Who was the sister of the Emperor Augustus and great niece of Julius Caesar who married Mark Anthony?

Augustus - Ancient History - HISTORY.com Google Augustus: Birth and Inheritance Of Augustus’ many names and honorifics, historians favor three of them, each for a different phase in the emperor’s life. From his birth in 63 B.C. he was Octavius; after his adoption was announced in 44 B.C., Octavian; and beginning in 26 B.C. the Roman Senate conferred on him the name Augustus, the august or exalted one. He was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus in Velletri, 20 miles from Rome. His father was a senator and governor in the Roman Republic. His mother Atai was Caesar’s niece, and the young Octavius was raised in part by his grandmother Julia Ceasaris, Caesar’s sister. Did You Know? In 8 B.C. Augustus had the Roman month of Sextilius renamed after himself—as his great-uncle and predecessor Julius Caesar had done with July. August was the month of several of the emperor's greatest victories, including the defeat and suicide of Antony and Cleopatra. He did not increase the month's length, which had been 31 days since the establishment of the Julian calendar in 45 B.C. Octavius donned the toga, the Roman sign of manhood, at age 16, and began taking on responsibilities through his family connections. In 47 B.C. he went to Hispania (modern-day Spain) to fight alongside Caesar. He was shipwrecked along the way, and had to cross enemy territory to reach his great-uncle—an act that impressed Caesar enough to name Octavius his heir and successor in his will. Augustus: The Path to Power The 17-year-old Octavius was at Apollonia (in present-day Albania) when the news of Caesar’s death and his own inheritance arrived. The dead ruler’s allies, including many in the senate, rallied around Octavian against their powerful rival Mark Antony . But after Octavian’s troops defeated Antony’s army in northern Italy, the future emperor refused an all-out pursuit of Antony, preferring an uneasy alliance with his rival. In 43 B.C. Octavian, Antony and Marcus Aemilus Lepidus established the Second Triumvirate, a power-sharing agreement that divided up Rome’s territories among them, with Antony given the East, Lepidus Africa and Octavian the West. In 41 B.C. Antony began a romantic and political alliance with Cleopatra , queen of Egypt, which continued even after a Senatorial decree forced his marriage to Octavian’s sister Octavia Minor. Lepidus remained a minor figure until Octavian finally had him ousted after the triumvirate’s renewal in 37 B.C. Antony’s affair with Cleopatra continued, and in 32 B.C. he divorced Octavia. In retaliation, Octavian declared war on Cleopatra. In the naval battle of Actium a year later, Octavian’s fleet, under his admiral Agrippa, cornered and defeated Antony’s ships. Cleopatra’s navy raced to aid her ally, but in the end the two lovers barely escaped. They returned to Egypt and committed suicide, leaving Octavian as Rome’s undisputed ruler. Augustus: Emperor in All but Name Historians date the start of Octavian’s monarchy to either 31 B.C. (the victory at Actium) or 27 B.C., when he was granted the name Augustus. In that four-year span, Octavian secured his rule on multiple fronts. Cleopatra’s seized treasure allowed him to pay his soldiers, securing their loyalty. To mollify Rome’s Senate and ruling classes, he passed laws harkening back—at least on the surface—to the traditions of the Roman Republic. And to win over the people, he worked to improve and beautify the city of Rome. During his 40-years reign, Augustus nearly doubled the size of the empire, adding territories in Europe and Asia Minor and securing alliances that gave him effective rule from Britain to India. He spent much of his time outside of Rome, consolidating power in the provinces and instituting a system of censuses and taxation that integrated the empire’s furthest reaches. He expanded the Roman network of roads, founded the Praetorian Guard and the Roman postal service and remade Rome with both grand (a new forum) and practical gestures (police and fire departments). Augustus: Family and Succession Augustus married three times, although his first union, t


What body of water is 86 feet (26 meters) below sea level?

Does Dust Affect Water Levels of the Caspian Sea? : Image of the Day News & Notes acquired June 6, 2016 download large image (1 MB, JPEG, 2800x1867) Water levels on the Caspian Sea —a body of water that was once connected to the ocean but now fits the definition of a lake —have risen and fallen markedly over the past century. In 1920, the average water level was about 26 meters (85 feet) below sea level. By 1977, the water level had dropped by about 3 meters (10 feet). Then, it rose over the next two decades flooding infrastructure, causing large amounts of economic damage, and forcing tens of thousands of people to move. Then in the mid-1990s, the Caspian Sea began dropping again. The water level now stands at about 27 meters below sea level. With global climate change looming in the coming decades, researchers are attempting to understand all the factors that control the water level on the Caspian. Key factors include: how much rain falls; how much water gets diverted into reservoirs for human use; how much water evaporates before reaching the lake; how do tectonic activity and oil extraction change the height of the land. New research suggests that dust storms may have an effect as well. A study by scientists from the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics and from Istanbul Technical University details how airborne dust affects the region’s climate and water cycle in several ways. For instance, dust particles absorb sunlight, so a cloud of dust can change the distribution of heat in the atmosphere. Specifically, dust clouds warm the atmosphere and cool the water surface below. Such changes reduce the amount of evaporation at the water surface, make the atmosphere less turbulent, and reduce convection (heat rising in the atmosphere). Together, these changes reduce the likelihood of rain. The researchers concluded that dust storms over the Caspian Sea likely reduce lake surface temperatures by 1 to 2 degrees Celsius (1.8 to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), while increasing evaporation by about 0.5 millimeters (0.02 inches) per day. This can lead to a drop in lake levels equivalent to 10 millimeters (0.4 inches) per year. In their model, the researchers used observations of dust collected by several satellites sensors, including the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) on the Terra and Aqua satellites, the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), and the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWIFS). On June 6, 2016, the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of a thick layer of dust over the southern Caspian Sea. Notice how the dust has almost completely obscured the water. The dust particles absorb heat from the Sun rather than allowing it to heat the water surface. Dust storms like this are common over the Caspian in spring and summer. References


What is the name given to copper bars arranged in a cylinder, insulated from each other which rotates to connect each section of the armature in turn (in a motor) or to the external current (in a dynamo)?

Commutator (electric) Privacy & Advertising Commutator (electric) Commutator in a universal motor from a vacuum cleaner. Parts: (A) commutator, (B) brush, (C) rotor ( armature ) windings, (D) stator (F) (field) windings, (E) brush guides A commutator is a moving part of a rotary electrical switch in certain types of electric motors and electrical generators that periodically reverses the current direction between the rotor and the external circuit. It consists of a cylinder composed of multiple metal contact segments on the rotating armature of the machine. Two or more electrical contacts called “ brushes ” made of a soft conductive material like carbon press against the commutator, making sliding contact with successive segments of the commutator as it rotates. The windings (coils of wire) on the armature are connected to the commutator segments. Commutators are used in direct current (DC) machines: dynamos (DC generators) and many DC motors as well as universal motors . In a motor the commutator applies electric current to the windings. By reversing the current direction in the rotating windings each half turn, a steady rotating force ( torque ) is produced. In a generator the commutator picks off the current generated in the windings, reversing the direction of the current with each half turn, serving as a mechanical rectifier to convert the alternating current from the windings to unidirectional direct current in the external load circuit. The first direct current commutator-type machine, the dynamo , was built by Hippolyte Pixii in 1832, based on a suggestion by André-Marie Ampère . Commutators are relatively inefficient, and also require periodic maintenance such as brush replacement. Therefore, commutated machines are declining in use, being replaced by alternating current (AC) machines, and in recent years by brushless DC motors which use semiconductor switches. Contents 11 External links Principle of operation A commutator consists of a set of contact bars fixed to the rotating shaft of a machine, and connected to the armature windings. As the shaft rotates, the commutator reverses the flow of current in a winding. For a single armature winding, when the shaft has made one-half complete turn, the winding is now connected so that current flows through it in the opposite of the initial direction. In a motor, the armature current causes the fixed magnetic field to exert a rotational force, or a torque , on the winding to make it turn. In a generator, the mechanical torque applied to the shaft maintains the motion of the armature winding through the stationary magnetic field, inducing a current in the winding. In both the motor and generator case, the commutator periodically reverses the direction of current flow through the winding so that current flow in the circuit external to the machine continues in only one direction. Simplest practical commutator Practical commutators have at least three contact segments, to prevent a “dead” spot where two brushes simultaneously bridge only two commutator segments. Brushes are made wider than the insulated gap, to ensure that brushes are always in contact with an armature coil. For commutators with at least three segments, although the rotor can potentially stop in a position where two commutator segments touch one brush, this only de-energizes one of the rotor arms while the others will still function correctly. With the remaining rotor arms, a motor can produce sufficient torque to begin spinning the rotor, and a generator can provide useful power to an external circuit Ring/segment construction Cross-section of a commutator that can be disassembled for repair. [1] A commutator consists of a set of copper segments, fixed around the part of the circumference of the rotating machine, or the rotor, and a set of spring-loaded brushes fixed to the stationary frame of the machine. Two or more fixed brushes connect to the external circuit, either a source of current for a motor or a load for a generator. Commutator segments are connected to the coils of the armature, with the numb


Thomas de Torquemada is famous for his part in which event?

