Which British actress was married to the actor Rod Steiger from 1959 until 1969?

Claire Bloom - Biography - IMDb Claire Bloom Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (3) | Trivia  (19) | Personal Quotes  (2) Overview (3) 5' 3" (1.6 m) Mini Bio (1) Age has not taken the flower off this Bloom. The well-known and respected stage, screen and television actress Claire Bloom, originally named Patricia Claire Blume, continues to be in demand as a septuagenarian actress and looks as beautiful as ever. She was born Patricia Claire Bloom on February 15, 1931 in Finchley, North London, to Elizabeth (Grew) and Edward Max Blume, who worked in sales. Her parents were both from Jewish families (from Belarus). Educated at Badminton School in Bristol and Fern Hill Manor in New Milton, Claire expressed early interest in the arts and was stage trained as an adolescent at the Guildhall School, under the guidance of Eileen Thorndike, and then the Central School of Speech and Drama. Marking her professional debut on the BBC radio, she subsequently took her first curtain call with the Oxford Repertory Theatre in 1946 in the production of "It Depends What You Mean". She then received early critical accolades for her Shakespearean ingénues in "King John", "The Winter's Tale" and, notably, her Ophelia in "Hamlet" at age 17 at Stratford-on-Avon opposite alternating Hamlets Paul Scofield and Robert Helpmann . By 1949 Claire was making her West End debut with "The Lady's Not For Burning" with the up-and-coming stage actor Richard Burton . A most becoming and beguiling dark-haired actress whose photogenic, slightly pinched beauty was accented by an effortless elegance and poise, Claire's inauspicious film debut came with a prime role in the British courtroom film drama The Blind Goddess (1948). It was her second film, when Charles Chaplin himself selected her specifically to be his young leading lady in the classic sentimental drama Limelight (1952), that propelled her to stardom. Her bravura turn as a young suicide-bent ballerina saved from despair by an aging music hall clown (Chaplin) was exquisitely touching and sparked an enviable but surprisingly sporadic career in films. Despite the sudden film attention, Claire continued her formidable presence on the Shakespearean stage. Joining the Old Vic Company for the 1952-1953 and 1953-1954 seasons, she appeared as Helena, Viola, Juliet, Jessica, Miranda, Virgilia, Cordelia and (again) Ophelia in a highly successful tenure. Touring Canada and the United States as Juliet, she made her Broadway bow in the star-crossed lover role in 1956, also playing the Queen in "Richard II". A strong presence on both the London and New York stages over the years, other powerful performances came with "The Trojan Women", "Vivat! Vivat! Regina!", "Hedda Gabler", "A Doll's House" and "A Streetcar Named Desire". Much later in life she performed in a superb one-woman show entitled "These Are Women: A Portrait of Shakespeare's Heroines" that included monologues from several of her acclaimed stage performances. Claire's stylish and regal presence was simply ideal for mature period films and she appeared opposite a roster of Hollywood most talented leading men as such, including Laurence Olivier in the title role of Richard III (1955); Richard Burton and Fredric March in Alexander the Great (1956); Yul Brynner in The Brothers Karamazov (1958) and Brynner and Charlton Heston in the DeMille epic The Buccaneer (1958) in which she had a rare dressed-down role as a spirited pirate girl. On the more contemporary scene she appeared with Burton in two classic film dramas: the stark "kitchen sink" British stage piece Look Back in Anger (1959) and the Cold War espionage thriller The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965). In addition she courted tinges of controversy playing a housewife gone bonkers in the offbeat sudser The Chapman Report (1962) and a lesbian in the supernatural chiller The Haunting (1963). Claire met first husband Rod Steiger while performing with him on stage in 1959's "Rashomon". They married that year and had daughter Anna in 1960 who grew up to become a well-regarded opera singer. Clair


With which county did Lancashire fast bowler Dominic Cork start his career in 1990?

Dominic Cork Profile - Cricbuzz | Cricbuzz.com vs India at R.Premadasa Stadium, Sep 22, 2002 Profile Dominic Cork is an English cricketer who also played for county teams like Derbyshire, Hampshire and Lancashire. The right-handed fast bowler was known for his ability to swing the ball both ways and he got into the national side just 2 years after his first-class debut in 1990. Cork was given the England cap in an ODI against a visiting Pakistan in 1992. Though making and early entry into the international circuit, Cork could not make many appearances in the ODI format and could play just 32 games even though he retired only in 2002. He made his Test debut in 1995 against a visiting West Indies at Lord's and straightaway made an impact in the second innings picking up 7 wickets, which eventually became his best figures in an innings in the longest format of the game. His efforts saw his name being carved on the Lord's honours board. He made useful contributions with the bat as well which led to the English media giving him the tag 'The New Botham'. Cork went on to take a hat-trick in the same series thereby becoming the 22nd player to achieve this feat in the longest format of the game. Though having a brilliant start to his Test career, Cork did not play for a long time and he retired having featured in 37 games for his country. His domestic career has been outstanding. Cork made his first-class debut with Derbyshire, with whom he spent 13 years before joining Lancashire in 2004. He then jumped to Hampshire in 2008 winning the Friends Provident Trophy in 2009 and led the side in 2010 and 2011 during which his side won the T20 championship in 2010. Soon after, he announced his retirement from first-class cricket as well. Having played over 300 first-class games, Cork has taken 989 wickets including his best in an innings of 9/43. MOBILE SITE & APPS


In which Asian city is Orchard Rd. the main shopping street?

Orchard travel guide - Wikitravel 10 Contact Ion Orchard Orchard Road is the main shopping street of Singapore . North of the Singapore River , to the west of the Central Business District, Orchard Road turns into Bras Basah Road as it heads east. Understand[ edit ] Orchard Road is named after the nutmeg orchards that used to line it in the 1830s, one of them coincidentally belonging to a Mr Orchard Road. Large trees still shade the road, providing a modicum of relief from the heat. Fortunately, Orchard Road has an extensive network of underpasses that connect many of the malls providing even more shelter from the blistering equatorial heat and, on occasion, rain. Weekends in the area are often packed with locals and visitors alike out to consume en masse. Only at the eastern Bras Basah end do the shopping malls peter out, with some fine colonial architecture and a few of Singapore's top museums to be found instead. The Christmas decorations along Orchard are mildly famous and entirely over the top, with reindeers cavorting through palm trees and gingerbread houses topped with fake snow. Get in[ edit ] The MRT stations of Orchard, Somerset, Dhoby Ghaut and City Hall on the North-South Line follow the alignment of Orchard Rd. Change to the North-East Line at Dhoby Ghaut or the East-West Line at City Hall. Get around[ edit ] Map of Bras Basah and eastern Orchard Orchard Rd is walkable, at least allowing plenty of breaks in air-conditioned shopping centers. You can no longer cross the central Orchard/Scotts intersection on foot: instead, take the air-conditioned underground walkway system that links Orchard MRT/Ion Orchard to Wisma Atria, Ngee Ann City and Lucky Plaza (east), to CK Tang/Marriott (north), and to Shaw House and Wheelock Place (west). See[ edit ][ add listing ] Three of Singapore's top museums are in Bras Basah, within striking distance of Dhoby Ghaut and Bras Basah MRT stations. Battle Box, Fort Canning Park. 10 AM-6 PM Tue-Sun. The former HQ of the British army during World War 2, now turned into an air-conditioned museum complete with animatronic figures retelling the events of the days before surrender. Nearest MRT station Dhoby Ghaut, but it's a steamy hike up the hill. $8.   edit Istana, (next to Dhoby Ghaut MRT), [1] . 8:30 AM-6 PM. Completed in 1869, this Malay-Indian hybrid building was once the Government House of the colony of Singapore, before being repurposed on independence as the official residence of the President. The 100-acre grounds occupy some of Singapore's choicest real estate and incorporate several gardens and even a 9-hole golf course. There is a Change of guard ceremony every first Sunday of the month. The Istana is open to the public on only five days a year: Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Hari Raya Puasa, Labour Day and National Day. Non-Singaporeans $1.   edit National Museum of Singapore, 93 Stamford Road, ☎ +65-63323659, [2] . Tue-Sun 10 AM-9PM. Formerly Singapore History Museum, recently refurbished from top to bottom with a new wing added. The star of the show is the permanent Singapore History Gallery, a 2800 sq.m. multimedia extravaganza covering six centuries of island history, navigated with a super-flexible, if occasionally somewhat confusing, interactive audio guide system that lets you choose the events and items to focus on. There are also four Living Galleries focusing on food, fashion, film and photography, plus various temporary exhibitions and a few nice cafes and restaurants. Permanent exhibition $10/5 adult/child.   edit Singapore Art Museum, 71 Bras Basah Road (MRT Bras Basah), ☎ +65-63323222, [3] . 10 AM-7 PM daily. Modern art from both Singapore and the region. The permanent collection is lackluster, but exhibitions can be interesting. Guided tours in English at 11 AM, 2 PM. $3, free Friday evenings 6-9 PM.   edit There are few tourist attractions as such on Orchard Road itself, the thing to do here is shop, shop and shop! However, there are a few galleries of interest for photographers. 2902 Gallery, 11 Mount Sophia, Block B, #B2-09 (Staircase up the hil


"Name the soldier, who marries Bathsheba Everdene, in Hardy's novel, ""Far From the Madding Crowd"", the marriage ending tragically with his murder?"

