A tiger called Richard Parker appears in which novel by Yann Martel ?

Amazon.com Message How Richard Parker Came to Get His Name By Yann Martel In Yann   Martel's fablelike Life of Pi ,   16-year-old Pi Patel (the son of a zookeeper) is trapped for 227 days on a   26-foot lifeboat with a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ("His head   was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth."). Read on as the author   explains the coincidental history of the origin of his unforgettable   character's name. People have asked me how the tiger in my novel Life of Pi came  to be called Richard Parker. I didn't just pull the name out of a hat. In fact,  Richard Parker's name is the result of a triple coincidence. In 1884, the Mignonette , a yacht, set sail from Southampton,  England, for Australia. She had a crew of four. In the South Atlantic, the seas  were heavy. Wave after wave struck the vessel. Suddenly, she broke apart and  sank. Captain, mate, hand, and cabin boy managed to scramble aboard a  dinghy--but without water or provisions except for two cans of turnips. After  19 days adrift, starving and desperate, the captain killed the cabin boy, who  was unconscious and had no dependents, and the three remaining survivors ate  him. The cabin boy's name was Richard Parker. His fate, in itself, is not  particularly noteworthy. Cannibalism on the high seas was surprisingly common  at the time. The reason Richard Parker--or, more accurately, "the case of the Mignonette "--has gone down in history, at least in knowledgeable legal  circles, is that upon their return to England, the survivors (they were rescued  shortly after killing R.P. by a Swedish ship) were tried for murder, a first.  Up till then, murder committed under duress, because of severe necessity, was  informally accepted as justifiable. But with the Mignonette , the powers-that-be  decided to examine the question more closely. The case went all the way to the  Lords and set a legal precedent. The captain was found guilty of murder. To  this day, the only excuse for murder remains self-defense, and any British  legal team that tries to argue otherwise will get a lecture from the judge  about the Mignonette . Murder committed in extreme circumstances for the  sake of sustaining life remains illegal (though those who commit it usually get  light sentences). That's one Richard Parker. Fifty years earlier, in 1837, Edgar Allan Poe published his only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon  Pym . It was a commission that quickly lost Poe's interest. He  finished it with a mix of reluctance and slapdash hurry that is not a recipe  for great literature. Pym is a sloppy work that would have vanished without a  trace if weren't for its author's fame. In the story, the ship upon which Pym  and a friend set sail from Nantucket overturns in a storm. Survivors cling to  the hull. After several days, hunger and despair push Pym and his friend to eat  a third man. His name is Richard Parker. Remember, Poe wrote Pym 50 years  before the sinking of the Mignonette . And then there was the Francis Speight , a ship that foundered in  1846. There were deaths and cannibalism aboard. One of the victims was a  Richard Parker. So many victimized Richard Parkers had to mean something. My tiger found  his name. He's a victim, too--or is he? Yann Martel, the child of diplomats, was born in Spain in    1963. He grew up in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Alaska, and Canada and as an    adult has spent time in Iran, Turkey, and India. After studying philosophy at    Trent University in Ontario, he worked at various odd jobs until he began    making a living as a writer at the age of 27. He lives in Montréal (when    he stays put). Amazon.com Recommends


Which was the second James Bond film to star Daniel Craig in the title role ?

Top 10 Daniel Craig Movies - YouTube Top 10 Daniel Craig Movies Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 11, 2014 Visit us @ http://alltimebest.co/ Casino Royale Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the Eon Productions James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Wikipedia Skyfall Skyfall is the twenty-third James Bond film produced by Eon Productions. It was distributed by MGM and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Wikipedia Quantum of Solace Quantum of Solace is the twenty-second James Bond film produced by Eon Productions, and is the direct sequel to the 2006 film Casino Royale. Directed by Marc Forster, it features Daniel Craig's second performance as James Bond. Wikipedia Munich Munich is a 2005 drama film based on Operation Wrath of God, the Israeli government's secret retaliation against the Palestine Liberation Organization after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Layer Cake Layer Cake is a 2004 British crime thriller produced and directed by Matthew Vaughn, in his directorial debut. The screenplay was adapted by J. J. Connolly from his novel of the same name. Wikipedia Elizabeth Elizabeth is a 1998 biographical film written by Michael Hirst, directed by Shekhar Kapur, and starring Cate Blanchett in the title role of Queen Elizabeth I of England, alongside Geoffrey Rush The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 Swedish-American mystery thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. This film adaptation was directed by David Fincher and written by Steven Zaillian. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 British-Japanese-German action adventure fantasy film based on the popular Tomb Raider video game series featuring the character Lara Croft portrayed by Angelina Jolie. Wikipedia Road to Perdition Road to Perdition is a 2002 American crime film directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay was adapted by David Self, from the graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins. The film stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, and Daniel Craig. Wikipedia The Power of One


Who was Britain's first female Foreign Secretary and the first female leader of the Labour Party ?

Brown appoints first female home secretary | Society | The Guardian Brown appoints first female home secretary Jacqui Smith, the new home secretary, and David Miliband, the new foreign secretary, today. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA. Thursday 28 June 2007 06.56 EDT First published on Thursday 28 June 2007 06.56 EDT Share on Messenger Close Gordon Brown today appointed Britain's first female home secretary as he unveiled a radical shake-up of his frontbench team. Jacqui Smith, the former chief whip, will take charge of the new-look Home Office in a wide-ranging reshuffle that saw more than seven members of the Blair cabinet leave government altogether. Margaret Beckett, the former foreign secretary, who has been on the Labour frontbenches - on and off - since 1976, was the most high profile casualty. David Miliband, the Blairite environment secretary, takes over her role at the relatively young age of 41. In a surprise move, Shaun Woodward, who defected to the Labour party from the Tories in 1999, received a cabinet appointment as Northern Ireland secretary. Alistair Darling, the former trade and industry secretary, was confirmed as Mr Brown's replacement as chancellor. Jack Straw, Mr Brown's campaign manager, made history as he became the first non-peer - to bear the centuries-old title of lord chancellor. James Purnell, a junior work and pensions minister, was promoted to secretary of state for culture, media and sport. John Denham - the respected chairman of the home affairs select committee, who resigned as a junior Home Office minister in 2003 in protest against the Iraq war - made a return to government as secretary of state for the new Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills. And Ed Balls - Mr Brown's closest political ally - was promoted to secretary of state for children, schools and families. The two new departments replace the Department for Education and Skills. Douglas Alexander, another ally of Mr Brown's who had already been picked as Labour's election strategist, was further rewarded with a promotion to the Department for International Development, replacing Hilary Benn. Mr Benn, who came fourth in the deputy Labour leadership contest, replaces Mr Miliband as environment secretary. Alan Johnson, the former education secretary who came a close second to Harriet Harman in the Labour deputy leadership contest, will take over as the new health secretary following Patricia Hewitt's resignation last night. Hazel Blears, another deputy leadership contender, was named as communities and local government secretary, replacing Ruth Kelly, who becomes transport secretary. Peter Hain, the former Northern Ireland and Welsh secretary, replaces John Hutton as the work and pensions secretary but will retain his responsibility for Wales. Mr Hutton will take charge of the new Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory reform. Geoff Hoon makes a return to cabinet with a promotion from Foreign Office minister to chief whip. Des Browne remains in his post as defence secretary, and also becomes Scottish secretary. Ed Miliband - David Miliband's younger brother - was promoted to secretary of state for the Cabinet Office and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. Andy Burnham, formerly a junior health minister, also takes a seat in cabinet as chief secretary to the Treasury. And Lady Ashton replaces Lady Amos, who stepped down yesterday as leader of the Lords. Lady Scotland, the former Home Office minister, becomes the new attorney general. Tessa Jowell will continue to attend cabinet as minister for the Olympics, while Mr Brown's trusted former spokesman Ian Austin, MP for Dudley North, becomes the prime minister's parliamentary private secretary, along with Angela E Smith, MP for Basildon. Nick Brown - Tony Blair's first chief whip from 1997-98 and one of the new prime minister's key allies - has been appointed deputy chief whip and minister for the north of England. Other ministers for the regions include Beverley Hughes for north-west England, Caroline Flint for Yorkshire and Humberside, Gillian Merron for the east


In Virgil's Aeneid, who was the Queen of Carthage who fell in love with Aeneas?

SparkNotes: The Aeneid: Book IV The Aeneid page 1 of 2 Summary The flame of love for Aeneas that Cupid has lit in Dido’s heart only grows while she listens to his sorrowful tale. She hesitates, though, because after the death of her husband, Sychaeus, she swore that she would never marry again. On the other hand, as her sister Anna counsels her, by marrying Aeneas she would increase the might of Carthage, because many Trojan warriors follow Aeneas. For the moment, consumed by love, Dido allows the work of city building to fall by the wayside. Juno sees Dido’s love for Aeneas as a way to keep Aeneas from going to Italy. Pretending to make a peace offering, Juno suggests to Venus that they find a way to get Dido and Aeneas alone together. If they marry, Juno suggests, the Trojans and the Tyrians would be at peace, and she and Venus would end their feud. Venus knows Juno is just trying to keep the Trojans from Italy but allows Juno to go ahead anyway. One day when Dido, her court, and Aeneas are out hunting, Juno brings a storm down upon them to send the group scrambling for shelter and arranges for Aeneas and Dido to wind up in a cave by themselves. They make love in the cave and live openly as lovers when they return to Carthage. Dido considers them to be married though the union has yet to be consecrated in ceremony. Anxious rumors spread that Dido and Aeneas have surrendered themselves entirely to lust and have begun to neglect their responsibilities as rulers. When Jupiter learns of Dido and Aeneas’s affair, he dispatches Mercury to Carthage to remind Aeneas that his destiny lies elsewhere and that he must leave for Italy. This message shocks Aeneas—he must obey, but he does not know how to tell Dido of his departure. He tries to prepare his fleet to set sail in secret, but the queen suspects his ploy and confronts him. In a rage, she insults him and accuses him of stealing her honor. While Aeneas pities her, he maintains that he has no choice but to follow the will of the gods: “I sail for Italy not of my own free will” (IV.499). As a last effort, Dido sends Anna to try to persuade the Trojan hero to stay, but to no avail. Dido writhes between fierce love and bitter anger. Suddenly, she appears calm and instructs Anna to build a great fire in the courtyard. There, Dido says, she can rid Aeneas from her mind by burning all the clothes and weapons he has left behind and even the bed they slept on. Anna obeys, not realizing that Dido is in fact planning her own death—by making the fire her own funeral pyre. As night falls, Dido’s grief leaves her sleepless. Aeneas does sleep, but in his dreams, Mercury visits him again to tell him that he has delayed too long already and must leave at once. Aeneas awakens and calls his men to the ships, and they set sail. Dido sees the fleet leaving and falls into her final despair. She can no longer bear to live. Running out to the courtyard, she climbs upon the pyre and unsheathes a sword Aeneas has left behind. She throws herself upon the blade and with her last words curses her absent lover. As Anna and the servants run up to the dying queen, Juno takes pity on Dido and ends her suffering and her life. 1


What nickname were the British Parachute Regiment given by the Germans during the Second World War ?

Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) For a list of parachute regiments from other countries, see Parachute Regiment (disambiguation) . Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) Cap Badge of the Parachute Regiment Country Insignia Insignia The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is the Airborne Infantry of the British Army . One battalion is permanently under the command of the Director Special Forces in the Special Forces Support Group . The other battalions are the parachute infantry component of the British Army's rapid response formation 16 Air Assault Brigade . It is the only line infantry regiment that has not been amalgamated with another unit since the end of the Second World War . Members of the Parachute Regiment are known to the rest of the army and the British public by the nickname the Paras. [4] The Parachute Regiment was formed during the Second World War and eventually raised 17 battalions. In Europe, these battalions formed part of the 1st Airborne Division , the 6th Airborne Division and the 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade . Another three battalions served with the British Indian Army in India and Burma. The regiment took part in five major parachute assault operations in North Africa, Italy, Greece, France, the Netherlands and Germany, often landing ahead of all other troops. At the end of the Second World War, the regiment was reduced to three regular army battalions first assigned to the 16th Parachute Brigade and later the 5th Airborne Brigade . The reserve 16th Airborne Division was formed using the regiment reserve battalions in the Territorial Army (TA). Defence cuts gradually reduced the TA formations to a parachute brigade and then a single reserve battalion. In the same time period, the regular army battalions have taken part in operations in Suez , Cyprus , Borneo , Aden , Northern Ireland , the Falklands , the Balkans, Sierra Leone , Iraq and Afghanistan , at times being reinforced by men from the reserve battalion. Contents Edit A soldier from the 3rd Battalion in Iraq 2003, armed with an L85A2 . The Parachute Regiment consists of three regular army battalions, the 1st , 2nd , and 3rd , and a Territorial Army battalion, the 4th . The 1st is based at St Athan , Wales, and is permanently attached to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). [5] [nb 1] To be selected for the 1st Battalion, non-Paras first have to have served a period of time with the 2nd or 3rd Battalions[ citation needed ], however new recruits directly from Para Coy ITC Catterick do join straight from training. They receive further training on additional weapons, communications equipment and specialist assault skills. [7] All men within the Parachute Regiment can expect to serve with the SFSG on rotation. This ensures that the advanced military skills taught to the SFSG are maintained in the other two regular battalions. [8] The 2nd and 3rd Battalions are the parachute infantry component of the 16 Air Assault Brigade , the army's rapid response brigade, and are based at Colchester Garrison . [9] [10] [11] The reserve 4th Battalion has its headquarters at Pudsey and companies in Glasgow, Liverpool and London. [12] Selection Edit Volunteers for the Parachute Regiment are invited to a 3-day insight course at the Parachute Regiment Assessment Course (PRAC) at Catterick Garrison . Over the three days, they have to pass a series of physical fitness assessments. All recruit training is then undertaken over a 30-week course with 2nd Infantry Training Battalion [13] at the Infantry Training Centre [14] at Catterick. The Parachute Regiment Training Company is made up of seven training platoons[ citation needed ]: Arnhem Platoon Tamera Platoon The Company staffed by instructors from Parachute Regiment, commanded by a Major[ citation needed ]. P company puts recruits through a number of physical assessments designed to test fitness, stamina and teamwork skills and has been described as some of the most arduous training carried out by any army in the


Telly Savalas played the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in which James Bond film?

Telly Savalas - Phantis Telly Savalas Jump to: navigation , search Telly Savalas Telly Savalas ( January 21 , 1924 – January 22 , 1994 ) was a Greek-American film and television actor who fathered 8 children. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1963 in his first starring movie, Birdman of Alcatraz. He was also best known for his work on the Kojak television series, and for playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Contents 10 External links Early life He was the second oldest of five children born to Christina Savalas, who was a New York City artist, and Nick Savalas, a Greek restaurant owner, as Aristotelis Savalas in Garden City, New York. He had his first job at age 8 in 1932 , as a newspaper boy, while he constructed a shoeshine stand made of crates. When he entered Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, New York, he initially only spoke Greek , yet he learned English and graduated in 1942 . Telly Savalas gained life experience with a three-year stint in the Army during WWII , working for the U.S. State Department hosting the "Your Voice of America" series and then at ABC News before beginning an acting career in his late 30s. Pre- and early television work As first, executive director and then senior director of news special events at ABC, Savalas became an executive producer for the "Gillette calvalcade of Sports", where he gave Howard Cosell his first job. Savalas first acted on the TV show Armstrong Circle Theater ( 1959 ) and then on the series "The Witness" as Lucky Luciano, where actor Burt Lancaster "discovered" him. Savalas was cast opposite Lancaster's idealistic D.A. in the melodrama The Young Savages ( 1961 ). He moved on to play a string of heavies, winning acclaim and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the sadistic Feto Gomez in Birdman of Alcatraz ( 1962 ). After portraying Pontius Pilate in The Greatest Story Ever Told ( 1965 ), he chose to remain completely bald and this signature look, somewhere between the comic and the ominous, stood him in good stead in the years that followed. Savalas was memorable in The Dirty Dozen ( 1967 ), the seminal ensemble action film by director Robert Aldrich, and reappeared as a different character in two TV movie reprisals. He also appeared as star in two classics, Kelly's Heroes ( 1970 ), and The Scalphunters ( 1968 ), a western that revealed the absurdity of racism during the Civil Rights movement. His career was transformed with the lead role in the celebrated TV-movie The Marcus Nelson Murders (CBS, 1973 ) where the pop culture icon of Theo Kojak was born. Savalas polished his hard-boiled image to a brilliant sheen over the long run of Kojak (CBS, 1973 - 1978 ). During those years, he co-bought racehorse Telly's Pop, recorded many albums, including "Telly" (1974) and "Who Loves Ya, Baby" (1976) and directed and wrote the film Beyond Reason ( 1977 ). After the very popular series ended, Savalas reprised the Kojak persona in several Kojak-based TV-movies, furthering his public canonization. One of Savalas' brothers, George Savalas (known professionally for a time simply as 'Demosthenes') played the character 'Stavros', a sensitive , wild-haired, quiet, comedic foil to Kojak's street-wise humor in an otherwise dark dramatic TV series. Life after Kojak Throughout his life, Telly Savalas was a charismatic leader, creative writer, director, and producer. He won the Emmy, the Peabody, and Golden Globe Awards. In 1990, the city of New York declared "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" as the official movie of New York City, and awarded Telly with the Key to the City. He was also a strong contributor to his Greek Orthodox roots through the Saint Sophia and Saint Nicholas cathedrals in Los Angeles and was the sponsor of bringing electricity in the '70's to his ancestral home, Yeraka , Laconia , Greece . His mother, Christina, was a world recognized contemporary of Picasso, and he himself released several records, the most remembered was his version of "If", that was #1 in Europe for 10 weeks in 1975. Many peop


Which capital city was planned by Pierre l'Enfant in the 1790s ?

A Brief History of Pierre L’Enfant and Washington, D.C.   |   Arts & Culture | Smithsonian A Brief History of Pierre L’Enfant and Washington, D.C. How one Frenchman’s vision became our capital city View of the National Mall (Courtesy of the National Park Service) By Kenneth R. Fletcher smithsonian.com April 30, 2008 Today's Washington, D.C. owes much of its unique design to Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who came to America from France to fight in the Revolutionary War and rose from obscurity to become a trusted city planner for George Washington. L'Enfant designed the city from scratch, envisioning a grand capital of wide avenues, public squares and inspiring buildings in what was then a district of hills, forests, marshes and plantations. The centerpiece of L'Enfant's plan was a great "public walk." Today's National Mall is a wide, straight strip of grass and trees that stretches for two miles, from Capitol Hill to the Potomac River. Smithsonian museums flank both sides and war memorials are embedded among the famous monuments to Lincoln, Washington and Jefferson. L'Enfant and the Capital Washington D.C. was established in 1790 when an act of Congress authorized a federal district along the Potomac River, a location offering an easy route to the western frontier (via the Potomac and Ohio River valleys) and conveniently situated between the northern and southern states. President Washington chose an area of land measuring 100 square miles where the Eastern Branch (today's Anacostia River) met the Potomac just north of Mount Vernon, his Virginia home. The site already contained the lively port towns of Alexandria and Georgetown, but the new nation needed a federal center with space dedicated to government buildings. Washington asked L'Enfant, by then an established architect, to survey the area and recommend locations for buildings and streets. The Frenchman arrived in Georgetown on a rainy night in March 1791 and immediately got to work. "He had this rolling landscape at the confluence of two great rivers," said Judy Scott Feldman, chairwoman of the National Coalition to Save Our Mall. "He essentially had a clean slate on which to design the city." Inspired by the topography, L'Enfant went beyond a simple survey and envisioned a city where important buildings would occupy strategic places based on changes in elevation and the contours of waterways. While Thomas Jefferson had already sketched out a small and simple federal town, L'Enfant reported back to the president with a much more ambitious plan. For many, the thought of a metropolis rising out of a rural area seemed impractical for a fledgling nation, but L'Enfant won over an important ally. "Everything he said, a lot of people would have found it crazy back then, but Washington didn't," says L'Enfant biographer Scott Berg. His design was based on European models translated to American ideals. "The entire city was built around the idea that every citizen was equally important," Berg says. "The Mall was designed as open to all comers, which would have been unheard of in France. It's a very sort of egalitarian idea." L'Enfant placed Congress on a high point with a commanding view of the Potomac, instead of reserving the grandest spot for the leader's palace as was customary in Europe. Capitol Hill became the center of the city from which diagonal avenues named after the states radiated, cutting across a grid street system. These wide boulevards allowed for easy transportation across town and offered views of important buildings and common squares from great distances. Public squares and parks were evenly dispersed at intersections. The MacMillan Commission's plan of Washington, D.C. (Worthy of the Nation: Washington, DC, from L’Enfant to the National Capital Planning Commission) Pierre L'Enfant's plan of Washington, D.C. (Worthy of the Nation: Washington, DC, from L’Enfant to the National Capital Planning Commission) Pennsylvania Avenue stretched a mile west from the Capitol to the White House, and its use by officials ensured rapid development for the points in betwee