Tomas Torquemada of the Spanish Inquisition Published on 01/11/2010 in Facts About Spain A man managed to write his name in the black letters of infamy for generations to come. Meet Tomas de Torquemada (1420-1498) first Inquisitor General of Spain and confessor of crypto-Jews and crypto-Muslims. Who was this man whose name and visage conjures up visions of a monster in the service of God? Torquemada was a native Spanish Dominican friar of Jewish descent, his grandmother having been a Jewish convert to Christianity who had married his grandfather Alva Fernandez de Torquemada. The irony of his Jewish ancestry is that during his tenure as Inquisitor General, many Jews would meet untimely deaths in the hands of his Inquisition. Tomas was born in Valladolid, Spain in 1420. His uncle Cardinal Juan de Torquemada was a respected theologian, a fact which helped Tomas' career. Tomas was an ascetic priest who, during his early years, had been a Dominican monk and cook. He later rose to the position of Prior at the Monastery of Santa Cruz in Segovia; a position he held till at the age of 63 he was appointed Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition. He had close relation with the queen Isabella whose confessor he had been since her childhood. At Isabella's recommendation he was appointed advisor to Ferdinand and Isabella, monarchs of Spain, and later Inquisitor General in 1483. The Inquisition was established by the Monarchs of Spain in the atmosphere of a period of war with the Moors who were finally defeated at Granada in 1492. The Inquisition had been motivated by fear and distrust of both Jewish and Moorish converts whose loyalty to the state was suspect. The Inquisition was officially not concerned with non-Christian Jews and Moors but with those who claimed to have converted to Catholicism. The sincerity of these people in their claim of conversion was held in suspicion and there was the general feeling that the larger body of Jewish population harbored potentially subversive elements. The distrust of the Jews finally led to the Alhambra Decree sponsored by Tomas de Torquemada which resulted in the general expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492. Tomas had apparently chaffed at the limitation of the power of his office as Grand Inquisitor only to the Jewish converso (that is, Jews who claimed to have converted to Christianity). Tomas detested the Spanish Jews who had not converted. He therefore, vigorously, urged Ferdinand and Isabella to issue an edict commanding all Jews to either leave Spain or convert to Catholicism. The Jews offered Ferdinand a large sum of money. Ferdinand might have accepted the offer but for a dramatic reaction from Tomas in which he stormed the Palace and accused the king of wanting to sell Christ for money like Judas did. The jurisdiction of the Inquisition, as already mentioned, was limited to Christians over the age of fourteen, especially Jews and Moors who claimed to have converted to Christianity but were believed to be secretly practicing their old religions. Historians believe that about 2000 people were burned by the Inquisition between 1480and 1530. The abuses of the Inquisition made Tomas so unpopular than an armed guard of 250 footmen and 50 mounted men had to be provided for his security. The abuses included arbitrary detentions, torture, and reliance on anonymous denunciation. Wealthy Moors and Jews were often targeted for judicial murder and their wealth appropriated. Anyone who spoke against the Inquisition could be arrested on contrived charges of heresy. A Jew merely suspected of being a "marrano," not only had his property taken over by the Inquisition but he would be publicly humiliated by being forced to march through the streets naked from the waist down and flogged. "Marranos" were forced to live in isolated ghettos in which the conditions were very poor. Tomas made an elaborate show of organizing a fair trial, most likely to soothe his conscience over the killings. In theory, an accused who confessed his sin of apostasy or heresy would be allowed to go free without any further c


"Where in London would you find ""Rotten Row""?"

Find Another Hotel London is my delight at Easter. The Spring Holiday is a signal for a mass exodus out of town that leaves us with an uncluttered, traffic-free West End; the perfect backdrop for a Happy Easter, whether you are resident or visitor! Now we can throw off our wintered look to face the world with a smile on our face and a tune on our lips. With a new jauntiness in our step we take to the Royal Parks to ride, walk the dog, feed the ducks, tryst our beloveds, make new conquests, and enjoy the scents and colours of London's burgeoning spring. Hyde Park and the more formal Kensington Gardens overlooked by Kensington Palace, together with St. James's Park and Green Park, are the green lungs of London's West End. They provide residents and visitors with gracious walkways that meander through meticulously maintained vistas of floral banks and shrubberies, past impressive bronzes and marbles commemorating people and past glories, and peaceful stretches of water which double as the Queen's London Swanneries. These graceful royal birds are nesting now and will be hatching broods of up to six fluffy cygnets. Hyde Park is a perfect pivotal point from which to enjoy Easter in London. It is at its most beautiful now, its lawns at Hyde Park Corner, where the sandy Rotten Row bridleway meets Park Lane, are now richly caparisoned in purple and gold from the carpet of crocuses and banks of daffodils that scent the air with their subtle narcissus fragrance.�Royalty, nobility, their ladies and courtesans, congregated each morning and afternoon on Rotten Row to see and be seen throughout the 19th century, parading on horseback or in open carriage in their fashionable finery to see and be seen.� Lillie Langtry The bewitching Lillie Langtry first burst upon the London scene here, catching a princely eye, later to be triumphantly paraded on the Row as a prize trophy by her royal�paramour, the future King Edward VII. There are some five miles of bridleways in Hyde Park's 750 acres, of which Rotten Row, (a corruption of the French route de roi), is the most famous. Kings and courtesans, princes and paramours, together with their horses and�escutcheoned carriages are just a memory now, but Hyde Park still provides the finest equestrian exercise in any capital city of the world. If you are in town over Easter, (and I strongly recommend it as an option), venture into the Park on a sunny morning from the Grand Entrance at Hyde Park Corner, or one of the Gates lining the southern aspect of Hyde Park and watch the horses and their mounts on Rotten Row. If you are early enough, you will see a troop of The Queen's Household Cavalry exercising their mounts or possibly training for a royal event. I ride in Hyde Park on a horse hired from the Hyde Park Stables in Bayswater. This long established British Horse Society approved riding centre is tucked away in one of the many picturesque mews streets hidden behind the leafy squares that sprang up around Hyde Park when Regency London expanded west of Park Lane. These little streets tucked behind the�Grecian porticoed residences in the squares�were originally built to house the elegant carriages, horses and their grooms that served the gentry. �Few stables remain in central London now other than Hyde Park Stables, the neighbouring Ross Nye Stables and Pony Club, and The Queen's stables in the Royal Mews behind Buckingham Palace. All have been converted into expensive 'bijou residences' with sleek automobiles behind the stable doors rather than Noddie and nosebag. Equestrian wear on Rotten Row is more casual since Lillie's time, when top hatted Victorian ladies rode side saddle with their chaperone escort. But the age of elegance is not yet dead on Rotten Row, though I have yet to see a lady riding side saddle there, and an obligatory riding helmet has superseded the top hat. The appreciation of the televised Olympic equestrian events at Greenwich Park last year however, has ensured�the fortunes of British equestrian outfitters who now offer bespoke and ready to wear clothing online to an internation


Which 72 year old Oscar-winning drector married his long-term German partner, 51, in Hamburg in July 2009?

Robert Redford marries long-term girlfriend | The Independent Robert Redford marries long-term girlfriend Thursday 16 July 2009 09:15 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Robert Redford married his partner, a 51-year-old German artist, over the weekend, a German church said. Renate Massfeller of the St. Catherine Church in Hamburg said that Pastor Frank Engelbrecht presided over the wedding of the 72-year-old U.S. actor and artist Sibylle Szaggars at the luxury Louis C. Jacob Hotel. The Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper said 30 friends and family members attended the service. Szaggars, born in Hamburg, is an abstract artist whose work has been exhibited in Britain, Germany, the United States and elsewhere. She moved to Sundance, Utah — where Redford's Sundance Institute is based — in the 1990s, according to her website. A message seeking comment from Redford's publicist in New York was not immediately returned. Redford has starred in dozens of films, including The Sting and The Natural. He won the Academy Award for best director for the 1980 film Ordinary People. In 1981 he founded the Sundance Institute to create what its Web site called "an environment designed to foster independence, discovery and new voices in American film." Since then, it has grown to encompass the Sundance Film Festival, one of the world's premier film festivals that focuses on independent film but also has become known for its parties and celebrities. More about:


What statistical term is used in government, marketing or opinion research to denote the characteristics of a population?

City of San Bernardino - Demographic Reports Demographic Reports Print Demographics & Reports Demographic or demographic data refers to selected population characteristics as used in government, marketing or opinion research, or the demographic profiles used in such research. Commonly-used demographics include race , age, income, disabilities, mobility (in terms of travel time to work or number of vehicles available), educational attainment, home ownership, employment status, and even location. Distributions of values within a demographic variable, and across households, are both of interest, as well as trends over time. Demographics are frequently used in economic and marketing research ." (courtesy of Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia)


In which sport might a competitor perform a half Axel?

What is a triple axel? | Reference.com What is a triple axel? A: Quick Answer A triple Axel is the only figure skating triple jump with a takeoff that starts from a front outside edge. This challenging and physically demanding jump requires three-and-a-half rotations to be performed while the skater is in the air. The Axel jump was invented by Axel Paulsen. Full Answer As of 2014, only six female figure skaters have completed a triple Axel in competition: Midori Ito, Yukari Nakano, Mao Asada, Tonya Harding, Ludmila Nelidina and Kimmie Meisner. Mao Asada is the only female skater to perform three triple Axels in a single competition. Many Olympic-level male figure skaters perform the triple Axel. The International Judging System assigns the triple Axel jump a base value of 8.5 points.


In which series are FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) the investigators of cases involving paranormal phenomena?

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson to Reprise Mulder and Scully X-Files Roles Email FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are back to take on the supernatural. Thirteen years since the original sci-fi hit wrapped its run, The X-Files is returning to Fox in a new six-episode event series – and David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are set to reprise the cult-favorite characters. The original series creator, Chris Carter, will helm the reboot of the sci-fi procedural, which will follow the FBI agents in six new science-fiction investigations, Fox Television Group announced Tuesday. Fans have long awaited the return of the Emmy Award-winning drama. The original show premiered in September 1993 and ran for nine seasons. Duchovny, 54, and Anderson, 46, starred as investigators who solve cases involving paranormal phenomena. “I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” Carter said in a statement. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.” Production is set to begin in summer 2015. RELATED VIDEO: Does Gillian Anderson Believe in Aliens? Show Full Article


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Which London street runs from St Paul's churchyard almost to the Bank of England?

