Which is the oldest college at Oxford University?

Oxford travel guide - Wikitravel History[ edit ] Oxford was first occupied in Saxon times, and was initially known as "Oxanforda". The settlement began with the foundations of St Frideswide's nunnery in the 8th century, and was first mentioned in written records in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 912. By the 10th century Oxford had become an important military frontier town between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex and was on several occasions raided by the Danes. The University of Oxford [1] was founded in the 12th century and therefore constitutes the oldest English-speaking university. Oxford, like Cambridge , differs from many other universities in that there is no 'campus' as such, and no central university building. Instead, the University consists of approximately 40 colleges and associated buildings, such as the Exam Schools (on the High Street, closed to the public), the world-famous Bodleian Library (main buildings in Radcliffe Square, off the high street - limited access to the public), and several world-class museums. Each college has its own individual character, some date from the 13th century, others are merely a few decades old. Many of the colleges are closed to the public, particularly during term times; some, however, are open at different times. For example: Christ Church (the college of "Brideshead" fame) is mostly open, and has the added bonus of having a (small) cathedral attached, where excellent music is performed at Evensong everyday, it also has an excellent art gallery [2] . Some of Christ Church's buildings are used in films such as "Harry Potter". Other colleges of note are Magdalen (pronounced 'maudlin'), which has a deer park, and those along the High Street, all of which have an impressive list of alumni. Shelley fans should visit University College. Former women-only colleges such as the pretty Somerville (Woodstock Rd) further to the North of the centre are interesting to get a feel for the range of colleges in Oxford. Orientation[ edit ] Central Oxford is built around two intersecting throughfares which cross at Carfax: the High Street, or "the High" [3] - running east-west, this is the main road coming in from Headington and the London road running north-south is another road, essentially continuous, but with separate ancient names for its various stretches - St Aldates and St Giles [4] , separated by the Cornmarket (now a pedestrianised shopping boulevard) One of the best online resources for planning a visit to Oxford is the Virtual Tour of Oxford [5] , hosted by the university's chemistry department... By plane[ edit ] While Oxford has an airport of its own at Kidlington, [6] there are currently no scheduled commercial flights, and hence the airport is used only for private and charter flights. The nearest commercial airports to Oxford are those around London , to the south-east, Birmingham , to the north, and Southampton to the south, with most foreign travellers preferring the London airports. Heathrow is certainly the closest major airport to Oxford, followed by Gatwick in terms of size and popularity. Road access from both Heathrow and Gatwick (fastest) is by M25 (heading north and west respectively) and then the M40 to Oxford's outskirts (follow the signs). Oxford Bus Company [7] runs several airport bus services to Oxford Gloucester Green bus station (running in from Headington and up the High with several convenient stops: check web pages below): between London Heathrow and Oxford [8] , £23 single, £29 return, frequency: every twenty minutes 5AM-10AM and 2PM-7PM, less frequently at other times between London Gatwick and Oxford [9] , £28 single, £37 return, frequency: hourly 6AM-8PM, less frequently thereafter National Express Bus Company runs airport bus services to Luton Airport and to Stansted Airport: [10] Birmingham Airport [11] has fewer destinations than the London airports (it still has quite a lot), but it is definitely the closest to Oxford in terms of public transport travel time. Birmingham International Airport has its own railway station, which is connec


'Sean Dillon' is an ex-IRA terrorist created by which author?

JACK HIGGINS on DILLON JACK HIGGINS on DILLON Written by Georgina Burns Sean Dillon Is Back! Jack Higgins has tried his hand at a vast range of different occupations, from circus roustabout to truck driver and, after taking an honours degree in sociology and social psychology, teacher and university lecturer. But the publication of The Eagle Has Landed turned him into an international bestselling author practically overnight. His novels have since sold over 150 million copies and been translated into fifty-five languages; many of them have also been made into successful films. Midnight Runner is Jack Higgins' brand new novel. This is your eight novel featuring Sean Dillon, former IRA terrorist turned Government enforcer. What’s the secret of the character’s success? Well, he’s on the side of right, most of the time. And people have forgotten, because Dillon’s become so successful, that in the first book, The Eye of the Storm, he was an absolute villain of the first order. He was the man who tried to mortar bomb 10 Downing Street, and I did the novel as a kind of Day of the Jackal -type novel where the main protagonist was this terrorist who was lining up this job, was going to takeout the British war Cabinet and so on. And you followed it step by step: how he organised it, how he treated people and, I mean, he killed a few people and he did behave pretty disgracefully.  However, at the end of the book, the good guys pursued him to a French chateau where he was shot dead. When my wife read the final chapter, when I said, "hey, it’s finished. What do you think?" she threw it back at me and said, "The readers will hate you because you’ve created this very unusual character: very strong, very interesting, full of humour and wit and Irishness and so on, and they’re going to be angry with you". I said, "Well, what are you suggesting?" She said, "let him survive and just walk away in the snow in the night".  So I went and rewrote the final chapter, so when he was shot he was wearing a titanium waistcoat, which, of course, stops rounds going through but knocks you out. He was lying on the floor unconscious, the good guys left him there for French intelligence to do the cleaning up and, of course, Dillon came to. And he walked away through the snow into the night. The result was, that when I was doing another book, I hadn’t intended using Dillon: it was the book about Martin Bormann’s U-Boat being found on the reef in the Virgin Islands. The U-Boat that Bormann had, supposedly, escaped him.  Now Dillon, besides being a villain of the first water, also flies a plane and has done a lot of scuba diving, and speaks languages. So the brigadier running the Prime Minister’s private army decided that what he needed was somebody to work for him who could be worse than the bad guys; and he sprung Dillon from jail and said, "I’ll wipe your IRA slate clean but you work for me from now on." That book, Thunder Point, was extremely successful, and that was the beginning of the saga, really. Obviously, with Dillon now fighting for right, as it were, it’s softened him, to a certain degree. As I say, as he was working on the side of right, maybe a lot of readers discovered him and found him acceptable.  I was once at a signing session in London, in a large store, and there was a queue of people and this very old lady, who turned out to be eighty-eight, came up the side of the queue on sticks and one of the security men gave her a chair, and everybody let it happen, you know, and she said to me, "Are you Mr Higgins?" and I said, "Yes." And she said, "Is this book about Mr Dillon?" and I said, "Yes." She said, "That’s good. I’ll have three." She said, "I like Mr Dillon" and I said, "What’s the secret? He shoots people in the kneecaps and he’s very ruthless." And she said, "Oh, he only shoots rotten people." Maybe that’s part of it. Do you find that he takes on a life of his own, he dictates where the story goes? Yes, what I start with is simply an idea for the story happening; the plot grows out of that. And the, how does Dillon react to it? And how


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


"The song, ""Food, Glorious Food"" comes from which musical?"

Oliver! (The Musical) (1968) Food Glorious Food - YouTube Oliver! (The Musical) (1968) Food Glorious Food Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Oct 13, 2011 Oliver! (The Musical) (1968) This is just a small clip from the movie Oliver! Food Glorious Food Is it worth the waiting for, If we live till eighty-four All we ever get is gruel, Every day we say our prayers Will they change the bill of fair? Still we get the same old gruel There's not a crust not a crumb Can we find can we beg can we borrow or cadge, But there's nothing to stop us from getting a thrill, When we all close our eyes and imagine, Food glorious food While we're in the mood cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys What next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys IN-DI-GESTION What is there more handsome Gulped swallowed or chewed Still worth a kings ransom What is it we dream about? What brings on a sigh? Piled peaches and cream about six feet high Food glorious food Were anxious to try it 3 banquets a day Just picture a great big steak fried, roasted or chewed For food marvelous food wonderful food magical food fabulous food beautiful food GLORIOUS FOOD


Which model of Ford car was introduced in 1989 and discontinued in 1997?

