What was the stage name of Norma Deloris Egstrom, an American jazz and popular music singer and songwriter who won 3 Grammy Awards (including the Lifetime Achievement Award) and who was nominated for an Academy Award as an actress?

Lee, Peggy Lee, Peggy born May 26, 1920, Jamestown , N.D., U.S. died Jan. 21, 2002, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. popular singer. She endured a difficult childhood after her mother's early death. Singing with a group in Chicago, she was engaged by Benny Goodman as his principal singer in 1941. She began singing on her own in 1943 and also began collaborating on songs, often with her husband, Dave Barbour, including "Fever," "Mañana," and several songs for Walt Disney 's Lady and the Tramp (1955). With her smooth, lightly husky voice, usually backed by jazz-influenced arrangements, she produced other hits such as "Lover" and "Is That All There Is?" * * * ▪ 2003 Norma Delores Egstrom        American singer, songwriter, and actress (b. May 26, 1920, Jamestown, N.D.—d. Jan. 21, 2002, Los Angeles, Calif.), sang in a quiet, intimate voice, with swing and subtle accenting that conveyed intelligence as well as sex appeal. She also won success as an actress and songwriter, most notably in the Walt Disney film Lady and the Tramp (1955), for which she co-wrote songs (with Sonny Burke) and created the voices for several animated characters. As a teenager she began singing on a Fargo, N.D., radio station, where she was renamed Peggy Lee. Benny Goodman hired her to sing with his band during 1941–43; her first hit record with Goodman was a version of Lil Green's “Why Don't You Do Right?” She married Goodman's guitarist Dave Barbour and with him wrote several songs, most notably the 1948 hit “Manana.” Her film career was brief but singularly successful. Among the highlights were her costarring role in a remake of The Jazz Singer (1953) and her nomination for an Oscar for her portrayal of a hard-drinking singer in Pete Kelly's Blues (1955). Many years after her work on Lady and the Tramp, she won a lawsuit that gave her $2.3 million in videocassette royalties from the Disney Corp. She also wrote movie theme songs, including ones for Johnny Guitar (1954) and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968). Even as rock and roll dominated the music industry, Lee scored two of her biggest hits in simple, jazzlike versions of “Fever” (1958) and “Is That All There Is?” (1969); altogether she recorded over 600 songs. After a lifetime of performing success and four failed marriages, Lee created Peg , an autobiographical one-woman Broadway show, but it closed after a few performances in 1984. In later years her health was precarious—she was diabetic, and she endured two severe falls, a stroke, and, in 1985, four angioplasties and double-bypass heart surgery. Two of her later albums, Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues (1989) and The Peggy Lee Songbook: There'll Be Another Spring (1991), were nominated for Grammy Awards. * * * original name  Norma Deloris Egstrom  born May 26, 1920, Jamestown, N.D., U.S. died Jan. 21, 2002, Los Angeles, Calif.  American popular singer and songwriter, known for her alluring, delicately husky voice and reserved style.       Lee lost her mother when she was very young, and the rest of her childhood was difficult. As a teenager, she began singing professionally on a Fargo, N.D., radio station, where a program director christened her with her stage name. After graduating from high school, she sang with various bands in Minnesota, Florida, and California. During a Palm Springs nightclub engagement in 1941, when she sang quietly, Lee discovered the sound that brought her success, captivating the previously noisy crowd. Her big break came later that year when Benny Goodman ( Goodman, Benny ) heard her sing in Chicago and hired her as vocalist for his band. Her developing style could be heard on such well-received recordings with Goodman as "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" and "Winter Weather." Her development was rapid, and with "Why Don't You Do Right?" (1943) Lee had her first major hit.       Lee married Goodman's guitarist, Dave Barbour, in late 1943 and briefly retired. Upon returning to the music scene in 1945, she launched a second career as a songwriter and collaborated with Barbour on several songs that became hits, including "It


In which country are the Angel Falls, or Kerepakupai Ven?

Kerepakupai Merú | World Waterfall Database Also Known as: Parakupa Vena, Salto Angel, Angel Falls Kerepakupai Merú is the Official name of this waterfall Kerepakupai Merú, or Parekupa-vena are the proper names given to Angel Falls by the indigenous Pemon Indians. The name Angel Falls, as the world knows it, was bestowed upon the falls after James Angel, a bush pilot who crash-landed his plane on the mountain above the falls in November of 1933 while conducting aerial prospecting surveys in the area. The falls were, however, first seen by a non-native in 1912 when Venezuelan explorer Ernesto Sanchez la Cruz stumbled upon the fall. His name is not often attached with the waterfalls because he did not seek to publicize his find. This waterfall has also been frequently cited with the incorrect title of Churún Merú. This was at one point thought to be the Pemon name for Angel Falls, when in reality it applies to an entirely different waterfall about 6 kilometers further to the south. Our thoughts While Kerepakupai Merú is most certainly one of the greatest waterfalls on the planet, we grow more and more skeptical that it is either the tallest on earth or as tall as is claimed. The survey team which measured the waterfall in 1949 took their measurements from the shores of the Rio Churún, almost a mile away from the base of the waterfall. The elevation difference from the top of the Tepui to the Rio Churún is, conveniently, just over 3,300 feet and there is more than 500 feet of loss in elevation from the base of the waterfall to the point where the Rio Gauja flows into the Rio Churún. Secondly, we are of the opinion that Kerepakupai Merú should only be considered the 2,648 foot plunge, as the river below the falls - aside from a 100 foot fall 1/4 mile downstream from the base of the main drop - is more or less flat. This would make South Africa's Tugela Falls the tallest on earth, but this would in no way take anything away from how much of a monster this waterfall is - without question one of the top 5 on the planet.


The last four nations to join the United Nations 193 members are Switzerland (2002), Timor-Leste (2002), Montenegro (2006) and which other nation?

Member States | United Nations United Nations On 19 September 1991, the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic informed the United Nations that it had changed its name to Belarus.   UN Statistics on Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Republic of Croatia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution  A/RES/46/238  of 22 May 1992. The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution  A/RES/46/237  of 22 May 1992. The Republic of Slovenia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution  A/RES/46/236  of 22 May 1992. By resolution  A/RES/47/225  of 8 April 1993, the General Assembly decided to admit as a Member of the United Nations the State being provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations as "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" pending settlement of the difference that had arisen over its name. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution  A/RES/55/12  of 1 November 2000. On 4 February 2003, following the adoption and promulgation of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the official name of " Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" was changed to Serbia and Montenegro. In a letter dated 3 June 2006, the President of the Republic of Serbia informed the Secretary-General that the membership of Serbia and Montenegro was being continued by the Republic of Serbia, following Montenegro's declaration of independence. Montenegro held a 21 May 2006 referendum and declared itself independent from Serbia on 3 June. On 28 June 2006 it was accepted as a United Nations Member State by General Assembly resolution  A/RES/60/264 .   The Republic of Cabo Verde changed its official name from The Republic of Cape Verde on 24 October 2013 in a request submitted to the Secretary-General by the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.   UN Statistics on Croatia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution  A/RES/46/237  of 22 May 1992. The Republic of Croatia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution  A/RES/46/238  of 22 May 1992. The Republic of Slovenia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution  A/RES/46/236  of 22 May 1992. By resolution A/RES/47/225 of 8 April 1993, the General Assembly decided to admit as a Member of the United Nations the State being provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations as "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" pending settlement of the difference that had arisen over its name. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution  A/RES/55/12  of 1 November 2000. On 4 February 2003, following the adoption and promulgation of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the official name of " Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" was changed to Serbia and Montenegro. In a letter dated 3 June


"Who or what did the music hall performer mean when he sang of ""my old dutch""?"

Past -- Albert Chevalier Albert Chevalier Vesta Victoria Albert Chevalier Albert Chevalier Chevalier was not of the music hall,     nor did he ever feel himself to belong there. He had been     a straight actor for fourteen years from his first     appearance in 1877 with the Bancrofts, and it was only as     a result of a lengthy period without work that he     succumbed to the persuasions of friends that he should     try the halls. He feared his quiet style would be hooted     off the stage, but his success was instantaneous and     enormous. Chance Newton and Macqueen-Pope mention the     songs he sang in his first appearance (though the lists     differ slightly). They were largely of his own     composition but with some of the music written by his     brother, Charles Ingle. The songs chosen give an     indication of the kind of programme he offered: "The     Future Mrs. 'Awkins" "Knocked 'Em in the Old     Kent Road" "Coster's Serenade" "Funny     Without Being Vulgar" "The Hasty Way 'E Sez     It" Two of these are love songs (although     such a definition is not quite appropriate; Chevalier     often used the description, "A Cockney Carol"),     two are wryly comic, and one is rowdily so. Chevalier's     association with the legitimate stage is apparent in the     kind of dramatic monologues he favoured. To hear him     giving his monologue, "The Fallen Star," in an     old recording is to be taken back to a remarkably     different style of acting where the pathos was "rendered" in the most extravagant style, with     highly dramatic pauses, wide variations in pitch and     volume, and an almost palpable sincerity. Indeed, when he     wrote of love or affection outside a comic framework, he     reveals the kind of excess that is so common in Victorian     songs from the heart. Whether the story that his wife,     Florrie (who was George Leybourne's daughter), inspired     his song, "My Old Dutch," is apocryphal or not,     it is impossible to be sure; but from the internal     evidence of the song's tone-its patent, unmitigated,     heart-on-sleeve sincerity-one can well believe it was a     genuine tribute to his wife. This song has maintained its     existence-a case of sincerity rather surprisingly winning     through in a cynical world-but it lacks the complexity of     tone that makes a song such as "The Future Mrs. 'Awkins" such a delight. Chevalier's association with the world of the     legitimate drama, his recitals, and especially the fact     that he could never bring himself wholly to embrace the     world of the halls, inevitably distanced him a little     from many of his colleagues. He is that rarity in the     halls before the First Great War, an outsider from the     middle class. Unlike George Robey, however (another such,     whose forte was the extravagant act), Chevalier seemed able, as few Cockney comedians were,  to express and get     beneath that way of life. It is true that there is an     element of idealization in the Cockney world of his     songs, but at his best he is able to get to its roots in     a way that is only very rarely found in any other songs     of this kind.  It is among the Cockney music-hall songs     that are to be found some of the best "songs from     the heart" sung in the halls. Good comic songs are     to be found fairly readily, but, as is discussed     elsewhere, songs of love and grief are nearly always so     uncontrollably expressed that, although they could be     taken seriously in their own time, they seem comically     exaggerated to a later generation. When sentiment, or "sincerity" is expressed within a comic tonal     framework, however, deeply-felt feelings may not only     still be made acceptable to us, but, in addition, a rare     quality of insight and expression occasionally may be     shown. So


Who, in the 6th century BCE, was the last king of Lydia, Solon, who made war on Cyrus, King of Persia, and was defeated?