City Walk - London for Free London for Free You are here: Home / Free London Walks / City Walk City Walk This walk will take you around the area within the old London wall. It is a fairly long walk but can easily be done in two parts: from Monument to St Pauls (stopping at St Pauls tube) and from St Pauls to Tower Hill. You will pass through some of the oldest established parts of London and see both the start and end points of the Great Fire. Other features of this walk include the Bank of England, St Bart’s hospital (the oldest in London) and the Tower of London. You will also see where London’s most famous mayor, Dick Whittington, lived and was buried. This walk was written and first published in 1997, updated in December, 2004 and again in March, 2014. The City walk is now available to buy as an e-book view map in full screen The walk starts from Monument station and ends at Tower Hill station (or at St Pauls station) on arrival at Monument station, take the exit marked Fish Street Hill and The Monument and at street level, turn right. Stop in front of the large “monument” ahead of you. Monument and the Great Fire of London The Monument stands as a memorial to the Great Fire of London. It was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and completed in 1677. It is the tallest single stone column in the world and contains a spiral staircase leading to a viewing platform from which you can see some remarkable views of the city. Sadly, until 1842 (when the viewing platform was railed in) the monument was a favourite place for suicides. The Great Fire of London started at 2 am on September 2nd 1666 in a bakery in Pudding Lane, the distance in height eastward from the Monument (202 feet.) The fire burned for three days and spread over almost 500 acres, northeast as far as St Bart’s hospital. The final toll was 9 lives lost (officially) and 87 churches and 13,200 houses destroyed. Did You Know? As the fire started in Pudding Lane and ended at Pie Corner, some Londoners considered the fire to be divine retribution for their gluttony. The plinth used to have an inscription in Latin blaming the fire on the Roman Catholics but this was removed in 1830. continue along Monument Street, passing the Monument on your right, until you reach the junction with Pudding Lane. Turn right and walk down Pudding Lane, then right again at the end into Lower Thames Street. Cross the road at the lights in front of St Magnus the Martyr church and walk left along Lower Thames Street until you reach a pathway (signposted Riverside Walk East) just after a building marked St Magnus House / No 3 Lower Thames Street. Follow this path to the riverfront and turn left. Stop in front of the glass fronted building with gold-coloured fish ornaments on its roof (Old Billingsgate Fish Market). Old Billingsgate Fish Market, Custom House and St Magnus the Martyr Church In front of you is the site of the old Billingsgate Fish Market, which existed here in the Middle Ages. The market moved to a new site on the Isle of Dogs in 1982. To the right of it is Custom House. In 979, King Ethelred levied the first known customs duty in England, but it wasn’t until 1275 that the first custom house was built, just east of the present site. Since then, Custom House has been responsible for collecting taxes on all goods imported into London. The church you passed is St Magnus the Martyr church. This church was founded around 1067 and stood at the foot of the old London Bridge. (In the churchyard lie some of the old stones from the bridge. ) As such, it was an important meeting place in medieval times. The original church burnt down during the Great Fire and was re-built by Wren in 1676. In the grounds there is a piece of a Roman pier, which was part of a nearby wharf. Did You Know? In the early 14th century, the population of London was around 80,000. Many people moved to the city from the countryside and other parts of Europe, particularly northern France. These newcomers were identified by their surnames, such as William of Lincoln. However, the Black Death, the devastating plague th


What does pro forma mean? Definitions for pro formaproʊ ˈfɔr mə This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word pro forma Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: pro forma, perfunctory(adverb) "a one-candidate pro forma election" perfunctorily, as a formality, pro forma(adverb) in a set manner without serious attention "they answered my letter pro forma"; "he kissed her cheek perfunctorily" Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: pro forma(Adjective) For the sake of form only. Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Pro forma The term pro forma, Latin for "as a matter of form" or "for the sake of form", is a term applied to practices or documents that are done as a pure formality, perfunctorily, or seek to satisfy the minimum requirements or to conform to a convention or doctrine. It has different meanings in different fields. Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Pro forma prō for′ma, as a matter of form. [L. pro, for, forma, abl. of forma, form.] Numerology The numerical value of pro forma in Chaldean Numerology is: 3 Pythagorean Numerology


The Southfork Ranch featured in which TV series?

Southfork Ranch - Southfork Ranch     Welcome to the Legendary Southfork Ranch, made famous by the Ewing Family in the television series Dallas! We are now a premier special events venue and meeting destination in the Dallas Metro Area. With 63,000 square feet of event space, each year we host hundreds of events including weddings, reunions, and holiday parties, corporate meetings, concerts, company picnics and much more. We are a full service catered facility and is proud to be a three time winner of facility of the Year award from the DFW Meeting Professionals and also voted best Wedding facility in DFW by The Association of Wedding Professionals.In addition to the event center, we also have outdoor covered pavilions and 40 acres of land perfect for festivals, concerts or picnics. Whether you are hosting a group of just 10 or 10,000, Southfork Ranch provides a beautiful backdrop for any occasion. Often called “The World's Most Famous Ranch”, the setting, facilities and service will make your next event truly unforgettable. Upcoming Events at Southfork Ranch Texas’ Tribute to Elvis Festival Music and Entertainment to celebrate the King. May 26th, 27th & 28th 2017


All of the gold medals at the 2009 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were won by Evgenia Kanaeva, who was representing which country?

Evgeniya KANAEVA - Olympic Gymnastics Rhythmic | Russian Federation Evgeniya KANAEVA Games Attended 2008 , 2012 Evgenia Kanaeva: The greatest rhythmic gymnast of all time Russian rhythmic gymnast Evgenia Kanaeva won countless European and world titles during her glittering career, the pinnacles of which were the Olympic gold medals she claimed at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. A devoted student of the sport Born in the Siberian city of Omsk, Evgenia Kanaeva was introduced to rhythmic gymnastics at the age of six by her grandmother. The youngster quickly stood out for her enthusiasm and dedication, staying on in the gym to practise with the ribbon, ball, clubs and hoop long after her colleagues had gone home. At the age of 12 she went to Moscow to continue learning her trade, winning a number of international junior competitions and ultimately attracting the attention of Russia’s team coach Irina Viner, who invited her to join the national team training centre in the outskirts of the Russian capital. Rise to the top On graduating to the elite, Kanaeva found her path to the Russia team blocked by Athens 2004 Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and a clutch of other highly talented and more experienced gymnasts. An opening presented itself, however, when Kabaeva picked up an injury just before the 2007 European Championships Baku (AZE). The youngster made the most of her opportunity, winning the ribbon competition and helping Russia to the team title. That same year, she formed part of the Russia team that took gold at the worlds in Patras (GRE), and underlined her precocious talent by claiming the all-around title at the 2008 Europeans in Turin. Then came the biggest achievement of Kanaeva’s burgeoning career to date as she turned in a stunning performance to beat Belarus’ Inna Zhukova to Olympic all-around gold in Beijing by a full 3.5 points, this despite being the youngest finalist at only 18. In a league of her own Possessing unrivalled grace, coordination and technique, Kanaeva dominated her sport in the years that followed, backing up her Olympic triumph with unprecedented clean sweeps at the 2009 and 2011 world championships, held in Mie (JAP) and Montpellier (FRA) respectively. In the first of those meetings she collected gold medals in the ribbon, rope, hoop, ball, all-around and team events, a feat she repeated two years later, when clubs replaced rope on the schedule. During the course of her record-breaking career she has won 17 world titles and 13 European titles and recorded 18 World Cup final victories and 15 Grand Prix final wins, a haul no other rhythmic gymnast can match. As if that were not enough, she also swept the board at the 2009 World Games in Kaoshiung (TPE) and at the 2009 and 2011 Summer Universiades in Belgrade (SRB) and Shenzhen (CHN) respectively. A first in London Kanaeva retained her Olympic all-around crown in emphatic style at London 2012. Producing a typically brilliant and innovative performance, she finished well clear of compatriot Daria Dimitrieva to become her sport’s first ever double Olympic gold medallist. “Gymnastics has been part of my life since I was six years old,” she said afterwards. “Since that time I have practiced every day, eight hours a day so I'm delighted to have won golds at two Olympics. It was not my target to be a legend but I do like the sound of it. I love gymnastics and I want the audience to remember me.” In the wake of her London triumph, Kanaeva announced, at the age of 22, that she was ending her competitive career to move into coaching.


What was the name of the unofficial mascot of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which has a statue as part of an official Olympic memorial outside the Sydney Olympic Stadium?