Which geological era, spanning the massive time-period between 245 million and 65 million years ago, is divided into three periods named the Triassic, the Jurassic and the Cretaceous ?

The Mesozoic Era Online exhibits : Geologic time scale The Mesozoic Era The Mesozoic Era is divided into three time periods: the Triassic (251-199.6 million years ago), the Jurassic (199.6-145.5 million years ago), and the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 million years ago).* The dark band in this photo (indicated by the arrow) of the Hell Creek Formation in Montana is known as the z-coal, a coal layer that marks the approximate boundary between Cretaceous (below) and Tertiary (above) age rocks. Mesozoic means "middle animals," and is the time during which the world fauna changed drastically from that which had been seen in the Paleozoic. Dinosaurs , which are perhaps the most popular organisms of the Mesozoic, evolved in the Triassic, but were not very diverse until the Jurassic. Except for birds, dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. Some of the last dinosaurs to have lived are found in the late Cretaceous deposits of Montana in the United States. The Mesozoic was also a time of great change in the terrestrial vegetation. The early Mesozoic was dominated by ferns, cycads, ginkgophytes, bennettitaleans, and other unusual plants. Modern gymnosperms, such as conifers, first appeared in their current recognizable forms in the early Triassic. By the middle of the Cretaceous, the earliest angiosperms had appeared and began to diversify, largely taking over from the other plant groups. Mesozoic fossil localities Blue Nile Gorge, Ethiopia : Come along on a fossil-hunting trip to Ethiopia with UCMP researchers and see the first dinosaur fossils found there. Clayton Lake, New Mexico : This Cretaceous site has some of the most extensive and best preserved dinosaur trackways in the United States. Ischigualasto, Argentina : The best-known and best-preserved early dinosaurs come from this Triassic locality in South America. Pt. Loma Formation, California : This Cretaceous locality has yielded important fossils for understanding western North American dinosaurs. Karoo Basin, South Africa Solnhofen Limestone, Germany : Exquisitely detailed fossils have come from these Jurassic deposits in southern Germany. Resources See UCMP's Dinobuzz and explore some of the frequently asked questions about the biology of dinosaurs. Were they warm-blooded? Why did they go extinct? Are dinosaurs related to birds or are they reptiles? Find out more about the Mesozoic paleontology and geology of North America at the Paleontology Portal's pages on the Triassic , Jurassic , and Cretaceous Periods. See the Wikipedia page on the Mesozoic. * Dates from the International Commission on Stratigraphy's International Stratigraphic Chart, 2008.   David Polly created the original page 12/6/1993; Allen Collins made additions and broke the original page into multiple pages 11/26-28/1994; Sarah Rieboldt updated the pages to reflect the Geological Society of America (GSA) 1999 Geologic Timescale, 11/2002; Dave Smith recombined the content into a single page and adapted it to the new site format, 6/15/2011; Hell Creek Formation photo by Dave Smith, UCMP


Which historic event took place on July 31st 1910 in Quebec harbour as the SS Montrose docked ?

On This Day halfaperson wrote: Quote: 1986 The 'Hand of God' football match. England were beaten 2-1 by Argentina in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Mexico. Both Argentine goals were scored by Diego Maradona - the first with the deliberate use of his hand which went unseen by the referee. It was the first match between the two countries since the Falklands War in 1982. Cheating bastard - I don't care how good a player he was, he'll always be remember for being a cheat. Chuff me that was 22 years ago and it seems like last year. That was a sunday night as well wasnt it? Remember it clear as a bell. Actually watched it in a pub that is now my local. Absolutely fuming. Then he goes and scores that brilliant goal. I know he was a cheating pillock ravey but hes still one of the greates players ever. Ive read a couple of books, one by him (ghost written) and one by a an English fella. He sounds an utter shyster to boot. Even in his own words he comes across as a jumped up self important tosser who his own team mates generally despised. Aye, 22 years ago - what a pair of old gits we are. And to think there are people at work who weren't even born then who think they can tell me what to do... Not denying he was a great player, just saying that despite that he'll be remembered as a cheat. A cocaine snorting cheat as well!! raveydavey June 23rd: 1683 William Penn, the English Quaker, signed a treaty with the Indian chiefs of the Lenni Lenade Tribe in an attempt to ensure peace in his new American colony, Pennsylvania. 1757 British troops, commanded by Robert Clive (the legendary Clive of India), won the Battle of Plassey in Bengal - laying the foundations of the British Empire in India. 1894 Birth of Edward, Duke of Windsor who was King Edward VIII from 20th January to 10th December 1936 before abdicating to marry twice-divorced Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson. 1916: Sir Len Hutton, one of the all-time great England cricketers, was born. He was the first professional captain of the England Test side and his innings of 364 against Australia at The Oval in 1938 stood as a Test record for nearly 20 years. He died in 1990 aged 74. 1939 The Government of Eire declared membership of the IRA (Irish Republican Army) to be illegal. 1940 The BBCï¿½s Music While You Work programme was first broadcast on radio to brighten up the lives of munitions workers doing boring factory jobs. 1951 Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, missing diplomats, fled to the USSR as Russian spies before the British authorities had the opportunity to arrest them for spying. They 'surfaced' in Moscow in 1956. 1970 The worldï¿½s first all-metal liner, Brunelï¿½s 'Great Britain' returned to Bristol from the Falkland Islands where it had lain rusting since 1886. How well engineered is that? Left rusting for nearly 100 years and still in good enough condition to be towed nearly the full length of the Atlantic! Brunel was a bloody genius. More here: http://www.ssgreatbritain.org/Home.aspx 1985 A passenger jet disintegrated in mid-air off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board. 1986 Brighton bomber Patrick Magee, found guilty of planting the bomb at the Grand Hotel, Brighton during the Conservative Party Conference in 1983, was jailed for a minimum of 35 years. 1989 The Home secretary announced that the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad had been disbanded in the wake of allegations of malpractice. 1994 It was announced that the Royal Yacht Britannia would be sold or scrapped. 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales apologized for taking her two sons, Princes William and Harry, to see the 15 certificated film The Devil's Own, about an IRA assassin. raveydavey June 24th: 1314 Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II at Bannockburn and so completed his expulsion of the English from Scotland. 1509 Henry VIII's coronation took place. 1559 The Elizabethan Prayer Book was first used. 1717 The Grand Lodge of the English Freemasons was founded in London. 1825 William Henry Smith, English newsagent and bookseller, born. 1850 The birth of Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener, British fiel


When measured in metres per second, in a vacuum, what's the speed of light to the nearest million ?

How Fast Does Light Travel? | The Speed of Light How Fast Does Light Travel? | The Speed of Light By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor | May 22, 2012 08:37pm ET MORE Einstein's theory of special relativity sets of the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second (300 million meters per second). But some scientists are exploring the possibility that this cosmic speed limit changes. Credit: Iscatel | Shutterstock The speed of light in a vacuum is 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second), and in theory nothing can travel faster than light. In miles per hour, light speed is, well, a lot: about 670,616,629 mph. If you could travel at the speed of light, you could go around the Earth 7.5 times in one second. Early scientists, unable to perceive light’s motion, thought it must travel instantaneously. Over time, however, measurements of the motion of these wave-like particles became more and more precise. Thanks to the work of Albert Einstein and others, we now understand light speed to be a theoretical limit: light speed — a constant called "c" — is thought to be not acheivable by anything with mass, for reasons explained below. That doesn’t stop sci-fi writers, and even some very serious scientists, from imagining alternative theories that would allow for some awfully fast trips around the universe. Speed of light: History of the theory The first known discourse on the speed of light comes from the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who penned his disagreement with another Greek scientist, Empedocles. Empedocles argued that because light moved, it must take time to travel. Aristotle, believing light to travel instantaneously, disagreed. In 1667, the Italian astronomer Galileo stood two people on a hill at a distance of less than a mile, each holding a shielded lantern. One uncovered his lantern; when the second saw the flash, he uncovered his, as well. By observing how long it took for the light to be seen by the first lantern-holder (and factoring out reaction times), he thought he could calculate the speed of light. Unfortunately, Galileo's distances were too small to see a difference, so he could only determine that light traveled at least ten times faster than sound. In the 1670s, Danish astronomer Ole Römer used eclipses of Jupiter 's moon, Io, as a chronometer for the speed of light. Over the course of several months, as Io passed behind the giant gas planet, Römer found that the eclipses came later than calculations anticipated, although over the course of several months, they drew closer to the predictions. He determined that light took time to travel from Io to Earth. The eclipses lagged the most when Jupiter and Earth were farthest apart, and were on schedule as they were closer. He concluded that light took ten to eleven minutes to travel from the sun to Earth, an overestimate since it in fact takes 8 minutes and 19 seconds. But at last scientists had a number to work with — his calculation presented a speed of 125,000 miles per second (200,000 km/s). In 1728, English physicist James Bradley based his calculations on the change in the apparent position of the stars due Earth's travels around the sun. He put the speed of light at 185,000 miles per second (301,000 km/s), accurate to within about 1 percent. Two attempts in the mid-1800s brought the problem back to Earth. French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau set a beam of light on a rapidly-rotating toothed wheel, with a mirror set up 5 miles away to reflect it back to its source. Varying the speed of the wheel allowed Fizeau to calculate how long it took for the light to travel out of the hole, to the adjacent mirror, and back through the gap. Another French physicist, Leon Foucault, used a rotating mirror rather than a wheel. The two independent methods each came within about 1,000 miles per second of the speed of light measured today. Prussian-born Albert Michelson, who grew up in the United States, attempted to replicate Focault's method in 1879, but used a longer distance, as well as extremely high-quality mirrors and lenses. His result of 186,355


Where would you find the hardest substance in the human body ?

