Which Irish group, from Dundalk, released albums, including Forgiven Not Forgotten, Talk on Corners, In Blue?

The Corrs - Talk on Corners and Forgiven Not Forgotten | Irish Music Daily The Corrs Bands main page It went on to become their most famous album but like their debut, it wasn’t an instant hit. They remixed the songs, What Can I Do, So Young and Runaway, and rereleased a special edition of the album. It became a worldwide hit. The Corrs It was so popular in the UK that it helped to bring their debut album back into the charts. Talk on Corners was the biggest selling album of 1998 in the UK. They became only the second band, after the Beatles, to have two albums in the top two of the UK charts, with Talk on Corners and Forgiven Not Forgotten. Best international band In 1998, they joined Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Italy for the Pavarotti and Friends for the Children of Liberia charity concert. The bill also included Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Jon Bon Jovi and the Spice Girls. In 1999, The Corrs won a Brit award for best international band. They also recorded a live set for MTV Unplugged. The Unplugged album sold nearly 3 million copies. The band’s third studio album, In Blue, followed in 2000. It was more mainstream than their previous work and featured the single, Breathless. The album was another hit for the band and reached number one in eight countries including Ireland, the UK, Germany and Spain. Sadly, the Corrs’ mother died during the production of the album. Her funeral was attended by many, including Bono, Larry Mullen, Paul Brady and Brian Kennedy. The album featured the song, No More Cry, which Andrea and Caroline wrote for their father to help him cope with his wife’s death. On stage with Bono and Ronnie Wood In 2001, the band released their greatest hits album which achieved platinum status in Australia. They also hosted a live concert at Ardmore studios where they were joined by Bono and Ronnie Wood. The performances were released as a live album – VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin. Their next album, Borrowed Heaven, was released in 2004. It was well received by fans as the group had returned to their Celtic folk pop roots. The album reached number one in Ireland and was a hit all over Europe. Their final album to date was Home which was released in 2005. It was a collection of traditional Irish songs which the band dedicated to their mother. The band are currently on a break period as Andrea pursues a solo career and Jim, Sharon and Caroline all have families to raise.


Which former US President's real name is William Jefferson Blythe III?

William J. Clinton | whitehouse.gov Air Force One William J. Clinton Bill Clinton is an American politician from Arkansas who served as the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001). He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby-boomer generation President.  During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare rolls. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination. After the failure in his second year of a huge program of health care reform, Clinton shifted emphasis, declaring "the era of big government is over." He sought legislation to upgrade education, to protect jobs of parents who must care for sick children, to restrict handgun sales, and to strengthen environmental rules. President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in a traffic accident. When he was four years old, his mother wed Roger Clinton, of Hot Springs, Arkansas. In high school, he took the family name. He excelled as a student and as a saxophone player and once considered becoming a professional musician. As a delegate to Boys Nation while in high school, he met President John Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. The encounter led him to enter a life of public service. Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and entered politics in Arkansas. He was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas's Third District in 1974. The next year he married Hillary Rodham, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School. In 1980, Chelsea, their only child, was born. Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. After losing a bid for a second term, he regained the office four years later, and served until he defeated incumbent George Bush and third party candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential race. Clinton and his running mate, Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore Jr., then 44, represented a new generation in American political leadership. For the first time in 12 years both the White House and Congress were held by the same party. But that political edge was brief; the Republicans won both houses of Congress in 1994. In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges brought against him. He apologized to the nation for his actions and continued to have unprecedented popular approval ratings for his job as president. In the world, he successfully dispatched peace keeping forces to war-torn Bosnia and bombed Iraq when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He became a global proponent for an expanded NATO, more open international trade, and a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking. He drew huge crowds when he traveled through South America, Europe, Russia, Africa, and China, advocating U.S. style freedom. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. For more information about President Clinton, please visit


Which Royal residence is situated between Dersingham and King's Lynn?

Sandringham House Royal Residence Trail SANDRINGHAM HOUSE ROYAL RESIDENCE TRAIL        START VENUE: Sandringham House Visitors Centre : Follow signs for Hunstanton and A149, turn right signposted Sandringham .  Follow minor road and signs for car park. CAR & COACH PARKING: At the start venue. PUBLIC TRANSPORT:Nearest Train station Kings Lynn.  Local bus service from Kings Lynn or Hunstanton (see Kings Lynn Hunstanton Line) to Visitor Centre. TERRAIN: Minor roads and woodland paths, not suitable for pushchairs or wheelchairs. GEOCACHING: There are two geocaches on or near the route REFRESHMENTS: At the start and on route. TOILETS:Public toilets at the start point and may be available in public houses on route. DISTANCE:  11km GRADE: Grade 1 ENTRY FEE:   �1.00 per walker (Cheques payable to: Lincolnshire Vikings Walking Club) AWARD: Due to manufacturing costs, a cloth badge/award is not available.  A free sticker is being produced which will be given to all walkers. CONTACT: Rob Eddington, 56 Westbeck, Ruskington, Sleaford, Lincs NG34 9GU. Tel: 07834 121220  e-mail: robeddington@aol.com ROUTE DESCRIPTION UPDATED 30 June 2014 ROUTE DESCRIPTION Leave the Visitors Centre in direction of the War Memorial, cross the road with care and turn left heading along the grass verge with Sandringham House wall on your right. Passing the impressive Norwich Gates on your right to the T junction.Turn right keeping the house wall on your right.  At the 1st junction on your left, turn left signposted Sawmill. Continue along the road following cycle trail 1, passing Sandringham Sawmill on your right, then the school on your left. Q1: What is the name of the school? At the cross roads continue straight ahead to pass Manor Farm on your right. At the next cross roads turn left signposted Dersingham.  Continue into Dersingham passing the Old Vicarage on your right to reach the main road. Cross the road with care and turn left signposted Sandringham. Go past the pub and hotel on your right, then the bus stops to turn right into Manor Road. Go past the police station on your right and the Fish Bar / Kebab shop on your left. Cross the road and turn left down Heath Road.  Opposite the car park on your right, turn left on to Dersingham Common.  Q2: What is the name of the last house on the left before you enter the common? Head towards the No Tipping and Information signs and turn left on main path, continue ahead across the common keeping to the main path for 200m. At patch of open space, bear right through trees staying on main path, at fork bear left staying on main path. 5m before bench with farm building in distance turn right to cross wooden sleeper bridge. Turn left after 3m to cross 2nd wooden sleeper bridge, path narrows through bushes to cross 3rd wooden sleeper bridge carry on to emerge on wider grass track, turn right. Staying on this main path to reach tarmac lane. Back track for 10m and turn left and head to gateway with canopy and yellow arrows.  Go down steps and through barrier and continue to follow yellow markers/arrows down more steps following yellow arrows along main path for approx. 1km. At fork where yellow marker on tree indicates left, turn left, go up hill and steps to reach tarmac path, turn right following yellow arrows. (On your right along this path there is a viewing platform which on a clear day gives good views across the Wash, you may even be able to see the Boston Stump). Continue on path, go through the gates and cross the road with caution and continue ahead on track following the yellow marker arrows. Just before reaching tarmac road to the front, turn left following yellow arrow indicators. At top of rise bear left, again following yellow arrows through the trees. At yellow arrow turn right on wide grass road.   At road junction continue ahead on wide grass verge along side tarmac road to reach the War Memorial and finish. (Should you wish to proceed with a visit to the St Mary Magdalen Church or a visit into Sandringham House turn right). Welcome back, Date Route Description Updated (so we know which edition


What Is the original name of the word sudoku?

The origin of the Sudoku Puzzle Origin of Sudoku The long and interesting history of the Sudoku is quite a puzzle in itself. The name Sudoku or more correctly 数独 comes from Japan and consists of the Japanese characters Su (meaning 'number') and Doku (meaning 'single') but the was not invented in Japan. Sudoku originated in Switzerland and then traveled to Japan by way of America. Sudoku has its deep roots in ancient number puzzles. For many centuries people have been interested in creating and solving them. Puzzles continue to stimulate new development in mathematics, as you can see in the film A Beautiful Mind ➚ . Magic Squares Magic Square puzzles which involve the ordering of consecutive numbers into a square, comes to us from the mists of history. The Magic square ➚ is first documented in China two thousand years ago. The puzzle is both a numerical and positional problem, as all the rows, columns and diagonal lines through the grid must add up to the same number. Just as in Sudoku a number can only be used once in the grid. The aim of the puzzle is to try to devise a new ordering of the numbers to complete the puzzle starting from scratch. Solutions were considered to have mystical properties and became part of the Chinese I Ching (Book of Changes) ➚ method of telling the future. The 3x3 solution shown is called the Lo Shu diagram ➚ . It was regarded as the gift of the turtle from the River Lo ➚ (the turtle had the magic square inscribed on its back). This image was first printed in the first or second century CE. The magic square reached Europe from China by way of the Arabs who brought news of many of the Chinese inventions with them along the Silk Road ➚ . Thabit ibn Qurrah ➚ (ninth century CE) is credited with introducing the magic square to the Western World. See also: Devising Magic squares ➚ ; The Arabian connection ➚ In Europe the first unequivocal appearance of the square is in "Albrecht Dürer's" ➚ engraving called 'Melancholia' ➚ in 1514 where a 4x4 magic square is clearly shown with an arrangement of the first sixteen numbers gives a sum of 34 in all rows, columns and both diagonals. Any philosopher of the renaissance age would know and understand the properties of magic squares. Dürer's Magic Square: All rows, columns and diagonals add up to 34 Chinese Puzzle It is worth mentioning in passing the Chinese Puzzle ➚ that may well be familiar to you, it consists of a 9x9 grid of squares with one square missing. The squares are scrambled and have to be shifted one at a time to form an ascending numerical sequence 1 to 8. The early versions used the digits 1 to 8 with the 9 missing but modern ones have pictures (which comes to the same thing). Like Sudoku it is a matter of finding a strategy to put the squares into a particular order. Swiss Genius Leonhard Euler The great mathematician Leonhard Euler ➚ is the man chiefly credited with the creation of the puzzle that we now know as Sudoku. Born in Basle,Switzerland ➚ in 1707 just after the giant leap forward in mathematics pioneered by Isaac Newton ➚ and Gottfried Leibniz ➚ , he both consolidated and pioneered mathematical knowledge in many fruitful areas. He moved from Basle to St Petersburg, Russia to study medicine but by the chance happenings of fate he became the chief mathematician at the St Petersburg Academy ➚ . In 1741 he spent 25 years in Germany before returning to the Academy in Russia where he died at the grand age of 76. Even though blind for the last seventeen years of his life he still made important discoveries. Euler turned his mind to all sorts of mathematical problems. Amongst other things he is responsible for the ratio of a circle's circumference and diameter pi ➚ being denoted by the familiar Greek letter π and also i to denote the square root of -1. His pioneering work on imaginary numbers ➚ using this new notation transformed key fields of mathematics. Euler's Graeco-Latin squares. May be only as a hobby, Euler developed the basics of 'Sudoku' which he termed 'Graeco-Roman Squares' or Latin Squares ➚ - he used letters as the grid squa