Olympics Mascot Animation – part 2 | Cartoon Research June 9, 2013 posted by Fred Patten Olympics Mascot Animation – part 2 The 1988 Summer games were in Seoul, and the 1988 mascot(s) was a male & female pair of cartoon adolescent Amur tigers, Hodori and Hosuni (although Hosuni was usually ignored). Despite looking very friendly and animate-able, there was never any animation of them that I know of. This brings us to 1992 and the Summer games in Barcelona. A major shift in the public attitude toward Olympic mascots had occurred by then; the public was complaining about the overcommercialization of the Olympic games through cute mascots designed to sell merchandise. As a result, Javier Mariscal, the designer of the 1992 Summer mascot (chosen by the COOB in a contest from six finalists during 1987), took care to make him, if not ugly, at least not cute. The 1992 mascot was Cobi, a “modernist”, stylized-to-the-point-of-abstract-art Pyrenees Sheepdog puppy drawn in the style of Catalan artist Pablo Picasso’s cubism; unveiled to the public on January 29, 1988. His name was a play on that of the Barcelona Olympics Organizing Committee (COOB in Spanish). “The name was chosen because it is simple and easy to pronounce in most languages.” Cobi was derided as ugly at first, but the people of not just Catalonia but all Spain came to love him. And despite being designed to be non-commercial, there was a ton of merchandising “Cobiana” Cobi souvenirs; so many that Cobi reportedly became “the most profitable mascot in the history of the Olympics”. (But an article in the Business section of Britain’s The Independent, May 2, 2013, says that the 1992 Barcelona merchandizing “only” brought in $17,200,000, and calls 1992 “arguably the last games of the non-commercial era”. “From 1996, no games would make less than two and a half times that amount.”) The merchandizing included a TV cartoon program, The Cobi Troupe (in English, but also known by the Catalan translation Cobi e Sua Turma). The director was Olivia Borricon, and the producer was Spain’s big animation studio, BRB Internacional S.A. in Alcobendas, near Madrid, Spain. There were 26 episodes, aimed for young children, broadcast during 1992. Cobi starred with his girl friend Petra, who was even more stylized – without any arms, to represent the Paralympics. Other members of Cobi’s gang were Jordi, Olivia, Cachas, Rosi, and Bicho, all carefree youths, and their adversary was Doctor Normal, a gloomy adult. “The rights were bought by 24 television channels.” There were also six issues of a 48-page The Cobi Troupe comic book published during 1991-’92. By 1996, the anti-merchandisers were out in full force, and they saw to it that the 1996 Summer games in Atlanta had a mascot that could not possibly be merchandized: the abstract bright blue Izzy, formally Whatizit, so-named for, “What is it?’ Hah! The 1996 Summer games’ merchandizing brought in $91,000,000, with Izzy stuff responsible for no small part of that — despite his being possibly the most reviled Olympics mascot of all time. Some criticisms were “a genetic experiment gone horribly wrong”, “the blue maggot”, and “the sperm in sneakers”. Matt Groening quipped that Izzy looked like “the bad marriage of the Pillsbury doughboy and the ugliest California Raisin.” Wikipedia says, “A popular joke that circulated in Atlanta around the end of the 1996 games stated that the blue line painted on Peachtree Road (which actually designated the route for the Olympic Marathon) was ‘Izzy’s [behind] being dragged out of town.’” Reportedly the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Properties (ACOP) officials were swayed by the arguments of computer animators that, with the latest technology of 1996, they could create the most impressive CGI animations and morphing with an abstract brightly-colored blob. Apparently there were brief TV commercials in CGI, although I have not been able to find out any information about them. Izzy only achieved one bit of memorable animation, and that was traditional cartoon animation. The ACOP commissioned a


When Robert Falcon Scott reached the south pole in June 1912, he discovered that who had reached it before him?

Antarctic Explorers: Robert F. Scott 1868-1912   Robert      Falcon Scott was born at Outlands on June 6, 1868, to John and Hannah      Scott. Robert's father, John Edward Scott, was the youngest of eight      children. Of John's four older brothers, one died young, two went into      the Indian army and one became a naval surgeon. However, poor health      kept John from the family service tradition. Instead, John inherited      a small brewery in Plymouth which his father and uncle had bought for £4782 out of prize money received during the Napoleonic wars. The      family home was also inherited from his father, Robert. This was a house      called Outlands near Stoke Damerel, just outside Devonport. The property,      a small country estate, was complete with a nice home, a stream at the      bottom of the garden, three large greenhouses, dogs, a peacock on the      lawn and a small staff of maids and gardeners. In 1861 John Scott married      Hannah Cuming, daughter of William Bennett Cuming of Plymouth, a Lloyd's      surveyor, Commissioner of Pilotage, Commissioner for the Catwater Improvement,      and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Suffice it to say, this family      was a highly respected, very conservative and rather well-to-do Plymouth      family. The sons of such Devon families took to the sea as birds to      the air and one of Hannah's brothers, Harry Cuming, became a Vice-Admiral.      Thus, there was a significant naval tradition on both sides of Robert      Falcon Scott's parentage. "Con", as his parents called him,      was born into a large family; he had two older sisters, Ettie and Rose,      a younger brother, Archie, and a younger sister, Katherine. Throughout      Con's childhood, daydreaming was a habit he worked hard to overcome      as everyone, including himself, considered it a flaw. Other weaknesses,      equally shameful in this era, were his uneasiness with the sight of      blood and of suffering in animals. Although he tried hard to conceal      it, he never really overcame these perceived problems. As    a boy, he was "shy and diffident, small and weakly for his age, lethargic,    backward, and above all, dreamy" as one of his biographers wrote. On    the other hand, he had a happy childhood as the first five children were    born within a nine year period providing plenty of playmates. Although subject    to occasional fits of temper, Con's father, John, was considered an easygoing    father with plenty of patience. Con's mother, Hannah,     was loved and worshipped by all the Scott children; to Con she was always "the dear Mother". Not much is known about Hannah but one thing     is certain: she had strong religious principles and never questioned the     teachings of the Church of England. "My own dearest Mother," wrote Con on his departure from New Zealand on his last journey in 1910, "I quite understand and anticipated your anxiety concerning our spiritual     welfare. I read the Church service every Sunday on our voyage to Melbourne     and I propose to do the same with equal regularity throughout the voyage.     You need not have any anxiety on this point". Robert F. Scott joined     his first seagoing ship in August, 1883, at the age of thirteen. The ship, HMS BOADICEA, was the flagship of the Cape Squadron, and     in her he served as midshipman for two years. This was the first time     that young Con had earned money, about £30 a year. Midshipmen were     still students with naval instructors as their teachers. Training was     intense for these young men as Admiral Sir William Jameson wrote that     midshipmen were "up aloft in all sorts of weather and away for long     hours in boats under oars and sail. In spite of rigid barriers, young     officers learnt the lower deck point of view in a way which is often difficult


Porfirio Diaz resigned from the presidency of which country in May 1911?

Porfirio Diaz | president of Mexico | Britannica.com president of Mexico Porfirio Díaz, (born Sept. 15, 1830, Oaxaca , Mex.—died July 2, 1915, Paris , France ), soldier and president of Mexico (1877–80, 1884–1911), who established a strong centralized state that he held under firm control for more than three decades. Mexican Pres. Porfirio Díaz in uniform, 1911. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-100275) A mestizo (part Indian), Díaz was of humble origin. He began training for the priesthood at age 15, but upon the outbreak of war with the United States (1846–48) he joined the army. An illustrious military career followed, including service in the War of the Reform (1857–60) and the struggle against the French in 1861–67, when Maximilian became emperor. Earlier (1849) Díaz had studied law with the encouragement of the Liberal Benito Juárez , who first became president in 1858. Porfirio Díaz. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Díaz resigned his command and went back to Oaxaca when peace was restored but soon became dissatisfied with the Juárez administration. He led an unsuccessful protest against the 1871 reelection of Juárez, who died the following year. Díaz continued his protests in an unsuccessful revolt against Pres. Sebastían Lerdo de Tejada in 1876, after which he fled to the United States. Six months later, however, he returned and defeated the government forces at the Battle of Tecoac (November 1876), and in May 1877 he was formally elected president. Mexican Pres. Porfirio Díaz on horseback, 1911. Bain Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ggbain-05876) During his first four years in office, Díaz began a slow process of consolidation of power and built up a strong political machine. His administration achieved a few public improvements but was more noted for its suppression of revolts. Having opposed Lerdo’s reelection, he decided not to run for another term himself but handpicked his successor, Gen. Manuel González , who also soon dissatisfied him. Therefore, in 1884 Díaz ran for the presidency again and was elected. Over the course of the next 26 years Díaz produced an orderly and systematic government with a military spirit. He succeeded in destroying local and regional leadership until the majority of public employees answered directly to him. Even the legislature was composed of his friends, and the press was muffled. He also maintained tight control over the courts. Díaz secured his power by catering to the needs of separate groups and playing off one interest against another. He won the mestizos’ support by supplying them with political jobs. The privileged Creole classes were cooperative in return for the government’s noninterference in their haciendas and for positions of honour in the administration. The Roman Catholic Church maintained a policy of noninvolvement in return for a certain degree of freedom. The Indians, who formed a full third of the population, were ignored. Britannica Stories


Dikes of the Netherlands By Matt Rosenberg Updated July 30, 2015. In 1986, the Netherlands proclaimed the new 12th province of Flevoland but they didn't carve out the province from already existing Dutch land nor did they annex the territory of their neighbors - Germany and Belgium. The Netherlands actually grew larger with the aid of dikes and polders, making the old Dutch adage "While God created the Earth, the Dutch created the Netherlands" come literally true. The Netherlands The independent country of the Netherlands only dates back to 1815 but the area and its people have a much longer history. Located in northern Europe, just northeast of Belgium and west of Germany, the Netherlands contains 280 miles (451 km) of coastline along the North Sea. It also contains the mouths of three very important European rivers: the Rhine, Schelde, and Meuse. This translates into a long history of dealing with water and attempts to prevent massive, destructive flooding. The North Sea Floods The Dutch and their ancestors have been working to hold back and reclaim land from the North Sea for over 2000 years. continue reading below our video 10 Best Universities in the United States Beginning around 400 BCE, the Frisians were first to settle the Netherlands. It was they who built terpen (an Old Frisian word meaning "villages"), which were earth mounds upon which they built houses or even entire villages. These terpen were built to protect the villages from flooding. (Although there were once thousands of these, there are about a thousand terpen that still exist in the Netherlands.) Small dikes were also built around this time, usually being rather short (about 27 inches or 70 cm high) and made of natural materials found around the local area. On December 14 1287, the terpen and dikes that held back the North Sea failed, and water flooded the country. Known as the St. Lucia's Flood, this flood killed over 50,000 people and is considered one of the worst floods in history. A result of the massive St. Lucia's Flood was the creation of a new bay, called Zuiderzee ("South Sea"), formed by floodwaters that had inundated a large area of farmland. Pushing Back the North Sea For the next few centuries, the Dutch worked to slowly push back the water of the Zuiderzee, building dikes and creating polders (the term used to described any piece of land reclaimed from water). Once dikes were built, canals and pumps were used to drain the land and to keep it dry. From the 1200s, windmills were used to pump excess water off the fertile soil -- becoming an icon of the country in the process. Today, however, most of the windmills have been replaced with electricity- and diesel-driven pumps. Reclaiming the Zuiderzee Then, storms and floods of 1916 provided the impetus for the Dutch to start a major project to reclaim the Zuiderzee. From 1927 to 1932, a 19 mile (30.5 km) long dike called Afsluitdijk (the "Closing Dike") was built, turning the Zuiderzee into the IJsselmeer, a freshwater lake. On February 1, 1953, another devastating flood hit the Netherlands. Caused by a combination of a storm over the North Sea and spring tide, waves along the sea wall rose to 15 feet (4.5 m) higher than mean sea level. In a number of areas, the water peaked above existing dikes and spilled upon unsuspecting, sleeping towns. Just over 1,800 people in the Netherlands died, 72,000 people had to be evacuated, thousands of livestock died, and there was a huge amount of property damage. This devastation prompted the Dutch to pass the Delta Act in 1958, changing the structure and administration of the dikes in the Netherlands. This, in turn, created the collective known as the North Sea Protection Works, which included building a dam and barriers across the sea. There is no wonder that this huge engineering feat is now considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World , according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. Further protective dikes and works were built, beginning to reclaim the land of the IJsselmeer. The new land led to the creation of a the new province o


According to the proverb, people who sup with whom should use a long spoon?

