"Which local born actor/writer won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1981, for his work on the film, ""Chariots of Fire""?"

Colin Welland: Actor who won a Bafta as a teacher in 'Kes' and won an Oscar for his 'Chariots of Fire' screenplay | The Independent Colin Welland: Actor who won a Bafta as a teacher in 'Kes' and won an Oscar for his 'Chariots of Fire' screenplay He embodied the fashion of authentic voices telling authentic stories Tuesday 3 November 2015 19:55 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Welland accepts his Oscar for Best Original Screenplay from the novelist Jerzy Kosinski in 1982 AP A television storyteller of the premier league, the actor and writer Colin Welland was a vivid, humane presence in the glory days of the single play; despite his bovine appearance and proud Northern persona, his dramas were works of sympathetic anger, elegant, character-driven slices of life populated by straight-talking matriarchs and small-town dreamers. Like many of the key talents that drove television drama at the time, Welland's inevitable graduation to film curtailed his marathon run of successes. Chariots of Fire (1981) was an enormous hit which chimed well with a Britain embracing conservatism and nostalgia in the year of the Royal Wedding and the Brixton riots; even if it was a world away from the Lancastrian two-up two-downs of most of his television work, It shared his traditional themes of endurance and aspiration. But it was his only major success in the cinema. It won four Oscars, including one for his screenplay, but his fateful clarion call “The British are coming!” would come to haunt him. He was born Colin Williams in 1934 in Leigh, Lancashire, and educated at Newton-le-Willows Grammar School. After winning a pocket-knife while on holiday in Morecambe for his rendition of “Ave Maria”, he was eager to be a performer (his experiences as a member of a local Gilbert and Sullivan society would inspire one of his least-remembered but best plays, 1973's Jack Point). But his father advised him to become an art teacher, which he did after studying at Bretton Hall and Goldsmith's College. While teaching he had a short stint as a club comedian, but decided to take a shot at a theatrical career and auditioned for David Scase at the Manchester Library Theatre. He was rewarded with the leading role in Pinter's The Birthday Party, duties as an assistant stage manager, and wages of £7 10s a week. He stayed with the company for a year, then, after an unsuccessful stint as a BBC newsreader, got his break playing PC Dave Graham in Z Cars. The programme was a revolution in television drama, kick-starting a new era for the medium, of tough, domestic storytelling, exciting naturalism and strong social awareness; the television plays that Welland would go on to write were very much part of the legacy of Z Cars's provocative early years. Welland became much in demand as an actor. His earthy decency lent itself well to roles including a dogged political journalist in Sweeney! (1977), the excitable Willie in Dennis Potter's Blue Remembered Hills (1979) and the steely vicar of Straw Dogs (1971). He had varying success as a comedy player: he was hilarious as a hectoring rural shopkeeper in Simon Gray's Femme Fatale (1993), but the brickie sitcom Cowboys (1981) hasn't aged as well. His best screen role was as the fair-minded teacher Mr Farthing in Ken Loach's Kes (1969) for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Bafta. Stage roles included Pozzo in Waiting for Godot (Lyttelton, 1987) and Winston in Howard Brenton's The Churchill Play (RSC, 1988). He had two scripts accepted for Z Cars, but they were never produced. However, encouraged by Loach, he wrote his first television play, the rugby romp Bangelstein's Boys (1969), about which a friend tellingly remarked, “you didn't write that, you remembered it”. Roll On 4'O Clock (1970) drew on his experiences as a schoolteacher, while Say Goodnight to Grandma the same year (later to enjoy a run in the West End), a tale of a tug-of-love husband caught between mother-in-law and wife, was a fine example of his gift for the language of the kitchen table and his propensity for tough female characters.  By 1974 he ha


"Creator, Nat Hiken gave which original title to the ""Phil Silvers Show"", it being changed after a couple of months?"

A Shroud of Thoughts: May 06, 2012 A Shroud of Thoughts Dedicated to Pop Culture in all its forms Television: Rare & Well Done My book available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. Blog Archive The Phil Silvers Show Today it was 101 years ago that Phil Silvers was born. Of course, the comedian would be best known for The Phil Silvers Show, also known as Sgt. Bilko. In its first season it would surpass the seemingly unstoppable Milton Berle Show. Throughout its run it would win 8 Emmy Awards and it would be nominated for 9 more. In 1999 TV Guide placed Sgt. Bilko at #16 on its list of the 50 Greatest TV Characters. In 2003 The Radio Times named The Phil Silvers Show the best sitcom of all time. It beat out such native British shows as Fawlty Towers, and Yes, Minister. The Phil Silvers Show centred around Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko (played by Phil Silvers), in charge of the motor pool, at least for the first three seasons, at the sleepy U. S. Army base  Fort Baxter in Roseville, Kansas. With very little to do, Sgt. Bilko actually spent most of his time in money making schemes, more often than not dishonest. The commander of Fort Baxter was Colonel John T. Hall (Paul Ford), who always suspects that Bilko is up to something, but never can catch him in the act. Bilko was usually assisted in his schemes by Coporals Steve Henshaw and Rocco Barbella (played by Allan Melvin and Harvey Lembeck respectively). The Phil Silvers Show would emerge as a collaboration between comedian Phil Silvers and writer Nat Hiken. Phil Silvers had actually been a stand up comic and comedic actor for years by the time he received the starring role in The Phil Silvers Show. He had first appeared on screen in the Vitaphone short subject "Ups and Downs" in 1937. He would go on to appear in such films as You're in the Army Now (1941), Cover Girl (1944), and Summer Stock. Phil Silver also had a thriving career on Broadway. He appeared in such productions as High Kickers (1941-1942) and High Button Shoes (1947-1949). His biggest success on Broadway would come with Top Banana (1951-1952), for which he won the Tony Award. A film adaptation of Top Banana, with Phil Silvers in the lead role, would be released in 1954. As a writer Nat Hiken had gotten his start in radio. It was in 1940 that he was hired by popular radio comedian Fred Allen. He would go on to write for Milton Berle on the radio version of Texaco Star Theatre. In the Fifties Mr. Hiken moved into television. He both wrote and for The Colgate Comedy Hour, Four Star Revue, and Your Show of Shows, and The Martha Raye Show. By the mid-Fifties Nat Hiken had a reputation for being able to write and direct quality programmes. It was on 6 February 1954 that Phil Silvers appeared at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. It would prove to be one of the most important gigs of his career. In the audience was Hubbell Robinson, then vice president in charge of programming at CBS. Hubbell Robinson was impressed enough with Mr. Silvers that he offered him a contract with the network for a situation comedy. Mr. Robinson also told him that the writer, director, and producer on the project would be Nat Hiken. For the next several months Nat Hiken and Phil Silvers tried to find a concept that would suit the comedian. Mr. Hiken had initially wanted Mr. Silvers to play a conniving Army sergeant. Mr. Silvers dismissed the idea. At last Nat Hiken and Phil Silvers came up with eight different ideas, including Nat Hiken's idea of a conniving master sergeant. When they offered their eight different ideas to CBS, it was Mr. Hiken's initial idea of Phil Silvers as a master sergeant that the network liked. The Phil Silvers Show was born. Of course in the beginning it was not called The Phil Silvers Show. Its original title was You'll Never Get Rich. The series' title would be changed after its first few months on to the air to The Phil Silvers Show. It was also not an immediate hit. You'll Never Get Rich was scheduled at 8:30 EST against The Martha Raye Show and The Milton Berle Show (the two show rotated each we


"Which style of art, which flourished briefly in the first part of the 20th century, took its name from the French for, ""Wild Beasts""?"

Fauvism Movement, Artists and Major Works | The Art Story Resources Quotes "The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible. I put down my tones without a preconceived plan. If at first, and perhaps without my having been conscious of it, one tone has particularly seduced or caught me." Henri Matisse, from "Notes of a Painter" "We move towards serenity through the significance of ideas and form ... Details lessen the purity of lines, they harm the emotional intensity, and we choose to reject them. It is a question of learning - and perhaps relearning the 'handwriting' of lines. The aim of painting is not to reflect history, because this can be found in books. We have a higher conception. Through it, the artist expresses his inner vision." Henri Matisse "One can talk about the Impressionist school because they held certain principles. For us there was nothing like that; we merely thought their colours were a bit dull." Kees van Dongen "[these works were] ..nothing whatever to do with painting.. .. [works more akin to] the barbaric and naive sport of a child who plays with a box of colors he has just got as a Christmas present." Critic Marcel Nicolle commenting on the Salon D’Automne "I try to condense the meaning of this body [of a woman] by drawing its essential lines. The charm will than become less apparent at first glance, but in the long run it will begin to emanate from the new image. This image at the same time will be enriched by a wider meaning, a more comprehensively human one, while the charm, being less apparent, will not be its only characteristic. It will be merely one element in the general conception of the figure." Henri Matisse from Notes of a Painter KEY ARTISTS Like The Art Story on Facebook Beginnings In the opening years of the twentieth century, Post-Impressionist painters working in France such as Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, and Cézanne were considered leaders in avant-garde art. Their collective experiments with paint application, subject matter, expressive line, and pure color were advances that fed the emergence of Fauvism. Symbolism, with its emphasis on the artist's internal vision, was another important influence. From another source, the European reassessment of African sculpture as art rather than an anthropological curiosity introduced new ideas of form and representation to the European modernists. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Matisse as Fauvist Pioneer Henri Matisse is generally considered the principal founding artist of Fauvism. Like many of his contemporaries, Matisse was greatly influenced by Moreau's teaching that personal expression was among the most important attributes of a great painter. Also of considerable importance to the young Matisse were the techniques and systematic visual language of Pointillism, which had been spearheaded by his fellow countrymen Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, and Henri-Edmond Cross. Although Matisse did not apply Pointillist theory directly to his own work, the application of tiny dots of paint in varying colors to create a harmonious visual tone was something that fascinated Matisse. His observation of this technique led him to develop "color structure," or large, flat areas of color that established a deliberate, decorative effect and sense of mood. He was also very aware of the Post-Impressionist work of Paul Gauguin, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, whose integration of solid color and design was a departure from the flickering, momentary effect of Impressionist painting. Synthesizing all these ideas, Matisse turned away from using subtle hues of mixed paints and began working with bright color, directly from the tube, as a means of conveying emotion. He had been working outdoors since the mid-1890s, and his travels to Corsica and the south of France in 1898 increased his interest in capturing the effect of strong natural light. A summer spent working alongside Signac and Cross at Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera in 1904 gave him a further


"In the novel, ""The Pickwick Papers"", by Charles Dickens, who brought an action against Mr Pickwick, for breach of promise to marry?"