BBC Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Skeleton Layer Food processing: Teeth cut through and chew up food, preparing it for digestion Enamel: Is the hardest substance in the human body Tooth decay: Bacteria in your mouth produce acid which rots your teeth Teeth break down food Your teeth prepare food for digestion by breaking it down and chewing it up. They do this by cutting, tearing, crushing and grinding: Your eight flat front teeth are good for biting, scraping and cutting. They are called incisors Your four cone shaped canines are good at piercing and tearing food The teeth that crush and grind your food are your eight blunt premolars and your twelve broader, larger molars Hard teeth have a soft centre Your teeth are covered in enamel, which is the hardest substance in your body. It covers the exposed part of your teeth above your gum. The roots of your teeth are fixed into a socket in your jawbone. Although your teeth are hard on the outside, they actually have a soft centre. Inside your teeth is a cavity filled with pulp. Pulp is made up of connective tissue, blood vessels, and nerve fibres. It supplies nutrients to your teeth. The pulp cavity extends into the root of your teeth, forming the root canal. Two sets of teeth The first set of teeth known as deciduous or milk teeth erupts through the gums between eight months and three years of age. Milk teeth become loose and start to fall out as permanent teeth push through the gums at about six years of age. A full set of 32 permanent teeth is complete when wisdom teeth appear in the late teens or early twenties. The reason you have two sets of teeth probably comes down to size. A full set of permanent teeth would be too big to fit into a young child's mouth. So milk teeth act as a bridge until the jaw is large enough to accommodate a full set of permanent teeth. Wisdom teeth The last teeth that emerge are your wisdom teeth. It's not clear what their function is, but some experts believe they're a remnant from a time when our ancestors had a more rugged diet and, as a result, longer, larger jaws. Now our jaws are smaller, there often isn't enough room for them, which is why wisdom teeth can cause problems. Tooth decay There are bacteria in your mouth that multiply when you eat sweet food. As these bacteria feed on food stuck on your teeth, they produce acid. This acid can dissolve enamel and eat through a tooth, right down to the nerve in its pulp cavity. A hole in a tooth like this provides a route for bacteria in your mouth to cause nasty infections in the root of a tooth. This can result in excruciating toothache.


Which Radio 2 programme was presented for many years by Alan Keith ?

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Obituary: Alan Keith Obituary: Alan Keith Alan Keith: Veteran broadcaster Alan Keith was a familiar voice for three generations of BBC radio listeners, and he presented the BBC Radio 2 music programme, Your Hundred Best Tunes, for 44 years. For more than 43 years, Alan Keith delighted his many listeners with his selection of popular and light classical music, his clipped tones instantly recognisable to all who heard them. He was born Alec Kossoff, in October 1908, when King Edward VII was still on the throne. The brother of the actor and broadcaster, David Kossoff and the uncle of the late rock guitarist, Paul Kossoff, he changed his name to Alan Keith in the 1920s. He studied at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada), where he won a silver medal in 1928. Soon afterwards, he was appearing in George Bernard Shaw's own production of Major Barbara in London's West End. By 1935, Alan Keith was already an established voice on BBC radio. His career also featured a spell as a stand-up comic at London's Windmill Theatre and he worked, for three years, as an interviewer for BBC radio's In Town Tonight. Alan Keith came up with the idea for Your Hundred Best Tunes, and the programme's first edition broadcast on the Light Programme, later to become BBC Radio 2, on 15 November 1959. Little did anyone know at the time that it would keep him employed well into his 90s. Alan Keith graced the airwaves since 1935 The show was originally commissioned for a 13-week run, but its huge success, and positive feedback from listeners, led to an open-ended run which has continued right up to today. Alan Keith selected his own music, regularly visiting the listening room at the BBC's gramophone library to choose his favourite tracks. Interviewed by the Radio Times, Alan Keith spoke frankly about his programme. "It was a very tentative choice and likely to arouse listeners as much as the planners," he said. "I hope people write and tell me their favourites in case I've missed anything. They must, however, bear in mind the standard I used in choosing. "A tune must be popular, and it must be good of its kind - even if it's only a Cockney ballad it must have class." Of all the tunes which Alan Keith played over the years, perhaps the most popular was the duet from Bizet's opera, the Pearl Fishers. But he featured everything from Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, through O Sole Mio and Albinoni's Adagio. The programme's playlist, which changed very little over the years, inspired a number of albums - which sold three million copies between them - and a loyal audience of listeners with whom Alan Keith built his own personal rapport.


The giant Jurassic plant-eating dinosaur now known as the Apatosaurus was formerly known by what name ?

Apatosaurus | Scholastic Apatosaurus Grades 3–5 Apatosaurus was one of a number of giant, plant-eating dinosaurs that roamed western North America during the Late Jurassic Period, more than 140 million years ago. The animal probably will remain better known for some time under the name Brontosaurus, because this name has been used in many books and films about dinosaurs. Paleontologists use the name Apatosaurus, however, because the first fossil fragment of the animal was so labeled, and by scientific convention the first name given is the one accepted. Apatosaurus and other giants such as Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, and Camarasaurus constitute the suborder Sauropoda. These five-toed, long-necked dinosaurs were the dominant herbivores of their time. Their fossils occur in abundance in rock formations in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming.   Apatosaurus had an enormous, barrellike body supported by thick, heavy legs. Its tail and neck were long and stout. More than 25 m (82 ft) in total length, it weighed 18-32 metric tons (20-35 U.S. tons). The skull was elongated and had short but pointed teeth. Apatosaurus skeletons are usually headless when they are found, however, because of fragile skull and neck connections. When the American paleontologist O. C. Marsh uncovered the first such skeleton, in 1879, he paired it with a wrong skull found nearby — that of the dinosaur now known as Camarasaurus. As a result, Apatosaurus was depicted as having a snub-nosed head with peglike teeth until the late 1970s, when the error was corrected. Traditionally, paleontologists have regarded Apatosaurus as a semiaquatic animal, feeding and wallowing in lakes, swamps, and rivers. This idea was based on the belief that the animal's enormous weight was too great for the legs to bear and that it therefore needed to live in water to support its weight. Using this line of reasoning, some scientists suggested that the animal's long neck permitted it to breathe while at depths of 6-8 m (20-25 ft). This theory is flawed, however, because water pressures at depths of only a few meters would have been too great to permit the animal to breathe. More recently it has been suggested that all of the sauropods lived on land, using their long necks to reach and browse on treetop foliage. John H. Ostrom Bibliography: Alexander, R. McNeill, The Dynamics of Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Giants (1989); Glut, D. F., The Complete Dinosaur Dictionary (1992); Lambert, David, The Dinosaur Data Book (1990); Weishampel, David, et al., eds., The Dinosauria (1990). ×


What feature of Japanese life is the Shinkansen ?

Luxury Shinkansen Train to Feature Foot Baths - Japan Real Time - WSJ Luxury Shinkansen Train to Feature Foot Baths By Jul 2, 2014 10:31 am JST East Japan Railway Co. Japan’s shinkansen bullet trains are known for being one of the fastest, most efficient and comfortable ways to zoom across the country. But now, one train operating in northeastern Japan is taking the luxury experience to a whole new level, offering traditional-style foot baths, or “ashiyu.” East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, this week unveiled its newest luxury shinkansen cars featuring ashiyu, in which passengers can soak their tired feet while speeding through the beautiful, mountainous, hot-spring-rich region.


Which country is home to a train service known as the Ghan ?

The Ghan The Ghan Trains  /  The Ghan Prepare for a holiday of unimaginable proportions as the legendary Ghan takes you deep into the heart of Australia. Enjoy the comfort and solitude of your private cabin, lose yourself in conversation with newfound travelling companions, or simply gaze out of the window taking inspiration from the ever changing landscape. And when the train stops along the way, the adventures begin. Take your time tapping into the rich creative soul of Adelaide. Experience the dramatic scenery of central Australia on the back of a camel and explore the ancient, awe-inspiring wonders of the Northern Territory. Regarded as one of the world’s greatest rail journeys, The Ghan delivers so much more than an extended train ride. It promises access to parts of Australia no other holiday can come close to – the perfect balance of comfort and adventure culminating in an experience that will move you in every sense of the word. Darwin to Adelaide The Ghan Expedition Three nights and Four days via Katherine and Alice Springs, one way, 2,979km.               Coast to coast, through the fiery red centre, experience Australia at its dramatic best. Operates 3 August 2016 to 26 October 2016. Explore the Journey Four days and three nights Length of journey: Departs 23 May to 22 August 2015 Off Train Excursions: Katherine, Alice Springs and Coober Pedy Adelaide to Darwin or V.v. Two nights and three days via Alice Springs and Katherine, one way, 2,979km. Coast to coast, through the fiery red centre, experience Australia at its dramatic best. Explore the Journey Three days and Two nights Length of journey: Off Train Excursions & Short Stops: Off Train Excursions: Katherine and Alice Springs Short Stop: Marla (north bound) and Manguri (south bound) Darwin to Alice Springs or V.v. One night and two days via Katherine, one way, 1,420km. Weave your way through the wet and wild landscapes of the magnificent top end. Explore the Journey Two days and one nights Length of journey: Off Train Excursions: Katherine Adelaide to Alice Springs or V.v. One night and two days, one way, 1,559km. Roll from the deep green pastures of the South into rich red outback splendour. Explore the Journey Two days and one night Length of journey: Short Stop: Marla (north bound) and Manguri (south bound) The Ghan stats 1400 tonnes (based on locomotives and 30 carriages) Length of track: 85km/hour (max speed 115km/hour) Symbol: The Ghan's symbol is a camel and its handler in recognition of the pioneering Afghan cameleers. Average number of carriages: 30 including guest carriages, crew quarters, restaurants, lounges and power vans. Originally dubbed the Afghan Express, The Ghan train was named for the pioneering cameleers who blazed a permanent trail into the Red Centre of Australia more than 150 years ago. Many cameleers were migrants from an area now known as Pakistan. However, according to outback lore in the 1800s, these men were believed to come from the mysterious outpost of Afghanistan and were considered Afghans - 'Ghans'. The original Ghan line followed the route of explorer John MacDouall Stuart. On Sunday 4 August, 1929, an excited crowd gathered at the Adelaide Railway Station to farewell the first Ghan train. This train carried supplies and over 100 passengers bound for the remote town of Stuart, later to be called Alice Springs. The train’s whistle pierced the silence of the MacDonnell Ranges surrounding Alice Springs two days later, on 6 August. The train was steam hauled, and the service had to contend with extreme conditions including flash flooding and intense heat. As such, it was often an irregular service. The old Ghan ran on a light, narrow-gauge track well to the east of the track it travels today. As well as termite damage, the track was often savaged by fire and flood. Flash flooding, when the normally parched river beds spilled out onto the low lying desert plains, frequently washed away the track completely. Legend has it The Old Ghan was once stranded for two weeks in one spot and the engine driver shot wild go


In literature, what was Lady Chatterley's first name ?

SparkNotes: Lady Chatterley's Lover: Characters Lady Chatterley's Lover Summary Section I: Chapters 1-3 Lady Chatterley  -  The protagonist of the novel. Before her marriage, she is simply Constance Reid, an intellectual and social progressive, the daughter of Sir Malcolm and the sister of Hilda. When she marries Clifford Chatterley, a minor nobleman, Constance--or, as she is known throughout the novel, Connie--assumes his title, becoming Lady Chatterley. Lady Chatterley's Lover chronicles Connie's maturation as a woman and as a sensual being. She comes to despise her weak, ineffectual husband, and to love Oliver Mellors, the gamekeeper on her husband's estate. In the process of leaving her husband and conceiving a child with Mellors, Lady Chatterley moves from the heartless, bloodless world of the intelligentsia and aristocracy into a vital and profound connection rooted in sensuality and sexual fulfillment. Oliver Mellors  -  The lover in the novel's title. Mellors is the gamekeeper on Clifford Chatterley's estate, Wragby. He is aloof, sarcastic, intelligent and noble. He was born near Wragby, and worked as a blacksmith until he ran off to the army to escape an unhappy marriage. In the army he rose to become a commissioned lieutenant--an unusual position for a member of the working classes--but was forced to leave the army because of a case of pneumonia, which left him in poor health. Disappointed by a string of unfulfilling love affairs, Mellors lives in quiet isolation, from which he is redeemed by his relationship with Connie: the passion unleashed by their lovemaking forges a profound bond between them. At the end of the novel, Mellors is fired from his job as gamekeeper and works as a laborer on a farm, waiting for a divorce from his old wife so he can marry Connie. Mellors is the representative in this novel of the Noble Savage: he is a man with an innate nobility but who remains impervious to the pettiness and emptiness of conventional society, with access to a primitive flame of passion and sensuality. Clifford Chatterley  -  Connie's husband. Clifford Chatterley is a minor nobleman who becomes paralyzed from the waist down during World War I. As a result of his injury, Clifford is impotent. He retires to his familial estate, Wragby, where he becomes first a successful writer, and then a powerful businessman. But the gap between Connie and him grows ever wider; obsessed with financial success and fame, he is not truly interested in love, and she feels that he has become passionless and empty. He turns for solace to his nurse and companion, Mrs. Bolton, who worships him as a nobleman even as she despises him for his casual arrogance. Clifford represents everything that this novel despises about the modern English nobleman: he is a weak, vain man, but declares his right to rule the lower classes, and he soullessly pursues money and fame through industry and the meaningless manipulation of words. His impotence is symbolic of his failings as a strong, sensual man. Mrs. Bolton -  Ivy Bolton is Clifford's nurse and caretaker. She is a competent, complex, still-attractive middle-aged woman. Years before the action in this novel, her husband died in an accident in the mines owned by Clifford's family. Even as Mrs. Bolton resents Clifford as the owner of the mines--and, in a sense, the murderer of her husband--she still maintains a worshipful attitude towards him as the representative of the upper class. Her relationship with Clifford--she simultaneously adores and despises him, while he depends and looks down on her--is probably the most fascinating and complex relationship in the novel. Michaelis -  A successful Irish playwright with whom Connie has an affair early in the novel. Michaelis asks Connie to marry him, but she decides not to, realizing that he is like all other intellectuals: a slave to success, a purveyor of vain ideas and empty words, passionless. Hilda Reid -  Connie's older sister by two years, the daughter of Sir Malcolm. Hilda shared Connie's cultured upbringing and intellectual education. She remain


Which American guitar-maker, who died in 1991, introduced models known as the Telecaster, and the Stratocaster, favoured by many rock guitarists since the 1950s ?

Telecaster - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki Telecaster: Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics (Redirected to Fender Telecaster article) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fender Telecaster 25.5" (24.75" on some models) Woods 3 Single-coil , 2 Single-coil , 2 Humbucker or 1 Single-coil and 1 Humbucker Colors available Originally blonde (shown above); other colors are available The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele (pronounced /ˈtɛli/), is typically a dual- pickup , solid-body electric guitar made by Fender . Its simple yet effective design and revolutionary sound broke ground and set trends in electric guitar manufacturing and popular music. Introduced for national distribution as the Broadcaster in the autumn of 1949, it was the first guitar of its kind to be produced on a substantial scale. Its commercial production can be traced as far back as March 1950, when the single- and dual-pickup Esquire models were first sold. The Telecaster has been in continuous production in one form or another since its first incarnation, making it the world's oldest solid-body electric guitar. [1] Contents 9 External links Origins The Fender Telecaster was developed by Leo Fender in Fullerton, California in 1949. Prior to its creation, the solid-body electric guitar had been created independently by several craftsman and companies, in the period roughly between 1932–1949, but none of these guitars had made a significant impact on the market. Leo Fender's Telecaster was the design that finally put the solid-body guitar on the map. Fender had an electronics repair shop called Fender's Radio Service where he first repaired, then designed, amplifiers and electromagnetic pickups for musicians—chiefly players of electric semi-acoustic guitars, electric Hawaiian ( lap steel ) guitars, and mandolins. Players had been 'wiring up' their instruments in search of greater volume and projection since the late 1920s, and electric semi-acoustics (such as the Gibson ES-150 ) had long been widely available. Tone had never, until then, been the primary reason for a guitarist to go electric, but in 1943, when Fender and his partner, Doc Kauffman, built a crude wooden guitar as a pickup test rig, local country players started asking to borrow it for gigs. It sounded shiny and sustaining. Fender got curious, and in 1949, when it was long-understood that solid construction offered great advantages in electric instruments, but before any commercial solidbody Spanish guitars had caught on (the small Audiovox company apparently offered a modern, solidbody electric guitar as early as the mid-1930s), he built a better prototype. That hand-built prototype, an anomalous white guitar, had most of the features of what would become the Telecaster. It was designed in the spirit of the solid-body Hawaiian guitars manufactured by Rickenbacker -- small, simple units made of Bakelite and aluminum with the parts bolted together—but with wooden construction. (Rickenbacker, then spelled 'Rickenbacher,' had also offered a solid Bakelite-bodied electric Spanish guitar in 1935, many details of which seem echoed in Fender's design.) The initial single pickup production model appeared in 1950, and was called the Esquire. Fewer than fifty guitars were originally produced under that name, and most were replaced under warranty because of early manufacturing problems. In particular, the Esquire necks had no truss rod and many were replaced due to bent necks. Later in 1950, this single-pickup model was discontinued, and a two-pickup model was renamed the Broadcaster. From this point onwards all Fender necks incorporated truss rods. The Gretsch company, itself a manufacturer of hollowbody electric guitars (and now owned by Fender), claimed that "Broadcaster" violated the trademark for its Broadkaster line of drums, and as a newcomer to the industry, Fender decided to bend a


Which is the longest nerve in the human body ?

Sciatic Nerve - Anatomy Pictures and Information Home > Nervous System > Nerves of the Leg and Foot > Sciatic Nerve Sciatic Nerve The sciatic nerve is the largest and longest spinal nerve in the human body. Extending from the lumbar and sacral plexuses in the lower back, the sciatic nerve runs through the buttocks and into the thighs. It delivers nerve signals to and from the muscles and skin of the thighs, lower legs and feet. The sciatic nerve forms from the merger of the fourth and fifth lumbar nerves with the first, second, and third sacral nerves.... Move up/down/left/right: Click compass arrows Rotate image: Click and drag in any direction, anywhere in the frame Identify objects: Click on them in the image 2D Interactive 3D Rotate & Zoom Change Anatomical System Change View Angle Full Sciatic Nerve Description [Continued from above] . . . From the lower back, the sciatic nerve runs inferiorly into the gluteal region and into the posterior of the femoral region of the leg. Smaller individual nerves branch off from the sciatic nerve to innervate our thigh muscles and skin. At the inferior end of the femoral region, the sciatic nerve branches off into the tibial and common fibular nerves, which continue carrying nerve signals into the lower legs and feet. Histology Like all spinal nerves, our sciatic nerve contains many individual neurons that run along the length of the nerve like strands of thread in a thick yarn. Each neuron is wrapped in a thin layer of connective tissue called the endoneurium. The neurons are bundled together into groups called fascicles, which are further wrapped by connective tissue called the perineurium. Many fascicles are bundled together to form the entire sciatic nerve, which is further wrapped by a sheet of connective tissue known as the epineurium. Blood vessels run between the fascicles to provide oxygen and nutrients to support the nerve cells and remove waste products. Physiology The sciatic nerve innervates many of the posterior muscles of the thighs directly and innervates the muscles of the lower legs and feet indirectly through its branches. Sensory neurons carrying signals from the skin of the hip and thigh also run through the sciatic nerve toward the spinal cord. Prepared by Tim Taylor, Anatomy and Physiology Instructor


What was Mr Darcy's first name in Pride and Prejudice ?

Fitzwilliam Darcy | The Jane Austen Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Eventually, Mr. Darcy declared his love for Elizabeth and proposed; yet, while expressing his ardent love, he reminded her of the large gap in their social status. Elizabeth was offended and vehemently refused him, expressing her reasons for disliking him, including her knowledge of his interference with Jane and Bingley and the account she received from Mr. Wickham of Darcy's alleged unfair treatment toward him. Further insulted by Darcy's hurt retorts, Elizabeth claimed that the manner in which he proposed to her prevented her from feeling concern for him she "might have felt had [he] behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner". Darcy departed in anger and mortification and, that night, penned a letter to Elizabeth in which he defended his honor, revealed the motives for his interference in Jane and Bingley's relationship, and gave a thorough account of his lifelong dealings with Wickham, who attempted to seduce and elope with Darcy's younger sister, Georgiana , the previous summer. After at all he fall in love of Elizabeth. Realizations and visit at Pemberley Edit Although initially angered by Elizabeth's vehement refusal and harsh criticism, Darcy was surprised to discover the reality of how his behaviour was perceived by others, particularly Elizabeth, and commited himself to re-evaluating his actions. A few months later, Darcy unexpectedly encountered Elizabeth during her visit to his estate in Derbyshire with her aunt and uncle. Elizabeth was first embarrassed to be discovered at Pemberley, having only visited on the belief that Darcy was absent; however, she was surprised to discover a marked change in Darcy's manner. In response to Elizabeth's criticism and due to his subsequent realizations, Darcy was determined to display the "gentlemanlike manner" she accused him of lacking, and astonished her with his kindness towards both her and her relations. Confronting Wickham and finding Lydia Edit Although he attempted to keep her unaware of his involvement, Darcy claims that he acted not to gain Elizabeth's gratitude—but rather to ease her distress. Darcy also did so because he felt himself partially responsible for the event, in failing to warn both the Bennet family and the public of Wickham's true character. It is hinted that Darcy's intervention to help Elizabeth cost him as much as a year's income; in addition, to find Lydia he had to confront Wickham, which was hardly an agreeable experience for either. Second proposal Edit Mr. Darcy and Lizzy Bennet Darcy then released Mr. Bingley to return to Longbourn and woo Jane, accepting his misjudgement of her character. At Longbourn, upon discovering that Elizabeth reciprocated his feelings, Darcy proposed to Elizabeth again, who accepted him. The couple reflected on their mistakes, and Darcy thanked Elizabeth for showing him the error of his ways: "By you, I was properly humbled." Personality Edit His manners drew the contempt of many in Meryton as they perceived him as proud, sanctimonious and inconsiderate due to his status. He is shown to be cold and aloof, with such a temperament being misconstrued as sheer arrogance. The narrator describes him as clever but also as "haughty, reserved, and fastidious," with manners that, "though well bred, were not inviting." His distant manner and apparent contempt for those around him earned the disdain of Elizabeth and many others, particularly in light of the claims of the charming George Wickham —that he was wronged by Darcy, however, it is eventually revealed that these first impressions were erroneous: Darcy's seemingly arrogant character masked a sincerely generous and upright nature, and it was Darcy, in fact, who was wronged, by Wickham, whose own character is revealed to be untrustworthy and duplicitous. As the novel progresses, Darcy is eventually revealed to be a conscientious landlord who is generous, kind and unselfish, a caring brother, a good friend - his impulsive interference between Jane and Bingley was motivated by genuine concern for his frie


Once known as 'the Jerusalem of the North', which city is the capital of Lithuania ?

Grapevine: Paths of Jewish Lithuania - Not Just News - Jerusalem Post Grapevine: Paths of Jewish Lithuania By Greer Fay Cashman 28 July 2016 15:55 On August 1, there will be a premier of the documentary In the Paths of Jewish Lithuania, at the Hibba Center, on Herzog Street near the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. Stones lie on a tombstone in a Jewish cemetery in Vilnius August 7, 2007.         (photo credit:REUTERS) ■ VILNIUS, THE capital of Lithuania, was once known as the Jerusalem of the north, and in the annals of Judaism is referred to as Vilna. This is where Eliahu Ben Shlomo Zalman, better known as the Vilna Gaon, held sway and persuaded many of his followers – including his relatives – to migrate to the Land of Israel, even though he himself did not do so and is buried in Vilnius. Descendants of the Vilna Gaon and his disciples include the Rivlin and Netanyahu families. On August 1, there will be a premier of the documentary In the Paths of Jewish Lithuania, at the Hibba Center, on Herzog Street near the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. The film will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by well-known radio and television personality Shaul Meisels, a broadcaster who focuses on religious and Jewish folklore topics and who produced and directed the film. Participants will include Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, Prof. Zehavit Gross, Israel Rosenson and Akiva Sela. Reservations can be made at (02) 679-0011. Grapevine: Changes at the TA Museum The film is one of a series of events during the three-week mourning period between 17 Tamuz and Tisha Be’av. With this in mind, there will be a lecture on August 4 on “The Love of Israel (as a people) and Living Together” to be delivered by Rabbi Duki Ben Artzi, followed by a lecture on A Time to Love in Israel by Bat Galim Shaer, the mother of Gil-Ad Shaer, one of the three yeshiva students abducted and murdered by terrorists two years ago. In the interim the unity surrounding the fate of the three boys has to some extent disintegrated, and Sha’ar would like to see it restored. The final lecture in the series on August 11 will naturally be devoted to “The Temple Mount – the realities and the untenable” by Nadav Shragai, journalist, author and a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. This will be followed by a lecture by Rabbi Menachem Makover on “The Temple Mount in our Times – a Vision or a Dream.” All the above events begin at 8:15 p.m. ■ THE ANNUAL Israel Medical Conference will take place at the Jerusalem International Convention Center on Tuesday, August 16 in the presence of Mayor Nir Barkat and President Reuven Rivlin. Registration is through the Hadassah Medical Center www.hadassah.org.il or (02) 531-5832. Under the heading of 360º of Health, conference participants will discuss specific health issues, technological innovations in medical therapies, the importance of transparency in medical treatments, when and when not to prescribe antibiotics, new techniques in surgery and a topic no less intriguing for lay people than for medical professionals: the relationship between nutrition of the body and health of the soul. Health Minister Rabbi Ya’acov Litzman will present his vision of overall improvements in Israel’s medical services in 2017. ■ IT’S HARD to believe that Khutsot Hayotzer, the annual Jerusalem Arts and Crafts Fair will begin its fifth decade on August 15 at the Mitchell Gardens facing the walls of the Old City. The fair will continue till August 27. Originally an outlet for Israeli exponents of arts and crafts, including artisans from minority communities, the fair gradually grew into a huge international event with leading artists from around the globe performing and exhibiting their works, as well as demonstrating the artistic traditions of their countries. Painters, sculptors and jewelers, along with designers of unique fashions and accessories will show off their creativity. Countries represented at the fair include those of Central and South America, Asia, Europe and Afric


Who was the first British Labour Prime Minister to serve for a full parliamentary term ?

Clement Attlee | Socialism | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Attlee was born in Putney, London, England, into a middle-class family, the seventh of eight children. His father was Henry Attlee (1841–1908), a solicitor, and his mother was Ellen Bravery Watson (1847–1920). He was educated at Northaw School, Haileybury and University College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Second Class Honours BA in Modern History in 1904. Attlee then trained as a lawyer, and was called to the Bar in 1906. He had a comfortable middle class life, conservative views, and there wasn't much in his background to suggest he would lead a leftist party. He became a Socialist after witnessing the poverty in London's East End as well as his own personal readings. During World War One he served in the armed forces. He was given the rank of Captain and later Major. He served mainly in the Middle East although he was transferred tst mouths of the war. Political Career Edit Attlee returned to local politics in the immediate post-war period, becoming mayor of the metropolitan borough of Stepney in 1919, one of London's poorest inner-city boroughs. During his time as mayor, the council undertook action to tackle slum landlords who charged high rents but refused to spend money on keeping their property in habitable condition. The council served and enforced legal orders on house owners to repair their property. It also appointed health visitors and sanitary inspectors, and reduced the infant mortality rate. Attlee Addressing a Crowd In 1920, whilst he was mayor, he wrote his first book "The Social Worker" which set out many of the principles which underlay his political philosophy, and which underlay the actions of his government in latter years. The book attacked the idea that looking after the poor could be left to voluntary action. Attlee was later a member of Parliament and the opposition. He remained seated even when many Labour Party members(over 200 in Parliament) where vote off. At first he opposed rearmament but as Nazi Germany rose and the League of Nations did nothing the Labour party decided to favor rearmament and opposed Neville Chamberlin's appeasement policy. He had actually made a personal gain even with the ousting of many Labour party members in Parliament, because it meant he was one of the few Labour Party members with power in the government as well as experience and thus he went up the parties ranks. During WW2 Liberals and Labour party members joined with Churchill to fight Nazi Germany. In the World War II coalition government, three interconnected committees ran the war. Churchill chaired the War Cabinet and the Defence Committee. Attlee was his regular deputy in these committees, and answered for the government in parliament when Churchill was absent. Attlee chaired the third body, the Lord President's Committee, which ran the civil side of the war. As Churchill was most concerned with executing the war, the arrangement suited both men. Only he and Churchill remained in the war cabinet from the formation of the Government of National Unity to the 1945 election. Attlee was Lord Privy Seal (1940–42), Deputy Prime Minister (1942–45), Dominions Secretary (1942–43), and Lord President of the Council (1943–45). Attlee supported Churchill in his continuation of Britain's resistance after the French capitulation in 1940, and proved a loyal ally to Churchill throughout the conflict. Following the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, Attlee and Churchill wanted the coalition government to last until Japan had been defeated. However after the Labour Executive Committee did not accept this a election was called for. Most Labour party members did not expect to win given Churchill's hero status. The result of the election when they were announced on 26 July, came as a surprise to almost everyone, including Attlee: Labour had been swept to power on a landslide, winning just under 50% of the vote, to the Conservatives 36%. Labour won 393 seats, giving them a majority of 146. Prime Minster Attlee Edit Even before he took power there where some who


Who replaced Hilary Clinton as US Secretary of State in 2013 ?

| Politics , US & Canada , United States Hillary Rodham Clinton has formally resigned as the 67th United States secretary of state, capping a four-year tenure in the office that saw her travel extensively across the world as the country's top diplomat. In a letter sent to President Barack Obama on Friday shortly before she was to leave the State Department for the last time in her official capacity, Clinton thanked the president for the opportunity to serve in his administration. Clinton said it had been an honour to be part of his cabinet and that she remained convinced of the "strength and staying power" of the US' global leadership. "I am more convinced than ever in the strength and staying power of America's global leadership and our capacity to be a force for good in the world," she said in the letter. Clinton shattered records for the number of countries visited by a US secretary of state. The former First Lady, once considered a divisive figure in American politics, leaves office as one of its most popular. But she remained coy about whether she would run for president in 2016. "I am making no decisions, but I would never give that advice to someone that I wouldn't take myself," she said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. "If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval." Her resignation became effective at 4pm local time on Friday, when Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan swore in John Kerry as the new top US diplomat. The former senator and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate is the 68th secretary of state. "I'm just very, very honored to be sworn in and I'm very anxious to get to work," Kerry told reporters after the private ceremony at the Capitol. "I'll be reporting Monday morning at nine o'clock to do my part," he said, but refused to say what global hotspot he would visit first. Source: Al Jazeera and agencies Related


The beggar at the gate of the rich man's house is the only character in any of Jesus's parables to be given a proper name. What name ?

Luke 16:20 Commentaries: "And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (20) And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus.—The word for “beggar,” it may be noted, is the same as the “poor” of Luke 6:20 . The occurrence in this one solitary instance of a personal name in our Lord’s parables, suggests the question, What was meant by it? Three answers present themselves, each of which is more or less compatible with the other two. (1) There may have been an actual beggar of that name known both to the disciples and the Pharisees. (2) The significance of the name, the current Greek form of Eleazar (=“God is the helper”), may have been meant to symbolise the outward wretchedness of one who had no other help. (3) As that which seems most probable, the name may have been intended as a warning to Lazarus of Bethany. He was certainly rich. We have seen some reason to identify him with the young ruler that had great possessions. (See Notes on Matthew 19:18 .) In any case he was exposed to the temptations that wealth brings with it. What more effectual warning could be given him than to hear his own name brought into a parable, as belonging to the beggar who was carried into Abraham’s bosom, while his own actual life corresponded more or less closely to that of the rich man who passed into the torments of Hades? Was he not taught in this way, what all else failed to teach him, that if he wished for eternal life he must strip himself of the wealth which made it impossible for him to enter the Kingdom of God? It may be noted that almost every harmonised arrangement of the Gospel history places the parable almost immediately before the death and raising of Lazarus (see Note on John 11:1 ), while in some of them the question of the young ruler comes between the two. The combination, in either case, suggests the thought of a continuous process of spiritual education, by which the things that were “impossible with men” were shown to be “possible with God” ( Matthew 19:26 ). First the picture of the unseen world drawn in symbolic imagery, so as to force itself upon his notice, then an actual experience of the realities of that life; this was what he needed, and this was given him. Laid at his gate, full of sores, . . .—Literally, at his porch, or gateway. The Greek word for “full of sores” is somewhat more technical than the English one; literally, ulcerated, one which a medical writer like St. Luke would use to express a generally ulcerous state of the whole body. The description led, in course of time, to the application of the leper’s name to those who suffered from leprosy, as producing an analogous condition, and so we get the terms, lazar, lazar-house, lazaretto. In the Italian lazzaroni the idea of the beggary is prominent without that of the sores. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 16:19-31 Here the spiritual things are represented, in a description of the different state of good and bad, in this world and in the other. We are not told that the rich man got his estate by fraud, or oppression; but Christ shows, that a man may have a great deal of the wealth, pomp, and pleasure of this world, yet perish for ever under God's wrath and curse. The sin of this rich man was his providing for himself only. Here is a godly man, and one that will hereafter be happy for ever, in the depth of adversity and distress. It is often the lot of some of the dearest of God's saints and servants to be greatly afflicted in this world. We are not told that the rich man did him any harm, but we do not find that he had any care for him. Here is the different condition of this godly poor man, and this wicked rich man, at and after death. The rich man in hell lifted up his eyes, being in torment. It is not probable that there are discourses between glorified saints and damned sinners, but this dialogue shows the hopeless misery and fruitless desires, to which condemned spirits are brought. There is a day coming, when those who now hate and despise the people of God, would gladly receive kin


What new name was given to the Chinese Gooseberry by farmers from New Zealand when they started exporting it to the USA in the 1960's ?

70 Interesting Facts about New Zealand | FactRetriever.com 70 Interesting Facts about New Zealand By Karin Lehnardt, Senior Writer Published November 10, 2016 When it was determined by Dutch explorers that New Zealand was not attached to the South American continent, they changed its name from Staten Landt (South America) to Nova Zeelandia (New Zealand), after the Dutch province of Zeeland.[10] Wellington, New Zealand, is the southernmost national capital in the world at latitude 41.2° South. It also shares the honor of being the most remote capital with Canberra, Australia, over 1,243 miles (2000 km) away.[13] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is the official queen of New Zealand. She is represented in the country by a governor general.[14] New Zealand/Māori ex-prostitute Georgina Beyer became the world’s first transsexual Member of Parliament in 1999.[13] New Zealand’s Ninety-Mile Beach is only 56 miles (90 km) long.[8] New Zealanders enjoy one of the world’s highest life expectancy rates—82.3 years for females and 78.3 years for males.[16] The word māori means "normal," "natural," or "ordinary" The Māori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, which means “Land of the Long White Cloud.”[10] The Pizza Hut restaurant chain does not get its mozzarella cheese from Italy; it buys the cheese from Taranaki, New Zealand.[17] The Auckland City Sky Tower, at 1,076 feet (328 m) high, is the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere.[16] New Zealanders refer to themselves as Kiwis, which probably dates back to World War I when New Zealand soldiers acquired the nickname. The New Zealand dollar is also called the Kiwi in international financial markets. The dollar coin features a kiwi bird on one side.[6] New Zealand is one of the world’s least populated nations with only 4.4 million residents.[11] New Zealanders love their cars. There are 2.5 million cars for 4 million people, giving them one of the highest ownership rates in the world.[7] It is said that a New Zealander can fix anything with a length of Number-8 fencing wire, a testament to the New Zealander spirit of inventiveness and do-it-yourself spirit. This refers to the fact that the most commonly used wire for fences to keep cows and sheep in their paddocks is called Number-8 wire.[15] Two species of bats are New Zealand’s only native land mammals.[11] New Zealand has more Scottish pipe bands per capita than Scotland itself.[11] Popular films made in New Zealand by New Zealand filmmakers include Once Were Warriors, The Whale Rider, The Piano, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.[11] There are no snakes in New Zealand.[10] New Zealand was the first country in the world to allow universal suffrage, allowing women to vote in 1893.[10] New Zealand's first sheep were set ashore by Captain Cook in 1773 New Zealand has seven times as many sheep and three times as many cows as people.[6] The kauri tree in New Zealand takes about 200 years to mature. The largest kauri tree in the world, Tāne Mahuta (Lord of the Forest), located in the Waipoua Forest, has a circumference of over 43 feet (13 m) and an overall height of 169 feet (51.5 m). It is also reported to be about 2,100 years old.[15] The Pohutukawa tree is New Zealand’s Christmas tree. It blooms crimson red flowers for several weeks each December.[10] New Zealand is said to have more helicopters per capita than any other population on Earth. They were first used during the 1960s to cull deer, with up to 50 copters culling as many as 200 deer each in a day.[9] New Zealand was the first country to have its top three positions of power held simultaneously by women: Prime Minister Helen Clark, Governor General Dame Silvia Cartwright, and Chief Justice Sian Elias.[11] In 2009, New Zealand topped the Global Peace Index earning the distinction of being the world’s most peaceful country.[11] New Zealand is the world’s second-largest producer of wool (after Australia).[9] New Zealanders are addicted to the outdoors, and “tramping” (walking or hiking) is the most popular national pastime.[8] Prostitution is legal in New Z


Films. Give the next title in the following sequence: East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause - ?