The History of FORD Probe Car Directory / FORD / FORD Probe / History The History Of FORD Probe The Ford Probe was a coupe produced by Ford, introduced in 1989 to replace the Ford EXP as the company's sport compact car. The Probe was fully based on the Mazda G-platform using unique sheetmetal and interior. The instrument cluster and pop-up headlight mechanisms are borrowed from the FC RX-7. While it was sold worldwide as a sporty coupe, the Probe was intended to fill the market niche formerly occupied by the Capri in Europe, and although it was intended as the replacement to the Ford EXP, it was also considered a possible replacement for the Ford Mustang in the North American market as a direct competitor with the Acura Integra and the Toyota Celica. During that time, Ford's marketing team had deemed that a front-wheel drive platform (borrowed Mazda GD and GE platforms) would have lower costs for production, and also because the platform had been gaining popularity with the consumers. Mustang fans objected to the front-wheel drive configuration, Japanese engineering, and lack of a V8, so Ford began work on a new design for the Mustang instead. Starting in the late 1970s, Ford and Ghia started exploring a series of futuristic designs under the "probe" series of concept cars. The Probe I, first shown in 1979, was a wedge-shaped design that incorporated a number of drag-reducing features like covered rear wheels and pop-up headlights. This was followed the next year by a much more conventional looking Probe II, whose hatchback styling is reminiscent of the Pony cars. 1981's Probe III was an advanced demonstrator with covered wheels, but its bodywork evolved into the more conventional Ford Sierra (or Merkur XR4Ti) and styling notes were used on the Ford Taurus. 1982's Probe IV was a more radical concept car with an extremely low Cd, and evolved into 1984's equally radical Probe V. In the 1980s, a predicted increase in oil prices prompted Ford to give the Ford Mustang a major redesign. The new design would be based on a totally new platform introduced to Ford by Japanese car manufacturer and Ford partner Mazda. But when the new generation of the Ford Mustang neared its release date, oil prices dropped to an all time low and Ford Mustang buyers expressed their displeasure in the style of the proposed replacement. The car was eventually released, not as a Ford Mustang but as the Ford Probe. The Ford Probe is a product of the joint Ford and Mazda venture called the AutoAlliance. It's unique body panels and interior were designed and manufactured in the AutoAlliance International Incorporated assembly plant located in Flat Rock, Michigan, the same plant that manufactured the Mazda MX-6 coupe and Mazda 626 sedan for the North American market. The Ford Probe was introduced to the US market in 1989 and was nearly identical to the Mazda MX-6. Actually, the Ford Probe shares most of its mechanical parts with the Mazda MX-6 and 626. Both the Ford Probe and the Mazda MX-6 were based on the Mazda GD platform from 1988 to 1992, and on the GE platform from 1993 to 1997. As it was initially planned to replace the successful and popular Ford Mustang, Ford expected the Ford Probe to be a success and boost the sales for the company. But the car fell short of Ford’s expectations. The style of the said coupe, while modern, was not universally accepted. It was neither affordable, making many buyers choose some other more-prestigious brand for the price they would pay for a Ford Probe. It was not able to match the success of the Ford Mustang and in fact never got near the expected sales figures, selling only 837,273 units in its eight year production run. In 1997, sales dropped to only 32,505 units, and it was finally discontinued. The first generation Probe appeared in 1988 and lasted until 1992 in the United States. In some markets the model years were from 1987 to 1991. It was based on a series of futuristic concept cars of the early 1980s, the likes of which have been seen in films like Judge Dredd, Back to the Future Part II and Total Recall.


In the USA during World War I, any reference to things German was considered unpatriotic, in order to avoid this problem which common foodstuff was called a 'Salisbury Steak'?

COMBAT MilTerms: M Marine Amphibious Brigade. MAC : (mack) Military Airlift Command, redesignated from Military Air Transport Service (MATS) on 1 Jan 1966, which is Uncle Sugar's no-frills airline for "Space Available" travel by dependents and retirees; often interpreted as "Maybe Airplane Come". See ATC, MATS, ATS, AMC, MASQ, SPACE A, DEADHEAD; compare MSC. Also, Military Assistance Command, as in MACV and MACTHAI. MACADAM / MACADAMIZED : a road or airfield base made of broken stone, oil, tar, pitch, or bituminous composition, creating a stable, all-weather surface, that's easily maintained; also called "tarmacadam" or simply "tarmac" (after its inventor J.L. McAdam), as distinguished from cobblestone and corduroy, and also known by the Briticism "road metal". See TAXIWAY, APRON, RAMP, RUNWAY, PSP, MARSDEN MATTING, MOBI-MAT. [v: blacktop; cf: laterite road, two-track] MACCOC : Military Assistance Command (Vietnam) Combat Operations Center; see OPN. MACH : a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object relative to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving; being an eponym (Ernst Mach) that's abbreviated "M". MACH is not a measure of the speed of an object but of the speed of sound from that object passing through a particular medium, as effected by atmospheric pressure and temperature, which is not constant; most modern jets fly at about 420 to 580 miles per hour (mph), or at about 75 percent of the speed of sound. See SONIC BOOM, SUPERSONIC, HYPERSONIC, SCRAMJET, JET PROPULSION, FAE. [nb: the velocity and distance that sound travels in either air or water depends upon atmospheric pressure, medium temperature, molecular density, and turbulence; such that under equivalent conditions, sound moves faster in salt water than in fresh, faster in fresh water than in air. The audible range of sound wave frequencies for humans is 20 - 20,000 Hz; above which ultrasonic waves may be felt, instead of heard.] MACHETE : a heavy utilitarian implement for slashing and chopping, and also used as a weapon in sword-like cutting; this Spanish-American knife derives its name from "macho sledgehammer". Consisting of a painted 16-18 inch carbon steel blade with a straight back, its single-edge curves deeply from the tip and tapers to the handle without a crossguard. Formerly the handle was unfinished wood, but during the VIETNAM WAR, the handle was changed to black plastic, making it harder to grasp. The wrist thong, drilled or molded, is a valuable safety feature for this tool. The pattern of the blade tip and curve have altered over the decades, but the MACHETE is not an axe nor a sickle, neither is it a sword, although it has been so used when nothing else was available. A MACHETE, having a simple beveled edge of mild steel (or of low hardness), is designed to chop woody stalks, reeds, canes, and vines, and is intended to be resharpened often with a rasp or whetstone. Earlier models also included a leather or canvas sheath, but that too became a plastic scabbard, making its carry and use much noisier. See BANANA BOLO, BOLO, ASTRONAUT SURVIVAL KNIFE, SMATCHET, V-44 MARINE RAIDER KNIFE, KNIFE. [v: gollock, kukri; cf: secateurs, pruners, loppers, shears, scissors] [v: Knife Terms ; The Language of Swordplay ] MACHINEGUNNER : see LMG, SAW, PIG, NUMBER SIXTY, HEAVY MG, FIFTY, MA DEUCE, QUAD 50, MINIGUN, LOADER, DOOR GUNNER, COOK-OFF, KICK, COAX, PINTLE, SPONSON, FPL, SPRAY, HOSE, ROCK 'n' ROLL, MOAN 'n' GROAN, MAD MINUTE, FIREPOWER, CREW-SERVED WEAPONS. [nb: Vietnamese term: Xa Thu Lien Thanh] [nb: an MG fires RIFLE ammunition, but an SMG fires PISTOL ammunition] [nb: the field occupations most often targeted in combat, because their loss so immediately influences unit effectiveness and morale, are the leader, pointman, signalman, machinegunner, and medic] MACHO : an assertive or domineering male, especially an arrogant specimen exhibiting exaggerated hypermasculine characteristics out of ignorance, inexperience, or immaturity; a misbegotten attitude that virility and strength, as masculine concomitants, confer


Who played the title role in the film 'Dr. No'?

Dr. No (1962) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program. Director: From $0.00 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 22 titles created 11 May 2012 a list of 46 titles created 13 Jun 2013 a list of 30 titles created 20 Dec 2015 a list of 24 titles created 2 months ago a list of 24 titles created 1 month ago Search for " Dr. No " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     1     Golden Globe. Another    4 nominations. See more awards  » Videos James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE. Director: Terence Young Investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. Director: Terence Young Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Lewis Gilbert A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world. Director: Peter R. Hunt 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Director: John Glen James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Director: Lewis Gilbert A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen Edit Storyline James Bond (007) is Britain's top agent and is on an exciting mission, to solve the mysterious murder of a fellow agent. The task sends him to Jamaica, where he joins forces with Quarrel and a loyal CIA agent, Felix Leiter. While dodging tarantulas, "fire breathing dragons" and a trio of assassins, known as the three blind mice. Bond meets up with the beautiful Honey Ryder and goes face to face with the evil Dr. No. Written by simon_hrdng See All (169)  » Taglines: 007 The double "O" means he has a license to kill when he chooses...where he chooses...whom he chooses! See more  » Genres: 7 October 1962 (UK) See more  » Also Known As: El satánico Dr. No See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The first of three times James Bond's apartment is shown, the second time being in Live and Let Die (1973), and the third in Spectre (2015). See more » Goofs As Honey is being decontaminated, the final indicator only changes from ACTIVE to CLEAR after she has passed. See more » Quotes In the closing credits, John Kitzmiller 's name is misspelled "John Kitzmuller". See m


Which football team plays home games at Sixfields Stadium?

Coventry City to play home matches at Northampton's Sixfields Stadium | Football News | Sky Sports Coventry City to play home matches at Northampton's Sixfields Stadium Coventry will play home matches at Northampton's Sixfields Stadium for three seasons, the Football League confirmed. Last Updated: 08/07/13 8:48pm Ricoh Arena: Coventry unable to resolve differences with stadium owners The cash-strapped League One club have been embroiled in a long-running rent dispute with Ricoh Arena owners Arena Coventry Ltd, and both parties have been unable to resolve their differences. Coventry were issued a winding-up order earlier this year and placed in administration after ACL took them to court claiming unpaid rent of £1.3m. The Otium Entertainment Group, the City administrators' "preferred biffer", were forced to submit a bid to the Football League and Northampton Town to relocate to Sixfields. The bid has now been approved, although it is subject to Otium paying a "performance bond" of £1m as an assurance that they will work to move the club back to Coventry as soon as possible. A Football League statement read: "The board of directors of The Football League has reluctantly approved an application by Otium Entertainment Group - the Administrator's preferred bidder for Coventry City FC Limited - for Coventry City to play its home matches at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium for an initial period of three seasons. "In the board's view, it was a matter of 'deep regret' that it had not proved possible for the club's proposed purchaser to reconcile its differences with the owners of the Ricoh Arena - Arena Coventry Limited (ACL)." Football League chairman Greg Clarke said: "The Football League believes that clubs should play in the towns and cities from which they take their name. "Nonetheless, from time to time, the board is asked to consider temporary relocations as a means for securing a club's ongoing participation in our competition. "With no prospect of an agreement being reached between Otium and ACL, the board was placed in an unenviable position - with the very real possibility of Coventry City being unable to fulfil its fixtures for next season. "This would inevitably call into question the club's continued membership of The Football League. "The board did not take this decision lightly and it remains a matter of deep regret that the two parties involved cannot come to an agreement. "I urge both Otium and ACL to continue to explore every possible opportunity to resolve this dispute, for the good of the City of Coventry, its football club and people living in the local community." ACL issued an official statement saying they were still keen to explore the possibility of keeping the club in the city and it read: "Like all Sky Blues fans, we want Coventry City Football Club playing in Coventry. "We have repeatedly said that we are happy to discuss terms to allow the Sky Blues to continue playing at the Ricoh Arena - and have even offered to allow them to play for free while the club remains in administration. This offer was made a month ago and we still have not had a response. "We are therefore deeply disappointed at the Football League's decision to allow the club to leave the city for three years. We understand that they are under considerable pressure to finalise the fixtures before the start of the season and that they are being placed in a very awkward position by both the administrator and the current preferred bidders, Otium Entertainment. "There is no need to force fans to travel 30 miles to watch a 'home game'. The Ricoh Arena is available to them. We want them here. The fans want them here. The only people who want the Sky Blues to leave Coventry are the ones with no connection to this city."


What was the name of the Blackburn weaver who invented the'Spinning Jenny'?

The Open Door Web Site : History : The Industrial Revolution : The Textile Industry : James Hargreaves and the Spinning Jenny Grimshaw's factory in Manchester was destroyed by an angry mob of weavers and spinners. Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. 1790 Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a device using punched card to weave complex designs. 1806 English textile mills were forced to close down as supplies of cotton from the US South ran short. 1800 Horrocks invented the speed batton 1810 TWO CENTURIES OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE Custom Search The Industrial Revolution James Hargreaves and the Spinning Jenny The increased speed of weaving created a new problem because it now took three spinners to keep up with one weaver. This problem was resolved in 1764, when James Hargreaves invented a new machine that was capable of spinning eight threads of cotton yarn, instead of the spinning wheel's one. The new machine was called the spinning jenny.   The Spinning Jenny   All this time the processes of spinning and weaving were still being carried out at home. This was possible because both the flying shuttle and the spinning jenny were small enough to be used in the cottage.   James Hargreaves (1720-1778) For many centuries, wool and flax (used to make linen) had been changed from fibers (the raw material) to thread, or yarn, using a spinning wheel. The wheel was turned by hand or, in some cases, by using a foot peddle. The motion of the wheel turned a spindle which pulled on the fibers. This caused the fibers to be drawn out and twisted to make yarn. James Hargreaves was a weaver who lived in Stanhill, near Blackburn in Lancashire. He was poor, uneducated and had a large family. It is said that, in 1767, one of his daughters accidentally knocked over his spinning wheel. As Hargreaves watched the overturned machine, he noticed that the spindle continued to spin, even though it had now been turned over by the fall. It occurred to him that the same wheel might be used to turn many spindles at the same time. He set about making a machine with eight spindles connected to one wheel. He called his machine the Spinning Jenny, after his daughter. Hargreaves made a number of Spinning Jennies and started to sell them in the area. However, since each machine was capable of doing the work of eight people, other spinners were angry about the competition. In 1768, a group of spinners broke into Hargreaves' house and destroyed his machines. Hargreaves decided to move his family away from Blackburn and they settled in Nottingham. Here Hargreaves found a partner, Thomas James, and together they set up a small spinning mill. Although he patented his invention in July 1770, Hargreaves had already given away its secrets during the six years since its conception. The Spinning Jenny had already been duplicated by others. Hargreaves never earned very much in the way of royalties and continued to work in his spinning mill until his death in 1778.       The Open Door Web Site is non-profit making. Your donations help towards the cost of maintaining this free service on-line. Donate to the Open Door Web Site using PayPal The Open Door Team 2017 Any questions or problems regarding this site should be addressed to the webmaster © Shirley Burchill, Nigel Hughes, Richard Gale, Peter Price and Keith Woodall 2017 Footnote : As far as the Open Door team can ascertain the images shown on this page are in the Public Domain.


stellers jay Steller's Jay Steller's Jay    Taxonomy/Description photo    M. Noonan Stellerï¿½s jay belongs to the    family, Corvidae, in the Avian Order Passeriformes.    Passeriformes is the order of perching birds. Corvidae    is the jay, magpie and crow family. The Steller's jay's    scientific name is Cyanocitta stelleri. The generic    name, cyanocitta, means "blue jay". Its specific name,    stelleri, named for George W. Steller (1709-1746).    Steller was a German zoologist who explored the coastal    areas of the northern Pacific Ocean in 1740. This jay is characterized by its    thick bill and feathery crest. Black feathers cover the    head and crest, continuing about halfway down the back.    The rest of the body is dark blue, with black ridges on    the wing feathers. Juveniles have sooty gray coloration    on their heads. Jays weigh 3-5 ounces, with a wingspan    of about one foot.   Steller's Jay Habitat/Diet The range of Stellerï¿½s jay begins    far north in Alaska, stretching south along the Rocky    Mountains to the southwestern United States and Central    America. The Pacific coast marks the western limits of    the range, while the eastern edge of the range extends    no further than Colorado. Coniferous forests are    preferred at elevations from 3,000-10,500ft. However,    deciduous are inhabitable. Jays do not migrate to warmer    regions during the winter, instead moving to lower    elevations for seasonal cooling. Seeds are the primary dietary    component of Stellerï¿½s jay. Nuts and acorns are also    favored. Like other corvid species, Stellerï¿½s jay feeds    on the eggs of other birds. Steller's Jay    Behavior/Reproduction Stellerï¿½s jays are social birds.    Flocks form often. Aggressive behaviors towards other    jays are not uncommon. Mobbing is a defensive maneuver    of Stellerï¿½s jays to ward off predators. A large group    of birds flies aggressively towards the predatory bird,    protecting their territory and young by warding off the    dangerous bird. photo    M. Noonan This species is monogamous. Both    birds will build the nest and care for the young.    Females will incubate 2-6 eggs for 16 days. The young    fly at 3 weeks of age. The lifespan of the Stellerï¿½s jay    is about 10 years. Steller's Jay Conservation Stellerï¿½s jay is not endangered.    It is numerous throughout its range. However, if care is    not taken to preserve its habitat from human    interference, Stellerï¿½s jay may one day face extinction.


Which author's works include the novels 'Antic Hay' and 'Crome Yellow'?

Aldous Huxley Facts Aldous Huxley Facts Aldous Huxley Facts Aldous Huxley was a British author best known for the book A Brave New World. Aldous Huxley was born in July 26th, 1894 to Julia Arnold and Leonard Huxley in Godalming, Surrey, England. His father was a schoolmaster and writer and his mother founded Prior's Field School. Aldous went blind as a teenager for two or three years, but his eyesight returned sufficient enough to study English at Balliol College, Oxford, but it was always poor for the rest of his life. He graduated with honors. Aldous Huxley's first published novel was Crome Yellow in 1921, a social satire. His published works include novels, short story collections, poetry collections, essay collections, screenplays, travel books, drama, articles, and even a children's book titled The Crows of Pearblossom. Interesting Aldous Huxley Facts: Aldous Huxley's mother died when he was only 14. He became sick in 1911 and his sight was forever damaged. Aldous Huxley's brother Noel committed suicide in 1914 after suffering from depression. Aldous Huxley wrote a novel when he was 17 but it was not published. Aldous Huxley's first novel Crome Yellow was a satirical look at life at the Garsington Manor where he had worked during World War I. Aldous Huxley's works often addressed the potential harm to mankind by scientific progress. Aldous Huxley developed a close friendship with the famous writer D.H. Lawrence while at Oxford. He eventually edited Lawrence's letters following his death in 1930. Aldous novels included Crome Yellow, Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, Point Counter Point, Brave New World, Eyeless in Gaza, After Many a Summer, Time Must Have a Stop, Ape and Essence, The Genius and the Goddess, and Island. Aldous Huxley moved to Hollywood in 1937 with his wife Maria, and son Matthew. He lived there for the rest of his life. Aldous Huxley became spiritual soon after moving to the U.S. and meeting Jiddu Krishnamurti. He became a Vendatist. Aldous Huxley wrote a satirical book After Many a Summer which featured Tarzana College, after spending a great deal of time at Occidental College in Los Angeles in 1939. Aldous Huxley became a Hollywood screenwriter and began earning $3,000 a week, which in 1938 was a lot of money. Aldous used a lot of the money he earned as a screenwriter to bring artist and writer refugees to the U.S. from Hitler's Germany. Aldous Huxley wrote a letter to George Orwell, the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, in 1949 to congratulate him on his book. He felt the book was 'profoundly important', and predicted that the government would become all-controlling in the years to come. Aldous Huxley applied to become a citizen of the United States but because he would not agree to take up arms to defend the U.S. his application was denied several times. He eventually withdrew his application. Aldous was married twice. His first marriage ended when his wife Maria died. His second marriage to Laura Archera ended when Aldous died of laryngeal cancer. Aldous Huxley died at the age of 69, on November 22, 1963. When he died, the author C.S. Lewis had also passed away. Both of their deaths were overshadowed by President John F. Kennedy' assassination. Russian composer Igor Stravinsky was good friends with Aldous Huxley. Igor dedicated his final orchestral composition to Aldous. Related Links:


Who wrote the poem 'The Village Blacksmith'?

The Village Blacksmith Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Poem Hunter The Village Blacksmith Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Poem Hunter The Village Blacksmith - Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Autoplay next video Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a might man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawney arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns what'er he can, And looks the whole word in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear the bellows blow; You can hear him swing his might sledge, With measure beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look in the open door; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar. And catch the flaming sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like his mother's voice, Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hands he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiing, -- rejoicing, -- sorrowing, Onward in life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned his night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou has taught! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. Rajnish Manga (11/15/2015 9:58:00 PM) This is not only a great portrayal of a village blacksmith but has a message for us to imbibe to enrich our lives at all levels- personal as well as social. Great poem from a favourite poet: Thus at the flaming forge of life / Our fortunes must be wrought / Thus on its sounding anvil shaped / Each burning deed and thought. (Report) Reply Susan Williams (11/15/2015 2:18:00 PM) This is the ideal common man as much today as it was in Longfellow's day. Independent, hard working, religious, warm-hearted. A country can never have too many of these men. (Report) Reply Gangadharan Nair Pulingat (11/15/2015 8:48:00 AM) Very much interesting the poem which gives the minute points of smithy works and feeling of the gentleman who works as village smith. (Report) Reply Ratnakar Mandlik (11/15/2015 1:51:00 AM) A master piece of a poem depicting values linked with eternity. The melody of the meaningful and thought provoking poem is superb. Enjoyed the melody as well as spiritual touch to the poem given by the master spirit. Thanks for sharing. (Report) Reply Seema Jayaraman (11/15/2015 12:49:00 AM) Loved stumbling over this poem on PH today.. just a few weeks ago an uncle..octogenarian whom we met in Chennai rolled out this poem from memory, he said he had learnt it in school many many decades ago 'The smith, a might man is he, With large and sinewy hands; and he compared the sinewy word mentioned here with the one I had used in my poem A Father's Grief.. what an amazing memory and what a lovely poem to remember for decades.. thanks for sharing. (Report) Reply John Tatum (8/21/2013 11:19:00 PM) I memorized this poem in the 6th grade...such strong lines and such great meter and, well, very inspiring. (Report) Reply


In which US state is the 'Great Smoky Mountains National Park'?

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. National Park Service) Contact Us A Wondrous Diversity of Life Ridge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. World renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, and the quality of its remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture, this is America's most visited national park.


What was Dusty Springfield's first No. 1 hit?

The Hit Songs of Dusty Springfield | Spinditty The Hit Songs of Dusty Springfield The Hit Songs of Dusty Springfield Updated on December 15, 2016 Joined: 2 years agoFollowers: 130Articles: 80 62 Dusty Springfield | Source The Best of Dusty Springfield In my humble opinion, Dusty Springfield's hit songs have rightly been cited as among the best by any British female singer of her generation. Starting out as a member of The Springfields, she progressed to a solo career in the 1960s and was among the forefront of the British Invasion, enjoying success in both the USA and the UK. Although not immediately recognisable in her earlier recordings, her preference for the soul music coming out of America became more apparent as her career blossomed. She has been credited with introducing the Motown Sound to the UK; when on TV in the Sixties she hosted a showcase of the music, singing along with Martha Reeves. You can hear that soulfulness in many of the songs featured here, all of which appeared on the British music charts of the time. During the 1960s, there was sometimes a discrepancy between the Dusty Springfield songs released as singles in the UK and the USA. Therefore, there may be tracks missing here that were popular in the States which were not so in Britain, and vice versa. However, there is no denying the popularity of Dusty Springfield, not only in the 1960s, but also during her comeback in the 1980s and 1990s. If, like me, you enjoy the output of one of the finest popular singers the UK has produced, then you are in for a treat! Advertisement 1963: "I Only Want to Be With You" Dusty's first hit in the UK was this Number 4 song written by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde. Unequivocally catchy, Dusty delivers a full blooded vocal full of defiance that, at the time, had not been matched by many female singers in the rock era. With the beginnings of the British Invasion taking place in the US, it also became her first hit record in America too. Advertisement   Hit Songs of 1964 Stay Awhile: This Number 13 UK hit is a song that includes much that is reminiscent of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. It seems the three minute single had not fully arrived yet, as this clocks in at a little under two minutes. I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself: One of Dusty Springfield's biggest hits of the 1960s, this is an emotionally laden ballad that defined her plaintive, soulful vocals. It reached Number 3 in the UK, but strangely failed to chart in the USA. Losing You: Dusty's third and final UK Top 20 hit of 1964. Catch a glimpse of Gene Pitney in the video from the 1960s pop show Ready, Steady, Go! Stay Awhile I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself Losing You   Hit Songs of 1965 Your Hurtin' Kinda Love: A minor Top Forty hit in the UK, this was nevertheless another Dusty vocal tour-de-force, as she infuses her soulful voice into a standard pop-style Sixties song. In the Middle of Nowhere: Another huge hit in the UK that missed the mark in the US, the song is an uptempo "growler" from Dusty that made the Top Ten in July. Some of Your Lovin': Written by the famed songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King, this song became Dusty Springfield's favourite performance and was another Top 10 hit in October. Your Hurtin' Kinda Love In the Middle of Nowhere Some of Your Lovin' Little By Little Hit Songs of 1966 Little By Little: 1966 was to be Dusty Springfield's most successful year singles wise. This first hit of the year really did not indicate the direction in which she was headed, but it nevertheless gave her a rock inspired Top 20 hit. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: Surprisingly, this was Dusty's only ever UK Number One hit. Originally an Italian song entitled "Lo Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)," it was given an English lyric full of unrequited love in which she gives one of her finest vocal performances. Goin' Back: Not released as a single in the US, if pushed, this is quite possibly my favourite of Dusty Springfield's songs. Another track penned by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Dusty's rendition will surely break your heart. It pea


"""There never was a good war nor a bad peace""is a quote attributed to which American statesman?"

War - Wikiquote War Jump to: navigation , search In order to increase their possessions they kick and butt with horns and hoofs of steel and kill each other, insatiable as they are. ~ Plato War is a conflict involving the organized use of weapons . It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war. Charles Francis Adams , Despatch to Earl Russell (Sept. 5, 1863). But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. My voice is still for war. Joseph Addison , Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act II, scene 1. They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn. Fighting men are the city's fortress. Alcæus , Fragment, XXII. Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 841-60. Fifty-four forty (54° 40´ N.), or fight. Senator William Allen, in the U. S. Senate, on the Oregon boundary dispute (1844). There are two rules of war that have not yet been invalidated by the new world order . The first rule is that the belligerent nation must be fairly sure that its actions will make things better; the second rule is that the belligerent nation must be more or less certain that its actions won't make things worse. America could perhaps claim to be satisfying the first rule (while admitting that the improvement may be only local and short term). It cannot begin to satisfy the second. Martin Amis , The Palace of the End (2003), Essay in The Guardian (4 March 2003) . In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign…. Secondly, a just cause…. Thirdly … a rightful intention. Thomas Aquinas , Summa Theologica (1266–1273; 1947 republication), part II–II, question 40, article 1, p. 1359–60. The three conditions are sometimes paraphrased as: public authority, just cause, right motive. And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life, which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain; But who can get another life again? Archilochus , Fragment VI. Quoted by Plutarch , Customs of the Lacedæmonians. Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield. Nature's, not honour's, law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away. Another version of Archilochus . Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 841-60. Instead of breaking that bridge, we should, if possible, provide another, that he may retire the sooner out of Europe. Aristides , referring to the proposal to destroy Xerxes' bridge of ships over the Hellespont. ("A bridge for a retreating army.") See Plutarch , Life of Demosthenes. Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 841-60. If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a solemn international obligation … an obligation of honor which no self-respecting man could possibly have repudiated. I say, secondly, we are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power. Premier H. H. Asquith , to House of Commons, Declaration of War with Germany, August 4, 1914. B[ edit ] Comrade, I did not want to kill you. If you jumped in here again, I would not do it, if you would be sensible too. But you were only an idea to me before, an abstraction that lived in my mind and called forth its appropriate response. It was that abstraction I stabbed. ~  Randolph Bourne The silence spreads. I talk and must talk. So I speak to him and say to him: "Comrade, I did not want to kill you. If you jumped in here again, I would not do it, if you would be sensible too. But you were only an idea to me before, an abstraction that lived in my mind and called forth its appropriate response. It was that


"Whose law states""Bad money drives out good""?"

