Which detective was in charge of the hunt for the Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs?

The Great Train Robbery Investigation - How the Great Train Robbery Worked | HowStuffWorks How the Great Train Robbery Worked Hulton Archive/ Getty Images Just two days after the robbery, the Flying Squad was created from the best detectives of Scotland Yard and was charged with finding the criminals behind the Great Train Robbery. Detective Chief Superintendent Tommy Butler, known around Scotland Yard for his professionalism and thoroughness, was assigned to be the squad's chief. Among the team of detectives was Jack Slipper, a tall man with a pencil moustache who would become a household name for his work on the case and his cat -and- mouse chases with Ronnie Biggs. The Flying Squad's first break in the case came eight days after its investigation began. A suspicious vehicle was reported at an old farmhouse about 30 miles (48.28 km) from the scene of the crime. The old farmhouse -- Leatherslade Farm -- was the same one that the men used as their safe house. Food , sleeping bags and bedding were found in the house, along with bank note wrappers and post office sacks. Fingerprints were found on a bottle of ketchup and on the Monopoly game the men had played with some of the £1, £5 and £10 notes they had stolen. Up Next How Prisons Work Within a day of the discovery of the fingerprints, Roger Cordrey was arrested. In a week, Charlie Wilson was arrested in London and police were on to Bruce Reynolds, Jimmy White, Roy James and Buster Edwards. Biggs' fingerprint was found on a bottle of ketchup in the safe house and he was arrested on Sept. 4, 1963. Ronnie Biggs, Charlie Wilson, Tommy Wisbey, Jim Hussey and Bob Welch were all sent to Bedford prison to await trial. While in prison, they learned that Goody had been questioned but let go for insufficient evidence. However, several weeks later, he, too, was arrested, charged and sent to Bedford. Three of the suspects arrested in connection with the Great Train Robbery are photographed leaving Linslade court with blankets over their heads. Central Press/ Getty Images Two months after arriving at Bedford, Biggs was planning his escape but would have to wait -- the group was transferred to Aylesbury prison and security was tight. During their time at Aylesbury, they learned evidence against them was strong and Biggs again began to plot escape. But he was foiled when one of his friends got cold feet. By December of that year, John Wheater, Brian Fields, John Daly and Roy James were arrested -- James in a spectacular chase across neighborhood rooftops before his capture. Bruce Reynolds evaded arrest until 1969. Twelve of the 15 robbers were eventually caught and brought to trial. But how were they sentenced, and did any escape? Find out in the next section.


What C is the alternative name for the Water Moccasin,the U.S.A.’s only venomous water snake?

082014 page 1 8 by The Ballard County Weekly - issuu issuu ‘In God We Trust’ www.ballardcountyweekly.com Wickliffe Harvest Festival gets a new look The tradition of the annual Wickliffe Harvest Festival continues, but with a lot more events and for a great cause. The dates are different than in previous years, it will be held September 11th – 13th. All proceeds from this year’s festival are being deposited into a Parks and Recreation fund to help pay for Wickliffe Rides, BBQ competition, 5K, live bands, poker run and traditional events set for festival City Park beautification, updates, and hopefully new playground equipment. These funds will also help the festival continue with bigger and better events. This year features amusement park rides from Playland Amusements that will arrive Thursday afternoon. Playland will also have your favorite carnival foods: corn dogs, funnel cakes, etc. Tickets or armbands will be available for purchase in the park. Rides will be available from Thursday until Saturday night. The usual (and new) food and craft vendors will begin setting up on Thursday and Friday. BMHS Band Boosters will feature corn-hole games starting Friday night, giving winners a chance at a gift card prize.Friday afternoon “The Petting Place” petting zoo will be set up with $2.00 admission price, $1.00 to feed the animals, and $4.00 for pony rides. They will See HARVEST on Page 2 Barlow to get learning center Several months ago, some 25 computers were donated to the county through Murray State University and a Broadband Grant. The reality for Ballard County residents is that the grant is about to hit home. Barlow City Hall Annex has been designated as the location for 15 of the new computers and become the county’s E-learning Center. Along with the grant is enough money for an attendant to be available 20 hours a week to assist in the operation of the center through the end of 2014 with the hope of providing the assistance through 2015. The work on the annex is to start right away and be completed by month’s end. At the end of December the computers will become property of Barlow. The city hopes to coordinate the primary hours of operations too the convenience of the seniors visiting the Senior Citizen Center and have some one available to assist them during those hours. The center will also be able to be scheduled for larger groups requiring multiple computer access. WEDNESDAY August 20, 2014 Vol. 11, No. 27 THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLY The Only Newspaper In The World Published just for YOU. HELLO! to ----------- Get your Subscription Today! WEEKLY DEADLINE IS 3 PM ON FRIDAYS Except for advertising, all articles, photos or information submitted Friday will be published on a space available basis only. BRIEFS Aug. 22 The Ballard Memorial High School Bombers will kick off their 2014 football season with a game against McLean County. The team’s first home game will be Aug. 29 against Fulton City. Aug 25 TCBW Photo Nikki Tyler (left) Emily Story Doublin (center) and Shea Swenney have joined Tray McDaniel in bring a full service salon to Wickliffe. Salon Time! T’s Beauty Boutique brings salon service to Wickliffe Women of Ballard County can breathe a sigh of relief. Help is on the way. A full service salon is now open in Wickliffe. T’s Beauty Boutque. It’s no longer necessary to make trips to Paducah for the newest trends and skincare needs. Located at 459 Wisconsin, owner Tray McDanel, director of the cosmotolgy department at WKTCT, has recruited cosomtologist Nikki Tyler, Shea Swenney and Emily Story Doublin in her new business venture. T’s offers; manicures and pedicures with shellac and parafinn treatments, three types of facials and tanning along with all hair services. Coming soon to T’s! Clothing, Accessories and Much More! T’s Beauty Boutique, where they “strive for execellent customer service and great qualty of work where everone leaves feeling Bueatiful and Relaxed.” Walk-ins are always welcome or call (270)335-3434 to schedule your appointment. KWRC helping move the County forward BARLOW – The Kentucky Work Ready


What was the name of the sheepdog in the Perishers cartoon strip?

