solemn beauty. "Job" originally had scenery by Gwen Raverat, but in 1948 it was redesigned by the painter John Piper, and the Birmingham staging retains his conceptions. The darkly glowing colors of the backdrops are reminders that Piper also designed stained-glass windows. Despite the work's beauty, audiences were startled by "Job" at its premiere. Most of its characters are barefoot, others wear sandals, and no one is on point. This refusal to be bound by balletic conventions supports the view of some dance historians that, although Dame Ninette never wavered in her devotion to classical training, her willingness to experiment allied her esthetically with some of the modern dancers of the 30's. The austerity of footgear also suggests something of the work's tone. Inspired by the Old Testament Book of Job and the visionary illustrations made for it in 1825 by the mystical poet and artist William Blake, the deeply expressive yet often understated choreography is not so much a telling of a tale as a meditation on it. The ballet begins by showing Job's family living quietly and happily. The deliberate simplicity of the steps makes this scene akin to a stately folk dance. The backdrop then rises to reveal a stairway with God at its top. Challenged by Satan, God agrees to test Job's faith. Grotesque dancers symbolizing pestilences enter. Messengers bring melancholy tidings. Hypocritical comforters wring their hands in displays of grief; it is clear they are reveling in Job's misfortunes. GIVEN THE SUBJECT MATTER, some choreographers might have stressed frenzy. Dame Ninette takes another approach. "Job" resembles a Greek tragedy. Although Greek playwrights dealt with disasters, they seldom showed mayhem on stage. Dame Ninette is similarly restrained; her ballet has only two chillingly violent moments. Early on, the members of Job's household suddenly fall after Satan curses them. Later, justice triumphs when, as Satan tries to climb the heavenly stairs, a gesture of banishment by God causes him to tumble. Dame Ninette makes a poi


In which British city would you find Perry Bar Greyhound Stadium?

Birmingham Greyhound Stadium Perry Barr (England): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor Birmingham Greyhound Stadium Perry Barr Write a Review Birmingham Greyhound Stadium Perry Barr Birmingham Greyhound Stadium Perry Barr Does this activity require advanced planning, ticketing or reservations? Yes Is this activity accessible without advanced planning or reservations? Yes Does this attraction provide visitors with a taste of the local culture? Yes No Unsure Does this attraction require above average amounts of physical activity (long walks, climbs, stairs or hikes)? Yes Does this attraction have good scenic or skyline views? Yes Is this attraction good for couples? Yes Is this attraction suitable for adults only? Yes Is this attraction suitable for all ages? Yes Is this attraction pet friendly? Yes Would this be a good sunny day activity? Yes Map updates are paused. Zoom in to see updated info. Reset zoom Address: Aldridge Road | Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2ET, England Phone Number: +44 870 840 7410 Website Mon - Sat 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Description: Every Friday and Saturday evening throughout the year you can experience... Every Friday and Saturday evening throughout the year you can experience all the thrills and excitement of up to 3 hours of live greyhound racing at Birmingham Greyhound Stadium Perry Barr. read more Terrible “Work Night Out” Not a bad night, something a bit different to do. Drinks are very pricey. A corona was £4.35. An enjoyable night overall though, the view of the track is decent from all angles. Reviewed 6 days ago 78 Reviews from our TripAdvisor Community Which Birmingham hotels are on sale? mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy See all travel guides Read reviews that mention: All reviews dog track finish line great night cheap night balti enjoyable night course meal booked a table fantastic seats came round waitress service free entry great fun staff were very helpful bets races trackside riding betting grandstand Review tags are currently only available for English language reviews. Start your review of Birmingham Greyhound Stadium Perry Barr   Click to rate “Work Night Out” Reviewed 6 days ago NEW via mobile Not a bad night, something a bit different to do. Drinks are very pricey. A corona was £4.35. An enjoyable night overall though, the view of the track is decent from all angles. Helpful? “Fun Night” Reviewed September 13, 2016 Something different ! You'll have loads of fun. Get a group together and have a wager.Its really exciting. Food and drinks available inside or out. Helpful? “Great family night out, but food/service isn't great!” Reviewed September 8, 2016 For the money which is £25 for a 3 course meal (£8 for kids) which includes sitting trackside, having people some to your table to take your bets and your entrance. It is a really good family or friends night out, I have been a few times. The food is very average but on this occassion it was quite bad,... More  Helpful? Reviewed September 2, 2016 via mobile A last minute night out at the dogs. Cost £42 for 4 including main course meal and booking fee. We were all shocked by the quality of the food and service, although we all felt the bar prices were pretty high. Over all a really enjoyable evening, lots of families including children eating. So very children friendly. Helpful? “Great if you want to do something a little different” Reviewed August 24, 2016 It's good fun and you don't need to be an expert to have a go you get all the details and lots of helpful staff. Helpful? “A great day out for all” Reviewed August 16, 2016 This is a great place to visit for a fun day or night out. We visited on a Sunday afternoon so it was free entry. There is space to sit inside or outside where you can get a clear view of the dogs racing at the track side. If you’re not sure how to bet, there are plenty of staff... More  Helpful? “Good night at the dogs - average meal/good helpful staff” Reviewed August 1, 2016 I love a night at the greyhounds. Having been to Hall Green previously, we decided to go to Perry Barr for a change. The restaurant overlooks the home


Which pop star called one of his children Dandelion?

