Architect George Clarke fronts which TV series?

The Darker Side to Home Show George Clarke | The House Shop Blog The Darker Side to Home Show George Clarke The Darker Side to Home Show George Clarke Posted on Follow George Clarke the cool Sunderland born architect, writer and lecturer has the ability to make females both young and old positively swoon each time he shows his skills at restoration. I am drawn to the show as his home improvements are not made just for the show but for real people  who pay real money to employ George.   I am also intrigued by the amounts of money people raise to make huge improvements and the blind faith they put into George Clarke’s work. His home transformations can be stunning, however there must be a darker side to the squeaky clean George that we don’t know about?   George is probably  one of the most successful property TV presenters on UK television.  After making three successful series of Build A New Life for Five from 2003 to 2006, George became the face of architecture at Channel 4 with the launch of The Home Show in 2008,,  Restoration Man in 2009, and the forthcoming new campaign series The Empty Homes Show due to be transmitted on Channel 4 in December 2011.   George Clarke Property TV Career 2004 Property Dreams – 6 x 60 min programmes for Five following people who release equity from their homes either to renovate their existing home, buy a second home in the UK or to buy a home abroad. 2005 Dream Home Abroad – 10 x 60 min programmes for Five following families who leave the UK to renovate beautiful old homes throughout Europe.   2005-2007 Build A New Life in the Country – 32 x 60 min programmes for Five. George follows families who transform their quality of life by moving from the city to the country to renovate some of the most stunning and unusual old buildings in Britain.? Build A New Life is one of the most successful programmes ever to be shown with over 2.5 million viewers. Series 1 was transmitted in 2005, Series 2 in 2006 and Series 3 in 2007.   2008 The Home Show – Series 1 : 6 x 60 min programmes for Channel 4. With over 3 million viewers.   2009 The Home Show – Series 2 : 8 x 60 min prime time programmes for Channel 4.   2010 Restoration Man  – Series 1 : A groundbreaking series where George saves some of the most beautiful old buildings in Britain by converting them into unique homes. 6×60 min prime time programmes for Channel 4.   2011 Restoration Man – George is currently making series 2 and 3 of Restoration Man, due for transmission in February 2012 and September 2012 respectively for Channel 4.   2011 The Empty Homes Show – A groundbreaking campaign series, which investigates the British property crisis and the scandal of empty homes across Britain. The Empty Homes Show will be transmitted on Channel 4 in December 2011. Souce : http://georgeclarke.com/   2012 George Clarke Amazing Spaces – George Clarke explores the extraordinary world of small builds, where people turn tiny spaces into the most incredible places to live, work and play. He even tries making a few of his own.   A love Affair Have you noticed how George has a love affair with white paint? it is used before a project begins to show the size and scale of a room it is also used in the finished product. In a Telegraph piece at My Space George says”’I am a big fan of contemporary art. The walls of my house are white and simple, a blank canvas for my things. We call these photoprints ‘The Girls’.     Is George Clarke Married or Gay? When conducting a little research (Sept 2011) Google suggests the following terms on Mr Clarke’s name “ george clarke architect married george clarke home show gay This suggests to me that these are burning questions from Google users. Wiki Answers and Yahoo both have the gay question in their databases. George has done a number of interviews online to clear these questions up.     Another Side To George Clarke Most people don’t see another side of George and it was refreshing for me to see outtakes and cock ups made by George in the show. I found myself pointing out to others to watch these videos as to say “see he i


What are the narrows called between Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic?

End of the Road: from Ushuaia to Antarctica | The Weekender End of the Road: from Ushuaia to Antarctica Jan 262011   Ushuaia is, quite literally, the end of the road.  Located off the tip of the South American continent in the archipelago called Tierra del Fuego, it’s considered the southernmost city in the world (although the smaller, Chilean Puerto Williams is giving Ushuaia a run for its money). As the last outpost before the Southern Ocean and the fabled Drake passage, Ushuaia has a long history as the last stop for Antarctic-bound explorers.  Today, over 90 percent of Antarctic visitors begin or end their journey in this town. Bright flowers grace this typical cottage outside of the city center I arrived feeling drunk with sleepiness from a two day odyssey from Miami, to Buenos Aires, to Ushuaia.  As recommended, we scheduled one night in Buenos Aires and one night in Ushuaia to accommodate any unexpected missed flights or missing luggage.  Luckily, we avoided both, but the extra day in Ushuaia allowed us to explore the town and attempt to catch up on our sleep. Ushuaia is a vaguely industrial looking city, but its location — between snow topped mountains and the Beagle Channel — is striking.  Sprinkled among the blocky concrete buildings are splashes of color and alpine architecture.  In fact, even the airport, with it’s enormous crisscrossing beams and wooden steps resembled a large ski lodge.  The tidy, functional buildings, streets sloping to the harbor, and the whimsically colorful rooftops reminded me of the city of Reykjavik, capital of Iceland.  Although the cities are geographically disparate, a similar climate managed to shape them into similar looking cities. Eat some tapas and rest on the comfy sheepskin-covered benches at the Bodegon Fueguino Restaurant It’s easy to get oriented in Ushuaia — there’s one main drag lined with outdoor gear shops, and running below and parallel to the main street is the Beagle Channel, with the docks housing shipping and touring vessels.  Like in many adventure gateway cities, a wide variety of people swarm Ushuaia’s streets wearing outdoor gear of every stripe.  A fortune in the latest camera equipment rides on the shoulders and hips of Antarctica-bound “tourists”.  I use the word tourist reluctantly, because any one who braves the gauntlet of air and ocean travel to get to Antarctica deserves a more serious designation. When we arrived, we took a taxi (conveniently available throughout the city and its outskirts) into town from our comfortable Hotel Nires , which was located a five minute ride away.  We browsed some of the outdoor stores (confirming that yes, they sell the same gear as REI), shopped for the ubiquitous Alfajores (sandwich cookies filled with Dulce de Leche,  recipe here ), and examined the film and camera bag inventory of a very well-stocked photography store. A monument commemorates the workers at El Presidio, the local penal colony (closed in 1947) We also popped into the much-touted Maritime Museum ( Museo Maritimo de Ushuaia ) to check out their Antarctic wing, which contains a large collection of ship models of Antarctic explorers.  Interestingly, all of the models were created by one master model-maker, who constructed them on the same scale, so it’s easy to compare sizes and features of the various boats.  However, unless you’re a model ship fanatic, I strongly suggest skipping the Maritime Museum and checking out the smaller, charming End of the World Museum ( Museo del Fin del Mundo ), which covers the natural and historical heritage of the area.   There you can learn about the original inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, as well as quirky stories about the sea captains, traders and prisoners that settled in the area. All the ship models in the Maritime Museum were created by one master model-maker The souvenirs of a long Antarctic winter, Maritime Museum, Ushuaia Because we scheduled one night in Ushuaia, we had almost an entire day to kill before the departure of our boat to Antarctica.  Besides shopping and visiting the docks and the museums, visi


"Which is the preposition in the tongue twister ""She sells sea shells by the sea shore""?"

Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it? "She sells sea shells by the sea shore." Average:


"Who wrote ""The Commitments"", ""The Snapper"" and ""The Van""?"

Roddy Doyle « The Commitments Roddy Doyle Author Roddy is the author of nine acclaimed novels including The Snapper, The Women Who Walked into Doors, A Star Called Henry and The Dead Republic. He also wrote two collections of stories, The Deportees and Bullfighting, Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents and most recently, Two Pints, a collection of dialogues.  He has written six books for children including A Greyhound of a Girl shortlisted for this year’s Carnegie Medal and Wilderness.  He has contributed to a variety of publications including The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Metro Eireann and many anthologies. He was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1991 for The Van and won the prize in 1993, for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Roddy has written for the stage and his plays include Brownbread, Guess Who’s Coming For The Dinner and most recently he adapted The Government inspector by Gogol for the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. He co-adapted with Joe O’Byrne his novel The Woman who Walked into Doors. He also wrote the screenplays for The Snapper, The Van, Family, When Brendan Met Trudy and he co-wrote the screenplay for The Commitments. Roddy’s new novel The Guts will be published this August. In it, Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who invented the Commitments back in the eighties is now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four kids … and bowel cancer. He isn’t dying, he thinks, but he might be. Roddy lives and works in Dublin.


"Who created the English schoolboy hero ""Jennings""?"