The Perishers The Perishers , written by Maurice Dodd , drawn by Dennis Collins , and they have appeared in Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper since the 1960s at least. Perhaps because this is a British strip, searching the internet turns up very little information about it. Its debt to Peanuts seems indisputable, and certainly when Charles Schultz died, Maurice Dodd acknowledged in his tribute that he had had to modify his original strip to avoid too close a likeness to Peanuts . But however derivative the initial inspiration may have been, the tone of voice of the British strip is quite distinct from that of its American equivalent. The title itself makes this clear: the term "perisher", according to Chambers, is a slang expression for "a reprehensible or annoying person", a rather old-fashioned word even when the strip was young, but often used in a tone of irritated affection (or affectionate irritation). A feature which marks the British strip off from the American version is its refusal to view the children with any sentimentality whatsoever. This strip catches the core personnel of the strip at the end of the school day, and gives a characteristic sample of its humour. The running gag is that Baby Grumpling, accustomed to waiting for the older children outside the school railings, interprets their time "behind bars" as incarceration, and greets their release with exaggerated joy. In this particular example, the humour of this misunderstanding is pointed out by piling on slang expressions for imprisonment and escape: Wellington, the intellectual, leads the way "We are not crashin' out or makin' a break", while Maisie makes sure of the last word, for the benefit of any reader still unsure what the joke is: "We have not been doin' porridge." There is little for Marlon to do here but assent, but another of the series' running gags places him at centre stage: Wellington plays the straight man, allowing the other three to express their personalities and backgrounds through the sandwiches they have brought to school in their packed lunch. Maisie is in many ways an old-fashioned girl, and her unappetising combination of "drippin' and banana" indulges two treats of a generation earlier (dripping, the fat saved from roast meat and spread on bread, and bananas, a variety of fruit notoriously unavailable in war-time Britain: but this strip bears a 1971 copyright!). The punningly named Fiscal Yere, one of the cast's regular "guest stars", and usually drawn "smoking" a chocolate cigar as a sign of his family's extreme wealth, here transforms that symbol of affluence into sandwiches. And Marlon, whose obtuseness more often makes him the butt of the punchlines, here gets the last word, as he yet again produces his inch-thick tomato-ketchup sandwiches, which he persists in regarding as a foodstuff rather than an offensive weapon, despite the impossibility of biting into them without splattering all in the vicinity with gore. Dim though Marlon is, Maisie finds him irresistible, and pursues him relentlessly; sometimes her passion is the whole point of the strip, sometimes it merely serves to keep the characters in motion as they deliver their stand-up routines. Here the characters race down the steps from the metal bridge, past the front door with the milk bottles and down to the arch at the end of the street, through a continuous townscape in which the three panel frames divide not space but time, setting the rhythm which allows the joke maximum effect: "Just what kind of idiot are you going to grow up to be?" is treated by Marlon not as rhetoric, but as a serious career choice. It is a sign of the innate conservatism of the strip that Maisie, unstoppable in her determination to be May Queen, dreams of the future only in terms of romance, her only toy a doll's pram. Marlon has professional ambitions: "I'm goin' back to my original plan of bein' a brain surgeon. Or maybe a bloke wot goes down sewers in big rubber boots." "Oh, not that again. Marlon, I don't wish to discourage you, goodness knows, but have you thought this thing throug


What was the title used by the British Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830?

History of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - GOV.UK GOV.UK Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Tory 1834 to 1834, 1828 to 1830 Born 1 May 1769, Dublin, Ireland Died 14 September 1852, Walmer Castle, Kent Dates in office 1834 to 1834, 1828 to 1830 Political party Roman Catholic Relief Act: removed many of the restrictions on Roman Catholicism in the UK. Interesting facts He is famous for his major role in the Napoleonic wars. Wellington boots are named after him. After his first Cabinet meeting as PM: “An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.” Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington is today more famous as a soldier than as a politician. In fact, as the Prime Minister, he was known for his measures to repress reform, and his popularity sank a little during his time in office. The Duke of Wellington was born in Dublin to the Earl and Countess of Mornington. Fatherless at an early age, and neglected by his mother, he was a reserved, withdrawn child. He failed to shine at Eton, and instead attended private classes in Brussels, followed by a military school in Angers. Ironically, the young duke had no desire for a military career. Instead he wished to pursue his love of music. Following his mother’s wishes, however, he joined a Highland regiment. He fought at Flanders in 1794, and directed the campaign in India in 1796, where his elder brother was Governor General. Knighted for his efforts, he returned to England in 1805. In 1806 he was elected Member of Parliament for Rye, and within a year he was appointed Chief Secretary of Ireland by the Duke of Portland . He continued with his military career despite his parliamentary duties, fighting campaigns in Portugal and France, and being made commander of the British Army in the Peninsular War. He was given the title Duke of Wellington in 1814, and went on to command his most celebrated campaigns in the Napoleonic Wars, with final victory at Waterloo in 1815. When he returned to Britain he was treated as a hero, formally honoured, and presented with both an estate in Hampshire and a fortune of £400,000. After the Battle of Waterloo, he became Commander in Chief of the army in occupied France until November 1818. He then returned to England and Parliament, and joined Lord Liverpool ’s government in 1819 as Master General of the Ordnance. He undertook a number of diplomatic visits overseas, including a trip to Russia. In 1828, after twice being overlooked in favour of Canning and Goderich , the Duke of Wellington was finally invited by King George IV to form his own government and set about forming his Cabinet. As Prime Minister, he was very conservative; known for his measures to repress reform, his popularity sank a little during his time in office. Yet one of his first achievements was overseeing Catholic emancipation in 1829, the granting of almost full civil rights to Catholics in the United Kingdom. Feelings ran very high on the issue. The duke persuaded the King only by his threat of resignation. Lord Winchilsea, an opponent of the bill, claimed that by granting freedoms to Catholics Wellington “treacherously plotted the destruction of the Protestant constitution”. As a result, he and Winchilsea fought a duel in Battersea Park in March 1829. They deliberately missed each other in firing, and honour was satisfied. The duke had a much less enlightened position on parliamentary reform. He defended rule by the elite and refused to expand the political franchise. His fear of mob rule was enhanced by the riots and sabotage that followed rising rural unemployment. His opposition to reform caused his popularity to plummet to such an extent that crowds gathered to throw missiles at his London home. The government was defeated in the Commons, and the duke resigned, to be replaced by Earl Grey . He continued to fight reform in opposition, though he finally consented to the Great Reform Bill in 1832. Two years later he refused a second invitation to form a government, and instead joined Sir Peel ’s ministry as Foreign Se


Around which city did Charles I make his H.Q. during the Civil War?

BBC - History : British History Timeline August 1604 James I ends the war with Spain One of James I's first acts of foreign policy was to end the long war with Spain, which had continued intermittently for 20 years. The resulting Treaty of London was largely favourable to Spain, but was also an acknowledgement by the Spanish that their hopes of bringing England under Spanish control were over. The end of the war greatly eased the English government's near bankrupt financial state. England and Spain were at peace for the next 50 years. 5 November 1605 Gunpowder Plot to assassinate James I is discovered In 1604, a group of English Catholics, angered by James I's failure to relax the penal laws against their co-religionists, hatched a plot to blow up the king and parliament by igniting gunpowder barrels concealed in a vault beneath the building. The plot was discovered before it could be carried out. The conspirators, including Guy Fawkes after whom the plot is often known, were either killed resisting arrest, or captured and then executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered. September 1607 Irish Earls flee to the continent fearing arrest Following their defeat in the Nine Years' War, Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Rory O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell were treated leniently by the victorious English government of Ireland and allowed to retain their lands and titles. But in 1605, the new lord deputy, Arthur Chichester, began to restrict their authority. Fearing arrest, the two fled to the continent with 90 family members and followers - the 'Flight of the Earls'. This marked the end of the power of Ireland’s Gaelic aristocracy. 1609 Plantation of Ulster sees Protestants moving onto confiscated Irish land In the wake of the Nine Years' War, James I determined to secure Ulster for the Crown through a systematic settlement programme. Protestants from England and Scotland were encouraged to move to Ulster, cultivate the land and establish towns. These 'planters' moved onto land confiscated from its Gaelic Catholic inhabitants. The plantation was often organised through guilds and corporations. The London companies were granted the city of Derry, thereafter known as Londonderry.   1611 'King James Bible' is published By the end of the 16th century, there were several different English bibles in circulation and the church authorities felt a definitive version was needed. The 'Authorised Version of the Bible' (also known as the 'King James Bible') was commissioned in 1604. It became the most famous English translation of the scriptures and had a profound impact on the English language. 14 February 1613 James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederick V, Elector Palatine The eldest daughter of James I and Anne of Denmark, Princess Elizabeth, was widely admired for her beauty, spirit and charm. She married Frederick V, Elector of the Rhine Palatinate, at the age of 16 and travelled with him to Heidelberg. Six years later, Frederick was elected king of Bohemia, but he and Elizabeth were driven out of the country by Catholic forces soon afterwards. It was through Elizabeth's descendants that the House of Hanover came to inherit the English throne. 23 April 1616 William Shakespeare dies William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, popular in his time but subsequently regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote numerous sonnets and poems as well as more than 30 plays, including 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'The Merchant of Venice', 'Henry V', 'Richard III', 'Romeo and Juliet, 'Macbeth', 'Hamlet' and 'King Lear'. 1619 First record of Africans in British North American colonies The first Africans who arrived in Jamestown, Virginia were not slaves but indentured servants. However, over the course of the 17th century their status gradually shifted so that more and more became slaves. Race-based slavery soon became central to the economy of the British colonies in North America. August 1620 'Pilgrim Fathers' sail for America in the 'Mayflower' A group attempting to escape religious persecution in England sail


What became the world’s tallest building in 1311 A.D.?

World's tallest building World's tallest building Last Edited: 23rd March, 2015 This essay has been submitted by a student. This is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers. On 4th of January,2010,Dubai,where there was only wind-blown litter a generation ago, witnessed the opening ceremony of the world's tallest building,"Burj Khalifa". A brilliant work of art with difficult structural problems took 1,325 days to completion since the start of the excavation work in January,2004. "Burj Khalifa" has returned the name of the "World's Tallest Structure" back to the Middle-Eastern structures where the Great Pyramid of Giza claimed that honor for millions of years before the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in England in 1311. It is amazing to know that the triple-lobed foot print is inspired from the desert flower "Hymenocallis" which is common in Dubai. Being located in Dubai,UAE,the tower was influenced by Islamic and middle-eastern architecture.This influence resulted in the tri-axial geometry of Burj Khalifa. The tower consists of three wings arranged around the a central core in the shape of Y.As the tower rises from the flat desert ground, setbacks occur through the 26 helical levels decreasing the cross-section of the tower as it spirals skywards. The Y-shape plan is ideal for residential and hotel usage maximizing outwards view and inward natural light.Plus,it allows maximum view of the Arabic Gulf. As a super-tall structure, there were many difficult structural problems.To ensure safety and effectiveness of the selected design,a model of the building was subjected to extensive peer program. Designers used the "buttressed core" in "Burj Khalifa" consisting of a hexagonal hub buttressed by three wings bracing each other forming the Y-shape. Not only bracing each other but acting as a tripod base which is more stable than a four-cornered base. The corridor walls of the wings extending from the central core to the end of each wind terminate in a thickened hammer head walls. The main purpose of the Y-shape is to reduce the wind effects as well as keeping the structure simple, safe and foster constructability. The result is a stiff tower that can support itself laterally and overcomes twisting. Setbacks in each tier occur in a spiral stepping pattern up the building. These setbacks confuse the wind as the wind vortices never get organized because at each tier the building has different shape. The hexagonal core provides the essential torsional resistance like a closed tube .The wing walls and hammer head walls behave as webs and flanges of a beam resisting wind shears and moments. Specific strength of concrete walls ranges from C60 to C80 cube strength using Portland cement and fly ash. The C80 concrete used in the lower portion of the building has a specified Young's Elastic Modulus (E) of 43,800 N/mm2 after 90 days. Wall and column sizes were determined using Virtual work/LaGrange multiplier methodology which results in very efficient structure. Wall thickness and column sizes are adjusted to reduce the effect of concrete creep and shrinkage. To reduce the effect of differential column shortening between perimeter columns and interior walls,the size of perimeter columns were adjusted such that the self-weight gravity stress acting on it is equal to that stress on the interior walls. As shrinkage in concrete occurs faster in thinner elements ,the perimeter columns had the same thickness of interior corridor walls(600 mm)to ensure that both columns and walls will shorten by the same rate due to concrete shrinkage. That super-structure had foundations consisting of a reinforced concrete raft of thickness 3.7 meters supported by 194 piles. Pouring the raft was divided into four separate pours. Self consolidated concrete (SCC)of C50 cube strength was used. Each pile is 1.5 meters diameter; 43 meter long buried more than 50 meters deep. Piles were designed to support 3,000 tons each and while load tests, they supported over 6,000 tons. Unfortunately,the tower's substructure is constructed in a grou


In which British city can you find the Spinnaker Tower?

How to find us | Spinnaker Tower How to find us Home / Plan Your Visit / How to find us How to find us Emirates Spinnaker Tower is situated on the waterfront of Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth. With excellent transport links and convenient car parking, the Tower is easily accessible. BY CAR The M27, A27 and A3(M) connect Portsmouth Harbour with the rest of Britain’s motorway network. Come into Portsmouth on the M275 and follow the brown signs to the Historic Waterfront, and then Emirates Spinnaker Tower. This will lead you directly to the 1450 space Gunwharf Quays underground car park. On peak days, further parking can be found around the city of Portsmouth within easy walking distance. Alternatively, Portsmouth’s new Park and Ride scheme allows you to leave your car at the edge of the city and pick up a bus directly into the Hard Interchange adjacent to Emirates Spinnaker Tower. Visit Portsmouth City Council’s Park and Ride website for more information. BY TRAIN Portsmouth Harbour railway station is situated beside Emirates Spinnaker Tower with direct connections to London and across the UK. Traveling in a small group? You can save money with  South West Trains GroupSave  discount – 3 or 4 people travel together off-peak, only 2 pay. You can add up to 4 accompanying children for just £1.00 each! Book your GroupSave tickets  online  or at your nearest station or simply call 0845 6000 650. BY BUS OR COACH Many local and regional bus services stop at the Hard Interchange (adjacent to Emirates Spinnaker Tower). Please visit First Bus or Stagecoach bus services’ websites for the most up to date routes and timetables. There is a coach drop-off and pick-up point on the Gunwharf Quays site. Download our  Coach Parking Guide , an all you need-to-know guide about coach parking in Portsmouth.


Odette is the central character of which ballet?

Odette (Character) Odette (Character) from Schwanensee (1966) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. There may be more photos available for this character. To select more photos to be displayed in this character's gallery, click the Edit Photos link. Overview This character biography is empty. Please add a character biography by clicking here. Alternate Names: Adult Princess Odette / Ode / Odette in 'Swan Lake' / Prima Ballerina / Prima Ballerina Sinelnikova / Princess Odetta / Princess Odette / Singing Princess Odette / The Swan Queen / The swan queen / Young Princess Odette Filmography ... aka "Le Lac des cygnes" - France (original title) ... aka "Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake" - International (English title) (DVD title) ... aka "Disneyland" - USA (original title) ... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" - USA (new title) ... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" - USA (new title) ... aka "The Magical World of Disney" - USA (new title) ... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" - USA (new title) ... aka "Walt Disney" - USA (new title) ... aka "Walt Disney Presents" - USA (new title)


Which ballet is sub-titled the Girl with the Enamel Eyes?

