‘I Predict a Riot’ (2004) and ‘Never Miss a Beat’ (2008) were Top 10 hits for whom?

Kaiser Chiefs’s Biography —   Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm Listeners Biography Kaiser Chiefs are a post-britpop band which formed in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England in early 2003. The band consists of Ricky Wilson (vocals), Andrew "Whitey" White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Nick "Peanut" Baines (keyboards) and Vijay Mistry(drums). Nick Hodgson is the band's former drummer and main songwriter but left the band in December 2012 to focus on other projects. The band has released five albums as of 2014 and have released 16 singles, including the hits I Predict a Riot , Oh My God , Ruby and Never Miss a Beat . Several members of the band are ardent fans of the English football team Leeds United (as the band originates from Leeds). The band are named after the South African Kaizer Chiefs Football Club, the former team of long-serving former Leeds captain Lucas Radebe. The band's main musical influences include The Beatles , The Beach Boys , The Kinks , Blur , Eric Burdon , The Jam , and other new wave bands. Andrew White (b. England; guitar), Ricky Wilson (b. Charles Richard Wilson, 17 January 1975, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England; vocals), Nick Baines (keyboards), Nick Hodgson (b. Nicholas Hodgson, 20 October 1977, England; drums) and Simon Rix (b. James Simon Rix, 18 October 1977, England; bass) formed the band in early 2003, having originally played garage rock under the Parva moniker. Their energetic brand of post-millennial guitar rock, which would have been branded "indie" in previous decades, quickly found favour on the local gig circuit. The quintet issued their debut, the XTC-soundalike Oh My God , before they had even signed a proper recording contract, teaming up with the Drowned In Sound website in May 2004 for a limited edition release. A contract with the B-Unique label followed and the band began to attract wider interest at the end of 2004 with the release of their storming I Predict A Riot . The topical lyrics, concerning alcohol-fuelled violence in small English towns, attracted as much attention as the band's anarchic update on late 70s new wave. The band's explosion onto the global music scene in early 2005 was epitomised when they had their first single I Predict A Riot off their debut album Employment played on the radio around the world and opened Live8 in Philadelphia. Several years prior to 2003 the members of the band had been a garage rock group called Parva (before that they had been known as Runston Parva). However, after their label Mantra Records went bust in late 2002, the band went back to their roots and adopted a more britpop sound, helping the band reach their current popularity within the UK and beyond as a consequence. The band re-released the single Oh My God on 21 February, which charted at #6. The debut album Employment was released on 7 March 2005 and entered the charts at #3 that week. Despite becoming favourite after being shortlisted, the album failed to win the 2005 Mercury Music Prize. They covered the Marvin Gaye classic, Heard it Through the Grapevine for the War Child album Help! A Day in the Life, giving a whole new slant on the song. A DVD, entitled Enjoyment, was released in November 2005. The basis of the DVD is a (semi-false) documentary about the band narrated by Bill Nighy. It also includes all the promo videos, live performances and more. An internet-only (so far) music video for their song Sink that Ship has been released in September 2005. The video appears on Electronic Arts' website as a promotional tool for their game Burnout Revenge but is completely unbranded. Wilson auctioned off his red tambourine to radio show Xfm in late 2005 to raise money for the homeless charity Shelter. The winning bid was £375.00. On February 5th, The Kaiser Chiefs Released their next single, Ruby , which was a major success reaching #1 in the singles charts. The Kaiser Chiefs released their new album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob on February 23, 2007 in The Netherlands and Belgium, February 26, 2007 in the United Kingdom and on March 27, 2007 in North


What is the surname of the four sisters in ‘Little Women’ (1868-9)?

Little Women (1949) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Louisa May Alcott 's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg... See full summary  » Director: TCM's Opening Night Red Carpet: Jones, O'Hara, Novak, O'Brien 12 April 2014 2:46 PM, -08:00 | FilmExperience a list of 40 titles created 18 Feb 2011 a list of 28 titles created 02 Aug 2011 a list of 24 titles created 27 Feb 2013 a list of 34 titles created 10 May 2015 a list of 38 titles created 3 weeks ago Search for " Little Women " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     1     Oscar. Another    1 nomination. See more awards  » Videos Little Women is a "coming of age" drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops... See full summary  » Director: George Cukor The March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America. Director: Gillian Armstrong In the year leading up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. Director: Vincente Minnelli A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes. Director: Clarence Brown Little Women (TV Mini-Series 1978) Drama | Family | Romance Louisa May Alcott 's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg... See full summary  » Stars: Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey, Ann Dusenberry Little Women (TV Mini-Series 1970) Drama | Family | Romance Louisa May Alcott 's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg... See full summary  » Stars: Angela Down, Jo Rowbottom, Janina Faye A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden. Director: Fred M. Wilcox After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home. Director: Fred M. Wilcox The ups and downs of a Norwegian immigrant family, circa 1910. Director: George Stevens Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie. An accident separates him from her, and he's drafted into K-9 duty in ... See full summary  » Director: Fred M. Wilcox     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X   Based on the characters from the MGM hit of the same name, this TV pilot is about one day in the life of the Smith family. At the turn of the twentieth century, the family is throwing a ... See full summary  » Directors: Alan D. Courtney, Jeffrey Hayden Stars: Shelley Fabares, Celeste Holm, Wesley Addy Edit Storyline Louisa May Alcott 's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world. Written by Rob Hartill THRILLS OF YOUNG LOVE! (original print ad - all caps) Genres: April 1949 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Mono (Western Electric Sound System) Color: Did You Know? Trivia In the scene where Beth ( Margaret O'Brien ) tells Jo ( June Allyso


What do people who are viticulturists spend much of their time doing?

Growing the Industry - Washington Wine Industry Foundation Scholarships Growing the Industry “I’ve never been one to do things like other people,” laughs Roger Gamache, a fourth generation farmer and Washington Wine Industry Foundation (WWIF) board member. Although he started out growing hops, today Roger finds himself in a very different place: proprietor of his own wine label. “I just thought there was something to this whole wine thing,” says Roger. “I read a lot of research by Dr. Walter Clore on growing grapes. And I thought, ‘Why can’t we do that?’” When Roger and his brother, Bob, started growing wine grapes in 1982, there were only a handful of wineries; “Eleven maybe 12,” he says. With 185 acres of wine grapes and 30 acres of peaches and nectarines, the brothers were soon selling their wine grapes to 35 small and large wineries. As wine makers, we have a responsibility to pay it forward, and WWIF is a big part of that. In 1995, Bob and Roger started crushing fruit to develop their own blend and in 2002, Gamache Wines was born. At times, starting his own vineyard and winery was ‘scary,’ but the unknown created a level of excitement Roger grew to love. “I have always been passionate about the success of this industry,” Roger says. “But you can’t just sit on your laurels. You have to keep moving forward.” Why WWIF Roger chose to get involved with the Washington Wine Industry Foundation because of their philanthropic giving and their unified drive to identify and solve industry challenges. “WWIF get results for Washington entities,” Roger says. “This is such a young industry; we need grants and scholarships to keep progressing.” Roger points out that that while the industry is young, current winemakers and growers are retiring. New talent needs to be cultivated. WWIF is helping by providing scholarships to continue the momentum behind Washington wine. “As wine makers, we have a responsibility to pay it forward, and WWIF is a big part of that,” says Roger. “We have the opportunity and the responsibility for the continued success of Washington wine. The industry, as a whole, will determine what the legacy is.” What’s Next for Washington Wine While it may seem that the future is bright for Washington wine, much of its success hinges on education. “The research that WSU is doing is going to keep us moving,” says Roger. “The work done at the Wine Science Center is focused on the finishing side of wine. WSU is creating viticulturists through academia. And I’ve always said that wines are made in the vineyard, finished in the cellar.” Winemakers and growers from France, Italy and Australia are setting up shop in Washington to learn from local experts. Roger says that universities from all over the country–namely, UC Davis and Cornell–are collaborating with Washington State University to affect the wine industry on a national level. Trends in Wine “Rose’ was big last year; new blends are big,” says Roger. “In fact, we have people growing new varietals from different countries; Italian and Portuguese grapes in Washington–-that’s a new trend.” Other trends such as microbrews, hard apple cider and a renewed focus on Riesling are all good for Washington. “You don’t have to pay $100 for a good Washington wine,” says Roger. “You can get a great pour at every price point. What’s happening is that Washington wineries now have the confidence to have their wine right next to higher priced varieties because they know their Washington wine is that good.”


Who wrote the original poem in the second half of the 19th century?