The Persians Xerxes the Great Cylinder seal and inscription of     Cyrus the Great from Babylon  I am Cyrus, king of the world,     great king, mighty king, king of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and     Akkad, king of the four quarters, son of Cambyses, great king, king of     Anshan, grandson of Cyrus, great king, king of Anshan, descendant of     Teispes, great king, king of Anshan, progeny of an unending royal line,     whose rule Bel and Nabu cherish, whose kingship they desire for their     hearts' pleasures. When I, well-disposed, entered Babylon, I established the seat of     government in the royal palace amidst jubilation and rejoicing. Marduk,     the great God, caused the big-hearted inhabitants of Babylon to...me. I     sought daily to worship him. My numerous troops moved about undisturbed     in the midst of Babylon. I did not allow any to terrorize the land of Sumer and Akkad. I kept in     view the needs of Babylon and all its sanctuaries to promote their well     being. The citizens of Babylon... I lifted their unbecoming yoke. Their     dilapidated dwellings I restored. I put an end to their misfortunes. At my deeds Marduk, the great Lord, rejoiced, and to me, Cyrus, the king     who worshipped, and to Cambyses, my son, the offspring of my loins, and     to all my troops, he graciously gave his blessing, and in good spirit is     before him we/glorified/exceedingly his high divinity....   The International History Project, 2004 Edited By: Robert Guisepi   The History Of the Ancient Persian Empire  From Rise To Fall A history of the  Persians including their empire, rulers like Cyrus, Darius and Xerxes as  well as their cities, rise and fall Persia, conventional European designation of the country now known as Iran. This     name was in general use in the West until 1935, although the Iranians     themselves had long called their country Iran. For convention's sake the     name of Persia is here kept for that part of the country's history     concerned with the ancient Persian Empire until the Arab conquest in the     7th century AD.   An Overview of the The Persian Empire        Cyrus    the Persian was the greatest conqueror in the history of the ancient Near    East. In 550 B.C. he ended Persian vassalage to the Medes by capturing    Ecbatana and ousting the Median dynasty. The Medes readily accepted their    vigorous new ruler, who soon demonstrated that he deserved to be called "the Great." When King Croesus of Lydia moved across the Hals River in 547 B.C. to pick    up some of the pieces of the Median empire, Cyrus defeated him and annexed    Lydia, including those Greek cities on the coast of Asia Minor that were    under the nominal control of Lydia. Then he turned east, establishing    his power as far as the frontier of India. Babylon and its empire was next on    his list. Following the death of Cyrus, his son Cambyses conquered Egypt. The    next ruler, Darius I (522-486 B.C.), added the Punjab region in India and    Thrace in Europe. He also began a conflict with the Greeks that continued    intermittently for more than 150 years until the Persians were conquered by    Alexander the Great. Long before this event the Persian nobility had forgotten    Cyrus the Great's answer to their suggestion that they "leave this small    and barren country of ours" and move to fertile Babylonia:             Do    so if you wish, but if you do, be ready to find           yourselves no longer governors but governed; for soft           lands breed soft men; it does not happen that the same           land brings forth wonderful crops and good fighting men. ^29   [Footnote 29:    Herodotus History 9.122, trans. A. R. Burn, Persia and the West (New York:    St. Martin's Press, 1962), p. 61.]        Although    built upon the Assyrian model, the Persian administrative system was far more    efficient and humane. The empire was divi


Which country held the Rugby League World Cup from 1975 to 2000 (for 6 contests)?

Rugby Football History All Blacks Barbarians Canada British & Irish Lions Ireland Scotland Springboks USA Wales Wallabies The first Rugby League World Cup was  held in France in 1954. The prime motivators behind the idea of  holding rugby league world cup were the French, who were short of money  following the seizing  of their assets by the rugby union in World War II. They had campaigned for it since 1935. In January 1952 the idea gained  momentum. At a meeting held in Blackpool, England, November 1953, the  International Board accepted Paul Barrie’s proposal that France should be the  nation to host the inaugural Rugby League World Cup. The World Cup was  initially contested by the four Test nations: Australia, Great Britain, France  and New Zealand). The teams played each other in a league format. A group stage was  held first, with Great Britain topping the table as a result of points difference. They went on to defeat France (who finished  second in the table, level on points) in the final, which was held at the Charlety Stadium, Paris, in front of around 30,000 spectators. Group stages October 30:  France 22 - 13 New Zealand (Paris) October 31: Australia 13 - 28 Great Britain  (Lyon) November 7: France 13 - 13 Great Britain (Toulouse) November 7: Australia 34 - 15 New Zealand (Marseilles) November 11: Great Britain 26 - 6 New Zealand  (Bordeaux) November 11: France 15 - 5 Australia (Nantes) League standings November 13:  France 12 - 16 Great Britain (Charlety  Stadium, Paris) Extract from http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/rugby/superleague/worldcup.php The second World Cup in Australia in  1957. Australia proved victorious on their home ground after ending up top opf the ladder. After the  successful 1960 competition, in which Great Britain won the title for the second  time, there would be no further World Cup for 8 years. The competition had be  scheduled to be held in France in 1965, but after an unsuccessful tour of  Australia, the French withdrew. The tournament was next held in 1968, and  followed a 2 year cycle until the mid-1970s. The 1972 World Cup final ended in a  10-all draw, and the title was awarded to Great Britain by virtue of their  superior record in the qualifiers. In 1975 the competition underwent its  most radical overhaul to date. It was decided to play matches on a home and away  basis around the world, instead of in any one host nation. Furthermore, the  Great Britain team was spilt into England and Wales. Australia won that  tournament, and in 1977 it was decided that Great Britain should once more  compete as a single entity. Although the final between Australia and Great  Britain was a closely fought affair, public interest in the tournament waned due  to the continuing tinkering with the format, and it would not be held again  until the mid-1980s. From 1985 to 1988, each nation played each other a  number of times on a home and away basis. At the end of that period Australia  met New Zealand at Eden Park. The match was a physical encounter, and Australian  captain Wally Lewis played part of the match with a broken arm. The Kangaroos  won the competition 25-12. This format was repeated from 1989-1992, and  Australia defeated Great Britain 10-6 at Wembley Stadium in front of 72,000  people. This crowd remains a rugby league World Cup record. In 1995 the  competition was once again restructured, and the largest number of teams to  date, 10, entered. New teams competing included Fiji, Tonga Samoa and South  Africa. The tournament, which was also held to celebrate the centenary of the  sport in England, was highly successful with over 250,000 people attending the  group stages and over 66,000 people attending the final to see Australia defeat  England 16-8 in the final. The 2000 world cup expanded the field further,  with 16 teams entering. Blown out scorelines ensured that this tournament was  not as successful as the previous one. Ten teams are to compete in the next  World Cup in Australia in 2008. It has also been announced that a furth


Where was co-founder of band which became Crowded House, Tim Finn, born and raised?

Enzology - Radio New Zealand's story of Split Enz - Enzology Tim Finn Vocals, piano 1972-1984 Born 1952. Brought up in Te Awamutu as Brian Timothy Finn. Went on to release various solo albums, post-Enz. Briefly a member of Crowded House and   ALT. Released “Everyone Is Here”, the second Finn Brothers album with Neil, in 2004. Now living in Auckland. Phil Judd Vocals, guitars 1972-78, off and on Born 1953. Raised in Hastings. After leaving Split Enz in England he returned to New Zealand and Australia and played with bands Suburban Reptiles,    The Enemy, Swingers, Schnell Fenster. He always considered painting his real vocation, but the last decade has seen him composing music for film,    television and stage. Released his first solo album in 23 years, "Mr Phudd & His Novelty Act", in 2006. Living in Melbourne. Miles Golding Violin 1972-1973 Born 1951 in Sydney. Raised in Portsmouth, England and Wellington, New Zealand. Left for the UK in 1973 for further violin study and began to work as a free-lance player with London's leading orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic and BBC Symphony. Developed an interest in period performance practice and now works mainly in this field. “It was a special time. Those guys were brilliant and mean a lot to me. I’ll never forget their passion and enthusiasm for what they were doing,   and their confidence in me. I’m gutted I couldn’t fulfill that. Sad, really.” – Miles Golding Mike Chunn Bass 1972-1977 Born 1952 in London. Raised in Otahuhu, Auckland. Older brother of Geoff. Known by his middle name of Jonathan for a while. Post-Enz, formed Citizen    Band, managed a studio and record company and became head of APRA New Zealand. Wrote the Split Enz biography “Stranger Than Fiction” and autobiography   “Seven Voices”. Now CEO of the Play It Strange trust. Lives in Auckland. “I can’t believe it was only five years. It feels like fifty years of experience. Every second was very worthwhile.” – Mike Chunn. Mike Howard Now a teacher in Auckland. Declined the invitation to be interviewed on tape for Enzology. Geoff Chunn Drums 1973-1974 Born 1953 and raised in Otahuhu, younger brother of Michael. Formed After Hours with Neil Finn in mid 70s, then Citizen Band with Mike Chunn. Moved   into the food industry and has owned five cafes since the Enz days. Living and eating well in Auckland. “They were amazing, Split Enz. Always a million miles better than any other show. Like the All Blacks, the sum of the parts were so much bigger.    In Citizen Band, you’d think you’re doing well, then go to a Split Enz show…. ‘Aw, bugger! How’d they do that?!’ They spent every cent plus more on   the one show.” – Geoff Chunn. Wally Wilkinson Guitar 1973-1975 Raised as Paul Wally Wilkinson in Pakuranga, Auckland. Learned flute and guitar. Lead singer and guitarist in covers bands Ye Groupe and The Hyve    before Moses and Split Enz. Went from Split Enz straight into the computer industry, with a brief diversion as co-manager of Scavengers/The Marching    Girls. Now writes hospital software and lives in Melbourne. “The band was about creation. Not copyists.” “I’m still in contact with the Enz. It’s family.” – Wally Wilkinson. Robert Gillies Saxophone & trumpet 1974-1977 Born and raised in Wanganui. Learned cornet and trumpet in brass bands. After leaving Split Enz, joined TVNZ as a set designer. Went on to work    in feature films, theatre and television, including Xena: Warrior Princess. In 2004 he was the production designer of The   Whale Rider - On Stage. Lives in Auckland. Eddie Rayner Keyboards 1974-1984 Born 1952 in Lower Hutt. Originally known as Tony Eddie Rayner. Grew up in Mt Eden and Howick in Auckland. After Enz, he went on to perform live    with Crowded House, co-founded Schnell Fenster and formed The Makers. Orchestrated the two ENZSO albums, the first of which was the biggest selling    album of 1998 in New Zealand. Producer for other artists. Musical director for New Zealand Idol. Released two solo albums. New Space Waltz    album with Alastair Riddell c