BoyActors Forum - jennings (writer - anthony buckeridge) jennings (writer - anthony buckeridge) Print Post    (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) ANTHONY Buckeridge, the author of the hugely popular Jennings series of childrensï¿½ books, has died at the age of 92. He was at his home in Barcombe, Lewes, in Sussex, yesterday afternoon when he died following a long illness. His wife of 42 years, Eileen, was with him, having nursed him following a blood transfusion and the onset of Parkinsonï¿½s Disease. Buckeridge leaves his wife, three children - Sally, Timothy and Corin - and four grandchildren. Mrs Buckeridge said yesterday: "I kept him at home, nursed him at home and it has been a very, very peaceful end." The widespread popularity of the schoolboy series followed the radio success of Jennings At School on Childrenï¿½s Hour. The first book in 1950, Jennings Goes To School, was followed by a further 24 in a series which was translated into 12 languages and gained international acclaim selling millions of copies around the world. Buckeridge also penned plays, musicals and his autobiography, continuing to write until he became unwell in 2002. But he lived to see a revival of interest in the tales of the schoolboy and his sidekick Darbishire at Linbury Court School. He visited the Edinburgh Festival in 2000, and was awarded an OBE in last yearï¿½s New Yearï¿½s Honours List, for services to literature. Mrs Buckeridge said that recognition for his lifeï¿½s work had brought an "evening glow to a lifeï¿½s work". She added: "One of the things I have always been pleased about for him was the retrospective view of his books. "The old stuff on Childrenï¿½s Hour always concentrated on the humour - which is there and added to the popularity - but he has lived long enough to get a reassessment of the literary worth of his writing." #######  (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) Obituaries Author of the Jennings stories which never seemed to date either as BBC scripts or on the printed page IF I HAD been an undertaker,ï¿½ Anthony Buckeridge once wrote, ï¿½I would write funny stories about funerals.ï¿½ The words point not only to his inherently cheerful disposition but also to his need to ground his writing in things that he knew about. So, as schoolmaster rather than undertaker, he turned naturally to the foibles of boys for his source material and, in the creation of Linbury Court School and its inhabitants, he shared with several generations of young readers his delight in the ridiculous. But he took some time to discover his metier. Born in 1912, Anthony Malcolm Buckeridge had rather a fraught childhood, since his father, a bank clerk, was killed on the Western Front in 1917 after just half an hour on active service, and his mother (unusually for the period, a university graduate) determined to take his place as breadwinner. The young Anthony was thus looked after by various relations until, through the Bank Clerksï¿½ Orphanage charity, he was dispatched to Seaford College, where he gained a pupilï¿½s-eye view of boarding-school life over ten not-unenjoyable years. A couple of forms ahead of him in the school was a ï¿½mildly eccentricï¿½ boy by the name of Diarmaid Jennings, whose japes were to be of notable significance for his younger contemporary in years to come. After Seaford, Buckeridge, as seems to have been expected of him, went to work in a bank. But he did not relish being cooped up all day and, having harboured thoughts of becoming a teacher, he took advantage of a ï¿½500 legacy and worked for a place at University College London. Here too though, he could not settle, and he left during his final year, ï¿½defeated by Latinï¿½, and in 1936 took up a post at a prep school in Suffolk. For the next 15 years, with a break during the war, when he served in the Auxiliary Fire Service, he continued schoolmastering, and although he was a lifelong socialist who favoured state schooling, he ending up as head of English in the junior school of St Lawr


Where is the volcanic Tibesti mountain range?

The Volcanic TIbesti Mountain Range. - Cairo to Lagos - Cairo to Lagos - Tibesti Mountains The Volcanic TIbesti Mountain Range. Close The Volcanic TIbesti Mountain Range. Hidden in the mountains are hundreds of rock paintings and carvings created by early humans who inhabited the mountains. Now the mountains are home to the Toubou tribesmen, who live in the heat and aridity of the desert.  The Tibesti Mountains cover an area of 30,000km². The Tibesti are a collection of huge dark volcanoes, built from the debris and lava from eruptions over millions of years. The tallest volcano in the Tibesti Range, Emi Koussi, is 3,415m tall. The Tibesti are the highest mountains in the Sahara, piercing the surrounding desert.


What is the name of the mascot for the cereal Cocoa Puffs?

Cocoa Puffs Cereal | MrBreakfast.com See the Top 100 Breakfast Cereals. Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, the mascot for Cocoa Puffs, has been "coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs" since he was first created and voiced in the early 1960's. His trademark catchphrase has become so ingrained in American culture that it is now used as slang for "insane". When introduced, Cocoa Puffs was basically sweetened, chocolate-flavored Kix cereal. In the mid-50's, General Mill also created Trix cereal and Sugar Jets cereal by enhancing the corn puff pieces associated with Kix. Company Description: Officially created in 1928, General Mills traces it's history back to the 1860's and the ownership of two flour mills.  Since then, the company has become the world's 6th largest food company - marketing to over 100 countries... Read on and see all cereals from General Mills This cereal belongs to the following Mr Breakfast Cereal Families:


What is the variety of coffee bean grown almost exclusively world-wide?

Coffee Beans: coffee varieties Coffee > The Bean > Coffee Varieties CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA All Arabica plants in the Caribbean and the Americas descend from a plant taken secretly by De Clieu to Martinique from the gardens of King Louis XIV. COSTA RICA Costa Rican coffees have the strongest flavour of all Latin American varieties, full-bodied and acidic. The best varieties are grown on the mountains along the Pacific coast. JAMAICA The most prized Jamaican coffee beans are cultivated at high altitudes. The rarest variety is the Blue Mountain, grown in State-controlled plantations. Roasted beans yield a sweet, aromatic, slightly acidic and full-bodied beverage. Other varieties include the Prime Washed, Jamaican Mountain Choice and High Mountain. GUATEMALA The coffee grown in this country is distinguished by its almost smoked flavour and high acidity, while the beans themselves have a slightly imperfect appearance. The varieties normally take on the name of the mountain region in which they are cultivated, with the exception of the gigantic Maragogipe bean, grown on the plains. HAITI The varieties cultivated in Haiti are roasted till dark; most of the production is exported to France and Italy. Haitian coffees are known for their full, slightly sweet flavour, with little acid. The Port au Prince variety has sometimes a pungent aroma and spicy aftertaste. MEXICO Mexican coffees are rich, full-bodied and slightly acidic, with a fragrant aroma. The most prized varieties are those cultivated at high altitudes. SOUTH AMERICA Coffee was first introduced to South America in the 18th century by the Dutch and French colonies. Coffee beans were later smuggled into Brazil. Thanks to the favourable climatic conditions, coffee is today cultivated in many countries in South America. BRAZIL Brazil is the world's largest producer of Arabica coffee. Of note, the Bourbon Santos variety that yields a delicately-flavoured beverage, as well as being excellent for making blends. Other varieties, particularly those belonging to the Rio class, are sour, sometimes even acrid. One of the more important varieties is the Maragogipe, famous for its giant beans, grown on trees that are the result of a botanic mutation of the Arabica bean. COLOMBIA Thanks to the characteristics of the terrain and the stable climatic conditions, Colombia is the world's second largest producer of coffee and the first in terms of quality. The most prized bean is the Medellin variety, full-bodied, rich and slightly acidic. The Vintage Colombian is on the other hand a rarity, produced from beans aged for eight years before roasting, giving a full-flavoured, almost syrupy coffee. VENEZUELA The best quality Venezuelan varieties grow along the Colombian border, and are amongst the finest (though lesser-known) in the world. Merida and Caracas, with their low acidity and light-body, are particularly popular in Europe. AFRICA Africa is becoming an increasingly important producer of coffee on the international market. Though Arabica originated in Ethiopia, 75% of African coffee beans are of the Robusta species, which is in fact more resistant to disease and assures a more abundant harvest than Arabica. Angola, the Ivory Coast and Uganda are the biggest producers of Robusta. Ethiopia and Kenya are the only African countries to produce Arabica alone. ANGOLA Predominantly a producer of Robusta, Angola also exports a small quantity of Arabica - Andulo or Gando - with a neutral flavour that makes it ideal for blending. ETHIOPIA Coffee still grows spontaneously in Ethiopia, where it is harvested by the local community and dried in the sun. This variety, called Djimmah, has a spicy, slightly piquant flavour. Harrar or Ethiopian Moka is one of the rarer varieties. Similar to real Moka, this coffee yields a dark red beverage with a full, strong and winy taste. KENYA Kenyan coffees are known for being full-bodied and slightly acidic; Kenya AA is the best variety. TANZANIA Tanzanian coffee is drunk pure and black, never blended. Winy, acidulous and sweet, the most prized Arabica are


"The character ""Eliza Doolittle"" in ""My Fair Lady"" was originally created by whom?"

The character "Eliza Doolittle" in "My Fair Lady" was originally created by whom? The character "Eliza Doolittle" in "My Fair Lady" was originally created by whom? 0 votes posted Sep 15, 2015 by Anuradha Tabyal Share this question   Your comment on this question: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . 1 Answer 0 votes My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe eponymous stage musical based on the 1938 film adaptation of the original 1913 stage play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. With a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner and directed by George Cukor, the film depicts a poor Cockney flower seller Eliza Doolittle who overhears an arrogant phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, as he casually wagers that he could teach her to speak "proper" English, thereby making her presentable in the high society of Edwardian London.


How did Princess Grace of Monaco die in 1981?

Grace Kelly: her amazing life in pictures - Photography Photography Previous slide Next slide 1 of 42 View All Skip Ad Grace Kelly, the Fifties film star who became a princess, was born in 1929. After making her name in films such as High Noon, Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco on April 19 1956 and retired from acting. She died in a car crash in 1982 after suffering a stroke while driving.


Who lived with his father (Howard), his mother (Marion), and his sister Joanie and had friends called Potsie Weber, Ralph Malph and Arthur Fonzarelli?