Rebel Without a Cause Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 28 December 2016 6:33 PM, PST NEWS 148 out of 186 people found the following review useful: Well you gotta do SOMETHIN'. from Baltimore, MD 18 May 2000 I'm getting really sick of people on here saying "this film is not relevant today, because kids don't face the same problems, blah blah..." when these are ADULTS saying this, who wouldn't know the first thing about the problems kids face today because they aren't one. Well I'm 16 and I can say that this film is every bit as involving and affecting as it was the day it came out. I mean, name one thing in Rebel that isn't a part of teen life now. Drag racing: that's the only thing. But anyway, the movie. I'm a hard-core film buff and have seem many many many many movies in my 16 years. Only two of them have accurately depicted teen life: Rebel Without a Cause and a beautiful Japanese anime film called Whisper of the Heart. Rebel on a whole is a bit exaggerated, but it's only fitting - a teen exaggerates everything that happens to them. In fact, some of the images and themes - kids and adults seem to be speaking different languages, a group of outcasts living in a secluded house - would be right at home in a Bunuel film. That house of outcasts in particular is very touching...I think all teens would want to live away from the real world once in a awhile. The three principal characters are all like people I know. Sal Mineo as the troubled kid who wants nothing more than a friend. Natalie Wood as the girl who just goes along with what other people do because she wants to fit in. And of course, the ultra-cool James Dean as the kid who may have a rough-and-tumble exterior, but who is really a big softie at heart. Dean was a bit of a revelation to me. I'd never seen one of his movies before, so I assumed that, like Marilyn Monroe, it was the image that people grieved over and not the talent. Boy was I wrong. The guy could act. When he howls "You're tearing me apart!" at the beginning, you know what you're in store for. The depiction of the parents also must have been a revelation for 1955 audiences. Juvenile delinquents had been (and are continuing to be) depicted as either overall bad seeds or having abusive parents. This film was the first to acknowledge that something as simple as a lack of communication and an unwillingness to pay attention to your child can do just as much damage. Nicholas Ray's direction was also excellent. Besides coming up with the idea for Jim's red jacket to "make him stick out more" you have Plato's mismatched socks, and I was also surprised by the frequently-titled camera. I didn't know they did that back then! It certainly added more to the disjointed feeling and wasn't just there for style purposes like todays movies. The only point at which the film falters is the pat resolution between Jim and his parents at the end. But the ending is great otherwise, with a wonderfully framed shot of the observatory, proving Jim's theory that the world will end at dawn. Was the above review useful to you? 111 out of 160 people found the following review useful: Just so far ahead of its time.... from Toronto, Canada 7 December 2004 This film bears watching once every 5 years or so. It is astonishing on many levels, not least of which is the exploration of the underbelly of the happy suburban post-war years in middle class America. Yes, we all rave about the beautiful and sadly short lived life of James Dean who died before this movie opened. To die also in a manner highlit in this movie - he was co-incidentally a promo for it. Fast driving and fast cars. Poor James. What I enjoy most though in all of it is the afore-mentioned exploration of hitherto fairly underdeveloped film themes in the America of the fifties. For one, there is the underlying homosexual element to the Sal Mineo character and his obsession with James. And here James is allowed to indulge and return this love, not overtly, but it is there, the tolerance and acknowledgment of it. The character of Judy, played by Natalie Wood is also of tremendou


The line "Off with his head ! So much for Buckingham" was added by Colly Cibber in the eighteenth century to which Shakespeare play ?

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The character of Beryl the Peril originally appeared in which comic ?

Beryl the Peril - comiccentrals jimdo page! Beryl the Peril click here  to go to the beanotown website. Beryl the Peril A frame from an early Beryl strip First Appearence: The Topper issue 1   Other Artist(s): John Dallas, Bob McGrath, Gordon Bell, Bob Nixon, Karl Dixon, Steve Bright     Beryl first appeared in the first issue of the Topper in 1953. She was drawn by Davey Law, the Dennis the Menace artist at the time. To start off with, you might think Beryl the Peril was just a   female version of Dennis, but this wasn't really meant to be the case. If you read some of the early Beryl strips then it's clear that they're quite different. Beryl was clumsy more than anything   else, and not really knowing how badly behaved she was being before it was too late- with Beryl around, you could guarantee that you weren't safe.   Beryl was very successful throughout the run of the Topper and by 1958 she had been given her own annual. These were released every two years, each year a Dennis annual was not published, a Beryl   the Peril one would be.   As mentioned in Dennis' own page, Davey Law's style changed over the years, with the characters getting gradually taller. The gradualism is very evident in the 1961 Beryl the Peril annual, where   in the first strip (Which is actually a reprint of the first ever Beryl strip), the characters are quite short and squat, and as I read through the book the first time round I didn't notice any   changes, but if you look at the first strip and skip straight to the last you'll notice how much the style really has changed. The final strip in the annual has tall and thin characters. when you   compare this to the artwork made for the book (Such as the cover artwork and the artwork drawn for the odd prose story), you'll see even further changes.   In 1970, Law hung up his brush and different artists took over his characters. Bob McGrath drew a few Beryl strips before John Dallas took over. By this time Beryl had changed a bit more. By now   her personality had become a little different from what it was when she started. Nevertheless, John kept drawing Beryl for another seventeen-odd years. By the time John had stopped drawing Beryl,   her outfit had changed from Red and Black to Blue and white stripes and Red. She kept this outfit when Bob Nixon became the main artist. Around this time the stories began to get a bit more   far-fetched and Beryl seemed to be becoming a Peril in a different sort of way, and this was even more evident when Beryl moved to the Dandy in 1993. Rather than being the clumsy, accident prone   girl on the lookout for fun she started out as, she became someone quite different. She was less of an anti-hero and became less naughty, and lacked any trace of surlyness. This all came to an   end in 1999. This was when ill-health drove Nixon into partial retirement. The replacement artist for Beryl was Karl Dixon. not long after he had started drawing Beryl, she was given a new look.   She went back to her old red and black outfit and had a new hairstyle. this was when Beryl's personality began changing yet again. The storylines were similar to the ones for Dinah Mo from the   1990's. Beryl's dad once again became the second-main character but with a relationship far closer to the one Mo and her Dad had than anything Beryl and her Dad had ever had beforehand.   In 2004, the Dandy was given a re-vamp. This consisted of more pages, glossy paper and new characters. There were more new characters than new pages, so some old strips had to go. Beryl was one   of these. However, her absence didn't last too long. In early 2005 she returned and was still drawn by Karl Dixon, but only for about a year, before Steve Bright took over from drawing Beryl. She   had a change of outfit yet again, but more or less went back to how she had looked when Davey Law was drawing her. Sadly, one year later Beryl the Peril was no more, after 55-odd years of being   perilous.   Reprints of Beryl the Peril have occasionally cropped up during the three years when the Dandy was


The main square in Venice is named after which saint ?

St. Mark's Square, Venice St. Mark's Square 5 174 votes Venice's principal square is full of history and surrounded by great architecture. Several of Venice's major sights are located here, so the square is often crowded with tourists. Early History Basilica, Piazza San Marco Piazza San Marco was constructed in the ninth century as a small square dotted with trees. The square was laid out in front of the original St. Mark's Basilica , at the time a small chapel which was part of the Doge's Palace . The square was separated from the palace by a small canal, the Rio Batario. Already a central gathering place for Venetians, the piazza was enlarged in 1174 after the canal and an adjoining dock were filled in. The square became paved with bricks in 1267 in a herringbone pattern. In 1735 the bricks were replaced with natural stone and laid in a more complicated pattern according to a design devised by architect Andrea Tirali. The design marked the location where merchants could set up their stalls. Around the Square Procuratie Vecchie As the largest square in the city and the only one given the designation of "piazza" (the others are all referred to as "campi"), St. Mark's Square has always been the location of important government buildings and other facilities central to the goings on in Venice. The centerpiece of the piazza is, of course, magnificent St. Mark's Basilica . Commissioned in 1071 by doge Domenico Contarini, this amazing church is built in Venetian-Byzantine style, a mixture of western and eastern styles. Campanile Nicknamed the "Church of Gold" because of its opulence, it has been the seat of the Patriarch of Venice, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, since 1807. The basilica has a separate campanile - bell tower - that stands 98.6 meters tall (323 ft) and is one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. Originally built in the ninth century, the current version was rebuilt in 1912 after the original tower collapsed in 1902. The other dominant building around St. Mark's Square is the Doge's Palace . A beautiful Gothic structure, it faces the Venetian lagoon and was completed in the early fifteenth century, though portions of it were rebuilt after a fire in 1574. Also located along the square are the twelfth century Procuratie Vecchie, buildings that housed the apartments and offices of the procurators; the Procuratie Nuovo, which Columns of San Marco and San Theodoro provided more offices and was built in the mid-seventeenth century; the National Library of St. Mark's; the Museum of Archaeology; and the Correr Museum. Between the Palace of the Doge and the Library is the Piazzetta (little piazza) San Marco. It is known for the two columns located there that pay homage to two of Venice's patrons - St. Mark and St. Teodoro of Amasea. The columns have long served as the official gateway to the city. Until the mid eighteenth century, the piazetta was also an area were criminals were executed. Venetian Pigeons Feeding Pigeons Besides being filled with people and great specimens of architecture, Piazza San Marco is also full of pigeons. Pigeons have long been a problem in the square but only recently did the city pass a law that banned the feeding of these birds. The pigeons have caused much damage to the delicate mosaics on St. Mark's Basilica and to other buildings around the piazza. Several attempts have been made to control the pigeon population but few have been even slightly successful.