Folk-lore of Shakespeare: Chapter XIX. Proverbs CHAPTER XIX. PROVERBS. In the present chapter are collected together the chief proverbs either quoted or alluded to by Shakespeare. Many of these are familiar to most readers, but have gained an additional interest by reason of their connection with the poet's writings. At the same time, it may be noted, that very many of Shakespeare's pithy sayings have since his day passed into proverbs, and have taken their place in this class of literature. It is curious to notice, as Mrs Cowden Clarke remarks,  1 how "Shakespeare has paraphrased some of our commonest proverbs in his own choice and elegant diction." Thus, "make hay while the sun shines," becomes— "The sun shines hot; and if we use delay,  Cold biting winter mars our hoped-for hay," a statement which applies to numerous other proverbial sayings.    "A black man is a jewel in a fair woman's eyes."—In the "Two Gentlemen of Verona" (v. 2), the following passage is an amusing illustration of the above:— "Thurio. What says she to my face?  Proteus. She says it is a fair one.  Thurio. Nay then, the wanton lies; my face is black.  Proteus. But pearls are fair; and the old saying is,  Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies’ eyes."    In "Titus Andronicus" (v. 1), there is a further allusion to this proverb where Lucius says of Aaron:— "This is the pearl that pleased your empress’ eye."    "A beggar marries a wife and lice."—So in "King Lear" (iii. 2), song— "The cod-piece that will house,    Before the head has any,  The head and he shall louse;    So beggars marry many."    Thus it is also said—"A beggar payeth a benefit with a louse."    "A cunning knave needs no broker."—This old proverb is quoted by Hume in "2 Henry VI." (i. 2):— "A crafty knave does need no broker."    "A curs’t cur must be tied short."—With this proverb we may compare what Sir Toby says in "Twelfth Night" (iii. 2) to Sir Andrew:— "Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief."    "A drop hollows the stone," or "many drops pierce the stone."—We may compare "3 Henry VI." (iii. 2), "much rain wears the marble," and also the messenger's words (ii. 1), when he relates how "the noble Duke of York was slain"— "Environed he was with many foes,  And stood against them, as the hope of Troy  Against the Greeks that would have enter’d Troy.  But Hercules himself must yield to odds;  And many strokes, though with a little axe,  Hew down and fell the hardest timber’d oak."    "A finger in every pie."—So in "Henry VIII." (i. 1), Buckingham says of Wolsey:—           "No man's pie is freed From his ambitious finger."    To the same purport is the following proverb  1 —"He had I a finger in the pie when he burnt his nail off."    "A fool's bolt is soon shot."—Quoted by Duke of Orleans in "Henry V." (iii. 7), With this we may compare the French—"De fol juge breve sentence."  2    "A friend at court is as good as a penny in the purse."—So in "2 Henry IV." (v. 1), Shallow says— "A friend i’ the court is better than a penny in purse."    The French equivalent of this saying is—"Bon fait avoir ami en cour, car le procès en est plus court."    "A little pot's soon hot."—Grumio in "Taming of the Shrew" (iv. 1), uses this familiar proverb—"Were not I a little pot and soon hot, my very lips might freeze to my teeth," &c.    "A pox of the devil."—"Henry V." (ii. 1.)    "A smoky chimney and a scolding wife are two bad companions."—There are various versions of this proverb—Ray gives the following:—"Smoke, raining into the house, and a scolding wife, will make a man run out of doors."    Hotspur, in "1 Henry IV." (iii. 1), says of his father,—             "O, he is as tedious As a tired horse, a railing wife; Worse than a smoky house."    "A snake lies hidden in the grass."—This, as Mr Green  1 remarks, is no unfrequent proverb, and the idea is often made use of by Shakespeare. Thus in "2 Henry VI." (iii. 1), Margaret declares to the attendant nobles— "Henry my lord is cold in great affairs,  Too full of foolish pity:  1 and Gloucester's show  Beguiles him as the mournful croc


To whom was David Rizzio the secretary, when he was stabbed to death by her husband, Lord Darnley in 1566 at Holyrood House, Edinburgh?

Henry STUART (E. Darnley) Henry STUART Born: 7 Dec 1545, Temple Newsham, Yorkshire, England Acceded: 1565 Died: 10 Feb 1567, Provost's House, Kirk o'the Field, Edinburgh, Scotland Buried: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland Notes:   Duke of Albany 1565, Earl of Ross, Lord Ardmannoch. The Complete Peerage   vol.VII,p.600. Married: MARY STUART (Queen of Scotland) 29 Jul 1565, Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland Children: 1. JAMES I STUART (King of Great Britain) Darnley,    painted by an unknown artist Scottish National Portrait Gallery Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots , was the son of Matthew Stuart, 4ï¿½ Earl of Lennox , and lady Margaret Douglas , daughter of Margaret Tudor , Queen of James IV of Scotland, by her second husband, Archibald, Earl of Angus; this made Darnley a candidate for succession to the English   throne after Elizabeth I .   He was born in England in 1546, and brought up there,   where his father was in exile. In 1565, at the age of 19, he was allowed by Queen Elizabeth to follow his father   to Scotland, and within a short time he was married to Mary , at Holyrood House, on 29 Jul 1565. The motives of the Scottish Queen were predominantly   political; Darnley was a Catholic and his right of succession to the   English throne reinforced Mary 's own. However, the handsome   appearance and courtly manners of the dissolute, spoiled and arrogant young   man must also have impressed Mary because at first she was   infatuated with him. Historians have speculated that Darnley was   allowed by Elizabeth to go to Mary 's court because she foresaw Mary 's infatuation, and did not doubt   her ability to control Mary and Scotland through the   weak-willed Darnley. But Elizabeth reckoned without the   stubborn royal character of her Scottish cousin. The alliance was offensive both to Elizabeth and to the Scottish reformers. Within a short time Darnley had shown himself     to be a vicious and dissipated man. Most nights he roamed the streets of     Edinburgh with low-life companions in search of sexual adventures. He     failed to participate in the business of the royal court. Mary refused to ask Parliament to     grant him the crown matrimonial, making him a king in title but not in     influence. Darnley was soon after induced to side with the reformers, and sharing their dislike and jealousy of David   Rizzio, the Queen 's secretary. The more outraged Mary became over her husband's     stupidity and lewd behaviour, the more she looked to Rizzio for     consolation. Some of the nobles claimed that Rizzio was a secret     agent of the Pope and had usurped their proper places beside the Queen . They easily cajoled the gullible Darnley into believing that Mary and Rizzio were lovers.     Wounded in pride and suspicious of Mary 's relationship with Rizzio, Darnley joined a conspiracy against him. On 9 Mar 1566, Darnley and a group of nobles seized Rizzio in the Queen 's presence and stabbed him some     56 times. It is unclear whether Darnley himself did the dragging     or the stabbing or whether one of his henchmen performed the actual     slaughter. They may have hoped simultaneously to shock the six months     pregnant Queen into fatal illness. She was then     taken prisoner by the lairds, but managed to convince Darnley that he was only tolerated by them as an expedient to their plans, and     would be done away with in his turn. Mary and Darnley managed to     escape, and rode off through the darkness to safety. Darnley soon     found himself without a friend in either camp. Between the Queen and Darnley thenceforth there was nothing but, irreconcilable aversion and disgust. A divorce was proposed, but Mary would not agree to it. Meanwhile the Earl of Bothwell had won the favour or the Queen . Possibly with Mary 's knowledge, there was then formed     a plot to murder Darnley, one of whose leaders was Bothwell.     The Earl of Morton was later executed for his part in i


"What was surname of ""George and Mildred""?"