Fonzie - Wikipedia, Photos and Videos Fonzie NEXT GO TO RESULTS [51 .. 100] WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE Not to be confused with Fonzy ; Fozzie ; Fozzy ; Fonzie (band) ; or Fonz, Huesca . This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a specific audience. Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia's inclusion policy . (April 2014) Mechanic, co-owner of Arnold's Drive-In, high school teacher Family Danny Corrigan, Jr. (adopted son) Relatives Spike (cousin) Angelo "Angie" Fonzarelli (cousin) [1] Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli (better known as "Fonzie" or "The Fonz") is a fictional character played by Henry Winkler in the American sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). He was originally a secondary character, but was soon positioned as a lead character when he began surpassing the other characters in popularity. [2] [3] [4] Happy Days producer and writer Bob Brunner created both Arthur Fonzarelli's "Fonzie" nickname, and the invented put-down, "Sit on it." [5] [6] [7] In 1999 TV Guide ranked him number 4 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list. [8] Fonzie first appeared in the first episode of Season 1 and was one of only two characters (along with Howard Cunningham) to appear in all 255 episodes. Contents This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Arthur Fonzarelli was born to an Italian-American family. He and his mother were abandoned by his father. When the senior Fonzarelli disappeared, he left a locked box for his son, but not a key; the young Arthur did everything to open the box before finally repeatedly running over it with his tricycle, only to reveal that it just contained the key to the box. The only advice Fonzie remembered his father giving was "Don't go out in the rain in your socks." In the Season 6 episode "Christmas Time," a sailor delivers a Christmas present ostensibly from his father (played by Eddie Fontaine), who wishes to make amends. Fonzie is resentful, but at the end of the episode he opens his father's letter explaining why he left and reads it. He also learns that the sailor was his father, who admits in the letter that he doubted he would have the courage to reveal the truth to his son. In a later episode, Fonzie unexpectedly meets a woman he believes is his mother in a diner. She convinces him she is not, but in the end, she looks at a picture of Fonzie as Grandma Nussbaum appears to have been a primary caregiver to Fonzie through the age of six. When he (instead of Grandma Nussbaum) moves into the Cunninghams' garage apartment—a plot development that helped precipitate his domination of the program—he turns his old apartment over to his grandmother. She is rarely referred to after that but she is featured in at least one later episode. Grandma Nussbaum (and she alone) calls Fonzie "Skippy." She is also the grandmother of Fonzie's cousin Chachi. Fonzie's devotion to her foreshadows his ongoing devotion to mother figures throughout the show, particularly to Marion Cunningham, whom Fonzie affectionately calls "Mrs. C." For example, when Marion feels her family no longer needs her, she learned the ways of the world from Fonzie, and Fonzie learned about the closeness of a tight-knit all-American family from the Cunninghams. Though at first looked down on and mistrusted (a result of his past and being a high school dropout), he eventually became accepted by the Cunninghams (his friend Richie's family), especially when he rented an attic room over their garage. Even Richie's father, Howard ("Mr. C." to Fonzie and the most resistant to him living with them), a pillar of the community, came to regard Fonzie with affection. Fonzie regards Richie's two best friends, Ralph Malph and Potsie Webber, as nerds; largely because of their willingness to do virtually anything to fit in. Because Richie doesn't comp


Which comic character first appeared in Action Comics #1 in June 1938?

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With which sport are Rodney Eyles, Peter Nicol, Susan Devoy and Cassie Campion associated?

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As asbestos industry collapses, a town's fibre is torn - The Globe and Mail Print License article The sign by the side of the highway is hard to miss: ASBESTOS. No, it’s not a health warning to motorists about hazardous material ahead. It’s the name of a proud community in southern Quebec, waging a fight to survive in an increasingly lonely stand against the world. Asbestos has become a mineral with a dubious reputation and a doubtful future, and its namesake town faces a similar fate. Medical experts link asbestos to cancer. Countries worldwide ban it and Canadians rip it out of their walls. And now, in the space of less than four weeks, formerly staunch political allies in Ottawa and Quebec City have abruptly jettisoned their support for the asbestos industry. A faded out sign signals the town of Asbestos, Quebec, in front of the Jeffrey mine, September 20, 2012. The Globe and Mail In Pictures Video: Jon Stewart takes aim at Asbestos Yet here in the town that asbestos created, where a onetime miracle fibre made fortunes, built schools and enriched hard-working families, embattled residents defend asbestos the way a parent defends a misbehaving child. It’s theirs, they know it well, and there’s no way it can be as bad as everyone says. “Go ahead, you can touch it,” Pierrette Théroux says as she shows off a chunk of asbestos displayed proudly on her desk. The president of the local historical society scoffs at the dire warnings about the white mineral. “Don’t worry, it won’t give you cancer. It won’t make you blind either.” Asbestos is impossible to ignore in this Eastern Townships community of about 7,000, two hours’ drive east of Montreal. It defines the town’s landscape, its past and its very existence. The tailings from a century of mining have created fortress-like hills at the edge of town. The massive open-pit mine in the heart of the community is deep enough to swallow the Eiffel Tower; it’s an eerie place today, silent except for a desolate wind whistling through its maw. Like virtually everyone in town, Ms. Théroux believes the worldwide campaign against asbestos is misguided. The mantra here is that the mineral is safe if handled properly. “We’re treated like idiots because we defend chrysotile,” Ms. Théroux says, referring to the type of asbestos mined in Quebec. “On the contrary, we defend it because we know it.” The belief is sincere, but it runs up against the harsh realities of the Third World exports on which the industry relies. To critics, shipping asbestos to developing countries that can’t ensure health safeguards amounts to a moral stain on Canada’s name. Belatedly, political leaders seem to be coming around to the same view, displaying a sudden change of heart after years of unstinting support for the wobbly industry. Last week, federal Industry Minister Christian Paradis said Canada was dropping its long-standing opposition to asbestos’s inclusion on the list of hazardous materials under United Nations guidelines. The announcement came after Quebec Premier Pauline Marois pledged during last month’s election campaign to cancel a $58-million government loan to revive Asbestos’s Jeffrey Mine. The one-two punch could permanently knock out Canada’s asbestos industry, the last vestiges of which are in Quebec. But officials in Asbestos are soldiering on defiantly, vowing to reopen the Jeffrey Mine and press their case with the new PQ government. “If you want to invest in zero risk, that doesn’t exist,” Asbestos Mayor Hugues Grimard says. “What about cigarettes? Or cars, and planes? Are we going to ban those?” Mr. Grimard welcomes government promises of financial help for Asbestos and nearby Thetford Mines to help diversify their economies, but, in the meantime, 500 jobs related to the asbestos industry hang in the balance, he says. “I’m okay with minimizing risk, but we have the right to earn a living in Quebec,” the mayor says. “It’s the future of the region that we’re talking about – not just a company.” Other towns in the world, saddled with a name associated with a life-threatening disease, might hav


Which Hollywood star married baseball hero Joe DiMaggio?

Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe married in 1954 | MLB.com #TBT to the day Marilyn married Joltin' Joe #TBT: DiMaggio/Monroe wedding 3:22 MLB.com looks back at the circumstances surrounding Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe's wedding on January 14, 1954 By Doug Miller / MLB.com | + 0 COMMENTS Inside the baseball world, the 1954 marriage between Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, which took place in San Francisco 62 years ago today, was a curious but understandable pairing of New York Yankees hero and Hollywood starlet. DiMaggio had already been married to one film actress, Dorothy Arnold, from 1939-44. So to the hardball fanatic, this was simply a case of two more charismatic famous people having found each other and giving wedded bliss a try. But then there was the bigger world outside the sport. There, this would grow into legend: a marquee match of American icons, a historic partnership that represented some sort of romantic perfection. On the dark side was the much-publicized jealous and unacceptable rage DiMaggio had exhibited in the relationship. "Baseball fans, as always, are focused on the infield fly rule," said longtime Newark Star-Ledger sports columnist Jerry Izenberg, who covered DiMaggio during his playing days and after. "To them, this was no big deal, just Joe marrying another movie star." Ultimately, the story of this ill-fated union was about how real life is far different from any ideal Shangri-La. But while the DiMaggio-Monroe marriage might have fizzled out after nine months, the passion between the two never quite disappeared, which makes the story of their love intriguing even now. Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe were married at City Hall in San Francisco.Getty DiMaggio sought out Monroe in 1952, asking a friend who knew the burgeoning movie star to see if she would accompany him to dinner. This innocent meeting quickly became a press sideshow, so DiMaggio and Monroe took their relationship into the private realm. That's why it shook the world of celebrity a bit when the two showed up at City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 14, 1954, to tie the knot. Of course, that didn't prevent them from being mobbed by the media there. "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio wedded the girl of his and many other men's dreams yesterday afternoon in the San Francisco City Hall," read the newspaper story the next day in the San Francisco Chronicle, written by Art Hoppe. "Marilyn Monroe, who packs no mean jolt herself, said she was very happy. DiMaggio said he was also very happy. Also happy was the battery of columnists which has spent no little time in the past two years running down rumors that the two were already secretly married, were to be married, or were not speaking to each other." The report said that the location and time of the ceremony had been kept secret and "only about 500 people managed to hear about it in time to turn the corridors outside Municipal Judge Charles S. Perry's court into a madhouse." The reason? "Marilyn, it seems, had made the mistake of calling her studio in Hollywood [the day before the wedding] and letting it in on her plans to be married at 1 p.m. A studio official casually mentioned it as fast as he could to all the major news services." With that cat out of the bag, the soon-to-be Mr. and Mrs. were forced to host an impromptu press conference led by the hard-hitting question, "Are you excited, Marilyn?" Monroe, the Chronicle wrote, giggled and said, "Oh, you KNOW it's more than that." After an incorrect guarantee by DiMaggio that the couple would have "at least one" child, the pair put on a display of public affection for the assembled media. "By the time they finished kissing each other exhaustively for the photographers' benefit, Marilyn's blonde hair was in disarray, and most of her lipstick had been transferred to the ballplayer's face," Hoppe wrote. The two were officially married at 1:48 p.m. and had to dodge crowds through the corridors of the building and down to the basement. The spectacle of it soon began to bristle DiMaggio. The Chronicle summed up the confrontation like this: "'This is a fin


George H. W. Bush was vice president to whom?