Which late actor said: The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind?

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According to the words of the song, at what time does Burlington Bertie rise?

The London Nobody Sings ...: Burlington Bertie from Bow The London Nobody Sings ... A site dedicated to songs about London. As simple as that. The only rules are that the songs must be brilliant and that the blindingly obvious numbers are excluded. The songs may be explicitly about London or obliquely about the city in some way. This is a project that was deliberately designed to last for one year. It will remain live for people to explore. So please enjoy discovering the lost and found songs of London, and do please spread the word. Sunday, 28 March 2010 Burlington Bertie from Bow "I dress up in fashion. And when I am feeling depressed I shave from my cuff all the whiskers and fluff, stick my hat on and toddle up West. I'm Burlington Bertie. I rise at ten thirty. Then saunter along like a toff. I walk down The Strand with my gloves on my hand. Then I walk down again with them off. I'm all airs and graces, correct easy paces. Without food so long I've forgot where my face is. I'm Bert, Bert, I haven't a shirt ..." Of course there's nothing new under the sun. And long before grime, when the music hall was all the rage, London locations were frequently used in songs. As in I'm so-and-so from wherever. Ella Shields singing Burlington Bertie from Bow is a perfect example. The number was written by her husband William Hargreaves in 1915, and is a bit of a send-up of an earlier Bertie number. In Ella's star turn Bertie has fallen on hard times and is scraping by in Bow. But he's determined to keep up appearances. Down but not out, you might say. Ella was one of the most celebrated male impersonators of the music hall era, and in many ways the fact she was American just adds another lovely twist to the ironies inherent in her performances. Colin MacInnes writes in praise of her in Sweet Saturday Night, mentioning in passing that "she was a bit of an intellectual, and liked analysing her art". There is a lovely clip of her, late on in her career, performing the song Aveline . There is even surviving film of her doing a turn as Burlington Bertie from Bow ... Posted by


In which city was the American Declaration of Independence signed?

9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence - History in the Headlines 9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence July 4, 2012 By Elizabeth Harrison Share To many in the Continental Congress, war was unthinkable. So why did they finally create this revolutionary document? Share this: 9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence Author 9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence URL Google Independence Day, or the Fourth of July, celebrates the adoption by the Continental Congress of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. On the 236th birthday of the United States, explore nine surprising facts about one of America’s most important founding documents. 1. The Declaration of Independence wasn’t signed on July 4, 1776. On July 1, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, and on the following day 12 of the 13 colonies voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee’s motion for independence. The delegates then spent the next two days debating and revising the language of a statement drafted by Thomas Jefferson. On July 4, Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, and as a result the date is celebrated as Independence Day. Nearly a month would go by, however, before the actual signing of the document took place. First, New York’s delegates didn’t officially give their support until July 9 because their home assembly hadn’t yet authorized them to vote in favor of independence. Next, it took two weeks for the Declaration to be “engrossed”—written on parchment in a clear hand. Most of the delegates signed on August 2, but several—Elbridge Gerry, Oliver Wolcott, Lewis Morris, Thomas McKean and Matthew Thornton—signed on a later date. (Two others, John Dickinson and Robert R. Livingston, never signed at all.) The signed parchment copy now resides at the National Archives in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, alongside the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. 2. More than one copy exists. After the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the “Committee of Five”—Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston—was charged with overseeing the reproduction of the approved text. This was completed at the shop of Philadelphia printer John Dunlap. On July 5, Dunlap’s copies were dispatched across the 13 colonies to newspapers, local officials and the commanders of the Continental troops. These rare documents, known as “Dunlap broadsides,” predate the engrossed version signed by the delegates. Of the hundreds thought to have been printed on the night of July 4, only 26 copies survive. Most are held in museum and library collections, but three are privately owned. 3. When news of the Declaration of Independence reached New York City, it started a riot. By July 9, 1776, a copy of the Declaration of Independence had reached New York City. With hundreds of British naval ships occupying New York Harbor, revolutionary spirit and military tensions were running high. George Washington, commander of the Continental forces in New York, read the document aloud in front of City Hall. A raucous crowd cheered the inspiring words, and later that day tore down a nearby statue of George III. The statue was subsequently melted down and shaped into more than 42,000 musket balls for the fledgling American army. 4. Eight of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were born in Britain. While the majority of the members of the Second Continental Congress were native-born Americans, eight of the men voting for independence from Britain were born there. Gwinnett Button and Robert Morris were born in England, Francis Lewis was born in Wales, James Wilson and John Witherspoon were born in Scotland, George Taylor and Matthew Thornton were born in Ireland and James Smith hailed from Northern Ireland. 5. One signer later recanted. Richard Stockton, a lawyer from Princeton, New Jersey, became the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to recant his support of the revolution. On November 30,


How many years are there between Preston Guilds?

Preston Guild Preston Guild The next Preston Guild is 2032.   A full week of events and activities, some seriously civic and others just for fun.   Since 1179 a guild fair has been run in Preston and since 1542 approximately every 20 years except for 1942 which was moved to 1952, the year after the Festival of Britain in London. The guild was originally to promote the traders of the town, a sort of business union, and was run by Burgesses as an official body. Now the guild is a celebration of the town, now city, and includes every aspect of the modern Preston: business, schools, music, theatre, dancing, art and craft, story telling, literature, history, military etc. To be a Burgess entitled you to trade in the town. Outsiders couldn't trade. The entitlement of the Burgesses was established in a Royal Charter. The first one known being in 1179 from Henry II. The Guild has spawned many things, for example, the phrase 'every Preston Guild' meaning something that doesn't happen very often. There is a Fuschia called Preston Guild. A quick look on the internet will find guild medals dating to 1700's, there are also songs, beer and books. Prestons main Theatre and Concert Hall is in the Guild Hall.   This is quite a long page.   Preston Guild Memories From Dave Hughlock in California who was on BBC North West during his 4th Guild Visit.   'As an ex-Prestonian now living in California let me say that I very much enjoy reading your pages. I did return to Preston for a month to celebrate the Guild Week with family and friends and had a wonderful time while in Preston. Your Guild segment is very well done, I enjoyed viewing all the photographs and reading the captions. I was fortunate enough while in Preston to get interviewed by BBC Lancashire TV near the cenotaph, and also by Radio Lancashire in the Harris Museum as well as having the LEP run a half page article about my intending return to Preston for the Guild celebration, all very flattering for me, I was just very happy that the weather for the Guild Week was sunny and warm. I met the Guild Mayor one day in the Harris Museum, shook his hand, congratulated him on a wonderful week and jokingly told him I was visiting from California and had brought the good weather with me.  That was my fourth Guild, I was a member of the Fishwick School gym team for the Children's Festival on Avenham Park for the Guild of 1952. Roll on 2032, I'll be 94 by then, God willing, and who knows, maybe that will be my fifth Guild ? Thanks for the memories Preston.' Read the details in these booklets, (5mb, 3mb resp pdf).       Four processions. It's quite a long one, about 3 miles for vehicles and half that for walkers. From Moor Park to the Adelphi where walkers join, Friargate, Ringway, Lancaster Road, Covered Market, Flag Market, Fishergate, Corporation Street,  walkers leave just before the Adelphi, Moor Park.   Preston Guild Facebook Group - click here   They say the Torch procession is the most popular. Some will like their type of music the most. I'll enjoy Saturday 1st: the opening, the procession, the Preston cake city and food on Winckley Square and the Vintage Weekend crafts and general going on - on Avenham and Miller Park. It would be good to see the Burgesses parading as well.   Video by Chris Miller Ltd of their float and its journey in the Trades Procession.   An excellent YouTube video preview of the Vintage Guild Weekend that was held on the 1st and 2nd September on Preston's Avenham Park and Winckley Square:     Preston Guild Ceremonial The timing of Guild week has been the same since 1562 - the Guild Court must be opened on the Monday after the feast of the decollation of St John the Baptist (29 August). Guild Proclamations in 2012: Saturday 18 August – First Proclamation Saturday 25 August – Second Proclamation Saturday 1 September - Third Proclamation On each of the three Saturdays before the main celebrations of the Guild crowds pack into the Market Square to join in a tradition which gives them a direct link with medieval Preston. In accordance with ancient cust


What was first introduced in 1799, abolished in 1816, re-introduced in 1842 and is still with us today?