George and Mildred (1980) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Mildred decides that she and George will celebrate their anniversary at a posh London hotel - whatever the cost. However, a shady businessman mistakes George for a hit man. Director: Peter Frazer-Jones (as Peter Frazer Jones) Writers: a list of 521 titles created 11 Jun 2011 a list of 38 titles created 07 Feb 2012 a list of 179 titles created 03 Oct 2012 a list of 1753 titles created 15 Jun 2015 a list of 32 titles created 9 months ago Title: George and Mildred (1980) 5.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. George and Mildred Roper are forced to leave their home in South Kensington (as the landlords in Man About the House (1973)) when they receive a compulsory purchase order from the council. ... See full summary  » Stars: Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy, Norman Eshley Finally the house that Robin, Chris and Jo share a flat in is demolished an two spin offs are made - Robin's Nest and George & Minded (Mr & Mrs Roper). Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett The sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for Dr Watt, Detective-Sergeant ... See full summary  » Director: Gerald Thomas The staff of Grace Bros. take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodeled. Director: Bob Kellett Stingy English landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers Cooper, an arts student, and Philip, an African jock, making both pay for a room they must share. However Rigsby's favorite lodger... See full summary  » Director: Joseph McGrath 1970s English suburbia: middle-aged homeowner Sid Abbot just wants to get on with building his illegal whisky still, but is frustrated by his workshy son, and otherworldly daughter. Then ... See full summary  » Director: Gerald Thomas The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon ... See full summary  » Director: Gerald Thomas This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up ... See full summary  » Director: Gerald Thomas Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. But Harold, who likes the ... See full summary  » Director: Cliff Owen Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways... See full summary  » Director: Peter Sykes Arthur loses all his money, and his wife wants a baby. Director: Bud Yorkin Edit Storyline Mildred decides that she and George will celebrate their anniversary at a posh London hotel - whatever the cost. However, a shady businessman mistakes George for a hit man. She's still trying to steer him towards romance. He still doesn't know what she's driving at. Genres: George and Mildred: The Movie See more  » Filming Locations: Released after the death of one of its stars Yootha Joyce . See more » Quotes Mildred Roper : Obviously, our wedding anniversary means nothing to you anymore. George Roper : Of course it does, of course it does. And what's more I'll prove it to you. George Roper : By seeing if they've got our tune. Mildred Roper : [gesturing towards the jukebox] What, on that thing? George Roper : Yeah. Well, they might have a punk version by the Sox Pistols. Maybe they have a punk version by the Sock Pistols? 25 April 2014 | by Spikeopath (United Ki


"Whose career was re-ignited with the release of his album ""American Recordings"", which included songs writen by Tom Waits, Nick Lowe and Leonard Cohen, when it won the 1994 Contemporary Folk Album Grammy Award?"

BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hugh's Room - ECPv4.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Hugh's Room X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://hughsroom.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Hugh's Room BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170817T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170817T203000 DTSTAMP:20170118T020214 CREATED:20161208T190143 LAST-MODIFIED:20161208T190407 UID:25883-1503001800-1503001800@hughsroom.com SUMMARY:Ruthie Foster DESCRIPTION:Ruthie Foster was born in the small rural town of Gause\, TX. Raised in a family of gospel singers\, Ruthie first learned to sing during worship services at her community church. With a chapel-bred bravado trained on the works of powerful women such as Mavis Staples and Aretha Franklin\, her sound grew into an inspired blend of blues\, folk and gospel.\n\nSeeking to define her own path\, Ruthie left her hometown to serve in the Navy. She discovered her love for performing while singing pop and funk tunes as the frontwoman of Pride\, a band that performed at Navy recruitment drives nationwide. Ruthie’s time with Pride provided a window into varying American cultures coast to coast\, and after her service she moved to New York City to pursue a career as a professional musician.\n\nAfter diving into the city’s vibrant music scene\, she became a staple in the folk community and was soon picked offered a development deal by Atlantic Records. Atlantic envisioned Ruthie as a pop artist\, but Ruthie was focused on taking a step back to further explore roots music. She turned her back on the major label record deal and returned to her home state to spend more time with family and the music that shaped her.\n\nRuthie moved back to Texas and settled in Austin. Her debut\, Full Circle\, was released in 1997 and was followed by Crossover in 1999. The two albums secured Ruthie as an up-and-coming singer/songwriter in the Austin scene and caught the attention of Texas independent label Blue Corn Music.\n\nSince then\, Ruthie has stuck with Blue Corn to release seven albums over the past twelve years. Ruthie’s studio album releases on Blue Corn Music include Runaway Soul in 2002\, The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster in 2007\, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster in 2009\, Let It Burn in 2012 and Promise of a Brand New Day in 2014. The latter three were all nominated for Grammy Awards in the category of Best Blues Album. She has also released two live albums\, Stages in 2004 and Live At Antone’s\, a CD and DVD release\, in 2011.\n\nRuthie’s career also reaches beyond her own releases and performances. She has collaborated on stage with artists ranging from Bonnie Raitt to The Allman Brothers to Susan Tedeschi\, and has recorded tracks with Warren Haynes\, Big Head Todd\, and The Blind Boys of Alabama\, among others. Ruthie has also recently been featured both as an actress\, with a guest appearance on NBC’s television series Revolution\, and as a classical vocalist\, with Austin’s prestigious vocal ensemble Conspirare.\n\nTo date\, Ruthie’s artistry and creative output have both been lauded with accolades on regional and national platforms. Outside of her 2010\, 2012 and 2014 Grammy nominations\, Ruthie has been recognized by organizations such as the Austin Music Awards (2007\, 2008 and 2013 Best Female Vocalist)\, Blues Music Awards (2010\, 2011\, 2012 and 2013)\, Living Blues Awards (2010 Critics’ Poll Winner and 2011 nominee for Blues Female Artist of the Year). URL:http://hughsroom.com/event/ruthie-foster/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://hughsroom.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ruthie-Foster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170603T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170603T203000 DTSTAMP:20170118T020214 CREATED:20161212T172416 LAST-MODIFIED:20161212T173005 UID:25889-1496521800-1496521800@hughsroom.com SUMMARY:David Rotundo Band DESCRIPTION:Ross Robinson/BluesIn Toronto Presentation\nToronto blues harpist David Rotundo heard James Cotton perform at the El Mocambo in 1991. “He blew one note on the harmonica that hypnotized me…” The next day\, Rot


Seas and oceans make up roughly what proportion of the earth's surface?

EARTH'S Oceans - Zoom Astronomy Earth's Oceans Zoom Astronomy EARTH'S OCEANS Oceans cover about 70% of the Earth's surface. The oceans contain roughly 97% of the Earth's water supply. The oceans of Earth are unique in our Solar System. No other planet in our Solar System has liquid water (although recent finds on Mars indicate that Mars may have had some liquid water in the recent past). Life on Earth originated in the seas, and the oceans continue to be home to an incredibly diverse web of life . The oceans of Earth serve many functions, especially affecting the weather and temperature. They moderate the Earth's temperature by absorbing incoming solar radiation (stored as heat energy). The always-moving ocean currents distribute this heat energy around the globe. This heats the land and air during winter and cools it during summer. WHY ARE THE OCEANS SALTY? As water flows in rivers, it picks up small amounts of mineral salts from the rocks and soil of the river beds. This very-slightly salty water flows into the oceans and seas. The water in the oceans only leaves by evaporating (and the freezing of polar ice), but the salt remains dissolved in the ocean - it does not evaporate. So the remaining water gets saltier and saltier as time passes. SALINITY Total Salinity 35.08 o/oo The salinity (salt content) of ocean water varies. The oceans and seas contain roughly 5 x 10 16 tons of salts.  One cubic foot of average sea water contains 2.2 pounds of salt. The oceans are about 3.5% salt (by weight).  Salinity is generally reported in terms of parts per thousand (abbreviated o/oo), the number of pounds of salt per 1,000 pounds of water; the average ocean salinity is 35 o/oo. The saltiest water is in the Red Sea and in the Persian Gulf, which have a salinity of about 40 o/oo (due to very high evaporation rates and low fresh water influx). The least salty seas are in the polar regions, where both melting polar ice and a lot of rain dilute the salinity. THE OCEANS The Earth's oceans are all connected to one another. There are five oceans: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. There are also many seas (smaller branches of an ocean); seas are often partly enclosed by land. The largest seas are the South China Sea, the Caribbean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. Ocean Eurasia Basin, 17,881 ft deep WHAT CAUSES OCEAN WAVES? The winds cause waves on the surface of the ocean (and on lakes). The wind transfers some of its energy to the water, through friction between the air molecules and the water molecules. Stronger winds (like storm surges) cause larger waves. You can make your own miniature waves by blowing across the surface of a pan of water. Waves of water do not move horizontally, they only move up and down (a wave does not represent a flow of water).  You can see a demonstration of this by watching a floating buoy bob up and down with a wave; it does not, however, move horizontally with the wave. Tsunamis (sometimes called tidal waves) are different from surface waves; they are usually caused by underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides. WHAT CAUSES THE TIDES? Tides are periodic rises and falls of large bodies of water. Tides are caused by the gravitational interaction between the Earth and the Moon. The gravitational attraction of the moon causes the oceans to bulge out in the direction of the moon. Another bulge occurs on the opposite side, since the Earth is also being pulled toward the moon (and away from the water on the far side). Since the earth is rotating while this is happening, two tides occur each day. Isaac Newton was the first person to explain tides scientifically. For information on spring and neap tides, click here . WHY IS THE OCEAN BLUE? Sunlight is made up of all the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Some of the sunlight is reflected off the surface of the water, reflecting the color of the sky .  Some of the sunlight penetrates the water and is scattered by ripples and particles in the water (this tinges the appearance of


Specific Types of Climates: Data: What are the world's hottest, driest, wettest and coldest places (on land)? - Quora Quora Specific Types of Climates: Data: What are the world's hottest, driest, wettest and coldest places (on land)? Where does California's Death Valley on the list of dry and hot? Answer Wiki 1 Answer Don van der Drift , In PhD Physics program for 2.5 years at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, former Physics researcher at LBNL Written Jan 28, 2014 Here are the record holders for hottest, coldest, wettest and driest places on Earth. The place that holds the record for hottest place on Earth is Death Valley, measured at Furnace Creek Ranch. On July 10th, 1913 a temperature of 56.7 °C (134 ° F ) was measured there. The place with the highest average annual temperature is in Dallol, Ethiopia, which measured between 1960 and 1966 an average of 34.4 °C (93.9 °F). The coldest place on Earth is on Antartica. Although other location on this continent may have seen lower temperatures, the ultimate low was measured at the Stántsiya Vostók Station, located at the 78.5th southern latitude. On July 21th, 1983 a low of −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) was measured there. The wettest place on Earth is, judged by the most amount of rain that fell in a year, is in India. On average the most rainfall is seen in the Mawsynram region, although this disputed, but the record is definitely held by Cherrapunji, located in that region. In the year 1860 - 1861 a total of 26,470 mm (1,042 in) of rain fell here, and the region sees an average annual rainfall of 11,872 mm (467.4 in). And my favorite, the driest place on Earth! Slightly different from the other, where you can just measure a value, with either a bucket or a thermometer, determining the driest place on Earth is done by trying see how long it didn't rain for. And the place that is holding that record is in the McMurdo Dry Valleys on Antartica. Unlike the Atacama desert, often quoted as the driest place on Earth, where it sometimes only rains every 4 years, some areas in the Dry Valleys haven't seen any precipitation for over 2 million years. Due to the geographical layout of the region (height, mountains surrounding it, etc.) it is a place of zero humidity and clouds don't make it to this place. Pretty extreme! Keep in mind that these records where are measured at that location because we happened to have the right tools with us when it happened. In other words, other places on Earth may have been, at the time, or since, been hotter, wetter, colder or drier, but with nobody there to measure it. It's a little bit like breaking a world record on the 100m without anybody watching.