George H. W. Bush | whitehouse.gov Air Force One George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush, as the 41st President (1989-1993), brought to the White House a dedication to traditional American values and a determination to direct them toward making the United States "a kinder and gentler nation" in the face of a dramatically changing world. George Bush brought to the White House a dedication to traditional American values and a determination to direct them toward making the United States "a kinder and gentler nation." In his Inaugural Address he pledged in "a moment rich with promise" to use American strength as "a force for good." Coming from a family with a tradition of public service, George Herbert Walker Bush felt the responsibility to make his contribution both in time of war and in peace. Born in Milton, Massachusetts, on June 12, 1924, he became a student leader at Phillips Academy in Andover. On his 18th birthday he enlisted in the armed forces. The youngest pilot in the Navy when he received his wings, he flew 58 combat missions during World War II. On one mission over the Pacific as a torpedo bomber pilot he was shot down by Japanese antiaircraft fire and was rescued from the water by a U. S. submarine. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery in action. Bush next turned his energies toward completing his education and raising a family. In January 1945 he married Barbara Pierce. They had six children-- George, Robin (who died as a child), John (known as Jeb), Neil, Marvin, and Dorothy. At Yale University he excelled both in sports and in his studies; he was captain of the baseball team and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation Bush embarked on a career in the oil industry of West Texas. Like his father, Prescott Bush, who was elected a Senator from Connecticut in 1952, George became interested in public service and politics. He served two terms as a Representative to Congress from Texas. Twice he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate. Then he was appointed to a series of high-level positions: Ambassador to the United Nations, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Chief of the U. S. Liaison Office in the People's Republic of China, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1980 Bush campaigned for the Republican nomination for President. He lost, but was chosen as a running mate by Ronald Reagan. As Vice President, Bush had responsibility in several domestic areas, including Federal deregulation and anti-drug programs, and visited scores of foreign countries. In 1988 Bush won the Republican nomination for President and, with Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate, he defeated Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis in the general election. Bush faced a dramatically changing world, as the Cold War ended after 40 bitter years, the Communist empire broke up, and the Berlin Wall fell. The Soviet Union ceased to exist; and reformist President Mikhail Gorbachev, whom Bush had supported, resigned. While Bush hailed the march of democracy, he insisted on restraint in U. S. policy toward the group of new nations. In other areas of foreign policy, President Bush sent American troops into Panama to overthrow the corrupt regime of General Manuel Noriega, who was threatening the security of the canal and the Americans living there. Noriega was brought to the United States for trial as a drug trafficker. Bush's greatest test came when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, then threatened to move into Saudi Arabia. Vowing to free Kuwait, Bush rallied the United Nations, the U. S. people, and Congress and sent 425,000 American troops. They were joined by 118,000 troops from allied nations. After weeks of air and missile bombardment, the 100-hour land battle dubbed Desert Storm routed Iraq's million-man army. Despite unprecedented popularity from this military and diplomatic triumph, Bush was unable to withstand discontent at home from a faltering economy, rising violence in inner cities, and continued high deficit spending. In 1992 he lost his bid for reelection to Democrat Wil


Who was Vice President to US President Ronald Reagan during his terms from 1981 to 1989?

Ronald Reagan - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Google Ronald Reagan’s Childhood and Education Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois , to Edward “Jack” Reagan (1883-1941), a shoe salesman, and Nelle Wilson Reagan (1883-1962). The family, which included older son Neil Reagan (1908-1996), resided in an apartment that lacked indoor plumbing and running water and was located along the small town’s main street. Reagan’s father nicknamed him Dutch as a baby, saying he resembled “a fat little Dutchman.” Did You Know? Among the items on display at Ronald Reagan's presidential library in California is a 6,000-pound graffiti-covered section of the Berlin Wall, given to him by the people of Berlin. During Reagan’s early childhood, his family lived in a series of Illinois towns as his father switched sales jobs, then settled in Dixon, Illinois, in 1920. In 1928, Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he was an athlete and student body president and performed in school plays. During summer vacations, he worked as a lifeguard in Dixon. Reagan went on to attend Eureka College in Illinois, where he played football, ran track, captained the swim team, served as student council president and acted in school productions. After graduating in 1932, he found work as a radio sports announcer in Iowa . Ronald Reagan’s Hollywood Career and Marriages In 1937, while in Southern California to cover the Chicago Cubs’ spring training season, Ronald Reagan did a screen test for the Warner Brothers movie studio. The studio signed him to a contract, and that same year he made his film debut in “Love is on the Air,” playing a radio news reporter. Over the next three decades he appeared in more than 50 movies. Among his best-known roles was that of Notre Dame football star George Gipp in the 1940 biographical film “Knute Rockne All American.” In the movie, Reagan’s famous line–which he is still rememberd for–was “Win one for the Gipper.” Another notable role was in 1942 in “Kings Row,” in which Reagan portrayed an accident victim who wakes up to discover his legs have been amputated and cries out, “Where’s the rest of me?” (Reagan used this line as the title of his 1965 autobiography.) In 1940, Reagan married actress Jane Wyman (1917-2007), with whom he had daughter Maureen (1941-2001) and an adopted son, Michael (1945-). The couple divorced in 1948 (Reagan is the only U.S. president to have been divorced). In 1952, he married actress Nancy Davis (1921-). The pair had two children, Patricia (1952-) and Ronald (1958-). During World War II (1939-1945), Reagan was disqualified from combat duty due to poor eyesight and spent his time in the Army making training films. From 1947 to 1952, and from 1959 to 1960, he served as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), during which time he testified in front of the House Un-American Activities Committe ( HUAC ). From 1954 to 1962, he hosted the weekly television drama series “The General Electric Theater.” In this role, he toured the United States as a public relations representative for General Electric, giving pro-business talks in which he spoke out against too much government control and wasteful spending, central themes of his future political career. Golden State Governorship and Bid for the Presidency In his younger years, Ronald Reagan was a member of the Democratic Party and campaigned for Democratic candidates; however, his views grew more conservative over time, and in the early 1960s he officially became a Republican. In 1964, Reagan stepped into the national political spotlight when he gave a well-received televised speech for Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater (1909-1998), a prominent conservative. Two years later, in his first race for public office, Reagan defeated Democratic incumbent Edmund “Pat” Brown Sr. (1905-1996) by almost 1 million votes to win the governorship of California. Reagan was reelected to a second term in 1970. After making unsuccessful bids for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 and 1976, Reagan received his par


A 1982 film directed by Ingmar Bergman, initially prepared for television as a 4 part serial, was what?

Ingmar Bergman : definition of Ingmar Bergman and synonyms of Ingmar Bergman (English) listen ) ; 14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film , stage and television . Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera," he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and influential film directors of all time. [3] He directed over sixty films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television, most of which he also wrote. He also directed over one hundred and seventy plays. Among his company of actors were Harriet Andersson , Liv Ullmann , Gunnar Björnstrand , Bibi Andersson , Erland Josephson , Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow . Most of his films were set in the landscape of Sweden. His major subjects were death, illness, faith, betrayal, and insanity. Bergman was active for more than six decades. In 1976 his career was seriously threatened as the result of a botched criminal investigation for alleged income tax evasion. Outraged, Bergman suspended a number of pending productions, closed his studios, and went into self-imposed exile in Germany for eight years. Contents   Early life   A young Bergman Ingmar Bergman was born in Uppsala, Sweden , the son of Erik Bergman , a Lutheran minister and later chaplain to the King of Sweden , and Karin (Akerblom), a nurse. [4] He grew up with his older brother Dag and sister Margareta surrounded by religious imagery and discussion. His father was a conservative parish minister with strict parenting concepts. Ingmar was locked up in dark closets for "infractions" like wetting the bed. "While father preached away in the pulpit and the congregation prayed, sang, or listened", Ingmar wrote in his autobiography Laterna Magica: "I devoted my interest to the church’s mysterious world of low arches, thick walls, the smell of eternity, the colored sunlight quivering above the strangest vegetation of medieval paintings and carved figures on ceilings and walls. There was everything that one’s imagination could desire — angels, saints, dragons, prophets, devils, humans." Although raised in a devout Lutheran household, Bergman later stated that he lost his faith at age eight, and only came to terms with this fact while making Winter Light . [5] Bergman's interest in theatre and film began early: "At the age of 9, he traded a set of tin soldiers for a magic lantern , a possession that altered the course of his life. Within a year, he had created, by playing with this toy, a private world in which he felt completely at home, he recalled. He fashioned his own scenery, marionettes, and lighting effects and gave puppet productions of Strindberg plays in which he spoke all the parts." [6] [7] In 1934, aged 16, he was sent to Germany to spend the summer vacation with family friends. He attended a Nazi rally in Weimar at which he saw Adolf Hitler . [8] He later wrote in Laterna Magica (The Magic Lantern) about the visit to Germany, describing how the German family had put a portrait of Adolf Hitler on the wall by his bed, and that "for many years, I was on Hitler's side, delighted by his success and saddened by his defeats". [9] Bergman did two five-month stretches of mandatory military service. In 1937, he entered Stockholm University College (later renamed Stockholm University ), to study art and literature. He spent most of his time involved in student theatre and became a "genuine movie addict". [10] At the same time, a romantic involvement led to a break with his father that lasted for years. Although he did not graduate, he wrote a number of plays, as well as an opera, and became an assistant director at a theater. In 1942, he was given the chance to direct one of his own scripts, Caspar's Death. The play was seen by members of Svensk Filmindustri , which then offered Bergman a position working on scripts. In 1943, he married Else Fisher .   Career   Film work Bergman's film career began in 1941 with his rewriting of scripts, but his first major accomplishment was in


Niccol Machiavelli, Thomas Carlyle, and Thomas Macaulay share a scholarly interest in what?