From the 10th to the 14th centuries Scandinavian and, later, Anglo Saxon warriors formed the guard for Byzantine emperors under what name?

1000+ images about The Varangian Guard on Pinterest | Armors, Plates and World history Forward The Varangian Guards were Viking mercenaries who operated far beyond their native shores as an elite force within the Byzantine Armies. Descendants from a legendary line of warriors, the Varangian Guard was formed after a group of Viking mercenaries made a major contribution to the Byzantine Emperor Basil II’s victory over rebel forces in 988 AD See More


Neo, Morpheus and the city of Zion feature in what 1999 film?

Morpheus (Character) - Biography biography from The Matrix (1999) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Warning! This character biography may contain plot spoilers. Visit our Character Biography Help to learn more. Character Biography History Discuss Morpheus is the captain of the Nebuchadnezzar, which is a hovercraft of the human forces of the last human city, Zion, in a devastated world where most humans are grown by sentient Machines and kept imprisoned in the Matrix, a virtual computer-generated world. Morpheus was once a human living inside the Matrix until he was freed earlier in life. Morpheus is apparently a very popular public figure in the city of Zion. He is also known in the Matrix, but as a dangerous terrorist wanted by Agents (who are actually sentient programs that patrol the Matrix, eliminating any human that is a threat to the secret of the Matrix or dispatching programs that exile themselves in the Matrix to avoid their deletion). Like other hovercraft crews, Morpheus and his crew are dedicated to the protection of Zion and the freeing of humans from the Matrix. In fact, Morpheus is the Greek god of dreams in Greek mythology, which is consistent with the character involvement with the "dreaming" of the Matrix. Earlier in his life, Morpheus gained the romantic attention of Niobe, another hovercraft captain. Their relationship became estranged shortly after Morpheus visited The Oracle, an ally living in the Matrix. The Oracle could foretell the future, and she told Morpheus that he would be the person who would find The One, a human with superhuman abilities within the Matrix and who could end the Human/Machine war. Since that visit, Morpheus spent much of his life searching the Matrix for The One. In the first feature film, The Matrix, Morpheus successfully finds and monitors a pod-human named Thomas A. Anderson, a hacker who calls himself Neo. Despite a close call with Agents that capture, interrogate, and place a surveillance device on Neo, Morpheus and his crew locate Neo. Morpheus offers Neo a choice of ingesting a red pill, which will activate a trace program to locate Neo's body in the real world and allow the Nebuchadnezzar crew to extract him, or a blue pill, which will leave Neo in the Matrix to live and believe what he wants to believe. Neo takes the red pill. The Nebuchadnezzar crew is then able to eject Neo's body from the Matrix powerplant and retrieve him from the cold sewers where the machines patrol. Morpheus takes a risk in helping Neo escape the Matrix, as human minds that live too long in the Matrix may have trouble in comprehending the real world and the truth of the Matrix. Initially, Neo does experience serious denial when Morpheus explains the truth, a point for which Morpheus apologizes. Shortly after Neo first visits the Oracle, Morpheus is captured and interrogated by Agents after a crew member, Cypher, betrays the crew, killing several members before being stopped. Since Morpheus, as a hovercraft captain, possesses access codes to the Zion mainframe computer, the surviving members of the ship's crew are about to unplug Morpheus from the Matrix without the ability to retrieve his mind or his body, a process that will kill him. However, Neo had his own foretelling from the Oracle that told him that either Morpheus or Neo would die, but that he had the choice to save himself or Morpheus. Neo and Trinity reenter the Matrix to make a daring and successful rescue of Morpheus. Neo saves Trinity from a helicopter crash, confirming Morpheus' belief that Neo is indeed The One of legend. Neo is eventually killed by Agent Smith shortly after the rescue, but reawakened as The One and returned to the Nebuchadnezzar before Sentinels can destroy the ship. In the second film, The Matrix Reloaded, Morpheus is more confident than ever that the war is nearing its end. A spiritual as well as an influential leader, Morpheus convinces one hovercraft ship to stay in the Matrix to await contact from the Oracle, despite orders from Zion for a


"Throughout his early years in Indonesia, who was known to his playmates and at school as ""Barry Soetoro""?"

The not-so-simple story of Barack Obama's youth - Chicago Tribune The not-so-simple story of Barack Obama's youth The early years of Barack Obama from a small child through high school. Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim BarkerTribune correspondents The life stories, when the presidential candidate tells them, have a common theme: the quest to belong. A boy wants to find his place in a family where he is visibly different: chubby where others are thin, dark where others are light. A youth living in a distant land searches and finds new friends, a new language and a heartbreaking lesson about his identity in the pages of an American magazine. A young black man struggles for acceptance at an institution of privilege, where he finds himself growing so angry and disillusioned at the world around him that he turns to alcohol and drugs. These have been the stories told about the first two character-shaping decades of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama 's life, a story line largely shaped by his own best-selling memoir, political speeches and interviews. But the reality of Obama's narrative is not that simple. More than 40 interviews with former classmates, teachers, friends and neighbors in his childhood homes of Hawaii and Indonesia, as well as a review of public records, show the arc of Obama's personal journey took him to places and situations far removed from the experience of most Americans. At the same time, several of his oft-recited stories may not have happened in the way he has recounted them. Some seem to make Obama look better in the retelling, others appear to exaggerate his outward struggles over issues of race, or simply skim over some of the most painful, private moments of his life. The handful of black students who attended Punahou School in Hawaii, for instance, say they struggled mightily with issues of race and racism there. But absent from those discussions, they say, was another student then known as Barry Obama. In his best-selling autobiography, "Dreams from My Father," Obama describes having heated conversations about racism with another black student, "Ray." The real Ray, Keith Kakugawa, is half black and half Japanese. In an interview with the Tribune on Saturday, Kakugawa said he always considered himself mixed race, like so many of his friends in Hawaii, and was not an angry young black man. He said he does recall long, soulful talks with the young Obama and that his friend confided his longing and loneliness. But those talks, Kakugawa said, were not about race. "Not even close," he said, adding that Obama was dealing with "some inner turmoil" in those days. "But it wasn't a race thing," he said. "Barry's biggest struggles then were missing his parents. His biggest struggles were his feelings of abandonment. The idea that his biggest struggle was race is [bull]." Then there's the copy of Life magazine that Obama presents as his racial awakening at age 9. In it, he wrote, was an article and two accompanying photographs of an African-American man physically and mentally scarred by his efforts to lighten his skin. In fact, the Life article and the photographs don't exist, say the magazine's own historians. Some of these discrepancies are typical of childhood memories -- fuzzy in specifics, warped by age, shaped by writerly license. Others almost certainly illustrate how carefully the young man guarded the secret of his loneliness from even those who knew him best. And the accounts bear out much of Obama's self-portrait as someone deeply affected by his father's abandonment yet able to thrive in greatly disparate worlds. Still, the story of his early years highlights how politics and autobiography are similar creatures: Each is shaped to serve a purpose. In its reissue after he gave the keynote address at the Democratic convention in 2004, "Dreams from My Father" joined a long tradition of political memoirs that candidates have used to introduce themselves to the American people. From his earliest moments on the national political stage, Obama has presented himself as having two unique qualifications: a fresh political f


Two of its cones are considered extinct while the third, Kibo, is only dormant and sports gas fumeroles. Which mountain is it?