Keith Richards pictured in public with love child Dandelion | Daily Mail Online comments She may not be a famous face, but the woman seen with Keith Richards once teetered on the brink of musical history. Pictured with the rock star in public for the first time as they dined in London on Tuesday is Dandelion – the child who almost broke up the Rolling Stones. The 38-year-old, Richards’s daughter by Anita Pallenberg, was born at the height of the band’s success, during their days of wild partying. Love child: Keith Richards dined with his daughter Dandelion, who uses her middle name, Angie, in London after his book signing Extraordinarily, Richards apparently believed that the baby had been fathered by Mick Jagger while he was too befuddled by heroin to notice. The fall-out from that argument between Jagger and Richards would go on for years. And Richards makes much of the two men’s rocky relationship in his recently released autobiography. Around the time Miss Pallenberg became pregnant, in the summer of 1971, she was also addicted to heroin. She would shoot up three times daily while on tour with the band. Strung out: Anita Pallenberg and Richards, pictured in 1969, were addicted to heroin when Dandelion was conceived - she had to be looked after by his mother And Dandelion, who now uses her middle name Angela, was brought up by Richards’s mother, in Dartford, Kent, because her own mother was too drug-addled to care for her. Miss Pallenberg, who was living with Richards in the South of France when she discovered that she was pregnant, asked Richards’s PA to arrange for her to have an abortion. But although she asked several times for flights to be booked so she could have a termination at home, she never took them.  RELATED ARTICLES Share In time, everyone accepted that the child was Richards’s. And, demonstrating how deeply he cared for the baby, the rock star wrote Wild Horses and Angie about her. When his mother died in 2007, Richards installed his daughter in a large estate with an equestrian school in West Wittering, on the Sussex coast. Today, she, her mother and her father all live as neighbours on their three separate sprawling estates near Chichester. And as father and daughter dined at the Ivy Club in Soho this week, with Richards’s wife Patti Henson and his son Marlon by Miss Pallenberg, 66, it is obvious the family bond is as strong as ever.


Englishman Henry Mills patented the earliest known what in 1714?

A Brief History of Typewriters presents The concept of a typewriter dates back at least to 1714, when   Englishman Henry Mill filed a vaguely-worded patent for "an   artificial machine or method for the impressing or transcribing of   letters singly or progressively one after another." But the first   typewriter proven to have worked was built by the Italian Pellegrino   Turri in 1808 for his blind friend Countess Carolina Fantoni da   Fivizzano; unfortunately, we do not know what the machine looked   like, but we do have specimens of letters written by the Countess on   it. (For details, see Michael Adler's excellent 1973 book The Writing Machine . Carey Wallace's   2010 novel The Blind Contessa's New Machine is based on the relationship between the Countess and Turri.) Numerous inventors in Europe and the U.S. worked on typewriters    in the 19th century, but successful commercial production began    only with the "writing ball" of Danish pastor Rasmus    Malling-Hansen (1870). This well-engineered device looked rather    like a pincushion. Nietzsche's mother and sister once gave him one    for Christmas. He hated it. Much more influential, in the long run, was the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer , which began    production in late 1873 and appeared on the American market in    1874. Christopher L. Sholes, a   Milwaukee newspaperman, poet, and part-time inventor, was the main   creator of this machine. The Sholes & Glidden typed only in   capital letters, and it introduced the QWERTY keyboard, which is   very much with us today. The keyboard was probably designed to   separate frequently-used pairs of typebars so that the typebars   would not clash and get stuck at the printing point. The S&G was   a decorative machine, boasting painted flowers and decals. It looked   rather like a sewing machine, as it was manufactured by the sewing   machine department of the Remington arms company. For an in-depth   look at this historic device, visit Darryl Rehr's Web site "The    First Typewriter." The Sholes & Glidden had limited success, but its successor,    the Remington, soon became a dominant presence in the industry. The Sholes & Glidden, like many early typewriters, is an    understroke or "blind" writer: the typebars are arranged in a    circular basket under the platen (the printing surface) and type    on the bottom of the platen. This means that the typist    (confusingly called a "typewriter" herself in the early days) has    to lift up the carriage to see her work. Another example of an    understroke typebar machine is the Caligraph of 1880, the second    typewriter to appear on the American market. This Caligraph has a "full" keyboard -- separate keys for lower- and   upper-case letters. Click here to read   more about the Caligraph. The Smith Premier (1890) is another example of a full-keyboard    understroke typewriter which was very popular in its day. Click here to read more and see    the machine. The QWERTY keyboard came to be called the "Universal" keyboard,    as the alternative keyboards fought a losing battle against the    QWERTY momentum. (For more on QWERTY and to learn why "QWERTY is    cool," visit Darryl Rehr's site The QWERTY Connection .) But not all early    typewriters used the QWERTY system, and many did not even type    with typebars. Case in point: the ingenious Hammond ,    introduced in 1884. The Hammond came on the scene with its own    keyboard, the two-row, curved "Ideal" keyboard -- although    Universal Hammonds were also soon made available. The Hammond    prints from a type shuttle -- a C-shaped piece of vulcanized    rubber. The shuttle can easily be exchanged when you want to use a    different typeface. There is no cylindrical platen as on typebar    typewriters; the paper is hit against the shuttle by a hammer. The Hammond gained a solid base of loyal customers. These   well-engineered machines lasted, with a name change to Varityper and electrificati