Of Thomas Babington Macaulay [ Victorian Web Home —> Authors —> Thomas Babington Macaulay ] Oliphant's discussion of Macaulay appears in the chapter entitled "Of Thomas Babington Macaulay, and of Other Historians and Biographers in the Early Part of the Reign" from her The Victorian Age of English Literature (1892). The following text, which George P. Landow scanned and translated into html, may be used without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose; an acknowledgment to the Victorian Web would be appreciated. Oliphant employs brief sidebar comments in the margins of each page, sometimes as many as five, and I have used these comments as subtitles and broken some of her multi-page paragraphs into shorter sections. Some illlustrations have been added: click on these images to enlarge them. Contrast between Carlyle and Macaulay Thomas Babington Macaulay by Thomas Woolner. IT is hard to conceive a stronger contrast to the rugged and imposing figure of Carlyle than is presented by the other brilliant prose writer whose fame was already becoming known far and wide at her Majesty's accession, chiefly through his political work. In appearance, as in mind, in thought, purpose, and style, they are as far apart as the two poles. It would be extremely difficult to make anything like a heroic figure of Macaulay, or to surround him with even pseudo-romantic attributes; and, fortunately for him, it would be quite impossible for the most indiscreet admirer to give any but a pleasant picture of his domestic relations. He is perhaps to some people the less interesting for being a model of the domestic virtues; indeed, an eminent writer or the present day has expressed his opinion that he was too good for any possibility of greatness. In thought lay perhaps the greatest difference of all. Not that Macaulay was disinclined to hero-worship of a kind, though the characters he would have selected for that cult would scarcely have been Carlyle's favourites, but in every other respect their methods of thought were as different as Macaulay's polished sentences are opposed to the dithyrambic utterances of the prophet of Chelsea. Metaphysics Macaulay loathed; and, though there might be some sympathy between him and Carlyle in their common delight in history, their predilection was prompted by entirely different aims and worked out entirely different effects. Macaulay's Love of History Macaulay loved history, as one loves Shakespeare; it was to him, in the first and highest respect, an unending series of scenes enacted by really living personages with whom he sympathised or differed as he might have done with his personal friends or the political characters of his day. The great charm to him was in the story, a story of matchless interest and eternal freshness from the thousand various lights in which it might be studied, not an elaborate lesson on profound philosophical truths delivered ex cathedra Natures. And if he drew lessons for the day from his historical studies, they were not concerned with abstract principles, with the cruelty and foolishness of one half of the human race or the subjection and misery of the other, or with elementary truths which might have attracted attention "at the court of Nimrod or Chedorlaomer," but were rather received as practical teaching of political justice and expediency such as might besuited to the most modern questions. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1800-1857 [biographical information] Thomas Babington Macaulay was born at Rothley Temple in Leicestershire in the year 1800. His father, Zachary Macaulay, was an ardent abolitionist, and secretary to the company formed by that party for establishing colonies of emancipated negroes on the west coast of Africa. Of Tom Macaulay's childhood many curious stories are told, — of the precocious learning with which he not only undertook but carried out a "Compendium of Universal History," which in his mother's opinion gave "a tolerably connected view of the leading events from the Creation to the present time," — of his poem in the style of the "Lay of t


The liqueur Grand Marnier contains the distilled essence of what fruit?

Grand Marnier, Cointreau, Aurum Liqueur, Sabra, Mandarine Napoleon, Tia Maria, Baileys Irish Cream - CocktailsForever Grand Marnier, Cointreau, Aurum Liqueur, Sabra, Mandarine Napoleon, Tia Maria, Baileys Irish Cream   LIQUEURS A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made from a distilled spirit that has been flavoured with fruit, cream, herbs, spices or nuts, and bottled with added sugar or other sweetener (such as high-fructose corn syrup. Liqueurs are typically quite sweet; they are usually not aged for long after the ingredients are mixed, but may have resting periods during their production to allow flavours to marry. Some liqueurs contain digestive properties and are ideal for having with coffee after a meal. Grand Marnier ALC/VOL = 40% Alcohol Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge is an orange-flavoured cognac based liqueur created in 1880 by Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle. It is made from a blend of Cognac brandy, distilled essence of bitter orange, and sugar. Grand Marnier can be consumed "neat" as a cordial or a digestive, and can be used in mixed drinks and desserts. In France this kind of use is the most popular, especially with Crêpes Suzette. Cointreau ALC/VOL = 38% Alcohol Cointreau is a brand of triple sec (an orange-flavoured liqueur) produced in Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou, France. It is drunk as an apéritif  or in cocktails. It was originally called "Curaçao Blanco Triple Sec". Cointreau Distillery was set up in 1849 by Adolphe Cointreau, a confectioner, and his brother Edouard-Jean Cointreau. They blended sweet and bitter orange peels and pure alcohol from sugar beets. The first bottles of Cointreau were sold in 1875. An estimated 13 million bottles are sold each year, in more than 150 countries. Cointreau was family-owned until 1990, when it merged with Rémy Martin to form Rémy Cointreau, now a publicly traded company. Cointreau sources its bitter oranges from all over the world, usually Spain, Brazil, Haiti and Ghana Aurum ALC/VOL = 40% Alcohol Aurum is a sweet Italian liqueur produced in Pescara since 1925, it has a 40% alcoholic volume and it is made from brandy and citrus fruit infusion. It goes well with sweets, especially with parrozzo, another specialty of Pescara. Other than as a drink, it is often used as a cake ingredient or as an addition to ice-cream. The name of this liqueur was chosen by Amedeo Pomilio, the founder of the Aurum factory, upon suggestion by the poet and writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, with a reference to the ancient roman origins of the recipe. The name derives from the pun between the Latin words aurum, which means gold, and aurantium, which means orange (fruit). Sabra ALC/VOL = 30% Alcohol Sabra liqueur is a chocolate-orange flavoured liqueur produced in Israel. The primary flavour of Sabra is a rich, bittersweet chocolate. The dense chocolate is cut by the sweet and sour taste of Jaffa oranges. Slightly chilling Sabra liqueur strengthens the chocolate taste, while slightly warming it brings out the citrus taste. The Sabra bottle design is based on a 2,000-year-old Phoenicia wine flask found in a Tel Aviv museum. Sabra was developed and introduced in 1963 by Edgar Bronfman, Sr., the head of Seagram, to be an identifiably Israeli liqueur. Its name is a term used affectionately to describe a native-born Israeli Jew, a term derived from the Hebrew name of a prickly pear cactus that grows in Israel. The original liqueur was made from this cactus fruit, but did not succeed and was quickly changed to the successful chocolate-orange product. Mandarine Napoleon  ALC/VOL = 38% Alcohol Mandarine Napoleon is a mandarin flavoured liqueur from Belgium that was created by Antoine-Francois de Fourcroy, by macerating mandarins in alcohol, and blending the results with cognac. It was first bottled in 1892. It still belongs to the Fourcroy, and the recipe a secret. Today the distillate is aged for 2 years, and then blended with "old" cognacs, water and sugars. This golden-orange liqueur bears fresh mandarin and tangerine aromas. Only the freshest mandarin peels from Sicily are used and these have a fine peel wi


Denmark, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and what other country feature in this order as the least corrupt countries in Transparency International's 2014 Corruptions Index?

Miller Chevalier Main Template World Bank Releases Drivers of Corruption Study Introduction After a slow start through three quarters, the pace of resolved enforcement in 2014 picked up significantly in the fourth quarter, with an increase in quarterly activity to levels not seen since 2010. In late 2013, then-Deputy Chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") Unit for the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") predicted that the DOJ would bring "very significant[,] top 10 quality type cases" in 2014. The flurry of settlements announced by the agencies to end the year helped to fulfill this pledge, bringing to a close several long-running investigations and cementing 2014 as a banner year in terms of penalties and disgorgement imposed.  Enforcement Trends in 2014 Overall, the DOJ and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") brought 32 resolved FCPA enforcement actions in 2014, a slight uptick from 2012 and 2013, but still less than half the number of FCPA actions brought by the agencies in 2010, when enforcement in terms of resolved dispositions hit its all-time high.   The agencies resolved sixteen of these enforcement actions during the fourth quarter of the year, including twelve corporate actions against six different companies, which represents the most active quarter in four years from a resolved enforcement perspective. Collectively, in 2014, the agencies assessed more than $1.56 billion in combined penalties, disgorgement, and pre-judgment interest as part of 20 corporate FCPA actions involving 10 different companies. In terms of sheer numbers in FCPA-related corporate cases, this amount represents the second highest total on record, behind the $1.8 billion assessed in 2010 and significantly more than the $890 million assessed in 2008. However, the average settlement amount in 2014, at $156 million per corporate family, was nearly $70 million more than the average assessment from the next highest year ($89 million in 2008). This record-breaking mean was driven by several unusually large settlements, including combined enforcement actions against Alcoa Inc., Hewlett Packard Co., Avon Products Inc., Alstom SA, and their subsidiaries, each of which exceeded $100 million and two of which landed among the 10 largest FCPA enforcement actions of all time. The largest of these was the Alstom case (as discussed below), whose $772 million criminal penalty is the largest the DOJ has ever imposed in an FCPA-related enforcement action. The rapid growth in the size and scope of FCPA enforcement actions is reflected in the chart below, which compares the 10 largest corporate dispositions as of 2007 with the 10 largest corporate dispositions as of 2014. Of note, none of the resolutions from the 2007 list rank among the 25 largest combined enforcement actions today. In fact, only two corporate settlements entered into prior to 2010 currently claim a spot in the top 25 list. Another trend captured by the chart above is aggressive pursuit of non-U.S. companies by U.S. enforcement authorities. While the addition of Alcoa this past year increases the number of U.S. companies represented in the current top 10 chart to two, in 2007 U.S. companies made up the bulk of the list with seven. More broadly, of the 25 largest FCPA dispositions brought to date, only 10 settlements now involve U.S. companies, compared with 22 as of 2007. Although the overall percentage of non-U.S. companies targeted under the FCPA increased significantly in recent years (from approximately 26% of companies entering dispositions from 2005-2009 to approximately 43% of companies entering dispositions from 2010-2014), enforcement in 2014 bucked this trend, with U.S. companies comprising eight of the 10 combined corporate settlements. Continuing a trend we highlighted in our FCPA Spring Review 2014 , the SEC continues to rely on expanded authority under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank") to prosecute FCPA-related misconduct via administrative proceedings rather than through court-filed civil complaints -- a de


In 1906 which country became the second in the world since the 18th century to grant full suffrage to all adult citizens, and the first country in the world to grant all women full political rights?