"The Trial" illustration for "Pickwick Papers" by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) [Click on image to enlarge it.] See below for passage illustrated. Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham . [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.] The episodic novel now develops into the semblance of a plot as the picaresque hero of the various adventures of his "club," Mr. Pickwick, faces his accuser, Mrs. Martha Bardell, in court on the charge of "breach of promise." In the comic libretto for Trial by Jury (March 1875), W. S. Gilbert satirises this same situation, undoubtedly inspired by Dickens's handling of this peculiarly Victorian charge, prosecuted by the bombastic Buzfuz (whom Dickens based upon an actual barrister, Charles Carpenter Bompas, a Serjeant-at-Law, one of the most eminent advocates of his day, and leader of the Western Circuit). Breach of Promise: Until 1970 women could, and did, take men to court for breaking off engagements. A contract to marry was as binding in law as any other contract, and therefore the party who broke it was liable for damages. The most famous action for breach of promise in Victorian literature was, of course, that brought by Mrs. Bardell against Mr. Pickwick in Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers. [Bradley 12] Whereas in the operetta at the Royalty Theatre, staged three hundred times in its initial two-year run, Gilbert's pallid young guitarist, Edwin, escapes the consequences of this fatuous law, Dickens's elderly Pickwick, found guilty, refuses to pay his fine of seven hundred and fifty pounds in damages, and is sent to prison. The passage from the trial of Bardell v. Pickwick — ironically staged on St. Valentine's Day — thus realised is this: Serjeant Buzfuz, who had proceeded with such volubility that his face was perfectly crimson, here paused for breath. The silence awoke Mr. Justice Stareleigh, who immediately wrote down something with a pen without any ink in it, and looked unusually profound, to impress the jury with the belief that he always thought most deeply with his eyes shut. Serjeant Buzfuz proceeded — "Of this man Pickwick I will say little; the subject presents but few attractions; and I, gentlemen, am not the man, nor are you, gentlemen, the men, to delight in the contemplation of revolting heartlessness, and of systematic villainy." Here Mr. Pickwick, who had been writhing in silence for some time, gave a violent start, as if some vague idea of assaulting [the prosecuting attorney] Serjeant Buzfuz, in the august presence of justice and law, suggested itself to his mind. An admonitory gesture from [Pickwick's solicitor] Perker restrained him, and he listened to the learned gentleman's continuation with a look of indignation, which contrasted forcibly with the admiring faces of Mrs. Cluppins and Mrs. Sanders. [chapter 34] This illustration first appeared in monthly part 12 (March 1837). Details


"""Jane, the diary of a bright young thing"", was a cartoon strip that first appeared in Britain in 1932, in which daily newspaper?"

Death of 'Jane', the model who helped win war - Telegraph Death of 'Jane', the model who helped win war By David Graves 12:00AM GMT 08 Dec 2000 THE model who became a wartime sweetheart when she portrayed Jane, one of Britain's most enduring cartoon characters, has died from cancer. The cartoon character Jane was once described by Winston Churchill as the country's secret weapon Christabel Leighton-Porter was the public face of Jane, once described by Winston Churchill as the country's secret weapon, and toured music halls portraying the character for the troops. While the Jane comic heroine appeared six days a week in the Daily Mirror, Mrs Leighton-Porter appeared in public playing the character and went on to star in the 1949 film The Adventures of Jane. Her career was revived during the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in 1980. Two years later the BBC produced a television cartoon series based on Jane and another feature film followed in 1988 called Jane and the Lost City. Mrs Leighton-Porter used her new popularity to attend airfield and squadron reunions, war anniversaries and functions at the Imperial War Museum. Related Articles Jane was created in 1932 by the cartoonist Norman Pett when Jane's Journal, the Diary of a Bright Young Thing first appeared in the Daily Mirror. As war broke out, Jane, who was modelled after Pett's wife, shed more and more clothes, thus keeping up the morale of British troops abroad. Christabel Leighton-Porter It was said that the more the cartoon character stripped, the further the soldiers advanced. Mrs Leighton-Porter was born in the early 1920s but always refused to disclose her age, referring to it as "57 plus VAT". She was a former swimming champion who entered beauty contests, winning the Miss Great Britain title and becoming Venus of Kent. After leaving school she modelled for life classes at art colleges before being spotted by Pett and asked to become the public face of Jane. The comic heroine was adopted as the RAF's mascot and Mrs Leighton-Porter toured the country in a revue show called Jane in the Mirror. As in the cartoon Jane had to lose as many clothes as was legally possible. When she married her husband Arthur, an RAF pilot, at the end of the war, the wedding had to be kept secret so her legion of admirers would not be disappointed. When the Mirror later tried to axe the cartoon strip, the newspaper's telephone switchboard was jammed with readers complaining about the decision, which was reversed. In 1948, Pett's assistant Michael Hubbard, took over the cartoon. Jane's popularity waned and the cartoon was dropped in 1959. In the late 1960s Mrs Leighton-Porter, who lived in Horsham, West Sussex, went to live in Bermuda for three years before returning to Sussex to bring up her son, Simon, now 43. Her husband said yesterday: "She was a very glamorous woman who led a very interesting life. She will be missed by an incredible amount of people."


The Biogeography of the Collared Peccary The Biogeography of the Collared Peccary (Tayassu tajacu) Source: Gilbert (1999) by Sara Marcellino, student in Geography 316, Fall 1999     Whats in a name? Often, quite a bundle. The distant cousin of pig, feral hog, and boar, the star of this paper, possesses several names. To the scientific minded mammal lover, its Tayassu tajacu. The more ubiquitous designation is either "collared peccary" or "javelina" (pronounced hah-vay-lee-nah). Both latter names are important descriptors for our main character. Indeed, the name javelina, Spanish for javelin, derived from the collared peccarys spear-like upper canines, teeth that appear quite formidable. The name collared peccary comes from the Tupi Indians of Brazil and means "an animal which makes many paths through the woods (Parker 1990)." Distribution     Presently, javelina are found in the Western Hemisphere, from the southwestern part of the United States south to the country of Paraguay (Fig. 1). Collared peccaries are the most widely distributed of all three living peccary species  the chacoan, white-lipped, and collared  and have a range that extends from Argentina to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas (Gilbert 1999). While the three species share the same habitat, Mayer and Brandt (1982) noted that they have not been observed together in the same place. Within this vast range, the collared peccary is not ubiquitous; rather, there are areas of higher elevations where it does not live (Sowls 1997). Figure 1: Distribution of Three Peccary Species Source: Sowls (1997)     The collared peccary lives in both deserts and forests. Within desert environments, the peccaries look for dense areas of prickly pear, chaparral, scrub oak, or dry scrub. They often end up in habitats such as oak forests and saguaro deserts, looking for desert canyons and cliffs for shade. Parker (1990) noted how javelinas are found in the above mentioned areas from the western continental coastline up to an elevation of approximately 1100 feet (2400 meters). Looking at the geographic areas of the Sonoran Desert, one would find saguaro cactus and prickly pear, as well as some timbered slopes and brushy valleys, sought by the peccary for protective cover (Sowls 1997).     Most writing on the collared peccary focuses on its desert habitat, almost portraying the misconception that collared peccaries are animals of the desert. The main reason for this discrepancy is the fact that the collared peccarys study areas primarily originate in the English-speaking southwestern United States. However, no discussion is complete without a look at their rainforest habitat. Ockenfels et al. (1985) noted that the collared peccary range in South America is twenty-seven times as large as the state of Arizona! The rainforest range is heavily forested and humid -- expanding the javelinas distribution while exemplifying its adaptability. In undisturbed rainforests, the collared peccary is sympatric with the white-lipped peccary (Sowls, 1997). Peccaries are also found in pristine and slightly degraded rain, cloud, and dry forests, palm and mangrove swamps and abandoned pastures (Ockenfels et al. 1985). The collared peccarys taxonomic position in relation to those animals in the Animalia Kingdom and Phylum Chordata is: Class -- Mammalia; Order-- Artiodactyla; Family -- Tayassuidae; Genus -- Tayassu; Species -- Tayassu tajacu Food and Water     Collared peccaries smell for food with their snout. They have a unique niche in the natural world and the general adaptability of the collared peccary translates into its food and water needs. All three peccary species are omnivorous in general, but plant material makes up the largest portion of their diets (Mayer and Brandt 1982; Ticer et al.1994). Food source varies depending on which region the peccary inhabits. For example, in the tropical rain forests they are primarily frugivores, living on fruit that falls from trees (Sowls 1997). In the desert biomes, they use their strong canine-like teeth to chew on course foods -- mainly cactus fruit,


Duncan Renaldo played which cowboy character in a famous US TV series?

Duncan Renaldo - Biography - IMDb Duncan Renaldo Biography Showing all 13 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (2) | Trivia  (4) | Personal Quotes  (1) | Salary  (1) Overview (4) 6' (1.83 m) Mini Bio (1) To most audiences, Duncan Renaldo will always be identified as film and TV's "The Cisco Kid." However, this role occurred late in his career, which consisted of much more than just this western character. Not much is known about Renaldo's early life. In fact, his date and place of birth is still questioned. The usual given birth date is April 23, 1904. His birthplace has been generally stated as Spain--he has said that his first memories as a child were in Spain--although Romania and even New Jersey have been mentioned as well. An orphan, he never knew his actual parents and was never able to ascertain the exact date and place of his birth. He was raised and educated in various European countries and arrived in the US in the early 1920s as a stoker on a Brazilian coal ship. Entering the country on a 90-day seaman's permit, he stayed when his ship caught fire at the dock and burned to the waterline. A paltry existence as a portrait painter forced him to seek other work, and he somehow found his way into films as a producer of short features, which in turn led to on-camera work as an actor with MGM in 1928. The studio capitalized on his dashing Hispanic looks and initially typed him as a "Latin lover", but it didn't last long. In the early 1930s his career was interrupted when he was arrested and faced deportation due to his illegal immigrant status. The actor was eventually pardoned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt --his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt , had bought one of Renaldo's paintings, looked into his case and persuaded her husband to pardon him. He returned to minor films for both Republic and Monogram, alternating as heroic sidekick and villain. He co-starred as one of the Three Mesquiteers in the revamped film series, and showed up regularly in 1930s and 1940s cliffhangers, including The Painted Stallion (1937), Jungle Menace (1937), Zorro Rides Again (1937), King of the Mounties (1942), Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943) The Tiger Woman (1944). In 1945 he began the Cisco Kid film series and transferred the character successfully to TV in the early 1950s, with Leo Carrillo as faithful sidekick Pancho. Renaldo made the character clean-shaven and more of a do-gooder than the roguish bandit who actually was in the books. Renaldo retired soon after the series' demise and died years later at Goleta Valley Community Hospital in California of lung cancer in 1980. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net Spouse (2) (?      - 1940) (divorced) Trivia (4) Renaldo was arrested for illegal immigration in 1934 (he was a sailor on a ship that docked in Maryland in the late 1920s but caught fire at the pier and burned, stranding him in the US). There was some confusion as to his birthplace--he was orphaned as a child in Europe and didn't know where he was born--and since the authorities didn't know to which country he should be deported, he was imprisoned for a year. He was "rescued" by Republic Pictures president Herbert J. Yates , who signed him to a contract and vouched for him, and he was eventually granted a pardon by President Franklin D. Roosevelt . As the Cisco Kid he rode on a black & white Overo named Diablo. Sidekick Pancho got along on a palomino named Loco. The horses' names came out of the radio series. During the 1953-1954 season of The Cisco Kid (1950), he was severely injured in a rock fall and hospitalized through nine episodes. The producers had Cisco wearing masks, disguised as a ghost and used other gimmicks where they could use doubles. He had to record his lines--and shoot his close-ups--from his hospital bed, and the producers also used previously shot footage of him. His actual name consists of three surnames - Renault, Renaldo, and Duncan. Personal Quotes (1) We've taken all our fine western lore and splashed it with criminality and barbarism. The whole ide


The Danube’s Iron Gates : Image of the Day News & Notes   download large image (3 MB, JPEG, 2700x2700) From its headwaters in Germany’s Black Forest, the Danube winds its way through ten European countries to drain into the Black Sea. For much of its course, the river moves lazily through wide valleys, but as it enters the border region between Romania and Serbia, its banks narrow into a series of high cliffs. Here, the river carved a passage through the lower Carpathian Mountains to its north and the Balkan Mountains to its south, creating a series of four steep gorges. These gorges are known as the Iron Gate. Within the last of the four gorges is the Danube’s second iron gate: the Iron Gate Dam. Both of the Danube’s Iron Gates—the lower gorges and the dam—are shown in this image, taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ( ASTER ) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Much of the image is red, where plants and trees cover the land. Tan rocky outcrops snake along mountain tops too high in altitude to support trees and emerge in the steep cliffs that line the river. Signs of human habitation are visible, too; the silver area on the north shore of the river is the Romanian town of Orsova. The Danube cuts a wide, blue ribbon through the center of the image. The river’s narrowest point as it passes through the gorges is at Great Kazan gorge, shown on the left side of the image. Within the gorge, the Danube shrinks to 150 meters in width and is flanked by limestone cliffs that reach to about 300 meters. The cliffs are a darker shade of red on the east bank of the river and are accented with dark shadows. After exiting the gorge, the river widens again as it enters the Orsova Valley. A “u” bend brings the Danube into the last gorge, the Sip Gorge. Though the land’s wrinkled appearance suggests rugged terrain, the cliffs here are not nearly as severe as in the Kazan gorge. The Danube is a major waterway for international trade, but the Iron Gate gorges created rapids and whirlpools that made navigation difficult. Control over this section of the Danube was gained with the construction of the Iron Gate Dam in the Sip Gorge. The dam, the white line across the river on the right side of the image, began operation in 1972. As the Danube deepened behind the dam, its expanding waters covered at least seven towns, including old Orsova and the island town of Ada Kaleh, a Turkish enclave. Apart from Orsova and a few very small towns, which form tiny silver dots on the north shore of the river, the region is notably free of signs of human habitation west of the Iron Gate Dam. The square grids of vegetation created by agriculture are missing, as are sprawling silver cities. The land on both sides of the river is protected. Djerdap National Park lines the south shore of the river in Serbia, and Portile de Fier National Park forms the Romanian shore in the north. Both parks protect the natural environment as well as significant cultural and historical sites ranging from Neolithic settlements to a medieval fortress. Related links


Which daily newspaper was a colour tabloid that was launched in March 1986 and ceased publication in November 1995?

Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Twentieth Century Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Twentieth Century A Concise History of the British Newspaper, century by century, complied by our experts. Illustrated Weekly Budget 14 November 1908. British Library Newspaper Library. Copyright © The British Library Board 1902 - Jan 17 : Times Literary Supplement launched. 1903 - Nov 2 : Daily Mirror launched by Harmsworth. First daily illustrated exclusively with photographs. 1907 : National Union of Journalists founded. 1908 - Nov 14 : Illustrated Weekly Budget launched: 'The only 1d newspaper in the world printed in colour'. Only seven issues published. 1909 - March 2 : Daily Sketch launched. Merged with the Daily Mail in 1971. 1911 : Copyright Act. 1911 - Jan 25 : Daily Herald launched. First newspaper to sell two million copies. 1913 - April 12 : New Statesman founded by Sidney Webb. 1914 - March 11 : First half-tone in the Times: a 4 by 3 inch picture of the Rokeby Venus, damaged in a Suffragette demonstration. 1915 : 'Teddy Tail' - first British comic strip - in the Daily Mail. 1915 - March 14 : Sunday Pictorial launched by Rothermere. Became Sunday Mirror in 1963. 1916 : Daily Express bought by Max Aitken (later Lord Beaverbrook). 1918 - Dec 29 : Sunday Express launched. 1922 - Aug 14 : Death of Lord Northcliffe. 1924 - Nov 2 : First crossword in a British newspaper, in the Sunday Express. 1926 - May : Most newspapers suspended during the General Strike. Government publishes British Gazette; TUC publishes British Worker. 1930 - Jan 1 : Daily Worker launched. Became Morning Star in 1966. 1930 - Feb 1 : First Times crossword. 1930 - June 2 : News Chronicle formed by the merger of the Daily News and the Daily Chronicle. Merged with Daily Mail in 1960. 1931 : Audit Bureau of Circulations formed. 1932 - Aug 23 : British Museum Newspaper Library opened at Colindale in North London. 1934 - Oct 18 : Daily Mail publishes the first photograph to be transmitted by beam radio (from Melbourne to London). 1938 - Oct 1 : Picture Post launched by Edward Hulton. Ceased publication in 1957. 1940 : Newsprint rationing introduced. 1940 - Nov 26 : Death of Lord Rothermere. 1941 : Daily Worker and Week suppressed. 1947 : First Royal Commission on the Press. Sunday Pictorial 14 March 1915. British Library Newspaper Library. Copyright © The British Library Board Enlarge 1953 : General Council of the Press formed. 1954 - Oct 3 : The Manchester Sunday paper, Emire News, sets up its first Cardiff edition as 'Wales's Own Sunday Paper: Printed in Wales for Wales'. 1959 - Aug 24 : Manchester Guardian changes title to the Guardian, based in London. 1961 : Second Royal Commission on the Press. 1961 - Feb 5 : Sunday Telegraph launched. 1962 - Feb 4 : Launch of Sunday Times magazine as Sunday Times Colour Section. 1964 : Press Council replaces General Council of the Press. 1964 - June 9 : Death of Lord Beaverbrook. 1964 - Sept 6 : Observer colour supplement launched. 1964 - Sept 15 : Daily Herald becomes the Sun. 1964 - Sept 25 : Daily Telegraph magazine launched. 1966 : Times bought by Roy Thomson, owner of the Sunday Times. 1966 - May 3 : Times begins printing news on the front page. 1969 : News of the World bought by Rupert Murdoch. 1969 - Nov 17 : Sun re-launched as a tabloid by Rupert Murdoch. 1973 : Y Dinesydd launched in Cardiff: the first of the Welsh-language community papers ['papurau bro'] established in Wales. 1974 : Third Royal Commission on the Press. 1976 : Evening Post (Nottingham) becomes the first British newspaper to introduce direct input by journalists. 1978 - Nov 2 : Daily Star launched. 1978 - Dec 1 : Publication of the Times and Sunday Times suspended for eleven months. 1979 : Financial Times launches international edition in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 1980 : Daily Star printed simultaneously by facsimile in London and Manchester. 1980 : British Library Newspaper Library Newsletter launched. Became Newspaper Library News in 1997. 1980 - Oct 31 : Closure of Evening News leaves London with just one evening new


What name is given to the energy which a body possesses by virtue of its motion?

Kinetic energy | Define Kinetic energy at Dictionary.com kinetic energy noun, Physics. 1. the energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system. Expand Examples from the Web for kinetic energy Expand Contemporary Examples What looks like filthy chaos at the moment is actually the  kinetic energy that gives birth to modern metropolises. ‘American Hustle’ Is Overrated Kevin Fallon January 27, 2014 Historical Examples When a pendulum is vibrating, there is a continual transformation of potential into kinetic energy, and vice versa. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: Louis Marshall Warfield In this way the velocity or kinetic energy limit is imposed. British Dictionary definitions for kinetic energy Expand noun 1. the energy of motion of a body, equal to the work it would do if it were brought to rest The translational kinetic energy depends on motion through space, and for a rigid body of constant mass is equal to the product of half the mass times the square of the speed. The rotational kinetic energy depends on rotation about an axis, and for a body of constant moment of inertia is equal to the product of half the moment of inertia times the square of the angular velocity. In relativistic physics kinetic energy is equal to the product of the increase of mass caused by motion times the square of the speed of light. The SI unit is the joule but the electronvolt is often used in atomic physics Ek, K, T, KE Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


In 1936, Lionel Van Praag won the first world championship in which sport?