AA History -- Gresham's Law & Alcoholics Anonymous Click The Images To Go To Page Indicated In The Flag GRESHAM'S LAW & ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS HOW DO YOU WANT YOUR CUP OF TEA? STRONG? - MEDIUM? - WEAK? Gresham's Law - "Bad currency drives out good" - has been operative in the life of Alcoholics Anonymous. Weak AA is tending to drive out strong AA. This article originally appeared a little over two years after I came to A.A. in the July 1976 issue of "24 Magazine," with the author unknown. Permission was given to reprint. This material should be "required reading" for anyone interested in why AA is not as effective now as it was in prior years, and especially for those people experiencing a "flat recovery," suicidal thoughts, relapse, or repeated relapse. GRESHAM'S LAW & ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS There are three ways to work the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. (1) The strong, original way, proved powerfully and reliably effective over forty years. (2) A medium way - not so strong, not so safe, not so sure, not so good, but still effective. And (3) a weak way, which turns out to be really no way at all but literally a heresy, a false teaching, a twisting corruption of what the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous clearly stated the program to be. As a year member of Alcoholics Anonymous, I am still awed by the combination of simplicity, practicality, and profundity built into the Twelve Steps; the AA recovery plan. This audacious blueprint for life change was drawn up in 1939 by a former dead-end drunk serving as spokesman for an unknown, unproven society of 100 reformed problem drinkers, many of whom were still in the relatively early stages of recovery from alcohol addiction. Yet for all their boldness of scope, the Steps are so plainly worded, and so well-explained in chapters five and following of "Alcoholics Anonymous," the AA "Big Book," that they can be done by anyone. And, therein lies their greatest genius. There is no prior requirement of purity of life or advancement of learning. Just a willingness to admit personal defeat and a sincere desire to change. The Twelve Steps sharply contradict the secular psychological axiom that where the level of performance is low you must set a low level of aspiration in order to gain a positive result in life. By this view, the proper approach for the early AA's would have been to put together a program aimed certainly no higher than alcohol abstinence and a return to life as it had been in the pre-alcoholic days, life as ordinary men and women of the world. But these newly-sobered-up drunks set out to become totally committed men and women of God. The authors of the Big Book knew that this radical recovery plan was apt to jar many of the newcomers they were trying to reach with their message and they made two moves to sugarcoat their pill. First, they put the following disclaimer immediately after listing the Twelve Steps in chapter five: "Many of us exclaimed, I can't go through with it. Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection." That short paragraph was a stroke of inspiration, especially the phrase, "We are not saints." It has eased thousands of new, half-convinced AA members (myself included) past the fact that we were headed, under the guidance of the Steps, in the completely unfamiliar direction of spiritual perfection. Most of us began practicing the Steps without realizing their full implications. Experience quickly taught us that they worked. They got us sober and enabled us to stay sober. From our intensely pragmatic standpoint, that was what mattered. We were content to enjoy our sobriety and leave all debates as to why the Steps worked to non-alcoholic theorizers - whose lives did not hang in the balance if they got themselves confused and came to some wrong conclusions. AA's founders did something else


Which football team plays home games at the Memorial Ground?

Memorial Stadium | Bristol Rovers FC | Football Ground Guide Football Ground Guide Address: Filton Avenue, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 0BF Telephone: 0117 909 6648 Ticket Office: 0117 952 4001 Pitch Size: 110 x 73 yards Club Nickname: Pirates Home Kit: Blue & White Quarters Away Kit: Yellow and Black East Stand WHAT IS THE MEMORIAL STADIUM LIKE? The club moved to the stadium in 1996 and two years later bought the ground from the then owners Bristol Rugby Club. Although the Memorial Stadium has seen some changes since the Football Club took up residence, it still has the feel of a rugby ground about it.  On one side is the West Stand, which with its pavilion looks more like a cricket stand. It has a row of hospitality boxes across the top, with a few rows of seats in front. Below is an area of terrace. Just under this stand's roof is a television gantry and a small electric scoreboard. The stand runs for about half the length of the pitch and straddles the half way line. On one side of it, towards the Blackthorn end is a small covered terrace, used as a family area, whilst the other side has a small covered area of temporary seating, called the South West Stand. Opposite is the Uplands Stand, taller than the West Stand, but similar in length. This stand has covered seating to its rear and terracing at the front. It has open terracing to either side, one of which is given to away supporters. The team dug outs are located in front of this stand, although the dressing rooms are located behind the West Stand. This leads to quite a procession of players and officials at half time and full time.  At one end is the unusual looking South Stand. This was originally erected as a temporary stand, to fill the previously empty end. It has now been opened for a number of seasons now, although it still looks, with its green seats and bright white roof, more suitable for an outdoor show jumping competition than a football ground. The stand only runs for just over half the width of the pitch, has several supporting pillars running across the front and has been nicknamed 'the tent' by Rovers fans. Opposite is the Blackthorn End, which is a covered terrace for home supporters. NEW STADIUM The Clubs plans to move to a new stadium have been put back with the news that Sainsbury's currently no longer wish to purchase the Memorial Ground to build a new supermarket. This is crucial to the proposed move as funds generated by the sale of the Memorial Ground, were to be used to fund the building of the new stadium. The new 21,700 capacity stadium was be located close to the Avon Ring Road, by the University of the West England (UWE), on the outskirts of Bristol. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR AWAY SUPPORTERS? Away supporters are mostly housed in an open terrace on one side of the East (Dribuild) Stand. This area is open to the elements so you might get wet if it rains. The open terrace makes it difficult for away fans to really generate some noise. Up to 1,100 away supporters can be accommodated in this area. If the weather is poor then it may be a better bet to head for one of the seats that are made available to away fans in the South Stand at one end of the ground. I must recommend the huge Cornish Pasties (£3.20) that are sold at the ground, huge and tasty, plus they even do vegetarian ones which makes a change. Also on offer are a range of pies including the the Chicken Balti Pie. I did not experience any problems on my visits, however I noted that the Rovers fans seemed to tolerate away fans rather than being over friendly. They can still do a good rendition of their club anthem 'Goodnight Irene', when the occasion stirs. I found it quite amusing that the Rovers fans are nicknamed gasheads. Nick Wootten of Bristol informed me that this term comes from where the old Eastville stadium in Bristol was sited. Next to a (sometimes smelly) gas works! In fact it was rumoured that if Rovers were losing at half time, the gas would be turned up, to put off the opposition! PUBS FOR AWAY FANS There is a bar behind the clubhouse terrace at the ground that allows in away s


What Is Pitchblende? What Is Pitchblende? Updated August 11, 2015. Question: What Is Pitchblende? When learning about the element uranium, the term pitchblende commonly pops up. What is pitchblende and what does it have to do with uranium? Answer: Pitchblende, also known by the name uraninite, is a mineral comprised mainly of oxides of the element uranium , UO2 and UO3. It is our primary source of uranium. The mineral is black in color, like 'pitch'. The term 'blende' came from the German miners who believed it contained many different metals all blended together. Pitchblende contains many other radioactive elements that can be traced back to the decay of uranium, such as radium , lead , helium and several actinide elements. Pitchblende was the source of discovery for several elements. In 1789, Martin Heinrich Klaproth discovered and identified uranium as a new element from pitchblende. In 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie discovered the element radium while working with pitchblende. In 1895, William Ramsay was the first to isolate helium from pitchblende.


In the 1960's TV series 'Bonanza', which actor played the part of 'Hoss Cartwright'?

Bonanza: A 1960's Western TV Show | ReelRundown Bonanza: A 1960's Western TV Show Bonanza: A 1960's Western TV Show Updated on October 31, 2016 Joined: 5 years agoFollowers: 335Articles: 48 Stars of 1960s Western TV Show Bonanza The Cartwrights of Bonanza TV Series | Source Bonanza's Cartwright Family Bonanza was a weekly TV Western series during the 1960s, which followed the trials and tribulations of the Cartwright clan. The patriach of the family was Ben Cartwright, portrayed by Lorne Greene. He was a three time widowed rancher with three sons, all by different wives: Adam (Pernell Roberts), Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker) and "Little Joe" (Michael Landon). The main story line for the weekly episode centered around either Ben or one of the sons, thus giving each actor more exposure and a chance for each character to grow. The stars had equal billing and Bonanza's opening credits changed each week alternating the order of the stars. For 14 years and 431 episodes, millions of viewers tuned in to watch the popular western TV show and to see the beautiful scenery of the ranch called The Ponderosa as the TV series was one of the first to be broadcast in color. It is the second longest running western show in television history behind the series Gunsmoke. Advertisement Dan Blocker, much loved by the fans | Source The Next Generation of Cartwrights on Bonanza Sadly, Dan Blocker passed away suddenly during the 13th season. His fans were shocked and devastated. Bonanza never recuperated from both the loss of the lovable character Hoss and a time slot change from Sunday nights (where it had always aired) to Tuesday nights. It had become a Sunday night ritual for families to watch the show together and it lost many viewers due to the unpopular schedule change. Regrettably, the TV western stopped being produced in the middle of the 14th season. However, that wasn't the end of Bonanza. By popular demand, three TV movies would follow. Unfortunately, they were not received well by the fans, who claimed poor acting and bad story lines as the cause. The final outcome for the Cartwright family was the characters of Ben, Hoss and Little Joe were all dead. The ranch was being run by Ben Cartwright's brother, Aaron. Adam was the only surviving son but actor Pernell Roberts refused to participate in the TV movies so the script called for him to be living in Australia to explain his absence. Hoss had drowned while saving someone's life and Little Joe was a war hero that was killed in action while riding with Teddy Roosevelt up San Juan Hill and was buried in Arlington Cemetery. In the TV movies, Little Joe was already deceased but had a son, Benjamin (called Benj) and a daughter. The actor playing Little Joe's son was Michael Landon, Jr. The actress that portrayed his daughter looked very much like Little Joe but in real life she is not related to Landon. Dan Blocker's son had a part in the movie as a news reporter because the producers thought he appeared too old to play Hoss' son. Lorne Greene's daughter played the part of Benj's girlfriend. Adam also had a son in the movies, Adam Cartwright, Jr. who was called "A.C." and spoke with an Australian accent. The accent was certainly out of place on the ranch and Benj showing up in Virginia City driving a car seemed really strange . But the part of the movie that was so unbelievable to fans (including myself) is that Hoss Cartwright had an illegitimate son! That's right! According to the story line, when Hoss accidentally drowned, he was engaged to be married and his fiancee was pregnant! The writers of the original TV series would have never gotten away with such a plot as it was so contrary to the tradition of Bonanza and so out of character for Hoss. With his mild manners and shyness around women, it is hard to believe this of the "gentle giant". His son comes to the Ponderosa searching for his father who he believes deserted his mother, not knowing that Hoss was dead. I have included some clips from the TV movies and I think you will agree that the acting and writing was pretty lame and the sto


Beside which Scottish firth is the golf course Muirfield situated?

Muirfield Golf Course| Golf Vacation Packages Free Parking  Days of Play Visitors are welcomed on Tuesdays and Thursdays (excluding public holidays) although the maximum number of guests is 12. Buggies There are just three buggies available to book and are rented on a first come first serve basis and cost £35 per round. Caddies There are a limited number of caddies which need to be booked in advance. They cost £40 excluding gratuity and must be paid directly. Attire in Golf Clubhouses Attire in the clubhouse is relatively strict, with lounge jacket and tie required in the smoking and dining rooms. Golf shoes and outer golfing wear are prohibited in any of the Club’s public rooms. Short white socks can be worn with tailored shorts. Practice Facilities Smoking is prohibited in all areas inside the club’s premises about 18 holes, par 71, 7,245 yards. Links. One of the best golf courses in the world, host venue to The Open Championship on more than 15 occasions as well as having hosted numerous other championships, both amateur and professional, Muirfield golf club is an absolute must-play on a golf vacation to Scotland. Recognised as being the oldest golf course in the world, the history of the course stretches as far back as the late 18th century and it was here where the ‘Gentlemen Golfers of Leigh’ drew up the first official rules of golf. It was these 13 rules which formed the basis of the modern rules golf abides by today. The course moved site on a couple of occasions and it was only in 1891 when the club finally settled in its current location, on the stretch of East Lothian coastline where so many other renowned links courses are dotted. Nestled between two other top-class links golf clubs, Archerfield and Gullane, Muirfield has superb panoramic views across the Firth of Forth estuary. The course was designed by the renowned Old Tom Morris but most recently in 2010 and 2011, was upgraded by golf course architect Martin Hawtree to ensure Muirfield remained competitive for the world’s best golfers. Narrow long fairways, deep pot-bunkers, small greens, thick rough and strong winds make Muirfield a tough links to tackle, and only the best golfers should take on these celebrated fairways. The iconic clubhouse, which sits assertively behind the 18th green, oozes tradition and class. Each public room has fabulous views out across the course visitors will rejoice in the blend of old-school charm and historical memorabilia. There are few better places in the world of golf to relax and enjoy an  alcoholic drink. A golf vacation to Scotland is something every golfer should experience, but to play a round of golf at Muirfield, ‘The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers’, is a once in a life time opportunity. We couldn’t recommend it enough. Facilities useful information Days of Play Visitors are welcomed on Tuesdays and Thursdays (excluding public holidays) although the maximum number of guests is 12. Buggies There are just three buggies available to book and are rented on a first come first serve basis and cost £35 per round. Caddies There are a limited number of caddies which need to be booked in advance. They cost £40 excluding gratuity and must be paid directly. Attire in Golf Clubhouses Attire in the clubhouse is relatively strict, with lounge jacket and tie required in the smoking and dining rooms. Golf shoes and outer golfing wear are prohibited in any of the Club’s public rooms. Short white socks can be worn with tailored shorts. Practice Facilities


The 'Hoover Dam' is onwhich American river?

Hoover Dam - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Google At the turn of the 20th century, farmers sought to divert the Colorado River to budding Southwestern communities via a series of canals. When the Colorado broke through the canals in 1905, creating the inland Salton Sea, the job of controlling the raging river fell to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Bureau director Arthur Powell Davis in 1922 outlined a plan before Congress for a multipurpose dam in Black Canyon, located on the Arizona- Nevada border. Named the Boulder Canyon project, after the original proposed site, the dam would not only control flooding and irrigation, it would generate and sell hydroelectric power to recoup its costs. Still, the proposed $165 price tag concerned some lawmakers, while representatives of six of the seven states in the river drainage area—Colorado, Wyoming , Utah , New Mexico , Arizona and Nevada —worried that the water would primarily go to California . Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover brokered the 1922 Colorado River Compact to divide the water proportionally among the seven states, but the legal wrangling continued until outgoing President Calvin Coolidge authorized the Boulder Canyon Project in December 1928. In honor of the new president’s contributions, Secretary of the Interior Ray L. Wilbur announced the structure would be called Hoover Dam at a 1930 dedication ceremony, though the name didn’t become official until 1947. As the Great Depression unfolded, hopeful laborers descended on Las Vegas and set up camp in the surrounding desert for the chance to work on the project. Those who were hired eventually moved to Boulder City, a community specifically built six miles from the work site to house its employees. Meanwhile, the U.S. government set about finding a contractor to build the proposed 60-story arch dam. The contract was awarded in March 1931 to Six Companies, a group of construction firms that had pooled its resources to meet the steep $5 million performance bond. The first difficult step of construction involved blasting the canyon walls to create four diversion tunnels for the water. Facing strict time deadlines, workers toiled in 140-degree tunnels choked with carbon monoxide and dust, conditions that prompted a six-day strike in August 1931. When two of the tunnels were complete, the excavated rock was used to form a temporary coffer dam that successfully rechanneled the river’s path in November 1932. The second step of involved the clearing of the walls that would contain the dam. Suspended from heights of up to 800 feet above the canyon floor, high scalers wielded 44-pound jackhammers and metal poles to knock loose material, a treacherous task that resulted in casualties from falling workers, equipment and rocks. Meanwhile, the dried riverbed allowed for construction to begin on the powerplant, four intake towers and the dam itself. Cement was mixed onsite and hoisted across the canyon on one of five 20-ton cableways, a fresh bucket capable of reaching the crews below every 78 seconds. Offsetting the heat generated by cooling concrete, nearly 600 miles of pipe loops were embedded to circulate water through the poured blocks, with workers continually spraying the concrete to keep it moist. As the dam rose, block by block, from the canyon floor, the visual renderings of architect Gordon Kaufmann took form. Electing to emphasize the imposing mass of the structure, Kaufmann kept the smooth, curved face free of adornment. The powerplant was given a futuristic touch with horizontal aluminum fins for windows, while its interior was designed to pay homage to Native American cultures. With the body of water that would become Lake Mead already beginning to swell behind the dam, the final block of concrete was poured and topped off at 726 feet above the canyon floor in 1935. On September 30, a crowd of 20,000 people watched President Franklin Roosevelt commemorate the magnificent structure’s completion. Approximately 5 million barrels of cement and 45 million pounds of reinforcement steel had gone into what was then the ta


Who played the title role in the film 'Goldfinger'?

Goldfinger: the Bond Movie That Was Banned in Israel - Neatorama Neatorama • 1 Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen . Visit Eddie at his website . Note: if you haven't seen the film Goldfinger, this post contains spoilers. Ask almost any James Bond fan to name his or her favorite Bond film, and chances are they'll reply with Goldfinger. Steven Spielberg has called it his favorite Bond film. Goldfinger is also quite probably the most widely seen of any Bond movie. According to one source, 75% of worldwide moviegoers have seen Goldfinger at least once. Goldfinger seems to be the quintessential Bond film. It was the start of the modern James Bond film formula as we know it, complete with the genesis of the unusual gadgets Bond was to use in pretty much every succeeding film following Goldfinger. It was the first Bond film to have the classic Q-branch gadget testing workshop scene that became a Bond staple. It also features the classic Bond car: the Aston-Martin DB-5. Sales of the Aston-Martin DB-5 increased 50% after the release of Goldfinger. (Image credit: Deutsch Wikipedia user Chilterngreen ) Sean Connery, in his third outing as 007, seems really in his prime here. During Goldfinger, Connery was actually married to actress Diane Cilento, but since he is playing a freewheeling ladies man, he wore a flesh-colored bandage over his wedding ring (clearly visible in production stills). As in every James Bond film, there is a knockout Bond girl. In this case it Honor Blackman, actually the oldest Bond girl in history -a decrepit 37 years of age at the time of filming. Honor took on the unforgettable role of Pussy Galore. One can only wonder how hard it must have been to get that one by the 1964 censors! The introduction scene between Bond and Miss Galore was originally written as: GALORE: I'm Pussy Galore. BOND: I know, but what's your name? This racy dialogue proved too much to be accepted and was changed to: GALORE: I'm Pussy Galore. BOND: I must be dreaming. Pussy Galore was actually the name of Bond creator Ian Fleming's pet octopus! By the way, take a quick look at Galore's all-girl flying circus in the film- some were actually men wearing wigs. The title role of Auric Goldfingerwas played with unforgettable panache by Gert Frobe. Frobe was a former member of the Nazi party before and during World War II. As a result of this, Goldfinger was originally banned from Israel. The truth was, Frobe had risked his life by hiding Jewish families from the Gestapo during his Nazi days. After a Jewish family came forth to publicly thank Frobe, the Israeli ban was officially lifted. Interestingly, Frobe did not speak much English. He tried to recite his role phonetically, but it was unacceptable. As a result, the entire speaking role of Goldfinger was dubbed in by an actor named Michael Collins. Goldfinger's loyal henchman, Oddjob, is played by professional wrestler Harold Sakata. In a fight scene with Sean Connery in the film, Sakata chopped him with a too-real karate chop and Connery walked off the set, claiming real injury. It is rumored that Connery used this work-related injury to get a raise in pay for his next Bond movie Thunderball. In Sakata's death scene, he is electrocuted by an electric wall. In filming the scene, Sakata refused to let go of the wall when the director told him to, and he sustained severe burns. The film's classic theme song was rendered by Shirley Bassey and was the first Bond theme to crack the top ten on the pop music charts (it peaked at #8). This proved to be the first time a movie's title song was played over the the film's opening credits. Another first: the unforgettable scene where Bond is tied to a table and a laser beam is slowly moving to cut him in half as Goldfinger looks on impassively was the first scene in movie history to feature a laser beam. Shirley Eaton gained film immortality as Goldfinger's loyal accomplice who falls for Bond. In her famous scene, Eaton gets painted gold by Goldfinger because of her betrayal. For years, untrue rumors


Which state of the USA has only one common border with a neighbouring US state?

The Only State... Quiz Extra Trivia ...whose name appears in another state's most populous city? Kansas City is the name of the biggest city in Missouri but only the third biggest city in Kansas. ...to host three modern Olympic Games? Besides the two Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. ...that allows residents to vote from outer space? The reasoning behind this 1997 law makes sense when you consider that most Astronauts live and work in Houston. ...without a McDonalds within the borders of its state capital? Montpelier is also the smallest state capital, with less than 8,000 people. ...to have a state-owned bank? The Bank of North Dakota was founded in 1919, and receives funds from state agencies. ...whose name has no letters in common with that of its capital? This may not be the most interesting 'Only' stat about South Dakota, but it's the only one I could find... ...to insist upon statewide female suffrage as a requirement for its entry into the Union? The Wyoming Territory's 1869 passage of female suffrage inspired the state's Official Nickname 'The Equality State.' ...whose legal right to statehood was brought before the Supreme Court? Virginia v. West Virginia, in which Virgina strove to regain counties that had seceded during the Civil War, was decided in favor of the Defendant. ...that has no law requiring seatbelts for adults in automobiles? New Hampshire residents take their 'Live Free Or Die' motto rather seriously ...to have a lighthouse that stands over 60 meters high? The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, 63 meters tall (200 feet), is located on the state's easternmost island. ...in which diamonds are mined? Crater of Diamonds State Park is also the world's only diamond-bearing site open to the public. ...in which the Northern half is in a different time zone than the Southern half? Northern Idaho is on Pacific Time, while Southern Idaho is on Mountain Time. ...to be represented by an African-American Senator prior to the 20th Century? Before 1967, Mississippi's Hiram Revels (1870) and Blanche Bruce (1875) were the only two black US Senators in history. ...whose median age is under 30 years old? The Mormon Church's encouragement of large families may explain why Utah's median age is only 28.8 years. ...to produce two US Presidents whose sons also became Presidents? Coincidentally, both sons shared their Father's names--John Quincy Adams and George Walker Bush. ...to be named after an American? Perhaps only George Washington had the gravitas to merit such an honor; a state of Franklin was attempted but failed to be approved. ...to have a higher population density than Puerto Rico? The most densely populated state, New Jersey's 1,189 residents/square mile beats out Puerto Rico's 1,163. ...whose postal abbreviation consists of two vowels? Iowa is also the only state whose name begins with two vowels. ...to lie entirely above 1,000 meters elevation? Colorado's lowest point, at the border with Kansas, is higher than Pennsylvania's tallest summit. ...where a nuclear weapon was exploded prior to the bombing of Japan? The Trinity Site, NM, was America's first and only test of the atomic bomb before it was dropped on Hiroshima. ...to host a Confederate President's inauguration? Jefferson Davis took his oath of office at the Alabama State Capitol building in 1861. ...that has 'parishes' instead of counties? Louisiana's unique use of the word 'parish' is a holdover from its days as a French Colony. ...to have two Federal Reserve Banks? The Federal bank in Kansas City covers the Great Plains region, while the bank in St. Louis covers part of the Central US. ...with a modern city founded by European colonists prior to 1600? St. Augustine, founded in 1565, was originally the capital of Spanish Florida. ...to contain more than one Ivy League school? Columbia University is located in New York City, while Cornell is in Ithaca Exceptional Quality ...whose official name is more than four words long? 'State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,' is typically used only on of


Who would usually use a sword called an 'Estoque'?

Bullfighting Swords Historical European Swordsmanship Bullfighting Swords If this is your first visit, be sure to  check out the FAQ by clicking the  link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,  select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. 36 Bullfighting Swords I realise that this is not really historical but I couldnt think where it would fit. Does anyone know what type of sword the Spanish bullfighters use. Also do they receive any fencing training or is it simply learning point control in order to stab between the shoulders Cheers Posts 921 There are plenty of sites about the web that have pictures of, and even sell Bullfighting swords (often simply called estoc or espada). The tool in question is a thrust-oriented blade. I've seen a few blade configurations (cuniform, more or fewer fullers, ect) although I'd guess the sport's governing body has some regulations for swords. The hilt is a very spare set of long quillions and a knuckle bow. The bow and front quillion appear to be wrapped in something (leather?) possibly to protect against impact on the fingers. I have seen bullfighters grip this thing all manner of ways, some hold it in a hammer grip, others extend a finger allong the cross, still others grip it like a punch-dagger Attached Images Posts 1,431 Wild guess re. the wrapping around the bow and quillions is that it's for what Bruce Lee called "retinal retention", i.e., the bright colour is easy for an audience to see in the heat of the action. Bruce used to wrap the business ends of nunchaku and staves with tape in a contrasting colour, to make the movement of the weapons more visible on film - perhaps the bullfighters are using the same principle for their live performances in large arenas. I don't know a great deal about the way toreadors and matadors are trained, but every aspect of their art is the product of discipline and tradition. I have seen people practicing the killing thrust on facsimile bulls, typically carretilla ("wheelbarrows") bearing a mock-up of the bull's head and shoulders. The barrows are pushed around the training ground so that the matador can practice his evasions and so-on. Tony 29 Originally posted by Jï¿½rg B. Barring the fact that bullfighting is quite a sick 'sport', what the bloody hell does this topic have to do with Historical European Swordsmanship ??? Barring the fact that you should respect other peoples' tastes, Bullfighting is an extremely old tradition not only in spanish culture, but in ancient greek/cretan culture as well -- I could start ranting on the philosophical/ethnic backgrounds of tauromachy, but it is, apart from a sport, a sophisticated ritual of man over beast. And swordfighting is a part of this ritual, with its precise, sophisticated killing thrust. Last edited by Michael E. Moss; 02-15-2006 at 01:40 PM. Hoch der kaiser! Posts 921 Without digressing into the merits of different cultural practices, part of the original question was where does sword *culture* (in particular Iberian sword culture) and matadore's display of the sword fit into the spectacle of bullfighting and what is its significance. I'm not wild about the treatment of bulls in the ring or the treatment of very young apprentice matadores but I'm not going to dismiss the whole thing as simple barbarism and shove it into a corner. I'd rather examine the practice for cultural insight and leave my modern sensibilities at the door......its called being objective. Now from what I can gather, the employment of the sword in this instance involve leaning over the bull's horns and delivering the coup de grace. At a stretch I think the aesthetics of the traditional Spanish school can be seen if not the techniques par se. Remembering that fencing teaches defence against a similarly armed human being. There isn't a sword guard in the world that will parry a charging bull so standard fencing theory would be of little use. Voiding and a sense of timing however could be usefully communicated by


What nationality was the composer Anton Bruckner?

Bruckner - Composers - Classic FM Classic FM Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. Life and Music Bruckner's father was the local church organist and his mother a singer in the choir. However, he didn't begin his formal music training until he was 11, when he spent five years as a choirboy at the monastery of St Florian (near Linz). Starting out professional life as a music teacher, Bruckner made a few attempts at small-scale composition, although it was not until 1848 that he felt inspired to produce his first notable work, the Requiem in D minor. Having been appointed organist back at St Florian, most of Bruckner's energies remained on teaching and the organ, an instrument upon which he had become widely recognised as one of Europe's greatest exponents. On attending a performance of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser, the 38-year-old Bruckner felt driven to make composition his main vocation. Inspired by Wagner's example, he set to work on an Overture in G minor and the (unnumbered) Symphony in F minor, which were gradually followed over the next three years by Symphonies Nos. '0' and 1, and his first indisputable masterpiece, the Mass in D minor of 1864. The sheer strain caused by the hours of constant study in addition to his professional responsibilities, resulted in an acute nervous collapse early in 1867. Recovered, in 1867 he took a teaching post in Vienna at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. In 1875, Bruckner became the first lecturer in harmony and counterpoint at the University of Vienna. Bruckner's final years were largely devoted to the composition of the Ninth Symphony, which remained tantalisingly incomplete at the time of his death. Did you know? Bruckner took a Vienna Conservatory diploma, at which Johann Herbeck, the chief examiner and distinguished conductor, exclaimed: "He should have examined us! If I knew just one tenth of what he knows, I'd be happy."