Universal suffrage - 必应 Sign in Universal suffrage Universal suffrage (also universal adult suffrage, general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens (or subjects), though it may also mean extending that right to minors (Demeny voting) and non-citizens. Although suffrage has two necessary components, the right to vote and opportunities to vote, the term universal suffrage is associated only with the right to vote and ignores the frequency that an incumbent government consults the electorate. Where universal suffrage exists, the right to vote is not restr ... (展开) ricted by race, sex, belief, wealth, or social status. Historically universal suffrage initially referred to adult male suffrage. The First French Republic was the first nation that adopted universal male suffrage in 1792; it was the first national system that abolished all property requirements as a prerequisite for allowing men to register and vote. Greece recognized full male suffrage in 1830 and France and Switzerland have continuously done so since the 1848 Revolution (for resident male citizens). Upon independence in the 19th century, several Latin American countries and Liberia in Africa initially extented suffrage to all adult males, but subsequently restricted it based on property requirements. The German Empire implemented full male suffrage in 1871. The United States theoretically adopted full male suffrage with the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870, but this was not practically implemented in the South until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In 1893 New Zealand became the first nation in the world (bar the short-lived 18th century Corsican Republic) to grant universal, male and female adult suffrage. In most countries, full universal suffrage followed about a generation after full male suffrage. Notable exceptions in Europe were France, where women could not vote until 1944, Greece (1952), and Switzerland (1971 in federal elections and 1990 in all cantonal elections). It is worth noting that countries that took a long time to adopt women's suffrage were often actually pioneers in granting universal male suffrage. In the first modern democracies, governments restricted the vote to those with property and wealth, which almost always meant a minority of the male population. In some jurisdictions, other restrictions existed, such as requiring voters to practice a given religion. In all modern democracies, the number of people who could vote has increased progressively with time. In the 19th century in Europe, Great Britain and North America, there were movements advocating "universal [male] suffrage". The democratic movement of the late 19th century, unifying liberals and social democrats, particularly in northern Europe, used the slogan Equal and Common Suffrage. The concept of universal suffrage requires the right to vote to be granted to all its residents. All countries, however, do not allow certain categories of citizens to vote. All countries have a minimum age, usually coinciding with the age of majority, and several countries impose felony disenfranchisement and disfranchisement based on resident status and citizenship. Saudi Arabia was the last major country that did not allow women to vote, but admitted women both to voting and candidacy in the 2015 municipal elections. universal suffrage是什么意思 答 universal suffrage英 [ˌju:niˈvə:səl ˈsʌfrɪdʒ] 美 [ˌjunəˈvɚsəl ˈsʌfrɪdʒ]n.普选权普选；普选权；普选制度；普选参政双语例句1. When was universal suffrage introduced in your country? 贵... universal suffrage是什么意思 答 sʌl ˈuniversal suffrage[英][ˌsʌvə][美][ˌju;ˈd&#658:niˈsə]n，承诺台湾可以保留普选权和现行的多党制度;junəfr&#618.普选权;v&#602. 不过，中国政府会给予台湾更多的权力:sədʒfrɪ 例句But they will likely go further... Universal suffrage Expanding suffrage The first movements in the Western world toward universal suffrage occurred in the early 19th century, and focused on removing property requirements for voting. In the United States following the American Civil War, slaves were freed and granted rights of citizens, including suffrage for adult


What was the sporting fixture called Baku 2015?

Baku 2015 - all you need to know about the European Games - Telegraph Baku 2015 - all you need to know about the European Games Pomegranate mascots, human rights violations and Nicola Adams - welcome to the  inaugural European Games Baku 2015 has been beset by controversies  By Ben Bloom , Athletics Correspondent 3:28PM BST 11 Jun 2015 Follow First of all, what are the European Games? The European Games are the brainchild of the European Olympic Committee, devised as a multi-sporting event for the entire continent along the lines of an Olympic or Commonwealth Games. You may have heard of the Asian Games, the Pan-American Games, the All-Africa Games or the Pacific Games – well, this is meant to be the European version. The first edition of the European Games takes place this month and is scheduled to be held every four years … but more on that later. Fifty countries will compete in the inaugural tournament and Team GB is sending 160 athletes including the flagbearer, Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams (below). Where and when is it taking place? The 2015 European Games is to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from June 12 to 28. Baku was awarded the right to host the event back in 2012 because no one else fancied it when it was the sole bidder. Five new venues have been built specifically for the event and six temporary venues are to be used. The official cost of hosting the Games is around £700m but the real figure is likely to be much higher, with the Olympic Stadium alone costing almost £400m. The hosts are paying all travel and accommodation costs for all athletes and participants will enjoy free rides in hundreds of London black cabs bought especially for the occasion. Is there anything controversial about Azerbaijan’s hosting of the event? What a pertinent question, there is indeed. When is comes to rampant corruption and election-rigging, Azerbaijan features fairly high on the list. Almost all outspoken government critics are in prison, including human rights activists, lawyers and journalists. As such, few people in Azerbaijan are able to hear about allegations of high-level corruption. A lovely new road has reportedly been built from Baku Airport, with high walls that not only make the route beautifully picturesque when lit up at light, but conveniently hide the poverty either side from foreign visitors. In the build up to the Games this month, officials blocked a visit by Amnesty International in which it had planned to highlight alleged human rights abuses. Can you tell me more about the sport? Yes I can. There will 20 sports involved in Baku – 16 Olympic events plus karate, beach soccer, 3-on-3 basketball and sambo (a martial art that originated in the Soviet Union). There will be 253 medal events in total, with 12 sports offering opportunities to qualify for next year’s Olympic Games in Rio. Arguably the three biggest Olympic sports will either be minimally represented by Team GB or completely absent. All aquatic events, including swimming and diving, will only be for juniors under the age of 18, while Britain have not sent any cyclists to compete in a programme that involves road, BMX and mountain biking events only. The athletics events will only consist of countries in the third tier of the European Team Championships, featuring such heavyweights as Malta, Andorra and Georgia. Will Britain win anything? With no rowing competition and all of Britain’s big-name stars absent from the cycling and triathlon, the number of high profile competitors from these shores is lower than may be expected. The gymnastics contingent is also missing the majority our most established names. Competitors likely to challenge for gold are Gemma Gibbons and Mahama Cho (judo), Lutalo Muhammad and Jade Jones (taekwondo, below), and Nike Wilson (gymnastics), while Adams (boxing) should also be confident. How can I watch the European Games? You’ll need BT Sport, because all 17 days of action are exclusively live on that channel and that channel alone. Is there anything else to know? Yes, two things. 1. Even before the inaugural event has


The name of a 19th century Warden of New College, Oxford, UK, is given to which play on words, deliberate or not, in which corresponding sounds are switched between words?

The alt.usage.english FAQ WELCOME TO ALT.USAGE.ENGLISH! alt.usage.english is a newsgroup where we discuss the English language (and also occasionally other languages). We discuss how particular words, phrases, and syntactic forms are used; how they originated; and where in the English-speaking world they're prevalent. (All this is called "description".) We also discuss how we think they *should* be used ("prescription"). alt.usage.english is for everyone, *not* only for linguists, native speakers, or descriptivists. Guidelines for posting Things you may want to consider avoiding when posting here: re-opening topics (such as singular "they" and "hopefully") that experience has shown lead to circular debate. (One function of the FAQ file is to point out topics that have already been discussed ad nauseam.) questions that can be answered by simple reference to a dictionary. generalities. If you make a statement like: "Here in the U.S. we NEVER say 'different to'", "Retroflex 'r' is ONLY used in North America", or "'Eh' ALWAYS rhymes with 'pay'", chances are that someone will pounce on you with a counterexample. assertions that one variety of English is "true English". sloppy writing (as distinct from simple slips like typing errors, or errors from someone whose native language is not English). Keep in mind that the regulars on alt.usage.english are probably less willing than the general population to suffer sloppy writers gladly; and that each article is written by one person, but read perhaps by thousands, so the convenience of the readers really ought to have priority over the convenience of the writer. Again, this is *not* to discourage non-native speakers from posting; readers will be able to detect that you're writing in a foreign language, and will make allowances for this. expressions of exasperation. In the course of debate, you may encounter positions based on premises radically different from yours and perhaps surprisingly novel to you. Saying things like "Oh, please", "That's absurd", "Give me a break", or "Go teach your grandmother to suck eggs, my man" is unlikely to win your opponent over. You really *are* welcome to post here! Don't let the impatient tone of this FAQ frighten you off. Related newsgroups There are other newsgroups that also discuss the English language. bit.listserv.words-l (which is a redistribution of a BITNET mailing list -- not all machines on Usenet carry these) is also billed to be for "English language discussion", but its participants engage in a lot more socializing and general chitchat than we do. sci.lang is where most of the professional linguists hang out. Discussions tend to be about linguistic methodology (rather than *particular* words and phrases), and prescription is severely frowned upon there. Newbies post many things there that would better be posted here. alt.flame.spelling (which fewer sites carry than carry alt.usage.english) is the place to criticize other people's spelling. We try to avoid doing that here (although some of us do get provoked if you spell language terms wrong. It's "consensus", not "concensus"; "diphthong", not "dipthong"; "grammar", not "grammer"; "guttural", not "gutteral"; and "pronunciation", not "pronounciation"). alt.usage.english.neologism is described as being for "meaningless words coined by psychotics". Fewer sites carry it, and it has little traffic. rec.puzzles is a better place than here to ask questions like "What English words end in '-gry' or '-endous'?", "What words contain 'vv'?", "What words have 'e' pronounced as /I/?", "What Pig Latin words are also words?", or "How do you punctuate 'John where Bill had had had had had had had had had had the approval of the teacher' or 'That that is is that that is not is not that that is not is not that that is is that it it is' to get comprehensible text?" But, before you post such a question there, make sure it's not answered in the rec.puzzles archive . Language features peculiar to the U.K. get discussed in soc.culture.british as well as here. Before posting to either news


What was the name of the otter, the subject of a novel by Henry Williamson that was first published in 1927?