TAXATION TAXATION Income Tax and Top Incomes over the Twentieth Century [1]     Introduction ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Income taxation has a long history in the United Kingdom , which first introduced the tax in 1799. It was repealed, briefly in 1802, and from 1816 to its reintroduction in 1842, since when it has been in continuous operation. Even if, as in this paper, attention is concentrated on the twentieth century, this still gives us a period of experience that is long by the standards of economics. What can we learn from this experience? Of course, the information obtainable from income tax records is limited and I shall be referring particularly to the impact of the income tax on that part of the population best covered by the statistics: the top income groups. The paper focuses on the United Kingdom (UK), but I believe that the methods and findings have wider applicability to countries where income taxation is of more recent origin. It raises issues about the future direction of tax policy that go beyond the concerns of one small island off the western coast of Europe . The subject is indeed of considerable policy relevance today, because we have seen in a number of countries, including the UK and the United States , a distinct move away from progressive income taxation. Tax reform has commonly meant cutting top rates of tax and the reduction of graduation in the rate schedule.ï¿½ What are the distributional implications, particularly for top incomes? ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ The first section of the paper gives a stylised account of the development of the UK income tax structure over the past 200 years, and refers to recent changes in other OECD countries. The second section turns to the distribution of income and summarises the evidence about the top of the income distribution that can be derived from the income tax data. Taxes not only have economic and social effects; they also provide valuable statistical information. These data relate to the UK , but comparisons are made with similar evidence for Canada , and the US . The third part of the paper considers the explanation of the observed changes in the distribution and the impact of progressive income taxation. How far are changes in income shares a reflection of the re-arrangement of income? How far are they associated with changes in the composition of top incomes? Conclusions about distributional incidence have to be based on modelling the determination of the personal income distribution, but such modelling is not typically treated in public finance textbooks.ï¿½ The fourth section of the paper considers how the analysis of distributional incidence can be developed, paying specific attention to the explanation of the upper tail of the distribution. ï¿½ 1 A Brief History of Personal Income Tax ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ The personal income tax in the UK dates back to that imposed by William Pitt in 1799. As one history describes it, the income tax was ï¿½the tax that beat Napoleonï¿½ (Sabine, 1966). Not that it was universally popular. One naval officer wrote of the proposal to place a tax on incomes ï¿½It is a vile ... piece of impertinence ï¿½ is a true Briton to have no privacy?ï¿½ (quoted by Sabine, 1966, page 31). The tax was indeed discontinued on the signing of the peace of Amiens , but then reintroduced the year after, to remain in effect until 1816 when it was abolished. It was ordered that, on its abolition, all records held by the tax commissioners should be destroyed. There was supposedly a big bonfire outside Parliament, but the civil service had kept copies.ï¿½ It is not clear that they were useful 26 years later when the tax was introduced again in 1842, but the episode demonstrated the power of a bureaucracy relative to that of the legislature. It should also be noted that the tax had its supporters. The Government proposal to continue the income tax in peacetime was defeated only by a majority of 37 (238 votes against 201). ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ The income tax was re-introduced in the UK in Peelï¿½s Bu


A Flemish Giant is the largest domestic breed of which animal?

Flemish Giant - Windy Ridge Farm Windy Ridge Farm Nesting Box Flemish Giant The Flemish Giant is the largest breed of domestic rabbit .The Flemish Giant originated in Flanders . It was bred as early as the 16th century near the city of Ghent , Belgium. The first standards for the breed were written in 1893. The Flemish Giant is an ancestor of many rabbit breeds all over the world, one of which is the Belgian Hare .  Today, it is one of the more popular breeds at rabbit shows because of its unusually large size and its varying colors. It is promoted by the National Federation of Flemish Giant Rabbit Breeders, which was formed in 1915. The Flemish Giant has many nicknames, first and foremost the "Gentle Giant" for its uniquely docile personality and also the "universal rabbit" for its varied purposes as pet, show, breeding, meat and fur animal. As one of the largest breeds of domestic rabbit , the Flemish Giant is a semi-arch type rabbit with its back arch starting back of the shoulders and carrying through to the base of the tail giving a "mandolin" shape. The body of a Flemish Giant Rabbit is long and powerful with relatively broad hindquarters. Bucks have a broad, massive head in comparison to does. Does may have a large, full, evenly carried dewlap (the fold of skin under their chins). The fur of the Flemish Giant is known to be glossy and dense. When stroked from the hindquarters to the head, the fur will roll back to its original position. Flemish Giants can be docile and tolerant of handling; frequent interaction with humans is a requirement for this to occur. Flemish Giants, like all rabbits, can become fearful, and sometimes violent, if handled incorrectly or irresponsibly.  The well-being of a Flemish Giant, like all rabbits, is dependent upon the care of a responsible owner. Consequently, rabbits may not be an ideal pet for younger or immature caregivers. Flemish Giants are not typically regarded as "meat" rabbits because much of the commercial rabbit market focuses on young rabbits, usually around 70 days of age. At this time, Flemish Giants are developing bone mass rather than muscle. However, when raised to roasting (under 6 months) and stewing (over 6 months) age, the size of the Flemish makes them desirable. They are also often bred with other meat rabbit breeds, such as the New Zealand, to increase both meat-to-bone ratio and litter size.


How was Derek McCulloch known to listeners of BBC?s Children's Favourites and Children's Hour?

BBC's 'Uncle Dick': Derek McCulloch 'accused over sex abuse' | Political Scrapbook They all know about abuse,they are all members of a secret society thats why no one gets to know about any of it. christine redmond October 17, 2012 at 12:28 pm they all knew about jimmys the peadophile, all them at the top covered up for him, its them at the top we need to get now, they have been getting away with it for years , esther rantzon should be removed imediatly from working with children, she has been contacted by email,letters all which she has never even replied, WHY ! BECAUSE ABUSERS WERE FORM THE HIGHER RANKS OF SOCEITY….JOE BLOGGS OFF THE STREET WOULD OF BEEN HANDCUFFED ASAP. THESE HIGHER RANKS OF SOCEITY WILL BE PANICING NOW, THE PUBLIC ARE NOT LETTING THIS GO, ANOTHER HILLSBOROUGH ! WE WILL GET YOU ALL INTHE END. JUSTICE FOR HOLLIE GREIG. Truth-seeker October 17, 2012 at 12:52 pm There may be lots of predators out there in the world who have been exposed recently in the media. But there are also people who will quite happily spread lies and jump on the proverbial bandwagon in a bid to seek ‘fame, fortune and glory’. I recently went to the David Icke site to check out his latest scandal and came across the Hollie Greig story. And was totally convinced it’s a hoax by the testimony of these women on youtube, who were allegedly complicit in this . If things often sound too fantastically crazy to be true, they often are. And I think you’ll find in this instance that the allegations made were false and the work of some truly evil individuals who seek power and influence by massively defaming innocent people. When reading news and hearing gossip and rumour, it’s crucial for the sake of justice and fairness that allegations are based on fact and truth. In this instance, I think there has been a most evil conspiracy. And that needs to pointed out and underlined very clearly. Check this video out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgLiF07zGmY Dunlop Spotty the dog was a bit of a dirty canine as well! And as for Muffin the Mule! JB October 17, 2012 at 2:36 pm My friend told me about Jimmy Saville over 30 years ago. Her father had unfortunately had a road traffic accident and had broken his neck, he was taken to Stoke Mandeville Hospital.  On several occasions whilst visiting her father there was word that Jimmy Saville was going to visit. All of a sudden all the nurses disappeared, apparently they were hiding. When she asked why she was told he was a vile, dirty old man who had wandering hands and they were all disgusted by him. They had complained but were told he made a lot of money for the hospital so it was all kept quiet, but at what real cost? Truth Seeker – you have no idea what you are talking about. October 18, 2012 at 7:44 am Savile was a creep , bizarre dress sense , went around in a van and was looked filthy. In the 70s and 80s many people thought he was a weirdo and had no talent at all. So as the saying goes if it quacks like a duck then it’s a duck. So lets look t the rest of the media weirdos – John mcerick please take note. terminator October 18, 2012 at 8:41 am Desperately disappointed to find the identity of the person alluded to by John Simpson, is non other than the guy, so many of us older ones, as kids, looked forward to listening to on Saturday morning’s Childrens Favourites. Finding childhood memories to now be based on an illusion, is like having them abused and violated, themselves. Find myself agreeing with ‘The end’ with regards to other people of eccentric lifestyle. for closer examination. Not even discounting the forever youthful Peter Pan of Pop. The truth seeker October 18, 2012 at 7:46 pm In the case of Savile there’s a mass of corroborating evidence, and although there may be some people making up stories to get in on the act, there are so many consistent accusations that there can’t be any doubt that most of them are true. In the case of McCulloch, we don’t have corroborating evidence yet afaik.  We need to know whether McCulloch and Garsgadden are the people being referred to, whether


The first head of state to win a Nobel Prize won the Peace Prize in 1906, what was his name?