California has borders with three other states, oregon and Nevada are two, which is the third?

What States Border California? | eHow What States Border California? Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images Eureka! Yes, that's a town in northern California, but it's also the state motto. Gold fever had something to do with that. California is the third largest state in the country, with the almost 900-mile length of its west coast framed by the Pacific Ocean. Three smaller states border this beautiful state, with its redwoods, pristine beaches and snow-capped mountains. Oregon The western half of Oregon lies along the northern edge of California. The two states meet in a geographically stunning manner along the Pacific coast, and blend into pine country and rolling hills the farther east you travel. Unlike the East Coast of the United States, which is composed of 14 states, the West Coast has three: California, Oregon and Washington. Nevada Flanking almost the entire state along California's eastern border is Nevada. The Sierra Nevada Mountains run along a 250-mile-long portion of this border, with the two states sharing certain areas. The two states also share portions of such diverse sites as Lake Tahoe, Death Valley and the Mojave Desert, the latter being an enormously hot and dry zone with unique features across its 25,000 square miles. Countless visitors annually travel between these major destinations, and also from Los Angeles in Southern California to Las Vegas in Nevada. Arizona Western Arizona lies against the southeastern side of California. The Colorado River divides the two states. Blythe, California, and Yuma, Arizona, are two major crossing points along the border. These desert regions can experience high winds and dust storms, which create problems for travelers. Always stay alert to local conditions. The Colorado River has many areas for recreation seekers. Mexico Though not a state, Mexico borders the southernmost part of California. Tourists and travelers between the United States and Mexico must present passports or other forms of identification when moving between countries, and will sometimes have to wait long periods of time at actual border crossings. The long waits typically occur during peak travel seasons or when something has gone awry that local law enforcement deems is serious enough to stop traffic. Patience and a good book come in handy during such waits, or get out and stretch and try to identify the differences in landscapes.


"To whom did Winston Churchill refer as ""a modest little manwith much to be modest about""?"

Quotes and Insulting Quotations from Winston Churchill Political Insults & Putdowns Quotes  and Insulting Quotations from Sir Winston Churchill He is one of those orators of whom it was well said. Before they get up, the do not know what they are going to say;when they are speaking, they do not know what they are saying;and when they have sat down, they do not know what they have said On Lord Charles Beresford I remember when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's Circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit on the programme which I most desired to see was the one described as "The Boneless Wonder". My parents judged that the spectacle would be too demoralising and revolting for my youthful eye and I have waited fifty years, to see the The Boneless Wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench. On Ramsay MacDonald A curious mixture of geniality and venom On Herbert Morrison Mr Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right On Gladstone The happy warrior of Squandermania On Lloyd George Unless the right honourable gentleman changes his policy and methods and moves without the slightest delay, he will be as great a curse to this country in peace as he was a squalid nuisance in time of war On Aneurin Bevan They are not fit to manage a whelk stall On the Labour Party There he stalks, that wuthering height On John Reith A sheep in sheep's clothing On Clement Atlee A modest man, who has much to be modest about On Clement Atlee An empty taxi arrived at 10 Downing Street, and when the door was opened, Atlee got out On Clement Atlee He delivers his speech with an expression of wounded guilt On Stafford Cripps There but for the grace of God, goes God On Stafford Cripps I wish Stanley Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better if he had never lived On Stanley Baldwin The candle in that great turnip has gone out On Stanley Baldwin He occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened On Stanley Baldwin Mr Chamberlain loves the working man, he loves to see him work On Joseph Chamberlain He always played the game, and he always lost it On Austin Chamberlain He looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe On Neville Chamberlain At the depths of that dusty soul there is nothing but abject surrender On Neville Chamberlain An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last On Neville Chamberlain Lady Astor to Churchill "Winston, if you were my husband I would flavour your coffee with poison" Churchill: "Madam, if I were your husband, I should drink it" Bessie Braddock to Churchill "Winston, your drunk!" Churchill: "Bessie, your ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be sober" The greatest cross I have to bear is the cross of Lorraine On Charles de Gaulle In defeat unbeatable, in victory unbearable On General Montgomery What could you hope to achieve except to be sunk in a bigger and more expensive ship this time On Admiral Mountbatten A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma On Russia it becomes still more difficult to reconcile Japanese action with prudence or even with sanity On Japan Cultured people are merely the glittering scum which floats upon the deep river of production When I am abroad I always make it a rule never to criticise or attack the Government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting Winston Churchill 1915


With which book did Peter Carey win the 1988 Booker award?

Prizes | Peter Carey, writer, Booker Award winning novelist 1979 Miles Franklin Award (Australia) War Crimes 1980 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award War Crimes 1981 Miles Franklin Award (Australia) Bliss 1982 National Book Council Award (Australia) Bliss 1982 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award Bliss 1985 Australian Film Institute (Best Adapted Screenplay)Bliss 1985 Australian Film Institute (Best Film) Bliss 1985 Book Council Award (Australia) Illywhacker 1985 Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) Illywhacker 1985 The Age Book of the Year Award Illywhacker 1986 Ditmar Award for Best Australian Science Fiction Novel Illywhacker 1986 Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction Illywhacker 1986 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award (Australia)Illywhacker 1986 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (shortlist)Illywhacker 1988 Book Council Award (Australia) Oscar and Lucinda 1988 Booker Prize for Fiction Oscar and Lucinda 1989 Miles Franklin Award (Australia) Oscar and Lucinda 1994 The Age Book of the Year Award The Unusual Life of Tristran Smith 1997 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for fiction) (shortlist) Jack Maggs 1997 The Age Book of the Year Award Jack Maggs 1998 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best Book) Jack Maggs 1998 Miles Franklin Award (Australia) Jack Maggs 2001 Booker Prize for Fiction True History of the Kelly Gang 2001 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best Book) True History of the Kelly Gang 2001 Miles Franklin Award (Australia) (shortlist) True History of the Kelly Gang 2001 Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction True History of the Kelly Gang 2007 Commonwealth Writers Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book) (shortlist) Theft: A Love Story


Who composed the musical shows 'Kiss Me Kate' and 'Can Can'?

Kiss Me, Kate | Introduction | Great Performances | PBS Explore more from this episode More The first Broadway revival in nearly 50 years of the musical comedy masterpiece by composer Cole Porter and authors Sam and Bella Spewack not only enchanted critics and delighted audiences, but also went on to triumph as one of the biggest prize-winners of the 2000 season. Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, “Kiss Me, Kate” recounts the backstage and onstage antics of two feuding romantic couples during a touring production of “The Taming of the Shrew.” Sparkling with 18 classic Cole Porter songs — including “Another Op’nin’, Another Show,” “Wunderbar,” “So in Love,” “Always True to You in My Fashion,” “Too Darn Hot,” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” — “Kiss Me, Kate” epitomizes the Broadway musical comedy at its irresistible best. Directed by Michael Blakemore, this 2000 Tony-winner for Best Revival stars Brent Barrett, Rachel York, Nancy Anderson, and Michael Berresse as the bickering couples whose offstage disputes ultimately entangle them with a pair of unexpectedly erudite gangsters and a megalomaniacal U.S. Army general. Cole Porter’s most successful musical, the original production of “Kiss Me, Kate” opened on Broadway at the New Century Theatre on December 30, 1948 and ran for 1,077 performances. It garnered five Tony Awards in 1949, the same number the revival claimed in 2000. Learn more about the revival, which was taped during its run at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre, and its celebrated director, Michael Blakemore, in an essay by writer Michael Coveney. Read an extensive biography of Cole Porter as well as many other American composers and songwriters whose music is featured this season on GREAT PERFORMANCES in the Encyclopedia of Composers & Songwriters ; browse the Q&A with Professor Thomas Hischak, author of numerous books on American film and stage musicals, in Ask the Expert ; and watch extended video excerpts from the program in the Video Jukebox . Lastly, see the complete list of songs and photos from the production in the “Kiss Me, Kate” Slideshow . Special funding for this program was provided by the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust and the Irene Diamond Fund. The “KISS ME, KATE” DVD can be purchased from Shop Thirteen . More from Kiss Me, Kate (3)


What is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, the equivalent of our letter 'L'?

Greek alphabet - definition of Greek alphabet by The Free Dictionary Greek alphabet - definition of Greek alphabet by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Greek+alphabet Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Wikipedia . ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Greek alphabet - the alphabet used by ancient Greeks alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language alpha - the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet beta - the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet gamma - the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet delta - the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet epsilon - the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet zeta - the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet eta - the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet theta - the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet iota - the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet kappa - the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet lambda - the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet mu - the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet nu - the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet xi - the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet omicron - the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet pi - the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet rho - the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet sigma - the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet tau - the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet upsilon - the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet phi - the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet khi , chi - the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet psi - the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet omega - the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet Translations