Mount Kilimanjaro - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki Volcanic Seven Summits Did you know ... one of the peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro was named in honor of the pioneering Scottish Victorian photographer John Thomson ? Tofiri Kibuuka , one of the first blind men to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro , was the first African to compete at the Winter Paralympic Games ? More interesting facts on Mount Kilimanjaro Include this on your site/blog: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Kilimanjaro" redirects here. For other uses, see Kilimanjaro (disambiguation) . Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro map and guide by Wielochowski [2] Geology . Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is an inactive stratovolcano in north-eastern Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at 5,895 metres or 19,341 feet (the Uhuru Peak). ^   Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa and is the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Mount Kilimanjaro, Machame Route, Climbing Information & Prices, Tanzania, East Africa - Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro with AfriChoice and Save! 2 February 2010 16:22 UTC africhoice.com [Source type: General] ^   At 19,344 feet it is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest walk-able summit in the world. Mount Kilimanjaro - Roof of Africa 2 February 2010 16:22 UTC ftp.bushbuckltd.com [Source type: General] Mount Kilimanjaro - Roof of Africa 17 January 2010 0:36 UTC www.bushbuckltd.com [Source type: General] Kilimanjaro is the word’s highest freestanding mountain. Kilimanjaro Trek - Climb Kilimanjaro | Adventure Company 17 January 2010 0:36 UTC www.adventurecompany.co.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] [3] . Mount Kilimanjaro is among the tallest freestanding mountains in the world, rising 4600 m (15,100 feet) from the base. ^   Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa and is the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Mount Kilimanjaro, Machame Route, Climbing Information & Prices, Tanzania, East Africa - Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro with AfriChoice and Save! 2 February 2010 16:22 UTC africhoice.com [Source type: General] Kilimanjaro is the word’s highest freestanding mountain. Kilimanjaro Trek - Climb Kilimanjaro | Adventure Company 17 January 2010 0:36 UTC www.adventurecompany.co.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^   It is the highest mountain in Africa, rising 19,340 ft/5895 m above sea level, and is considered the tallest freestanding mountain in the world, rising 15,100 ft (4600 m) from base to summit . Climb Mt Kilimanjaro 2010 17 January 2010 0:36 UTC www.globalvolunteernetwork.org [Source type: General] . The exact meaning and origin of the name Kilimanjaro is unknown. ^   The meaning and origin of the name Kilimanjaro is unknown. Climb Mt Kilimanjaro 2010 17 January 2010 0:36 UTC www.globalvolunteernetwork.org [Source type: General] ^   If this chart, in fact, ante-dates any mention of the name Kilimanjaro as the name of the mountain, then the investigation of its Meaning among the coastal peoples might be fruitful. Kilimanjaro 17 January 2010 0:36 UTC www.ntz.info [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^   17 January 2010 0:36 UTC www.ntz.info [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] . It is thought to be a combination of the Swahili word Kilima (meaning "mountain") and the Kichagga word Njaro, loosely translated as "whiteness", giving the name White Mountain. ^   Other names for this volcano are: Kilima Dscharo, Oldoinyo Oibor (White Mountain in Masai), and Kilima Njaro meaning shining mountain in Swahili. Kilimanjaro info - Classic Tours & Safaris 2 February 2010 16:22 UTC www.theclassictours.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^   It is thought to be a combination of the Swahili word Kilima , meaning "mountain", and the KiChagga word Njaro , loosely translated as "whiteness", giving the name White Mountain. Climb Mt Kilimanjaro 2010 17 January 2010 0:36 UTC www.globalvolunteernetwork.org [Source type: General] ^   There is also a claim that the word "kilemakyaro" exists in the Chagga language, Meaning "impossible journey", but this is thought to have derived as a consequence rather th


The rights to which book, begun in 1768 by William Smellie and completed in 1771 and continually revised, were bought by Sears, Roebuck of Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1920?

Encyclopædia Britannica | Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing - eBooks | Read eBooks online Encyclopædia Britannica at Wikisource A wooden shipping crate for the 14th set The Encyclopædia Britannica ( Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. , is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia . In 2012, it was announced that the 2010 edition was the last printed edition that would be published. It is written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors, including 110 Nobel Prize winners and five American presidents . The Britannica is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia still being produced. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in Edinburgh , Scotland as three volumes. The encyclopaedia grew in size: the second edition was 10 volumes, and by its fourth edition (1801–1810) it had expanded to 20 volumes. Its rising stature as a scholarly work helped recruit eminent contributors, and the 9th (1875–1889) and 11th editions (1911) are landmark encyclopaedias for scholarship and literary style. Beginning with the 11th edition and its acquisition by an American firm, the Britannica shortened and simplified articles to broaden its appeal in the North American market. In 1933, the Britannica became the first encyclopaedia to adopt "continuous revision", in which the encyclopaedia is continually reprinted and every article updated on a schedule. In March 2012, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. announced it would no longer continue to publish its printed editions, instead focusing on its online version, Encyclopædia Britannica Online . Its final print edition was in 2010, a 32-volume set.[1] The 15th and last edition has a three-part structure: a 12-volume Micropædia of short articles (generally fewer than 750 words), a 19-volume Macropædia of long articles (two to 310 pages) and a single Propædia volume to give a hierarchical outline of knowledge. The Micropædia is meant for quick fact-checking and as a guide to the Macropædia; readers are advised to study the Propædia outline to understand a subject's context and to find more detailed articles. The size of the Britannica has remained roughly constant over 70 years, with about 40 million words on half a million topics. Although publication has been based in the United States since 1901, the Britannica has largely maintained British spelling . The last printed version of Britannica contained approximately forty thousand articles. Contents External links 10 Present status 15th edition of the Britannica. The initial volume with the green spine is the Propædia ; the red-spined and black-spined volumes are the Micropædia and the Macropædia , respectively. The last three volumes are the 2002 Book of the Year (black spine) and the two-volume index (cyan spine). Print version Since 1985, the Britannica has had four parts: the Micropædia , the Macropædia , the Propædia , and a two-volume index. The Britannica's articles are found in the Micro- and Macropædia, which encompass 12 and 17 volumes, respectively, each volume having roughly one thousand pages. The 2007 Macropædia has 699 in-depth articles, ranging in length from 2 to 310 pages and having references and named contributors. In contrast, the 2007 Micropædia has roughly 65,000 articles, the vast majority (about 97%) of which contain fewer than 750 words, no references, and no named contributors.[2] The Micropædia articles are intended for quick fact-checking and to help in finding more thorough information in the Macropædia. The Macropædia articles are meant both as authoritative, well-written articles on their subjects and as storehouses of information not covered elsewhere.[3] The longest article (310 pages) is on the United States, and resulted from the merger of the articles on the individual states. The 2013 edition of Britannica contained approximately forty thousand articles,[4] and by comparison to WorldHeritage, was over one hundred times smaller than the - specifically, 4,760,492 articles in English (as of January 21, 2015). Information can be found in the


For what sport is the Cresta Run, built in Switzerland in 1884, used?

Cresta run - Definition and synonyms of cresta run in the English dictionary. Translation of cresta run to 20 languages. cresta run Meaning of cresta run in the English dictionary DICTIONARY GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRESTA RUN noun exclamation Cresta run is a noun. A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc. WHAT DOES CRESTA RUN MEAN IN ENGLISH? Cresta Run The Cresta Run is a natural ice skeleton racing toboggan track in eastern Switzerland. Located in the winter sports town of St. Moritz, the 1.2125 km run is one of the few in the world dedicated entirely to skeleton. It was built in 1884 near the hamlet of Cresta in the municipality of Celerina/Schlarigna by Major Bulpett, eventual founder of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club, and the people of St. Moritz. It has continued as a partnership to this day between the SMTC, founded in 1887, and the people of St. Moritz. The sport of intramural sled racing originated around the nascent winter resort activities at the Kulm hotel in St. Moritz during the winters of the early 1870s, and today's members still congregate for lunch in the 'Sunny Bar' at the Kulm. In the early days of competitive sledding, the predominant style was luge-style racing lying on one's back, but the invention of the flexible runner sled in 1887, known colloquially as 'the America', led to Mr. Cornish using the head-first style in the 1887 Grand National. He finished fourteenth due to some erratic rides but established a trend and by the 1890 Grand National all competitors were riding head-first. Synonyms and antonyms of cresta run in the English dictionary of synonyms SYNONYMS WORDS RELATING TO «CRESTA RUN» cresta run cresta thriftwood crashes henley shop video deaths bobsleigh natural skeleton racing toboggan track eastern switzerland located winter sports town moritz world dedicated entirely built near hamlet crest first prepared season anyone made once trip becomes absolute addiction dicing with created start culture from which have visitors europe above rider brakes sliding digging cleats durant imboden most rugby matt dawson tackles month highly distinguished organisation served generations alpine thrill seekers celebrates Translation of «cresta run» into 20 languages TRANSLATOR TRANSLATION OF CRESTA RUN Find out the translation of cresta run to 20 languages with our English multilingual translator . The translations of cresta run from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cresta run» in English. List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cresta run». Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cresta run EXAMPLES 10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRESTA RUN» Discover the use of cresta run in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cresta run and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature. 1 Apparently Unharmed: Riders of the Cresta Run Club member and investment banker DiGiacomo chronicles the stories of the Cresta riders who come yearly, all of whom experience pain, fear, humility, and, occasionally, immense medical bills in exchange for the exhilaration and courage ... Michael DiGiacomo, 2000 9 Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present The Cresta run is an extremely winding and challenging course with steep banks rebuilt each year by the St. Moritz Toboggan Club in Switzerland. Races typically begin from either the top or from junction to the finish. Top to finish represents ... David Levinson, Karen Christensen, 1999 10 Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice Only the St. Moritz Toboggan Club with its Cresta Run survived throughout the period. Skeleton was reborn in Munich in 1967 and the Bavarian Skeleton Club formed in 1969. In that year too, the first artificially r


"Who composed the music for the 1979 musical ""Sweeney Todd""?"

PBS - Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street Wrote the music and lyrics for Passion (1994); Assassins (1991); Into The Woods (1987); Sunday in the Park With George (1984); Merrily We Roll Along (1981); Sweeney Todd (1979); Pacific Overtures (1976); The Frogs (1974); A Little Night Music (1973); Follies (1971, revised in London, 1987); Company (1970); Anyone Can Whistle (1964); and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962); as well as the lyrics for West Side Story (1957); Gypsy (1959); Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965), and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Side by Side by Sondheim (1976); Marry Me A Little (1981); You're Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983) and Putting It Together (1992) are anthologies of his work as composer and lyricist. For films, he composed the scores of Stavisky (1974) and Reds (1981) and songs for Dick Tracy (Academy Award, 1990). He won Tony Awards for Best Score for a Musical for Passion, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Follies, and Company. Sunday in the Park With George received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1985. He is on the council of the Dramatists Guild, which is a national association of playwrights, composers and lyricists, having served as its president from 1973 until 1981. In 1983, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1990 he was appointed the first visiting professor of contemporary theatre at Oxford University and in 1993 was a recipient of Kennedy Center honors. Visit Stephen Sondheim on the world wide web at www.sondheim.com Additional Resources


"What is the first sentence of the book ""Nineteen Eighty Four"" by George Orwell?"