What name is given to the silvery aureole enveloping the sun's chromosphere?

Sun - Encyclopedia Sun GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES SUN (0. Eng. Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. IjXtos, from which comes helio- in various English compounds), the name of the central body of the solar system, the luminous orb from which the earth receives light and heat; (see Sunshine); hence by analogy other heavenly bodies which form the centre of systems are called suns. To understand the phenomena of the sun, we should reproduce them upon the earth; but this is clearly impossible since they take place at temperatures which volatilize all known substances. Hence our only guides are such general laws of mechanics and physics as we can hardly believe any circumstances will falsify. But it must be remembered that these require extrapolation from experience sometimes sufficiently remote, and it is possible they may lead to statements that are obscure, if not contradictory. The body of the sun must consist of uncombined gases; at the surface the temperature is some 2000Â° C. above the boiling point of carbon, and a little way within the body it may probably exceed the critical point at which increase of pressure can produce the liquid state in any substance. But as the mean density exceeds that of water, and probably falls but little from the centre to the surface, these gases are gases only in the sense that if the pressure of neighbouring and outward parts gravitating towards the centre were relaxed, they would expand explosively, as we see happening in the eruptive prominences. They have lost completely the gaseous characteristic of producing a line spectrum, and radiate like incandescent solids. The surface region which yields a continuous spectrum is called the photosphere; it possesses optically a sharp boundary, which is generally a perfect sphere, but shows occasionally at the rim slight depressions or more rarely elevations. Enclosing the photosphere is a truly gaseous envelope which is called the chromosphere, and which shows a spectrum of bright lines when we can isolate its emission from that of the photosphere. This envelope is also sharply defined, but its normal appearance is compared to the serrations which blades of grass show on the skyline of a hill, and it is disturbed by the outbursts, called prominences, of which details are given below. Outside this again is an envelope of matter of enormous extent and extreme tenuity, whether gaseous or partly minute liquid or solid drops, which is called the corona. It has no sharp boundary, its brightness diminishes rapidly as we recede from the limb, and such structure as it shows consists of long streaks or filaments extending outwards from the limb in broad curved sweeps. Finally there is the envelope of still vaster extent and of unknown constitution which gives the zodiacal light; its greatest extent is along the ecliptic, but it can also be certainly traced for 35Â° in a perpendicular direction. The lower gaseous cloaks absorb a large part of the light admitted by the photosphere, and especially at the limb and for the more refrangible rays the loss of intensity is very marked. In the instants when a sharp image of the photosphere is seen or photographed, it shows a granulated appearance like white flakes strewed fairly evenly upon a dark ground. The figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 (plate) show enlargements from photo- General graphs by Hansky at Pulkowa (June 25, 1905); Appearance they are separated by intervals from 25 to 80 of photo- seconds, and he has succeeded in showing identity sphere. in many of the granules, or more properly, clouds represented. Thus they exhibit at once general appearance and its changes. The diameters range from 400 m. or less up to 1200 m., and the speeds relative to the spot range up to 2 or 3 m. per second. M. Hansky believes these motions may be the consequences of matter rising from below and thrusting the surface groups aside. Usually the changes are such that it is impossible even to recognize the formations in successive photographs. Besides granulations the sun's disk shows, as a rule, one or more spots or groups of spots. Each spot shows


Traditionally, what is shouted by a town crier?

Town Crier | msummerfieldimages Posted by Mark on Sep 17, 2014 in Blog | 0 comments Town Crier, Reenactor, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia  –  Click on the image to enlarge or purchase  – Town Crier A town crier was an officer of the court who made public pronouncements as required by the court. They would also make other public announcements in the streets. They were an important means of communication as a large number of the occupants and visitors to the town could not read or write. Proclamations, local bylaws, market days, adverts and any other notices which needed to be addressed to the general populous were part of the town crier’s responsibilities. Also known as a bellman, they carried a hand bell to attract peoples’ attention. They also shouted the words “Oyez, Oyez, Oyez” before beginning their actual pronouncements. This is a traditional exclamation introducing the opening of the courts, especially in Great Britain. It comes from the old Anglo-Saxon word for listen and is a call for silence and attention. The town criers used this phrase to emphasize that they were officers of the court. The term “posting a notice” comes from the actions of a town crier who, having read the message, would attach it to a post in the market square or sometimes the door post of a local inn. This is also why a lot of newspapers took the name “The Post”. Town Criers had the full protection of the law, being appointees of the court and, therefore, agents of the ruling monarch. Harming a town crier was deemed an act of treason. The phrase “don’t shoot the messenger” in this case was more than just a saying – it was a real command punishable by death. Colonial Williamsburg uses a town crier in exactly the same way as in the eighteen century. Flamboyantly dressed, as they often were, and using a hand bell to attract the attention of all those around him, the town crier makes the announcement of what is taking place in the Historic Area. Click here to learn more about visiting  Colonial Williamsburg If you enoyed this post you may also like:


The main characters of which play by Henrik Ibsen are Dr. Thomas Stockmann, his wife and three children, and Peter Stockmann, the Mayor, who is his elder brother?

SparkNotes: An Enemy of the People: Characters An Enemy of the People Henrik Ibsen Summary Act I Doctor Thomas Stockmann  -  A practicing medical doctor, the medical officer of the town baths, and the brother of the mayor, who got him the job at the baths. Stockmann is idealistic and excitable. For much of his life he was destitute and lived in the countryside; now he is happy to be fairly prosperous and living in a bustling town. Mrs. Katherine Stockmann  -  Dr. Stockmann's wife. She is loyal and practical and often encourages her husband to think of his family when he is being rash. Morten Kiil is her adoptive father, or grandfather, depending on translation. Petra Stockmann -  The daughter of Thomas and Katherine, Petra is as idealistic as her father. She is a hard-working teacher, and she is frustrated that the law requires her to teach things she doesn't believe in. Peter Stockmann  -  Peter is Dr. Stockmann's brother. He is also chairman of the baths committee. He is a cautious but sometimes ruthless politician. Hovstad -  Hovstad is editor of The People's Herald, the town's leftist newspaper. Although slightly corrupt, he is at heart a political radical. Aslaksen -  Aslaksen is the newspaper's printer. Because he lets the paper print on credit, he has a degree of editorial control. He is also the chairman of the homeowners association, which represents the town's small business class, the majority of voters. He also has great influence with the Temperance Society, and he is a lover of moderation. Billing -  An assistant at the newspaper, he is a radical, like Hovstad, but he is also ambitious and plans to run for office. He is in some way courting Petra. Captain Horster -  A ship captain who has little interest in local politics, Horster provides the hall for Doctor Stockmann's speech, but he is fired from his ship as a result. Morten Kiil -  A rich old man, Kiil owns several of the tanneries that Dr. Stockmann implicates in his water pollution report. He is the adoptive father or grandfather (depending on the translation) of Mrs. Stockmann, and his will assigns a good deal of wealth to her and her children. More Help


What nationality was J Landy, who broke Roger Bannister's record for the mile of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds by recording 3 minutes 58 seconds on 21 June 1954?

Roger Bannister Explained Roger Bannister Explained Weight: 11 st 0 lbs Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE (born 23 March 1929) is an English former middle-distance athlete , physician and academic, who ran the first sub- four-minute mile . In the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres but finished fourth. This strengthened his resolve to be the first 4-minute miler. He achieved this feat on 6 May 1954 at Iffley Road track in Oxford , with Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher providing the pacing. When the announcer declared "The time was three...", the cheers of the crowd drowned out Bannister's exact time, which was 3 min 59.4 sec. Bannister's record lasted just 46 days. He had reached this record with minimal training, while practising as a junior doctor. Bannister went on to become a distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford , before retiring in 1993. When asked whether the 4-minute mile was his proudest achievement, he said he felt prouder of his contribution to academic medicine through research into the responses of the nervous system. Bannister is patron of the MSA Trust. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011. [2] Early life and education Bannister was born in Harrow , England. He went to Vaughan Primary School in Harrow and continued his education at City of Bath Boys' School and University College School , London; followed by medical school at the University of Oxford ( Exeter College and Merton College [3] ) and at St Mary's Hospital Medical School (now part of Imperial College London ). Early running career Bannister was inspired by miler Sydney Wooderson 's remarkable comeback in 1945. Eight years after setting the mile record and seeing it surpassed during the war years by the great Swedish runners Arne Andersson and Gunder Hägg , Wooderson regained his old form and challenged Andersson over the distance in several races. Wooderson lost to Andersson but set a British record of 4:04.2 in Gothenburg on 9 September. Like Wooderson, Bannister would ultimately set a mile record, see it broken, and then set a new personal best slower than the new record. Bannister started his running career at Oxford in the autumn of 1946 at the age of 17. He had never worn running spikes previously or run on a track. His training was light, even compared to the standards of the day, but he showed promise in running a mile in 1947 in 4:24.6 on only three weekly half-hour training sessions. He was selected as an Olympic "possible" in 1948 but declined as he felt he was not ready to compete at that level. However, he was further inspired to become a great miler by watching the 1948 Olympics . He set his training goals on the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki . In 1949, he improved in the 880 yards to 1:52.7 and won several mile races in 4:11. Then, after a period of six weeks with no training, he came in third at White City in 4:14.2. The year 1950 saw more improvements as he finished a relatively slow 4:13 mile on 1 July with an impressive 57.5 last quarter. Then, he ran the AAA 880 in 1:52.1, losing to Arthur Wint , and then ran 1:50.7 for the 800 m at the European Championships on 26 August, placing third. Chastened by this lack of success, Bannister started to train harder and more seriously. His increased attention to training paid quick dividends, as he won a mile race in 4:09.9 on 30 December. Then in 1951 at the Penn Relays , Bannister broke away from the pack with a 56.7 final lap, finishing in 4:08.3. Then, in his biggest test to date, he won a mile race on 14 July in 4:07.8 at the AAA Championships at White City before 47,000 people. The time set a meet record and he defeated defending champion Bill Nankeville in the process. Bannister suffered defeat, however, when Yugoslavia 's Andrija Otenhajmer, aware of Bannister's final-lap kick, took a 1500 m race in Belgrade 25 August out at near-record pace, forcing Bannister to close the gap by the bell lap. Otenhajmer won in 3:47.0, though Bannister set a personal best finishing second in 3:48.4. Bannister was no longe


Tansu Ciller became the first female Prime Minister of which Muslim country in 1993?