Coppelia Girl with the Enamel Eyes 1870 a sentimental comic - DANCE - 45 View Full Document Coppelia, Girl with the Enamel Eyes, 1870- a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuittier and music by Léo Delibes . It was based upon a macabre story by E.T.A. Hoffmann entitled " Der Sandmann " ("The Sandman"), published in 1815. The ballet premiered May 25 , 1870 at the Paris Opera , with Giuseppina Bozzachi in the title role. Its first flush of success was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War and the siege of Paris, but eventually it became the most-performed ballet at the Opera Garnier . Swanilda, Frantz Arthur Saint-Leon- the Maître de Ballet of St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet from 1859 until 1869 ; famous for creating the choreography of the ballet Coppélia . Giuseppina Bozzacchi Franco-Prussian War Imperial Russian Ballet- The Mariinsky Ballet, affiliated with the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg , is one of the most famous ballet companies in history. The company was known as This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full                             Document the Imperial Ballet until the early 20th century. Following the assassination of Sergei Kirov , they were renamed Kirov Ballet but reverted to the original name after the fall of the Communism. It was for this company that the great choreographer Marius Petipa staged quintessential works of classical ballet, notably the revisions of Giselle , Swan Lake , Le Corsaire and the original ballets Raymonda , The Nutcracker , La Bayadere , Don Quixote , Harlequinade , and The Sleeping Beauty . Tsar- a Slavonic term designating certain monarchs . Jean Baptiste Lande St. Petersburg [to Leningrad, to St. Petersburg]- s a city located in Northwestern Federal District of Russia on the delta of the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea . It is informally known as Piter and was formerly known as Petrograd and Leningrad. Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater- The Mariinsky Theatre and the Kirov Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named for Sergei Kirov is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in St Petersburg , Russia . The Mariinsky Theatre is named after Empress Maria Alexandrovna , wife of Tsar Alexander II . Moscow, Bolshoi Theater- is a theatre and opera company in Moscow , Russia , which gives performances of ballet and opera . Charles Didelot- was a French dancer and choreographer. The son of the dance maestro of the King of Sweden, he studied dance with his father and then in Paris with Jean Dauberval . He then followed his study with Jean-Georges Noverre . He arrived in Saint Petersburg in 1801 at the invitation of the director of the Imperial Theatres and he made his debute as the first dancer. His career ended in 1806 and from then on he taught dance, having an important influence over the development of ballet . Marius Petipa- was a ballet dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Marius Petipa is often given the title "Father of Classical Ballet", and is cited nearly unanimously by the most noted artists of the classical ballet to be the most influential balletmaster and choreographer that has ever lived. He choreographed Sleeping Beauty and Acts I and III of Swan Lake. ( Ivanov did II and IV) This is the end of the preview. Sign up to                   access the rest of the document. TERM Russian Revolution 1917: the revolution was against the Tsar, the Tsar controlled, fu dance 45


What forced Nijinsky to retire at a comparatively young age from ballet?

History History Sunningdale 1st January 1950 1890-1950 Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterizations. Considered among the great male dancers in history, Nijinsky had remarkable technical powers; his grands jet's, for example, created the illusion that he was suspended in midair. Nijinsky was probably born in 1890 in Kiev, where his parents were on tour. His mother, Eleonora Nicolaevna Bereda and his father, Thomas Lavrentievitch Nijinsky were dancers from Poland. They danced in theatres, opera houses, circuses and carnivals throughout the Slavic countries. Vaclav was the middle child. His elder brother, Stanislav, fell out of a window when a child and damaged his brain, as a result of which he became violent and disruptive and had to be institutionalised. His younger sister, Bronislava Nijinska, was later to become a famous dancer and choreographer in her own right. Vaclav was dancing with his parents' troupe in Kiev by the age of three and at four had his first public success. His father supervised his dance training, but when Vaclav was eight, his father left the family and went off with another woman by whom he had a child. Eleonora moved to St Petersburg and enrolled Nijinsky at the Imperial Ballet School in 1907. This was difficult for Nijinsky as he didn't speak Russian well (he had a strong Polish accent). His mother was protective of him and he was picked on by the other boys. Later he had academic and social problems. Nevertheless, as a dancer he was outstanding. He was not tall, about 5'4", but before he was 18, he had partnered Anna Pavlova in Don Giovanni. After graduation, having gained a reputation for a virtuoso technique, he joined the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet and made his first professional appearance in 1907. At first he came under the aristocratic patronage of Prince Pavel Lvov, but after about a year he became the prot'g of Sergei Pavlovitch Diaghilev. In 1908, both Nijinsky and his sister were contracted to appear in Paris for Diaghilev. Nijinsky's debut at La Pavilion d'Armide made him an instant celebrity. The Ballets Russes performances created a vogue for all things Russian. In 1911, Nijinsky joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes on a permanent basis, having been dismissed from the Imperial Ballet after appearing as Albrecht in Giselle in the costume he had worn in Paris, which he had been specifically instructed not to wear as it was considered skimpy and unsuitable for Russian audiences. Nijinsky was the first to portray the leading roles in Les sylphides (1909) and Sch-h-razade (1910) and Diaghilev commissioned Petrushka and Le Spectre de la Rose for him with choreography by Fokine. He also encouraged Nijinsky to choreograph his own ballets, L'Apres-midi d'un faune (1912), Jeux (1913) and Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1913). They were radical by contemporary ballet standards. L'Apres-midi was booed on its first night, but Diaghilev masterminded the publicity and ensured a subsequent sell-out. Le sacre du printemps caused riots at the first performance. It had caused anger in production as well. When Nijinksy discovered that his sister, who was to dance the Sacrifice, was pregnant he became violent and nearly killed her husband, Alexander Kotchetovsky. Diaghilev said (in 1913) that "I can no longer endure Nijinsky's unpredictable behaviour and violent outbursts." In 1913, when the troop went to South America, Diaghilev did not. A young Hungarian countess, Romola de Pulszka, did go. She had been following Nijinsky for 18 months, but she did not speak either Russian or Polish. Somehow this did not prove to be a problem and she married Nijinsky in Buenos Aires without telling his family or Diaghilev. She became pregnant almost immediately and Nijinsky became ill "in sympathy" and missed a performance in Rio. This gave the provoked Diaghilev a reason to sack him. It was almost impossible for a solo dancer to get work without an impresario to support him. In 1914 Nijinsky had a nervous breakdown. Altho


In the Universal films what was the name of Frankenstein’s hunchback?

Frankenstein in popular culture | Universal Monsters Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Frankenstein in popular culture Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster in Bride of Frankenstein . Mary Shelley 's novel Frankenstein , and the famous character of Frankenstein's monster have influenced popular culture for at least 100 years. The work has inspired numerous films, television programs, video games and derivative works. The character of the monster remains one of the most recognized icons in horror fiction . [1] Contents Edit The first film adaptation of Frankenstein in 1910 by Edison Studios. The first film adaptation of the tale, Frankenstein , was done by Edison Studios in 1910, written and directed by J. Searle Dawley , with Augustus Phillips as Frankenstein, Mary Fuerte as Elizabeth, and Charles Ogle as the Monster. The brief (16 min.) story has Frankenstein chemically create his creature in a vat. The monster haunts the scientist until Frankenstein's wedding night, when true love causes the creature to vanish. For many years, this film was believed lost. A collector announced in 1980 that he had acquired a print in the 1950s and had been unaware of its rarity. The Edison version was followed soon after by another adaptation entitled Life Without Soul (1915), directed by Joseph W. Smiley, starring William A. Cohill as Dr. William Frawley, a modern-day Frankenstein who creates a soulless man, played to much critical praise by Percy Standing , who wore little make-up in the role. The film was shot at various locations around the United States, and reputedly featured much spectacle. In the end, it turns out that a young man has dreamed the events of the film after falling asleep reading Mary Shelley's novel. This film is now considered a lost film . There was also at least one European film version, the Italian Il Mostro di Frankenstein ("The Monster of Frankenstein") in 1921. The film's producer Luciano Albertini essayed the role of Frankenstein, with the creature being played by Umberto Guarracino, and Eugenio Testa directing from a screenplay by Giovanni Drivetti. The film is also now considered a lost film. Universal Pictures See also Universal Monsters The most famous adaptation of the story, 1931 's Frankenstein , was produced by Universal Pictures , directed by James Whale , and starred Boris Karloff as the monster. The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry . Its sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein ( 1935 ), was also directed by Whale and is probably the most critically acclaimed of all the Universal horror films. It was followed by Son of Frankenstein in 1939 and The Ghost of Frankenstein in 1942 . The latter film marked the series' descent into B movie territory; later efforts by Universal combined two or more monsters, culminating in the comedy Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein . The Universal films in which The Monster appears (and the actors who played him) are: Frankenstein (1931 - Boris Karloff) Edit In Great Britain , a long-running series by Hammer Films focused on the character of Dr. Frankenstein (usually played by Peter Cushing ) rather than his monster. Peter Cushing played Dr. Frankenstein in all of the films except for Horror of Frankenstein in which the character was played by Ralph Bates . Cushing also played a creation in Revenge of Frankenstein. David Prowse played two different Monsters. The Hammer films are a series in the loosest sense, since there is only tenuous continuity between the films after the first two (which are carefully connected). Starting with The Evil of Frankenstein, the films are stand-alone stories with occasional vague references to previous films, much the way the James Bond films form a series. In some of the films, the Baron is a kindly, even heroic figure, while in others he is ruthless and cruel, and clearly the villain of the piece. The Hammer Films series (and the actor playing The Creature) consisted of: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell ( 1974 - David Prowse) In 1959, Hammer shot a half-hour pilot episode for a TV


Who played Professor Fate’s assistant, Max, in the Great Escape?