The 100 best novels: No 70 – Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949) | Books | The Guardian The 100 best novels The 100 best novels: No 70 – Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949) George Orwell’s dystopian classic cost its author dear but is arguably the best-known novel in English of the 20th century “Imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever…” Richard Burton (background) and John Hurt in Michael Radford’s 1984 film adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Photograph: Allstar Share on Messenger Close “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Time is out of joint, and everyday life has no comfort any more: from Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) to Animal Farm (1945), George Orwell had been incubating a profound inner dissonance with his society. Even as a child, he had been fascinated by the futuristic imagination of HG Wells (and later, Aldous Huxley ). Finally, at the end of his short life, he fulfilled his dream. Nineteen Eighty-Four, arguably the most famous English novel of the 20th century, is a zeitgeist book. Orwell’s dystopian vision was deeply rooted both in its author’s political morality, and in its time, the postwar years of western Europe. Its themes (the threat of the totalitarian state, censorship and the manipulation of language) continue to reverberate, with prophetic menace, like distant gunfire, into the present. After the third world war, Britain is now Airstrip One in the American superstate of Oceania, permanently in conflict with Eurasia and Eastasia. Winston Smith, a former journalist employed by the Ministry of Truth to rewrite old newspaper articles so that the historical record always supports state policy, decides to launch his own hopeless private rebellion against the oppression of “the Party” and its all-seeing, all-powerful dictator, Big Brother. Winston’s revolt gets added impetus from his association with Julia, another dissident, who wants to use her rampant sexuality to defy the repression of “the Party”. When Winston and Julia’s brief affair is discovered by the Thought Police they are subjected to the torments of Room 101 at the hands of the merciless O’Brien. “If you want a picture of the future,” says this demonic figure, “imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.” At the end, now brainwashed into submission, Winston awaits his execution as “the last man in Europe”, the working title of Orwell’s first draft. The plot of Nineteen Eighty-Four is one thing; its ideas are something else. In the 65 years since its publication, “Big Brother is watching you”, “newspeak”, “doublethink” “prole”, “thoughtcrime”, “unperson”, “reality control” and “the Two Minutes Hate” have become inseparable from the English language. Orwell himself, in the words of one critic, “the wintry conscience of his generation”, has become a kind of secular saint, which is an incarnation that might surprise his former colleagues on this newspaper, the Observer. A note on the text The circumstances surrounding the writing of Nineteen Eighty-Four make grim reading, and help to explain the persistent bleakness of Orwell’s dystopia. The idea for “The Last Man in Europe” had been in Orwell’s mind since the Spanish civil war. His novel, which owes something to Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian fiction We, probably began to acquire a definitive shape during 1943-44, around the time he and his wife, Eileen, adopted their only son, Richard, whom I was once lucky enough to interview about his father. Orwell was also partly inspired by the meeting of the allied leaders at the Tehran Conference of 1944. Isaac Deutscher, a colleague on the Observer, for which Orwell was working as a foreign correspondent, reported that Orwell was “convinced that Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt consciously plotted to divide the world” at Tehran. Orwell had been attached to David Astor’s Observer since 1942, first as a book reviewer and later as a correspondent. His editor professed great admiration for Orwell’s “absolute straightforwardness, his honesty and his decency”, and would be his


What country separates the city of Dandong and Dochon-ri village?

Koryo Tours - Specialising in North Korean tours, travel and holidays to DPRK Get up close to the DPRK border! Day 1. After   leaving Pyongyang on the 10:10 train and enjoying the ride through rural   DPRK you cross the bridge into China passing customs from both countries.   Disembark and meet the local guide in Dandong. The extension begins! Have   a delicious dinner of local specialties before a night of freedom to try   out some local nightlife or simply relax Day 2. First   stop is the eastern edge of China’s famous Great wall, located at a place   called Tiger Mountain. The wall terminates atop a hill overlooking a North   Korean island, just a metre from the Chinese side of the narrow river,   don’t step across it though! Korean   war Museum – see the Chinese side of the conflict, known here as the ‘War   to Resists America and Aid Korea’ accounts of the exploits of the   ‘volunteer’ army, propaganda war and some amazing models and panoramas, as   well as a field of war machines too Boat   Trip on the Yalu River – to get a peek into the border city of Sinuiju.   The river itself is the border between the two countries so this ship   swings very close to the DPRK shore, close enough to exchange greetings   and waves with locals on the other side Broken   Bridge – the iconic attraction of Dandong is a bridge that leads across   the river – to nowhere. It was bombed in 1951 by the US Air Force and   never repaired. A viewing platform halfway across terminates this   cul-de-sac as well as being a great place for photos Next   you’ll have some free time to wander Dandong before meeting up beneath the   deep red Chairman Mao statue (no need to bow here!) to board the train to   Beijing at 18:30 after a full and amazing day! Prices There are several options available. If you wish to make the tour alone or with a group of friends this can be done at the following prices: Group tours - leaving DPRK by train EUR 180 per person Group tours - leaving DPRK by plane to Shenyang (includes transfer from Shenyang airport to Dandong by private road transportation, approx 3.5 hour drive) EUR 340 per person EUR 40 x 1 night Tips If you are travelling to Dandong during the Chinese May Holiday or the Chinese October Holiday then there will be an additional charge of EUR 25 per person. For the Dandong extension independent tour prices please click here. The tour fee includes


A punnet is used as what in relationship to strawberries and other soft fruit?

Four different strawberry recipes for summer | Life and style | The Guardian Get ahead Four different strawberry recipes for summer Put a new spin on your strawberries by steeping a great bowlful in booze and gradually transforming them into this trio of summer puds and a decadent daiquiri Summer pudding is best made the day before so the bread can soak up the juices and completely set. Photograph: Yuki Sugiura for The Guardian Summer pudding is best made the day before so the bread can soak up the juices and completely set. Photograph: Yuki Sugiura for The Guardian Get ahead Four different strawberry recipes for summer Put a new spin on your strawberries by steeping a great bowlful in booze and gradually transforming them into this trio of summer puds and a decadent daiquiri Saturday 6 June 2015 07.00 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 20 September 2016 05.26 EDT Share on Messenger Close For me, a perfectly ripened strawberry is a cosmic and nostalgic experience. A good strawberry’s zing, flavour complexity and divine sweetness makes my eyes close reflexively and remember the time when I used to pick them in the fields as a child. I used to work on a strawberry farm in Thorncombe in Dorset, picking with travellers and locals from my village. We were paid by the punnet: some people were making as much as £80 a day – picking furiously, bent over in the sun – a reasonable wage for five hours’ work in 1995. We’d pick from early morning until the sun got too hot. I was only 15 so had a slightly more laidback philosophy of “one for me, one for you” - “you” being the punnet. Every now and again I would come across a strawberry ripened to perfection and gobble it down. Summer strawberries are here and it was so worth the wait. Fruit undoubtedly tastes best when it is in season, but there is also a psychological change that comes into play when we haven’t tasted an ingredient for a long period of time. Strawberries are a prime example of this and taste infinitely better when eaten in season. The anticipation of their flavour and the memories this invokes all add to the enjoyment we experience when the season comes around again. Of course, a strawberry is perfect as it is, eaten unadulterated, bitten directly from the stalk. But, after the initial gorge, it’s time to start experimenting with them, making the most of the seasonal glut. Marinating strawberries in grappa (or macerating) really intensifies their flavour and is a good way to preserve an abundance of soft fruit. These will keep in the fridge for up to five days and can be used as a base ingredient for a number of other delicious recipes. To macerate your strawberries 8 tbsp grappa 4 tsp caster sugar, plus extra to serve 1 Hull the strawberries by pulling off the green tops (cut them if they are under-ripe.) 2 Cut the strawberries in half from top to tail. Put them in a bowl with the grappa and caster sugar. Allow them to sit in the fridge for 30 minutes – all the juices will begin to seep out and the strawberries will soften. Turn every now and again to cover them with grappa. 1. The classic dessert: Sourdough summer pudding (pictured above) An all-time summer favourite of mine and so quick to assemble. I like to experiment with different fillings and fruits. Summer pudding is best made the day before so the bread can soak up the juices and completely set. I find sourdough works particularly well. One fish, four different meal ideas | Get ahead Read more 200g mixed summer fruits (raspberries, redcurrants and blackberries) Juice of a lemon 50g honey, or to taste 4-6 slices sourdough bread, cut 1-2 cm thick, crusts removed Double cream, to serve 1 Put the macerated strawberries in a saucepan with the mixed summer fruits. Add the lemon juice, honey and 50ml of water. Taste and add more honey if required. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 2 minutes, then put aside. 2 Line a 1-litre pudding basin with the slices of bread. Place a disc of bread in the bottom, then run pieces up the sides, overlapping them slightly. Press the joins together to seal them with a littl


"Which famous Ramone was never one of ""The Ramones""?"