Profile : Turkey's First Female Prime Minister Is No Wallflower : Self-confident and reformist, she symbolizes her country's switch to youth and dynamism. - latimes Profile : Turkey's First Female Prime Minister Is No Wallflower : Self-confident and reformist, she symbolizes her country's switch to youth and dynamism. June 22, 1993 |HUGH POPE | SPECIAL TO THE TIMES ISTANBUL, Turkey — Tansu Ciller, soon to become the first woman prime minister of Turkey, has never harbored much doubt as to her abilities. And that's the way the 60 million people of this male-dominated, Muslim country like to have their leaders. "I have never lost any major battle I have entered," she boldly declared to viewers of her first live television debate--a belief that must have been reinforced by her surprise showing nine days ago when she won the leadership of Turkey's ruling conservative True Path Party. For Ciller, born into an ordinary upper-middle-class Istanbul family, it was ever thus. As a teen-age bride she persuaded her husband to take her surname, not his--virtually unprecedented in this traditional country. At the age of 36, she was appointed Turkey's youngest professor at its most prestigious university. And unlike other Muslim women leaders like Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto or Bangladesh's Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, her rise to power in just three years of full-time politics owes nothing to any famous male relation. In a main reception room of her house in the Turkish capital, Ankara, the 47-year-old, U.S.-educated Ciller has even hung a magazine cover featuring a caricature of herself in armor over a caption describing her as Turkey's Joan of Arc. Her compatriots are rejoicing that at last they have a leader who seems to symbolize Turkey's youthful dynamism, sweeping aside the dull old men in business suits who had appeared ready to dominate the country after the decline and death in April of reformist President Turgut Ozal. "The World Is Now Talking Turkey," boasted one headline here as Ciller set about forming her first Cabinet. Others proclaimed, "It's a Festival for Tansu" and "Ours Is the Prettiest." The Istanbul stock market soared a record 10% in a single day's trading in the wake of Ciller's triumph. Everywhere, Turks are talking about a spirit of political change--a hand-over of power in all the major parties to a new generation of leaders, acceptance of the need to overhaul the state-dominated economy, a shift from rural to urban priorities and a recognition of women's advances in Turkish society. There is even a subtle shift in power from the strait-laced Ankara, Turkey's capital since the declaration of the republic in 1923, to Ciller's home base of Istanbul--a dynamic metropolis of 10 million, the country's financial center and a re-emerging regional hub that was once capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires. "It's almost too much. Shouldn't we be worried that change for change's sake will risk giving us the same exaggerated expectations that are now haunting the Clinton Administration in America?" asked Ahmet Tan, a Turkish commentator and broadcaster. In fact, Turks don't know quite what to expect from their prime minister-designate. In theory, she stands for an ideology of what she called "nationalist reformism." She favors faster privatization of the state sector--an urgent priority if she is to stanch a hemorrhaging national budget that is pushing Turkey's 65% annual inflation rate even higher. Her track record as minister of state in charge of the economy during the past 20 months is less than stellar. In part, she has been hamstrung by a coalition with the Social Democratic Populist Party--an arrangement she may have to continue. One option may be for her to announce an early general election, expecting in view of her sudden surge of popularity to take more than the 28% of the vote won by the True Path Party in 1991. Domestic politics is not her only problem, however. Her headstrong and sometimes arrogant style has alienated top Turkish bureaucrats. She also has a hard-line approach to the Kurdish insurgenc


Making their record debut in 1989, what were Squire, Mani, Reni and Brown collectively known as?

The Story Behind The Stone Roses' Seminal Debut Album 0shares Press An album’s greatness can be measured by the number of generations it influences, and The Stone Roses ‘ debut has enjoyed multiple resurgences since its release. The most prominent was during Britpop, a cultural movement that wouldn’t have existed without the poppy and positive sound of the Roses-led baggy scene that came before it. It would have had different figureheads, too, as the Gallagher brothers and Damon Albarn have all credited The Stone Roses with igniting their interest in music. But ‘The Stone Roses’ lives on more broadly, too. Any band that’s ever decided – consciously or otherwise – to fuse rock and dance music is cribbing from the work the Roses did in the late ’80s. Squire, Reni and Mani are all maestros on their instruments and made a then-daring collision of genres seem effortless. But, really, the most timeless aspect of the album is the lyrics. Ian Brown gets a lot of shit for his vocal ability, but that’s like slagging off a great author for his handwriting. The important things here are the mood and the message, and the Roses singer is an underrated philosopher. Many great songs contain a meaning that’s poignant whenever and wherever they’re played because they speak to fundamental aspects of the human condition: Pulp ‘s ‘Common People’, LCD Soundsystem ‘s ‘All My Friends’, Bruce Springsteen ‘s ‘Born To Run’. On ‘The Stone Roses’ there are 11 of them. Optimism and hope reign supreme. The Artwork The Stone Roses’ love of Jackson Pollock was well known prior to the release of the band’s debut. Two of the singles that came before it – ‘Elephant Stone’ In October 1988 and ‘Made Of Stone’ in February 1989 – both featured B-sides (‘Full Fathom Five’ and ‘Going Down’ respectively) that referenced the American artist in the lyrics, and featured Pollock-inspired artwork by John Squire. For the album, Squire produced a painting titled ‘Bye Bye Badman’ that was his take on the May 1968 Paris riots. So it’s obvious why the French flag is on there. But why the lemons? Ian Brown explains: “When we were in Paris we met this 65-year-old man who told us that if you suck a lemon it cancels out the effects of CS gas. He still thought that the government in France could be overthrown one day; he’d been there in ’68 and everything. So he always carried a lemon with him so he could help out at the front. Sixty-five – what a brilliant attitude.” The Lyrics Throughout ‘The Stone Roses’, Ian Brown softly delivers lyrics that combine anger at the monarchy (“It’s curtains for you, Elizabeth my dear“) and the government (“Every member of parliament trips on glue“) with sacrilegious arrogance (“I am the resurrection and I am the light“) and the unbridled optimism of talented youth (“Sometimes I fantasise, when the streets are cold and lonely and the cars they burn below me“). These are mood-lifting and perspective-changing anthems. Best of all, from ‘She Bangs The Drums’, “The past was yours but the future’s mine“. Any young person who doesn’t have that attitude is doing it wrong. The Studio One of the myths around The Stone Roses is that their success came out of nowhere. But the band formed in 1983, six years before their debut came out, and had been through a lengthy process of trying out different sounds, line-ups and and band names. Nothing they did was simple. The same went for picking a studio to record ‘The Stone Roses’ in. It was made in between June 1988 and February 1989, and spread between Stockport’s Coconut Grove Studios, Battery Studios and Konk Studios in London, and Rockfield Studios in Wales. One constant producer was John Leckie, who’d worked on ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’, Pink Floyd’s ‘Meddle’ and ‘Real Life’ by Magazine. He described the Roses as a band who were “very well rehearsed” and keen to “try lots of things”. The Recording Sessions On the first day of recording, Reni was late and had to borrow £10 from producer John Leckie to get there in reasonable time. Yet Leckie has positive memories of the band: “They weren’t frightened. Wh


In 1818 Bernadotte became King Charles XIV of Sweden due to the influence of whom?

Charles XIII | king of Sweden | Britannica.com king of Sweden Alternative Titles: Carl XIII, Karl II, Karl XIII Charles XIII Charles XIV John Charles XIII, Swedish Karl, or Carl (born Oct. 7, 1748, Stockholm —died Feb. 5, 1818, Stockholm), king of Sweden from 1809 and, from 1814 to 1818, first king of the union of Sweden and Norway (called Karl II in Norway). The second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden, he was created duke of Södermanland by his elder brother, King Gustav III , and later served as admiral of the fleet during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90). In 1792, after the murder of his brother, he became regent for his nephew, the 13-year-old Gustav IV . Charles was little gifted and lacked strength of character, so that real power passed to advisers until Gustav himself began to exert influence. The latter’s unsuccessful policy during the Napoleonic Wars resulted in his deposition in March 1809. Charles, prematurely aged and childless, was elected king in his place, but by the end of 1809 he was in failing health. The Riksdag (parliament) provided for the succession by naming Duke Christian August (later Charles August ) heir apparent, and, on his early death in 1810, one of Napoleon’s marshals, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte , whom Charles adopted as his son. From then until his death, Charles was eclipsed by the crown prince, even in his symbolic role. Charles XIII of Sweden and Norway, detail from an oil painting by Per Krafft the Younger, 1812; in … Courtesy of the Svenska Portrattarkivet, Stockholm Learn More in these related articles: