Colombia's shores are in the Caribbean Sea and which other body of water?

Colombia Colombia Official name : Republic of Colombia Area: 1,138,910 square kilometers (439,736 square miles) Highest point on mainland: Pico Cristóbal Colón (5,775 meters/18,947 feet) Lowest point on land: Sea level Hemispheres: Northern and Western A.M. = noon GMT Longest distances: 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles) from north-northwest to south-southeast;    1,210 kilometers (752 miles) from north-northeast to south-southwest Land boundaries: 6,004 kilometers (3,731 miles) total boundary length; Brazil, 1,643    kilometers (1,021 miles); Ecuador, 590 kilometers (367 miles); Panama, 225    kilometers (140 miles); Peru, 1,496 kilometers (930 miles); Venezuela,    2,050 kilometers (1,274 miles) Coastline: Total: 3,208 kilometers (1,993 miles); Caribbean Sea, 1,760 kilometers    (1,100 miles); North Pacific Ocean, 1,448 kilometers (905 miles) Territorial sea limits: 22 kilometers 12 nautical miles 1 LOCATION AND SIZE Located in the northwest corner of the South American continent,     Colombia is the only country in South America with both Atlantic     (Caribbean) and Pacific Ocean coastlines. It is the fifth-largest in     size of the Latin American countries. It shares borders with Panama,     Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador. With an area of about 1,138,910     square kilometers (439,736 square miles), the country is slightly less     than three times the size of Montana. Colombia is divided into     thirty-two departments and one federal district. 2 TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES Colombia has no outside dependencies or territories. 3 CLIMATE Temperatures throughout the country are dependent more on altitude than     on a change in seasons. The hottest area, also known as tierra caliente , is a tropical zone that extends vertically from sea level to about     1,100 meters (3,500 feet). In this area, the temperature is usually     between 24 and 27°C (75°F and 81°F), with a maximum near     38°C (100°F) and a minimum of 18°C (64°F). A     temperate zone, or tierra templada, exists at elevations between 1,100 and 2,000 meters (3,500 and 6,500     feet), with an average temperature of 18°C (64°F). Rising to     elevations between 2,000 and 3,000 meters (6,500 and 10,000 feet), one     encounters the tierra fría, or cold country, which has yearly temperatures averaging 13°C     (55°F). Above 3,000 meters (10,000 feet), one encounters more     frigid temperatures, often between -17°C and 13°C (1°F     and 55°F). The seasons are determined by changes in rainfall. Areas in the north     generally experience only one rainy season, lasting from May through     October. Other areas of the country, particularly on the western coast     and near the          Andes, experience alternating three-month cycles of wet and dry     seasons. Annual rainfall averages 107 centimeters (42 inches). 4 TOPOGRAPHIC REGIONS The country consists of four main geographic regions: the Central     Highlands (including the three Andean ranges and the lowlands between     them), the Atlantic Lowlands, the Pacific Lowlands and their coastal     regions, and the Eastern Plain. Among the unusual animals that thrive in     Colombia are the jaguar, puma, ocelot, peccary (a small hog-like     animal), and armadillo. Native birds include the colorful red-billed     emerald hummingbird, found along the coast and in the forested lower     slopes of the mountains, and various species of eagle, hawk, falcon,     vulture, and condor. Several species of poisonous snake inhabit the     tropical forests, including the South American rattlesnake, the     anaconda, and various coral snakes. Colombia sits on the extreme edge of the South American Tectonic Plate.     Just to the east is the Nazca Plate, and immediately to the north is the     Caribbean Plate. Subduction (one plate pushing under another) at these     plate boundaries has pushed up the rock, resulting in the mountains that     exist on Colo


Which film which stars John Hurt, Richard Burton (in his last film role) and Suzanna Hamilton is based on a book by George Orwell?

1984 (1984) - 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 In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. Director: a list of 25 titles created 09 Jan 2012 a list of 40 titles created 27 Mar 2012 a list of 27 titles created 26 Aug 2013 a list of 33 titles created 17 Mar 2014 a list of 30 titles created 11 months ago Search for " 1984 " 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     1     BAFTA Film Award. Another    5 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards  » Videos Edit Storyline After The Atomic War the world is divided into three states. London is a city in Oceania, ruled by a party who has total control over all its citizens. Winston Smith is one of the bureaucrats, rewriting history in one of the departments. One day he commits the crime of falling in love with Julia. They try to escape Big Brother's listening and viewing devices, but, of course, nobody can really escape... Written by Mattias Thuresson The year of the movie. The movie of the year. See more  » Genres: 22 March 1985 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Annie Lennox : Uncredited, the Eurythmics lead singer as a woman at a rally. See more » Goofs Winston reads a newspaper article titled "INSOC IN RELATION TO CHESS BROTHER WINS." The party name should be spelled "INGSOC." See more » Quotes [first lines] Big Brother : [voice-over] This is our land. A land of peace and of plenty. A land of harmony and hope. This is our land. Oceania. These are our people. The workers, the strivers, the builders. These are our people. The builders of our world, struggling, fighting, bleeding, dying. On the streets of our cities and on the far-flung battlefields. Fighting against the mutilation of our hopes and dreams. Who are they? See more » Crazy Credits The movie begins with the title "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." See more » Connections Written & Performed by The Eurythmics (VHS version only) One of the great screen adaptations 31 October 2003 | by quixoboy (Ottawa, Ontario) – See all my reviews Merely a few days after finishing my read of George Orwell's fantastic 1948 novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", I was immediately keen on looking to rent the modern film version, "1984" - filmed, appropriately enough, not only during the actual YEAR of 1984, but also during the exact same short span of months that the story took place in. This, to me, is a prime example of perfect, and unbelievably well-timed, brilliance. A picture based on such complex, prophetic, and well-known material could have turned out to be a complete disaster (which it certainly had potential for, judging from the horrendous-looking DVD cover); thankfully, however, I was not disappointed. "1984" is probably one of the most, if not THE most, masterful transitions from book to movie I have ever seen. Easily, its most impressive aspect was its phenomenal accuracy, attention to detail, etc. In other words, this film was FAITHFUL, in every sense of the word, to its source material. One can't give such a statement about films these days. Amazing casting, terrific musical score, and mind-blowing sets, cinematography, and direction, "1984" is surely a unique treasure, and one that still retains the same timeless messages even decades since its release. 75 of 98 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


One of the forms of music usually sung a capella is...?

HTML Review Tests A Rebirth    of Knowledge Renaissance means rebirth.  This period saw a rebirth in knowledge.   The Renaissance was turning    from God to man.  Science and the arts were becoming more important.  Christopher Columbus discovered America and Michelangelo was painting the Sistine Chapel.  William Shakespeare was writing his famous plays.  Secular music is non-religious    music and it was becoming more popular during this time.  There was    a rise in instrumental music and dance music, too.      William Shakespeare.  [Online Image]   Available http://www.shakespeare.com/ ,  December 20, 2001. The printing press was invented during    the Renaissance.  Some people consider the printing press to be the    most important contribution to civilization in the last one thousand years!  The printing press allowed music to be printed quickly.  Before the    Renaissance, music had to be copied by hand.   One    of the most famous persons from the Renaissance was Leonardo da Vinci.  He was known as a Renaissance man because he could do many things    well.  He was a painter, architect, inventor, scientist, poet, musician,    and teacher.  Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.  [Online Image]  Available http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/joconde/ ,  December 18, 2001. A Capella: The Golden Age of    Singing This was the golden age of the a    capella style.   That means that choirs sang without    instruments.  Vocal music was still more important than instrumental    music.  Madrigals were popular during the Renaissance.  These song forms were performed in groups of groups of four, five, or    six singers.  A madrigal is secular music.  This is non-religious music.  Madrigals were usually love songs.    Listen to Hey Ho, Greenwood , a madrigal by the English composer William    Byrd.  This is a polyphonic work, which means it has many musical lines of equal importance.  This    piece is sung with lots of imitation, which means the voices take    turns singing the same melody.    Religious music was still    very important.  Choral music of the Renaissance was an extension of    the Gregoriuan chant.  It was sung a    capella and sung in Latin.  Motets were popular    during this time.  A motet is a polyphonic work with four or five voice parts singing one religious text.  Josquin Des Pres, 1450-1521.  [Online    Image]  Available http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/archives/renaissance/Josquin.asp ,  June 13, 2002.  Some people consider him the father of modern harmony.     Giovanni Palestrina was one the the Renaissance    period's most important composers.  He was Italian.   He    wrote mostly religious works.  He is considered one of the great masters    of Renaissance music.  He wrote motets, madrigals, and masses.     To hear some of Palestrina's music, click    here .     Giovanni Pallestrina.  [Online Image]  Available http://classical.btopenworld.com/reference/composerbio.php?id=483 ,  June 13, 2002.      The musical mass was an important    part of the Catholic Church's religious service. Each part of the celebration    would have a different musical number.  The mass would be sung in Latin.  Here is the order in which the movements would be performed:  Kyrie Agnus Dei means Lamb of God.   Here are three popular song forms of the    Renaissance.  Just remember the Three M's:  Madrigal, Motet, and Mass: Madrigal This is a polyphonic work, which means it has many musical lines of equal importance.  Madrigals were sung with lots of imitation, which means      the voices take turns singing the same melody.  Madrigals were performed in groups of four, five, or six singers.  They sang secular music.  This is non-religious music.  Madrigals were usually love songs.  Motet A motet is a polyphonic work with four or five voice parts singing one religious text.  They are similar to madrigals, but with an important difference: motets are religious works, while motets are usually love songs


"Kathleen Brennan produced albums for which musician, starting with his 1983 album ""Swordfishtrombones""?"