Lionel Van Praag - Speedcafe Lionel Van Praag 2016: Motorcycling Speedway When Lionel Maurice van Praag won the World Speedway Championship in 1936 he became not only Australia’s first motor sport world champion but also the world’s first motor sport world champion in a series that continues to this day. The four Australians competing on that historic night at Wembley Stadium came first, third, sixth and eighth in a field of 18 riders. As well as qualifying for the world final for the next three years, Van Praag rode for Australia in numerous test matches against England and also won the Victorian and NSW championships. But way above this Van Praag was awarded the George Medal for bravery during World War 2,when the aircraft he was piloting was shot down over the Sumba Strait in Indonesia. Van Praag and his co-pilot helped two colleagues — one semi-conscious and the other a non-swimmer—to shore after spending thirty hours in the water during which they had to fight off several shark attacks. He raced again after the War but quickly concentrated on his flying business. So we welcome a great Australian sportsman and hero, Lionel van Praag, to the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame, almost 80 years since he became our first world motor sport champion.


In which TV series did the brothers Hoss, Adam and Little Joe appear?

Bonanza (TV Series 1959–1973) - 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 The adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community. Creator: Little Joe falls in love with Alice Harper played by a young Bonnie Bedelia who he meets while rescuing her gambler brother John from a poker game gone bad. The two eventually marry and are expecting... 8.6 Hoss scares a bear that has treed a green-clad little man, subsequently finds a buried strongbox filled with bags of gold dust and, when both the treasure and its owner disappear, unsuccessfully ... 8.5 Clint Watson and his two sons are hired by Ben Cartwright to deliver nitroglycerin to Virginia City. The journey entails hardship, recrimination and tragedy. 8.5 a list of 42 titles created 24 Aug 2011 a list of 26 titles created 26 Apr 2012 a list of 46 titles created 11 Jun 2012 a list of 47 titles created 07 Aug 2012 a list of 31 titles created 1 month ago Search for " Bonanza " 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. Nominated for     2     Golden Globes. Another    9 wins & 14 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in the rough and tumble Dodge City. Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake The Wild West adventures of the residents and staff of Barkley Ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley. Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way. Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts and Rocky Mountains. The first treks were led by gruff, ... See full summary  » Stars: Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton Bret and Bart Maverick (and in later seasons, their English cousin, Beau) are well dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game. Poker (5 card draw) is ... See full summary  » Stars: Jack Kelly, James Garner, Roger Moore Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, just before and during the Revolutionary War. Stars: Fess Parker, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s. Stars: Steve McQueen, Wright King, Olan Soule After the Civil War, nomadic adventurer Cheyenne Bodie roamed the west looking for fights, women and bad guys to beat up. His job changed from episode to episode. Stars: Clint Walker, Clyde Howdy, Chuck Hicks The cases of maverick undercover New York City detective Tony Baretta. Stars: Robert Blake, Tom Ewell, Michael D. Roberts Dressed-up dandy (derby and cane), gambler and lawman roams the West charming women and defending the unjustly accused. His primary weapon was his wit (and cane) rather than his gun. Stars: Gene Barry, Allison Hayes, Allen Jaffe The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col. MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more ... See full summary  » Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter for hire. Stars: Richard Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham Edit Storyline The Cartwright's one-thousand square mile Ponderosa Ranch is located near Virginia City, Nevada, site of the Comstock Silver Lode, during and after the Civil War. Each of the sons was born to a different wife of Ben's; none of the mothers is still alive. Adventures are typical western ones, with lots


Whose comic characters include 'Kevin Patterson', 'Julio Geordio' and 'Tim Nice-But-Dim'?

"Harry Enfield and Chums" (1994) - Episodes cast Season 1, Episode 2: Episode #1.2 11 November 1994 Des Lynam and Jimmy Hill guest star as Harry Enfield and his chums bring us more comic creations. The gasman visits the Lovely Wobbly Randy Old Ladies, Lee and Lance become cowboy builders and do a kitchen refit, and Mr You Don't Want To Do That comments on a Manchester United game.


CITY OF ALAMO  Home | Government | Departments | AEDC | Public Safety | Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge | Visitor Information | Employment | Forms | Pictures of Alamo | Informational Links | Events Calendar | CodeRED | Hurricane Preparedness | Alamo News | Follow us on Twitter | Nondiscrimination Statement | Site Map WELCOME TO THE CITY OF ALAMO, TEXAS WEBSITE  Welcome to the City of Alamo website. Our website has information about the City of Alamo and other areas of intrests around Alamo.   The City of Alamo has no direct relation to the Alamo located in San Antonio. The land on which the city is located was once owned by the Alamo Land and Sugar Company. The City of Alamo is located in the South Texas area known as the Rio Grande Valley. The Rio Grande Valley consists of four counties: Starr, Hidalgo, Willacy and Cameron. Alamo is located almost in the center of the Rio Grande Valley, in Hidalgo County. The area, which includes Alamo, has been in a construction boom for an estimated 5 years with new subdivisions, resturants, and businesses being developed in a rapid pace. CNN pegged the McAllen, Rio Grande Valley area one of the top 10 cities to buy real estate.   The City of Alamo is also called the "Refuge to the Valley" since traveling though Alamo will take you straight to the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. It is a favorite of birdwatchers from all regions of the world. Search the internet for Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge and many articles will show up promoting the park as such and much more.   So feel free to browse our website and our AEDC website and please check back frequently as we are constantly adding information to our website. City in Stage 2 Water Conservation CITY OF ALAMO WATER CONSERVATION PLAN IMPLEMENTS STAGE 2 – MODERATE WATER SHORTAGE CONDITIONS As a result of the drought conditions, the City of Alamo has implemented Stage 2 of the water conservation plan that was adopted in 2009.  The guidelines listed below will be enforced: • Irrigation of landscaped areas with hose-end sprinklers or automatic irrigation systems shall be limited to Sundays and Thursdays for customers with a street address ending in an even number. Example 500, 502, 504, 506…..1100, 1102, 1104, 1106 between the hours of 12:00 midnight until 10:00 am and between 8:00 pm to 12:00 midnight on the designated watering days. • Saturdays and Wednesdays for customers with a street address ending in an odd number. Example 501, 503, 505, 507….1101, 1103, 1105, 1107 between the hours of 12:00 midnight until 10:00 am and between 8:00 pm to 12:00 midnight on the designated watering days. • Irrigation of landscaped areas is permitted anytime if it is by means of a hand-held hose, a faucet filled bucket or watering can of five (5) gallons or less, or drip irrigation system. • Use of water to wash any motor vehicle, motorbike, boat, trailer or other vehicle is prohibited except on designated watering days during the hours mentioned above. Such washing, when allowed, shall be done with a hand-held bucket or a hand-held hose equipped with a shutoff nozzle for quick rinses. • Vehicle washing may be done at any time on the immediate premises of a commercial car wash or commercial service station.  • Use of water to fill, refill, or add to any indoor or outdoor swimming pools or Jacuzzi type pools is prohibited except on the designated watering days during the hours mentioned above. • Use of water for the irrigation of golf course greens is prohibited except on designated watering days during the hours mentioned above.  If a golf course utilizes water from another source besides the city, the facility shall not be subject to these regulations. • The following uses of water are defined as non-essential and are prohibited:     Wash down of any sidewalk, walkways, driveways, parking lots, tennis courts or other hard surfaced areas.    Use of water to wash down buildings or structures for purposes other than immediate fire protection.    Use of water for dust control.    Flushing gutters or permitting water to run or accumulate in any gu


Benjamin Disraeli became the first Earl of . . . where?

History of Benjamin Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsfield - GOV.UK GOV.UK Benjamin Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsfield Conservative 1874 to 1880, 1868 to 1868 Born 1874 to 1880, 1868 to 1868 Political party Conservative Major acts Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875: decriminalised work of trade unions and allowed peaceful picketing. Public Health Act 1875: improved sanitation and filthy living conditions in urban areas. Interesting facts He was the first and only Jewish Prime Minister to date. “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics.” Politician, novelist and bon viveur, Benjamin Disraeli was a man with many interests, but it was as a Conservative politician that Disraeli achieved lasting fame. PM for almost 7 years, he initiated a wide range of legislation to improve educational opportunities and the life of working people. Benjamin ‘Dizzy’ Disraeli was the son of Isaac, a Jewish Italian writer, and had an Anglican upbringing after the age of 12. With Jews excluded from Parliament until 1858, this enabled Disraeli to follow a career that would otherwise have been denied him. He was Britain’s first, and so far only, Jewish Prime Minister. Aged 20 he lost money by gambling on the Stock Exchange, and helped to launch The Representative, a newspaper intended to usurp The Times, but it soon failed. He went on to produce an anonymously-written satirical novel, Vivian Grey, which caricatured a former business partner. Success, however, turned to slander when his authorship was revealed. The stress caused by this, and by his continuing debts, drove him to suffer a nervous breakdown. Disraeli was elected to represent Maidstone as a Peelite in 1837. Despite being mocked when he made his maiden speech, he defiantly pronounced “the time will come when you will hear me”. He was then elected to represent Shrewsbury in 1841, and came to be regarded as witty and able. But Peel failed to offer Disraeli a place in the Cabinet - and Disraeli never forgot it. After keeping his resentment private for a time, he attacked Peel bitterly over his decision to repeal the Corn Laws, eventually forcing the resignation of Peel’s government in June 1846. At last in 1852 the Prime Minister, Lord Derby , offered Disraeli a place in government as Leader of the Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The defeat of Disraeli’s December Budget, though, torn to pieces by Gladstone , caused the government’s downfall. After Derby’s resignation in 1868, Queen Victoria invited Disraeli to become Prime Minister, and they soon struck up a remarkable rapport thanks to Disraeli’s charm and skilful flattery. He was later to tell a colleague, who had asked for advice on how to handle the Queen, “first of all, remember she is woman”. On finally achieving his long ambition, Disraeli declared, “I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole”. After defeat by the Liberals at the next election, his position as Conservative leader was at risk. His health was poor and his wife died in 1872, prompting him to write: “I am totally unable to meet the catastrophe”. Yet he carried on. Disraeli now faced Gladstone across the Dispatch Box, and it became Britain’s most famous parliamentary rivalry. The contrast in their physical appearances and their styles was stark, and the hatred was strong. Disraeli became Prime Minister once again in 1874, aged 70. This was a successful premiership, though it has been said that the legislation of this time depended much less upon Dizzy himself than upon his Cabinet colleagues. The premiership saw the passing of a large amount of social legislation: the 1875 Climbing Boys Act reinforced the ban on employing juvenile chimney sweeps; the 1875 Artisans Dwelling Act allowed local authorities to destroy slums, though this was voluntary, and provided housing for the poor. In the same year the Public Health Act provided sanitation such as running water and refuse disposal. On being made Earl of Beaconsfield by Victoria in 1879, Disraeli governed from the House of Lords. Foreign policy became increasingly important, especi


In which town does the traditional Furry Dance take place on May 8th each year?

Helston Flora Day & Furry Dance Helston Flora Day & Furry Dance Helston, Cornwall - starting at the Guildhall in the town centre When: 8 May (if 8th is a Sunday or Monday, it's held on the previous Saturday 6th or 7th instead) Time: All day from 7am   Helston Flora Day is one of the oldest surviving May customs celebrating the end of winter and coming of spring. A series of dances are performed throughout the day starting at 7am at the Guildhall with the Early Morning Dance, followed by the traditional performance of the Hal-an-Tow at 8.30 which is a play and dialect song, and then the Childrens Dance. At noon the principal or Furry Dance takes the form of a procession, also starting at the Guildhall, of elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen who wind their way around town, even passing through houses and shops. The Final Dance of the day starts at 5 pm and anyone can take part. The whole town is decorated for the event, which attracts large crowds, and the day even has its own unique tune (similar to the well-known Floral Dance tune but not the same). Helpful Hints Don’t miss the Hal an Tow at the start if you want to have the full Flora Day experience. Expect large crowds all day! Plenty of food & drink are available in town. Lily of the Valley buttonholes are also on sale from streetsellers with baskets ( a bargain in 2012 for £2). In 2016 it will take place on Saturday 7th May because the 8th is a Sunday this year. Click here for the event website : http://www.helstonfloraday.org.uk/


Who created the character 'Rip Van Winkle'?

Rip Van Winkle Characters - eNotes.com Rip Van Winkle Characters link Link Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle, a figure based on a character from a German folktale. His name is still used to refer to anyone who is content to sleep his life away or who spends much of his time in sleepy idleness. As a character, he is not so much an as-if-real person as he is the embodiment of a common human desire—to sleep through all the trials and tribulations of adulthood and thus to move painlessly from childhood to the second childhood of old age. Diedrich Knickerbocker describes Rip as a simple, good-natured man who is a kind and considerate neighbor. Although he is a favorite among the neighborhood wives, who defend him, and the village children, with whom he is always willing to shoot marbles or fly kites, he is henpecked by his wife at home. Because of Rip’s aversion to work, his fences are always in ruins, his yard is filled with weeds, and he has the worst farm in the neighborhood. His one faithful companion, to whom he turns when his wife’s nagging becomes too much to bear, is his old dog, Wolf. After Rip’s twenty-year sleep in the Catskills, he returns to a changed world, having slept through the turbulent beginnings of the American republic. Now that he is an old man with a long white beard, he can enjoy his old age as a respected patriarch who can be idle with impunity. Thus, he lives out his life as a storyteller, entertaining the children of the village with the fantastic tale of how he went into the mountains and bowled nine pins with the spirits of Hendrick Hudson and his men, who cast him into a twenty-year sleep. Dame Van Winkle Dame Van Winkle, who has become the stereotype of the nagging wife in American literature. Although Rip certainly needs to be prodded to do any work around the house, she is presented as a hateful scold who finally drives Rip out of his house. Nicholas Vedder Nicholas Vedder, the patriarch of the village and landlord of the village inn in the first part of the story. He communicates his opinion by puffing rapidly on his pipe when displeased and slowly and lazily when pleased. Rip Van Winkle (the son) Rip Van Winkle (the son), a lazy, ragged counterpart of Rip Van Winkle. When Rip first sees his son on his return from his long sleep, he thinks, “I’m not myself—I’m somebody else—that’s me yonder—no—that’s somebody else got into my shoes.” Diedrich Knickerbocker Diedrich Knickerbocker, an old gentleman, familiar with the history of old Dutch New York, who tells the story of Rip Van Winkle. Hendrick Hudson Hendrick Hudson, the explorer who discovered the Hudson River. Along with the crew of his ship, the Half Moon, he keeps a vigil in the mountains every twenty years. Peter Vanderdonk Peter Vanderdonk, the oldest inhabitant of the village when Rip returns. He is well versed in the history of the neighborhood and thus is the only one who recognizes Rip. Start Free Trial Start your free trial with eNotes to access more than 30,000 study guides. Get help with any book.


In which book does the character Melanie Wilkes appear?

Gone with the Wind: Character Profiles | Novelguide Gone with the Wind: Character Profiles Average Overall Rating: 5 Total Votes: 167 Scarlett is the protagonist of the novel and the events and characters are seen mostly through her eyes. Born into a wealthy plantation family, Scarlett longs to be a "great lady" like her aristocratic and saintly mother, Ellen, but in fact takes more after her father, Gerald, a willful, self-made man of practical Irish peasant stock. Scarlett is headstrong, selfish and ruthless. Before the war, she takes care to hide these qualities under a veneer of ladylike charm and her efforts are mainly directed to attracting men away from other women. When the war leads the O'Haras to lose their wealth, Scarlett has to find a new role. She gives up pretending to be the demure Southern belle and allows the calculating and domineering aspects of her character free rein, utilizing whatever means are necessary to become a wealthy and successful businesswoman. Determined not to lose her family plantation, Tara, the one constant love of her life, she triumphs over huge adversity to save it and turn it into a viable farm. During the difficult period of the war and subsequent Reconstruction, Scarlett financially supports her family and household, including the Wilkes family. Scarlett first marries Charles Hamilton to wreak revenge on Ashley Wilkes, whom she has loved from childhood but who has infuriated Scarlett by marrying Melanie Hamilton. Scarlett has a son, Wade Hampton, by Charles before Charles dies in the war. Subsequently, Scarlett marries Frank Kennedy, another man whom she does not love, in order to pay the taxes on Tara. She and Frank have a daughter, Ella. Scarlett scandalizes Frank by her insistence on running her own businesses, but he is too weak to stand in her way. Scarlett alienates much of Southern society with her "unwomanly" behavior and unscrupulous business practices, but does not care for the opinions of others. The only person who both sees her for what she is and loves her is Rhett Butler, who becomes her third husband. Scarlett and Rhett have a daughter, Bonnie, who becomes their favorite child. Scarlett is so self-absorbed that she has little insight into other people. She spends most of the novel in love with Ashley Wilkes, a man who is both completely different from and utterly unsuited to her, and thus fails to notice that Rhett Butler is similar to her, is a perfect match for her, and loves her intensely. Though Melanie Wilkes believes that Scarlett supports her and her family out of altruistic motives, in fact Scarlett only does it for Ashley. Scarlett's fixation with Ashley drives much of the plot. It fatally undermines her marriage with Rhett and she only comes to see Ashley's faults and Rhett's strength when she has already lost Rhett's love. Scarlett is also blind to Melanie's true nature for most of the novel, feeling contempt for Melanie's outward frailty and timidity and failing to recognize her great inner strength. Scarlett only realizes how much strength she draws from Melanie and how much she relies upon her when Melanie is dying. Melanie only sees the good in people, and she remains Scarlett's staunch defender in the face of much criticism and resentment from other people. Scarlett symbolizes both the Old and New South, and her fate parallels that of the South during the war and Reconstruction period. Her clinging to Ashley represents the Old Southern part of her, whereas her attraction to Rhett represents the New Southern part. Both Scarlett and the South have to overcome terrible hardships and adapt to the changing times in order to survive. They must set aside the Old Southern values of chivalry, the importance of 'good' breeding, integrity and kindness in favor of the New Southern (influenced by the North) values of entrepreneurship, ruthless opportunism and financial success. Scarlett adapts extraordinarily well because her hard, ruthless character finds a match in the nature of the times; it could be said that she was designed for this age. Rhett Butler Rh


What name is given to the energy which a body possesses by virtue of its position?

Kinetic and Potential Energy - Difference and Comparison | Diffen Kinetic and Potential Energy Diffen › Science › Physics Kinetic energy is energy possessed by a body by virtue of its movement. Potential energy is the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position or state. While kinetic energy of an object is relative to the state of other objects in its environment, potential energy is completely independent of its environment. Hence the acceleration of an object is not evident in the movement of one object, where other objects in the same environment are also in motion. For example, a bullet whizzing past a person who is standing possesses kinetic energy, but the bullet has no kinetic energy with respect to a train moving alongside. Comparison chart Kinetic Energy versus Potential Energy comparison chart Kinetic Energy Potential Energy Definition The energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system. Potential Energy is the stored energy in an object or system because of its position or configuration. Relation to environment Kinetic energy of an object is relative to other moving and stationary objects in its immediate environment. Potential energy is not relative to the environment of an object. Transferability Kinetic energy can be transferred from one moving object to another, say, in collisions. Potential energy cannot be transferred. Examples Flowing water, such as when falling from a waterfall. Water at the top of a waterfall, before the precipice. SI Unit Height or distance and mass Contents: Kinetic and Potential Energy 5 References Interconversion of Kinetic and Potential Energy The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be destroyed but can only be transformed from one form into another. Take a classic example of a simple pendulum. As the pendulum swings the suspended body moves higher and due to its position potential energy increases and reaches a maximum at the top. As the pendulum begins its downward swing, the stored potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. When a spring is stretched to one side, it exerts a force to the other side so it can come back to its original state. This force is called restoring force and acts to bring objects and systems to their low energy level position. The force required to stretch the spring is stored in the metal as potential energy. When the spring is released, the stored potential energy is converted into kinetic energy by the restoring force. When any mass is lifted, the gravitational force of the earth (and the restoring force in this case) acts to bring it back down. The energy needed to lift up the mass is stored as potential energy due to its position. As the mass is dropped, stored potential energy is converted to kinetic energy. Etymology The word "kinetic" is derived from the Greek word kinesis, which means "motion." The terms "kinetic energy" and "work", as understood and used today, originated in the 19th century. In particular, "kinetic energy" is believed to have been coined by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) around 1850. The term "potential energy" was coined by William Rankine , a Scottish physicist and engineer who contibuted to a variety of sciences, including thermodynamics . Types of Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy Kinetic energy can be classified into two types, depending on the type of objects: Translational kinetic energy Rotational kinetic energy Rigid non rotating bodies have rectilinear motion. Thus translational kinetic energy is kinetic energy possessed by an object moving in a straight line. Kinetic energy of an object is related to its momentum (product of mass and velocity, p= mv where m is mass and v is velocity). Kinetic energy is related to momentum through the relation E = p^2 / 2m and hence translational kinetic energy is calculated as E = ½ mv^2. Rigid bodies which rotate along their center of mass possess rotational kinetic energy. Rotational kinetic energy of a rotating body is calculated as the total kinetic energy of its different moving parts.


Who partnered Aretha Franklin on the 1987 no.1 hit 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)'?

Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) [Official Video] - YouTube Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) [Official Video] 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. Published on May 16, 2012 From the album, Aretha. No copyright infringement Intended.  Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use." Category


What was the name of the state that seceded from Nigeria in 1967 and lasted until 1970?

Nigeria Biafra Secession 1967-1970 Biafran Secession: Nigeria 1967-1970 [ 1967 - 1970 ] Biafra...secessionist western African state that unilaterally declared its independence from Nigeria in May 1967. It constituted the former Eastern Region of Nigeria and was inhabited principally by Igbo (Ibo) people. Biafra ceased to exist as an independent state in January 1970. In the mid-1960s economic and political instability and ethnic friction characterized Nigerian public life. In the mostly Hausa north, resentment against the more prosperous, educated Igbo minority erupted into violence. In September 1966, some 10,000 to 30,000 Igbo people were massacred in the Northern Region, and perhaps 1,000,000 fled as refugees to the Igbo-dominated east. Non-Igbos were then expelled from the Eastern Region. Attempts by representatives of all regions to come to an agreement were unsuccessful. On May 30, 1967, the head of the Eastern Region, Lieutenant Colonel (later General) Odumegwu Ojukwu, with the authorization of a consultative assembly, declared the region a sovereign and independent republic under the name of Biafra. General Yakubu Gowon, the leader of the federal government, refused to recognize Biafra's secession. In the hostilities that broke out the following July, Biafran troops were at first successful, but soon the numerically superior federal forces began to press Biafra's boundaries inward from the south, west, and north. Biafra shrank to one-tenth its original area in the course of the war. By 1968 it had lost its seaports and become landlocked; supplies could be brought in only by air. Starvation and disease followed; estimates of mortality range from 500,000 to several million. The Organization of African Unity, the papacy, and others tried to reconcile the combatants. Most countries continued to recognize Gowon's regime as the government of all Nigeria, and the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union supplied it with arms. On the other hand, international sympathy for the plight of starving Biafran children brought airlifts of food and medicine from many countries. Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Tanzania, and Zambia recognized Biafra as an independent state, and France sent Biafra weapons. ***** In January 1967, the military leaders and senior police officials met at Aburi, Ghana, at the invitation of the Ghanaian military government. By now the Eastern Region was threatening secession. In a last-minute effort to hold Nigeria together, the military reached an accord that provided for a loose confederation of regions. The federal civil service vigorously opposed the Aburi Agreement, however. Awolowo, regrouping his supporters, demanded the removal of all northern troops garrisoned in the Western Region and warned that if the Eastern Region left the federation, the Western Region would follow. The FMG agreed to the troop withdrawal. In May Gowon issued a decree implementing the Aburi Agreement. Even the Northern Region leaders, who had been the first to threaten secession, now favored the formation of a multi-state federation. Meanwhile, the military governor of the Midwestern Region announced that his region must be considered neutral in the event of civil war. The Ojukwu government rejected the plan for reconciliation and made known its intention to retain all revenues collected in the Eastern Region in reparation for the cost of resettling Igbo refugees. The eastern leaders had reached the point of ruptive in their relations with Lagos and the rest of Nigeria. Despite offers made by the FMG that met many of Ojukwu's demands, the Eastern Region Consultative Assembly voted May 26 to secede from Nigeria. In Lagos Gowon proclaimed a state of emergency and unveiled plans for abolition of the regions and for re-division of the country into twelve states. This provision broke up the Northern Region, undermining the possibility of continued northern domination and offering a major concession to the Eastern Region. It was also a strategic move, which won over eastern minorities and deprived the rebellious Igbo heartland of its control ove


In which German town or city could you walk in the 'Englische Garten'?

English Garden, Munich English Garden English Garden "The Englische Garten (“English Garden”) is one of the largest urban parks in the world. The layout has undergone constant change throughout the centuries as new buildings and green spaces were added time and again. History of recreation Foto: Nagy / Presseamt München It all started in 1789 when Elector Carl Theodor ordered that a public park be established along the Isar River. He put the project in the hands of the Briton Benjamin Thompson, who worked at the time for the Bavarian Army. The park was given the name Englische Garten because it was laid out in the style of an English country park. Today the Englische Garten offers numerous leisure time activities. Cyclists and joggers train on the 78-kilometer-long (48.5 miles) network of paths, and amateur soccer players meet on the fields for recreational games. A beautiful vista of the city if offered by the Monopteros, which was added to the park landscape along with the hill in 1836. The Japanese teahouse first opened in 1972 on the southern end of the park on an artificial island in the Schwabinger Bach (stream). Japanese tea ceremonies are performed here regularly. Beer gardens With 7,000 spots, the beer garden in the Englische Garten, right by the Chinese Tower, is Munich’s second largest. This distinctive pagoda is 25 meters (approx. 75 feet) high and is based on a design from 1789. The tower has burned down several times over the years, but each time it has been rebuilt true to the design of the original. Another beer garden is located on Kleinhesseloher Lake. From the first ray of sunshine, all benches are quickly taken. The associated Restaurant Seehaus is open year-round and offers sophisticated local fare. Behind the Seehaus is the start of the northern part of the park, which is beyond the Mittleren Ring (“Middle Ring”). The area is much quieter than the lively southern section. The Englische Garten also borders directly on the Isar River here, which can be easily crossed via the weir at Oberföhring. On the northern end of the park is Restaurant Aumeister, which also hosts a beer garden.


Which city is known as 'Queen of the Baltic'?

Baltic Cruise | Denmark to Finland | Grand Circle Cruise Line Helsinki, Finland • Captain's Farewell Dinner Meals included: B L D Accommodations: M/V Clio This morning, we drop anchor in Helsinki, Finland's capital city. After breakfast onboard, enjoy a tour of Helsinki with a local guide. During your half-day tour of the city, known as the “Daughter of the Baltic,” you'll visit the Sibelius Monument, a collection of 600 steel pipes arranged into a wave-like sculpture as a tribute to the composer, as well as the Temppeliaukio Kirkko, a church beautifully hewn out of solid granite. Your tour showcases Market Square, a perennial outdoor market; Hakaniemi Market Hall, an indoor market with roughly 70 shops split between two floors; and Senate Square, undoubtedly the pride of the city. Senate Square is ringed by a treasury of Neo-classical buildings, including the 19th-century Lutheran Cathedral, whose central tower dominates the skyline. As you wend your way through Helsinki, notice how the sea is such an integral part of the city. Helsinki is built over peninsulas, curving around bays and spilling out across islands that are linked by bridges, causeways, and boats of all descriptions. After lunch onboard, enjoy time to explore Helsinki on your own. This evening, as we set sail for Stockholm, Sweden, enjoy a Captain's Farewell Drink and Farewell Dinner. Day 13 Accommodations: Grand Central by Scandic or similar Bid farewell to the Clio this morning, as you disembark in Stockholm, Sweden's capital city. An archipelago within an archipelago, the city occupies a cluster of 14 islands floating among 24,000 that make up a 60-mile chain. Today, you'll see the charms that lure one in five Swedes to live in the capital city, as you enjoy an included sightseeing tour here. You'll visit the Stadshuset, the romantic City Hall building famous for hosting the annual Nobel Prize banquet. Designed in 1923, City Hall was constructed using eight million red bricks and 19 million chips of gilt mosaic. The Stadshuset is not just the city's seat of government, but is also a national symbol, as the building's 300-foot tower, topped with three golden crowns that represent Sweden's coat of arms, will attest. After lunch at a local restaurant, check into your hotel. You'll enjoy a walk around the vicinity of your hotel to introduce you to the area in which you'll be staying. This evening, join your fellow travelers over an included dinner at your hotel, toasting your journey with a Farewell Drink. As they say in Sweden, “Skål!” (“Cheers!”). Day 14 Stockholm • Return to U.S. Meals included: B After breakfast, you’ll be transferred to the airport for your flight home, or continue on our Stockholm, Sweden post-trip extension. POST-TRIP EXTENSION: Accommodations: M/V Clio After breakfast this morning, you'll begin your European Small Ship Cruise Tour by taking in the sights of Stockholm, Sweden's capital city. An archipelago within an archipelago, the city occupies a cluster of 14 islands floating among 24,000 that make up a 60-mile chain. Today, you'll see the charms that lure one in five Swedes to live in the capital city, as you enjoy an included sightseeing tour here. You'll visit the Stadshuset, the romantic City Hall building famous for hosting the annual Nobel Prize banquet. Designed in 1923, City Hall was constructed using eight million red bricks and 19 million chips of gilt mosaic. The Stadshuset is not just the city's seat of government, but is also a national symbol, as the building's 300-foot tower, topped with three golden crowns that represent Sweden's coat of arms, will attest. After lunch in a local restaurant, you'll transfer to the pier to embark the Clio. During your Baltic cruise, you'll receive a Port Talk about the pier area and town prior to arrival, so you can make the best use of your free time. This evening, you'll gather for your first Port Talk. Then get better acquainted with your ship's Captain and crew during a Welcome Dinner. As they say in Scandinavia, “Smaklig måltid!” (“Enjoy your meal!”). Tonight, set sail for your


Delibes's 'Lakme' : NPR Email May 11, 200712:00 PM ET Composer Leo Delibes wrote his hit opera Lakme in 1883, for a premiere at the Opera-Comique in Paris. hide caption toggle caption Tenor Frederic Antoun and soprano Aline Kutan play the ill-fated, cross-cultural lovers in Leo Delibes's opera Lakme. Photo: Yves Renaud hide caption toggle caption Photo: Yves Renaud BACKGROUND: The story of the Brahmin girl Lakme was based on a novel by Frenchman Pierre Loti, who had traveled in the Orient and brought back stories filled with exoticism. Librettist Edmond Gondinet suggested the story to composer Leo Delibes. Gondinet wanted to write a libretto specifically for a young American soprano named Marie van Zandt who had starred in another French opera, Ambroise Thomas's Mignon, in 1880. Gondinet gave Delibes a copy of Loti's novel, to read on a train ride, and Delibes loved it. He composed the score in a year's time. Lakme brings together many popular themes of opera in the 1880s: an exotic location — already in vogue thanks to Bizet's The Pearl Fishers — mysterious religious rituals, the beautiful flora of the Orient, and the general novelty of Western colonials living in a foreign land. Composers Jules Massenet and Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote operas with similar elements, and those dramas were also popular in Paris. Act One: Lakme is set in British India in the 19th century. Nilakantha, a Brahmin priest, is bent on rebelling against the occupying British, who have forbidden him from practicing his religion. When Nilakantha goes to attend a gathering of the faithful, his daughter Lakme and her servant Millika are left behind. The two go off toward a river to gather flowers and sing the famous "Flower Duet." As they approach the water, Lakme removes her jewelry and leaves it on a bench. Nearby, British officers Gerald and Frederic are on a picnic with two young English girls and their governess. The girls notice Lakme's jewelry and want sketches of the pieces. Gerald agrees to stay behind to make the drawings. Lakme and Mallika return, and Gerald hides. Then Mallika goes off, leaving Lakme alone. When Lakme spots Gerald, she's frightened and cries out. But when people come to help, she sends them away. Lakme's heart is doing flip-flops over this young stranger, and he's taken with her as well. But Lakme knows it's dangerous for them to be seen together, and she tells Gerald to forget he ever saw her. When Nilakantha returns, he's furious at finding Gerald with Lakme and says the officer will pay for his affront to Lakme's honor. Act Two: Nilakantha is in a marketplace, among a crowd of English soldiers and Indians, and he has a plan. He asks Lakme to sing, knowing Gerald will be drawn to her voice. She sings the "Bell Song," an aria famous for its exotic musical colors and spectacular, high coloratura. The song does attract Gerald, but when Lakme sees him, she stops singing and faints. When Gerald rushes to help her, Nilakantha steps out of the crowd and stabs him. Seeing that Gerald is only slightly injured, Nilakantha flees. Lakme and a servant, Hadji, take Gerald to a safe hiding place. Act Three: Gerald is recovering in the forest, with Hadji watching over him, when Lakme arrives. They hear singing far in the distance, and Lakme tells Gerald it's a band of lovers going to drink from a sacred spring whose waters confer the gift of eternal love. Lakme wants to get water from the spring herself, and when she leaves, Gerald's friend Frederic turns up. He reminds Gerald that he's been ordered to a new post, far away. Gerald knows he must fulfill his duty and leave Lakme behind. When Lakme returns from the spring, she senses what's happening. Knowing she's about to lose Gerald, she finds a flower that's known to be poisonous and swallows it. Overwhelmed by her act of devotion, Gerald drinks from the cup of sacred spring water. Doing so is a holy declaration of love — a vow of fidelity that even Nilakantha can't revoke. The poisonous blossom takes effect, and Lakme dies in Gerald's arms as her father looks on.


Jack and Kit Wright, Thomas and Robert Wintour, Ambrose Rookwood and Sir Everard Digby amongst others are all associated with which historical event?

Biographies Biographies Thomas Bates Thomas Bates   was born at Lapworth and was a long-standing retainer of the Catesby   family, living in a cottage at Ashby St Ledgers with his wife Martha   and their children. In spite of his position as a servant, and being   described in his indictment as a yeoman, Thomas Bates was not a   menial. He had his own servant and armour, and seems to have engaged   in cattle-dealing on behalf of his master, Robert   Catesby , to whom he was totally devoted. He had spent some time   with Catesby in London, probably being a witness to some unusual   activity, when in December, 1604, "his master imagining that Bates   suspected something, called him to his lodging at Puddle Wharf, and   examined him in the presence of Thomas Wintour ".   Catesby and Wintour decided to bring him into the plot, and made him   take the oath of secrecy and take the sacrament to seal it. In a   highly suspicious copy of an examination of Bates, which did not   appear until after his death at the trial of Father Henry Garnet, it   is claimed that Bates said that before taking the sacrament, he   confessed in full to Father Oswald Tesimond, who told him that he "should be secret in that which his master had imparted unto him,   because that was for a good cause, and that he willed this examinant   to tell no other priest of it; saying moreover that it was not   dangerous unto him nor any offence to conceal it." Tesimond in his   Narrative swears that this never occurred. Bates proved very useful to the conspirators. Not only was he   completely loyal and reliable, but being a man of ordinary   condition, he could perform many activities, such as driving around   wagons, without attracting suspicion. Bates accompanied his master   Catesby on his flight out of London. During their flight, Catesby   sent Bates on to Coughton Court with a letter that he and Sir Everard Digby had composed to Father   Garnet, asking him to 'excuse their rashness', and asking for his   assistance. Far from giving his assistance, he told Bates to tell   his master "that I marvel they would enter into such wicked   actions", and that they should surrender. Bates did not return   empty-handed, however. Father Oswald Tesimond agreed to return with   him to Huddington to help. But Bates lost his resolve when he saw   Catesby injured in the explosion at Holbeache, and decided to flee. Christopher Wright threw him some 100 pounds   out of the window, asking him to get 80 pounds to his family, and 20   pounds for himself.  He was captured in Staffordshire on   November 12th, and being of lower birth, was imprisoned in the   Gatehouse prison. What really transpired at his examination of 4 December, we may   never know. In a letter to Father Thomas Strange smuggled out just   before his death, he apologised profusely for saying that he said   'he thought Father Tesimond knew something about this plot, but he   could not be certain', and that he said he saw Fathers Garnet,   Tesimond and Gerard together at Harrowden in mid-November (Gerard   claims that he had not seen Bates for a year before The Plot ). He said these   implications of the jesuits 'he   committed out of the considerable hope of life which they held   before him', and that he had even offered to pay the 100 pounds   given to him by Kit Wright for his family, in order to obtain his   pardon. However, he said that he now knew they intended for him to   die with the others. It is interesting that he did not ask   forgiveness for saying Tesimond had heard his confession. Bates was   scheduled for execution on 30 January, 1606 at St. Paul's   Churchyard, and his wife Martha managed to break through the guards   and throw herself on her husband on the hurdle. Bates took this   opportunity to tell her where he had hidden the 100 pounds. On the scaffold, Bates was completely penitent, saying that his   affection for his master had caused him to forget his duty to God,   his King a


Which Sunday newspaper was launched in September 1989 as a 'quality' broadsheet and ceased publication (as a tabloid) in November 1990?

Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Twentieth Century Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Twentieth Century A Concise History of the British Newspaper, century by century, complied by our experts. Illustrated Weekly Budget 14 November 1908. British Library Newspaper Library. Copyright © The British Library Board 1902 - Jan 17 : Times Literary Supplement launched. 1903 - Nov 2 : Daily Mirror launched by Harmsworth. First daily illustrated exclusively with photographs. 1907 : National Union of Journalists founded. 1908 - Nov 14 : Illustrated Weekly Budget launched: 'The only 1d newspaper in the world printed in colour'. Only seven issues published. 1909 - March 2 : Daily Sketch launched. Merged with the Daily Mail in 1971. 1911 : Copyright Act. 1911 - Jan 25 : Daily Herald launched. First newspaper to sell two million copies. 1913 - April 12 : New Statesman founded by Sidney Webb. 1914 - March 11 : First half-tone in the Times: a 4 by 3 inch picture of the Rokeby Venus, damaged in a Suffragette demonstration. 1915 : 'Teddy Tail' - first British comic strip - in the Daily Mail. 1915 - March 14 : Sunday Pictorial launched by Rothermere. Became Sunday Mirror in 1963. 1916 : Daily Express bought by Max Aitken (later Lord Beaverbrook). 1918 - Dec 29 : Sunday Express launched. 1922 - Aug 14 : Death of Lord Northcliffe. 1924 - Nov 2 : First crossword in a British newspaper, in the Sunday Express. 1926 - May : Most newspapers suspended during the General Strike. Government publishes British Gazette; TUC publishes British Worker. 1930 - Jan 1 : Daily Worker launched. Became Morning Star in 1966. 1930 - Feb 1 : First Times crossword. 1930 - June 2 : News Chronicle formed by the merger of the Daily News and the Daily Chronicle. Merged with Daily Mail in 1960. 1931 : Audit Bureau of Circulations formed. 1932 - Aug 23 : British Museum Newspaper Library opened at Colindale in North London. 1934 - Oct 18 : Daily Mail publishes the first photograph to be transmitted by beam radio (from Melbourne to London). 1938 - Oct 1 : Picture Post launched by Edward Hulton. Ceased publication in 1957. 1940 : Newsprint rationing introduced. 1940 - Nov 26 : Death of Lord Rothermere. 1941 : Daily Worker and Week suppressed. 1947 : First Royal Commission on the Press. Sunday Pictorial 14 March 1915. British Library Newspaper Library. Copyright © The British Library Board Enlarge 1953 : General Council of the Press formed. 1954 - Oct 3 : The Manchester Sunday paper, Emire News, sets up its first Cardiff edition as 'Wales's Own Sunday Paper: Printed in Wales for Wales'. 1959 - Aug 24 : Manchester Guardian changes title to the Guardian, based in London. 1961 : Second Royal Commission on the Press. 1961 - Feb 5 : Sunday Telegraph launched. 1962 - Feb 4 : Launch of Sunday Times magazine as Sunday Times Colour Section. 1964 : Press Council replaces General Council of the Press. 1964 - June 9 : Death of Lord Beaverbrook. 1964 - Sept 6 : Observer colour supplement launched. 1964 - Sept 15 : Daily Herald becomes the Sun. 1964 - Sept 25 : Daily Telegraph magazine launched. 1966 : Times bought by Roy Thomson, owner of the Sunday Times. 1966 - May 3 : Times begins printing news on the front page. 1969 : News of the World bought by Rupert Murdoch. 1969 - Nov 17 : Sun re-launched as a tabloid by Rupert Murdoch. 1973 : Y Dinesydd launched in Cardiff: the first of the Welsh-language community papers ['papurau bro'] established in Wales. 1974 : Third Royal Commission on the Press. 1976 : Evening Post (Nottingham) becomes the first British newspaper to introduce direct input by journalists. 1978 - Nov 2 : Daily Star launched. 1978 - Dec 1 : Publication of the Times and Sunday Times suspended for eleven months. 1979 : Financial Times launches international edition in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 1980 : Daily Star printed simultaneously by facsimile in London and Manchester. 1980 : British Library Newspaper Library Newsletter launched. Became Newspaper Library News in 1997. 1980 - Oct 31 : Closure of Evening News leaves London with just one evening new


The PFA footballer and young footballer of the year 1982 were Kevin Keegan and Steve Moran; they were both playing for which club at the time?

Alan Shearer – TalkFootball Player Statistics Introduction Alan Shearer excelled for an incredible seventeen seasons in the English top-flight. A prolific striker, Shearer netted 422 goals for his country and his clubs – Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, and Newcastle United. The widely respected striker was nicknamed Big Al on account of both his physical stature and his enormous role in English football. Shearer is perhaps best loved in the North East, where he was born and where he played his final ten seasons of professional football until his retirement in 2006. A precocious talent Born in Gosforth on the 17th August 1970, Shearer was playing football as soon as he was old enough to walk! A dedicated Newcastle United fan, his ambition in life was to become a professional footballer like his idol, Kevin Keegan, who signed for Newcastle in 1982. The young Shearer excelled on the pitch, initially with the Gosforth School team, which he captained. The school soon recognised his talent and urged him to try for Wallsend Boys. He became the side’s star player and went on to play for Cramlington Juniors, where the staff were impressed not only with his evident natural talent, but also his maturity and drive. A prolific striker, and a real work horse, Shearer caught the eye of talent scout Jack Hixon at the age of 13. He secured a place with the Newcastle Boys’ team and had a trial for the professional side soon after. On that occasion Newcastle turned Shearer down, and let him go to Southampton where he signed his first professional contract at the age of 15. This was a decision that Newcastle perhaps later regretted – in 1996 they paid £15 million to get him back! Early professional career Shearer spent his first two seasons at Southampton playing for the youth and reserve teams. He scored plenty of goals and seemed to have the maturity to play in the first team. The Saints’ youth coach, David Merrington, urged the staff to find a place for the youngster in the main squad after only a year. In 1988 Shearer finally got the call-up, standing in for Southampton striker Danny Wallace, who had failed a fitness test, in a league game against Arsenal. Shearer made the most of his debut, scoring his first Senior goal five minutes into the game and following up with two further strikes. He became the youngest player ever to score a hat trick in top-flight football. It was 9th April 1988 and Shearer was still 125 days short of his 18th birthday. Shearer’s impressive performance made national headlines and he was soon invited to sign for the first team. He made relatively few appearances in subsequent seasons before establishing himself in the 1990/91 season, scoring 14 goals and making more than 45 appearances for Southampton. Solid performances for his club caught the attention of England national coaching staff, and Shearer was selected for the England Under 21 side to play in the 1991 Toulon tournament. He scored seven goals in four games and scored against France in the final, which England won. Shearer was named best player of the tournament and, in 1992, was picked for the England A Team. Fame and fortune In the summer of 1992, newly promoted Blackburn Rovers bought Shearer in a deal which cost the club £3.3 million and the services of David Speedie, who joined Southampton. Shearer was at the height of his game, and manager Kenny Dalglish knew how to make the most of his star signing. Sadly a nasty challenge on Boxing Day of 1992 left Shearer with a severely damaged anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The injury immobilised him and he was unable to play for the remainder of the season. Nonetheless, Shearer’s influence early in the season helped Blackburn on the way to a good finish in the league. In the 1993/94 season, Shearer was back and Blackburn improved on this standing, finishing as runners-up to Manchester United. Shearer was instrumental that season, earning a reputation as a prolific goalscorer, with 31 goals from 40 games for Blackburn, and another three in an England shirt. He became


Which cruise ship sank in the Antarctic in late 2007, after hitting an iceberg?

Norwegian Cruise Ship Hits Iceberg in Antarctic | Fox News Norwegian Cruise Ship Hits Iceberg in Antarctic Published        December 29, 2007 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Email Print BUENOS AIRES, Argentina –  A Norwegian cruise ship carrying some 300 people lost engine power during an electrical outage and struck an Antarctic glacier, smashing a lifeboat but causing no injuries, officials said Saturday. The MS Fram hit the ice late Friday near Browns Bluff in the Antarctic, said Ragnar Norum, a spokesman for the Hurtigruten cruise line company in Norway. The engine started again and the liner continued to King George Island for an inspection. "We hit a glacier. We have damage to a starboard lifeboat and a little bit forward," ship Capt. Steinar Hansen told The Associated Press by telephone. He said the ship apparently suffered no serious damage. Hansen said the power outage lasted 40 to 50 minutes and sent the vessel adrift against the glacier, where it spent "a few minutes" bumping up against the wall of ice before power was restored. The Fram anchored before midday near Chile's Eduardo Frei base in an ice-free area west of King George Island. "Everything is fine on board and we still have all the passengers on board," Hansen said. He added that the ship was "waiting for orders" on whether to continue its voyage. Robert O'Connor, a 26-year-old American from South Bend, Ind., said he was in his cabin late Friday when the ship's crew told the passengers to head above deck. "The electricity on the ship went out and we started drifting backward," he told the AP. "I actually saw the wall of ice coming up the starboard side. It came up fairly quickly, the ship drifted into it." He reported a jarring impact that bent the railing and buckled the lifeboat. The captain and crew checked the ship and calmed nervous passengers, and after that "there were free drinks on the house," he said. O'Connor said the ship left Dec. 25 from Ushuaia at the southern tip of Argentina, a frequent jumping-off point for Antarctica cruises. Hurtigruten said on its Web site that it offers voyages in the southern hemisphere summer to take in glaciers, icebergs, penguins, killer whales and seals. On Nov. 24 another cruise vessel, the MS Explorer hit an iceberg and sank hours later. All 154 passengers and crew took to lifeboats in the icy waters and were rescued. Advertisement


Who created the character 'Mary Poppins'?

Characters | Mary Poppins | Disney Movies Saving Mr. Banks Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson bring to life the untold true story about the origins of one of the most treasured Disney classics of all time. John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) directs this acclaimed film that reveals the surprising backstory behind the making of Mary Poppins. Determined to fulfill a promise to his daughters, Walt Disney (Hanks) tries for 20 years to obtain the rights to author P.L. Travers’ (Thompson) beloved book. Armed with his iconic creative vision, Walt pulls out all the stops, but the uncompromising Travers won’t budge. Only when he reaches into his own complicated childhood does Walt discover the truth about the ghosts that haunt Travers, and together, they set Mary Poppins free!


On which track did the first motor racing Grand Prix take place in 1907?

The Rodriguez brothers - Mexico’s first F1 superstars The Rodriguez brothers - Mexico’s first F1 superstars Share Mexico’s newly redeveloped Grand Prix circuit is named after Los Hermanos Rodriguez, but who were the Rodriguez brothers and why do they remain such revered characters in Mexican motorsport? On the eve of the country’s first F1 race in 23 years, we explain all… Who were they? Pedro and his younger brother Ricardo were Mexico’s first motor racing superstars. Born in 1940 and ‘42 respectively in Mexico City, the precociously talented duo both took national titles on motorcycles before - with the full backing of their wealthy father - turning their attention to four wheels in their early teens. Despite being slightly later to cars than his older sibling, it was Ricardo who made the bigger waves initially, dumbfounding his rivals by winning his first international event - a sportscar race at Riverside in 1957 - at the tender age of just 15. Wow, that’s Max Verstappen-esque. So was Ricardo regarded as the more talented driver? Yes, Ricardo was regarded by most as the faster, more naturally gifted of the two brothers, and often outshone his sibling when they were paired together in sportscars. It must be said though that Pedro, whilst enormously talented, was more of a late bloomer, and it wasn’t until he committed to racing full-time in 1967 that he blossomed into one of the world’s very best drivers. Sadly, however, Ricardo and Pedro never raced against each other at the height of their respective powers - but more on that later… Next Previous Enlarge 1 / 5 Ricardo Rodriguez (MEX) Ferrari 156, front row of the grid on Grand Prix debut. Italian Grand Prix, Monza, Italy, 10 September 1961. © Sutton Motorsport Images Ricardo Rodriguez (MEX) left, and Phil Hill (USA) Ferrari. Belgian GP, Spa 17 June 1962 © Sutton Motorsport Images Ricardo Rodriguez (MEX) Ferrari 156 spun out late in the race and was not classified as a finisher. Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 20 May 1962. © Sutton Motorsport Images Ricardo Rodriguez (MEX) Ferrari 156 scored his last ever grand Prix point with a sixth place finish. German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 5 August 1962. © Sutton Motorsport Images Ricardo Rodriguez (4th) Ferrari 156 leads Phil Hill (3rd), both Ferrari 156, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa 17 June 1962. © ©Sutton Motorsport Images Info Close So who got to F1 first, Ricardo or Pedro? Ricardo, thanks largely to his outstanding efforts in sportscar racing. Aged 16, the disarmingly capable youngster had been refused entry to the Le Mans 24 Hours, but two years later, driving a Ferrari for Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team (NART), he finished second in the legendary endurance race alongside Belgian racer Andre Pilette. That success helped earn Ricardo an invitation to drive for the Scuderia in the 1961 Italian Grand Prix at Monza - an opportunity he grabbed with both hands. Then the youngest man to ever set foot in an F1 car, Ricardo qualified an incredible second on his debut, just one-tenth back from doomed polesitter Wolfgang von Trips and eight-tenths ahead of that year’s eventual champion Phil Hill, both in identical machinery. That he retired from the race with a fuel pump issue after 13 laps was irrelevant - talent proved, Ferrari signed him to a full race deal for 1962. Wow, it sounds like the world was at his feet… Many, including Ricardo’s friend - and future McLaren team coordinator - Jo Ramirez believed it was, but sadly his career was to be cut short before it had ever really started. 1962 proved to be a terribly uncompetitive year for Ferrari, and as a result the Italian team elected not to send any cars to the season-ending races in the USA and South Africa, nor to the inaugural non-championship Mexican Grand Prix. Desperate to appear on home soil, Ricardo (whose season-best result was a fourth place in Belgium) agreed a deal to race a Rob Walker-run Lotus at the new Magdalena-Mixhuca track, but it was a decision that would ultimately lead to his demise. Having witnessed John Surtees eclipse his table-topping time in