Top 10 Ramones Songs Top 10 Ramones Songs REDDIT Sire Records Without the Ramones , the history of rock n’ roll would read very differently. They inspired countless bands over several generations, even if they never actually grabbed the gold ring, and it has often been said that they are second only to the Beatles in terms of influence. Everything about them was unique for the times. In an era of bloated ensembles passing themselves off as rock and rollers, the Ramones injected a much needed (and, yeah, still needed) sense of danger, adventure and — most importantly — fun back into the music. The task of plucking 10 songs out of such a fantastic catalog is nearly impossible, and subject to change at any given second. But, at least for now, here is our list of Top 10 Ramones Songs. 10     You want to talk about a self-declaration? “I don’t wanna be a pinhead no more / I just met a nurse that I could go for” is a declaration without peer. Inspired by 1932’s ‘Freaks,’ a bizarre film that starred actual circus sideshow figures, this song’s famous “Gabba Gabba we accept you one of us” line was almost an exact quote from the movie. Musically, it’s pedal to the metal, a ride never lets up. No wonder ‘Pinhead’ routinely served as the rave-up final song during any given Ramones concert, and begins our list of the Top 10 Ramones Songs.   ‘The KKK Took My Baby Away’ From: ‘Pleasant Dreams’ (1981)     The premise is simple enough — boy swipes friend’s girlfriend, friend writes song about it — but when Joey Ramone wrote ‘The KKK Took My Baby Away,’ he was talking about a real-life scenario. Seems Johnny Ramone stole, and later married, Joey’s girl; Joey, who never forgave Johnny, got some revenge in the form of this classic song. While Johnny was hardly a KKK member, he used to make Jewish jokes around Joey and Tommy Ramone — both of whom were Jewish. Dark, and roiling with kick-ass rock attitude, this song was a highlight on 1981’s unfairly maligned ‘Pleasant Dreams’ album.   ‘Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio?’ From: ‘End of the Century’ (1980)     The lead-off track from a Phil Spector -produced album that the label, the management and the band hoped would be a commercial breakthrough, ‘Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio’ tells a different story. Reflections on past glory work in tandem with frustration over what it all had become, echoing the Ramones’ fate as the ’80s loomed. In a perfect world, this would have been a No. 1 hit. Instead, it’s just another gem on album filled with them.       It’s a perfect opening for an album and a career, so it’s a natural fit for No. 1 on our list of the Top 10 Ramones Songs. This remains the definitive example of what made the Ramones special — and it couldn’t have been more out-of-step with what was going on at the time. ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ was rock n’ roll distilled down to its bare essentials of three chords. Add in a ‘Hey Ho, Let’s Go’ rallying cry, (inspired by the Bay City Rollers ‘ Saturday Night ‘), and it’s easy to see how the Ramones gave rock and roll a swift kick. Heck, some four decades on, they still are.


Basra | Iraq | Britannica.com Basra al-Jāḥiẓ Basra, Arabic Al-Baṣrah, city, capital of Al-Baṣrah muḥāfaẓah (governorate), southeastern Iraq . It is the principal port of Iraq. Basra is situated on the western bank of the Shaṭṭ Al-ʿArab (the waterway formed by the union of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers ) at its exit from Lake Al-Ḥammār , 70 miles (110 km) by water above Al-Fāw (Fao) on the Persian Gulf . The adjacent terrain is low-lying and deeply intersected by creeks and small watercourses. Oil terminal in Basra, Iraq. Lisa Coghlan/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region District Basra, capital of Al-Baṣrah governorate, Iraq. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Basra was founded as a military encampment by the second caliph, ʿUmar I , in 638 ce about 8 miles (13 km) from the modern town of Al-Zubayr , Iraq. Its proximity to the Persian Gulf and easy access to both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the eastern frontiers encouraged its growth into a real city, despite the harsh climate and the difficulty of supplying the camp with drinking water. The first architecturally significant mosque in Islam was constructed there in 665. Basran troops fought the Sāsānian Persians at Nahāvand (642) and conquered the western provinces of Iran (650), while the town itself was the site of the Battle of the Camel (656), an encounter between ʿĀʾishah , the Prophet Muhammad ’s widow, and ʿAlī , Muhammad’s son-in-law and fourth caliph. In the years during and after ʿAlī’s caliphate (656–661), Basra was a focus of the political strife that arose between the competing religious factions in Islam. This political friction was intensified by a volatile social situation. Whereas the Arab army constituted an aristocracy in Basra, the local and various migrant peoples who had settled there (Indians, Persians, Africans, Malays) were merely mawālī, or clients attached to Arab tribes. Basran history from the late 7th century is thus one of unrest and insurrection. The city was seized briefly by the forces of a claimant of the caliphate, ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr (died 692), then became the centre of Ibn al-Ashʿath’s revolt in 701 and al-Muhallab’s revolt in 719–720. Similar Topics Al-Najaf Conditions did not improve under the ʿAbbāsids , who took over the caliphate in 750. The uprisings continued: the Zoṭṭ, an Indian people, rose up in 820–835; the Zanj , African blacks brought into Mesopotamia for agricultural slave labour, rebelled about 869–883 (see Zanj rebellion ). The Qarmatians , an extremist Muslim sect, invaded and devastated Basra in 923, and thereafter the city declined, overshadowed by the prominence of the ʿAbbāsid capital, Baghdad . By the 14th century, neglect and the Mongol invasions left little of the original Basra standing, and by the turn of the 16th century it was relocated at the site of ancient Al-Ubullah, a few miles upstream. Basra had been, however, a brilliant cultural centre in its own right throughout the 8th and into the 9th century. It was the home of noted Arab grammarians, poets, prose writers, and literary and religious scholars. Islamic mysticism was first introduced in Basra by al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī , and the theological school of the Muʿtazilah developed there. Basra is perhaps best known to Westerners as the city from which Sinbad set out in The Thousand and One Nights. Basra was taken by the Turks in 1668. In the 17th and 18th centuries, English, Dutch, and Portuguese traders became established there, and Basra developed considerably during the 19th century as a transshipment point for river traffic to Baghdad. In 1914 the construction of a modern harbour was begun at Basra, which previously had had no wharves. During World War I the British occupied Basra and used it as the port whereby communications were maintained between Mesopotamia and India. Under the ensuing British mandate , many improvements were effected in the city, and both the town and port grew in importance. In 1930 the port installations were transferred from British to Iraqi ownership. During World War II the Allies sent supplies to their Soviet


Which American novelist, poet and painter, a major figure of the Beat Generation who affected popular culture as well as literature, shot his wife in Mexico in 1951?

The Beat Generation - Literature Periods & Movements Literature Network » Literary Periods » The Beat Generation The Beat Generation In American in the 1950s, a new cultural and literary movement staked its claim on the nation’s consciousness. The Beat Generation was never a large movement in terms of sheer numbers, but in influence and cultural status they were more visible than any other competing aesthetic. The years immediately after the Second World War saw a wholesale reappraisal of the conventional structures of society. Just as the postwar economic boom was taking hold, students in universities were beginning to question the rampant materialism of their society. The Beat Generation was a product of this questioning. They saw runaway capitalism as destructive to the human spirit and antithetical to social equality. In addition to their dissatisfaction with consumer culture, the Beats railed against the stifling prudery of their parents’ generation. The taboos against frank discussions of sexuality were seen as unhealthy and possibly damaging to the psyche. In the world of literature and art, the Beats stood in opposition to the clean, almost antiseptic formalism of the early twentieth century Modernists. They fashioned a literature that was more bold, straightforward, and expressive than anything that had come before. Underground music styles like jazz were especially evocative for Beat writers, while threatening and sinister to the establishment. To many, the artistic productions of the Beats crossed the line into pornography and therefore merited censorship. Some dismissed the Beat Generation’s literature as mere provocation – a means to get attention, not serious art. Time has proven that the cultural impact of the Beat writers was far from short-lived, as the influence of their work continues to be widespread. The “founders” of the Beat Generation met at Columbia University in the early 1940s. Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg formed the core of this initial group, and they would remain bulwarks of the Beat sensibility for years to come. Lucien Carr, John Clellon Holmes, and Neal Cassidy were also original members of this coterie, though their clout was somewhat less than the others. Gregory Corso was a first wave Beat poet who Ginsberg met a bar. For the Beat Generation, the shadowy underside of society could harbor every bit as much creative genius as the gilded halls of the academy. Despite their anti-establishment and anti-academy pretentions, the Beats were all well-educated and generally from middle class backgrounds. It was Kerouac who coined the term “Beat Generation,” and the name stuck. William S. Burroughs was another original Beat writer, though slightly older and more experienced than his contemporaries. Burroughs was found unfit to serve in the Army during World War II, and had spent several years wandering and doing odd jobs. It was pure serendipity that he and Kerouac and Ginsberg would enter each other’s orbit, for their creative interchanges marked the true beginning of Beat literature. The Beat Generation pulled from a variety of source materials to construct their particular vision of literature and culture. Several of the originators claim Romantic poets as major influences on their work. Percy Bysshe Shelley and William Blake are often cited as especially influential on the development of the Beat aesthetic. Interspersed with their Romantic influences were surrealist and absurdist tendencies. At the same time, the American Transcendental Movement of the nineteenth century was a powerful inspiration for the confrontational politics of the Beats. Henry David Thoreau was particularly revered as a symbol of protest. It was the Beats, in fact, who played a large role in rehabilitating Thoreau’s reputation and elevating Walden to the status that it holds today. Conversely, the artistic production of the American Modernists was in many ways reviled by the Beats. The neo-classical formalism of T. S. Eliot was rejected as too much removed from real life and experience. Eliot embraced his status as a


"Robert Drewe's book ""Our Sunshine"" was made into what film in 2003?"

Robert Drewe's reading life - The Book Show - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Robert Drewe's reading life Thursday 22 January 2009 10:31AM (view full episode) At the 2008 Melbourne Writers' Festival Robert Drewe talked about his reading life and the books that have inspired him. Robert Drewe's books have earned numerous awards - The Drowner was the first novel to win a Premier's literary award in every state, his novel Fortune won a National Book Council award and he received a Commonwealth Writers Prize for the short story collection The Bay of Contented Men. His books have also been adapted for the screen. Our Sunshine was made into the film Ned Kelly and both The Bodysurfers and The Shark Net, his memoir of growing up in Western Australia in the 1950s and 60s, became TV mini-series. Robert Drewe begins his address at the festival with Tarzan of the Apes, which, as a boy growing up in Western Australia, he found much more interesting than the children's books then on offer. First broadcast 9 October 2008


What nationality were the first European settlers in Brooklyn, New York City?

Dominican immigrant was first non-Indian Manhattan settler - NY Daily News Who was the first non-Native American settler in Manhattan? Dominican immigrant Juan Rodriguez in 1613  Dominican immigrant was first non-Indian Manhattan settler Juan Rodriguez (center, holding pan) in a Charles Lilly watercolor painting. The painting is titled: “Juan Rodriguez, first merchant and non-Native American resident of Manhattan Island in 1613." (Charles Lilly painting courtesy Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, October 5, 2012, 4:00 AM The first immigrant to New York City has been identified by scholars at City University — and politicians at City Hall have already named a swath of upper Broadway in his honor. Sailor-turned-merchant Juan Rodriguez arrived downtown in 1613 from his home on the island now known as the Dominican Republic, making him the first visitor to spend a night in Manhattan, researchers say. He also became the first non-Indian to settle permanently in the city, the first Dominican resident, the first Latino and the first settler with African blood, according to the City University of New York’s Dominican Studies Institute. “He was a very early predecessor of the large Dominican population that thrives in the city today,” said Institute Director Ramona Hernandez. “And his story belongs to the history of all New Yorkers.” His name will soon be plastered in a mostly Dominican area along Broadway — from W. 159th St. in Washington Heights to W. 218th St. in Inwood — after Mayor Bloomberg on Tuesday signed a bill renaming the 59-block stretch “Juan Rodriguez Way.” “The whole city — a city of hard-working immigrants, just like Juan — should know his story,” said Dominican-born City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who represents the area and sponsored the bill. “And it will: We’re already planning a big celebration for May, 2013, to mark the 400th anniversary of his arrival in New York.” On Friday at 6 p.m., a panel of scholars will share their findings at a two-hour conference, hosted by the Institute, at City College, 160 Convent Ave. at 138th St. The event is free and open to the public. It was 1613 when Santo Domingo native Rodriguez boarded the Dutch trading ship Jonge Tobias in the Caribbean and sailed into what is now New York Harbor. Apparently, he liked what he saw on the virgin island of Manhattan because when the ship returned to its home port in Holland, Rodriguez stayed behind, equipped with 80 axes and hatchets to trade with the Indians. Although explorer Henry Hudson had passed through on the Half Moon in 1609, heading north, up the river that now bears his name, Rodriguez was the first non-native to make the island his home, researchers found. European residents didn’t arrive until 1614. That year, two other Dutch trading vessels returned, and a commercial row erupted between rival sea captains over the price Rodriguez was charging for his beaver pelts and who would profit from them and ship them home to Holland. The dispute proved a blessing for historians: Ship logs, affidavits filed by angry captains and other archival records, discovered in Amsterdam and translated from the Dutch, provided the details of the Rodriguez saga. His landfall in 1613 predates by 12 years the official founding of New Amsterdam by Dutch colonists, and by 13 years the purchase of Manhattan from the Indians by Peter Minuit. The first Jewish settlers arrived from Brazil in 1654, and the British wrested control of the colony from the Dutch without bloodshed in 1664, renaming it New York. dfeiden@nydailynews.com


"Who formed the band called ""The Tin Machine"", that ran from 1988 to 1992, primarily to play for the ""Glass Spider"" world tour?"

Tin Machine | MúsicaDigital.com Tin Machine rock hard rock alternative alternative rock david bowie Tin Machine was a hard rock band formed in 1988, famous for being fronted by singer David Bowie. The group recorded two studio albums and a live album before dissolving in 1992, when Bowie returned to his solo career. The group was generally reviled, often receiving scathing critical reviews. David Bowie’s Never Let Me Down album (already a move into slightly "harder" rock territory) and subsequent "Glass Spider Tour" had been savaged by critics, and the singer was aware of his low stock. Eager to return to making music for himself rather than the mainstream audience he had acquired following the Let's Dance album, Bowie began collaborating with Reeves Gabrels (who pushed the singer to rediscover his experimental side and went on to work closely with Bowie for much of the next decade) and multi-instrumentalist Erdal Kizilcay on new material in 1988. The first fruits of this came with a new version of Bowie’s 1979 song "Look Back in Anger", performed at the "Intruders At The Palace" benefit concert on 1 July 1988. They then began to plan a concept album based on Steven Berkoff's play East as a Bowie solo album, but this idea was scrapped. Bowie and Gabrels began working with producer Tim Palmer on new material. Bowie then recruited brothers Hunt Sales and Tony Sales (the sons of comedian Soupy Sales) as a rhythm section. Bowie had worked with them on Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life album and ran into them at a party in Los Angeles around this time. The Sales brothers moved the tone of the sessions in Nassau away from art-rock and more towards hard rock, and Bowie looked to one of his favorite bands at the time, Pixies, for inspiration. The Sales brothers heckled Bowie into greater spontaneity, with most songs recorded in one take, and lyrics left unpolished, thus giving the band a ragged, punk rock edge similar to the Pixies. The group chose the name Tin Machine after one of the songs they had written (Gabrels would later credit the Sales brothers with this choice). The group set up allowed Bowie a certain level of anonymity, much needed after his 1980s overexposure, and he was happy to let the rest of the band (notably Hunt Sales) take the lead in interviews. The band’s self-titled first album (Tin Machine) produced mixed but generally positive reviews on release in May 1989, picking up favorable comparisons with Bowie’s three more recent solo albums. However, many critics were scornful of Bowie’s latest attempt to reinvent himself as a bearded band-member. Commercially, the album initially sold well, reaching #3 in the UK charts, but sales quickly tailed off. The band undertook a low-key tour in small venues between 14 June and 3 July 1989, before further recording sessions in Sydney, Australia. During these sessions Tin Machine contributed to a surfing compilation album called Beyond the Beach, with a new instrumental song titled "Needles on the Beach. The group then went on hiatus while Bowie conducted his solo "Sound+Vision Tour." In December 1990, Bowie split from EMI. Both parties stated that the split was amicable, although it is believed EMI refused to release another Tin Machine album in an exasperated attempt to secure another album similar to Let's Dance. In March 1991, the group signed to Victory Music, a new label launched by JVC and distributed worldwide by London Records and Polygram, and recorded more new material. This was combined with tracks from the Sydney sessions to form Tin Machine II album. This time the commercial success was even more fleeting, and Bowie was already tired of being shackled to a group set-up. From 5 October 1991 to 17 February 1992, the group undertook a larger tour, known as the "It's My Life Tour". The band was joined on this tour by guitarist Eric Schermerhorn, who would go on to play with Bowie's friend Iggy Pop. Tracks from this tour were released on the July 1992 album Tin Machine Live - Oy Vey, Baby. Shortly afterwards, Bowie returned to solo recording with his single “Real


"The melody of the song ""Happy Birthday to You"" dates from when?"

17 Outrageously Fun Facts About the Song 'Happy Birthday'! 2 It’s the most popular song in the world.  But ‘Happy Birthday’ wasn’t always the song we know and love.  Here are some crazy facts about a song we all know. 1. “Happy Birthday to You” is the most recognized song in the English language.  That’s according to the Guinness Book of World Records. What’s in second place?  “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”. 2. “Happy Birthday to You” is often categorized as a secular folk song, passed between generations by tradition.  But unlike most folk songs, “Happy Birthday to You” has a known origin and is sung into adulthood. 3. Many scholars argue that “Happy Birthday to You” is the most popular song in the world.  “It’s hard to imagine that there are hard statistics that could prove or disprove the claim made in the title of this article.  But if any reader knows of a serious contender for the title of world’s most popular song, I would like to know it,” writes George Washington University Law School professor Robert Brauneis. 4. “Happy Birthday to You” is has been translated into at least 18 different languages.  The list includes Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Tagalog. 5. Just like in English, there are even “Happy Birthday to You” spoof songs in other languages.  That includes German, which has a popular gibberish variation! “Happy birthday to you, Aprikose in der Hose und ein Bratwurst dazu” (i.e., marmalade in the shoe, apricot in the pants, and with those a bratwurst – total non-sense!) 6. The most famous rendition of “Happy Birthday to You” may have been by Marilyn Monroe.  The sultry seductress steamily sang the song to President John F. Kennedy for this forty-fifth birthday in 1962.  It was one of the last public appearances by Monroe before her death. 7. The song “Happy Birthday to You” dates back to 1893, but was originally called “Good Morning to You”.  It was written by two sisters living in Kentucky, Mildred and Patti Smith Hill.   The melody to “Good Morning” is the same melody we use today, but its copyright expired in 1949. 8. On August 31st of 2015, a librarian at the University of Louisville discovered the oldest known manuscript of the song.  “Good Morning to You” was part of a songbook titled, “Song Stories for the Kindergarten”.  It was a dusty book donated to the library in the 1950s.  The old manuscript was discovered by the librarian, James Procell, while digging through a dusty filing cabinet. 9. The first known combination of the melody and lyrics to “Happy Birthday” appeared in 1912. But that combination wasn’t formally registered for copyright until 1935. 10. That left the lyrics as copyrighted intellectual property.  But a federal judge struck down those claims of ownership by Warner/Chappell and placed the entire song into public domain.  That means the entire “Happy Birthday” song can be used by whomever, wherever.  And, with whatever variations without any permission required. 11. Before this point, it was technically illegal to sing “Happy Birthday to You” in public with groups of people.  That included birthday parties, office parties, and restaurant celebrations.     12. That was rarely enforced.  But in 1996, ASCAP and Warner/Chappell sued the Girl Scouts of America for singing “Happy Birthday” around the campfire.  After a public outcry, ASCAP backed down. 13. Before the court ruling, “Happy Birthday to You” was also prohibited for use within movies, television shows, or other productions.  All uses needed to be approved by the (supposed) copyright owner, Warner/Chappell Music. 14. It is estimated that Warner/Chappell drew $2 million in annual earnings from “Happy Birthday to You”.   The money largely came from films, TV shows and public performances (like concerts). 15. In fact, “Happy Birthday to You” is frequently listed as one of the most valuable songs in the world.  The song’s valuation is  estimated as $50 million . 16. To evade the licensing costs, a number of restaurants de


"""Imagination encircles the world"" is an example of what figure of speech?"