Tom Waits - Biography - IMDb Tom Waits Biography Showing all 46 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (1) | Trivia  (27) | Personal Quotes  (13) Overview (3) 6' (1.83 m) Mini Bio (1) Thomas Alan Waits was born in Pomona, California, to schoolteachers Alma Fern (Johnson) and Jesse Frank Waits. Described as one of the last beatniks of the contemporary music, Waits in fact has two separate careers. From 1973 (LP "Closing Time") to 1983 ("One From The Heart" soundtrack), he recorded nine LPs for Asylum Records, writing songs mainly in the manner of Tin Pan Alley, mixing them with jazz and blues. Extraordinarily, he never produced a hit, but he earned a cult following all over the world. In 1983 he signed with Island Records, and released a series of albums that stunned the music world. Beginning with "Swordfishtrombones", he introduced a whole new orchestration, which included some of the instruments invented by Harry Partch . He found a new ground for his innovations, searching in sound fields that never before were searched. This second part of his career coincided with his marriage to Kathleen Brennan , a former writer for Francis Ford Coppola ( Zoetrope (1999)). His LPs "Rain Dogs" (1985), "Big Time" (soundtrack) and "The Black Rider" are today what Kurt Weill 's music was once. "The Black Rider" brings music written for the show directed by Bob Wilson and staged in Germany. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dragan Todorovic Spouse (1) ( 10 August  1980      - present) (3 children) Trade Mark (1) Raspy, gravelly singing voice Trivia (27) Close friend of Chuck E. Weiss , a fellow L.A. scenester and co-founder of The Viper Room with Johnny Depp , and frequently mentions him in lyrics and liner notes on his records. Close friends with the Coppola family including Nicolas Cage ; often cast in Francis Ford Coppola movies. Frito-Lay used an unauthorized sample of his song "Step Right Up" in one of their commercials. He successfully sued for an undisclosed amount of money. Frito-Lay unsuccessfully counter-sued. Children: Kellesimone (b. 1983), Casey Xavier (b. 1985), Sullivan (b. 1993). Uses a large collection of electric megaphones to create unusual tonal effects on his recordings. One of his favorites is a 1944 vintage issued by the US Navy Bureau of Ships, manufactured by Guided Radio Corp. of New York. Shops at hardware stores for items to be used as percussion instruments. Owns obscure and custom made instruments such as a Chamberlin Music Master 600 (an analog synthesizer manufactured in the 1960s) and a photon clarinet ("[It] sounds like a keyboard lobster dying on a campfire."). He converted a 4 cubic yard metal box (intended as a debris dumpster) into a musical instrument called a "Strata Dumpster" (aka "Dumpstalele"). He cut a 2 foot hole into one side, and streched seven piano strings across it, fastening them with two welded bridges. The strings can be plucked, strummed or bowed. He describes the sound as "trainlike and huge, like trash day with a purpose." The photo on the cover of his album "Rain Dogs" includes a man who many believe to be him. It was one of a series of photos taken at the Cafe Lehmitz in Hamburg by the Swedish photographer Anders Petersen. Waits reportedly saw the photo at an exhibition, was taken by the similarity of him and the man in the photo, and asked permission from the photographer to use it as an album cover. His maternal grandmother, Olga Regina Olsen, was the daughter of Norwegian parents (her family was from Oslo). Tom's other ancestry is English, Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), German, Swiss-German, and Welsh. He has said that Bob Dylan is his favorite songwriter and his main influence for initially getting into music. He contributes his shift to more experimental, eccentric music starting with the album "Swordfishtrombones" to the influence of Don Van Vliet . Ironically, Dylan's more recent work has been said to be comparable to Waits' music. Is a good friend of Keith Richards who makes frequent appearances as a guitarist on his records. A b


Adriano De Souza, Joel Parkinson, Adam Robertson, Bobby Martinez, Kelly Slater, Damien Hobgood, Mick Fanning, Dane Reynolds, Bede Durbidge, Chris Davidson & Taj Burrow are international competitors in what sport?

Kelly Slater - 5ones Wave Pools: Good or Bad for the Sport of Surfing? Monday, June 1st, 2009 There is no other sport like Surfing. I will go to the grave defending the ever changing dynamic sport that is surfing and how it’s superior to all other sports. Now obviously that’s my opinion, but there is reason to back it up. Every surf session is different. In fact, every wave is different. You can never surf the same wave and never re-create the same session. There are elements that dictate how and when a wave breaks thousands of miles before they reach the shore. In all other board sports, including snowboarding, you can replicate a situation. The kickers stay in the same spot as the run before and they remain the same size, the rails and boxes and planters and stairs will all be there exactly as you left them the day before. Pretty much nothing remains the same in Surfing from session to session. Here in lies the problem when it comes to commercially advancing the sport. There will be a lot of people reading this that will say, surfing needs to stay core and blah blah blah. The fact remains it is already a commercial giant in terms of selling clothes and overall lifestyle and no matter how big it gets, the core reason as to why surfing is so amazing will never change as long as there are oceans and waves. In a recent ESPN article , Kelly Slater listed somethings he would like to see changed as to the way the ASP runs and operates. I very much agree with the majority of his points and I would like to address a few and see what your thoughts are. ASP taking more control: As it is currently, the ASP organizes the events but each sponsor is in charge of marketing their events and their athletes. Â How much visibility an event gets is entirely out of the ASP’s hands and up to the brand controlling the contest. Kelly mentioned it should not be this way, “The new governing body should own and run the events, own the media, do the marketing, bring in sponsors. Right now, the ASP doesn’t own any of those things, because it didn’t do the groundwork in the beginning. Sponsors own, run and market the events. That needs to change.” As things stand, it would not be financially feasible for the ASP to do this because there is one huge piece of the pie missing, ticket sales. You gotta pay money to go see Tony Hawk bust out on a Half pipe, or Travis Pastrana pull a double backflip. The X-Games, the Dew Tour, and all those other similar events all charge for viewing pleasure. They also sell concessions and merchandise and yes all of this doesn’t go directly into the pocket of the event organizers, but enough of it does to make a huge difference in terms of visibility and marketing. You want to watch Chris Ward and Freddy Patacchia go head to head? You walk to the beach, there are no bleachers or box seats. The ASP doesn’t see a dime from fans in comparison to all the other boardsports and major sporting events. Enter the Wave Pool: The reason the ASP doesn’t charge is because the beach is free and I don’t think that should ever change. However, the possibility of adding a wave pool into the schedule of the ASP might be the solution to generating cash to start a marketing division that solely works on promoting events and athletes without corporate brand agendas. A wave pool would provide a setting that would make the sport of Surfing more exciting and real to the everyday person. Think how many people go to the X-Games or Dew Tour that don’t skate or ride MX? They go for the entertainment. Everyone thinks surfing is amazing, everyone wishes they could do it, and everyone enjoys watching people on waves, but not everyone can get to the beach. You bring a wave pool into the mix and all of the sudden you have a format with bleachers, and sky boxes, and concessions and an event that thousands of people can watch live and millions can watch on TV. The controlled wave environment would allow for superior TV viewing as you would not be subject to weather or swells. Now, don’t get me wrong, as I stated above there is nothing that can change the


"The word ""Scandinavian"" refers to which part of the world?"

The Difference Between Scandinavian and Nordic The Difference Between Scandinavian and Nordic The Difference Between Scandinavian and Nordic Dag Sundberg/Stockbyte/Getty Images Updated March 26, 2016. The difference between being Scandinavian and Nordic: Have you ever been corrected in Finland when you called a Finn "Scandinavian"? Or perhaps this has happened to you in Iceland ? Is Denmark a Nordic country? Are the Danes actually Scandinavians? It is a distinction often hard to make for anyone that is not a resident of the countries in the region. So let's find out what exactly the difference is in the usage of these expressions. Although in the rest of the world the words "Scandinavian" and "Nordic" are happily used in similar manner and are interchangeable, in northern Europe they are not. Indeed, Europeans love to magnify even the smallest difference between neighbouring countries and you will probably be corrected if you don't use the words in their appropriate context. In our view, the true problem is discovered when even Europeans (or Scandinavians) themselves can not agree on the meaning of "Scandinavian" and "Nordic"... Let us go back to the basics to clarify each expression. continue reading below our video Tipping Etiquette Around the World Where is Scandinavia: Geographically speaking, the Scandinavian peninsula is the area shared by Norway , Sweden and part of northern Finland . In this view, the Scandinavian countries would therefore focus only on Norway and Sweden. Linguistically, Swedish , Norwegian and Danish have a common word called "Skandinavien". That word refers to the ancient territories of the Norsemen: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. This definition is considered to be the most commonly accepted definition of "Scandinavia" at the present time, but this interpretation can easily change across different regions. So we focus on the territory of the Norsemen. However, Iceland was also one of the Norsemen's regions. In addition, Icelandic belongs to the same linguistic family as Swedish , Norwegian and Danish . And so do the Faroe Islands . Therefore, you will find that many non-Scandinavian natives connect Scandinavia to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. And finally, Swedish is used partially in Finland just as Finnish is spoken in Norway and Sweden. Again, this gives a new, wider, definition which includes Norway , Sweden , Denmark , Iceland and Finland . Culturally and historically, the north of Europe has been the political playground of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Finland was a part of the kingdom of Sweden, and Iceland belonged to Norway and Denmark. Besides a common history, politically and economically these five countries have followed a similar model known as the Nordic welfare state since the 20th century. What are the "Nordic countries": In such a state of linguistic and geographical confusion, the French came to help us all and invented the term "Pays Nordiques" or "Nordic Countries", which has become a common term to bring together Scandinavia, Iceland and Finland under the same umbrella. The Baltic countries and Greenland: The Baltic countries are the three young Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Neither the Baltic countries nor Greenland are considered Scandinavian or Nordic. However, there is a close relation between the Nordic countries and the Baltics and Greenland: The Baltic republics have been strongly influenced, both culturally and historically, by the Scandinavian countries. The same applies to Greenland , a territory which is closer to America than to Europe, but that belongs politically to the kingdom of Denmark . Half of Greenland's historical and cultural heritage is Scandinavian and therefore these strong ties often bring Greenland together with the Nordic countries .


Bauxite: The principal ore of aluminum. Bauxite Almost all of the aluminum that has ever been produced has been made from bauxite Bauxite from Little Rock, Arkansas, exhibiting a pisolitic structure and characteristic red iron staining. Specimen is approximately 4 inches (10 centimeters) across. What is Bauxite? Bauxite is not a mineral . It is a rock formed from a laterite soil that has been severely leached of silica and other soluble materials in a wet tropical or subtropical climate. It is the primary ore of aluminum. Almost all of the aluminum that has ever been produced has been extracted from bauxite. What is Bauxite's Composition? Bauxite does not have a specific composition. It is a mixture of hydrous aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, clay minerals, and insoluble materials such as quartz , hematite , magnetite , siderite , and goethite. The aluminum minerals in bauxite can include: gibbsite Al(OH)3, boehmite AlO(OH), and, diaspore, AlO(OH). Physical Properties of Bauxite Color Primary ore of aluminum, also used as an abrasive Physical Properties of Bauxite Bauxite is typically a soft (H:1-3), white to gray to reddish brown material with a pisolitic structure, earthy luster and a low specific gravity (SG: 2.0-2.5). These properties are useful for identifying bauxite; however, they have nothing to do with bauxite's value or usefulness. This is because bauxite is almost always processed into another material with physical properties that are distinctly different from bauxite. Pisolites in bauxite: Close-up view of the bauxite specimen in the photo at top of page. This photo shows detail of the pisolites. Bauxite Used for Aluminum Production Bauxite is the principal ore of aluminum. The first step in producing aluminum is to crush the bauxite and purify it using the Bayer Process. In the Bayer Process, the bauxite is washed in a hot solution of sodium hydroxide, which leaches aluminum from the bauxite. The aluminum is precipitated out of solution in the form of aluminum hydroxide, Al(OH)3. The aluminum hydroxide is then calcined to form alumina, Al2O3. Aluminum is smelted from the alumina using the Hall-Heroult Process. In the Hall-Heroult Process, the alumina is dissolved in a molten bath of cryolite (Na3AlF6). Molten aluminum is removed from the solution by electrolysis.  This process uses an enormous amount of electricity. Aluminum is usually produced where electricity costs are very low. Bauxite without pisolites: Bauxite from Demerara, Guyana. Some specimens of bauxite do not have the pisolitic structures. Specimen is approximately 4 inches (10 centimeters) across. Use of Bauxite as an Abrasive Calcined alumina is a synthetic corundum , which is a very hard material (9 on the Mohs Hardness Scale ). Calcined alumina is crushed, separated by size, and used as an abrasive. Aluminum oxide sandpaper, polishing powders, and polishing suspensions are made from calcined alumina. Sintered bauxite is often used as a sand-blasting abrasive. It is produced by crushing bauxite to a powder and then fusing it into spherical beads at a very high temperature. These beads are very hard and very durable. The beads are then sorted by size for use in different types of sandblasting equipment and for different sandblasting applications. Their round shape reduces wear on the delivery equipment. Rock & Mineral Kits: Get a rock, mineral, or fossil kit to learn more about Earth materials. The best way to learn about rocks is to have specimens available for testing and examination. Use of Bauxite as a Proppant Sintered bauxite is also used as an oil field proppant. In drilling for oil and natural gas , the reservoir rock is often fractured by pumping fluids into the well under very high pressures. The pressure builds up to very high levels that cause the reservoir rock to fracture. When fracturing occurs, water and suspended particles known as "proppants" rush into the fractures and push them open. When the pumps are turned off, the fractures close, trapping the proppant particles in the r


After a military coup on 21 March 2009, in which country did Andry Rajoelina became the youngest of the current heads of state in the world and the youngest head of state in Africa?

Andry Rajoelina News | Quotes | Wiki - UPI.com Andry Rajoelina News ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Madagascar's president and his chief political rival have agreed to cool political tensions that have led to about 100 deaths in the last month. Wiki Andry Nirina Rajoelina (born May 30, 1974) is a Malagasy politician and television and radio station owner. Rajoelina dissolved Madagascar's parliament, changed the high court judges and swore himself in as transitional head of state of Madagascar on March 21, 2009, having been installed in that position by the military at the end of a political crisis. Rajoelina was Mayor of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, from December 2007 to February 2009. While serving as Mayor, he strongly opposed President Marc Ravalomanana, ultimately leading protests that, together with military intervention, resulted in Ravalomanana's resignation. He was one of the youngest current heads of state in the world and the youngest head of state in Africa. His position has been challenged in a military coup attempt on 17-18 November 2010. Rajoelina personal fortune derives from the wealth of his wife's family. The son of a colonel and a high school drop-out, by age 20 Rajoelina was working as a disc jockey in various clubs and bars around Antananarivo. He soon gained prominence after establishing his own radio station, Viva Radio, and a successful advertising company. He earned the nickname "TGV" after the French high-speed train, which he later continued to use as the name of his political movement. As the head of the movement TGV - Tanora malaGasy Vonona (Determined Malagasy Youth), Rajoelina decided to run for mayor of Antananarivo, the national capital. He faced Hery Rafalimanana, presidential candidate and previous mayor of the city. He did so under the status of President of Special Delegation (PDS), appointed directly by President Marc Ravalomanana. Rajoelina was elected mayor on 12 December 2007 with 63.3% of the vote. He inherited a city heavily indebted. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article   " Andry Rajoelina ." Quotes


What has been the longest-running comedy in US TV history?

Longest Running Comedies 27+  The Simpsons (Spring 2016) 19+  South Park (Fall 2015) 14  (The Adventures Of) Ozzie And Harriet, Family Guy (Spring 2016) 13  King Of The Hill 12  My Three Sons, Two And A Half Men 11  M*A*S*H, Cheers, The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room For Daddy, Happy Days,  The Jeffersons, Married ... With Children, Frasier 10  Murphy Brown, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Friends 9  The Beverly Hillbillies, The Love Boat, Alice, Roseanne, Family  Matters, Coach, All In The Family, One Day At A Time, Night Court, The Drew  Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, The King Of Queens, The Office By number of episodes 583+ The Simpsons (Spring  2016) 435 (The Adventures Of) Ozzie & Harriet  380 My Three Sons 336 The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room For Daddy 275 The Donna Reed Show, Cheers 274 The Beverly Hillbillies 267+ South Park (Fall 2015) 264 Frasier 262 Two And A Half Men 259 Married ... With Children 258+ Family Guy (Spring 2016) 257 King Of The Hill 256 M*A*S*H 255 Happy Days


In Greek mythology Argus Panoptes, guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor, was a primordial giant described as having multiple, often one hundred, what?

greek mythology | Astrology and Art Astrology and Art Astraea (Justice) leaves the Earth Painting by Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) Kunsthistorische Museum, Wien Mercury and Argus by Diego Velazquez 1659, now in Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain In Greek mythology, Argus Panoptes or Argos, guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor, was a primordial giant whose epithet, “Panoptes”, “all-seeing”, led to his being described with multiple, often one hundred, eyes. Argus was Hera’s servant. Hera’s defining task for Argus was to guard the white heifer Io from Zeus, keeping her chained to the sacred olive tree at the Argive Heraion.She charged him to “Tether this cow safely to an olive-tree at Nemea”. Hera knew that the heifer was in reality Io, one of the many nymphs Zeus was coupling with to establish a new order. To free Io, Zeus had Argus slain by Hermes. Hermes, disguised as a shepherd, first put all of Argus’s eyes asleep with spoken charms, then slew him by hitting him with a stone, the first stain of bloodshed among the new generation of gods. According to Ovid, to commemorate her faithful watchman, Hera had the hundred eyes of Argus preserved forever, in a peacock’s tail. Share this: The Education of Achilles by Chiron   In Greek mythology, Sagittarius represents a centaur, a half human, half horse creature with the torso of a man and the body and four legs of a horse. The centaur is depicted as aiming an arrow toward the heart of the neighbouring constellation Scorpio, represented by the red supergiant star Antares. Most interpretations conclude that the mythology of Sagittarius refers to the centaur Chiron. Like the satyrs, centaurs were notorious for being wild and lusty, overly indulgent drinkers and carousers, given to violence when intoxicated, and generally uncultured delinquents. Chiron, by contrast, was intelligent, civilized and kind, but he was not related directly to the other centaurs. He was known for his knowledge and skill with medicine. A great healer, astrologer, and respected oracle, Chiron was said to be the first among centaurs and highly revered as a teacher and tutor. Among his pupils were many culture heroes: Asclepius, Aristaeus, Ajax, Aeneas, Actaeon, Caeneus, Theseus, Achilles, Jason, Peleus, Telamon, Perseus, sometimes Heracles, Oileus, Phoenix, and in one Byzantine tradition, even Dionysus. Other interpretations suggest that the myth behind Sagittarius actually refers to Crotus, a satyr that lived on Mount Helicon with the Muses. Satyrs have human heads and torsos with goat legs (and sometimes horns). Crotus, much like Chiron, was a skilled musician and hunter. He even invented the bow, according to Greek mythology. Because he was close to the Muses, they were the ones who asked Zeus to place him in the sky. Share this: aphrodite , eros , greek mythology , pisces According to one Greek myth, Pisces represents the fish into which Aphrodite  and her son Eros  transformed in order to escape the monster Typhon. Typhon, the “father of all monsters” had been sent by Gaia to attack the gods, which led Pan to warn the others before himself changing into a goat-fish and jumping into the Euphrates. A similar myth, one which the fish “Pisces” carry Aphrodite and her son out of danger, is resounded in Manilius’ five volume poetic work Astronomica: “Venus ow’d her safety to their Shape.” Another myth is that an egg fell into the Euphrates river. It was then rolled to the shore by fish. Doves sat on the egg until it hatched, out from which came Aphrodite. As a sign of gratitude towards the fish, Aphrodite put the fish into the night sky. Because of these myths, the Pisces constellation was also known as “Venus et Cupido,” “Venus Syria cum Cupidine,” Venus cum Adone,” “Dione,” and “Veneris Mater”. Share this: Hercules Fighting with the Nemean Lion 1634, Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain In Greek mythology, Leo was identified as the Nemean Lion which was killed by Hercules during one of his twelve labours, and next put into the sky. The first of Heracles’ twelve labors, set by King Eurystheus (his cousin) wa


What name is given to ducks which feed mainly at the surface rather than by diving?

Northern Pintail Ducks | Purely Poultry Northern Pintail Ducks Anas acuta Pintails are attractive birds, with long, graceful necks. The drakes have particularly striking markings. The Pintail drake has long, black, central tail feathers that come to a point, giving rise to the name "pintail." Drakes also have a white neck and underparts, a chocolate brown head, and lighter brown backs and wings. Hens are duller-colored, and lack the bright white stripe. They are brown and white mottled. Both sexes have grey bills, legs, and feet, and a graceful silhouette. Range: Northern Pintail Ducks have a wide range across North America and Eurasia. In the US, they range from Alaska to the southern US, often nesting in open areas with shallow waters in the northern parts of the country. Habitat: As waterfowl, Northern Pintail Ducks prefer areas with open, shallow water, and will often be found in flooded agricultural fields. They prefer areas with low vegetation. Status in the Wild: Partly due to their wide distribution, Northern Pintail Ducks are not threatened. However, their numbers have been decreasing in the last few decades. Status in Aviculture: Northern Pintail Ducks are common in aviculture. Breeding and Incubation: Breeding takes place from April until June. Both sexes reach sexual maturity at around one year of age. Nests are shallow scrapes in dry areas, among vegetation, and are lined with plant material. The average clutch consists of 7-9 eggs, and hens incubate them for 22-24 days. Lifespan: The longest recorded lifespan for a Northern Pintail Duck is 27 years. However, the average lifespan for a wild duck is around two years, and around 10 years for a wild duck in captivity. Mature Weight: Pintails are relatively large ducks, with males weighing one to three pounds, and females just slightly smaller at one to two and a half pounds. Housing Requirements: Because Northern Pintail Ducks are migratory, they will fly away if not kept in an enclosure. They need water for mating, and as dabbling ducks, for eating. Diet: Dabbling ducks, such as the Northern Pintail, feed mainly from the surface and edges of the water, rather than by diving. They eat insects and plant materials in the shallows of the water. Northern Pintails feed mostly around dusk. Miscellaneous: In the wild, when not breeding, these ducks will form large mixed flocks with other species of ducks. Drakes have a call sometimes described as a "flute-like" whistle; hens have a raspier quack. Related Products


The Fast5 World Netball Series, first contested in October 2009 under modified rules, was scheduled to be held in Manchester, England, initially but was played where in 2012?

NETBALL NETBALL Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. The sport shares many similarities with basketball, having been derived from early versions of women's basketball. It developed as a distinct sport in the 1890s in England, from where it spread to other countries. Mrs. K. Lawrence - Cameron History of NETBALL The history of netball can be traced to the early development of basketball. A year after basketball was invented in 1891, the sport was modified for women to accommodate social conventions regarding their participation in sport, giving rise to women's basketball. Variations of women's basketball arose across the United States and in England. At a physical training college in England, the rules of women's basketball were modified over several years to form an entirely new sport: "net ball". The first codified rules of netball were published at the start of the twentieth century, and from there the new sport spread throughout the British Empire. From the beginning, netball was widely accepted as a sport suitable for women. Domestic netball competitions arose in several countries during the first half of the 20th century. Starting from the 1920s, national associations were formed to organize the sport in netball-playing nations. International matches were played sporadically in the early 20th century, but were hampered by varying rules in different countries. By 1960, the rules of netball were standardized internationally. An international governing body was formed to oversee the sport globally, now called the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA). The second half of the 20th century saw international competition expand, with the sport's premier international competition, the Netball World Championships, starting in 1963. Netball has also been contested at the Commonwealth Games since 1998. Today, netball is popular in Commonwealth nations, and is reportedly played by over 20 million people worldwide. It remains primarily a women's sport, although male participation is increasing in some countries. Netball is still largely an amateur sport, despite some countries having high local-level participation. Further developments to the sport are being trialled, including a shortened version of the game played in a World Series format; netball is also being advocated for possible inclusion in the Olympic Games. Origins from basketball Where it all began: Naismith's original "basket ball" court in Springfield, Massachusetts. Netball traces its roots to basketball. Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian physical education instructor working in the United States, who was trying to develop an indoor sport for his students at the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts.[1] His game was first played in the campus gymnasium on a court roughly half the size of a regulation NBA court today, between two teams of nine players. It was played with a soccer ball that was shot into closed-bottom peach baskets that were nailed to the gymnasium wall.[2] Women teachers became interested in Naismith's game soon afterwards. Senda Berenson, a physical education instructor at nearby Smith College, read an article on Naismith's game, and in 1892 adapted his game for her female students.[3] Berenson devised rules that maintained feminine decorum and slowed down potentially "strenuous" play. She divided the playing court into thirds, each containing three players per team that could not leave their assigned zone. Players also could not hold the ball for more than three seconds, dribble it more than three times, or snatch the ball from another player.[2] The first game of women's basketball was played in 1892 at Smith College. By 1895, women's basketball had spread across the United States, with variations of the rules emerging in different areas.[2] Published rules for women's basketball first appeared in 1895, written by Clara Gregory Baer, who was working as a physical education instructor at Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans during the


"Who wrote the historical romances ""The White Company"" and ""Brigadier Gerard""?"

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Literary Career Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Literary Career [ Victorian Web Home —> Visual Arts —> Authors —> Arthur Conan Doyle —> Biographical Materials —> Next ] rthur Conan Doyle’s literary output is prodigious. During his writing career Sir Arthur wrote twenty-one novels and over 150 short stories. He also published nonfiction, essays, articles, memoirs and three volumes of poetry. He left thousands of letters to the press, his mother (about 1500 letters), family, friends and acquaintances, including Winston Churchill, P. G. Wodehouse, Theodore Roosevelt, and Oscar Wilde. Jeffrey and Valerie Meyers, editors of The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader: From Sherlock Holmes to Spiritualism (2002) write: He shared Dickens 's sense of justice and social responsibility, his warm humanity and delight in the lively individuality of the characters he created. Like Dickens, he published his stories and novels, often in serial form, in the weekly magazines that were the staple of popular entertainment in the late nineteenth century. Like his younger contemporary and friend, H. G. Wells, he used his scientific education and medical training in his fiction and challenged the prevailing belief in the idea of progress. Like Wells, he also became an important public figure whose opinion was sought on the crucial issues of the day, an influential speaker at a time when the lecture was a popular event. [x] The Sherlock Holmes stories Between 1887 and 1927, Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six stories with Sherlock Holmes, a brilliant London-based “consulting detective” famous for his astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Holmes's fictional forefather was Edgar Allan Poe's detective C. Auguste Dupin, but it was Conan Doyle who first introduced to literature the character of the scientific detective. Holmes, one of the best known and most popular characters in English literature, is not only a successful master detective, but he is the epitome of the Victorian and imperial values. Sherlock Holmes embodies the system that he comes to protect. He is the man of reason, of science, of technology; he is from the upper class and was educated at Oxford; he eventually becomes rich; and he frequents best city clubs and other haunts of the gentleman. [Lehan 84] The first novel that introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson of 221B Baker Street, London, A Study in Scarlet, a tale of murder and revenge, appeared in Beaton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. After publishing the first set of Sherlock Holmes stories in the Strand Magazine between 1891 and 1893, Doyle was not particularly proud of his detective fiction. He planned to write an opera, a book of medical short stories and a Napoleonic saga. He believed that historical romances, and not his detective stories, were his most important work. (Wilson 22) In 1893, he tried to kill off Holmes at the height of his popularity by plunging him over the Reichenbach Falls with Professor Moriarty, Holmes's greatest enemy, but in 1902 Holmes appeared in The Hound of the Baskervilles because the reading public demanded further adventures of the great detective. As a matter of fact, Doyle did not bring Holmes back to life, but told a story that had taken place before his disappearance at the Reichenbach Falls. (Redmond 24) However, there was such a great public outcry that he eventually resurrected the master detective in “The Adventure of the Empty House” in the 1903 October issue of the Strand Magazine. Doyle created the first truly great detective in fiction and gave a great impetus to detective story as a fictional form. The tremendous popularity of Sherlock Holmes in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods can be explained by the fact that he not only embodied the late Victorian faith in the power of logic and rationality, but above all restored confidence that the British were capable to maintain law and order not only in Britain but also in the Empire at large.


Austro-Hungarian Theodore Herzl was the first leader of what international movement?

Theodor (Binyamin Ze’ev) Herzl | Jewish Virtual Library Tweet Theodor (Binyamin Ze'ev) Herzl was the visionary behind modern Zionism and the reinstitution of a Jewish homeland. Herzl (born May 2, 1860; died July 3, 1904) was born in Budapest in 1860. He was educated in the spirit of       the German-Jewish Enlightenment,       and learned to appreciate secular culture. In       1878 the family moved to Vienna ,       and in 1884 Herzl was awarded a doctorate       of law from the University of Vienna. He became       a writer, playwright and journalist. The       Paris correspondent of the influential liberal       Vienna newspaper Neue Freie Presse was none other than Theodor Herzl. Herzl first encountered the anti-Semitism that would shape his life and the fate of       the Jews in the twentieth century while studying       at the University of Vienna (1882). Later,       during his stay in Paris as a journalist,       he was brought face-to-face with the problem.       At the time, he regarded the Jewish problem       as a social issue and wrote a drama, The       Ghetto (1894), in which assimilation and       conversion are rejected as solutions. He hoped       that The Ghetto would lead to debate       and ultimately to a solution, based on mutual       tolerance and respect between Christians       and Jews . The Dreyfus Affair In 1894, Captain Alfred    Dreyfus , a Jewish officer    in the French army, was unjustly accused of treason, mainly because    of the prevailing anti-Semitic atmosphere. Herzl witnessed mobs shouting “Death to the Jews” in    France, the home of the French Revolution, and resolved that there    was only one solution: the mass immigration of Jews to a land that    they could call their own. Thus, the Dreyfus Case became one of the    determinants in the genesis of Political    Zionism . Herzl concluded that anti-Semitism was a stable and immutable factor in human society, which    assimilation did not solve. He mulled over the idea of Jewish    sovereignty, and, despite ridicule from Jewish leaders, published Der    Judenstaat (The Jewish State, 1896) . Herzl argued that the    essence of the Jewish problem was not individual but national. He    declared that the Jews could gain acceptance in the world only if    they ceased being a national anomaly. The Jews are one people, he    said, and their plight could be transformed into a positive force by    the establishment of a Jewish state with the consent of the great    powers. He saw the Jewish question as an international political    question to be dealt with in the arena of international politics. Herzl proposed a practical program for collecting    funds from Jews around the world by a company to be owned by    stockholders, which would work toward the practical realization of    this goal. (This organization, when it was eventually formed, was    called the Zionist Organization.) He saw the future state as a model    social state, basing his ideas on the European model of the time, of    a modern enlightened society. It would be neutral and peace-seeking,    and of a secular nature. In his Zionist novel, Altneuland (Old New    Land, 1902), Herzl pictured the future Jewish state as a socialist    utopia. He envisioned a new society that was to rise in the Land of    Israel on a cooperative basis utilizing science and technology in the    development of the Land. He included detailed ideas about how he saw the    future state’s political structure, immigration, fundraising,    diplomatic relations, social laws and relations between religion and    the state. In Altneuland, the Jewish state was foreseen as a    pluralist, advanced society, a “light unto the nations.” This    book had a great impact on the Jews of the time and became a symbol    of the Zionist vision in the Land of Is


What is the name for the movement of water across a partially permeable membrane from an area of high water potential (low solute concentration) to an area of low water potential (high solute concentration)?

Osmosis About Watch and Favorite Watch Watching this resources will notify you when proposed changes or new versions are created so you can keep track of improvements that have been made. Favorite Favoriting this resource allows you to save it in the “My Resources” tab of your account. There, you can easily access this resource later when you’re ready to customize it or assign it to your students. Osmosis Osmosis is the movement of water across a membrane from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration. Learning Objective Describe the process of osmosis and explain how concentration gradient affects osmosis Key Points Osmosis occurs according to the concentration gradient of water across the membrane, which is inversely proportional to the concentration of solutes . Osmosis occurs until the concentration gradient of water goes to zero or until the hydrostatic pressure of the water balances the osmotic pressure . Osmosis occurs when there is a concentration gradient of a solute within a solution, but the membrane does not allow diffusion of the solute. Terms Full Text Osmosis and Semipermeable Membranes Osmosis is the movement of water through a semipermeable membrane according to the concentration gradient of water across the membrane, which is inversely proportional to the concentration of solutes. Semipermeable membranes, also termed selectively permeable membranes or partially permeable membranes, allow certain molecules or ions to pass through by diffusion. While diffusion transports materials across membranes and within cells , osmosis transports only water across a membrane. The semipermeable membrane limits the diffusion of solutes in the water. Not surprisingly, the aquaporin proteins that facilitate water movement play a large role in osmosis, most prominently in red blood cells and the membranes of kidney tubules. Mechanism of Osmosis Osmosis is a special case of diffusion. Water, like other substances, moves from an area of high concentration to one of low concentration. An obvious question is what makes water move at all? Imagine a beaker with a semipermeable membrane separating the two sides or halves. On both sides of the membrane the water level is the same, but there are different concentrations of a dissolved substance, or solute, that cannot cross the membrane (otherwise the concentrations on each side would be balanced by the solute crossing the membrane). If the volume of the solution on both sides of the membrane is the same but the concentrations of solute are different, then there are different amounts of water, the solvent, on either side of the membrane. If there is more solute in one area, then there is less water; if there is less solute in one area, then there must be more water. To illustrate this, imagine two full glasses of water. One has a single teaspoon of sugar in it, whereas the second one contains one-quarter cup of sugar. If the total volume of the solutions in both cups is the same, which cup contains more water? Because the large amount of sugar in the second cup takes up much more space than the teaspoon of sugar in the first cup, the first cup has more water in it.


"What play is seldom referred to in theatre by its own name but called instead ""the Scottish play""?"

Toil and Trouble: The Curse of Macbeth   Toil and Trouble: The Curse of Macbeth http://skeptoid.com/audio/skeptoid-4222.mp3   They simply call it "The Scottish Play", because even to utter the title of Shakespeare's Macbeth is to invite bad luck. The very same bad luck, in fact, that has plagued performances throughout its history, according to theater lore. From tragedies onstage to deaths and riots surrounding performances, the curse of Macbeth is one of the most enduring superstitions of the stage, and seems to be taken quite seriously. The basic claim is that performing Macbeth, or even speaking its title in a theater, invokes an ancient curse as old as the play. This curse strikes actors or other people associated with the performance, sometimes killing or maiming them. This curse, so goes the tale, has its roots in the play's occult storyline of witchcraft, murder, and ghosts. The most often cited reason for the curse is a belief at the time that Shakespeare had used real witches' incantations in the famous scene where the three witches chant: Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. The legend is that Shakespeare wanted to throw something special into the play to please King James, who had written the 1597 book Daemonologie which discussed witchcraft and warned against its use. So Shakespeare used some of King James' documented incantations in the scene, probably hoping to ingratiate himself with the King. No good evidence exists for this, but the story maintains that some practicing witches saw the play and took great offense at this misuse of their sacred craft, and placed a curse upon any who might perform Macbeth. Now, whenever the play is given, the three witches whose spells were appropriated are awoken and it is they who cause the disasters onstage. If you search the Internet for examples of such disasters, you'll find plenty. I could rattle on for 25 minutes just listing some of the many that have been reported: Actors being killed or injured during the stage fights when real weapons were used by mistake, natural disasters happening during performances, accidents and illnesses striking the crew before and after shows; the list goes on and on until you're bored to death and would be glad to count yourself among the casualties. One such episode, however, deserves special mention for its extraordinarily high body count. Often cited as the most dramatic evidence of the curse is a riot that erupted at the Astor Place Theater in New York in 1849. The National Guard was called and fired on the crowd, killing at least 25 people and injuring some 120, all due to rival support for two different actors playing Macbeth on the same night at two different theaters. At least, that's usually how it's framed by fans of the curse. In fact, the Astor Place Riot had everything to do with class struggles in New York City, and little to do with Macbeth. Unrest had been growing for years between the working class, which included many Irish immigrants, and the Anglophile upper class. The discontent was coming to a head, and the National Guard was already in place some days before the actual riot on Macbeth's opening night. Irish and American workers planned to express themselves by crashing the opening night of the upper class's favorite British actor, William Macready. They stoned and tried to burn down the theater, people started shooting guns, and by morning the cobblestones were awash with blood. The next night an angry mob demanded an explanation from the authorities, and more violence ensued, this time resulting in the death of a young boy. The Astor Place Theater had been built, apparently, largely as a way for the well-heeled to have somewhere to go other than the Bowery Theater, traditionally the principal theater in town, but which catered to all classes. The rising American star with a blue collar image, Edwin Forrest, planned his opening on the same night as Macready's largely as a slap in the face to this rising elitist sentiment. So although the riots were technically touched off by perform


"Which British actor debuted on the West End stage in 1956 in ""Look Back in Anger"", a role he had originated at the Royal Court which made him a star, and made his film debut in 1960 in ""The Entertainer"" opposite Laurence Olivier?"

Alan Bates, Film and Stage Actor, Dies at 69 - The New York Times The New York Times Movies |Alan Bates, Film and Stage Actor, Dies at 69 Search Continue reading the main story Alan Bates, the versatile British actor who forged his name on the West End stage in John Osborne's ''Look Back in Anger'' in 1956 and went on to captivate audiences on both sides of the Atlantic in a wide-ranging film, theater and television career, died on Saturday at a hospital in London. He was 69. Sir Alan, who had been named a Commander of the British Empire in 1995, was knighted last year shortly before he was found to have pancreatic cancer. He died of complications of the disease, his agent, Rosalind Chatto, told The Associated Press yesterday. In portrayals that spanned five decades, Sir Alan -- often outstanding in supporting roles -- appeared in 59 stage productions, including five Broadway plays, winning two Tony Awards. He starred in 33 television productions and 50 movies, including ''Zorba the Greek,'' ''Georgy Girl,'' ''Far from the Madding Crowd,'' ''The Fixer,'' ''Butley,'' ''An Unmarried Woman,'' ''Women in Love,'' and ''Gosford Park.'' Continue reading the main story On the stage, he performed Shakespeare and Chekhov, but also works by modern playwrights, including Harold Pinter, David Storey and Tom Stoppard. His 1958 performance in Eugene O'Neill's ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' was acclaimed. His television work included numerous movies and a major Masterpiece Theater production of Dickens's ''Hard Times.'' Advertisement Continue reading the main story Along with Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Tom Courtenay, Sir Alan was one of the pioneers in the ''kitchen sink'' drama revolution that overtook the London theater in the 1950's: angry young men -- writers, actors and directors and their creations -- rebelling against postwar England's middle-class values. His passion for acting had begun as a teenager in Derbyshire, in the British Midlands where he grew up, and was rewarded with a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. As with many successful actors, his was a case of being in the right place at the right time. The place was the Royal Court, the time 1956 and the play was Osborne's ground-breaking drama, ''Look Back in Anger,'' which reflected Britain's social and class turmoils of the time. Handsome, determined, his square face framed in a mass of unruly black hair, his resonant voice reaching out to the balconies, Mr. Bates portrayed Cliff, the affable sidekick to the angry Jimmy Porter. Although his was a supporting role, it was a crucial counterpoint to the tumultuous lead played by Kenneth Haigh, and critics acclaimed the 22-year-old Mr. Bates as a powerful and subtle performer. He was soon swamped with film and stage offers, most of which he rejected. In 1957, he appeared on Broadway in the Osborne play. His first major film was ''The Entertainer,'' opposite Laurence Olivier, in 1960, and his first lead came two years later in ''A Kind of Loving,'' in which he and June Ritchie played a couple trapped in their working-class life in Manchester. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy In 1964 he portrayed the Englishman Basil in ''Zorba the Greek,'' opposite Anthony Quinn, and in 1966 was in ''Georgy Girl'' with Lynn Redgrave. One of the memorable scenes of his film career unfolded in Ken Russell's 1969 film ''Women in Love,'' based on the D.H. Lawrence novel, in which he wrestled nude with Oliver Reed. Glenda Jackson, his co-star, told the BBC, ''He always brought the unexpected to everything he did.'' His versatility was shown again as the lead in Simon Gray's ''Butley,'' a comedy about the emotional and psychic disintegration of an English literature professor. Sir Alan originated the character on a London stage in 1971, did a reprise on Broadway in 1972, winning his first Tony Award, and played it again in a 1973 film. American film audiences hailed him again in 19


What sea between Israel and Jordan is 1,385 feet (422 metres) below sea level?

Jordan - Stormy Morning on Dead Sea Beach | Join me on Faceb… | Flickr Jordan - Stormy Morning on Dead Sea Beach ~~~~~~~~~   The Dead Sea (Hebrew: יָם הַמֶּלַח, Yām Ha-Melaḥ, "Sea of Salt"; Arabic: البَحْر المَيّت, al-Baḥr l-Mayyit, "Dead Sea") is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east. It is 422 metres (1,385 ft) below sea level, and its shores are the lowest point on the surface of the Earth on dry land. The Dead Sea is 378 m (1,240 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. It is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, with 33.7 percent salinity. Only Lake Assal (Djibouti), Garabogazköl and some hypersaline lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica (such as Don Juan Pond and perhaps Lake Vanda) have a higher salinity. It is 8.6 times as salty as the ocean. This salinity makes for a harsh environment where animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead Sea is 67 kilometres (42 mi) long and 18 kilometres (11 mi) wide at its widest point. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.   The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. Biblically, it was a place of refuge for King David. It was one of the world's first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers. People also use the salt and the minerals from the Dead Sea to create cosmetics and herbal sachets.   My trip to Jordan was extremely rewarding with an amazing light and scenes. The weather was bit different than many people imagine Middle East is like. It was extremely windy and stormy, not the blue sky we all have in mind for place like Jordan. Weather like that didnt allow me to take my long exposures which I was hoping for, however the colors in the sky made up for it. I'd also like to mention that you need significantly strong will to get up early in the morning from that lovely warm bed and to go out to that freezing wind but once you are out there taking photos like these you are happy you've done that. I have of course no chance to float in the Dead Sea this time...   Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens’s focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm, Photo Focal length: 28.00 mm, Aperture: 6.3, Exposure time: 1/80 s, ISO: 100   All rights reserved - Copyright © Lucie Debelkova - www.luciedebelkova.com   All images are exclusive property and may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, transmitted, manipulated or used in any way without expressed, written permission of the photographer. Done


Which African kingdom, founded by Osei Tutu in the 1670s, was increased until 1701, fought 4 wars against Britain between 1823 and 1896 until, in 1900, it was incorporated into the Gold Coast colony as a protectorate?

Saylor.org's Ancient Civilizations of the World/Benin and the Forest Kingdoms - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Saylor.org's Ancient Civilizations of the World/Benin and the Forest Kingdoms From Wikibooks, open books for an open world The Benin Empire (1440–1998)[ edit ] Benin Empire. The Benin Empire (1440–1998) was a pre-colonial African state in what is now modern Nigeria. It should not be confused with the modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey. Ancient Benin Empire[ edit ] The original people and founders of the Benin Empire, the Edo people, were initially ruled by the Ogiso (Kings of the Sky) dynasty who called their land Igodomigodo. According to the Edo oral tradition, 36 Ogiso ruled the empire, being the first one Igodo. Note worthy is the fact that out of these 36 Ogiso, two, Emose and Orhorho were women. In 8th century CE, the ruling Ogiso successfully expanded Igodomigodo into a system of autonomous settlements. By the 15th century, Edo as a system of protected settlements expanded into a thriving city-state. In the 15th century, Benin would expand from city-state to an empire. It was not until 15th century during the reign of Oba Ewuare the Great that the kingdom's administrative centre, the city Ubinu, began to be known as "Benin City" by the Portuguese, and would later be adopted by the locals as well. Though, farther Edo clans, such as the Itsekiris and the Urhobos still referred to the city as Ubini up till the late 19th century, as evidence implies. Golden Age[ edit ] Benin city in the 17th century. Oba Ewuare, the first Golden Age ruler, is credited with turning Benin City into a military fortress protected by moats and walls. To enclose his palace he commanded the building of Benin's inner wall, a seven mile (11 km) long earthen rampart girded by a moat 50 feet (15 m) deep. Ewuare also added great thoroughfares and erected nine fortified gateways. It was from this bastion that he launched his military campaigns and began the expansion of the kingdom from the Edo-speaking heartlands. At its heyday, the empire extended from the western Ibo tribes on the shores of the Niger river, through parts of the southwestern region of Nigeria (much of present day Ondo State, and the isolated islands (current Lagos Island and Obalende) in the coastal region of present day Lagos State). Expansion eastwards was stopped by the aggressive autonomous Igbo villages southeast of the Niger river, the Oyo Kingdom, which extended through most of SouthWestern Nigeria in the West to parts of present day Republic of Benin, and the Northerly tribes united under the new and fiercely proselytistic Islamic faith. Pendant ivory mask of Queen Idia or Iyoba ne Esigie (meaning: Queenmother of Oba Esigie)), court of Benin, 16th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art. During the Golden Age, the Benin Empire developed an advanced artistic culture, especially in its famous artifacts of bronze, iron and ivory. These include bronze wall plaques and life-sized bronze heads depicting the Obas of Benin. The most common artifact is based on Queen Idia, now best known as the FESTAC Mask after its use in 1977 in the logo of the Nigeria-financed and hosted Second Festival of Black & African Arts and Culture (FESTAC 77). Tales of Benin's splendors and highly burnished artifacts lured more Portuguese traders to the city gates. European Contact[ edit ] The first European travelers to reach Benin were Portuguese explorers in about 1485. A strong mercantile relationship developed, with the Edo trading tropical products such as ivory, rubber and palm oil with the Portuguese for European goods such as hemp and guns. In the early 16th century, the Benin Empire sent an ambassador to Lisbon, and the king of Portugal sent Christian missionaries to Benin City. Such was the importance of their contacts that, some residents of Benin City could still speak a pidgin Portuguese in the late 19th century. The first English expedition to Benin was in 1553, and significant trading developed between England and Benin based on the export of ivory, p


Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Edward VIII abdication crisis?

The 1936 Abdication Crisis | The Royal Forums The 1936 Abdication Crisis   December 11, 2011 at 12:00 am by JessRulz The day is December 11th, 1936. Great Britain begins its day with an Edward VIII , and ends the day with a George VI .  His Majesty’s Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 had passed through parliament. From the TRF Avatar Gallery Sparking what was dubbed ‘The Abdication Crisis’, His Majesty King Edward VIII’s request to marry his lover, Mrs Wallis Simpson , was debated by parliamentarians, religious leaders, the press and the public during the month leading up to December 10 and 11. The Conservative government of the day, led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, refused to grant permission for King Edward to marry. This refusal was also seconded by the Australian and Canadian governments. The marriage between King Edward and Mrs Simpson was opposed for a number of reasons. One of the strongest was Mrs Simpson’s status as a divorced woman, with living ex-husbands. This posed an issue for the King as Supreme Governor of the Church of England, because the Church disallowed marriages of divorced persons whose former spouses were still alive. Divorce in England was also only considered valid at the time on the grounds of adultery, which was not the case for either of Mrs Simpson’s two divorces (firstly from Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., secondly from Ernest Simpson), so there was the possibility of a court challenge declaring the divorces void. There was also the rumour that Mrs Simpson was a Nazi agent/sympathiser. This did not sit well with the British Government, which was already concerned with the King’s interference in political matters. Opposition also came from the Royal Family and courtiers, who deemed Mrs Simpson ‘unfit’ to be Queen, based on her background and ‘activities’. View the full image at RBA Three options were surmised by the government as to what the outcome of the situation could be: marriage with full royal allowances (ie. Mrs Simpson becomes Queen), a morganatic marriage (ie. Mrs Simpson receives a secondary title, and does not become Queen), or abdication of the King and his future heirs. A meeting between the British government and representatives of the four British Dominions of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa (along with a representative of Ireland) found that only option three was acceptable. If the King truly wanted to marry Mrs Simpson, he had to give up the throne – which Edward VIII did shortly thereafter, decreeing in a speech following the official announcement that he could not perform his duties “without the help and support of the woman I love.” View the full-size image at the National Archives Flickr The ‘Instrument of Abdication’ was signed by Edward VIII on December 10 at his Fort Belvedere residence, in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke of York, The Duke of Gloucester and The Duke of Kent , the King’s three younger brothers, who also signed the abdication document as witnesses. The document was then given to parliament, who gave their consent to the abdication, as did the Dominions (as was required at the time). King Edward VIII performed his final act as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions, Emperor of India by giving his royal assent to the Act of Parliament which allowed him to abdicate. His brother, The Duke of York, was now King (he was officially proclaimed His Majesty King George VI the following day). That same day, December 12, George VI gave his elder brother the title Duke of Windsor. When Edward married Mrs Simpson in June 1937, she became the Duchess of Windsor. Mrs Simpson for her part disagreed with the King’s abdication, trying to convince him several times to let her go and keep his crown. Edward VIII has the distinction of being the only British monarch to abdicate the throne since prior to the twelfth century. He is also one of the shortest reigning monarchs, having reigned for only 327 days (discounting the disputed nine-day reign of Lady Jane Grey in July 1553 – King Edwar


Forty hours before he committed suicide in 1945 Adolf Hitler married whom?

The History Place - World War II in Europe Timeline: April 30, 1945 - Death of Hitler The Death of Hitler In April of 1945, Hitler moved into the Führerbunker, located 50 feet below the Chancellery buildings in Berlin. In this underground complex containing nearly thirty rooms on two separate floors, Hitler held daily briefings with his generals amid reports of the unstoppable Soviet advance into Berlin. He issued frantic orders to defend Berlin with armies that were already wiped out or were making a hasty retreat westward to surrender to the Americans. On April 22, during a three hour military conference in the bunker, Hitler let loose a hysterical, shrieking denunciation of the Army and the 'universal treason, corruption, lies and failures' of all those who had deserted him. The end had come, Hitler exclaimed, his Reich was a failure and now there was nothing left for him to do but stay in Berlin and fight to the very end. His staff attempted without success to convince him to escape to the mountains around Berchtesgaden and direct remaining troops and thus prolong the Reich. But Hitler told them his decision was final. He even insisted a public announcement be made. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels then brought his entire family, including six young children, to live with Hitler in the bunker. Hitler began sorting through his own papers and selected documents to be burned. Personnel in the bunker were given permission by Hitler to leave. Most did leave and headed south for the area around Berchtesgaden via a convoy of trucks and planes. Only a handful of Hitler's personal staff remained, including his top aide Martin Bormann, the Goebbels family, SS and military aides, two of Hitler's secretaries, and longtime companion Eva Braun. On April 23, Hitler's friend and Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer, arrived for his final meeting with the Führer. At this meeting Speer bluntly informed Hitler that he had disobeyed the Führer's scorched earth policy and had preserved German factories and industry for the post-war period. Hitler listened in silence and had no particular reaction, much to the surprise of Speer. That afternoon, Hitler received a surprise telegram from Göring who had already reached safety in Berchtesgaden. My Führer! In view of your decision to remain in the fortress of Berlin, do you agree that I take over at once the total leadership of the Reich, with full freedom of action at home and abroad as your deputy, in accordance with your decree of June 29, 1941? If no reply is received by 10 o'clock tonight, I shall take it for granted that you have lost your freedom of action, and shall consider the conditions of your decree as fulfilled, and shall act for the best interests of our country and our people. You know what I feel for you in this gravest hour of my life. Words fail me to express myself. May God protect you, and speed you quickly here in spite of all. Your loyal Hermann Göring An angry Hitler, prompted by Bormann, sent Göring a return message saying he had committed "high treason." Although the penalty for this was death, Göring was to be spared, due to his long years of service, if he would immediately resign all of his offices. Bormann then transmitted an order to the SS near Berchtesgaden to arrest Göring and his staff. Before dawn on April 25, Göring was locked up. The next day, April 26, Soviet artillery fire made the first direct hits on the Chancellery buildings and grounds directly above the Führerbunker. That evening, a small plane containing female test pilot Hanna Reitsch and Luftwaffe General Ritter von Greim landed in the street near the bunker following a daring flight in which Greim had been wounded in the foot by Soviet ground fire. Once inside the Führerbunker the wounded Greim was informed by Hitler he was to be Göring's successor, promoted to Field-Marshal in command of the Luftwaffe. Although a telegram could have accomplished this, Hitler had insisted Greim appear in person to receive his commission. But now, due to his wounded foot, Greim would be bedridden for three days


What term is given to an infection when it is maintained in a human population without external inputs?

What does enzootic mean? Of a disease, prevalent in a given population or area Rabies is enzootic throughout North America. Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Enzootic(adj) afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men Origin: [Gr. 'en in + zw^,on an animal: cf. F. enzotique.] Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Enzootic Enzootic is the non-human equivalent of endemic and means, in a broad sense, "belonging to" or "native to", "characteristic of", or "prevalent in" a particular geography, race, field, area, or environment; native to an area or scope. It also has two specific meanings: ⁕an organism being "enzootic" means native to a place or a specific fauna ⁕in epizoology, an infection is said to be "enzootic" in a population when the infection is maintained in the population without the need for external inputs. Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Enzootic en-zō-ot′ik, adj. endemic among animals in a particular district.—n. a disease of this character. Numerology The numerical value of enzootic in Chaldean Numerology is: 3 Pythagorean Numerology


tuning - Why are orchestras tuned differently? - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange Why are orchestras tuned differently? up vote 44 down vote favorite 8 In 1936 American Standards Association (and the International Organization for Standardization in 1955) accepted that A would be tuned at 440 Hz (or cycles per second). Yet despite the fact that a standard has been accepted, orchestras frequently deviate from this standard. The San Francisco Symphony (reportedly) tunes to 441 or 442 Hz The Boston Symphony Orchestra (reportedly) tunes to 444 Hz The New York Philharmonic (reportedly) tunes to 443 Hz and The Berlin Philharmonic (reportedly) tunes to 445 Hz I know there's a tendency for some European countries to tune to 442 Hz and German orchestras are among others who tune to 445 Hz. But what makes an orchestra choose one of these numbers? Who makes the decision, the orchestra's leaders/committee or the conductor? What is the point of making this distinction? Why, after standardizing a tuning system, go to the trouble of changing it by so slight a degree? (For the sake of this question, let's not take into account period instruments or ensembles which are famously tuned to anything from 415 Hz to 490 Hz) 3   Here is a site purporting to list the tuning frequencies of many orchestras: members.aon.at/fnistl/index.html –  James Tauber May 13 '11 at 9:40 1   related bit of trivia: the French standard was 439 Hz (by law) but 440 Hz was much easier to produce in the lab (due to 440 being a composite number) –  James Tauber May 13 '11 at 9:43 6   a higher frequency gives a brighter sound so I wonder if orchestras started to compete with each other as to who sounded brighter. –  James Tauber May 13 '11 at 9:44 3   Wikipedia has a nice article about the history of the concert pitch and the reasons for changes –  groovingandi May 26 '11 at 12:42 2   Other than being little more than personal preference or tradition, there may be another good reason for tuning a little high. At one of the concerts I went to last year, (a solo guitar concert), the performer informed us that he always tuned a little sharp, so that as his guitar went out of tune during a piece, he'd start a little sharp, for most of the piece he'd be exactly in tune, and then he'd finish a little flat. This meant that he was therefore in tune for more of the piece and less noticeably out for less of the piece. –  jClark94 Feb 4 '12 at 9:50 It is often a matter of tradition inside the orchestra that becomes out of control for conductors. When they create their own orchestra they have the pleasure to decide this for themselves. The conservatism from musicians has several reasons: Some Orchestra have a concert hall with a large organ which is tuned for this frequency Wind players usually complain because refitting a wind instrument to a central tune can be expensive and dangerous. They have a certain capacity of adjusting the tone by technique and with wood especially they have to do it anyway because of temperature and moisture during a concert but it is easier to start from the reference they know. First players, old members and conductors with absolute pitch complain and use this as a power mean. An established orchestra's staff changes only gradually. New musicians are hired a few at a time. Musicians passing job interviews know about it and comply to get hired. 6   It should be added that besides organs also most tuned instruments of the percussion section (concert bells, xylophone, tubular bells, NOT timpani of course) can't change the tuning easily. –  groovingandi May 26 '11 at 12:44 up vote 14 down vote As a brassplayer, 442 on up seriously sucks. We are placed in the position of playing where the instrument doesn't resonate in the same way. Even 4 cents difference will render the slides too long even if the open instrument can be accomodated to a higher tuning frequency. Fie on brighter tuning! 11   +1 for a username that goes with the post. :P Welcome to Music SE! –  American Luke Dec 12 '12 at 13:39 up vote 9 down vote Orchestras tune higher if the


"What is used in the technique for opening a champagne bottle called ""sabrage""?"

Champagne Saber [ ? ]Subscribe To This Site Champagne Saber Using a Champagne saber is one of the most theatrical and amazing ways to serve wine. It is also one of the most dangerous and little known! Sabering a Champagne or other sparkling wine bottle, known as sabrage in France, is a custom which probably dates back to the time of Napoleon. In brief, you use a sword, or other similar heavy object to knock off the end of a Champagne bottle in one clean piece, cork, glass and all. The end of the bottle, with the flanged lip with the cork intact splits off from the rest of the bottle in a clean break. The pressure inside the bottle pushes out any pieces of glass so that you are left with the open bottle to pour and enjoy. It is a dramatic and impressive way to open a bottle of sparkling wine. However, done wrong, the bottle can explode and cut you. Additionally, even if successful, the bottle tip and cork can fly off at high speed and break something or hurt someone. Therefore, sabrage should not be taken lightly and is not advised for the inexperienced! However, it makes a great conversation piece at wine tastings or dinner parties and a real Champagne saber is a great gift for a lover of fine wines! If you are looking for information on how to open Champagne bottles the normal, safe way, be sure to visit our How to Open Champagne page! What is a Champagne saber? A Champagne saber is nowadays usually a shortish and dull-bladed sword specifically made for sabrage. There are often kept displayed in a wine lover's home mostly for show. These wine accessories are often ornamented and beautiful and make a great gift for anyone who loves wine. Most people keep a Champagne saber just as decoration and a conversation piece and rarely if ever use it. However, sabering a bottle of sparkling wine can be done with any object that can be slid along the neck of a bottle and has enough weight to knock the head off. This can include using the blunt side of a large chef's knife or other similar object. We have even seen people perform sabrage with the base of a wine glass! How does sabrage work? Most people assume that sabering a Champagne bottle means that you are cutting the top or cork off with a sword. In fact, the Champagne saber is just used to smack the base of the flange or annulus on the top of the bottle. By hitting this spot where the seam of the bottle meets the head of the bottle, you are fracturing the top off the bottle by breaking it at its weakest point. The reason this works in sparkling wines is that the pressure in the bottle, which can be quite high, actually does much of the work for you. The smack from the sword or other heavy object at the weak point allows the pressure inside to do the work of pushing the top off the bottle. So in reality, the Champagne saber is not really cutting anything! Where does the art of sabrage come from? There is some disagreement about the origins of sabrage but the most common legend is that Napoleon's cavalrymen were handed bottles of Champagne. While riding on horses they were unable to easily remove the foil, wire cage and cork of the bottles. Therefore, they simply pulled out their sabers and knocked the top off of the bottle with one well-placed blow. Instructional Video: How to Open Sparkling Wine with a Champagne Saber How do you use a Champagne saber? *First of all, we must say that no one should try this without proper instruction and supervision by a professional who has experience with sabrage. Besides potentially shattering a good bottle of Champagne, there is the risk of broken glass cutting you or someone nearby. Additionally, the top of the bottle flies off with great speed so it can injury someone or something. Do not try this at home! Firstly, sabering a bottle should only be done on sparkling wines with hearty, good quality bottles. Cheap, thinner glass or non-sparkling wine bottles will shatter. Also, only use well chilled bottles. If not fully chilled they will shoot lots of wine out and you'll loose half the bottle! If you don't wear glasses, put on eye protection