Tarka the Otter - WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia Tarka the Otter Culture > Movies > Tarka the Otter This article is about the novel. For the person, see Tarka Saarmas . Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers (better known as simply Tarka the Otter) is a novel written by Henry Williamson, first published in 1927. Contents Plot[ edit ] The novel follows the life of a young otter named Tarka, who lives in the rural countryside of Devonshire in England . As a cub, Tarka learns how to swim, catch fish and clean himself. However, when the den his mother and siblings live in is attacked by hunters, Tarka and his family must move on in order to escape harm. The family meets another group of otters , and they continue to travel together across the countryside, seeking shelter. During the journey, Tarka is separated from his family, and his mother forgets that she ever had a cub named Tarka. Tarka, now alone, must fend for himself against the hunters pursuing him. When chased by a pack of hounds, Tarka ends his life in a death-match with a vicious dog named Deadlock, who dies along with Tarka. Film[ edit ] Tarka the Otter was adapted into a live-action film in 1979, including narration from British actor Peter Ustinov . The Tarka Trail[ edit ] The novel inspired the Tarka Trail , a series of footpaths and cyclepaths across Devon passing areas mentioned in the novel and following the route taken by Tarka. The trail covers an area of 180 miles, and is comprehensively waymarked for those wishing to use the trail. The Tarka Line[ edit ] A local railway route, the Tarka Line , also takes its name from the novel. The line was originally opened in 1851 as part of the North Devon Railway , running for 39 miles between Exeter and Barnstaple . The station at Barnstaple also marks the beginning of the Tarka Trail mentioned above, and cycles can be hired from a shop within the station complex. 'Tarka and me' by Pete Talbot[ edit ] Peter Talbot trained at the Otter Trust under Philip Wayre. In 1976 he was invited by film producers David Cobham and Bill Travers to hand rear a baby otter called Spade for a leading roll in Tarka the Otter. As his otter grew, Peter took him to live in a magical old water mill in Hampshire - the home of wildlife film makers Ron and Rose Eastman. In time, including Spade, they gathered a menagerie of five otters, a tame barn owl, a goose and a German shepherd dog. With others, they became a family traversing Southern England, from Norfolk to The West Country, with their exotic pets. Over two years living and swimming side by side with his otter, Peter encountered a diverse mix of other animals and their keepers. The principal animal handler on Tarka the Otter, his wonderful real-life experiences and gradual awakening to the magic of Henry Williamson's classic story are uniquely traced in this humorous and compelling adventure. In his book Peter Talbot also expands on the vision of The First World War underlying Williamson's classic, which has since been a source for other writers on the subject.


Who was killed when a helicopter crashed in dense fog on 27 August 1990 in East Troy, Wisconsin?

Stevie Ray Vaughan Killed - Blues Guitar Player Was 35 - NYTimes.com Stevie Ray Vaughan Killed; Blues Guitar Player Was 35 By DIRK JOHNSON, Special to The New York Times Published: August 28, 1990 EAST TROY, Wis., Aug. 27— Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the nation's top blues guitarists, and four other people were killed in a helicopter crash here early today after a performance with Eric Clapton at an outdoor theater. Mr. Vaughan was 35 years old. The helicopter, owned by Omni Flight Helicopters Inc., crashed into a hill shortly after midnight after taking off in dense fog, said Bill Bruce, an investigator with the Naitonal Transportation Safety Board. The other victims were the pilot and three members of Mr. Clapton's entourage. There were no survivors. Those killed were Bobby Brooks, Mr. Clapton's agent; Nigel Browne, his bodyguard; Colin Smythe, one of his tour managers; and the pilot, Jeffrey Brown. Mr. Vaughan, a native of Dallas, won Grammy Awards this year and in 1985. Mr. Clapton and another blues performer in the Sunday night show, Robert Cray, were in another helicopter, which landed safely in Chicago. the helicopter that crashed was to have landed at Chicago's Midway Airport. Performance at Theater The musicians had appeared together at the Alpine Valley Theater, an outdoor auditorium near the alpine Valley Ski Resort in southern Wisconsin, about 75 miles northwest of Chicago. Mr. Clapton issued a statement through his spokesman, Ronnie Lippin, saying that the victims ''were my companions, my associates and my friends,'' and adding, ''This is a tragic loss of some very special people.'' After the helicopter was reported missing, the Civil Air Patrol discovered the wreckage in a field early this morning. The area was cordoned off today. The cause of the crash has not been determined. Air crashes have killed several prominent rock performers over the years, including Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Otis Redding, Jim Croce and Rick Nelson. Brother Is a Guitarist Mr. Vaughans brother, Jimmie, was the guitarist for The Fabulous Thunderbirds, popular Texas band. The brothers ad recently collaborated on an album. In 1985 Mr. Vaughan shared a Grammy Award with other musicians for the Album, ''Blues Explosion,'' in the traditional blues category. He also won a Grammy Award this year inthe contemporary category, for his album, ''In Step.'' Mr. Vaughan is perhaps best known for his album, ''Couldn't Stand the Weather,'' released in 1984. About 25,000 people attended his concert on Sunday night. Besides his brother, Mr. Vaughan is survived by his mother, Martha. Photo: The blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in a recent performance. (Gary Gershoff/Retna)


Its capital is Monrovia, its first settlements were founded in 1822 on land bought from local tribal leaders, it was initially a protectorate of the USA but independent from 1847; what country is it?

Liberia wikipedia - wiki Liberia map - wiki articles about Liberia on the map | Gulliway 4.4% Gola 20.1% others Religion Christianity Demonym Liberian Government Unitary presidential republic  •  President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  •  Vice President Joseph Boakai  •  Speaker of the House Alex J. Tyler  •  Chief Justice Francis Korkpor, Sr. Legislature Legislature of Liberia  •  Upper house Senate  •  Lower house House of Representatives Formation and Independence  •  Settled by the American Colonization Society January 7, 1822 – Date of first settlement   •  Liberian Declaration of Independence July 26, 1847   •  Annexation of Republic of Maryland March 18, 1857   •  Recognized by the United States of America February 5, 1862   •  Current constitution January 6, 1986  Area  •  Total 111,369 km (103rd) 43,000 sq mi  •  Water (%) 13.514 Population  •  2015 estimate 4,503,000 (125th)  •  2008 census 3,476,608 (130th)  •  Density 40.43/km (180th) 92.0/sq mi GDP (PPP) 2016 estimate  •  Total $3.879 billion  •  Per capita $881 GDP (nominal) 2016 estimate  •  Total $2.106 billion  •  Per capita $478 Gini (2007) 38.2 medium HDI (2014)  0.430 low · 177th Currency Liberian dollar (LRD) Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Drives on the right Calling code +231 ISO 3166 code LR Internet TLD .lr Liberia /laɪˈbɪəriə/, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. Liberia means "Land of the Free" in Latin. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east. It covers an area of 111,369 square kilometres (43,000 sq mi) and has population of 4,503,000 people.English is the official language and over 20 indigenous languages are spoken, representing the numerous tribes who make up more than 95% of the population. Forests on the coastline are composed mostly of salt-tolerant mangrove trees, while the more sparsely populated inland has forests opening onto a plateau of drier grasslands. The climate is equatorial, with significant rainfall during the May–October rainy season and harsh harmattan winds the remainder of the year. Liberia possesses about forty percent of the remaining Upper Guinean rainforest. It was an important producer of rubber in the early 20th century. The Republic of Liberia, beginning as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS), declared its independence on July 26, 1847. The United States did not recognize Liberia's independence until during the American Civil War on February 5, 1862. Between January 7, 1822 and the American Civil War, more than 15,000 freed and free-born Black Americans from United States and 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans relocated to the settlement. The Black American settlers carried their culture with them to Liberia. The Liberian constitution and flag were modeled after those of the United States . On January 3, 1848 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a wealthy, free-born Black American from Virginia who settled in Liberia, was elected as Liberia's first president after the people proclaimed independence. Liberia is the only African republic to have self-proclaimed independence without gaining independence through revolt from any other nation, being Africa's first and oldest republic. Liberia maintained and kept its independence during the European colonial era. During World War II, Liberia supported the United States war efforts against Germany and in turn the United States invested in considerable infrastructure in Liberia to help its war effort, which also aided the country in modernizing and improving its major air transportation facilities. In addition, President William Tubman encouraged economic changes. Internationally, Liberia was a founding member of The League of Nations, United Nations and the Organisation of African Unity. Political tensions from the rule of William R. Tolbert resulted in a military coup in 1980 that overthrew his leadership soon after his death, marking the beginning of years-long political instability. Five years of military rule by the People's Redemption Council and five years of civilian rule by the National Democrat


What was the first feature film under its new persona by the studio formed from The Graphics Group of Lucasfilm?

Pixar Luxo Jr. is completed. The short film, John Lasseter’s directorial debut, is unveiled in August at SIGGRAPH and then screened for general audiences at Los Angeles-area theaters in November. Luxo Jr. will be the first three-dimensional  computer animated film to be nominated for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar®. 1986 1987 Red’s Dream is completed. Its rain effect and complexity of lighting pose new technological challenges for the team and allow a study in creating mood and atmosphere. A portion of the film is rendered entirely on the Pixar Image Computer.   Also directed by John Lasseter, the short film has its  premiere in July at SIGGRAPH. 1987 1988 Tin Toy is completed. A partially completed version is screened for SIGGRAPH audiences in August, and the film receives its official premiere later that year at the Ottawa International Film Fest. Tin Toy will be the first computer animated film to receive an Academy Award® when it is named Best Animated Short Film of 1988. Pixar’s new animation system, Menv (short for "modeling environment"), comes online.   2000 2001 Monsters, Inc. is released in theaters on November 2, accompanied by For the Birds. Monsters, Inc. reaches over $100 million in domestic box-office in just 9 days—faster than any animated film in history. It will receive two Academy Award® nominations, including Best Song; Randy Newman will take home the Oscar® for "If I Didn't Have You," from the Monsters, Inc. soundtrack.  Rob Cook, Loren Carpenter and Ed Catmull receive an Academy Award of Merit® for Significant Advances in the Field of Motion Picture Rendering. Pixar now numbers over 600 employees. Co-founder Ed Catmull is named Pixar's President.   2001 2002 Mike's New Car, the first-ever Pixar short featuring characters from another Pixar film, premieres on September 17.  It is featured as part of the Monster, Inc. DVD and VHS release. The short will receive an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Short Film. "a bug's land" attraction opens on October 7  at Disney California Adventure Park.   2002 2003 Finding Nemo is released in theaters on May 30, accompanied by a remastered version of Knick Knack. Finding Nemo breaks opening weekend box-office records domestically for an animated feature. Finding Nemo will be nominated for four Academy Awards® and win the Oscar® for Best Animated Feature. Boundin' premieres and will be nominated for the Academy Award® as Best Animated Short Film.   Brave is released in theaters on June 22, accompanied bythe short La Luna. Brave is nominated and wins the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature Film . Partysaurus Rex, Time Travel Mater, and The Legend of Mor'du are all released. 2012 2013 Monsters University is released in theaters on June 21, accompanied by the short The Blue Umbrella. ABC Televised special Toy Story Of Terror  and  Tales From Radiator Springs (Hiccups, Spinning, Bugged), are all released. 2013 Toy Story That Time Forgot, Pixar's Holiday TV special, aired on December 2, 2014 on ABC. 2014 2015 After premiering at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in May, Inside Out was released in North America on June 19, 2015, accompanied by the short film LAVA. Inside Out went on to receive several awards, including an Academy Award®, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Critics' Choice Award, Annie Award, and Satellite Award for Best Animated Feature. 2015-1 2015 (cont.) The Good Dinosaur premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on November 17, 2015. It was accompanied by the short film  Sanjay's Super Team. 2015-2 2016 Finding Dory premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 8, 2016, and was released in the United States on June 17, 2016.  Finding Dory is ranked as the highest-grossing animated debut of all time. It was accompanied by the Short Film Piper. 2016


"Which king of England was called ""the wisest fool in Christendom""?"

Posted in Historical articles , History , London , Royalty , Scotland on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 Click on any image for details about licensing for commercial or personal use. This edited article about James I originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 140 published on 19 September 1964. Guy Fawkes is brought before James I by C L Doughty Sir Walter Scott, the novelist, said of King James the First that he was “exceedingly like an old gander, running about and cackling all manner of nonsense.” Someone else called James “the wisest fool in Christendom.” Both quotations are very apt, for James, in summary, was learned yet ridiculous, clumsy, clownish, awkward, feeble and blustering. And yet his reign lacks no interest. It was the first of the House of Stuart, the unhappiest royal family in England’s story; it united for the first time England and Scotland; it saw the opening stages of the long struggle between the King and the House of Commons in which the Commons were to emerge as the final victors. It was the reign, too, of the Gunpowder Plot; the English re-translation of the Bible – King James’s Bible – which we still use today; the unhappy execution of Sir Walter Raleigh and the meteoric rise to power of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, the most worthless man who ever donned a peer’s ermine. James was fourteen months old when he became King James the Sixth of Scotland at the execution of his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, by Queen Elizabeth of England. He was four years old when he made one of the very rare pronouncements of his life that were to impress his subjects. The occasion was the opening of the Scottish Parliament. In those days the Scots liked to have their king on view, no matter how young he was, so James, at four, was obliged to perform the royal opening before the M.P.s. From his throne the little fellow silently and curiously summed up his surroundings, and among other things he noticed a hole in the roof of the hall, where probably a slate had slipped. When he was required to make his speech he recited it with astonishing gravity and precision, and added to it, in the same tone, the words, “There is one hole in this parliament.” The dour Scottish M.P.s were immediately besides themselves with horror and consternation. With no thought of looking upwards to see the obvious cause of the remark they concluded that little James had prophetically foreseen some great disaster that would befall one of them. When in the same year the Regent of Scotland, the Earl of Lennox, was violently assassinated, they decided that this justified the omen and that James was a remarkable juvenile prophet indeed. In fact, James spent the rest of his life saying and doing things which showed that he clearly had no thoughts of the future whatsoever. He did, however, have one brief moment of glory when he was a young man. He had announced his intention of marrying Anne of Denmark, a pretty princess whom, in the true marital spirit of the times, he had never set eyes upon. Anne dutifully embarked on the hazardous voyage from Denmark for her wedding in Scotland and was almost immediately forced back to the Norwegian coast by a storm. When it appeared that she would have to spend the winter there James gallantly conceived a plan to sail out to her – an equally hazardous voyage. The King knew that he would have to keep his plan a secret because if they heard about it the Scots people would raise a chorus of justifiable disapproval. He appears to have succeeded; moreover, he made the trip fairly uneventfully and dispensing with all regal formalities married Anne in Norway. Then, after a trip to the Danish court, he returned to Scotland with his bride. Anne, however, exercised little influence over her ungainly husband. She had a passionate temper which often made her behave like a spoilt child. She was says a historian, “utterly ignorant of the art of governing either herself or others, or of calculating the probable consequences of her words and actions.” Queen Elizabeth of England was the last of the children of Henry th


What is toasted garlic bread drizzled with olive oil seasoned with salt and pepper and served warm, called?

Authentic Bruschetta: A Basic Recipe | Memorie di Angelina Memorie di Angelina Authentic Bruschetta: A Basic Recipe Authentic Bruschetta: A Basic Recipe In antipasti , snack , summer by Frank 4 August 2013 19 Comments Bruschetta is a dish of such astonishing simplicity that you might say it’s not even worth blogging about. After all, the basic recipe for authentic bruschetta is nothing more or less than grilled bread, rubbed with garlic and drizzled with olive oil, seasoned with a sprinkling of salt. And besides, there are a million paper and online recipes for bruschetta, or so it seems. It appears on the menu of just about every Italian restaurant; sometimes you’ll even get a complementary plate without asking for it. In short, bruschetta has become a cliché, so who doesn’t know how to make it by now? Well, if today’s quick Google search is any guide, a lot of people. It may be the very simplicity of the dish that throws some folks off. I’ve written before about the tendency of non-Italians to strafare (over-do) when recreating Italian dishes , as if they can’t believe that a recipe could actually be that easy. Surely, a little extra this or that would improve it… Let me set the record straight and give you the recipe for real, authentic buschetta. If you want to ‘improve’ on it, feel free, but please, do try the original at least once, then decide if it really needs improving. I suspect you will realize that it is truly delicious just as is. Assuming you’re using quality ingredients, that is. You need good, crusty bread with a substantial crumb—day old homemade pane casereccio is ideal—lightly grilled and drizzled with best quality, fruity extra virgin olive oil. And if you add the optional tomato topping, make sure your tomatoes are perfectly ripe and at the peak of their flavor. Ingredients Serves 4-6 people as an light antipasto 4 large, thick slices, each cut in half, or 8 small slices, of rustic bread, preferably pane casereccio A garlic clove, unpeeled but cut in half crosswise Extra virgin olive oil, preferably of the deep green, fruity kind Salt For the optional tomato topping: 4 medium sized tomatoes, de-seeded and cut into rough cubes A handful of fresh basil, torn into small pieces A good pour of olive oil Salt and pepper, to taste Directions Grill the bread slices over a moderately hot fire until they are nicely toasted on both sides, turning frequently to ensure even browning. Be careful not to burn them; they will cook in only a few minutes. Now take a half garlic clove, which as indicated you have cut into two crosswise without peeling: Rub each slice of bread while it is still hot with the exposed inside of the clove, squeezing the garlic between your fingers to release its juices into the bread. Now drizzle your bread liberally with your fruity olive oil. The slices should be nicely soaked. Salt the slices to taste. Fettunta (Authentic bruschetta at its most basic) Now you have authentic bruschetta as its basic best. You can eat it just like this and, if your bread and oil are good enough, it will be perfectly delicious (in not very photogenic…) If you want, however, you can top each slice with the tomato mixture, which you make by mixing together all of the ingredients mentioned above in a bowl right before you serve your bruschetta. Notes If you don’t have time to make your own bread at home, then find the best quality bread you can find, with a good crust and a firm but open crumb. Usually, breads sold as ‘rustic’ or ‘peasant’ style will work best. Day old bread is preferable. If fact, this recipe may well have started as a way of using bread that had gone slightly stale, and you can use it that way, too. Just beware: older bread is drier, so it will grill very quickly. Make sure it doesn’t burn! One good tip is to slice your bread thickly, as thicker slices are less apt to burn. Older or not, thick or thin, you should never leave the grill unattended even for a moment when you are making bruschetta. Trust me, I know from experience. The olive oil should be the best you can afford, with a rich, ful