Definition and Examples of the Figures of Speech Updated September 21, 2016. Definition The figures of speech are the various rhetorical uses of language  that depart from customary construction, word order, or significance. "Figures of speech," Gleaves Whitney has observed, "are all of the ways in which human beings bend and stretch words to heighten meaning or create a desired effect" (American Presidents: Farewell Messages to the Nation, 2003). Common figures of speech include metaphor ,  simile , metonymy , hyperbole , personification , and chiasmus , though there are countless others. Figures of speech are also known as figures of rhetoric, figures of style, rhetorical figures, figurative language , and schemes . Although the figures of speech are sometimes regarded as simply ornamental additions to a text  (like candy sprinkles on a cake), in fact they serve as integral elements of style and thought (the cake itself, as Tom Robbins points out). In the Institutes of Oratory (95 AD), Quintilian says that the figures, used effectively, are "exciting to the emotions" and give "credibility to our arguments ."  continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance For examples of the most common figures, follow the links at The Top 20 Figures of Speech . Also see Examples and Observations below. For definitions of well over 100 figures, visit The Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis . Quizzes on Figures of Speech   Examples and Observations "An integral part of language, figures of speech are found in oral literatures, as well as in polished poetry and prose and in everyday speech . Greeting-card rhymes , advertising slogans , newspaper headlines, the captions of cartoons, and the  mottoes of families and institutions often use figures of speech, generally for humorous, mnemonic , or eye-catching purposes. The argots of sports, jazz, business, politics, or any specialized groups abound in figurative language . Most figures in everyday speech are formed by extending the vocabulary of what is already familiar and better known to what is less well known." (Merriam-Webster's Reader's Handbook. Merriam-Webster, 1997)   The Figures as Ways of Seeing - "The vast pool of terms for verbal ornamentation has acted like a gene pool for the rhetorical imagination, stimulating us to look at language in another way. . . . The figures have worked historically to teach a way of seeing." (Richard Lanham, A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms, 2nd ed. University of California Press, 1991)   - "The most excellent ornaments, exornations, lightes, flowers, and formes of speech, commonly called the figures of rhetorike. By which the singular partes of mans mind, are most aptly expressed, and the sundrie affections of his heart most effectuallie uttered." ( Henry Peacham , The Garden of Eloquence, 1593)   "Language Is Not the Frosting, It's the Cake" "If, as Terence McKenna contended, the world is actually made of language, then metaphors and similes ( puns , too, I might add) extend the dimensions and expand the possibilities of the world. When both innovative and relevant, they can wake up a reader, make him or her aware, through elasticity of verbiage, that reality—in our daily lives as well as in our stories—is less prescribed than tradition has led us to believe. . . . "Ultimately, I use figures of speech to deepen the reader's subliminal understanding of the person, place, or thing that's being described. That, above everything else, validates their role as a highly effective literary device. If nothing else, they remind reader and writer alike that language is not the frosting, it's the cake." (Tom Robbins, "What Is the Function of Metaphor?" Wild Ducks Flying Backward. Bantam, 2005)   The Plasticity of Language "The figurings of speech reveal to us the apparently limitless plasticity of language itself. We are confronted, inescapably, with the intoxicating possibility that we can make language do for us almost anything we want. Or at least a Shakespeare can." (Arthur Quinn, Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase. Routledge, 1


The anxiety treatment drug Diazepam was originally marketed under what name? The anxiety treatment drug Diazepam was originally marketed under what name? +1 vote posted May 18, 2016 by Samardeep Acharya 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 Diazepam, first marketed as Valium, is a medication of the benzodiazepine family that typically produces a calming effect. It is commonly used to treat a range of conditions including anxiety, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome, muscle spasms, seizures, trouble sleeping, and restless legs syndrome. answer May 18, 2016 by Kapil Kumar Your comment on this answer: 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 . Your answer Thanks for contributing at QueryHome GK Please be sure to answer the question, share your working and research. If you are not sure about answer, use commenting option instead. Use ctrl+k to highlight, ctrl+b to make the text as bold. Preview Email me at this address if my answer is selected or commented on:Email me if my answer is selected or commented on Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification:


Who was the last British monarch to die in battle?

Frequently Asked Questions | Britroyals Frequently Asked Questions When did the last British King fight in         a battle? George II was the last         British King to lead his army in person, during the War of the         Austrian Succession, at the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria, 27th         June, 1743. The last English King to die in battle was Richard         III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire on 22         August 1485 defeated by Henry Tudor who became Henry VII ending         the Wars of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster         and starting the Tudor dynasty. The last British King to die in         battle was James IV of Scotland killed at the Battle of Flodden Field in Northumberland on 9 September         1513 when the Scots invaded England hoping to take advantage of         Henry VIII's absence in France, but were defeated by English forces         under Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. How far back can the British Royal Family         trace their roots? Is Queen Elizabeth II really directly descended         from Alfred the Great? She is the 32nd great granddaughter of King         Alfred who 1,140 years ago was the first effective King of         England. He ruled from 871 to 899. I thought that American Independence was         in 1776. Why is it quoted as 1783? The Continental Congress of the 13 American colonies declared         independence in 1776. However, the war continued and independence         from Britain was not achieved until the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Was George III really mad? For most of his reign King         George III was an astute king and politician with a strong         sense of duty. Later in his reign he suffered from recurrent and         eventually permanent mental illness. This baffled medical science         at the time, although it is now generally thought that he suffered         from the inherited blood disease porphyria. He suffered his first         attack in 1788 and by 1810 was unfit to rule. In 1811 his son         George, Prince of Wales, became Regent for 9 years until his father         died in 1820. Who would now be King or Queen if Edward         VIII had not abdicated? Edward VIII abdicated         in 1936 less than a year after becoming King to marry Wallis Simpson.         His younger brother Bertie became King         George VI and was the father of the present Queen         Elizabeth II . He died in 1952, and Edward who had no children         died in 1972. So even if Edward had not abdicated Elizabeth would         now be Queen. She would have come to the throne in 1972 instead         of 1952. Why did Edward VIII have to give up the throne         to marry a divorcee but Prince Charles is still in line to the         throne? Royals who are divorced or marry divorcees do not lose         their position in the line of succession. Edward VIII had a number         of affairs with married women including Wallis Simpson who was         already divorced and still married to her second husband. His         parents King George V and Queen Mary did not approve and refused         to meet her. When George V died Prime Minister Baldwin made it         clear that the Government, popular opinion in the country and the oversees Dominions (now the Commonwealth nations) did not         approve of his plans to marry Wallis. Social attitudes towards         divorce and a women looking for a third marriage were considered         scandalous at the time, and if Edward married against the advice         of his Ministers it would have caused the Government to resign         and a constitutional crisis. Edward chose to


"Who sang with UB40 on their hit record ""I Got You Babe""?"

UB40 i got you babe - YouTube UB40 i got you babe Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 14, 2011 (SHARE THE MUSIC facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Share-t... ... ) UB40 are a British reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records. Their No.1 hit singles include their first number 1 "Food for Thought" and two U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number ones with "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love", while "I G... More Read article at Wikipedia Place Musical Career Began:Birmingham, United Kingdom Active as Musical Artist (start):1978 Musical Genres:Reggae, Dub, Reggae fusion Also known as:UB40 & Chrissie Hynde, UB 40, Category


Where are the Sugarloaf Mountain, the Morro da Babilnia, the Morro da Urca, and Mount Corcovado (with its famous giant religious statue)?

1000+ images about Rio's 'Christ the Redeemer' on Pinterest | Christ the redeemer, Christ the redeemer statue and Rio de Janeiro Forward © Foto de Custódio Coimbra/Agência O Globo - This beautiful and unforgettable image was taken by photojournalist Custodio Coimbra from the balcony of his apartment on February 9, 2008, at the moment that lightning struck the head of Christ the Redeemer during a heavy rain that flooded many parts of Rio de Janeiro. See more


"Which fictional character in the land of Oz, created by L. Frank Baum, is sometimes named ""Locasta"" or ""Tattypoo""?"

Good Witch of the North, Fictional character • Biography & Facts Good Witch of the North Good Witch of the North Fictional character The Good Witch of the North, sometimes named Locasta or Tattypoo, is a fictional character in the Land of Oz, created by American author L. Frank Baum . She is the elderly and mild-mannered Ruler of the Gillikin Country. Her only significant appearance in Baum's work is in Chapter 2 of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), in which she introduces Dorothy to Oz and sends her to meet the Wizard, after placing a protective kiss on her forehead. She makes a brief cameo appearance at Princess Ozma's birthday party in The Road to Oz (1909), but is otherwise only mentioned elsewhere in the series.L. Frank Baum presented her as an extremely kind and gentle character who stood against the oppression and subjugation of people. She became the Ruler of the Gillikin Country in the North after freeing the Gillikins from the clutches of Mombi, the erstwhile Wicked Witch of the North. However, the character's kindness and magnanimity of spirit was not confined to her own domain, and she was loved not only by her own subjects but also by other people in Oz, such as the Munchkins. Although she wasn't as powerful as the Wicked Witch of the East and was hence unable to depose her the way she deposed Mombi, the Good Witch of the North was nonetheless exceedingly sensitive to the plight of the enslaved Munchkins, who regarded her as their friend. She also appears as a highly altered player in Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Giant Horse of Oz (1928), in which she is called Tattypoo.Her role was significantly expanded in the 1902 musical extravaganza, in which L. Frank Baum named her Locasta. The character was more famously conflated with that of Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, for the 1939 film version. Personal facts