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists Feb 25, 2016 Moonlight Reader rated it really liked it Two people have complained that there are spoilers in this review. Read at your own peril. Hi! I'm Bathsheba Everdene! And I'm Poor Decision-Making Bathsheba Everdene. I sent a random Valentine to a guy on a neighboring farm asking him to marry me, even though I don't even like him! This turned him into an annoying semi-stalker who spent the next several years begging me to marry him for reals! And then, in a further display of my terrible judgment, I married a philandering asshole who only wante Two people have complained that there are spoilers in this review. Read at your own peril. Hi! I'm Bathsheba Everdene! And I'm Poor Decision-Making Bathsheba Everdene. I sent a random Valentine to a guy on a neighboring farm asking him to marry me, even though I don't even like him! This turned him into an annoying semi-stalker who spent the next several years begging me to marry him for reals! And then, in a further display of my terrible judgment, I married a philandering asshole who only wanted my money and my luminescent beauty! The girl he really loved starved to death with his unwanted child, so he spent a bunch of my money to buy her a really great headstone, and then ran away to join the circus! And then, when he came back from the circus for no reason whatsoever, the semi-stalker shot him. AT CHRISTMAS! In front of the whole county. Don't be like this me! Marry Gabriel Oak on page 25, like you should have, you silly cow. Shelves: classics , fave-classics "The heart wants what the heart wants" No, that is not from this book. I just thought it would have been a good tagline for the 2015 movie adaptation of this classic (they went with "Based on the classic love story by Thomas Hardy" instead). "Serve you right you silly cow" That is also not from the book, but it's a sentence that popped into my mind while reading some later parts of the book. "Fuck off Boldwood!" Still not from the book but I wish it was. "It is difficult for a woman to define her feel "The heart wants what the heart wants" No, that is not from this book. I just thought it would have been a good tagline for the 2015 movie adaptation of this classic (they went with "Based on the classic love story by Thomas Hardy" instead). "Serve you right you silly cow" That is also not from the book, but it's a sentence that popped into my mind while reading some later parts of the book. "Fuck off Boldwood!" Still not from the book but I wish it was. "It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs." Now that is from the book, which is brimming with quotable lines. Not being a woman I don't know how true it is but I find this one very interesting. Thomas Hardy was not a woman either (unlike George Eliot ) but I am sure he had much better insight than I do. (For some clarification of this quote please refer to the comments section after the review). This is the latest of my ongoing project to "read" classic books in audiobook format. I find that printed books require more patience and commitment. Far from the Madding Crowd is basically the story of Bathsheba Everdene and how her three suitors affect her life. This is my second Thomas Hardy book, Jude the Obscure was the first, I found Jude the Obscure very depressing though quite a gripping read. I am glad to report this book is somewhat more upbeat, somewhat being the operative word. What a gloom merchant Hardy seems to be, was he a buzz killer at parties? I can not fault his talent as a writer though, his prose is consistently beautiful and elegant, his characters are well developed and vivid. His plot twists and turns are often unpredictable. Looking at the protagonist Bathsheba Everdene, considering her wit and intelligence how she ends up choosing to marry the worst of the three suitors is hard to imagine. Obviously in the context of the book she is dazzled by Troy's oily charms, but I find it a little out of character


"Which London station is the subject of William Frith's 1862 painting, ""The Railway Station""?"

Nancy Rose Marshall, “On William Powell Frith’s Railway Station, April 1862″ | BRANCH Nancy Rose Marshall, “On William Powell Frith’s Railway Station, April 1862″ Abstract William Powell Frith’s oil painting, The Railway Station (1862), is an enlightening case study of the pressures and conditions that formed an art viewer in the second half of the nineteenth century in London. A painting of a contemporary urban crowd, displayed for that same crowd in a novel single-picture exhibition, has much to tell us about the emergence of modern structures of seeing and living based on new configurations of money, time, and space. Download this page in PDF format Figure 1: William Powell Frith, The Railway Station, 1862 (Oil on Canvas, Royal Holloway College) Ducking out of the bright daylight of the Haymarket any time between 11 A.M. and 6 P.M. during April 1862 into the small gallery next to the Haymarket Theatre, a visitor with one shilling in hand would find William Powell Frith’s The Railway Station (Fig. 1) in a dimly lit space. The typically large crowds, held back by a railing, filed past the impressive, specially illuminated, four by eight foot (46” x 101”) picture. Meanwhile, “a gentleman connected with the exhibition” intoned: “Pass on, ladies and gentlemen, if you please; you may go by as often as you wish, but you must not interfere with the general convenience by standing still: pass on, pass on.” The painting was in a brilliant red gold frame, surrounded by a heavy chocolate-colored cloth that sloped out to catch the eye and absorbed light. Around the edge of the room was a large scaffold hung with purple draperies, on which one might stand stationary for a time and stare (Chambers’s 404). The way in which Frith’s painting was exhibited illustrated several typical aspects of Victorian art viewing: 1. The single-picture show organized by the newly prominent art dealer engaging in speculative investment; 2. An interested public who felt personally involved through the purchase of prints by subscription; and 3. A type of viewing that involved reading a picture via its narrative details as a form of entertainment. The Jewish art dealer Louis Victor Flatow (variant spelling Flatou) exhibited the work in the fall of 1862, in what was termed “one of the boldest speculations even in this speculative age” (Art Journal 1862, 147). Most newspapers reported Flatow’s expense as £8,750, trumpeting it as the highest sum ever paid to an artist for a single artwork. It was actually closer to £5250:  As Pamela Fletcher notes in “On the Rise of the Commercial Art Gallery in London” (Fletcher, “On the Rise” n. pag.), Flatow first arranged for the purchase of preliminary sketches, the work itself, and reproduction rights for £4500, eventually demanding the exhibition rights as well for an additional £750. This sort of transaction and the publicity surrounding it promoted artist, picture, and dealer, as Flatow became a significant character in the story. The Art Journal noted in a preview of what it described as “a great national work,” that “as Mr. Flatou is known to be a gentleman of sound practical knowledge, as well as a thorough critic in modern Art, in which he is an extensive and successful dealer, we presume he has taken into wise account his chances of gain or loss by the transaction.” About Frith’s contribution, it was reported with some exaggeration that “the picture is ten feet in length. . . . he has, we understand, been during many years making studies for it, having long looked forward to the theme that was calculated to extend and establish his well-earned fame.” This journalist described Frith as “a man of rare genius and of matured knowledge in all that pertains to Art” (Art Journal 1861, 61). Much was at stake in terms of the artist and dealer’s reputations and finances, a gamble that paid off when The Railway Station became one of the must-see sensations of the season, drawing up to 1,000 people per day and a rumored total of 80,000 over the course of its run (Athenaeum 793; Art Journal 1862, 210). Frith himself estim


"What was advertised with the slogan, ""Let your fingers do the walking""?"

Ad Age Advertising Century: Top 10 Slogans | Special: The Advertising Century - AdAge Adage Aleady a member? Sign in Get More From Ad Age Register to become a member today. You'll get the essential information you need to do your job better, including 7 free articles per month on Ad Age and Creativity Ability to comment on articles and creative work Access to 9 custom e-newsletters like Ad Age Daily, Ad Age Digital and CMO Strategy To get unlimited content and more benefits, check out our Membership page Register Now Want more Access, Content & Connections? We are glad you are enjoying Advertising Age. To get uninterrupted access and additional benefits, become a member today. Already a member? Log in or go back to the homepage . Hey, there. It looks like you're using an ad blocker. The news and features are funded in part by our advertisers. To support Ad Age and the industry we cover please either: Ad Age Advertising Century: Top 10 Slogans Published on See more from The Advertising Century An unforgettable phrase that perfectly encapsulates a brand promise is the basis of many a successful campaign. Once found, a slogan can define a brand for decades. Here are the top 10 slogans for the 20th Century, as well as another five that Ad Age just couldn't leave out. "A diamond is forever" - DeBeers "Just do it" - Nike "The pause that refreshes" - Coca-Cola "Tastes great, less filling" - Miller Lite "We try harder" - Avis "Good to the last drop" - Maxwell House "Breakfast of champions" - Wheaties "Does she ... or doesn't she?" - Clairol "When it rains, it pours" - Morton Salt "Where's the beef?" - Wendy's "Look Ma, no cavities!" - Crest toothpaste "Let your fingers do the walking" - Yellow Pages "Loose lips sink ships" - public service "M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hand" - M&M candies "We bring good things to life" - General Electric In this article:


In New Zealand, Tui and Kakapos are what type of creature?

Kakapo | New Zealand Birds Online Breeding and ecology The kakapo is a large, nocturnal, flightless, lek-breeding parrot – a real oddity. It is also critically endangered, and the focus of considerable conservation attention. Before humans arrived it was common throughout New Zealand’s forests, but predation by introduced mammals brought it to the brink of extinction - a low point of about 50 birds only in the mid 1990s. The transfer of the whole population to predator-free islands and intensive intervention in every stage of its life has led to a steady increase in numbers. Kakapo have no close relatives. Identification A large flightless forest-dwelling parrot, with a pale owl-like face. Kakapo are moss green mottled with yellow and black above, and similar but more yellow below. The bill is grey, and the legs and feet grey with pale soles. Voice: males make a deep booming call (“booming”) and a loud wheezing call (“chinging”) to attract mates to their leks. Both sexes make a loud high pitched skraak call (“skraaking”).  Similar species: kaka and kea are the only species with which kakapo might be confused, but their moss green colour, large size, flightlessness and nocturnal habits make them easy to distinguish. It is also very unlikely that any kakapo exist other than at a few managed sites, and so the chances of misidentification are very low. Distribution and habitat Once found throughout New Zealand, kakapo started declining in range and abundance after the arrival of Maori. They disappeared from the North Island by about 1930, but persisted longer in the wetter parts of the South Island. The last birds died out in Fiordland in the late 1980s. A population of less than two hundred birds was discovered on Stewart Island in 1977, but this population was also declining due to cat predation. During the 1980s and 1990s the entire known population was transferred to Codfish Island off the coast of Stewart Island, Maud Island in the Marlborough Sounds and Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf. Since then birds have been moved between Codfish, Maud and Little Barrier Islands as well as to and from newly predator-free Chalky and Anchor Islands in Fiordland. Kakapo now occur only on forested islands, though they previously appeared to have inhabited a wide range of vegetation types. Population A total of 125 birds was known in September 2012. All carry radio transmitters and are intensively monitored and managed. It is possible there are a few birds remaining on Stewart Island, and perhaps even a few in Fiordland. Threats and conservation Adult kakapo are vulnerable to predation by cats and stoats, and their eggs and chicks can be killed by rats. Females alone incubate eggs and raise chicks. As they must spend long periods away from the nest feeding, eggs and chicks are particularly vulnerable to predation when the nest is unattended. Chick-rearing is protracted, and nests become smelly and easy for predators to find. Away from nests, kakapo usually freeze and rely on cryptic colouration to hide them from predators. While this strategy worked when the main predators were birds that hunted by sight, it is a completely ineffective strategy to avoid mammalian predators that hunt by smell. Attempts to protect kakapo from introduced predators by transferring them to Resolution Island in the 1890s failed when stoats swam to the island. In the 1980s and 1990s transfers to completely predator-free Maud Island and to Little Barrier and Codfish Islands which only had kiore halted the kakapo’s decline. However, the population did not start to increase until kiore were removed from the islands and the birds were more intensively managed. Intensive management comprised moving the birds between islands, protecting nests from rats, supplementary feeding adults, closely monitoring eggs and chicks, and rescuing and hand-raising any failing chicks. Kakapo have very low genetic diversity and, as a consequence, low fertility. Much recent conservation management has focussed on managing matings, and using artificial insemination to minimise


Born in Argentina in 1942, which pianist and conductor has been has been music director of the Berlin State Opera since 1992, and was music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1991 to 2006?

Daniel Barenboim Biography - InstantEncore Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Biography Daniel Barenboim is a pianist, conductor, writer, and teacher born on November 15, 1942. Though he is a citizen of Argentina (by birth), Spain, and Israel, he has spent a considerable amount of his professional life in the U.S. He now resides in Berlin, having been appointed to lead the Berlin State Opera for life. Barenboim is presently one of the most influential (and busiest) musicians in the world. Were he also a composer, Barenboim started piano lessons at the age of five with his mother, continuing to study with his father Enrique, who remained his only other teacher. He gave his first formal concert in Buenos Aires in 1950, at the age of 7. In 1952, the Barenboims moved to Israel, and he soon after made his piano debut in Vienna (1952), Rome (1952), Paris (1955), London (1956), and New York (1957). He has been concertizing and recording ever since. He began to study conducting in 1954 (age 12.) That same year, he was invited to play with the Berlin Philharmonic but declined the offer. In 1955, he began to study composition with Nadia Boulanger.  His debut as conductor took place in London in 1967, at age 25. His two prior permanent conductor posts have been with the Orchestre de Paris (1975 to 1989) and the Chicago Symphony (1991 to 2006.) He is also one of the major opera conductors in the world, though he did not make his Metropolitan Opera debut until 2008. In 1992 he became General Music Director of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin. In the autumn of 2000, the Staatskapelle Berlin appointed him Chief Conductor for Life. Barenboim continues to appear as a regular guest conductor with the Berlin Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras. This biography was most recently edited by... steven - 14 Nov 2010


Which famous personality married Swedish model, Min Nordegren, in October 2004?

Elin Nordegren biography | birthday, trivia | Swedish Celebrity Relative | Who2 Celebrity Relative   Elin Nordegren became world-famous in 2009, when her husband, superstar golfer Tiger Woods , admitted cheating on her. Nordegren first became a public figure in 2002 when she began dating Woods, one of the world’s most famous sports figures. A striking, blonde, blue-eyed Swede and part-time model, Nordegren was working as a nanny for Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik when she met Woods. Reportedly Parnevik introduced the two at the 2001 British Open. Their romance became more widely known during the Masters golf tournament in April of 2002, and they became engaged in November of 2003. They were married in Barbados on 5 October 2004. Their first daughter, Sam Alexis Woods, was born on 18 June 2007; Woods told reporters that “Sam” was a nickname his father called him as a child. A son, Charlie Axel, was born on 8 February 2009. On November 27 of 2009, police were called to the Woods home near Orlando, Florida, after Tiger crashed a Cadillac Escalade near their driveway at 2:30 in the morning. It was soon revealed that the Woods and Nordegren had been arguing, after she discovered his relationship with club hostess Rachel Uchitel . Other women then came forward to claim they had slept with Woods before and during his marriage. Two weeks later, Woods released a statement admitting “infidelity” and said he would take an indefinite break from golf. On 23 August 2010, the couple announced that they had divorced. Extra credit Elin Nordegren went by the name Elin Woods during her marriage to Tiger Woods; in the divorce announcement at the end of their marriage, she was identified again simply as Elin Nordegren… Elin Nordegren has never posed for nude photos; online photos with titles like “Elin Nordegren nude” or “Elin Woods naked” are fakes. One particularly popular series featured a model named Kim Hiott… Elin Nordegren has a twin sister named Josefin; she is a lawyer in London, with the married name of Josefin Lonnborg. According to People magazine, the twins also have an older brother named Axel… Nordegren’s mother, Barbro Holmberg, has served as Sweden’s migration minister. Their father is a radio journalist.


Which common expression comes from the act in 1887, of Lord Salisbury promoting his nephew, A J Balfour, to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland?

The history of the name Balfour – Memorial At Peninsula Balfour is a Scottish family name Earls of Balfour Arthur Balfour ( 25th July 1848- 19th March 1930), was a British Conservative politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from  July 1902 to December 1905. When he came into his inheritance at the age of 21, Balfour became the wealthiest young man in Britain. He rose to prominence by suppressing agrarian unrest in Ireland through punitive action combined with measure against absentee landlords. After being influential in government, he succeeded his uncle, Lord Salisbury as Prime Minister and Conservative Party Leader in the July of 1902. Balfour was seen as an ambivalent personality and a weak Prime Minister, his embrace of the imperial preference championed by Joseph Chamberlain was nuanced, but brought resignations and the end of his spell as party leader. He opposed Irish Home Rule, saying there could be no half-way house between Ireland remaining within the United Kingdom or becoming independent. He oversaw the Entente Cordiale, an agreement with France that influenced Britain`s decision to join the First Wold War, in 1915 he became Foreign Secretary in David Lloyd George`s wartime administration, but was frequently left out of the inner workings of government, although the declaration of 1917 promising Jews a ” National Home” in Palestine bore his name. He resigned as Foreign Secretary following the Versailles Conference in 1919, he died on the 19th of March aged 81, having spent an inherited fortune and never marrying. Balfour trained as a philosopher – he originated an argument against believing that human reason could determine truth – and had a detached attitude to life, epitomised by a remark attributed to him: ” Nothing matters very much and few things matter at all”. Arthur Balfour was born at Whittinghame House, East Lothian, Scotland, the eldest son of James Maitland Balfour(1820–1856) and Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil(1825-1872). His father was a ScottishMP; his mother, a member of the Cecil family descended from Robert Cecil, the 1st Earl of Salisbury, was the daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury and a sister to the 3rd Marquess, the future Prime Minister. His godfather was the Duke of Wellington, after whom he was named. He was the eldest son, third of eight children, and had four brothers and three sisters. Arthur Balfour had was educated at Grange preparatory school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire (1859–1861), and Eaton (1861–1866), where he studied with the influential master, William Johnson Cory. He went to the University of Cambridge, where he read moral sciences at Trinity College (1866–1869), graduating with a second-class honours degree. His younger brother was the Cambridge embryologist, Francis Maitland Balfour (1851–1882). Although he coined the saying, “Nothing matters very much and few things matter at all”, Balfour was distraught at the early death from typhus in 1875 of his cousin May Lyttelton, whom he hoped to marry: later, mediums claimed to pass on messages from her – the ” Palm Sunday Case”.Balfour remained a bachelor. Margot Tennant (later Margot Asquith) wished to marry him, but Balfour said: “No, that is not so. I rather think of having a career of my own.”His household was maintained by his unmarried sister, Alice. In middle age, Balfour had a 40-year friendship with Mary Charteris (née Wyndham), Lady Elcho, later Countess of Wemyss and March.Although one biographer writes that “it is difficult to say how far the relationship went”, her letters suggest they may have become lovers in 1887 and may have engaged in , sado-masochism a claim echoed by A.N. Wilson.Another biographer believes they had “no direct physical relationship”, although he dismisses as unlikely suggestions that Balfour was homosexual, or, in view of a time during the Boar War when he replied to a message while drying himself after his bath, Lord Beaverbrook’s claim that he was “a hermaphrodite” whom no-one saw naked. In 1874 he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament(MP) for Hertford un


"Which actor, who stars as Mac Taylor in the TV series, CSI New York, played the part of Lt. Dan Taylor in the 1994 film, ""Forrest Gump""?"

Gary Sinise - IMDb IMDb Actor | Producer | Director Gary Alan Sinise was born in Blue Island, Illinois, to Mylles S. (Alsip) and Robert L. Sinise , A.C.E., a film editor. He is of Italian (from his paternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Swedish ancestry. His family moved to Highland Park, where he attended high school. He was something of a rebel, playing in bands but ... See full bio » Born:


Who was elected President of Cuba in February 2008?

Raul Castro is Elected as President of Cuba | World History Project Feb 24 2008 Raul Castro is Elected as President of Cuba Brigadier-General (retired) Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born 3 June 1931) is the President of the Cuban Council of State and the President (As Premier) of the Council of Ministers of Cuba. The younger brother of Fidel Castro, he is also Second Secretary of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), and Commander in Chief (Maximum General) of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Air Force). On 31 July 2006, Raúl Castro assumed the duties of President of the Council of State in a temporary transfer of power due to Fidel Castro's illness. According to the Cuban Constitution of 1976, Article 94, the First Vice President of the Council of State assumes presidential duties upon the illness or death of the president. Raúl Castro was elected President at the 24 February 2008 National Assembly as Fidel Castro had announced his intention not to stand for President again on 19 February 2008.


Who was elected Chancellor of Germany in November 2005?

Angela Merkel elected new German chancellor - Wikinews, the free news source Angela Merkel elected new German chancellor From Wikinews, the free news source you can write! This article is part of the series German federal elections 2005 Angela Merkel elected new German chancellor Background Angela Merkel has been elected the first female chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany ; she succeeds Gerhard Schröder after his seven years as head of government. Merkel received 397 of the 612 votes cast in the Bundestag . Schröder was the first to congratulate her before she accepted the election. The newly formed grand coalition of Social ( SPD ) and Christian Democrats ( CDU / CSU ) holds a total of 448 seats in the Bundestag. Later in the day, Merkel took the oath of office and president Horst Köhler officially appointed her along with her cabinet . Angela Merkel was born 1954 in Hamburg. After her birth her father was offered a pastorship in East Germany (GDR) and the family moved there. She studied physics in Leipzig where she earned her PhD. After the fall of the Berlin Wall , Merkel became involved in the East German democracy movement, joining the Demokratischer Aufbruch . She was spokeswoman of the first and last freely elected prime minister of the GDR, Lothar de Maizière . After the reunification Merkel served as minister of youth and family in the government of Helmut Kohl during the years 1990 – 1994 and later as minister of the environment from 1994 – 1998. In 2000 she became head of the Christian Democrats and in the following Federal election of 2002 she stood aside, letting Edmund Stoiber of the Bavarian CSU be the failed Christian Democrats candidate for the chancellorship. When Gerhard Schröder called for an early election in May of this year, Merkel received the nomination of her party. Outgoing Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, was born during 1944 in Blomberg . His father died in World War II , only a few months after Schröder's birth. He initially worked as a sales clerk and earned his high school diploma studying at night. He studied law in Göttingen and worked at the University there, joining the Social Democrats and became chair of the Young Socialists , the youth organisation of the party. In 1980 he was elected to the Bundestag and later became governor of Lower-Saxony . In 1998 he was the SPD's successful candidate for chancellor, forming a coalition government with The Greens . After the resignation of Oskar Lafontaine in 1999, Schröder also became chair of the SPD, a post he held until 2004. His coalition was re-elected in 2002. After a humiliating defeat of SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia , Schröder called for an early election. During a tough campaign, Schröder managed to get the SPD nearly as many votes as the CDU, clawing back a significant advantage the party had over his entering the campaign. Schröder announced that he will give up his seat in the Bundestag and practise as a lawyer again. The new cabinet


In the bible, who was the son of King Saul, who befriended David, and saved him from being killed by the King?

Saul Becomes king. Timeline, maps, chronology, sermons of Judges, 1 Samuel 16-20, Saul, David Jonathan 1019-1012 BC David is 15-22 years old during this period. David spends 7 years in Saul's Palace 1 Samuel 16-20 1025-1018 BC ï¿½So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry of it, and did not inquire of the Lord. Therefore God killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.ï¿½ (1 Chronicles 10:13-14) Introduction: 1.       The setting: a.       The Ark of covenant is at Kiriath-jearim. b.      The Mosaic Tent of Meeting is located at Nob after Shiloh goes extinct. But in the next section, the Tabernacle will be moved to Gibeon in 1018 BC after Saul kills all the priests of the Eli lineage, except one. (This was about the same time that Samuel died.) This was to partially fulfill the prophecy through Samuel that the descendants of Eli would no long serve as priests. This prophecy was totally fulfilled when David replaced Abiathar with Zadok. (2 Sam 8:17) c.       There are still altars at Ramah (Samuel's), Bethel (Jacobï¿½s Gen 35:1), Gilgal and at the two Levitical cities of Gibeon and Geba.    d.      Saulï¿½s home is Gibeah of Benjamin, also called Gibeah of Saul. It is here Saul builds his palace where David initially communes from Bethlehem to sooth Saulï¿½s ï¿½panic attacksï¿½ because he realizes he God has replaced him as king. e.      Saulï¿½s royal palace at Gibeah is the center of the stories until the end of 1 Samuel. 2.       Timeline and chronology: a.       In 1082 BC, Saul is born. b.      In Jonathan is likely born around 1067 BC since he is Saulï¿½s oldest son.                                                                            i.      It is important to note that Jonathan was old enough to lead the defeat of the Philistines at Geba and then singlehandedly defeat them at Michmash with his armor bearer.                                                                          ii.      So Saul was only 30 years old when he became king, yet he had a son old enough to lead a battle against the philistines.                                                                         iii.      He would have to be at least 15 years old but not much older than that, given Saul is 30 when Jonathan defeats the Philistines at Michmash.                                                                        iv.      This would mean that Saul was 15 when he became the father of Jonathan and that Jonathan was 15 when Saul became king.                                                                          v.      David was about 15 when he killed Goliath some 27 years later. David is born in the 10th year of Saulï¿½s reign.                                                                        vi.      So here we have the portrait of three 15 year olds. 1.       Saul who became the father of Jonathan at age 15 in 1067 BC. 2.       Then 15 years later, Jonathan who defeated the philistines at age 15 in 1052 BC. 3.       Then 25 years later, David kills Goliath at age 15 in 1025 BC. 4.       Although Jonathan was 45 years old when David killed Goliath, it was probably this youthful valiancy of faith that formed the bond of love the friendship between David and Jonathan. c.       In 1052 BC, Samuel was 52 years old when he anointed Saul at age 30 year old as king. 1 Sam 13:1                                                                            i.      Jonathan is 15 years old.                                                                          ii.      David is not born for ten more years. d.      In 1040 BC, David is born when Jonathan is about 27 years old and Saul is 42. e.      In 1025 BC, Saul had been king for 27 years but had failed to obey God twice and is told another will replace him. (David)                                                                            i.      David is anointed king in Saulï¿½s place in 1025 BC at age 15 years old. Saul i


"Which famous film actress starred as Victoria Barkley in the TV series, ""The Big Valley"", the series which spawned the career of actor, Lee Majors?"

Lee Majors - Biography - IMDb Lee Majors Biography Showing all 63 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (4) | Trivia  (30) | Personal Quotes  (24) | Salary  (1) Overview (3) 5' 11" (1.8 m) Mini Bio (1) Lee Majors was born on April 23, 1939 in Wyandotte, Michigan, USA as Harvey Lee Yeary. He is known for his work on The Fall Guy (1981), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and The Big Valley (1965). He has been married to Faith Majors since November 9, 2002. He was previously married to Karen Velez , Farrah Fawcett and Thelma Kathleen Robinson. Spouse (4) Has one son with Kathy Robinson: Lee Majors II . Has three children with Karen Velez : daughter Nikki Majors and twin sons Dane and Trey. Turned down the Mac Davis role in North Dallas Forty (1979) in favor of an independent production that never got off the ground. Suffered three separate whippings on The Big Valley (1965). In a Mexican jail in The Big Valley: Legend of a General: Part 1 (1966), shown 9-19-66. In a penal camp in The Big Valley: The Iron Box (1966), shown 11-28-66. At the hands of a religious sect in The Big Valley: Journey Into Violence (1967), shown 12-18-67. Landed the role of Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy (1969) but The Big Valley (1965) was picked up for another year and was contractually obligated to pass on the role, which was then made famous by Jon Voight . Has starred concurrently on two television series at the same time: as Jess Brandon on Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971) and Colonel Steve Austin on The Six Million Dollar Man (1973). Lee is not related to Johnny Majors , the 1956 Heisman Trophy runner-up at Tennessee who became a great college football coach at Iowa State, Pitt and Tennessee. Lee adopted Majors' name after meeting him and becoming friends. Signature exclamation as Heath Barkley in The Big Valley (1965) was "Boy, Howdy!". His hometown is Middlesboro, Kentucky. In 1976, he and wife Farrah Fawcett made television history - a husband and wife each starring in separate top-rated shows. Graduated from Eastern Kentucky College with a degree in History and Physical Education (1962). He later received an honorary doctorate form the university in 2006. Was one of the judges in 1981 Miss Universe pageant. Was a star athlete at Middlesboro High School. The school named their football field Lee Majors Field in 1986 and inducted him into their Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. He entered Indiana University on a football scholarship but was expelled two years later for his involvement in a fraternity fight. After transferring to Eastern Kentucky University, a game injury paralyzed him from the waist down for two weeks. That revealed a condition of congenital spondylolisthesis, an alignment defect of the spine, and he was forced to leave what was beginning to look like a great football career. Best known by the public for his starring roles as Colonel Steve Austin on The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and as Colt Seavers on The Fall Guy (1981). He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Paul Newman and James Dean are his idols. Before he was an actor, he worked as a park recreational director. His ex-wife Farrah Fawcett died in 2009, after a long battle against cancer. Boyfriend of Patti Chandler during the 1960s. He first acted with actress Lindsay Wagner , when she guest-starred on his television series, Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971) in 1971. A few years later, she guest-starred on his television series, The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), originating her best-known role as The Bionic Woman (1976). They would continue to work together on-and-off for the next twenty years, and still appear together at Bionic conventions. Changed his name to Lee Majors after Joan Crawford and others in Hollywood had difficulty pronouncing his real name of Yeary. Confirmed he did not attend Farrah's funeral, explaining he had his own memories of her and did not want to be a distraction. [November 2010] His acting mentor was the late Barbara Stanwyck . The 1973 song "Midnight Tr


Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical had the theme of romantic problems among immigrants in San Francisco's Chinatown?

I. INTRODUCTION   In 1957, C.Y. Lee, a Chinese immigrant and unknown writer, published his first novel, The Flower Drum Song. 1 The novel told the story of a traditional Chinese father and his quickly assimilating son who struggle to understand each other in their new home, San Francisco's Chinatown. The book made The New York Times best-seller list, a first for an Asian American writer, and drew the attention of Broadway's kings, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, 2 who chose Lee's work as the basis for their next major musical collaboration. In December 1958, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song opened on Broadway and played there until May 1960. A year after its Broadway curtain closed, Flower Drum Song found perhaps its most lasting and widely seen form to date, the 1961 film of the same title. Like the Broadway production, the film was considered groundbreaking for its use of Asian American actors to play Asian American characters (for the most part), and for portraying Asian Americans as mainstream Americans (at least some of them). In later decades, however, the film met criticism for its inauthentic portrayal of Chinese Americans, described by some critics as "condescending" and "less than fully human." 3 These critics included David Henry Hwang, 4 a Chinese American and one of the United States' foremost playwrights. Fueled by an ambivalent fondness for the film, Hwang pushed to renew Flower Drum Song. A blessing from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization set him ...     If you are interested in obtaining a lexis.com® ID and Password, please contact us at 1-(800)-227-4908 or visit us at http://www.lexisnexis.com/ . Search Documents


Born in Hungary in 1912, which pianist and conductor was music director at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1961-71, and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-91?

OBITUARY: Sir Georg Solti | The Independent OBITUARY: Sir Georg Solti Sunday 7 September 1997 23:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Georg Solti was an international figure acclaimed as one of the great conductors of his generation. His work in the opera house, on the concert platform and in the recording studio touched several peaks. They included his 10 years as Music Director at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1961-71), as Artistic Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for over 20 years (1969-91) and of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1979- 83). Born Hungarian (as Gyorgy Stern, in 1912), he became a British subject in 1972, thereby acquiring the right to the title conferred by his appointment as KBE the previous year in acknowledgement of his work at Covent Garden. On taking up this post he announced his intention to make Covent Garden "quite simply, the best opera house in the world", and in the opinion of many he did so, though his tenure was sometimes stormy: "You arrive with hosannas and then comes the crucifixion. I wasn't ready for the crucifixion because I didn't know enough about the British character." After leaving there he explained: "I have never been a specialist and now I want less than ever to be a specialist. Never stick to what you are famous for, never become a cliche. Always, always I fight the cliche." That sense of purpose informed his command of orchestras as well as his interpretations, not least in Richard Strauss and Wagner, whose Der Ring des Nibelungen Solti was the first to record complete and helped to make 1960s classical best- sellers. Though he professed no religious orthodoxy ("I'm religious, not in a formal way, but in believing seriously in the high order of the world"), he was born a Jew and this affected his early career. From childhood piano lessons and a public debut at the age of 12 he went the next year to the Liszt Academy at Budapest, where his teachers included Bartk and Dohnnyi for piano, Kodly for composition. He joined the Budapest Opera as a repetiteur, worked with Toscanini at the 1936 and 1937 Salzburg Festivals, and made his conducting debut in Le nozze di Figaro at Budapest in 1938. Finding Jews barred from contract appointments at the Budapest Opera, he left in 1939 hoping to further his career elsewhere. Warned by his mother against returning, he became confined to Switzerland by the outbreak of war. No labour permits were forthcoming to work as a conductor, so he returned to the piano and voice-coaching, and won first prize at the 1942 Geneva International Piano Competition, which brought engagements to help him through the war years. He was still determined on a conducting career, and a chance acquaintance brought him an invitation to conduct Fidelio at Munich in 1946; his appointment as Music Director at the Bavarian State Opera there followed (1946-52), and the foundation of the company's post-war repertory and reputation under his direction. He was then 33, and from the first secure base in his life he began to tour widely, making his British debut in 1949 with the LPO (after some initial gramophone records with them), and conducting Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne in 1954. Solti moved to Frankfurt as General Music Director, 1952-60, where he was heard and invited to conduct Der Rosenkavalier at Covent Garden by the Earl of Harewood, then on the opera house staff. He did so in 1959 with such success that he was offered the music directorship left vacant by Rafael Kubelik. Highlights of the Solti decade included the British premiere of Moses und Aron (Schoenberg), the first production there of Die Frau ohne Schatten (Strauss), the Ring cycles and Britten's Billy Budd and A Midsummer Night's Dream. A volatile, dynamic platform figure, prematurely bald, he galvanised orchestras to a pitch of sustained excitement which could make some performances sound hard-driven (Mozart particularly). Musicians spoke of an almost devilish flicker in his eyes while conducting (one labelled him "the screaming skull"), and his intense commitment sometimes exac


Which King of England was crowned on Christmas Day?

Harold II crowned king of England - Jan 06, 1066 - HISTORY.com Harold II crowned king of England Share this: Harold II crowned king of England Author Harold II crowned king of England URL Publisher A+E Networks Following the death of Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwineson, head of the most powerful noble family in England, is crowned King Harold II. On his deathbed, Edward supposedly designated Harold the royal heir, but this claim was disputed by William, duke of Normandy and cousin of the late king. In addition, King Harald III Hardraade of Norway had designs on England, as did Tostig, brother of Harold. King Harold rallied his forces for an expected invasion by William, but Tostig launched a series of raids instead, forcing the king to leave the English Channel unprotected. In September, Tostig joined forces with King Harald III and invaded England from Scotland. On September 25, Harold met them at Stamford Bridge and defeated and killed them both. Three days later, William landed in England at Pevensey. On October 14, 1066, Harold met William at the Battle of Hastings, and the king was killed and his forces defeated. According to legend, he was shot through the eye with an arrow. On Christmas Day, William the Conqueror was crowned the first Norman king of England. Related Videos


"""Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and what is more, you'll be a man my son"" is the last line of which very famous poem?"

If Poem by Rudyard Kipling - Poem Hunter If Poem by Rudyard Kipling - Poem Hunter If - Poem by Rudyard Kipling Autoplay next video If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream- -and not make dreams your master; If you can think- -and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same:. If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings, And never breathe a word about your loss: If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on! ' If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings- -nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And- -which is more- -you'll be a Man, my son!


"What was advertised with the slogan, ""Don't leave home without it""?"

Business Slogan 12: Don’t Leave Home Without It | Versa Creations Marketing & Advertising Blog Business Slogan 12: Don’t Leave Home Without It A carefully crafted business slogan speaks volumes of it’s brand values and promises, successfully. Guess when was this slogan developed: “Don’t leave home without it” Find out the answers by clicking here. Answer: American Express (developed Ally & Gargano in 1982) You will not feel safe and secure enough to enjoy a convenient and hassle-free day if you go out without your American Express card. Don’t you feel the immense power behind that small piece of plastic? Check out more such slogans filed under “Famous Business Slogans” category. Learn from these world renowned establishment and see how you can create your own personal or corporate persona. Alternatively, I’m just an email away. Read Related Post Hi there, It’s funny what slogans can leave as an impression. Our slogan is ‘we follow no one…’ We use it for part of our signage on our vehicles. What it means is that we do things differently, but it’s amazing how many vehicles try to speed up and cut in front of us because of it :) BWT, I stumbled across your site from another listing you as part of the Technorati favs exchange. I’ve added you to my favs. My username is fastfastlane, and link to my fav is April 30, 2007 at 4:57 pm Hi Deborah Thanks for shopping by, Deborah. “We follow no one” is a strong slogan. It basically tells people that you are the market leader, charting new route to expansion and success for yourself and your client. Good one! Well, those vehicles trying to overtake you probably felt insecured and threatened by your bold statement. That simply means they don’t have enough substance. You should feel real proud of your transport company :) Stay in touch. August 10, 2008 at 6:33 am Hi Vivienne, interesting commentary about the American Express slogan. I actually stumbled across your posting while doing research for an article. Have you also noticed the name American Express uses on the cards featured in their advertisements… C.F. Frost? He worked for their ad agency and is the one that created the “Do you know me?” campaigns. It’s funny, still to this day in honor of him, Amex uses “C F Frost” on all their card advertisements. August 10, 2008 at 8:48 pm No problem Vivienne… and thank YOU for the enlightenment too! I’ve learned much from your blog, I’m glad I discovered it. I was wondering what you think of the recent American Express campaigns they do? The last few years here in the U.S. they’ve been big with celebrities endorsing their credit cards in their ads. I think it is effective because they always do it in a funny way. August 11, 2008 at 2:00 am Anyone who uses celebrities for endorsements take some risk that the endorser might generate negative headlines. Dior has to pull out all Chinese ads with Sharon Stone because of her remark of the China SiChuan Earthquake. Pepsi also dropped the Michael Jackson when he was no longer seen as squeaky clean. However, Tiger Woods has by far been a great endorser for American Express. The golfer epitomizes the virtues of success. perseverance and hard work, admirable traits that Amex believe will connect with their existing cardholders and more importantly, the future cardholders. BTW, just popped in to your Forum and found lots of interesting interaction going on. August 11, 2008 at 5:13 am Yeah I remember hearing about the Dior/China debacle. You are absolutely right in that they can be risky. I think American Express, or any other company, should not “lock” in a celebrity endorsement for too long since their popularity can change rather quickly. The celebrities they’ve been using lately (like Seinfeld and Ellen Degeneres) are pretty neutral, universally liked people. But of course if they had one slip of tongue like Sharon Stone did, that popularity could change in a heartbeat. Indeed Tiger Woods is a great choice as an endorsement.. now wonder he’s the first athlete to pull in over a $100M/year. About the forum – thank, I try to encourage a lot of intere


Close to the village of St Just, what is the name of the only cape in England?

St Just Poldark Country Wheal leisure Lands End Nampara - Cornwall The stunning Botallack Crown Mines -           cliff-edge mine workings. the mine was built during the 1860s           at the height of the Cornish mining boom, ST JUST - LANDS END Few towns have retained their character in this century        as St Just, the first and last town in England, has. Once it was the mining centre of the peninsula and disused engine houses predominate the landscape. In the centre        of the town is Plain-an- Gwarry, a theatre used for miracle plays        in medieval times. The fifteenth century church includes part of the        1336 building and a three foot high pillar, the Selus Stone, with        a Roman inscription and a Greek monogram in the north aisle was        found 150 years ago. St Just�s history is typical of the whole area, rich        in mining, farming and fishing from remote times. Everywhere can        be seen monuments of this, often amid the moorland, heather and        gorse. Carn Kenidjack - the Hooting Carn - the cliffs of Carn Gloose, and a path to Cot Valley, as well as the lovely valley of Nanquidno. Cape Cornwall The spectacular hump-backed Cape Cornwall, with its        138 year old mine chimney stack, is the only cape where two oceans        meet in England. It rears 229 feet out of the sea to a summit which        offers a 270 degree view over the Western Approaches��well worth        the steep climb.. Rare plants and birds give the area an extra special        appeal today. The headland in (mostly) managed under the stewardship        of the National Trust. There is a small car park available        - but no other facilities. Cape Cornwall was a bronze age settlement - which        along with the nearby cliff castle at Kenidjack was probably        in use up until the Iron Age. The Brisons, are two offshore rocks, lying        approximately 1.6 kilometers to the south west of the Cape. The        rocks are 22 and 37 meters in height -their name comes from the        French word brisant, 'reef, breaker'. The Brisons and the        underwater reef that connects them Gribba Point, has caused many        a shipwreck. Botallack See the Crown Mine engine house perched just        above the Atlantic, the upper shaft of which extended 2,000 feet        under the sea. "Nanpara" the farmhouse used in the Poldark series        is also to be found at Botallack. Poldark Country The 2015 Poldark TV Series also features the Botallack        Crown Mines and the rich mining heritage that can be seen around        Botallack (just north of St Just) and Levant. The Levant Mine was        the setting for "Tressiders Rolling Mill" while Owles        and Crowns near Botallack played the role of "Poldarks Wheal        Leisure" mine. Pendeen Formerly a major tin producing village, latterly        production has ceased but its history is told at the Geevor Tin        Mine Museum. Another popular attraction is the lighthouse. Walk        the Hard Rock Trail through areas which convey the spirit of Pendeen�s        past. Morvah A small village in a wild moorland setting. Spectacular        cliff scenery from this part of the Land�s End to St Ives coastal        footpath. The 15th Century church was used as a beacon for shipping. Sancreed A lovely village between St Just and Penzance with        an interesting Cornish church. A good starting point from which        to explore the Beacon and ancient remains of Caer Bran and Carn        Euny. Reached via the A30 road from Drift, where the reservoir offers        excellent trout fishing.     NB ALL map locations         are approximate - please verify location with the owner prior         to booking - Map not disp


Which artist used a terrace at St Thomas' Hospital as a vantage point for his series of paintings of the Houses of Parliament?

Houses of Parliament | Monet Gallery Monet • Paintings • Houses of Parliament Houses of Parliament Claude Monet first went to London in 1870 to escape the Franco-Prussian War. While there he would have seen and been inspired by painters like Turner and began to develop his use of bright colors that would become a defining element of Impressionist painting. After traveling and moving to Giverny, where he would have his famous gardens, Monet returned to London in 1899 and began work on a series of paintings depicting the Palace of Westminster, also called The House of Parliament, or simply Parliament. His Houses of Parliament series contains 19 canvases all exactly the same size and depicting the same scene from the same vantage point. Starting in February 1900, Monet began painting a view of Parliament from across the river Thames. From a terrace on the second floor of the St. Thomas Hospital, Monet could see the Houses of Parliament, including Big Ben, sitting on the edge of the river. In each canvas Parliament is on the right, with water to the left and in front and sky above. As in previous works, these paintings are studies in showing the changing landscape. Because his subject, the light, changes so quickly Monet would sketch out the building of Parliament before hand and then paint, adding the color and detail, while looking out his terrace over the river. In previous Series paintings, Haystacks and Rouen Cathedral , Monet showed the effect light and the atmosphere has on objects. While the Parliament series has the building, Westminster Palace is so distorted and obscured by the fog and smog it becomes secondary as the subject. For the Parliament series, we are not just seeing the effect of light on objects we see, Monet is showing the effect of light on the atmosphere itself. Even today London is famous for its fog, and in the 1880’s the Fog was at its peak being heavy and frequent. By 1900, the fog had been decreasing, but was still apparent and being thickened by the smog a result of London’s growing industry. Throughout the series of paintings Monet shows the river change from blue and green to bright orange and red lit by the afternoon sun. Monet’s brushstrokes create depth and layers within the fog showing the thickness and weight of the atmosphere. In one painting Parlement, coucher du soleil, 1902, the sun is setting behind the clouds creating highlights and shadows high within the sky turning the river into a mirror reflecting Westminster Palace. In another Houses of Parliament, stormy sky, 1904, almost the entire canvas is orange; as the storm, lit by the high sun, hangs over London darkening Parliament. A few of his canvases show the disc of the sun, visible through the fog and reflecting on the water, while others show a dark sky, the sun hidden behind a thick fog. Monet made two trips to London to work on the Houses of Parliament series, in 1900 and 1901. While he painted them from the St. Thomas Hospital, he returned to France with canvases and worked on them for the next three years not showing them until 1904. It may be thought by some viewers that their apparent lack of detail and the years spent working on them by memory may result in a different scene than what he saw, but modern researchers have been able to analyze his works showing his accuracy. By tracing known astrological patterns and solar geometry, not only have scholars been able to pinpoint the exact room and terrace he was painting from, they know the precise times. In fact, his depictions are so accurate that some study them to determine the elements that made up the fog and smog, and changes in the climate by his use of color. Visit Monet


"In the TV comedy series, ""Dad's Army"", which character spoke the line, ""Mum won't like it Uncle Arthur""?"

Dad's Army - Interviews “Private Sponge Speaks!” A chat with Colin Bean Colin Bean was a longtime member and supporter of the New Zealand Branch of the DAAS, and he was the first member of the Dad’s Army cast to give an interview for “Platoon Attention!” Here is that interview, with an insight into the life of the man who played Private Sponge, from Issue Three, published in Issue Three, August 1995. My interview with Colin Bean, was conducted May 1995 before Tadge Muldonn's death. Dave: Colin, were you ever in the Home Guard during the war yourself or were you too young? If so, was it just like Dad’s Army? Colin: No. When the war started I was already in the scouts; when a school unit was formed I was, for a time, a member of the Air Training Corps. Things mechanical and mathematical have never been of interest to me and so I handed in my uniform when I became 16 so that I could be a Fire Watcher. (Rota Duty in various large buildings , trained to look out for and deal with incendiary bombs during air raids). Despite the seriousness of our national situation in those days, there was most certainly something odd about seeing men one knew so well from everyday life parading in platoons in uniforms which, one might say, were not exactly tailored, being led by my Form Master lightly disguised as a Second Lieutenant. Dave: Private Sponge was a man of few words, but he appears in nearly every episode, what was it like to stand behind all those great actors for all those years? Colin: From the beginning we in the second line were always made to feel part of the platoon as a whole, after all we’d all been chosen for that job. What was it like to stand behind such famous names, and know we were a part of it? A privilege. Even prouder was I, due to circumstances with which I had nothing to do I hasten to add, when, towards the end “Pte Sponge” suddenly appeared in the front row, to make up the number - usually at what I called the ‘non-working end’. The end away from the camera and the two or three principle artistes involved in that particular little scene. Dave: Do you remember any outstanding bloopers or foul-ups, things going wrong that were caught on film or otherwise? Colin: Why do people always want to know about ‘cock-ups’ (Candid Camera has a hell of a lot to answer for!). Yes, there were mistakes during filming and rehearsal - we wouldn’t be normal if there weren’t, but I’m not going to embarrass friends past and present by naming names. There was an occasion when a raft (which was supposed to be secured by a rope underwater) sailed off ‘into the distance’ with three distinguished actors on it because, during the night, vandals had cut the rope. I think I heard someone near me on the shore saying “They’re ddoooooomed, they’re aw doomed!” but I won’t swear to it! Once in an exercise crossing a stream on a pole, my trousers got caught on some protrusion, and I’m no light-weight. It took four of the crew to get me free. I hope that wasn’t recorded. Dave: Dad’s Army was, and still is loved by people all over the world, but did the ‘background’ platoon members such as yourself get stopped in the street by fans? Colin: Yes, someone stopped me in the Market only the other day to say “I’m a Farmer too, AND I’m a Sheep Farmer!” In my Local, when I order a pint, a wit will say “Not a drop will touch my lips Capt. Mainwaring - We’ll use two straws!” (a Sponge line from “My Brother And I”). Dave: Have you ever been to New Zealand? Colin: No; but if anyone wanted to ‘shout’ me for an all-paid holiday, you’d be able to have your own ‘Meet Pte. Sponge’ meeting for free! Dave: What is your most treasured memories from your days with Dad’s Army? Colin: Oh dear, so many. Sorry, I daren’t start or I’d take up the whole of the newsletter. The ten days of Location work before each series was always looked forward to. I called it ‘ten days paid holiday’, I simply enjoyed it and many, many happy moments. Dave: Did your small but important role in Dad’s Army affect your career much, or has it r


Who did the Italian former model Carla Bruni marry in February 2008?

France's Sarkozy Quietly Weds Former Model Carla Bruni washingtonpost.com  >  World France's Sarkozy Quietly Weds Former Model Carla Bruni French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni in Luxor, Egypt, in December. They first met Nov. 14. (By Nasser Nasser -- Associated Press) Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, February 3, 2008 PARIS, Feb. 2 -- Just as French President Nicolas Sarkozy had predicted, the news media did not find out about his wedding until after it happened. Sarkozy, 53, married supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni, 40, in a small ceremony Saturday attended by close friends and family at the Elysee Palace, the president's official residence. He became the first French president in more than seven decades to marry while in office, less than four months after becoming the first French president to divorce while in office. "The bride wore white. She was ravishing, as usual," said Fran¿ois Lebel, mayor of the presidential palace's Paris neighborhood, who said he officiated at the ceremony. "The groom wasn't bad, either," he told Europe 1 radio. The couple issued a statement saying only that they had married "in the presence of their families in the strictest privacy." Sarkozy reportedly met Bruni -- who has been romantically linked with celebrities including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Kevin Costner and Donald Trump -- at a private party Nov. 14, about a month after he divorced his second wife, who now uses the name C¿cilia Ciganer. He and Ciganer were married for about 11 years. News that Europe's most eligible bachelor was dating the Italian-born Bruni broke when they appeared together at Disneyland Paris in mid-December. That much-photographed outing was followed by trips to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and Jordan's archaeological treasure, Petra, all faithfully chronicled by the paparazzi. The French regional newspaper L'Est R¿publicain jumped the gun, reporting nearly three weeks ago that the couple had married. Last Monday, the budget airline Ryanair used a photograph of the smiling couple in a newspaper advertisement, with a thought bubble above Bruni's head reading, "With Ryanair, all my family can come to my wedding." Sarkozy and Bruni sued the airline, and Bruni demanded $735,000 in damages -- the amount she said she typically receives for appearing in an ad. During a court hearing in Paris on Thursday, the couple's attorney, Thierry Herzog, said Bruni "never indicated that she wanted to get married, nor when she would get married." A decision in the case is expected Tuesday. In early January, Sarkozy called their relationship "serious" and told reporters that if he and Bruni were to marry, "there's a strong chance that you will learn about it after it's already done." Lebel said about 20 people attended the ceremony, which he called "a moment of family intimacy for the young newlyweds, of great simplicity and apparently a lot of affection between the spouses." The Italian news agency ANSA said Bruni's mother had confirmed the wedding, according to the Reuters news service. French news agencies said that Nicolas Bazire, a former French politician and senior executive at LVMH luxury goods group, and Mathilde Agostinelli, head of communications at Prada France , were witnesses. Political analysts and pollsters say the highly public, 80-day romance is at least partly responsible for Sarkozy's plummeting approval rate, which has fallen from 64 percent in September to 41 percent in a survey released this week. Although most people probably do not begrudge him a happy love life, analysts said, they seem to prefer that his public image reflect more of a focus on solving the country's problems. In a December poll, 45 percent of respondents said Sarkozy displays "too much" of his personal life in public. In a survey last month, 93 percent said the news media were giving too much importance to Sarkozy's private life. © 2008 The Washington Post Company


Which star of Hollywood musicals died in 1987; his straight roles included that of a con man in The Towering Inferno?

Fred Astaire - Biography - IMDb Fred Astaire Biography Showing all 82 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (2) | Trade Mark  (3) | Trivia  (46) | Personal Quotes  (26) Overview (4) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (1) Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Johanna (Geilus) and Fritz Austerlitz, a brewer. Fred entered show business at age 5. He was successful both in vaudeville and on Broadway in partnership with his sister, Adele Astaire . After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. Signed to RKO, he was loaned to MGM to appear in Dancing Lady (1933) before starting work on RKO's Flying Down to Rio (1933). In the latter film, he began his highly successful partnership with Ginger Rogers , with whom he danced in 9 RKO pictures. During these years, he was also active in recording and radio. On film, Astaire later appeared opposite a number of partners through various studios. After a temporary retirement in 1945-7, during which he opened Fred Astaire Dance Studios, Astaire returned to film to star in more musicals through 1957. He subsequently performed a number of straight dramatic roles in film and TV. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Diana Hamilton <hamilton@gl.umbc.edu> Spouse (2) ( 12 July  1933      - 13 September  1954) (her death) (2 children) Trade Mark (3) Often wore top hat and tails His unique dancing Ending an active dance sequence by calmly strolling off Trivia (46) Ranked #73 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Following his death, he was interred at Oakwood Memorial Park in Chatsworth, California, where longtime dancing partner, Ginger Rogers , is located. The evaluation of Astaire's first screen test: "Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little." Astaire disguised his very large hands by curling his middle two fingers while dancing. First met lifelong best friend Irving Berlin on the set of Top Hat (1935). After Blue Skies (1946), New York's Paramount Theater generated a petition of 10,000 names to persuade him to come out of retirement. Born at 9:16pm-CST The only time he and Gene Kelly ever danced together on screen (other than the linking-segments in the 1976 compilation movie, That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)) was in one routine, titled "The Babbitt and the Bromide" in the 1946 movie Ziegfeld Follies (1945). Appears on the cover of The Beatles ' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album. He was one of the first Kennedy Center Honorees in 1978. Don McLean 's song "Wonderful Baby" was written with Astaire in mind; Astaire reportedly loved the song, and recorded it for an album. Made a cameo appearance in John Lennon and Yoko Ono 's film Imagine (1972), escorting Yoko through a doorway; after one successful take, he asked to try again, believing he could do a better job. In 2000, the following album was released as a tribute to him: "Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire". All songs were performed by Stacey Kent . He was voted the 19th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. His legs were insured for one million dollars. Famously wore a necktie around his waist instead of a belt, an affectation he picked up from his friendship with actor Douglas Fairbanks but often mistakenly attributed to Astaire alone. He was voted the 23rd Greatest Movie Star of All Time by Premiere magazine. Named the #5 Greatest Actor on the 50 Greatest Screen Legends by the American Film Institute. Born only 18 months after his sister Adele Astaire . Is one of the many movie stars mentioned in Madonna 's song "Vogue" He and Ginger Rogers appeared in 10 movies together: Flying Down to Rio (1933), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Roberta (1935), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), Swing Time (1936), Shall We Dance (1937), Carefree (1938), The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) and The Barkleys of Broadway (1949). Although he spent most of his childhood touring on the vaudeville circuit, he would occasionally settle down with his family and their neighbors and friends, who were almost all families of Austrian immi


Room at the Top Room at the Top [For these notes I am indebted to an article by one of my past tutors at the University of Sussex, Stuart Laing, who has written one of the best accounts of Representations of Working Class Life: 1957-1964. This article, 'Room at the Top: The Morality of Influence', can be found in Popular Culture and Social Change, ed. Christopher Pawling. I have put a copy of the article on Reserve in the Library. These notes begin with extracts from Laing's article]   "Room at the Top was published in March, 1957 and was immediately exceptionally successful for a first novel by a largely unknown author. It sold 35,000 copies in the first year of publication (as opposed to an average for first novels of about 5,000). It was serialised (drastically abridged) in the Daily Express and by the end of 1958 Braine was reported to have earned between £12,000 and £15,000 from the book During 1959 the potential market was greatly extended by the Penguin paperback edition and Jack Clayton's cinema film. These two proved mutually reinforcing and the Penguin edition was reprinted eight times in the first year and nineteen times by 1970. From the mid-1960s Penguin were proclaiming Room at the Top (alongside such texts as The Odyssey and Lady Chatterley's Lover) as one of their million sellers... During the 1960s the novel was kept in the public eye both by its sequel Life at the Top (hardback 1962, paperback and film 1965) and by a television series, Man at the Top, running in the late 1960s and early 1970's... John Braine himself was thirty-five at the time of first publication. His first synopsis for the novel had been rejected in December 1951 (the hero at that time being called Born Favourite and its hero Bob Mayne, not Joe Lampton). During 1951 Braine had abandoned his job as a librarian in Yorkshire and attempted to earn his living as a writer in London. Despite selling a few articles to the New Statesman, tribune and other journals (as well as some radio work) he was unsuccessful and contracted tuberculosis. He was in hospital for eighteen months and worked on the novel during that time; it was finally accepted for publication in 1955. John Braine has given a number of accounts of the origins of the novel. At one level the emphasis was on writing from observation and experience - forsaking exotic 'literary' environments for a less glamorous setting. At another level the interest lay in the psychology of the hero - 'I saw a man sitting in a big shiny car. He'd driven up to the edge of some waste ground, near some houses and factories, and was just sitting there looking across at them. It seemed to me there must have been a lot that led up that moment.'..."   Although the novel was written in the early 1950s, and published in 1958, it is important to realise that it is set in the immediate post-war years, with an older Joe Lampton as narrator looking back on his life and the circumstances which have made him what he is today. At two particular points (pp123-4, end of Ch. 14, and pp183-4, end of Ch 24) Joe looks back at his earlier self and sees what he has become now. Have a look at these two passages, and see what you think Joe has become, because it is from this point of view that he reassesses his life and essentially tells the novel.   I'd suggest that it's possible to see the novel in two distinct (but related) ways. Firstly as a recasting of the "timeless" Faustian tale, of the man who sells his soul for riches and success, but has to pay a terrible price. We see this tale in Marlowe's Dr Faustus, Goethe's Faust and, less obviously, in the 1980s Michael Douglas movie, Wall Street. In each of these the central character has to reassess his values having had to pay a price for material gain. In Room at the Top Joe Lampton secures his place at the 'Top, but the price he must pay for this is the death of Alice Aisgill (and the Lawrentian depths of his passion for her) and of the death of his "true and authentic self". It's also possible to argue that the novel also incorporates elements of the masculine "rites


In the Beverley Hills Cop films, what is the name of the character played by Eddie Murphy?

Audience Reviews for Beverly Hills Cop ½ In a piece he wrote for GQ a couple of years ago, Mark Harris opined that much of Hollywood's current malaise stems from the mind-set of the generation running the studios. Hollywood's recent conservative spiral has come about because the people green-lighting film came of age at the dawn of the modern blockbuster. In his words: "the guys who felt the rush of Top Gun... [are] now in [their] forties... And increasingly, it is their taste, their appetite, and the aesthetic of their late-'80s post-adolescence that is shaping moviemaking." Whether you agree with Harris or not, his argument would help to explain Hollywood's increasingly obsession with remaking every successful 1980s film. The re-emergence of Fame, Footloose, Red Dawn and a host of others certainly gives the impression that the 1980s was a golden time, with each of these films being classics in their field. But of course, even a cursory glance is enough to debunk this notion - and so it is with Beverly Hills Cop, which now looks really ordinary after 29 years on the beat. Just like Top Gun two years later, Beverly Hills Cop is a classic example of the high-concept film - an idea supposedly invented by Steven Spielberg but most firmly identified with Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It is a film whose entire story is contained in its title or tagline - Eddie Murphy is a cop in Beverly Hills. Axel Foley's origins in Detroit have no bearing other than to create a contrast with the other police force; frankly, he could be from Florida and it wouldn't make any difference to the plot or the comic conceit. We could debate the legacy of Simpson and Bruckheimer all day, but their approach does help to explain a lot of the characteristics of Beverly Hills Cop. Harris again puts it best when he says, in the same article: "their movies weren't movies; they were pure product - stitched-together amalgams of amphetamine action beats, star casting, music videos, and... technological adrenaline all designed to distract you from their lack of internal coherence, narrative credibility, or recognizable human qualities." His comments are echoed by an observation John Landis made at a Q&A session in 2009. Speaking about his involvement in Beverly Hills Cop III, Landis remarked that the first film had a terrible script, and that it was only funny because director Martin Brest allowed Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold to improvise most of their dialogue. This might help to explain a lot of the long pauses in between the characters' stories; whenever a big explanation has to take place to their superiors about what happened, the camera just hangs on them for a few seconds, as though Brest was waiting for anything else that was funny. Fittingly, the opening section of the film does owe a lot to Landis. The opening montage is like a blue-collar version of the opening to Trading Places, with the run-down architecture of Detroit and Patti LaBelle's 'New Attitude' taking the place of refined New York City building and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Both the opening chase and the final showdown take heavily after the multi-car pile-ups in The Blues Brothers, though they are executed with much less timing and panache. Had Landis not made such a pig's ear of the third film, you might hazard to say he would have been a safer bet here. Because the film is essentially a star vehicle for Eddie Murphy, it should come as little surprise that the story of Beverly Hills Cop isn't that great. But what's perplexing is that, in the right hands, it could have been. The series of events has more than enough twists and turns in it to make a decent procedural or mystery drama. Don't get me wrong, it's not Chinatown, but it would have been enough to keep people guessing, if only for a while. Similarly, there is a nice little idea in the character of Axel Foley. Foley is a cop who gets results by going above the law, and the comedy (supposedly) arises from him being put in a place where everyone goes only by the book. Foley's knack of getting results based on


Which is the longest mountain range in the world?

The Longest Mountain Range What is the longest mountain range in the world? The Answer: The Andes     Mountains , which stretch more than 5000 miles through seven South American     countries , form the longest mountain range in the     world. —The Editors


Whose theme song was 'Minnie the Moocher'?

Blues Brothers - Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway) - YouTube Blues Brothers - Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway) 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 Jan 22, 2012 'Minnie the Moocher' from the film Blues Brothers. I do NOT own the video. I highly recommend you watch both the Blues Brothers films. Links to other Blues Brothers songs: Jailhouse Rock


What is the first name of the wife of French president Nikolas Sarkozy?

Nicolas Sarkozy | president of France | Britannica.com president of France Nicolas Sarkozy, (born January 28, 1955, Paris, France), French politician who served as president of France (2007–12). Nicolas Sarkozy, 2006. AP Sarkozy was born to immigrant Greek and Hungarian parents. He qualified as a lawyer (1981) and pursued advanced studies in political science at the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris (1979–81). An ambitious and highly skilled politician, Sarkozy in 1983 was elected mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine , where he served until 2002. He first made his mark on the national scene in 1993 when he became budget minister and official spokesman in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Balladur . Balladur had been put forward by rightist politicians, including Jacques Chirac , to serve as prime minister under Socialist Pres. François Mitterrand , with the idea that someone—such as Chirac—would contest the 1995 presidential election. Sarkozy, however, encouraged Balladur to run for president himself and thereby earned the lasting enmity of Chirac, to whom he had once been very close. Balladur lost to Chirac, and Sarkozy was shut out of the subsequent centre-right government of 1995–97. In 2002, after Chirac’s reelection as president was quickly followed by the election of another centre-right administration, Sarkozy returned to office as interior minister, a post he held for nearly two years until he became finance minister in March 2004. Soon after, however, Chirac asked him to choose between his government post and becoming president of the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, the neo-Gaullist successor party to the Rally for the Republic that Chirac had founded. Sarkozy chose the UMP job and quit the government in November 2004. In the wake of the May 2005 referendum in which French voters rejected the proposed European Union (EU) constitution, Chirac invited Sarkozy to return as interior minister in a new government to be headed by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin . In late 2005 Sarkozy had to contend with three weeks of rioting in the less-affluent suburbs of Paris and other cities. Although critics blamed him for inciting the car-burning protesters by calling them “scum,” his supporters approved of his hard-line stance on law and order as well as his call for tougher immigration laws. In 2007 Sarkozy ran for president of France. He finished first in the initial round of voting on April 22, winning 31 percent of the vote. In the runoff election on May 6, Sarkozy defeated Ségolène Royal of the Socialist Party , capturing 53 percent of the vote. Sarkozy was sworn in as president on May 16, 2007. He promised a “rupture” with France’s past, including radical economic reforms that would reduce taxes and liberalize the country’s labour market, and closer relations with the United States . Nicolas Sarkozy delivering a speech, May 2007. Thomas Coex—AFP/Getty Images Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent In the parliamentary elections of June 2007 Sarkozy’s UMP did less well than expected but still well enough to provide a comfortable majority for the new government of François Fillon, whom Sarkozy had appointed as prime minister just after assuming the presidency. In the subsequent cabinet reshuffle, Sarkozy made several surprising appointments, including the country’s first woman finance minister ( Christine Lagarde ), the first full cabinet member of North African origin (Rachida Dati), and a maverick Socialist (Bernard Kouchner) as foreign minister. Sarkozy also chose Socialists for several other key appointments. In the first few months of his presidency Sarkozy carried out some of his promised labour market and tax-cutting reforms. He decided not to scrap the 35-hour maximum on the standard workweek (a landmark Socialist law) but rather to use tax relief on overtime pay to moderate the law’s rigidity. Other new business-friendly laws restricted the right to strike and cut off unemployment payments to people who turned down certain job offers. Sarkozy also won narrow approval from the legislature for a co


In which year in the 20th Century were there three Popes?

Popes of the 20th Century Popes of the 20th Century Popes of the 20th Century History of the Roman Catholic Papacy and Church Fox Photos / Stringer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images By Austin Cline Updated September 11, 2016. Below is a list of all of the popes who reigned during the twentieth century. The first number is which pope they were. This is followed by their chosen name, the starting and ending dates of their reigns, and finally the number of years they were pope. Follow the links to read short biographies of each pope and learn about what they did, what they believed, and what impact they had on the course of the Roman Catholic Church .   257. Pope Leo XIII : February 20, 1878 - July 20, 1903 (25 years) Pope Leo XIII not only ushered the Church into the 20th century, he also tried to help improve the Church's transition into a modern world and modern cultures. He supported some democratic reforms and the rights of workers. 258. Pope Pius X : August 4, 1903 - August 20, 1914 (11 years) Pope Pius X is known as a thoroughly anti - modernist pope, using Church power in order to maintain the line of tradition against the forces of modernity and liberalism. He opposed democratic institutions and created a secret network of informers to report on the suspicious activities of priests and others. 259. Pope Benedict XV: September 1, 1914 - January 22, 1922 (7 years) Not only inconsequential during World War I because of his attempt to provide a voice of neutrality, Benedict XV was viewed with suspicion by all governments because of his efforts to reunite displaced families. 260. Pope Pius XI : February 6, 1922 - February 10, 1939 (17 years) For Pope Pius XI, communism was a greater evil than Nazism - and as a result, he signed a concordat with Hitler in the hopes that this relationship might help stem the rising tide of communism which was threatening from the East. 261. Pope Pius XII : March 2, 1939 - October 9, 1958 (19 years, 7 months) The papacy of Eugenio Pacelli occurred during the difficult era of World War II, and it is likely that even the best of popes would have had a troubling reign. Pope Pius XII may have exacerbated his problems, however, by failing to do enough to help the Jews who were suffering persecution. 262. John XXIII : October 28, 1958 - June 3, 1963 (4 years, 7 months) Not to be confused with the 15th-century antipope Baldassarre Cossa , this John XXIII continues to be one of the most beloved popes in recent Church history. John was the one who convened the Second Vatican Council, a meeting which inaugurated many changes in the Roman Catholic Church - not as many as some hoped for and more than some feared. 263. Pope Paul VI : June 21, 1963 - August 6, 1978 (15 years) Although Paul VI was not responsible for calling the Second Vatican Council, he was responsible to ending it and for beginning the process of carrying out its decisions. He is perhaps most remembered, however for his encyclical Humanae Vitae. 264. Pope John Paul I : August 26, 1978 - September 28, 1978 (33 days) Pope John Paul I had one of the shortest reigns in the history of the papacy - and his death is a matter of some speculation among conspiracy theorists. Many believe that he was murdered in order to prevent him from learning or revealing embarrassing facts about the Church. 265. Pope John Paul II : October 16, 1978 - April 2, 2005 The currently reigning pope, Pope John Paul II is also one of the longest reigning popes in the history of the Church. John Paul as tried to steera course between reform and tradition, often siding more strongly with the forces of tradition, much to the dismay of progressive Catholics.


What is the SI for a unit of power? | Socratic What is the SI for a unit of power? Start with a one sentence answer Then teach the underlying concepts Don't copy without citing sources Write a one sentence answer... Answer: I want someone to double check my answer Describe your changes (optional) 200 Cancel Biology_geek and 3 others Share Jun 29, 2014 Power is measured in watts. A watt is the power that it takes to do one joule of work in one second. It can be found using the formula #P = W / t#