View All Photos (5) Movie Info Tony Curtis stars as The Great Leslie, a hero among heroes whose purity of heart is manifested by his spotlessly white wardrobe. Leslie's great rival, played by Jack Lemmon, is Professor Fate, a scowling, mustachioed, top-hatted, black-garbed villain. Long envious of Leslie's record-setting accomplishments with airships and sea craft, Professor Fate schemes to win a 22,000-mile auto race from New York City to Paris by whatever insidious means possible. The problem is that Fate is his own worst enemy: each of his plans to remove Leslie from the running (and from the face of the earth) backfires. Leslie's own cross to bear is suffragette Maggie Dubois (Natalie Wood), who also hopes to win the contest and thus strike a blow for feminism. The race takes all three contestants to the Wild West, the frozen wastes of Alaska, and, in the longest sequence, the mythical European kingdom of Carpania. This last-named country is the setting for a wild Prisoner of Zenda spoof involving Professor Fate and his look-alike, the foppish Carpanian king. When Leslie and Fate approach the finish line at the Eiffel Tower, Leslie deliberately loses to prove his love for Maggie. Professor Fate cannot stand winning under these circumstances, thus he demands that he and Leslie race back to New York. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk as Fate's long-suffering flunkey Max, Keenan Wynn as Leslie's faithful general factotum, Dorothy Provine as a brassy saloon singer, Larry Storch as ill-tempered bandit Texas Jack, and Ross Martin as Baron Von Stuppe. The film also yielded a hit song, Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's The Sweetheart Tree. The Great Race was dedicated to "Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy". Rating:


Which river did the English cross to fight the Battle of Agincourt 700 years ago?

Crecy CRECY - 26 August 1346 The first and biggest battle in which longbow men fought against knights and won against overwhelming numbers and repeated charges into the darkness. The  battle of Crécy was a resounding victory for the English longbow men during the 100-year war and was fought on 26 August 1346 by the Army of King Edward III and King Philip VI of France. A large army of King Philip VI of France numbering some 30,000 to 40,000  men, was in close pursuit of King Edward III. The latter had had to  cross the Somme river at a ford known as Blanchetacque, downstream of  Abbeville. This had to be undertaken at low tide, leaving a detachment  of the French army and Genoese crossbowmen on the North shore time to  prepare. Longbowmen were the first to wade in to a volley of crossbow  bolts. They overcame the opposition at considerable cost. The  English in turn now left a rearguard on the North shore while the tide  rose and stopped the main French army coming up behind them. The English  army moved swiftly North-west to take and despoil le Crotoy on the  other (North) shore of the Somme estuary. They also cleared much of the  countryside of resistance towards the East. The  main French Army, unable to make the crossing at the same ford, moved  South-eastwards inland to Abbeville. The following day much of the  French army, which included 6000 Genoese crossbowmen as well as some and  German mercenaries, proceeded North-west from Abbeville to the Crotoy.  Smoking fires had encouraged them into thinking the English were still  in the town and could be encircled. However, the English Army had moved  on and was already making defensive preparations for a battle at Crécy.  The considerable detour thereby made by the French army meant that by  the time it located the English, it had already marched an appreciable  distance.  In  the meantime the English Army numbering some 12,000 to 13,000 of which  6000 to 7000 were longbow men, was aligned on a ridge between Crécy and  Wadicourt. The ground in front of the Crécy-Wadicourt ridge slopes away  to a shallow valley with a small river. Just below the ridge the ground  has up to three terraces in some places. The steepest part of the ridge  is towards Crécy, while towards Wadicourt the fall of the ground softens  and is marshy at the bottom. Woods at either end afforded some  protection to the flanks, while a small wood behind the battle lines was  used to locate the baggage train. The battle line was some 2000 yards  (1830m) long, which given the numbers deployed was a comparatively  narrow front. King Edward had chosen his ground well and now made expert  use of it. The  English Army was drawn-up in three battle lines, two in the front-line  and one in reserve. Each line consisted of a centre of dismounted  knights and men at arms, flanked on both sides by forward curving wings  of archers. The English capitalised on the lie of the land and in its  occupation of the terraces. The forward line with equal numbers of  archers on its wings stood at the edge of the gradually rising ground.  The second line was nearer the ridge. The King held the third line a short distance back from the ridge itself and was quartered in a  windmill overlooking the whole of the battlefield. Given  the length of the front and the numbers it had to accommodate it is  likely that the English positioned their longbow men in wedge-shaped  formations. The wedge or harrow-formation was varied in order to take  account of the ground, but the majority of archers were on the flanks in  an open V formation pointing towards the adversary. Placed in  wedge-shaped ranks a thicker barrage of arrows was possible and this was  a vital contributor to the outcome of the battle. Each longbow man  carried two sheafs of 24 arrows. The method of re-supply was well  rehearsed with archers going a short distance for supplies, while others  took their place. Runners covered the distance between the archers and  the baggage train. The English army had good time to prepare


Which month of 2015 saw the 900th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta?

800th Anniversary Celebrations 2015 | Salisbury Cathedral Home » Magna Carta » 800 Anniversary Celebrations 2015 800th Anniversary Celebrations 2015 Magna Carta Commonwealth Project Our celebratory year began with the unification of the four surviving 1215 Magna Cartas in London from 2-5 February 2015, first at the British Library and the House of Lords. It was the first time the Salisbury Magna Carta had been on display outside our Cathedral, and one of the few times it has left the building at all.   200 national and international TV and radio pieces as well as 100 print and online pieces covered the event – which made the headlines around the world. 3900 people were lucky enough to get the chance to see the four charters together. 1215 of these were winners of an international ballot, some of whom flew into London especially for the occasion.   In March we opened a new exhibition – Magna Carta: Spirit of Justice, Power of Words. This involved redisplaying Magna Carta as the centrepiece of a display that touches on the charter’s story, the Salisbury Magna Carta and its survival as part of the Cathedral archive, and the legacy of Magna Carta around the world today. Over 200,000 people from around 100 countries have seen the new exhibition so far. The digital content was produced by 60 students from Bournemouth University working with our designers Haley Sharpe Design.   Neil Macgregor, then director of the British Museum gave our inaugural lecture, attended by 750 people. Our lecture series, presented in partnership with Sarum College also featured Rev. Robin Griffiths-Jones, Professors Chris Dyer, Lesley Smith, Nicholas Vincent and Dick Howard, Dominic Grieve, MP, and John Bercow and Lord Judge. Together they covered numerous facets of Magna Carta, from its history to its relevance today. In parallel, members of the Cathedral team gave Magna Carta talks to a total 7300 people.   Costumed interpreters brought the stories of social justice and injustice over the centuries to life in the cloister – where visitors met King John and Queen Isabella, suffragettes and others, and arts and crafts sessions saw people write with quills, make seals, and dip into the 13th century. Over 9000 school children got involved in Magna Carta activities across the year. In the city, Blue Badge guides created a special Magna Carta walk, Liberty, Justice and Power in Salisbury.   May saw a run of Shakespeare’s rarely performed King John in the Cathedral nave. This unforgettable event was a Globe Theatre production organised as part of the Salisbury International Arts Festival.   June marked a period of intense celebration around the city. Most notably a trail of 25 barons – the result of a partnership between the Trussell Trust and Wild in Art, delighted passers-by of all ages. In the Cathedral, lighting installations by Squid Soup gave the building a festive appearance. Enlightenment in the North Porch captured the Magna Carta mood so well that found its way to the front page of the New York Times.  In the cloisters, we displayed art by men at Erlestoke Prison, the outcome of art classes we organised.   The Magna Carta anniversary weekend (June 13-15) included a gala concert with a new fanfare by the Royal Artillery Band, a new work, A Letter of Rights by Tarik O’Regan and Alice Goodman, and a reading from King John by Edward Fox. Our Magna Carta Eucharist featured a new mass by David Halls, and a motet by John Rutter. The Bishop of Salisbury led a pilgrimage from the site of the old Cathedral at old Sarum to the current building, where we held a giant libertea party on the lawn attended by thousands, with cakes made by Erlestoke prisoners.   The actual anniversary itself was marked by a sixth form conference with Kate Allen, (Amnesty International), Journalist Peter Oborne, and David Davies, MP; a debate at Salisbury Playhouse; and a Cathedral Open Day. In the evening, Wiltshire’s 18 different community areas paraded through the city with giant barons and banners, representing their aspirations for a Magna Carta for today.  The paraded culm


By population which is the largest island on Earth?

10 Largest Islands In The World - 10 Most Today 10 Largest Islands In The World 1. Greenland, Denmark – 2,130,800 km2 (822,706 sq ml). Greenland possesses the world’s second largest ice sheet, and has a population of around 56,000 people 10 Largest Islands In The World: Greenland [put_links_units_468_15] 2. New Guinea, Indonesia & Papua New Guinea – 785,753 km2 (303,381 sq ml) and a population of 7.5 million. With some 786,000 km of tropical land — less than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the Earth’s surface — New Guinea has an immense biodiversity, containing between 5% and 10% of the total species on the planet 10 Largest Islands In The World: New guinea   3. Borneo, Asia – 748,168 km2 (288,869 sq ml). The island of Borneo is the largest island in Asia and is divided among 3 countries: Brunei & Indonesia & Malaysia. 10 Largest Islands In The World: Borneo 4. Madagascar, Madagascar – 587,713 km2 (226,917 sq ml) Located off the eastern coast of southern Africa, east of Mozambique 10 Largest Islands In The World: Madagascar   5. Baffin Island, Canada – 507,451 km2 (195,928 sq ml). The largest island in Canada with a population of only 11,000 10 Largest Islands In The World: Baffin Island   6. Sumatra, Indonesia – 473,481km2 (184,954 sq ml). It is the largest island that is entirely in Indonesia and has a population of almost 50 million. Its biggest city is Medan with over 4 million in the greater urban area. 10 Largest Islands In The World: Sumatra   7. Honshu, Japan – 225,800km2 (87,182 sq ml) is the largest and most populous island of Japan and the second most populous after Indonesia’s Java island. 10 Largest Islands In The World: Honshu   8. Victoria Island, Canada – 217,291km2 (83,897 sq ml) is Canada’s second largest island and slightly larger than the island of Great Britain 10 Largest Islands In The World: Victoria Island 9. Great Britain, United Kingdom – 209,331km2 (80,823 sq ml) is the largest European island and the largest of the British Isles. With a population of about 62 million people it is the third most populous island in the world 10 Largest Islands In The World: Great Britain   10. Ellesmere Island, Canada – 196,236km2 (75,767 sq ml) is the tenth largest island in the world and Canada’s third largest island 10 Largest Islands In The World: Ellesmere Island


By population which is the largest island outside Asia?

A List of the World's Largest Islands 1. Greenland - North America - 840,004 square miles - 2,175,600 sq km 2. New Guinea - Oceania - 312,167 square miles - 808,510 sq km 3. Borneo - Asia - 287,863 square miles - 745,561 sq km 4. Madagascar - Africa - 226,657 square miles - 587,040 sq km 5. Baffin Island - North America - 195,927 square miles - 507,451 sq km 6. Sumatera (Sumatra) - Asia - 182,860 square miles - 473,606 sq km 7. Honshu - Asia - 87,805 square miles - 227,414, sq km 8. Great Britain - Europe - 84,354 square miles - 218,476 sq km 9. Victoria Island - North America - 83,897 square miles - 217,291 sq km 10. Ellesmere Island - North America - 75,787 square miles - 196,236 sq km Source: Times Atlas of the World


In season 2014/15 whose 48 goals won him the European Golden shoe?

Messi and Ronaldo top Golden Shoe rankings - UEFA.com Messi and Ronaldo top Golden Shoe rankings Published: Monday 7 February 2011, 12.28CET Lionel Messi's second Liga hat-trick of the season for FC Barcelona has seen him join Real Madrid CF's Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the rankings for Europe's top domestic goalscorers. Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his second goal against Atlético ©Getty Images UEFA.com features Published: Monday 7 February 2011, 12.28CET Messi and Ronaldo top Golden Shoe rankings Lionel Messi's second Liga hat-trick of the season for FC Barcelona has seen him join Real Madrid CF's Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the rankings for Europe's top domestic goalscorers. Read more Three goals in FC Barcelona's 3-0 victory against Club Atlético de Madrid not only helped Lionel Messi lead this club to a Spanish record-breaking 16th successive league win , but also ensured the Argentina striker joined Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the ESM Golden Shoe rankings. Related Items Records fall in Spain, England Coach Josep Guardiola was quick to acknowledge Messi's startling achievements this season: Saturday's was his fourth hat-trick in all competitions in 2010/11. "Every great side throughout history had a player who made the difference; Messi is that player for us," said Guardiola. "We're so lucky to have him, especially at the age he's at, but at the same time Leo knows that without the rest of his team-mates, he wouldn't be who he is." Messi has scored five league goals since UEFA.com's last update on the race to be Europe's top domestic goalscorer , but Ronaldo maintained his place in the running with two strikes against Real Sociedad de Fútbol on Sunday . Manchester United FC's Dimitar Berbatov remains third, but fourth place is now shared by SSC Napoli's Edinson Cavani and Manchester City FC's Carlos Tévez, who have registered four apiece in the last fortnight. Kenny Miller's first strikes for Bursaspor see him maintain his place on the leaderboard, while Antonio Di Natale's 100th goal for Udinese Calcio keeps him among the front-runners. FC Internazionale Milano's Samuel Eto'o is the only new entry in the top ten. ESM Golden Shoe standings: 6 February 2011 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF, ESP) 24 goals x 2 = 48 1 Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona, ESP) 24 x 2 = 48 3 Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United FC, ENG) 19 x 2 = 38 4 Edinson Cavani (SSC Napoli, ITA) 18 x 2 = 36 4 Carlos Tévez (Manchester City FC, ENG) 18 x 2 = 36 6 Kenny Miller (Rangers FC/Bursaspor, SCO/TUR) 23 x 1.5 = 34.5 7 Antonio Di Natale (Udinese Calcio, ITA) 16 x 2 = 32 7 Mario Gomez (FC Bayern München, GER) 16 x 2 = 32 7 Moussa Sow (LOSC Lille Métropole, FRA) 16 x 2 = 32 10 Papiss Demba Cissé (SC Freiburg, GER) 15 x 2 = 30 10 Samuel Eto'o (FC Internazionale Milano, ITA) 15 x 2 = 30 * The Russian season is over Rules Only the leading five countries (Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England) on the UEFA Ranking have two as their multiplier. This is to emphasise the difference in (international) performance level between the clubs from those countries and those from the other nations. A player cannot first play in a summer league (eg Norway) and then in a winter league (eg Spain) and combine the points total for each season. ©UEFA.com 1998-2017. All rights reserved. Last updated: 09/02/11 10.48CET


In season 2014/15 whose 26 goals won him the Premiership Golden boot?

The 2014/15 Premier League season in stats and facts | Football News | Sky Sports The 2014/15 Premier League season in stats and facts Last Updated: 26/05/15 3:22pm Stats and facts from the 2014/15 Premier League season, provided by Opta... WINS Crystal Palace have now won two league games at Anfield. Alan Pardew played in the first (1991) and managed them in the second Leicester became the first club to overturn a two-goal deficit against Manchester United in the Premier League when they beat them 5-3 in September. Swansea became only the third team in Premier League history to beat both Arsenal and Man United home & away in the same season (along with West Ham in 06/07 and Chelsea in 09/10). Relegated Hull have never won a Premier League fixture in May (D4 L9). LOSSES The four managers to defeat Mourinho this season all had names starting with P: Pardew, Pochettino, Parkinson and Pulis. George Boyd became the 4th player to play for two relegated teams in the same PL seasons (along with Mark Robins in 94-95, Steve Kabba in 06-07 and David Nugent in 09-10). Liverpool ended the season with their worst ever Premier League defeat (1-6) and it was the first time they’ve conceded 6+ goals in a league game since losing 7-2 to Tottenham in 1963. Chelsea lost only four games all season (in all competitions), a record low for a team in the Premier League era. Jose Mourinho has only lost two PL games by three goals (3-0 vs Middlesbrough in 2006, 3-0 vs WBA in 2015) and James Morrison played for the opposition in both. QPR became the first team to lose their first 11 away games in a top-flight season since Liverpool in 1953/54. ATTACK Against Man Utd in May, Arsenal failed to have a single shot in the first-half of a PL game for the first time since November 2004 v Liverpool. Ander Herrera scored with six of his seven shots on target in his debut Premier League campaign. Sammy Ameobi scored eight seconds after coming on as a sub vs Tottenham, the fastest goal as a substitute Opta have recorded in the Premier League. Sadio Mane's hat-trick for Southampton against Aston Villa took just two minutes and 56 seconds, the fastest ever seen in the Premier League. Olivier Giroud scored in six consecutive Premier League games in Feb-April, the first Arsenal player to do so since Emmanuel Adebayor in 2008. Liverpool ended the season with 52 goals, the same number that Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge scored between them in 2013-14. Harry Kane won his team 24 points with his goals this season, more than any other player. Kane became the first Tottenham player to score 30+ goals in all comps in a single season since Gary Lineker in 1991-92. Robbie Fowler (twice) and Chris Sutton are the only players to reach 20 goals in a PL season at a younger age than Harry Kane this term. John Terry became the Premier League’s all-time highest scoring defender (39). Southampton became the first team in the Premier League era to score five goals in the first-half of a match and five goals in the second-half of a match in the same season. Diego Costa became only the fourth Chelsea player to reach 20 goals in a Premier League campaign (after Hasselbaink, Drogba and Lampard). Diego Costa has reached 10 PL goals in just nine games; the only player to reach double figures in fewer is Mick Quinn (6). Sergio Aguero was the top scorer in all competitions amongst Premier League players this term (32) as well as winning the PL golden boot (26). Sergio Aguero now has 10 goals in seven Premier League games against Tottenham. Alexis Sanchez became the first Arsenal player to score 20 goals in his first season at the club since Thierry Henry. Cesc Fabregas assisted 18 goals, only two short of Thierry Henry’s single season record of 20 in 2002-03. 18 was a personal record for Fabregas after his previous best of 17 with Arsenal in 2007-08. Wayne Rooney became the first player to score 10+ goals in 11 successive Premier League seasons. But it took Wayne Rooney 560 minutes to attempt his first shot on target in the Premier League in 2015, due to his ill-fated spell in central


Which is Britain’s bestselling brand of bread?

Britain's favourite brands including Heinz, Whiskas and Kingsmill are losing sales | Daily Mail Online comments They are the brands that Britain grew up with but 53 of the top 100 are losing sales – many despite slashing prices. Famous names like Silver Spoon sugar, Cadbury, Whiskas, Heinz and Kingsmill are suffering sales falls of more than 10per cent as shoppers switch to budget chains. The nation’s fastest growing stores, Aldi and Lidl, effectively ban many of the top brands from their shelves. Scroll down for video  Famous names like Heinz (pictured left), Kingsmill and Whiskas are suffering sales falls. Silver Spoon is by far the biggest casualty of the backlash against sugar and its links to obesity At the same time, the big four stores – Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons – have cut the shelf space given to brands, while pushing their own label alternatives. Changes in eating habits, concerns about sugar consumption and a decision to cut back on carbs, particularly bread are also playing a part. RELATED ARTICLES Share 52 shares The supermarkets have also been very clever at launching copycat products which ape the household names but have a lower price. The figures were compiled by retail analysts Nielsen and The Grocer magazine which said the proportion of the 100 brands that are losing sales rose from 26 in 2013 to 34 in 2014 and it is now 53. As a result, the total annual sales of the top 100 is down by some £146.4m to £20.5billion. Kingsmill has fallen victim to declining volume sales in the sliced bread market and a bread price war Tesco has decided to take the Kingsmill loaves off its shelves, while pushing its own label alternatives Silver Spoon, the British granulated sugar brand is by far the biggest casualty of the backlash against sugar and its links to obesity. The Grocer said: ‘A year ago, it was Britain’s 68th biggest grocery brand, but it has fallen out of the rankings with a staggering loss of £62.6m in sales – 47.1per cent – thanks partly to the sugar debate.’ It added: ‘The opprobrium surrounding the sugar levels in many grocery products has hit some players hard.’ The Cadbury brand – apart from Dairy Milk – has also suffered with sales down by 15.2per cent - £34.8m – in a year. The giant has come under fire since a take-over by American food giant Kraft with concerns the new owners have failed to honour its British heritage. It reneged on a promise to keep open a British factory, while consumers have complained about products being shrunk or changes to the chocolate used in products, such as the coating to its famous crème egg. In the same category, Mars is down by 10.5per cent, while Kitkat has fallen some 7.6per cent. Just last week, the Mail revealed how its Kitkat chunky is less chunky after being cut from 48g to 40g without a corresponding fall in the price. The Cadbury brand, apart from Dairy Milk (pictured), has also suffered with sales down by £34.8m in a year The manufacturer, Nestle, claimed this was partly because of rising costs and partly because of a desire to help customers lose weight, which did not go down well. Innocent smoothies have been caught up in the backlash against sugary drinks with sales down 10.8per cent in a year. The Grocer said: ‘In the anti-sugar witch hunt Innocent is guilty as charged, say health lobbyists. And their increasingly alarmist proclamations have hit sales hard.’ Kingsmill has suffered badly from the nation’s efforts to cut back on carbs, particularly white sliced bread, with sales down by 11.6per cent. The Grocer said: ‘Kingsmill has fallen victim to a double whammy of declining volume sales in the sliced bread market and a bread price war that has driven a 5.6per cent decline in the average price.’ Such is the decline that Tesco has decided to take the brand’s loaves off its shelves. Other big bread brands have also in decline, including Warburtons, which is down 4.1per cent, and Hovis by 4.8per cent. Heinz has been part of kitchen life for more than 100 years, however the study found both its soups and baked beans are less popular. Sales of He


Who were the puppets from Zog who were on the Big Breakfast?