Theodore Roosevelt - Facts Theodore Roosevelt The Nobel Peace Prize 1906 Theodore Roosevelt Born: 27 October 1858, New York, NY, USA Died: 6 January 1919, Oyster Bay, NY, USA Residence at the time of the award: USA Role: Collaborator of various peace treaties, President of United States of America Field: negotiation Prize share: 1/1 Imperialist and Peace Arbitrator Theodore Roosevelt, President of the USA, received the Peace Prize for having negotiated peace in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5. He also resolved a dispute with Mexico by resorting to arbitration as recommended by the peace movement. Roosevelt was the first statesman to be awarded the Peace Prize, and for the first time the award was controversial. The Norwegian Left argued that Roosevelt was a "military mad" imperialist who completed the American conquest of the Philippines. Swedish newspapers wrote that Alfred Nobel was turning in his grave, and that Norway awarded the Peace Prize to Roosevelt in order to win powerful friends after the dramatic dissolution of the union with Sweden the previous year. In domestic policy, Roosevelt was a radical within the Republican Party. He went in for social reforms and for state control of big capital. Roosevelt's term as President ended in 1908. During World War I he tried in vain to be allowed to serve as an officer, and in 1919 he opposed US membership of the new League of Nations. Share this:


Which is the major city of the Italian region of Piedmont?

Piedmont - Discover Italy Discover Italy Ai Weiwei at Palazzo Strozzi Florence hosts one of the giants of contemporary art Video Ponza: Unchanging Beauty On the Island of Ponza (the most important island in the Pontine Archipelago), nature triumphs with its gorgeous perfumes and colors, and its... Read more Faenza: the art of majolica The city of Faenza is very famous for one of the most ancient and sublime arts in the world: the art of ceramics, and, above all, for the special and... You are in  Home  /  Discover Italy  / Piedmont Piedmont Arona - Statue of San Carlo Borromeo Bardonecchia Novara - Architectural Complex of Broletto Verbania - Borromean Palace What to Taste Piedmont is in Italy's northwest and borders Switzerland and France.  True to the meaning of its name (foot of the mountain), Piedmont is a land of mountains. It is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, with the highest peaks and largest glaciers in Italy.  Monviso, the Piedmont side of  Monte Rosa  and the other spectacular mountains in the region, create incredibly beautiful landscapes, and ski resorts abound:  Via Lattea  and  Sestriere  welcome winter sports enthusiasts with their state-of-the-art facilities.  The Alps form the background for sweeping, picturesque valleys, e.g. the  Val di Susa , Valsesia and Val d'Ossola.  The landscapes of the  Langhe  and  Monferrato  are hilly, rather, but just as beautiful, a succession of cultivated hills and vineyards that are dotted with small towns and castles.  Expanses of water and rice paddies, long rows of poplars and old farmhouses make up the typical scenery of the plains around Novara and Vercelli.  Lake Maggiore  is the most sought-after tourist resort, including Stresa and the  Borromean Islands , charming as they are with their ancient villas surrounded by beautiful lawns and gardens.  Yet, nature is only one of the many attractions in Piedmont.  This region has many other facets: from  Turin  – the Italian car manufacturing capital – with its history and remarkable cultural heritage, to other cities such as Cherasco, Alba and  Ivrea .  Next up are the intriguing Medieval castles - like the imposing fortress at Ivrea - and prized works of architecture - the famous  Residences of the Royal House of Savoy  and the  Sacri Monti  (Sacred Mountains) certainly deserve to be mentioned.  The famous spa resorts of  Acqui Terme  and Vinadio offer treatments and therapy for a relaxing, reviving holiday.  Discoveries and surprises of all kinds are in store for visitors to the region, including a wide range of food and wine to suit every palate.  The region’s provinces are:  Turin  (regional capital),  Alessandria ,  Asti ,  Biella ,  Cuneo ,  Novara ,  Verbano Cusio Ossola  and  Vercelli .  The first stop in exploration of this region should be Turin, with its Egyptian Museum, one of the largest in the world; the Shroud of Turin, one of the most precious relics in Christianity; the famous  Mole Antonelliana  dominating the city skyline and housing the National Cinema Museum; and finally, the Automobile Museum.  The Reggia di Venaria Palace is a splendid and extremely charming architectural structure, listed as a  UNESCO World Heritage Site,  together with the other Residences of the Royal House of Savoy. From the Royal Palace and Palazzo Carignano in Turin to the hunting lodge at Stupinigi, and from the Royal Castle at Racconigi to Turin’s Palazzo Madama, a visit to the Residences of the  Royal House of Savoy  takes place partly in Turin proper, and partly in the surrounding countryside.  The  Sacri Monti  (Sacred Mountains) are beautiful masterpieces of religious architecture spread all over the region's mountaintops: Varallo Sesia, Serralunga di Crea and Ponzano Monferrato, Orta San Giulio, Ghiffa and Domodossola.  Other unmissable destinations are historical towns like  Cherasco , “the town of star-shaped walls;” Savigliano, rich in monuments;  Alba ; and Ivrea.  The most famous abbeys are at Staffarda, an impressive example of Gothic architecture, and Novalesa, near Susa.  The Sacra di San Michele is pa


How is food en brochette cooked and/or served?

What is a Brochette? (with pictures) What is a Brochette? Last Modified Date: 13 December 2016 Copyright Protected: These 10 animal facts will amaze you In French, a brochette is a skewer, and foods cooked on a skewer are said to be en brochette. The word has been adopted into the English language, and English speakers usually interpret “brochette” to refer to food which has been cooked on a skewer, typically in a French style. In some parts of the American south, especially Louisiana, many types of brochettes are available, an enduring testimony to the French cultural influence in these areas. Brochette is available in some French restaurants as well, and it can also be made at home. Many cuisines around the world have some version of the brochette. In Greece, it is known as souvlaki, while Thais call it satay and many Middle Easterners know it as kabob. As a general rule, people use specific ethnic terms to refer to foods from that nation, and “brochette” is usually used to discuss French food. However, a great deal of fusion between cuisines has occurred, leading to French style brochette served with Thai peanut sauce , for example. The core of any brochette is, of course, the skewer. Foods are pierced with the skewer for cooking, whether they are grilled, baked, sauteed, roasted, or broiled. Diners can eat food directly off the skewer, sometimes using the skewer as a handle to dip the food in sauce, or they can tease the food off with an eating utensil for more tidy consumption. Typically, foods are coated in a marinade or rub before they are cooked. Meats such as lamb, chicken, game, and seafood are common offerings in brochettes. Vegetables and fruits can also be used, and many cooks mix the two for flavor variation. Brochette may be served on its own, sometimes with a dipping sauce, or it may be part of a larger plate, as is the case with brochette served over rice or pasta. It is a common inclusion at buffet spreads, since brochettes can be easily picked up and handled by guests. Making a brochette at home is quite easy. You'll need skewers and whatever ingredients you would like to cook on them, along with a marinade. For a very basic marinade, try mixing olive oil, vinegar , Worcestershire sauce, garlic , finely chopped onions, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Cut the food into evenly sized chunks, and marinate it for at least half an hour before putting it on the skewers. Cook the skewers using your method of choice, and serve warm with slices of lemon. Ad


In a TV advert, a model of which car was made out of cake?

Skoda Fabia Advert - Original Cake Car - YouTube Skoda Fabia Advert - Original Cake Car Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 18, 2007 What do you call a Skoda at the top of a hill? A miracle. What do you call a Skoda made out of cake? An advert. Car Confectionery, Skoda Fabia created from an assortment of baked goods over a structural base of Rice Krispie slabs and cakes. Fully (in)edible 8litre engine fuelled by Golden Syrup. CAKES! Soundtrack: Julie Andrews - My Favourite Things Category


BBC's Children's Favourites became Junior Choice when Radio 1 and Radio 2 were formed, who presented it?