Top 10 Cities in the Middle East - TheTopTens® Top 10 Cities in the Middle East The Top Ten 1 Dubai Dubai is a city that has everything from shopping to best infrastructure and hotels. It is one of the ideal places to live in the Middle East as it has everything to offer to foreign tourists. I think Dubai is an amazing city for shopping, best dining places, great concerts all year round, but it lacks history. three days will be enough. Has the biggest mall in the world=The Dubai Mall-Has over 1200 shops As per my opinion Dubai is the best city in the world V 21 Comments 2 Beirut Beirut is absolutely the best city in the Middle East.. Hospitality, Nightlife, Beaches, International food... It's the Paris of the Middle East! I totally agree... A city that is modern and antique at the same time! I simply love the city because it's a city that is very charming. Definitely a city everyone should visit in a lifetime.. Try to be more original and try Beirut instead of Paris! Lebanese wife... Best food in the region, most beautiful coastline that I've ever seen, gorgeous mountains, and food that will redefine your religious beliefs. I've been to many cities in middle east and Beirut is absolutely the best... nightlife, food, friendly people everywhere.. I felt in love with this city! V 43 Comments 3 Istanbul Istanbul is an old city! And does have this days a lot of world wide business companies! In addition that it's have the best climate in middle east, and it's are a nationalities Complex! And we can not deny the nightlife in Istanbul! Also it is the 2nd largest city in the world with 13 million population!, and The best and the modernest transportation linking their parts to each other! And rather than that it's a Complex between East and West, and the more you search the more you get about Istanbul! As Napoleon said, "If the world was a single state, Istanbul were the capital" Largest city and very nice and safe city and modern city The city is perfect destination for the culture and history, it was capital city of byzantine and ottoman empire. Istanbul is NOT an Arabic city like others, European kind of people lives in Turkey. V 7 Comments 4 Jerusalem A truly phenomenal city! I felt right at home, and, blimey, I live quite a distance from Israel. A truly amazing city. A lot of great places Beautiful. Rich in culture and history It is the best 5 Abu Dhabi Clean, organized, has unique buildings that can also be world record and people are peaceful and friendly Green city in middle east, less traffic other than other capital city in Gulf countries Its close to Dubai and very nice Will be best city in 2030 V 3 Comments 6 Manama According to a local Bahrani, Manama is "as you like". It's got a nice lived-in feel and is open like Dubai - and much less expensive! Tiny but beautiful, to be honest, nothing compares with Bahrain in the Mid-east its very chill and laid back, lots of history and just enough entertainment! It very clean Bahrain is the top 1st business growing countries in the Middle East and racked 11th in the world Incredible laid back country, people are so positive and respectful too! V 9 Comments 7 Riyadh This city holds the economy of whole Middle East. I don't think this is deserved to be best, but Riyadh deserved to be the most powerful city in Middle East. Nice large modern clean city with lots of rich historical places in and around Riyadh. Its really really classy city I love been there and I got chocked I thought ill go to a forgotten city in the middle of the dessert but life over there was overwhelming big streets luxury cars tall towers eveywhere a lot of nice malls it's a city that I wont say no to live in everyday I like it here simply beautiful although it is still a city getting built Jeddah would be better because it's not new it's old Riyadh is still getting built so yah still love it doe V 12 Comments 8 Tehran Best city in middle east. With excellent Persian food and also modern city where you can relax Iranians call it city of light. Very modern and clean metropolitan city.the living standards (hous


"What paradise was created by James Hilton in his book ""Lost Horizon""?"

Lost Horizon by James Hilton on iBooks This book is available for download with iBooks on your Mac or iOS device, and with iTunes on your computer. Books can be read with iBooks on your Mac or iOS device. Description James Hilton’s bestselling adventure novel about a military man who stumbles on the world’s greatest hope for peace deep in Tibet: Shangri-La. Hugh Conway saw humanity at its worst while fighting in the trenches of the First World War. Now, more than a decade later, Conway is a British diplomat serving in Afghanistan and facing war yet again—this time, a civil conflict forces him to flee the country by plane.   When his plane crashes high in the Himalayas, Conway and the other survivors are found by a mysterious guide and led to a breathtaking discovery: the hidden valley of Shangri-La.   Kept secret from the world for more than two hundred years, Shangri-La is like paradise—a place whose inhabitants live for centuries amid the peace and harmony of the fertile valley. But when the leader of the Shangri-La monastery falls ill, Conway and the others must face the daunting prospect of returning home to a world about to be torn open by war.   Thrilling and timeless, Lost Horizon is a masterpiece of modern fiction, and one of the most enduring classics of the twentieth century.  “One of the most exciting yarns I have ever read. . . . The most artful kind of suspense.” —The New Yorker “Engagingly written.” —The New York Times  James Hilton (1900–1954) was a bestselling English novelist and Academy Award–winning screenwriter. After attending Cambridge University, Hilton worked as a journalist until the success of his novels Lost Horizon (1933) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934) launched his career as a celebrated author. Hilton’s writing is known for its depiction of English life between the two world wars, its celebration of English character, and its honest portrayal of life in the early twentieth century. Customers Also Bought Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC Print Length: 244 Pages Language: English Requirements: To view this book, you must have an iOS device with iBooks 1.3.1 or later and iOS 4.3.3 or later, or a Mac with iBooks 1.0 or later and OS X 10.9 or later. Customer Ratings


Film actor Russell Crowe was born in which country?

Russell Crowe - Biography - IMDb Russell Crowe Biography Showing all 137 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (5) | Trivia  (72) | Personal Quotes  (47) | Salary  (7) Overview (4) 5' 11½" (1.82 m) Mini Bio (1) Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham), English, Irish, Scottish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Maori (one of Crowe's maternal great-grandmothers, Erana Putiputi Hayes Heihi, was Maori). Crowe's family moved to Australia when he was a small child, and Russell got the acting bug early in life. Beginning as a child star on a local Australian TV show, Russell's first big break came with two films ... the first, Romper Stomper (1992), gained him a name throughout the film community in Australia and the neighboring countries. The second, The Sum of Us (1994), helped put him on the American map, so to speak. Sharon Stone heard of him from Romper Stomper (1992) and wanted him for her film, The Quick and the Dead (1995). But filming on The Sum of Us (1994) had already begun. Sharon is reported to have held up shooting until she had her gunslinger-Crowe, for her film. With The Quick and the Dead (1995) under his belt as his first American film, the second was offered to him soon after. Virtuosity (1995), starring Denzel Washington , put Russell in the body of a Virtual Serial Killer, Sid6.7 ... a role unlike any he had played so far. Virtuosity (1995), a Sci-Fi extravaganza, was a fun film and, again, opened the door to even more American offers. L.A. Confidential (1997), Russell's third American film, brought him the US fame and attention that his fans have felt he deserved all along. Missing the Oscar nod this time around, he didn't seem deterred and signed to do his first film with The Walt Disney Company, Mystery, Alaska (1999). He achieved even more success and awards for his performances in Gladiator (2000) and A Beautiful Mind (2001). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gustaf Molin <gumo@hem2.passagen.se> Spouse (1) ( 7 April  2003      - present) (separated) (2 children) Trade Mark (5) Often works with directors Ron Howard and Ridley Scott . Often plays characters based on real individuals Frequently plays fathers or family who have usually suffered a loss Trivia (72) Cousin of former New Zealand international cricketers Jeff Crowe and Martin Crowe . Lost his front tooth playing rugby when he was ten. Never got it fixed until, at the insistence of the director for The Crossing (1990), who paid for it out of his own pocket. First lead role when he was 25. Tried a music career as a rockabilly singer sporting a large pompadour hairdo, playing under the name Russ Le Roq. Titled his first single, "I Want to Be Like Marlon Brando ". Later admitted that he had never even seen a Brando movie when he wrote and recorded the song. Ironically, he went on later to play Jor-El in Man of Steel (2013), the same character that Brando iconically performed in Superman (1978). After filming Gladiator (2000), he and some friends took a 4,000 mile motorcycle trip around Australia. Owns a 560-acre farm in 7.5 hours North-West from Sydney. Dropped out of high school. Russell's rock group is named 30 Odd Foot of Grunts. They played their first American concert following Russell's success in Gladiator (2000) in Austin, Texas in August 2000. The tickets for the concert were selling for over $500 on e-bay.com. (September 5, 2000) Suffered a shoulder injury, which will require surgery, while filming Jodie Foster 's Flora Plum . It is uncertain if the film will have to be recast. Has starred in three films based on articles from Vanity Fair magazine. The Insider (1999) was based on a story by Marie Brenner named "The Man Who Knew Too Much". Proof of Life (2000) was based on the article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" by William Prochnau . A Beautiful Mind (2001)


What is the main ingredient of a plain omelette?

Plain omelette recipe with photos | GetMeCooking Step 1 Helpful links Break the eggs into a bowl and whisk lightly. Whisk in the water and add seasoning. Do not over beat the mixture as this will ruin the texture. Step 2 Heat the pan and once hot add the butter. Tip the pan so the entire surface is coated with butter. Once the butter is foaming add the eggs. Step 3 Leave for 30 seconds and then tilt the pan so any liquid mixture in the middle will run to the sides. Repeat the process until all the liquid has set. Cook until the underside is golden and the top is still slightly runny. To serve, use a spatula and fold the omelette in half.