Summary of American literature through the 19th century Summary of American literature through the 19th century NEWSPAPERS appeared early in the eighteenth century. In 1704 the first American newspaper, The Boston News-Letter, was established. The second, The New England Courant, was started by James Franklin, in 1720. His troubles in connection with it are well known from his younger brother Benjamin's famous "Autobiography." In 1765, at the time of the Stamp Act, there were forty news-papers in the Colonies. Washington Irving was the first to gain for American literature the recognition of European critics. He was born in New York city in 1783. His indeed was an international mission - to heal to some extent, by the sympathetic charm of his style and his personality, the breach between the two countries, aggravated by the second war of 1812. He became "the first literary Ambassador of the New World to the Old." Like a loyal son of the soil, he breathed the breath of literary immortality into the traditions of his own country, as well as voyaged to England in order to write about English scenes and associations. Professor Richardson has remarked that he was "the first conspicuous American author who was neigher a Puritan nor a southron; his local tone was that of New York city and the Hudson." Quick to assimilate the customs and characteristics of other lands, he was the first to make distinctly American themes familiar to the world of letters. Returning to New York after a long residence in England, Irving gathered around him a group of friends now known as the Knickerbocker school, which comprised James Kirke Paulding (a connection of Irving by marriage, who afterwards became Secretary of the Navy, under Van Buren), and the poets Drake and Halleck. All four were Knickerbockers to the bone. Irving served as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. His " Life of Columbus" and other writings on Spanish themes were followed by the "Life of Washington," and sundry minor works. Associated in memory with Irving are the poets Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820) and Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867). These two comrades made their debut in the Irving style in the "Croaker Papers," a series of humorous and satirical verses contributed to the New York Evening Post. In the year that Irving in Europe published "The Sketch Book" (1819), Drake gave America "The Culprit Fay." Three years before this, Bryant had produced his unique "Thanatopsis;" and Drake's "Fay," a delicate fairy tale of the Highlands of the Hudson, was the second best' poem then produced in America. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), who in early youth wrote anonymously a political satire, "The Embargo," was the first American poet of note. His stately hymn in blank verse, "Thanatopsis," which appeared in the North American Review in 1817, was a wonderful masterpiece of precocity, and won him an audience in England. Wordsworth is said to have learned the poem by heart, and in dignity of verse and majesty of style it is still to be recognized as one of the poetical masterpieces of the time. As Bryant may be regarded as the pioneer American poet, and Irving as the pioneer essayist and man of letters, so James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) may be styled the first American novelist of true distinction. He is one of the world's great story-tellers, whose defects of style are abundantly compensated by the invention of his narrative in plot and incident. He became, furthermore, the first voice of primeval America, of her virgin wilderness, and her aboriginal children. He created the Indian as a life-size figure of literature, impressive even if idealized. And as he originated the novel of the forest, so to a certain extent he originated the novel of the sea. In those days it was necessary for professional men of letters to adopt, as Bryant did, the bread winning employment of the newspaper. Literature as a profession did not really exist, and such giants of literary genius as Poe and Hawthorne, not to mention Lowell and others, belonged to a generation of poorly paid Bohemians. In the


Langston Hughes - Poet | Academy of American Poets Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. For over three generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry through programs such as National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world; Poets.org, the Academy’s popular website; American Poets, a biannual literary journal; and an annual series of poetry readings and special events. Since its founding, the Academy has awarded more money to poets than any other organization. browse poems & poets 1902-1967 , Joplin , MO , United States Related Schools & Movements:  read poems by langston hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was a young child, and his father moved to Mexico. He was raised by his grandmother until he was thirteen, when he moved to Lincoln, Illinois, to live with his mother and her husband, before the family eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio. It was in Lincoln that Hughes began writing poetry. After graduating from high school, he spent a year in Mexico followed by a year at Columbia University in New York City. During this time, he held odd jobs such as assistant cook, launderer, and busboy. He also travelled to Africa and Europe working as a seaman. In November 1924, he moved to Washington, D. C. Hughes's first book of poetry,  The Weary Blues , (Knopf, 1926) was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1926. He finished his college education at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania three years later. In 1930 his first novel, Not Without Laughter, (Knopf, 1930) won the Harmon gold medal for literature. Hughes, who claimed  Paul Lawrence Dunbar ,  Carl Sandburg , and  Walt Whitman  as his primary influences, is particularly known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. He wrote novels, short stories and plays, as well as poetry, and is also known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing, as in his book-length poem Montage of a Dream Deferred (Holt, 1951). His life and work were enormously important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Unlike other notable black poets of the period—Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, and Countee Cullen—Hughes refused to differentiate between his personal experience and the common experience of black America. He wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their actual culture, including both their suffering and their love of music, laughter, and language itself. The critic Donald B. Gibson noted in the introduction to Modern Black Poets: A Collection of Critical Essays (Prentice Hall, 1973) that Hughes "differed from most of his predecessors among black poets . . . in that he addressed his poetry to the people, specifically to black people. During the twenties when most American poets were turning inward, writing obscure and esoteric poetry to an ever decreasing audience of readers, Hughes was turning outward, using language and themes, attitudes and ideas familiar to anyone who had the ability simply to read . . . Until the time of his death, he spread his message humorously—though always seriously—to audiences throughout the country, having read his poetry to more people (possibly) than any other American poet." In addition to leaving us a large body of poetic work, Hughes wrote eleven plays and countless works of prose, including the well-known “Simple” books: Simple Speaks His Mind, (Simon & Schuster, 1950); Simple Stakes a Claim, (Rinehart, 1957); Simple Takes a Wife, (Simon & Schuster, 1953); and Simple's Uncle Sam (Hill and Wang, 1965). He edited the anthologies The Poetry of the Negro and The Book of Negro Folklore, wrote an acclaimed autobiography, The Big Sea (Knopf, 1940), and cowrote the play Mule Bone (HarperCollins, 1991) with Zora Neale Hurston. Langston Hu


When TNT is expanded into the full word, how many letters does it contain?

c# - Case insensitive 'Contains(string)' - Stack Overflow Case insensitive 'Contains(string)' Is there a way to make the following return true? string title = "ASTRINGTOTEST"; title.Contains("string"); There doesn't seem to be an overload that allows me to set the case sensitivity.. Currently I UPPERCASE them both, but that's just silly. UPDATE The sillyness I refer to is the i18n issues that come with up- and down casing. UPDATE This question is ancient and since then I have realized I asked for a simple answer for a really vast and difficult topic if you care to investigate it fully. For most cases, in mono-lingual, English code bases this answer will suffice. I'm suspecting because most people coming here fall in this category this is the most popular answer. This answer however brings up the inherent problem that we can't compare text case insensitive until we know both texts are the same culture and we know what that culture is. This is maybe a less popular answer, but I think it is more correct and that's why I marked it as such. 11   How is it silly? Do you mean that you're doing 2 passes on the string? I would think case-insensitive comparisons merely combine the two steps. –  Calyth Jan 14 '09 at 21:44 14   Since I will use it on the worldwebz i have to take foreign characters into account. As mentioned in an answer below, upcasing as well as downcasing gives internationalization issues. –  Boris Callens Jan 15 '09 at 14:15 1   Upper-casing both strings is silly, because you create two new strings and then still perform a case-sensitive search. There is unnecessary additional processing and memory involved in creating new strings like that, especially if you're searching through a set of strings and you upper-case the search or source terms redundantly. The IndexOf method that allows the specification of a StringComparison value is better. –  Triynko May 3 '11 at 20:39 81 xkcd.com/979 –  Francisco Mar 30 '12 at 13:54 1   @ColonelPanic: Correct. If you know the culture, this becomes less of a problem. But often, you either don't know or don't care. –  Boris Callens Mar 18 '13 at 7:58 To test if the string paragraph contains the string word (thanks @QuarterMeister) culture.CompareInfo.IndexOf(paragraph, word, CompareOptions.IgnoreCase) >= 0 Where culture is the instance of CultureInfo describing the language that the text is written in. This solution is transparent about the definition of case-insensitivity, which is language dependent. For example, the English language uses the characters I and i for the upper and lower case versions of the ninth letter, whereas the Turkish language uses these characters for the eleventh and twelfth letters of its 29 letter-long alphabet. The Turkish upper case version of 'i' is the unfamiliar character 'İ'. Thus the strings tin and TIN are the same word in English, but different words in Turkish. As I understand, one means 'spirit' and the other is an onomatopoeia word. (Turks, please correct me if I'm wrong, or suggest a better example) To summarise, you can only answer the question 'are these two strings the same but in different cases' if you know what language the text is in. If you don't know, you'll have to take a punt. Given English's hegemony in software, you should probably resort to CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, because it'll be wrong in familiar ways. 45   Why not culture.CompareInfo.IndexOf(paragraph, word, CompareOptions.IgnoreCase) >= 0? That uses the right culture and is case-insensitive, it doesn't allocate temporary lowercase strings, and it avoids the question of whether converting to lowercase and comparing is always the same as a case-insensitive comparison. –  Quartermeister Mar 18 '13 at 15:32 9   This solution also needlessly pollutes the heap by allocating memory for what should be a searching function –  JaredPar Mar 18 '13 at 16:09 14   Comparing with ToLower() will give different results from a case-insensitive IndexOf when two different letters have the same lowercase letter. For example, calling ToLower() on either U+0398 "Greek Capital Letter T


What is the surname of Jacques Alexandre Cesar, after whom a scientific law is named?

Family name | Familypedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Deutsch • English • Español • Français • Nederlands A family name (in Western contexts often referred to as a last name) is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world. Each culture has its own rules as to how these names are applied and used. In many cultures (notably Euro - American , Middle Eastern , South Asian , and African ) the family name is normally the last part of a person's name. In other cultures, the family name comes first. The latter is often called the Eastern order because Europeans are most familiar with the examples from East Asia , specifically China , Korea , Japan and Vietnam . In an English-speaking context, family names are most often used to refer to a stranger or in a formal setting, and are often used with a title or honorific such as Mr , Mrs , Ms , Miss , Dr , and so on. Generally the given name , first name, forename, or personal name is the one used by friends, family, and other intimates to address an individual. It may also be used by someone who is in some way senior to the person being addressed. This practice also differs between cultures, see T-V distinction . In this article, family name and surname both mean the patrilineal (literally, father-line) surname, handed down from or inherited from the father's line or patriline , unless explicitly stated otherwise. Thus, the term "maternal surname" means the patrilineal surname which one's mother inherited from either or both of her parents. In contrast, the " matrilineal surname" or "mother-line surname", handed down from or inherited from the mother's line, is treated in its own section of a totally separate article, to avoid complicating this large Family name article—see Matrilineality 's Matrilineal surname section. Contents Edit Onomastics is the study of proper names including family names. A one-name study is a collection of vital and other biographical data about all persons worldwide sharing a particular surname. The Guild of One-Name Studies is a major UK-based organization in this field. History Edit The oldest use of family names or surnames is unclear. Surnames have arisen in cultures with large, concentrated populations where single, personal names for individuals became insufficient to identify them clearly. Many cultures use additional descriptive terms in identifying individuals. These terms may indicate personal attributes, location of origin, occupation, parentage, patronage, adoption, or clan affiliation. These descriptors often developed into fixed clan identifications which in turn became family names as we know them today. In China, according to legend, family names started with Emperor Fu Xi in 2852 BC [1] [2] His administration standardised the naming system in order to facilitate census-taking, and the use of census information. For scientific documentation that matrilineal surnames existed in China before the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) and that "by the time of the Shang Dynasty they (Chinese surnames) had become patrilineal", see Matrilineality's China section. In Japan, family names were uncommon except among the aristocracy until the 19th century. In Ancient Greece, during some periods, it became common to use one's place of origin as a part of a person's official identification. [3] At other times, clan names and patronymics ("son of") were also common. For example, Alexander the Great was known by the clan name Heracles and was, therefore, Heracleides (as a supposed descendant of Heracles ) and by the dynastic name Karanos/Caranus, which referred to the founder of the dynasty to which he belonged. In none of these cases, though, were these names considered formal parts of the person's name, nor were they explicitly inherited in the manner which is common in many cultures today. In the Roman Empire, the bestowal and use of clan and family names waxed and waned with changes in the various subcultures of the realm. (See Roman naming c


What were the Goons doing for Christmas in 1956?

The Goons - I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas - YouTube The Goons - I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas 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 Apr 13, 2009 https://twitter.com/shanewhite1989 One of the fourteen singles released by Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan a.k.a. 'The Goons'. From June 1956. It was partly as a result of the shelving of their first record that The Goons decided to secure a recording contract with Decca in the spring of 1956. Their first recording session took place on 24th May 1956, soon after the sixth series of The Goon Show had finished. "Im Walking Backwards for Christmas" had originally made its debut in the programme "The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal" (recorded on 21st February 1956) during which The Goons were without their usual orchestra and musical interlude performances from Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet due to a strike called by the Musicians Union. To fill in the three minute interludes from the storyline, Spike Milligan performed this classic song accompanied by Peter Sellers' "unique" piano playing. The song proved a highlight of the show and prompted its re-recording for Decca. As a B-side to the single, the equally splendid "Bluebottle Blues" provided the young cub from East Finchley with his first vocal outing on record. Released on 25th June 1956, the record soon entered the UK singles chart, reaching a height of number 4. Surprisingly, Decca's US subsidiary London Records also released the single in August 1956, but it failed to make any impression on the American charts. Category


What was the name of Michael Bentine’s Bafta-winning tv show that ran from 1960-64?

Michael Bentine | The Great Hairy Goondex | Fandom powered by Wikia The Great Hairy Goondex Share Michael Bentine CBE (26 January 1922 [1] - 26 November 1996 [2]) was a comedian, comic actor, and founding member of The Goons. Bentine was born Michael James Bentin in Watford, Hertfordshire, of Anglo-Peruvian parentage and grew up in Folkestone, Kent, one of his friends being the young David Tomlinson. He was educated at Eton College. He spoke fluent Spanish and French. His father was an early aeronautical engineer for Sopwith aircraft during and after World War I. In World War II he volunteered for all services when the war broke out (the RAF was his first choice due to the influence of his father's experience), but was rejected because of his father's Peruvian nationality.[3] He started his acting career in 1940, in a touring company in Cardiff playing a juvenile lead in Sweet Lavender. He went onto to join Robert Atkin's Shakespearian company in Regent's Park, London until he was called up for service in the RAF. He was appearing in a Shakespearean play in doublet and hose in the open-air theatre in London's Hyde Park when two RAF MPs marched onstage and arrested him for desertion. Unbeknown to him, an RAF conscription notice had been following him for a month as his company toured. Once in the RAF he went through flight training. He was the penultimate man going through a medical line receiving inoculations for typhoid with the other flight candidates in his class (they were going to Canada to receive new aircraft) when the vaccine ran out. They refilled the bottle to inoculate him and the other man as well. By mistake they loaded a pure culture of typhoid. The other man died immediately, and Bentine was in a coma for six weeks. When he regained consciousness his eyesight was ruined, leaving him myopic for the rest of his life. Since he was no longer physically qualified for flight, he was transferred to RAF Intelligence and seconded to MI9 a unit that was dedicated to supporting resistance movements and help prisoners escape. His immediate superior was the Colditz escapee Airey Neave. At the end of the war, he took part in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He said about this experience: Millions of words have been written about these horror camps, many of them by inmates of those unbelievable places. I’ve tried, without success, to describe it from my own point of view, but the words won’t come. To me Belsen was the ultimate blasphemy. Contents Edit After the war he worked in the Windmill Theatre and the Starlight Roof revues. He decided to become a comedian, specialising in off-the-wall humour, often involving cartoons and other types of animation. He founded The Goon Show radio show with Spike Milligan , Peter Sellers , and Harry Secombe , but appeared in only the first 38 shows on the BBC Light Programme from 1951-53. He also appeared in The Goon Show film Down Among the Z Men , and at the time seemed perhaps the most comfortable of the cast in working in a visual medium. He parted amicably with his partners and remained very close to Secombe and Milligan for the rest of their lives. (In 1972, Secombe and Sellers told Michael Parkinson that he was "...always calling everyone a genius..." and since he was the only one of the four with a "proper education," they always believed him. ) He left The Goons to work on his own radio series. Bentine spent two years in Australia (1954-55). In 1954 he began as a television presenter with a BBC children's series, The Bumblies. These were three small creatures from outer space who slept on 'Professor' Bentine's ceiling and who had come to our planet to learn the ways of Earthling children. During 1959, he worked on the radio series Round the Bend in 30 Minutes. During the 1960s, he had a television series It's a Square World. A prominent feature of the series was the imaginary flea circus where plays were enacted on tiny sets using nothing but special effects to show the movement of things too small to see and sounds with Bentine's commentary. The plays were a


What is the English for ‘Duirt me leat go raibh me breoite’?

Duirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite – Susan Hated Literature That is the enscription on Spike Milligan’s headstone . For those of you without Irish it is a translation of what he wanted: “I told you I was ill.” Duirt mé (I told) pronounced durtch may (like the month) leat (you) pronounced lat go raibh mé (that I was) pronounced not like the english go, but the o is sorta like “uh”; raibh can have a variety of pronunciations, I’d usually say row (as in to fight, not to do anything in a boat), but you could say rev, or rav, and mé is may (again) breoite (ill) pronounced bro-tcha Here endeth the very bad Irish lesson, from which you are probably more confuddled than you were before? On a secondary issue, why is the Irish language constantly described as Gaelic? It’s Irish, or Gaeilge. The latter only if you are speaking as Gaeilge. I mean I don’t say that some German person was speaking in Deutsch unless I’m attempting to say it in German. This is a pet peeve of mine, feel free to ignore :)


Fox To Develop Series Adaptation Of 'The Beach' | Deadline Fox To Develop Series Adaptation Of 'The Beach' The Beach EXCLUSIVE: Fox has bought The Beach , a drama based on the 1996 novel by Alex Garland and the 2000 movie directed by Danny Boyle and starring Leonardo Di Caprio. The project is being written by Andrew Miller , who penned the original script for the CW’s The Secret Circle and co-ran the series with Kevin Williamson. “It’s about a group of young people feeling disconnected and disenchanted from society who try to start over in paradise but discover that while creating the perfect world is hard, protecting it is even harder”, Miller said. Fox ’s sister studio 20th Century Fox TV, also sibling of movie studio Twentieth Century Fox that produced the movie, is producing the TV series project. In an extra connection, Peter Rice, until recently Fox Entertainment chairman who continues to oversee the broadcast network in his new bigger News Corp. TV role, was the 20th film executive overseeing the 2000 movie. WME-repped Miller’s involvement stems from a script deal he had at 20th TV. When approached with the idea, he jumped on board being fan of both the book and the movie, in which a Western backpacker teams with locals in search for a mysterious island.


In 1979, which seaside town became the first in Britain to set up a nudist beach?

August 9, 1979: Britain’s first nudist beach gets the go-ahead in Brighton despite objections - BT   August 9, 1979: Britain’s first nudist beach gets the go-ahead in Brighton despite objections Britain's naturists could barely contain themselves when a small stretch of pebbled coastline was declared the country's first nudist beach on this day in 1979.   Print this story Despite fierce opposition, a small pebbled coastal stretch in Brighton was designated Britain's first public naturist beach on August 9, 1979. Black Rock beach – which lies approximately one mile to the east of Brighton Pier – had already been an unofficial favourite of nudists. But in 1979, it officially became a public naturist beach, the first of its kind in Britain. The Central Council for British Naturism had been petitioning 140 local councils to allocate sections of their beaches to nudists – and it was councillor Ellen Jakes, a 47-year-old seafront landlady, who fought the cause in Brighton. She even showed her fellow councillors photographs of herself sunbathing topless on a beach in Ibiza in an effort to persuade them. Jakes faced strong opposition from the ‘No’ campaign, however. “What distresses me is that people naively believe what is good for the Continent is good for Britain,” said Tory councillor John Blackman. “I personally have no objection to people showing their breasts and bosoms and general genitalia to each other. Jolly good luck to them. But for heaven's sake, go somewhere a little more private.” The 59-strong Tory council finally voted ‘Yes’. “It is a bold move,” said Brighton's deputy Mayor Alfred Feld, “but we feel we are just moving with the times. It is a fairly secluded stretch of beach and I don't think it will be offensive to anyone.” Locals and visiting naturists then had to wait eight months, however, as the council made sure that there were enough signs in place to warn more sensitive members of the public. The naturist beach finally opened to the public on April 1, 1980 – and despite a threat by Conservative councillors to close it in 1983, calling it “a disgrace to the town”, it remains open to this day. Have you used Brighton’s nudist beach? Would you? Should it be closed down? Let us know in the Comments section below. British naturists - Did you know? • The earliest known naturist club was established in British India in 1891 by Charles Edward Gordon Crawford, a judge for the Bombay Civil Service. • There are four million self-described naturists in the UK. • The first British naturist club was formed in Wickford, Essex, in 1924 and called itself the ‘Moonella Group’. It even got a mention in series five of Downton Abbey. • Public nudity on a beach is not illegal in Spain or Denmark (except for two beaches). Nudity is also not illegal in Germany – although it can be regulated by local authorities for health and safety, not morality, issues. • The abbreviation ‘FKK’ is widely used throughout Europe as meaning naturist – it stands for the German word Freikörperkultur, which means 'free body culture’. • British Naturism is the official naturist organisation in the UK. They describe naturism is “a lifestyle in harmony with nature, expressed through social nudity, and characterised by self-respect of people with different opinions and of the environment.”


Bewdley, Tenbury Wells, and Droitwich Spa are all towns in which English county?

Towns and Villages in Worcestershire The gateway to Worcestershire, Broadway Tower is a unique Capability Brown Folly Tower open to visitors wanting to experience great English heritage in an inspiring location. Malvern Hills, Worcestershire The Malvern Hills boast some of the most spectacular views in the Midlands and is a great place for walking, running, cycling or just enjoying the countryside.


In 1952, who was knocked down for the first time in his career by Jersey Joe Walcott?

Jersey Joe Walcott, Boxing Champion, Dies at 80 - NYTimes.com Jersey Joe Walcott, Boxing Champion, Dies at 80 By RICHARD D. LYONS Published: February 27, 1994 Jersey Joe Walcott, the son of poor immigrants from Barbados who was to slug his way out of poverty and into the record books as the oldest fighter to win the heavyweight championship of the world, died Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J., where he lived. He was 80. The cause of death was complications from diabetes, said a nephew, Richard Cream. Walcott, whose real name was Arnold Raymond Cream, was known as an athlete of grit and dignity, a man who turned professional at the age of 16 and who would not quit until he had won the heavyweight title after trying and failing four times. "I always felt in my heart that God would give it to me," Walcott recalled years later. And on July 18, 1951, at age 37, he knocked out Ezzard Charles -- an opponent who had already beaten Walcott twice -- in the seventh round of a title match in Forbes Field in Pittsburgh to attain his goal. Knocked Down Joe Louis Walcott was also known as the fighter who knocked down Joe Louis three times. Indeed, many fight fans thought Walcott beat Louis in a match on Dec. 5, 1947, at Madison Square Garden when he knocked down Louis twice, but Louis got up to hold on for a 15-round split decision. Even Louis seemed surprised by the verdict, at first starting to leave the ring apparently thinking he had lost. Then, after the decision was announced, Louis went over to Walcott's corner and said, "Joe, I'm sorry." Walcott and his supporters sought to have the decision reversed a week later in an appeal to the New York State Athletic Commission, but it stood. In the rematch at Yankee Stadium the next year, Walcott knocked Louis to the canvas again, but Louis knocked Walcott out in the 11th round. In 1949, Charles outpointed Walcott for the title that Louis had vacated, and Charles outpointed him again in 1951. Four months later, Walcott took the title away with a left hook to Charles's chin. Walcott was to beat Charles again a year later. Lost Title at Age 38 Walcott's title was to last only 13 more rounds. At the age of 38, ahead on points, and dominating the bout, Walcott was knocked out by Rocky Marciano on Sept. 23, 1952, in what Marciano regarded as the toughest bout of his career. Marciano won the rematch in 1953 in the first round, in what was to be Walcott's last fight. The bout also put Walcott in the record books again: as having lost more heavyweight title bouts -- six -- than any other fighter. Walcott fought 67 times, winning 18 bouts by decisions, 30 by knockouts and 1 by a foul. He lost 11 decisions, was knocked out 6 times and fought 1 draw. He was one of 12 children born to Joseph Cream, who came to the United States from Barbados at the age of 11. The fight career of Walcott, who was born and raised in Merchantsville, N.J., started in 1930 when he named himself Joe Walcott for a welterweight from Barbados who was a friend of the family. Meager Purses in Early Days In 1936, Jack Dempsey staged a heavyweight show at Coney Island, and Walcott drew the attention of New York fight fans for the first time. Weighing 180 pounds, Walcott knocked out an up-and-coming fighter named Larry LaPage in the third round. "I had been fighting 17 years before I made more than $300," Walcott was to say years later in recalling his boyhood poverty and the meager purses in his early ring career, which he supplemented by working as a laborer in a Camden shipyard. For a time, he even had to resort to public welfare payments to support his growing family. After retiring, Walcott was a fight referee for a time, became Sheriff of Camden County and then chairman of the New Jersey State Athletic Commission until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. He devoted most of his retirement days to directing special projects for the New Jersey State Department of Community Affairs, aiding handicapped and retarded children. He is survived by two sons, Arnold Cream Jr. and the Rev. Vincent C


Which famous literary character does governess Mary Morstan marry in 1889? (She is

Watson's Wives (Presented at the annual Dayton ACD symposium, March 9, 2002)   The ladies love Dr. Watson. He has that "shy but rugged" thing going for him. He was war service  and suffering in his past, yet he still stumbles over his words when left alone  with a dainty young governness like Mary Morstan. He is a trusting, caring,  and often unappreciated friend to Sherlock Holmes for at least three decades.  He is very verbal, as is evidenced in his writings, and he has a keen eye for  fashion, as also evidenced in his writings. The ladies have many reasons to love Dr. Watson, and Watson, like all men,  has many reasons to love the ladies. And despite the occasional rumor to the  contrary, he does love them, as he testifies in his report of "an experience  of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents." Just how much he was "experiencing" this multinational group is anyones  guess, but that statement alone shows that Watson at least appreciated them  and remembered them. The ladies love Dr. Watson. Watson loves the ladies. So why dont the two get along? There are those naïve fans of Dr. Watson among us who will try to tell  you that Watson got along fine with women. Theyll tell you that he was  only married once, to Miss Mary Morstan, and that was it. Another good monogamous  role model for our children, and another satisfied customer at the trough of  marital bliss. But as much as we wish happiness for the good doctor, the evidence points in  an entirely different direction. In one tale, his fiancee is an orphan. In another  tale, his wife is visiting her mother. One month, Watson is off living the married  life, the next month, hes back living with Holmes on Baker Street, over  and over again. Can you imagine what would happen if a celebrity like Watson  tried to slip such things past todays gossip newspapers like The National  Enquirer? Dr. Watsons picture would be plastered across the cover of every  paper in the supermarket checkout lane. Once one begins to truly dig into Watsons role as a husband, one inevitably  has to wonder, "Just how many times has this guy been married?" Not  quite as proud of this aspect of his relationships with women as he was the  number of continents hed been with them on, Dr. Watson kept the exact  figure well hidden. A vague reference to a date here, the odd marital mention  there . . . and the lack of names! If you search the entire Canon, you will  never find a mention of any wife by name in any story. Sure, he announces his  engagement to Mary Morstan, but do we ever hear the name "Mary" again  during any period in which he is married? Not at all. And Watson wasnt the only one covering up his love life. The doctors  Literary Agent kept certain documents suppressed that not only reveal a previously  unknown first wife for Watson, but also give us the key to the entire Watsonian  matrimonial phenomenon. Those documents, recently brought to light by the Baker  Street Irregulars, hint at Watsonian secrets that Sherlockians are only now  beginning to explore. But before we proceed with our look at the wives of Watson, beginning with  that newly revealed first wife, theres a small disclaimer I have to make. There are two components to any serious effort to track Watsons married  life. The first component is the chronological study of the good doctors writings  a detailed analysis of when each of his tales of Sherlock Holmes actually  took place. The second component of tracking Watsons wives is, quite obviously, the  identification of those wives. Many Sherlockian chronologists like to cheat a bit when it comes to these two  components, and pretend they know the answer to part two before even approaching  part one. Mary Morstan was Watsons only wife, they say, and then they  use the idea of a single Watsonian marriage to figure out the sequence of the  stories. But our friend Sherlock Holmes had a phrase to describe such faulty  logic  he called it "theorizing b


Cube Root Calculator Cube Root Calculator Share this Calculator & Page Calculator Use Use this calculator to find the cube root of positive or negative numbers. Given a number x, the cube root of x is a number a such that a3 = x. If x positive a will be positive, if x is negative a will be negative. Cube roots is a specialized form of our common radicals calculator . Example Cube Roots: The 3rd root of 64, or 64 radical 3, or the cube root of 64 is written as \( \sqrt[3]{64} = 4 \). The 3rd root of -64, or -64 radical 3, or the cube root of -64 is written as \( \sqrt[3]{-64} = -4 \). The cube root of 8 is written as \( \sqrt[3]{8} = 2 \). The cube root of 10 is written as \( \sqrt[3]{10} = 2.154435 \). The cube root of x is the same as x raised to the 1/3 power. Written as \( \sqrt[3]{x} = x^{\frac{1}{3}} \). The common definition of the cube root of a negative number is that (-x)1/3 = -(x1/3).[1] For example: The cube root of -27 is written as \( \sqrt[3]{-27} = -3 \). The cube root of -8 is written as \( \sqrt[3]{-8} = -2 \). The cube root of -64 is written as \( \sqrt[3]{-64} = -4 \). Cube roots (for integer results 1 through 10) Cube root of 1 is 1 Cube root of 8 is 2 Cube root of 27 is 3 Cube root of 64 is 4 Cube root of 125 is 5 Cube root of 216 is 6 Cube root of 343 is 7 Cube root of 512 is 8 Cube root of 729 is 9 Cube root of 1000 is 10 To calculate fractional exponents use our calculator for Fractional Exponents . References [1] Weisstein, Eric W. "Square Root." From MathWorld -- A Wolfram Web Resource. Cube Root Additional reading on cube roots:


Which actor in silent films, 1887-1933, had the first names Roscoe Conkling?

ï¿½ Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle - Silent Comedian - goldensilents.com Golden Silents   /  Silent Film Clips   /  Message Board Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (1887-1933) Silent film comedian Roscoe "Fatty Arbuckle" was born Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle in Galveston, Texas on March 24th, 1887 and educated in St. Louis, Missouri. At age eight Roscoe appeared on the stage for the first time. His first roles were with the Webster-Brown Stock Company. He was on the stage performing everything from acrobatic acts to clown acts to a singing act, performing illustrated songs for Sid Grauman at the Unique Theater, San Jose. He also worked for the Morosco Burbank stock company and traveled throughout China and Japan with the Ferris Hartman company. He even managed his own stock company for a time. Roscoe eventually went to work for Mack Sennett's studio Keystone circa 1909 starting at $40 a week. He appeared in hundreds of one-reel comedies. He played mostly policeman, usually with the Keystone Kops. He learned about the process of making movies from talented director Henry Lehrman, who directed all but two of his films. Fatty, far right, in his days as a Keystone Kop Roscoe was a gentle and sensitive man off-screen and always believed that Sennett did not think he was funny. Roscoe never used his weight to gain a laugh. He was remarkably agile and athletic for his size and used those talents to find humor in situations. By 1914 Roscoe had also directed some of his own one-reelers. By 1915, he would move up to two-reelers. He appeared in many successful comedy films with screen comedienne Mabel Norman d as his sidekick, with titles such as "Mabel, Fatty and the Law" (1915), "Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day" (1915), "Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco" (1915), "Fatty's Reckless Fling" (1915), etc. Roscoe was married three times, the first time to actress Minta Durfee from 1909-1925, who stood by him during his later legal troubles, and then to actress Doris Deane from 1925 to 1928, then to actress Addie McPhail from 1932 until his death in 1933. In 1917 Roscoe formed a partnership with producer Joseph M. Schenck, husband of Norma Talmadge . The company was named Comique and the films that Roscoe made were released through Famous Players-Lasky on a percentage basis. His salary during this time averaged an astounding $5,000 to $7,000 a week. At Comique Roscoe had complete creative control over his productions. He hired a young performer whom he had met in New York by the name of Buster Keaton . Buster Keaton's film career would start with Roscoe in "The Butcher Boy" (1917 - surviving), and Buster remained grateful to Roscoe his entire life. Roscoe wrote his own scenarios and then improvised to generate additional laughs. With such great success it was just a matter of time before Roscoe was hired to do feature length films. It was Paramount who asked Roscoe to move from the two reel films to feature films. In 1920 Roscoe's first full length feature was the successful "The Roundup". It would soon be followed by other features such as "Brewster's Millions" (1920), "Gasoline Gus" (1921), and "Leap Year" (1921). His last silent film appearance was in Buster's "Go West" (1925) in an uncredited role. By that time Buster was the star and Roscoe had been destroyed. Tragedy would strike Roscoe on Labor Day, 1921 with his arrest and trial on murder charges. Roscoe had thrown a party which was crashed by a disreputable bit player named Virginia Rappe. The girl fell seriously ill during the festivities and died a few days later. The newspapers, led by the William Randolph Hearst group, would make this incident Hollywood's first truly major scandal. Hearst later boasted to Buster Keaton that he had sold more papers about the Arbuckle-Rappe tragedy than he had at the sinking of the Lusitania. Although eventually acquitted after a third trial in 1923, Roscoe's career appeared finished, since the papers had printed unfounded story after story about his supposed guilt for months, which had fueled a public outcry of moral outrage across the nation. H


Who wrote the 1900 novel ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’?

Who Wrote “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” Who Wrote “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” 17 Feb, 2013 who wrote 0 “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a fictional children’s novel that was first published in 1900. It has been republished many times since this time, but is usually retitled as “The Wizard of Oz.” The story follows the main character Dorothy Gale as she in transported into the Land of Oz after being taken away from her home in Kansas by a tornado. The book was developed into a hit Broadway musical in 1902 and a very popular movie in 1939. Since this time it has been further adapted for television, cinema, radio and the stage. These adaptations ensured that it is one of the best known children’s stories in the English speaking world. Let’s find out who wrote this famous novel. Who wrote “The Wizard of Oz”? The American author L. Frank Baum wrote “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” and published the book in 1900 together with illustrator W. W. Denslow. The book was a critical and financial success and remained the bestselling children’s book for two years after it was published. Due to this success, Baum went on to write another thirteen novels based on the Land of Oz. Musical A year after the novel was published Baum and Denslow planned to adapt it for the stage. They teamed up with composer Paul Tietjens and created a musical, but this was rejected by the director Julian Mitchell. He brought new songwriters to the project and rewrote the script with jokewriter Glen MacDonough. The show, simply called “The Wizard of Oz,” opened in Chicago in 1902 and eventually ran on Broadway for 293 stage nights. It returned in 1904 and continued to be very popular. 1939 film adaptation The script for this famous film was rewritten and revised a number of times before filming began. In fact, more than 20 people worked on the script at different times. However, the official credits went to Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. Related Articles


What is the name of the road that the horses cross in the English Grand National?

Course and Fences It is illegal for anyone aged under 18 to gamble Grand National Course and Fences The Grand National is the ultimate test of horse and jockey. The race comprises two full circuits of a unique 2ï¿½ mile (3,600 metres) course, where challengers will face 30 of the most testing fences in the world of jump racing. It was originally designed as a cross-country steeplechase when it was first officially run in 1839. The runners started at a lane on the edge of the racecourse and raced away from the course out over open countryside towards the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The gates, hedges and ditches that they met along the way were flagged to provide them with the obstacles to be jumped along the way with posts and rails erected at the two points where the runners jumped a brook. The runners returned towards the racecourse by running along the edge of the canal before re-entering the course at the opposite end. The runners then ran the length of the racecourse before embarking on a second circuit before finishing in front of the stands. The majority of the race therefore took place not on the actual Aintree Racecourse but instead in the adjoining countryside. That countryside was incorporated into the modern course but commentators still often refer to it as "the country", much to the confusion of millions of once-a-year racing viewers. Nowadays, around 150 tonnes of spruce branches, sourced and transported from forests in the Lake District, are used to dress the Liverpool course's jump fences. Each fence used to be made from a wooden frame and covered with the distinctive green spruce. However, a radical change for the 2013 renewal saw that frame replaced by a softer, more forgiving material known as "plastic birch", for safety reasons. Each of the 16 fences on the course are jumped twice, with the exception of The Chair and the Water Jump, which are jumped on the first circuit only. You can take a jockey's eye view of the Grand National course via the video below: Safety Changes Following safety reviews after both the 2011 and 2012 renewals, a number of changes were made to the course with some reductions in fences or the drop after fences, plus the levelling of landing zones. Since 2013, the start of the race is now 90 yards closer to the first fence, reducing the race to four miles and three-and-a-half furlongs, from four-and-a-half miles, while measures were introduced to stop horses getting caught up in the starting tape. In particular, the start now includes the 'no-go' zone, which is defined by a line on the track, being extended from 15 yards to around 30 yards from the starting tape. The starter's rostrum has been moved to a position between the starting tape and the 'no-go' zone to reduce the potential for horses to go through the starting tape prematurely. The tapes themselves are also more user-friendly, with increased visibility, while there is now a specific briefing between the starters' team and the jockeys on Grand National day. The changes to the start are aimed at slowing the speed the first fence is approached at, while moving the start further away from the crowd reduces noise that can distract the horses. The makeup of all of the fences changed significantly in 2013. The new fences are still covered in spruce, but wooden posts have been replaced by a softer material known as "plastic birch", and on top of that birch there's a minimum of fourteen to sixteen inches of spruce that the horses can knock off. The outward appearance of the fences remains the same. Other measures included ï¿½100,000 being invested in irrigation to produce the safest jumping ground possible and a new bypass and pen around fence four to catch riderless horses. The Start There is a hazard to overcome even before the race starts - the build up, parade and re-girthing prior to the off lasts for around 25 minutes, over double the time it takes for any other race. With 40 starters, riders naturally want a good sight of the first fence and after the long build-up their nerves are stretched to breaking point, which means


In British Bingo, which number ball has the nickname ‘Dancing Queen’?

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


Where is David Cameron’s Oxfordshire constituency?

Migrant crisis: David Cameron's constituency not home to a SINGLE refugee | UK | News | Daily Express Council chiefs warn Cameron: We need more money to take in Syria... Figures seen by Express.co.uk reveal that the Prime Minister's Witney constituency in Oxfordshire has not housed a single asylum seeker since 2008.  This is despite 5,000 Syrian refugees having already been welcomed by Britain since their country's bloody civil war began in 2011. Chancellor George Osborne's constituency of Tatton, in Cheshire, is home to just one refugee whilst Windsor and Maidenhead, represented by Home Secretary Theresa May, houses a mere four. Labour MP Simon Danczuk [GETTY] The revelations prompted accusations that senior Cabinet ministers are preaching about a "moral duty" to house desperate refugees, while living in areas that will not be affected by their actions. Labour MP Simon Danczuk, whose Rochdale constituency is having to cope with the strain of more than 1,000 asylum seekers, said: "For years the town has been used as a dumping ground for vulnerable people that other towns don’t want to deal with.  "David Cameron talks of honouring our 'moral responsibilities' but even in times of crisis his constituency does not provide shelter to a single asylum seeker.  "This unequal distribution is neither fair nor sustainable and needs to be addressed." David Cameron talks of honouring our 'moral responsibilities' but even in times of crisis his constituency does not provide shelter to a single asylum seeker. Labour MP Simon Danczuk Government statistics show that 2,784 people were granted asylum in Britain between January and March this year.  Of those, 491 were placed in Cabinet constituencies, with more than two-thirds of that number in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith's Chingford and Woodford Green constituency in north London alone.  The remaining 22 members of Cabinet accounted for just 147 asylum seekers between them.  Amongst those top-level Government figures whose constituencies are not home to a single refugee are Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, Education Secretary Greg Clarke and Mr Cameron's close friend Oliver Letwin.  Mr Fallon has previously described Britain as being "swamped" by asylum seekers. GETTY


Who is the long-time judo sparring partner of Arkady Rotenberg?

Arkady Rotenberg #69 in Russia #1324 in 2015 Arkady Rotenberg is one of the most influential businessmen in Russia. He and his billionaire brother, Boris, were once judo sparring partners of President Vladimir Putin. The Rotenberg brothers were targets when the U.S. and Europe imposed sanctions and froze assets of businessmen close to Putin in 2014. The U.S. Treasury Department claimed that Putin had awarded the Rotenbergs billions of dollars in contracts with oil and gas giant Gazprom and for the Sochi winter Olympics. In September 2014, the Italian police seized assets from Arkady worth $39 million, including a luxury hotel in Rome and two villas in Sardinia. After the sanctions, Arkady transferred assets to his son Igor, including a 76% stake in drilling company Gazprom Bureniye, a 26% stake in road construction company Mostotrest, and a 33% stake in TPS Real Estate Holding. Arkady owns Stroygazmontazh Corporation (or SGM Group), one of Russia's biggest construction contractors in the energy field. He also holds an 80% stake in nitric fertilizer manufacturer Minudobreniya; a 50% stake in TPS Avia, which is investing in major construction at Sheremetyevo Airport near Moscow; and a 38% stake in SMP Bank. In 2015, companies he controlled received $7.2 billion in state contracts, including one for construction of a Siberian pipeline for Gazprom. More » More On Forbes


What is the singular form of the word ‘graffiti’?

graffiti - definition of graffiti in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of graffiti in English: graffiti plural noun [treated as singular or plural] Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place: ‘the station was covered in graffiti’ More example sentences ‘A classroom was trashed and walls were daubed with graffiti spray before the wooden library door was set alight.’ ‘Last month the Evening Press backed a move by York Police to flush out graffiti vandals who daub walls and buildings in our city with their unsightly scrawl.’ ‘But now, after the club spent months renovating the site, vandals have covered the walls with graffiti.’ ‘On his right, the alley ended against a brick wall covered in purple graffiti.’ ‘Most of the cells were dirty and the walls covered with graffiti.’ ‘Paramedics could not believe their eyes when they discovered yobs had sprayed graffiti over the side of one of their ambulances.’ ‘Eggs and stones were hurled around, walls covered in graffiti and shoppers sworn at.’ ‘Various graffito was scrawled across the walls.’ ‘Police in Swindon are urging residents to come forward with clues to help snare vandals who sprayed racist graffiti on walls in Old Town.’ ‘Yesterday, I saw two workers patiently painting over the gold graffiti that had been sprayed on a wall of the metro platform.’ ‘In Cricklade, its store has had graffiti sprayed on the walls.’ ‘Parks with elegant stone walls were covered with graffiti.’ ‘Since very few trains circulated, graffiti artists started tagging and painting entire subway trains.’ ‘Police have appealed for help in tracking down a mysterious graffiti artist spraying walls, garages and shops in Park South with a unique tag.’ ‘We just returned from your city and were shocked by the criminal graffiti on every flat surface that has appeared in the last year.’ ‘They would also be able to stop and search suspected graffiti artists for spray cans and marker pens, said Mr Denham.’ ‘Once inside, they sprayed graffiti on the walls and ceiling, and Mr MacDonald believes they smoked cannabis.’ ‘What can possibly be done to prevent graffiti being sprayed on every available surface?’ ‘I do not see graffiti sprayed on someone's garage or wall as creative.’ ‘No-one knew how the graffito got there, and as those were the days before closed circuit cameras, no culprit was spotted and certainly the artist never claimed his work.’ verb [WITH OBJECT]usually as adjective graffitied 1 Write or draw graffiti on (something): ‘the graffitied walls’ More example sentences ‘The results were welcomed by members of the parish council, who had asked the pupils some time ago to come up with designs to artistically graffiti the shelter.’ ‘People probably think we have closed down, so we have graffitied the boards saying business as usual.’ ‘Images of derelict playgrounds and shabby facilities form the graffitied landscape 12-year-old Zack calls home and are the focus of his photographs.’ ‘The Mercedes swept past its curiously rounded tower and shattered, graffitied windows at 100 mph.’ ‘A feeling of this urban carnival comes across in the promotional photographs for the show, which were shot in the graffitied lavatories of the Dragon Bar in East London.’ ‘The operator is expected to keep the trains clean, and passengers are expected to take their rubbish with them and also not graffiti them.’ ‘A group of people came through the chipped, scratched and graffitied doors.’ ‘There was also a sink, some graffitied lockers, and a small table.’ ‘The youths used threatening behaviour, caused damage to vehicles, threw missiles at neighbours' property, verbally abused and intimidated neighbours and graffitied the area.’ ‘As well as the smashing of the glass hands vandals have also graffitied areas on and around the sculpture with swastikas.’ ‘It is heavily graffitied and the dripping paint forms a chaotic pattern that completely disrupts the flat and freshly plowed field in the background.’ ‘In January 2001 three-quarters of their pavilion was burnt dow


According to many sources, Aeschylus was killed by what falling from the sky and landing on his head?

9 People Killed By Unexpected Things That Fell From The Sky (freak accidents, fall from sky, weird deaths) - ODDEE 9 People Killed By Unexpected Things That Fell From The Sky 10/20/2014 1 The boy who was killed by a falling sacrificial goat In October 2014, a schoolboy was killed after a sacrificial goat jumped off a roof and landed on his head. Heval Yildirim was playing with friends when the animal – which also died – plummeted six floors from the top of a block of flats. The 13-year-old's father, Mehmet, brought the goat into town for sacrifice on the Muslim feast day of Eid al-Adha. He could not find anywhere suitable to keep it, so he stowed it on the roof above the family's home on the top floor. He said of the tragic accident: "I am devastated but what more can I say? In fact, there is nothing at all to say." Police said they were investigating Heval's death in Diyarbakir, south-eastern Turkey, adding it was the first such case they had heard of. ( Source ) 2 The philosopher who died after a flying eagle dropped a turtle on his head In 455 BC, Aeschylus, the great playwriter known as the Father of Greek Tragedy, died in a most unexpected way. He was said to have been killed by a tortoise which was dropped by an eagle that had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell of the reptile. In his Naturalis Historiæ, Plinyadds that Aeschylus had been staying outdoors to avert a prophecy that he would be killed by a falling object. Some other sources claim that the bird in question was the Lammergeier vulture, which were apparently more common in southern Europe 2,000 years ago than they are today. As carrion feeders, they feast on the bones of deceased animals that other vultures leave behind. Lammergeiers carry large bones high in the air and drop them on rocks before descending to feed on the exposed marrow. This method apparently also works for tortoise shells. According to legend, the top of Aeschylus' head and its marble likeness are similar, at least from a vulture's point of view. ( Source 1 | Source 2 ) 3 The woman who was crushed to death by huge Taco Bell sign Chambers, Nebraska resident Diana Durre died after a 75-foot (23 m) Taco Bell sign fell on top of the truck cab she was in. The pole broke at a welded joint about 15 feet (4.5 m) above the ground due to strong winds and he sign fell right on top of the quad-cab pickup. At the time, Diana was meeting a Wyoming couple to sell them some dogs. They had agreed to meet in North Platte, Nebraska, at about 1 p.m., “right underneath the big Taco Bell sign.” North Platte's Animal Control Division took two Yorkie dogs to the shelter. The Wyoming couple showed up after the accident. ( Source ) 4 The woman who was killed after being hit by a falling gargoyle from a historic church Sarah Bean was just a few blocks from her South Loop home when tragedy struck. She was walking to lunch with her boyfriend before starting a late shift at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago in September 2014. Several stories above, a piece of decorative metal came loose from the outside wall of the Second Presbyterian Church, a century-plus-old architectural jewel that in recent years had been hit with a number of building violations. The metal fell and knocked off a chunk of stone from a gargoyle jutting from a corner of the church's southeast tower. The stone hit Bean, 34, squarely on the head as she walked along the sidewalk outside the church, killing her almost instantly. Her boyfriend, Lance Johnson, fell by her side, screaming and holding his hands to his head, said Broderick Adams, who watched from his fifth-floor apartment across the street before running out to help. The church, a Gothic revival structure at 1936 S. Michigan Ave. built in 1874, failed a string of inspections between 2007 and 2011 for violations including failing to remove obstructions from building exits and failing to maintain an interior stairway system in safe condition, according to the city's Buildings Department. Sarah had two kids and was planning to marry her longtime boyfriend. ( So


Laura Massaro and Nick Matthew are 2016 British champions at which sport?

Laura Massaro and Nick Matthew target British Open squash titles - BBC Sport BBC Sport Laura Massaro and Nick Matthew target British Open squash titles By David McDaid Read more about sharing. World champions Laura Massaro and Nick Matthew will seek to make it an English double at the British Open in Hull. Massaro will try to become the first British woman for 55 years to defend the trophy while Matthew will chase a fourth title from Monday. "I am aware of the history, but I'm also fully aware of how hard it is to achieve," Massaro, 30, told BBC Sport. "I want it back, especially as we're playing in Yorkshire," said the top-seeded Matthew, 33, from Sheffield. Men's top six in the world Gregory Gaultier (France) Amr Shabana (Egypt) James Willstrop (England) Matthew is ranked second in the world behind Frenchman Gregory Gaultier, with fellow Yorkshireman James Willstrop and Egypt's defending champion Ramy Ashour among his leading rivals. "It's the Wimbledon of squash - a very prestigious title," added Matthew. "I learned a lesson last year when I lost in the semi-finals as I almost wanted it too much with all my friends and family there. "But I'm trying not to build it up too much and get that balance right between preparing right physically but being mentally relaxed as well." Massaro, who beat world number one and top seed Nicol David in last year's final, says the women's tournament is wide open as she seeks to match Janet Morgan's achievement of 1959 by retaining the title. Media playback is not supported on this device Laura Massaro shoots for more squash success in 2014 "The field this time is probably the toughest there's been for years," said the Preston-based player. "Nicol David has been world number one for about seven years and she's still improving. "But people are starting to beat her more than they have done, so I think anyone out of the top eight could win it." Massaro, meanwhile, believes she is better equipped to challenge for a Commonwealth gold medal in Glasgow than she was four years ago. She won silver in the women's doubles at Delhi 2010 but lost to eventual winner David in the last eight of the singles. Women's top six in the world Nicol David (Malaysia)


Which brand of whisky has an image of Lagopus lagopus scotica on the label?

Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky - Reviews & Price Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky The Spirit Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky 4.0 Orange Distiller's Description Our signature whisky is named after the Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus), Scotland´s national game bird. The Famous Grouse is testimony to the unsurpassed blending skills of Matthew Gloag and Son, a family business founded in 1800. The secret is in the way we marry the finest malt whiskies, such as The Macallan and Highland Park, with exceptional grain whiskies for an unusually long period in fully seasoned oak casks. The result is a blend of the smoothest possible character. Raised in the Highlands, The Famous Grouse is proud to be Scotland´s favourite whisky. Tasting Notes


Where in the human body would you find the mitral valve?

Mitral Valve Area, Anatomy & Function | Body Maps Your message has been sent. OK We're sorry, an error occurred. We are unable to collect your feedback at this time. However, your feedback is important to us. Please try again later. Close Left atrioventricular valve (Mitral valve) The mitral valve is located within the heart. It lies between the left atrium and the left ventricle. The mitral valve opens to increased pressure as the left atrium fills with blood. Blood flows through into the left ventricle as the heart expands (diastole). It then closes as the heart contracts (systole) and forces blood into the aorta. This process is vital to the heart's function. Sometimes the mitral valve doesn't close properly; this is known as mitral valve prolapse. This may cause blood to leak the wrong way, known as regurgitation, which leads to shortness of breath, palpitations, and chest pain. However, in many cases, there is still a tight enough seal to prevent regurgitation, so many people do not know that they have mitral valve prolapse. Occasionally, mitral valve prolapse may lead to infective endocarditis. This is a serious form of infection that inflames the heart including its valves, and it is treated with antibiotics.


What plain, woven cloth gets its name from a port in north-east India?

Fabulous Fabric, Top Fashion Clothes Fabrics, Luxury Plus Size Clothing - Anna Scholz Fabulous Fabric, Top Fashion Clothes Fabrics, Luxury Plus Size Clothing - Anna Scholz A ACETATE: A manufactured fibre formed by a compound of cellulose – refined from cotton linters and/or wood pulp – and acedic acid that has been extruded through a spinneret and then hardened. ACRYLIC: A manufactured fibre derived from polyacrylonitrile.  Its major properties include a soft, wool-like hand, machine washable and dryable, excellent colour retention. ALPACA: A natural hair fibre obtained from the Alpaca sheep, a domesticated member of the llama family. The fibre is most commonly used in fabrics for dresses, suits, coats, and sweaters. ANGORA: The hair of the Angora goat. Also known as Angora mohair, Angora may also apply to the fur of the Angora rabbit. By law, any apparel containing Angora rabbit hair must be labelled as "Angora rabbit hair" on the garment. APPLIQUE: A cut out decoration fastened to a larger piece of material. B BACKED CLOTH: A material with an extra warp or filling added for weight and warmth. Satin weave and twill weave constructions are frequently used in the design of backed cloth because they are relatively resistant to the passage of air BALLISTIC: A thick woven, high denier fabric that is extremely abrasion resistant and tough. Used in apparel, packs, and gear. BAMBOO: Bamboo fabric is a natural textile made from the pulp of bamboo grass. Bamboo fibre resembles cotton in its unspun form, a puffball of light, airy fibres. To make bamboo fibre, bamboo is heavily pulped until it separates into thin component threads of fibre, which can be spun and dyed for weaving into cloth. Bamboo is nature’s most sustainable resource. It is grown without pesticides or chemicals, is 100% biodegradable, and is naturally regenerative. Some bamboo species grow up to 4 feet per day. BATISTE: A medium-weight, plain weave fabric, usually made of cotton or cotton blends. End-uses include blouses and dresses. BEADED VELVET: Velvet with a cut-out pattern or a velvet pile effect, made on a Jacquard loom. This fabric is used primarily for evening wear. BEFORD CORD: A cotton-like fabric with raised ridges in the lengthwise direction. Since the fabric has a high strength and a high durability, it is often used for upholstery and work clothes. BENGALINE: A fabric with a crosswise ribbed effect made of rayon, nylon, cotton, or wool - often in combination. BLEND: A term applied to a yarn or a fabric that is made up of more than one fibre.  In blended yarns, two or more different types of staple fibres are twisted or spun together to form the yarn. An example of a typical blended yarn or fabric is polyester/cotton. BOUCLE: A knit or woven fabric made from a rough, curly, knotted boucle yarn. The fabric has a looped, knotted surface and is often used in sportswear and coats. BROADCLOTH: A plain weave tightly woven fabric, characterized by a slight ridge effect in one direction, usually the filling. The most common broadcloth is made from cotton or cotton/polyester blends. Originally a silk shirting fabric, it was so named because it was woven in widths exceeding the usual 29 inches. BROCADE: A rich, Jacquard woven fabric with an all-over interwoven design of raised figures or flowers. The pattern is emphasized by contrasting surfaces or colours and often has gold or silver threads running through it. BROCATELLE: A fabric similar to brocade with a satin or twill figure in high relief on a plain or satin background. BUNTING: A soft, flimsy, loose-textured, plain weave cloth similar to cheesecloth. Can be either a cotton or wool fabric. Often used in flags. BURLAP: A loosely constructed, heavy weight, plain weave fabric used as a carpet backing, and as inexpensive packaging for sacks of grain or rice. Burlap may also appear as a drapery fabric. BUTCHER’S LINEN: A plain weave, stiff fabric with thick and thin yarns in both the warp and the filling. The fabric was originally made of linen but is now often duplicated in polyester or a variety of blends. C


Which saint is frequently depicted as being killed by arrows?

St Sebastian – why are there so many paintings? | notes to the milkman notes to the milkman Posted on April 24, 2012 by notes to the milkman Isn’t Wikipedia great? For years I’ve been under a misapprehension. One – St Sebastian was a martyr. Two – He is invariably shown tied to a tree with arrows sticking out of him. Ergo – He was killed by arrows. However, Wikipedia has shown me the error of my ways. “He is commonly depicted in art and literature tied to a post or tree and shot with arrows. This is the most common artistic depiction of Sebastian; however, he was rescued and healed by Irene of Rome before criticising the emperor and being clubbed to death.” St Sebastian by Titian (c 1570) in the Hermitage Museum When we go to a large art gallery, my wife and I play the game Who Can Spot St Sebastian First? True, the game usually only lasts a few minutes before we spot the first. But why are there so many paintings of St Sebastian? One website gives information of about 6000 depictions of the saint. Charles Darwent (in an article in the Independent to coincide with a major exhibition of six paintings of St Sebastian by Guido Remi at Dulwich Art Gallery in 2008) said: “There are more pictures of the arrow-filled Sebastian than there are of any other martyr I can think of, painted by everyone from Aleotti to Zick by way of Rubens, Botticelli, Titian and John Singer Sargent. The National Gallery alone has a dozen, including ones by Crivelli, Gerrit Honthorst and Luca Signorelli.” So why are there so many paintings of him? Again Wikipedia has some help: “As protector of potential plague victims and soldiers, Sebastian naturally occupied a very important place in the popular medieval mind, and hence was among the most frequently depicted of all saints by Late Gothic and Renaissance artists, in the period after the Black Death.The opportunity to show a semi-nude male, often in a contorted pose, also made Sebastian a favourite subject”. Darwent discusses reasons why St Sebastian, who actually “was a red-blooded captain in the Praetorian Guard, a centurion of middling years” became the pretty youth frequently shown. He also makes the comment: “Thanks to the arrows, he’s the one martyr in art everyone can spot. (Iconography is so unfair. Who now recognises St Stephen’s stones or St Lawrence’s griddle?)” This is where I still have a problem. Surely there are other opportunities “to show a semi-nude male, often in a contorted pose” as other martyrs met their ends. So where are the paintings of all these other martyrs? Unfortunately, even Wikipedia can’t answer this one for me. Share this:


Who created the literary character Major-General Sir Richard Hannay?

Richard Hannay | Public Domain Super Heroes | Fandom powered by Wikia Public Domain Super Heroes Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, DSO First Appearance The Thirty-Nine Steps (Novel, 1915) Original Publisher [ show ] Origin Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, DSO - A Scottish man who served as a soldier, spy and officer for the British Empire. Born around 1877, he joined his father in South Africa when he was six years old. When he grew up, he became a mining engineer, spending three years prospecting for copper in German Damaraland and making a small fortune in Bulawayo. He took part in the Matabele Wars and was an intelligence officer at Delagoa Bay in the Boer war. When the first world war broke out, he immediately joined the New Army as a captain. He suffered wounds to the leg and neck in the Battle of Loos in September 1915, by which time he had reached the rank of major. Later, he reutrned to regular service in the army and was rapidly promoted to brigadier-general. In early 1917, he was called to operate as an agent of the secret service. Hannay was a patriot of the Empire, stating "Perhaps the Scots are better than the English, but we're all a thousand percent better than anybody else." He was strong, tough, gutsy, and always longing to prove himself. He was sometimes too sportsman-like for his own good. However, he was also modest and had great respect for his enemies. He spoke fluent German. Supporting Cast Mary Lamington: A beautiful and highly intelligent nurse and fellow spy who fell in love with Hannay and eventually married him. [Mr Standfast by John Buchan] (1919) John Scantlebury Blenkiron: A dyspeptic American secret service agent who was a friend of Hannay and assisted him on a few missions. [Greenmantle by John Buchan] (1916) Launcelot Wake: A cousin of Mary Lamington. He is a conscientious objector who assisted Hannay. He later died from a gunshot wound. [Mr Standfast by John Buchan] (1919)


Peter Murrell is the husband of which politician?

Nicola Sturgeon allows TV glimpse into home life - The Scotsman Nicola Sturgeon allows TV glimpse into home life Stills from a STV Spotlight interview with Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell. Picture: STV 00:00 Friday 24 April 2015 Have your say NICOLA Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell last night gave a rare glimpse into their private life when they were asked about their lack of children, her fashion choices and what it is like to be Scotland’s first female First Minister. In an interview with STV’s Spotlight programme, Ms Sturgeon was also asked about her relationship with her predecessor Alex Salmond. The couple gave a rare glimpse of their private life. Picture: STV Ms Sturgeon denied that Mr Salmond was still pulling the strings in the SNP, but said she can always go to him for advice. She contrasted their positive relationship with the “dysfunctional” one between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Ms Sturgeon said there was “an understandable curiosity” about the couple’s family life, but added that Alex Salmond was rarely asked about his lack of children. Mr Murrell, the SNP’s chief executive, added that his wife gets asked a lot of questions that would not be asked of a man. Ms Sturgeon said: “Alex Salmond doesn’t have children. He might tell you differently, but I’m not aware of reading an interview or seeing an interview with Alex Salmond being asked that question.” She added: “I’m not moaning about this, but it’s just one of these things that I think is just a bit different if you’re a woman in politics.” Mr Murrell added: “It’s just one of those questions that a female politician gets asked. A man would never get asked about clothes or hair or something else. It’s just different.” The couple were shown in Totty Rocks, a fashion store that supplies Ms Sturgeon with outfits.


Scurvy is caused by a deficiency of which vitamin?

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Opera. Which Benjamin Britten opera is set in a fictional fishing village?

Vienna State Opera - Peter Grimes Peter Grimes Es gibt keine Produkte, die dieser Auswahl entsprechen. Beschreibung Peter Grimes - Benjamin Britten Peter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the narrative poem, "Peter Grimes," in George Crabbe's book The Borough. The "borough" of the opera is a fictional village which shares some similarities with Crabbe's, and later Britten's, own home of Aldeburgh, a town on England's east coast. It was first performed at Sadler's Wells in London on 7 June 1945, conducted by Reginald Goodall, and was the first of Britten's operas to be a critical and popular success. It is still widely performed, both in the UK and internationally, and is considered part of the standard repertoire. In addition, the Four Sea Interludes were published separately (as Op. 33a) and are frequently performed as an orchestral suite. This story of an outsider who suffers from the pressures of society and ultimately breaks him. Peter Grimes, located in the fishing environment in the East of England, is a timeless parable about persecution, emotional loneliness and the attempt to gain a place in society. The production, directed by Christine Mielitz tells this straightforward and clear, showing the tortured soul of the title character in a cold atmosphere. Following the resumption of Billy Budd in 2011, another of his major operas is at the Vienna State Opera now rehearsed - and is also a contribution to the Britten-2013!


In ‘Monopoly’, what is the first non-property square after ‘Go’?

Monopoly (game) Monopoly (game) Players make their way around the Monopoly board, such as this German one. Publisher Medium ( dice rolling , card drawing, luck) Skills required Social skills BoardGameGeek entry Throughout this article, the unqualified use of currency denominations such as "$" or "£" generally refers to play money in the context of the game. Monopoly is the best-selling commercial board game in the world. Players compete to acquire wealth through stylized economic activity involving the buying, rental and trading of properties using play money , as players take turns moving around the board according to the roll of the dice . The game is named after the economic concept of monopoly, the domination of a market by a single seller. According to Hasbro, since Charles Darrow patented the game in 1935, approximately 750 million people have played the game, making it "the most played [commercial] board game in the world." The 1999 Guinness Book of Records cited Hasbro's previous statistic of 500 million people having played Monopoly. Games Magazine has inducted Monopoly into its Hall of Fame. History The history of Monopoly can be traced back to the early 1900s. In 1904, an inventor named Lizzie Magie patented a game through which she hoped to be able to explain some of the economic ideas of Henry George. Her game, The Landlord's Game, was commercially published a few years later. Magie's game was redeveloped by her, and other interested game players, many of whom made their own sets. Magie herself patented a revised edition of the game in 1924, and similar games were published commercially. By the early 1930s a board game named Monopoly was created much like the version of Monopoly sold by Parker Brothers and its parent companies through the rest of the 20th century, and into the 21st. Several different people, mostly in the U.S. Midwest and near the U.S. East Coast, contributed to the game's design and evolution. By the 1970s, the game's early history had been lost (and at least one historian has argued that it was purposely suppressed - see below), and the idea that it had been created solely by Charles Darrow had become popular folklore, printed in the game's instructions, and even the 1974 book The Monopoly Book: Strategy and Tactics of the World's Most Popular Game, by Maxine Brady. As Professor Ralph Anspach fought Parker Brothers and their then parent company, General Mills, over the trademarks of the Monopoly board game, much of the early history of the game was "rediscovered." Because of the lengthy court process, and appeals, the legal status of Parker Brothers' trademarks on the game was not settled until the mid-1980s. The game's name remains a registered trademark of Parker Brothers, as do its specific design elements. Parker Brothers current corporate parent, Hasbro, again only acknowledges the role of Charles Darrow in the creation of the game. Anspach published a book about his researches, called The Billion Dollar Monopoly Swindle, in which he makes his case about the purposeful suppression of the game's early history and development. Board Atlantic City version This is the original and classic version produced originally by Charles Darrow, and later by Parker Brothers. The board consists of 40 squares containing 28 properties, 3 " Chance" squares, 3 " Community Chest" squares, a " Luxury Tax" square, an " Income Tax" square, "GO", " Jail", " Free Parking", and "Go To Jail." In the U.S. version shown below, the properties are named after locations in (or near) Atlantic City, New Jersey. Standard (American Edition) Monopoly game board layout [  ] Free Parking Mediterranean Avenue ($60) Landing on the Jail space by a direct roll of the dice (without being sent to Jail) in the corner between the Light Blue and Light Purple/Maroon properties means the player is "Just Visiting" and continue the next turn normally. Note that Marvin Gardens, a Yellow property on the above board, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, Marven Gardens. Marven Gardens is not a street, but a housing area