BBC - BBC Radio 2 delivers Christmas treats to the nation - Media Centre Enquiries BBC Radio 2 delivers Christmas treats to the nation BBC Radio 2 is offering a distinctive range of festive treats to celebrate Christmas 2014. From Classical to Country, Reggae to Rock n Roll, traditional carols to comedy, there’s something for everyone.Lewis Carnie, Head of Programmes Radio 2 Date: 12.11.2014     Last updated: 10.12.2014 at 12.24 Category: Radio 2 This Christmas, BBC Radio 2 will be giving listeners across the land a sparkling array of festive programmes presented by some of entertainment’s biggest names. The magical musical offering will see a feast of luminaries take to the airwaves – including Heston Blumenthal, John Hurt, French and Saunders, Christopher Biggins, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Len Goodman, Nicola Benedetti and a whole load more. Music fans will be entertained by Sharleen Spiteri on Northern Soul, while David Rodigan will provide a taste of the Caribbean at Christmas; Fearne Cotton will profile her great-uncle (the legendary Big Band man Billy Cotton) and there will be concerts from George Michael and Suzi Quatro. Lewis Carnie, Head of Programmes Radio 2 says: “BBC Radio 2 is offering a distinctive range festive treats for listeners to celebrate Christmas 2014. From Classical to Country, Reggae to Rock n Roll, traditional carols to comedy, there’s something for everyone.” Radio 2 highlights in chronological order: Friday Night Is Music Night – Friday 19 December, 8pm-10pm Friday Night Is Music Night presents its festive spectacular of favourite Christmas music, poetry and readings. The show will feature an all-star cast including actors Juliet Stevenson (Atlantis) and David Harewood (Homeland); West End star singers Scarlett Strallen (Candide, A Chorus Line) and Michael Xavier (The Pajama Game, The Sound Of Music); together with special guest stars. Mike Dixon conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra together with a 16-voice choir from the Royal Academy Of Music in a programme of music that features perennial favourites White Christmas, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, and The Christmas Song, together with classical favourites Prokofiev's Troika and Victor Healy Hutchinson's arrangement of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen from his Carol Symphony. With a specially arranged medley of Frosty The Snowman, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer and Jingle Bells. Plus poetry and prose from Dickens to Dylan to Benjamin Zephaniah. This will be a Christmas show stuffed with seasonal gifts. It will be broadcast on radio and will also be available to watch on the BBC Red Button (8pm-10pm). Friday Night Is Music Night is a BBC Radio 2 Production Glenn Miller - Monday 22 December, 10pm-11pm The programme, presented by Len Goodman, investigates the mysterious phenomenon of Glenn Miller - the biggest selling recording artist in the world between 1939 and 1943, who, 70 years later, still remains one of the top sellers in the world. What is it that gives him this enduring appeal? The facts surrounding his meteoric rise have been extremely well documented over the years. What’s more interesting is why his music achieved even greater popularity after World War II and has continued to attract new listeners around the world. One hugely important factor has to be his mysterious disappearance while on a routine flight over the English Channel on 15 December 1944 - the plane simply vanished into the fog. A heady cocktail of the romantic Miller music laced with nostalgia and a huge dollop of wide-eyed, grim fascination as to what actually happened to that plane. The programme will investigate further and feature some of the best big band music ever performed and listen to exclusive eye witnesses to musical history who will paint an accurate picture of the real Glenn Miller, 70 years after he disappeared. Glenn Miller is a Ping Productions programme. White Christmas - Remembering Barry White - Tuesday 23 December, 8pm-10pm Mica Paris celebrates the music and enduring success of soul legend Barry White. In the first hour of this two hour tribute she t


Author lain Banks died in 2013, what initial did he add to his name for his science fiction books?

Iain Banks - Telegraph Books Obituaries Iain Banks Iain Banks, who has died aged 59, was a novelist who achieved popularity and  critical success in two separate fields: literary fiction, for which he  appeared on the first Granta list of young writers beside the likes of  Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and AN Wilson; and, as Iain M Banks, science  fiction, much of it set in an interstellar anarcho-communist utopia called  The Culture. Iain Banks, born February 16 1954, died June 9 2013 Photo: Chris Watt 6:00PM BST 09 Jun 2013 Banks came rather to regret this demarcation of his novels, and in truth the distinction was not always straightforward. The grotesque and bizarre were often to the fore in his mainstream books, to the point that it was not always obvious into which category they fell. Indeed, 2009’s Transition was published in Britain as an Iain Banks novel, but under his science fiction byline — with its initial M — in America. His best-known book probably remained the first he published. The Wasp Factory brought Banks immediate notoriety. Even before its appearance, one publisher claimed that the book had made him vomit into his waste paper basket. It had a similarly emetic effect on many reviewers: “a repulsive piece of work”; “silly, gloatingly sadistic”; “a work of unparalleled depravity” were among the judgments of the newspapers. Many, though, also conceded the hallucinatory brilliance of the author’s imagination, and there was widespread acknowledgement that Banks’ control of tone and language were more assured than that of many established novelists. Iain Banks was born on February 16 1954 at Dunfermline in Fife and spent his early years in North Queensferry. His father Tom worked for the Admiralty “getting crashed jets out the water”, and his mother Effie, who had been a professional ice skater in a touring review, met her husband while teaching skating at Dunfermline’s ice rink. Though an only child, Iain had a close-knit and large extended family; their name had originally been Banks Menzies, but Iain’s paternal grandfather, a miner and trade union activist, had reversed the surnames after drawing the attention of the police during the General Strike of 1926. Although registered at birth as plain Iain Banks, he used Menzies as his middle name from childhood. The decision to add “M” for his first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas (the fourth of his novels), was prompted by the disapproval of his uncles and cousins when the initial had been dropped from his previous books — after an editor raised the remarkably unlikely prospect of confusion with Rosie M Banks, the fictional author of slushy romantic novels in PG Wodehouse’s stories. When Iain was nine, his father was posted to the west coast of Scotland, and the family moved from their home near the Forth Bridge. The boy’s principal childhood interests were television, reading science fiction, and producing homemade explosives from sugar and weedkiller. After Greenock High School, Iain went to the University of Stirling, where he took courses in English, Psychology and Philosophy. Related Articles Iain Banks updates fans on cancer treatment 21 May 2013 His father was, he recalled, fairly supportive of his resolve to become a novelist, though his mother hoped he might train as a teacher to have “something to fall back on”. Instead, after graduating, Banks hitch-hiked around Europe, and then took a series of jobs, working for almost a decade (some of it in the south of England) as a dustman, a hospital porter and a clerk, with stints at IBM and British Steel, while steadily devoting himself to his writing. Until his first book appeared, he plastered the walls of his room with rejection slips. His parents became more relaxed about the security of his career, he observed, only after he had bought them a house next door to his own. After the success of The Wasp Factory in 1984, Banks produced a steady series of books, all of which found a sizeable audience and, for the most part, an appreciative critical response. The excesses of his début, which


What name is given to a phase of the moon when the moon's disc as seen from the earth is larger than a semi-circle (but not full)?

About Moon Phase Calculator Home   Sun & Moon   Moon   About Moon Phase Calculator About Moon Phase Calculator Our Moon Phase Calculator provides the Moon phase for any date between year 1 to 2100 CE. Links to the Moon phase calculator. Click on the blue “Sun & Moon” link underneath the map on any City Information Page, then click on the link “Moon Phases” in the line below. @timeanddate.com/2016 Each location on timeanddate.com has a Moon phase section offering precise information about Moon phases for years 1 to 2100 CE. To use the Moon phase section, click on the blue “Sun & Moon” link underneath the map on any City Information Page , then click on the link “Moon Phases” in the line below. All times displayed on the Moon phase pages are local times for the selected location. Daylight saving time ( DST ) is automatically taken into account. Please note: This tool provides the exact times and dates of the Moon phases irrespective of the Moon's actual visibility. For example, a full Moon may occur before moonrise or after moonset. Moon Phase links from the front page. Moon Phase links from the front page. @timeanddate.com/2016 Selecting location and date To obtain Moon phase information for a different location, type a city name into the search field below the yellow band near the top of the page. To switch to a different year, enter a year number (1—2100) into the search field below the table. The drop-down menu just above the table also offers quick links to a limited number of years. Core Data at a Glance The yellow band near the top of the page contains the most important Moon phase information for the current date: The current Moon phase and illumination percentage. The icon shows the current phase as seen from the selected location. See below for more information about the Moon phases. The current time and date The previous Moon phase A map showing the selected location Lunation & Lunar Month The lunation number represents the number of times the Moon has cycled the Earth since January 1923 (based on a series described by Ernest W. Brown in Planetary Theory, 1933). One cycle, or lunation, starts at new moon and lasts until the next new moon. Duration Duration is the number of days (d), hours (h), and minutes (m) between a new moon and the next. The average value is 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes and is called a synodic month. The duration varies from one lunation to another, most importantly because the orbit of the Earth and Moon are ellipses rather than circles, where the orbit speed depends on how close the orbiting object is to the mass center. For example, the Moon moves faster when it is closest to the Earth. Some years, such as 2004, have relatively small duration differences throughout the year (five hours difference between minimum and maximum duration), while the year 2008 will have larger differences (more than twelve hours). Local Time Conversion The Moon Phase pages automatically take into account daylight saving time at the selected location, except for UTC/GMT. To display the moon phases for a location within this timezone (e.g. London) please select the city - not UTC/GMT. If you select a future year, the results may be wrong due to future changes in a country's daylight saving time rules. For years before the introduction of standard time zones, the calculator may display "local mean solar time", which is an average yearly value based on the moment when the sun passes a location's meridian. In reality, this moment may differ by up to 17 minutes from the average passing time. Calculation Accuracy For years between 1600 and 2100, the accuracy of the times calculated should be within one minute of the real time. Times for 2007 have been compared to those listed in The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2007, and the same time is listed in 47 of 50 phases with a one-minute difference in the remaining three phases, so it should be accurate enough for most purposes. For years before 1600, accuracy will be less as we calculate back in time up to a probable error of 15 minutes in year 1.


The bakery chain Gregg's is based in which city?

Roger Whiteside is cooking up a new recipe for Greggs - Telegraph Roger Whiteside is cooking up a new recipe for Greggs The food group’s new chief executive talks about his expansion plans Roger Whiteside wants to refocus Greggs on the growing £6bn food-to-go market and ditch its local bakery stores Photo: Paul Grover By Graham Ruddick 9:15PM BST 10 Aug 2013 Roger Whiteside has seen it all in his 35 years in the retail and leisure world – the golden era at Marks & Spencer in the 1990s, the birth and rise of Ocado and financial meltdown at Punch Taverns. Last week, however, he unveiled perhaps his biggest challenge – how to make bakery chain Greggs fit for the cut-throat world of modern food retailing. Newcastle-based Greggs has become the City equivalent of local football team Newcastle United under Kevin Keegan in the early 1990s – everyone has a soft spot for them, but they struggle when up against the big boys. Not many shoppers have a bad word to say about Greggs, particularly after it won a battle to overturn George Osborne’s much derided “pasty tax”. A behind-the-scenes television series called Greggs: More Than Meats The Pie was televised on Sky earlier this year. However, while the U-turn on the pasty tax was celebrated, it has turned into a hollow victory for Greggs. It may have won a battle with No 11 Downing Street, but it has been losing battles on high streets across the UK. Related Articles Greggs issues profit warning 29 Apr 2013 The company’s half-year results showed a 2.9pc drop in like-for-like sales over the past six months, meaning that Greggs has now been in decline for 18 months and shares in the company are at their lowest level for four years. They fell by 11pc last week alone. Whiteside took the reins at the company in February after Ken McMeikan, who had led Greggs since 2008, left for privately-owned catering supplier Brakes. The weather and general economic malaise have been blamed for falling demand for Greggs’ pasties, sandwiches and sausage rolls, but Whiteside believes something more fundamental is wrong – that shoppers are instead turning to chains such as Pret A Manger. Greggs is also losing ground to supermarket convenience stores selling sandwiches and salads. “What has happened over the past five or six years or so is that new entrants have arrived,” Whiteside says in the London offices of his company’s advisers, after presenting the half-year results. “So, coffee shops have suddenly arrived, special sandwich chains have arrived, and whereas you might have had an independent convenience store to deal with in the past, you suddenly have a Tesco-branded convenience store, or a Sainsbury’s Local, or an M&S Simply Food or whatever. These are all serious players and serious competitors which previously didn’t compete in that pool. So we’ve had that knock, and they are obviously very professional and we need to be as professional as them to show we can take our share of a growing market.” Whiteside’s remedy is to refocus Greggs on the growing £6bn food-to-go market and ditch its local bakery stores. This marks a historic shift for Greggs, which was founded in 1939 by John Gregg in Tyneside. In 1973, 55pc of the company’s sales came from bread and rolls, but now it is just 6pc and Whiteside wants to give up fighting in that market and leave it to supermarkets. “There are obviously some exceptions and towns where there is not a supermarket nearby, but wherever a town is served by a little gang of supermarkets, there is no way we can win as a bakery business,” he said. “So then the question is – is food-on-the-go big enough to replace it? In some of those towns it might not be – if basically there aren’t enough people on the go – in which case those are the towns we will have to withdraw from over time once those bakery businesses shrink to the point they are no longer viable.” With local bakeries ditched – leading to more problems for some of Britain’s struggling high streets and smaller towns – Greggs will focus on rolling out a new “bakery food on the go” format across its portfolio of almo


Which is the largest island in the Inner Hebrides?

Inner Hebrides | islands, Scotland, United Kingdom | Britannica.com Inner Hebrides Jura Inner Hebrides, islands off the Atlantic (western) coast of Scotland . In contrast with the Outer Hebrides , the Inner Hebrides lie close to the west coast of Scotland. They stretch 150 miles (240 kilometres) from Skye in the north to Islay in the south and are separated from the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) by the Little Minch, an Atlantic sea channel, and the Sea of the Hebrides. The largest islands of the Inner Hebrides are Skye , Mull , Jura , and Islay . The Small Islands, Skye, and the surrounding islands (including Soay, Scalpay, Raasay, and Rona) are part of the Highland council area and belong to the historic county of Inverness-shire . The remainder of the Inner Hebrides lie within the council area of Argyll and Bute and the historic county of Argyllshire . Cuillin Hills on the island of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. © Index Open The small island of Rhum is a Nature Conservancy Research Centre with special interests in botanical and geologic research and the study of the local red deer , wild goats, and local Highland cattle and ponies. The other islands that with Rhum constitute the Small Islands parish—Canna, Eigg, and Muck—have small working communities . Tiree, 50 miles (80 km) west of Oban, the most westerly of the Inner Hebrides, has an economy based on crofting (small-scale tenant farming, largely for subsistence), bulb growing, cattle raising, fishing, tourism, and the quarrying of marble. Islay , the most southerly island of the Inner Hebrides, was the ancient seat of the Macdonalds, Lords of the Isles, until they were displaced by the Campbells in 1616. Islay’s economy is based on farming, stock raising, cheese making, whisky distilling, and tourism. Other islands of the Inner Hebrides include Coll, Colonsay, Gigha, Iona , Kerrera, Lismore , Luing, Lunga, Oronsay, Seil, Scarba, and the 71-acre (29-hectare) island of Staffa , which is the site of Fingal’s Cave . Coastline near Eabost, on Skye, one of the islands of the Inner Hebrides. © iStockphoto/Thinkstock Fingal’s Cave, Staffa island, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Hartmut Josi Bennöhr Virgin Islands By the first centuries ce the islands’ inhabitants were speaking Gaelic , and they were Christianized following St. Columba ’s arrival on Iona in 563. The islands suffered from Norse raids beginning in the 8th century and came under Norwegian dominance from the 9th to the 12th century, when Somerled rebelled against the Norwegians and founded the lordship of the Isles. The Lords of the Isles maintained effective rule over the islands through the late Middle Ages, and the kingdom of Scotland did not establish control over the islands until 1493, when their history largely merges with that of the historic counties of which they became part. Columns of basalt surrounding Boat Cave on Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Iona Robertson


1985 was the last year that the Scottish football league title was not won by either Celtic or Rangers, which team won it that year?

Celtic: Scottish Premiership title not a two-horse race - Brendan Rodgers - BBC Sport Celtic: Scottish Premiership title not a two-horse race - Brendan Rodgers By David Currie Media playback is not supported on this device No Celtic signings imminent - Brendan Rodgers New Celtic bosss Brendan Rodgers says it is "disrespectful" to label the Scottish Premiership as a two-horse race between the champions and Rangers. Rodgers, who hopes to sign "one or two" players, expects Aberdeen and Hearts, second and third last time, to improve. "I think Aberdeen are going to be stronger again. They have signed some good players, as have Hearts," he said. "The other teams will always fight to make it very difficult. There is no way it is only going to be two teams." Having begun pre-season training this week, Rodgers says he is "taking his time" to "assess and analyse" the squad at his disposal before starting their Champions League qualifying campaign in three weeks. The Hoops will travel to face either Flora Tallin of Estonia or Gibraltar side Lincoln Red Imps on 12/13 July, with the return leg at Parkhead the following week. If successful, a further two-leg qualifying round awaits - either side of high-profile friendlies against Leicester and Barcelona - before the start of their title defence against Hearts on the weekend of 6/7 August. Rodgers says "it is going to take a bit of time for the players to settle into my ideas" "You have to remember these players are the current champions so they have earned the right for me to at least have a look at them," Rodgers told BBC Scotland. "But I certainly think that having assessed the team over a number of games, there are one or two areas where there are maybe one or two we can bring in that can help. "There is a lot of great work going on behind the scenes and the club has been terrific in terms of supporting what I want to add. "In 12 weeks the Champions League group stages start and the most important thing for us is to be in it. That will be with the current players and hopefully one or two that can help them get there." Old Firm rivalry 'won't affect Warburton friendship' Rodgers renewed acquaintances on Tuesday with Rangers boss Mark Warburton, who worked in the youth set-up at Watford when Rodgers was manager from 2008-2009. "We spoke a few weeks back and Mark is a good guy," he added. "Whatever rivalry there is between clubs, it doesn't spread outside of the field in terms of our relationship. "He did excellent work for me when I was at Watford and he has done very well in his own right as a manager, both at Brentford and up here at Rangers. "It is going to be a competitive league this year. You want the best teams in it, and Rangers won their league last year and are in it. "We are looking forward to the challenge of retaining the title. We will just concentrate on our own job and if we do that, we know we are in with a great chance of making it six in a row." Share this page


Harry Hole appears as a policeman in the best-selling books by which author?

The Son by Jo Nesbo | PenguinRandomHouse.com Add to Cart About The Son The author of the best-selling Harry Hole series now gives us an electrifying tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption.   Sonny Lofthus has been in prison for almost half his life: serving time for crimes he didn’t commit. In exchange, he gets an uninterrupted supply of heroin—and a stream of fellow prisoners seeking out his Buddha-like absolution. Years earlier Sonny’s father, a corrupt cop, took his own life rather than face exposure. Now Sonny is the center of a vortex of corruption: prison staff, police, lawyers, a desperate priest—all of them focused on keeping him stoned and jailed. When Sonny discovers a shocking truth about his father’s suicide, he makes a brilliant escape and begins hunting down the people responsible for his and his father’s demise. But he’s also being hunted, and by enemies too many to count. Two questions remain: who will get to him first, and what will he do when he’s cornered? About The Son The author of the best-selling Harry Hole series now gives us an electrifying stand-alone novel set inside Oslo’s maze of especially venal, high-level corruption.   Sonny Lofthus is a strangely charismatic and complacent young man. Sonny’s been in prison for a dozen years, nearly half his life. The inmates who seek out his uncanny abilities to soothe leave his cell feeling absolved. They don’t know or care that Sonny has a serious heroin habit—or where or how he gets his uninterrupted supply of the drug. Or that he’s serving time for other peoples’ crimes.             Sonny took the first steps toward addiction when his father took his own life rather than face exposure as a corrupt cop. Now Sonny is the seemingly malleable center of a whole infrastructure of corruption: prison staff, police, lawyers, a desperate priest—all of them focused on keeping him high and in jail. And all of them under the thumb of the Twin, Oslo’s crime overlord. As long as Sonny gets his dope, he’s happy to play the criminal and the prison’s in-house savior. But when he learns a stunning, long-hidden secret concerning his father, he makes a brilliantly executed escape from prison—and from the person he’d let himself become—and begins hunting down those responsible for the crimes against him . . . The darkly looming question is: Who will get to him first—the criminals or the cops? From the Hardcover edition. About The Son The author of the best-selling Harry Hole series now gives us an electrifying stand-alone novel set inside Oslo’s maze of especially venal, high-level corruption.   Sonny Lofthus is a strangely charismatic and complacent young man. Sonny’s been in prison for a dozen years, nearly half his life. The inmates who seek out his uncanny abilities to soothe leave his cell feeling absolved. They don’t know or care that Sonny has a serious heroin habit—or where or how he gets his uninterrupted supply of the drug. Or that he’s serving time for other peoples’ crimes.             Sonny took the first steps toward addiction when his father took his own life rather than face exposure as a corrupt cop. Now Sonny is the seemingly malleable center of a whole infrastructure of corruption: prison staff, police, lawyers, a desperate priest—all of them focused on keeping him high and in jail. And all of them under the thumb of the Twin, Oslo’s crime overlord. As long as Sonny gets his dope, he’s happy to play the criminal and the prison’s in-house savior. But when he learns a stunning, long-hidden secret concerning his father, he makes a brilliantly executed escape from prison—and from the person he’d let himself become—and begins hunting down those responsible for the crimes against him . . . The darkly looming question is: Who will get to him first—the criminals or the cops? From the Hardcover edition. About The Son The author of the best-selling Harry Hole series now gives us an electrifying stand-alone novel set inside Oslo’s maze of especially venal, high-level corruption.   Sonny Lofthus is a strangely charismatic and complacent you


What was the occupation of Cliff Clavin in the American TV sitcom ?Cheers??

"Cheers" What is... Cliff Clavin? (TV Episode 1990) - 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 What is... Jeopardy! (1984)? The answer is the show that is coming to Boston for a one-time only appearance and that Cliff has made it on as a Boston-based contestant. Cliff is cocky about ... See full summary  » Director: a list of 5584 titles created 30 Oct 2012 a list of 732 titles created 13 Jun 2013 a list of 265 titles created 31 Jan 2015 a list of 70 titles created 28 May 2015 a list of 298 titles created 5 months ago Title: What is... Cliff Clavin? (18 Jan 1990) 8.4/10 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. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Edit Storyline What is... Jeopardy! (1984)? The answer is the show that is coming to Boston for a one-time only appearance and that Cliff has made it on as a Boston-based contestant. Cliff is cocky about his chances of winning. He is even more sure of winning after he sees the Jeopardy! board topics. An incident at game itself makes Cliff question his long held fascination with the game. A subsequent personal meeting later with Alex Trebek at Cheers restores his faith in what he can do for the overall good of mankind... or at least anyone who watches Jeopardy! Meanwhile, Sam's little black book is missing. Apparently the current holder of the book is working his way alphabetically through the book, calling up women and making dates as Sam to meet them at the roller rink, with the women to wear a black leather mini-skirt and French cut panties. The mystery person is currently at the H's and so Sam enlists Rebecca's help to set a trap for the mystery man. Written by Huggo 18 January 1990 (USA) See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Cliff's final response, "People who have never been in my kitchen," later became an actual category on Jeopardy! (1984). See more » Goofs Before he sends Timmy on his way, Sam tells him that he's going to give him $25 so that he can get a decent haircut. But Sam pulls only one bill out of his wallet. See more » Quotes Rebecca Howe : Why am I in the list of women you gone to bed with? Sam Malone : They're not all the women that I've gone to bed with. Just the important women in my life, you know. I mean, the women I gone to bed with, my cleaninglady, ahh... my mother and you. 'course now that I've gone to bed with my cleaninglady that just leaves them, mom and... you. User Reviews   A Legendary Game Show saluted within a Legendary Sitcom; or Art imitating Life imitating Art! (or some such equivalency!) (United States) – See all my reviews MARKING the arrival of a film or TV Series as an important little tidbit of American Pop Culture is the inclusion of one program, such as JEOPARDY, in the plot of an episode of another show; be it a Sitcom or a Drama. SO it is with this particular episode of CHEERS, which puts our good buddy, Cliff (John Ratzenberger) in a situation where he is a contestant on the game show. All points to his having success; what with all categories on the Jeopardy Game Board are obviously subjects with which the Letter Carrier has a high degree of familiarity. IT has been said that "Pride cometh before the fall"; and it is certainly an apt example of the old deadly sin. Cliff is oh so close to realizing a dream of a lifetime; only to give it up to the higher purpose of giving the audience some laughs. As always, the situations are well thought out and virtually guaranteed to go over. (The use of testing material must be in use to some degree; which is enhanced with the presence of a live, in studio audience for the cast to play up to.) AS in most all sitcom series episodes, a sub-plot is employed; making the half hour move as well as giving every cast member something to do. Everyone gets their chance to shine; which means the


By winning the best supporting actor Oscar in 2007, who became Spain?s first winner of an Academy Award? He played a Bond villain in ?Skyfall?.

1000+ images about OSCAR-----------BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ----- on Pinterest | Oscar winners, John houseman and Jack albertson Javier Bardem, one of Spain's premier actors and the recipient of a Best Actor Academy Award nomination in 2001 for Before Night Falls, won the 2008 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "No Country for Old Men". See More


Leigh Francis is the real name of which TV entertainer, the character first appeared in ?Whatever I Want? then ?Bo Selecta??

Leigh Francis Net Worth | Search Net Worth Leigh Francis Net Worth Leigh Francis Net Worth is$10 Million VN:F [1.9.22_1171] Rating: 3.0/5 (2 votes cast) VN:F [1.9.22_1171] ? Rating: 2.7/5 (3 votes cast) Leigh Francis net worth: Leigh Francis is a British comedian and actor who has a net worth of $10 million dollars. Born in Beston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, Leigh Francis attended the Leeds College of Art where he earned a certification in Graphic Design. He began performing stand-up comedy while in school, and caught the attention of television presenter Davina McCall. At her suggestion, he was invited to join the cast of "Dom & Kirk's Nite O Plenty", which aired for one season in 1996. Throughout the late 90s, he portrayed various comedic characters on such shows as, "Popworld" and "Whatever I Want'. In 2002, he was offered the television job that would make him a household name. Channel 4 paid him to develop a number of his more popular characters into their own series. The show was called, "Bo! Selecta", and ran for five seasons. He then spun one of his "Bo! Selecta" characters, Keith Lemon, into a successful television franchise. He is currently appearing as Keith Lemon on "Lemon La Vida Loca", a spoof reality series. Leigh Francis (born 30 May 1973) is an English entertainer, best known for creating Channel 4's Bo' Selecta! and portraying Keith Lemon in several ITV shows. Francis was born on 30 May 1973[citation needed] and brought up on a council estate in Old Farnley, Leeds. His father died aged 47 of cancer, and his mother and sister live in Spain. His grandparents were from the Burgenland area of Austria. Francis attended Farnley Park High School (which later changed its name to Farnley Park Maths and Computing College and is now The Farnley Academy), formerly Harrington High School in Leeds. He later studied at the Leeds College of Art and received a qualification in graphic design. Before making his major television breakthrough, he was discovered and encouraged by television presenter Davina McCall, performing in-role stand up comedy in a Southern comedy club. McCall landed Francis his first television role on Dom and Kirk's Nite O Plenty, where he portrayed Bobby Stark, a man who gives tips on how to win over the ladies. The series aired on Paramount Television from January to July 1996. Francis' second television role was as Barry Gibson, a music paparazzo, featured on the early series of Channel 4's Popworld. Francis also starred as various characters, including Gibson, Keith Lemon and Avid Merrion in the series Whatever I Want, which aired late night on ITV in 2000. Francis lives in Camden Town, London, and on 31 October 2003, at Allerton Castle, North Yorkshire, he married Jill Carter, a beauty therapist. Their adopted son, Bradley was born on 25 July 1998 and their daughter, Matilda, was born in February 2009. His major TV breakthrough occurred when Channel 4 offered him a ??250,000 deal to produce a series based around his portrayal of television characters, such as his previous roles as Bobby Stark and Barry Gibson, and in 2002, Bo' Selecta! was born. The series featured Francis portraying a series of celebrities by wearing face masks to impersonate them, Leigh Francis Net Worth, 2.7 out of 5 based on 3 ratings Related Posts


Which building is the home of the Northern Sinfonia orchestra?

Royal Northern Sinfonia at Sage Gateshead View more @RNSinfonia on Twitter RT @Sage_Gateshead : Our final #NYNA preview sees no less than THREE stars of tomorrow play alongside @Lars_Vogt & @RNSinfonia on Fri 27 htt… Jan 18, 2017, 4:53 pm You can't have a theme focusing on song without featuring some of Schubert's magnificent contributions!… https://t.co/EnEUr4vpsl Jan 16, 2017, 4:04 pm RT @gavinengelecho : Serenade @RNSinfonia @sage_gateshead featuring music by J Strauss, Hindemith, Martinu & Brahms Review: Northern Echo ht… Jan 16, 2017, 2:07 pm


Terry Deary has written which series of books for children?

Horrible Histories series by Terry Deary Horrible Histories series 42 works, 42 primary works Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant. The series has proved exceptionally successful in commercial terms. The books are written by Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite and Neil Tonge and illustrated by Martin Brown, Mike Phillips and Philip Reeve.


Which English city will be a British City of Culture in 2017?

Home - Hull UK City of Culture 2017 Home 01 Jan - 07 Jan 2017 Made in Hull 22 Feb - 25 Feb 2017 Back To Ours Festivals right on your doorstep Various Will Gregory with BBC Concert Orchestra & Special Guests Part of Mind on the Run Hull City Hall 17 Dec - 23 Dec 2016 | 7pm Dick Whittington © 2016 Hull UK City of Culture 2017. All rights reserved. Registered in England & Wales. No. 9106231. Charity, no. 1162199. Registered Office: Pacific Exchange, 40 High Street, Hull HU1 1PS HOST CITY


Which group did Steve Winwood leave to form Traffic?

Traffic: The History : Steve Winwood Steve Winwood May 4, 1969 by Admin/Archivist @ SteveWinwood.com 0 Comments Traffic: The History From JimCapaldi.com This multi-talented West Midlands group gained international success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, particularly in the USA where as a three piece they attracted a huge following. In Britain, they are remembered mostly for some memorable and ground-breaking singles and albums that scored high chart placings. Traffic was formed when Steve Winwood, who was the focal point of the Spencer Davis Group decided to move beyond the restrictions of the group and form a band with three other Birmingham area musicians. Jim Capaldi had formed his first band at the age of fourteen and was soon recording for Pye records with the Hellions. Shortly thereafter, he was gathering rave reviews in a band called Deep Feeling which he shared with fellow Traffic founder Dave Mason & Family founding member Poli Palmer. The band played rock & blues and locally were in a league of their own. Guitarist Dave Mason had been a member of the Worcester group The Hellions in the early 1960s along with Jim. Jim had continued with The Hellions who were re-named Deep Feeling after Dave Mason's departure to work as a roadie for the Spencer Davis Group. Saxophone / flute player Chris Wood who was born in Harborne, Birmingham on 24 June 1944, had been a member of the group Locomotive and previously, had been in Sounds Of Blue who later became Chicken Shack. These four musicians would often get together on stage at a hip club called The Elbow Room on Aston High Street in Birmingham run by an enigmatic character called Don Carlos and it was there that the idea for Traffic was formed. With Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason eager to form a new band, Steve Winwood agreed to join the partnership along with Chris Wood and so the four retreated to a secluded (and reportedly haunted) cottage in Aston Tirrold, Berkshire in order to write and rehearse new material. The cottage was to become a place of legend as regular visitors included musicians such as Eric Burdon, Pete Townshend and Eric Clapton as well as Trevor Burton (of The Move) amongst many others. The new group was named Traffic (an action that prompted an obscure south London band called Traffic Jam to re-name themselves Status Quo) and was given full financial backing by Island Records boss Chris Blackwell who intended to promote the band to help the launch of Island Records as a major act label. Traffic went on to be the spearhead which successfully launched Island Records as an Internationally recognised label. With Steve's involvement, the group was assured at least initial attention and Traffic's first single Paper Sun was released in the summer of 1967. With production by Jimmy Miller Paper Sun was the first song which Jim and Steve wrote together Jim Capaldi supplying the captivating lyrics and Steve the music. The song was just right for the times and featured an Indian sitar played prominently by Dave Mason. The single reached No. 5 in the UK charts and brought the group to the forefront of the British psychedelic or "flower power" movement that was sweeping the country at the time. The next Traffic single was composed and sung by Dave Mason. The song was supposedly inspired by a dream Dave had at the cottage (although certain substances he was taking may have also played a part) and the recording featured the innovative use of the Mellotron. Hole In My Shoe captured the psychedelic atmosphere of 1967 with as much impact as The Pink Floyd's See Emily Play although this song was to signal the beginning of the end for the Mason involvement in the group as the other three members were eager to get away from pop and into more absorbing material. By November 1967, a third Traffic single entitled Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush had been released which had more to do with the fact that it was used as the title track of a film than the band's wishes. It was to be their last single as the band turned their back on looking for singles success to concentrate on t


Which famous playwright acted under the name David Baron?

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Pelleas and Melisande is the only opera by which composer?

HNK – Pelléas et Mélisande Claude Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande Pelléas and Mélisande is the only opera in five acts of the great French Impressionist composer Claude Debussy. Although it is Debussy’s only completed opera, it very clearly follows the composer’s idea of an ideal operatic work: The author said that for a long time he had wanted to write music for theatre, “but my ideas were so unusual, that I gave up after several attempts. However, there are thoughts on how a new opera should look like: Undefined place of action, modest stage design… Short, condensed libretto with mobile scenes; no argument or explaining among the protagonists; I see them as people left at the mercy of life or destiny. “Only after revealing Maeterlinck’s symbolist drama he found the ideal libretto and the opera was premiered with great success in 1902 in Paris. In a strange forest, in a symbolist landscape Prince Golaud finds a mysterious, lost young woman Mélisande and takes her to the court of his grandfather, King Arkël. They get married, and the young beauty Mélisande wins sympathy of the entire court. But the ways of the heart are unpredictable, so Mélisande falls in love with Pelléas, her husband’s stepbrother, which gives rise to Golaud’s jealousy. The two lovers secretly meet at the fountain where Mélisande loses her wedding ring and suspicious Golaud sends his son Yniold to follow them. Aware of the danger Pelléas decides to leave the castle and arranges his last meeting with Mélisande during which they reveal their love to each other. At that moment, Golaud, who had been listening secretly, mad with jealousy kills Pelléas and wounds Mélisande. She later gives birth to anabnormally small girl and dies soon afterwards, while Golaud until the last moment expects thereal truth from her. The love triangle entwined with envy, jealousy and passion, specific musical expression and modern permeation of the libretto and music score brought great interest of the public. This work initiated a kind of revolution in opera composing, not only in France but throughout the world. Our production will be performed in collaboration with the Opéra Comique from Paris, and the French and Croatian artists will jointly present the audience this masterpiece of the early twentieth century, directed by Stéphane Braunschweig. At the same time, the premiere performance of Pelléas and Mélisande in May 2015 will mark the beginning of a months-long cultural event of presenting French culture in Croatia. Conductor Pascal Rophé


Which lake was created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam?

Aswan High Dam, River Nile, Sudan - Water Technology The dam's reservoir improved navigation across the Nile River, enhancing tourism. Aswan High Dam, River Nile, Sudan, Egypt Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan. The dam is fed by the River Nile's waters, and the reservoir created by the dam forms Lake Nasser. The dam's construction began in 1960 and was completed in 1968. It was, however, officially inaugurated in 1971. The total investment for constructing the dam reached $1bn. With a reservoir capacity of 132 cubic kilometres, the Aswan High Dam provides water for about 33,600km of irrigation land. It serves the irrigation needs of both Egypt and Sudan, controls flooding, generates power and helps in improving navigation across the Nile. Egypt and Sudan reached an agreement in 1959, as part of which about 18.5 cubic kilometres of water from the reservoir was allocated to Sudan. History of the Aswan High Dam "Institute Hydroproject of Russia, in collaboration with various engineers from Egypt, designed the Aswan High rock-fill dam." Efforts to harness water from the River Nile were first initiated with the construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1898 under the direction of Sir William Willcocks. The dam was completed in 1902 and was raised twice during the period of 1907-1912 and 1929-1933 to further alleviate the Nile from flooding. The Aswan Low Dam was, however, not adequate to control the annual flooding of the Nile. This gave rise to the idea of constructing a higher dam in 1952 with funding from the World Bank being sought in 1954. The US and Britain had earlier tried to fund part of the project but it did not materialise. The US withdrew the funding, followed by Britain and the World Bank. The Soviet Union finally came to the rescue of Egypt by providing the required funds for the project in 1958. Construction of Aswan High Dam finally began in 1960. Purpose and benefits of the North African project The dam was constructed with the primary aim of regulating the flow of the River Nile, which serves as a lifeline to almost the whole of Egypt. Flooding of the Nile occurs annually, with almost half of the water being drained into the sea wastefully. The dam controls floods by regulating the flow of river and supplies water for irrigation throughout the year, almost doubling the agricultural yield. The dam also improved navigation across the Nile, benefiting the tourism and fishing industries. Water from the dam is used for feeding 12 power turbines providing half of Egypt's power needs. The reservoir also helps to supply the stored water during droughts. Details of the rock-fill dam project Aswan High Dam measures 111m in height, 3,830m in length and has a base width of 980m. The spillway has a discharge capacity of 11,000 cubic meters a second. "The dam was constructed with the aim of regulating the flow of the River Nile, which serves as a lifeline to almost all of Egypt." Comprising of rocks, cement and metals, it creates the reservoir of the dam measuring 550km in length and 35km in width. The reservoir, with its surface area of 5,250 square kilometres, elevation of 183m and depth of 185m, has a storage capacity of 132 cubic kilometres. The dam consists of 180 sluice gates to regulate the flow of water to achieve flood control. It also has 12 Francis turbines, with an installed capacity of 2,100MW to supply electricity for industrial and household use. The dam's construction required some 44 million cubic metres of building materials and a workforce of about 34,000 people. Controversies surrounding Aswan High Dam Related project Nile River Barrage, Naga Hammadi, Egypt The barrage is of crucial importance to the development of the Nile Valley water supply infrastructure. Aswan High Dam had been controversial right from its inception. The project was hit by financial controversies before its implementation when US, Britain and the World Bank backed out from their decision of partially funding the project. It created tension between various countries and lead, in pa


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