Learn and talk about Zig and Zag (puppets), 1987 introductions, Extraterrestrial life in popular culture, Fictional puppets, Fictional twins non-binary fluid Zig and Zag are a puppet duo performed by Mick O'Hara and Ciaran Morrison. The characters are a pair of furry extraterrestrial twins from the planet Zog. They made their television début in 1987 on RTÉ 's Dempsey's Den . A year later they won a Jacob's Award for TV Personalities of the year. [2] In 1992 Zig and Zag found fame in the UK when they joined the team of the Channel 4 breakfast show The Big Breakfast . During the 1990s the characters spawned a merchandising range of comic books, videos and embarked on a recording career – scoring a UK top five single with "Them Girls Them Girls". In 2010 the characters saw a resurgence in their popularity as they joined the Big Brother's Little Brother [3] team and in October 2010 they were commissioned to host a flagship Saturday morning radio show on 2FM called Smells Like Saturday . [4] A brand new TV bloopers show hosted by Zig and Zag entitled Zig & Zag's Superbloopers [5] was announced on the RTÉ TV website. In April 2015, it was announced that the duo would return in 2016 with a 26 episode animated series commissioned by RTÉ and the BBC. [6] Contents Characters[ edit ] Zig and Zag's full names are Zigmund Ambrose Zogly and Zagnatius Hillary Zogly [7] and claim they were born 29 February 1971 on Zog. Zig is beige (although he claimed to be fawn) with red "zogabongs" (pom-pom antennae) and a tuft of green hair, and Zag is purple with green spots and yellow zogabongs and dreadlocks . In their original RTÉ incarnation, Zig often came across as the more intelligent one, with Zag under his thumb (most evident in their "Story Time" segments, when Zig would read a nursery rhyme to the audience, and Zag would grudgingly act it out). Zag also displayed a penchant for cross-dressing and playing with Barbie dolls. However, after the two moved to Channel 4, Zag began to be portrayed as the more intelligent older brother, a lecherous lady-killer who claimed to fly every weekend to Hollywood to dine with the stars, as well as performing ragga songs in his guise of "Ragga Zagga". Zig was then portrayed as a weak-willed childish simpleton, constantly giggling at rude jokes (like the word "bottom"), obsessed with specific things (such as The Hunt for Red October or his rash) and frequently unaware of what was going on around him. Alter ego characters[ edit ] Zig and Zag frequently appeared dressed as other characters, in particular during their tenure on The Den. Such characters ranged from would-be distant relatives to superheroes. Captain Joke - Zag's primary superhero identity, Captain Joke had no superpowers other than his ability to tell silly jokes. He wore a red mask on his eyes and matching cape and only Zig suspected his identity. Captain Pillowcase - While Captain Joke's true identity was never discovered, Zig's first attempt at being a superhero was far less successful and was generally met with contempt. The character consisted of Zig wearing a pillowcase over his head. Captain Pillowcase's alleged special ability consisted of using his pillowcase to do impressions, such as his impression of Mount Everest or an ice cream cone melting. Captain Shamrock - Zig's next superhero alter ego was far more successful. Captain Shamrock generally only made appearances on Saint Patrick's Day. He spoke with a strong American accent and, as such, was delivered as a satire on American tourists visiting Ireland to discover their roots. Captain Shamrock managed to convince the others that he was the primary authority on all things Irish, and would often tell nonsensical stories loosely based on Irish folklore. Cousin Nigel - Zig and Zag's obnoxious, brattish cousin who would constantly complain about everything in a strong Birmingham accent. Cousin Nigel consisted of Zig wearing a pair of drinking glasses over his eyes and a Cub Scouts hat. Sunny Daze - Another Zig alter ego, Sunny Daze was the star crooner at the Rotten Apple Club. Creato


Frank Beard is the only clean shaven member of which group?

Will ZZ Top Members Shave Their Beards? Will ZZ Top Members Shave Their Beards? By Jenna July 2, 2012 10:11 AM Share on Twitter Getty Images Almost 30 years ago, Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill turned down a million dollars to shave their beards. Will they do it?  Gillette offered up the sum for Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill to shave their iconic beards in a commercial and they both said, “NO WAY!” so, fast forward 28 years and they asked the pair the question again. The answer? Still no. Apparently no amount of money is going to get them to shave. Billy says quote, “No dice. Even adjusted for inflation, this isn’t going to fly. The prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film.” I find it incredibly ironic that the only member of ZZ Top without facial hair is the drummer and his name is Frank Beard. I also love the fact that ZZ Top’s new single is called I Gotsta Get Paid.


Alphabetically which is the last element in the periodic table?

Alphabetical list by Name of the chemical elements of the periodic table For chemistry students and teachers: The tabular chart on the right is alphabethically listed. The first chemical element is Actinium and the last is Zirconium. Please note that the elements do not show their natural relation towards each other as in the Periodic system. There you can find the metals, semi-conductor(s), non-metal(s), inert noble gas(ses), Halogens, Lanthanoides, Actinoids (rare earth elements) and transition metals.


Which vegetable is present in a DuBarry soup?

Cauliflower Soup (Creme du Barry) Recipe : Food Network Lobster Bisque Recipes 4.8 20 I like this soup. I mean I really like it. I have a small problem. How do I garnish it? Jose D. 2013-10-21T19:00:07Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Fantastic and so simple to make. Did not change one thing on recipe. Megan M. 2012-09-23T13:56:26Z item not reviewed by moderator and published My husband (who does not usually like soup had two servings and even said "great soup!" In my book that makes this a winner. Indeed it is easy to put together - I used one spring onion instead of leeks and soy milk, served it in a bread bowl, and added some freshly cooked bacon on the top for a bit more salty punch! Great way to use up those heads of cauliflower we get in the CSA! msmaileann 2012-04-26T23:03:12Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Love it! Easy and fast to make, delicious and healthy. I used only 4 cups of broth as I like my soups on the ticker side, no need for the milk. Even my 14 mo old likes it. igcp 2012-03-28T14:14:04Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Simple to make and delicious. I like the mild flavor. Iris L. 2011-07-10T11:02:13Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This is a great soup. I have made it a few times, mostly as written, except with vegetable stock. Sometimes I add some garlic during the last few minutes of cooking the leeks. My husband swears he hates cauliflower, but he loves this soup. It makes for a nice meal with some crusty bread. We do like to top with chopped parsley instead of the pretty leaf that's recommended, because we found the parsley adds some nice flavor. cle1974 2011-06-03T04:21:38Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I followed this recipe to a "T" and it turned out bland and tasteless. I even followed advice of another reviewer and added a drizzle of melted butter and a bit of nutmeg and it was still bland and tasteless. I won't make this soup again! Kahnie11 2011-03-16T22:43:47Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I substituted a yam for the potato and a sweet onion for the leek and added mushrooms. It was delicious! ornaami 2010-11-28T22:31:53Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I've been making this classic for years and the original recipe uses a splash of half and half rather than the low fat milk. When serving the soup, add a drizzle of melted butter and a light sprinkle of nutmeg. This makes all the difference. tiramissue 2010-11-14T12:02:31Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I added kale & mushrooms and pureed altogether, was so good! Freezes well also. TRISH J. 2010-08-23T18:44:40Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This was a little bland hot but I added a bit of cayenne and lemon pepper and chives instead of parsley. Cold it was just like vichyssoise without all the calories. I also skipped the milk. Amazing what cauliflower can do! Good stuff! Barbara M. 2010-06-15T12:19:03Z item not reviewed by moderator and published So easy and so good! I used vegetable stock instead of chicken stock (since I'm vegetarian), and it turned out fantastic! x y. 2010-06-08T22:04:13Z item not reviewed by moderator and published i added dried thyme and lemon zest and omitted the potato (low carb!) it was amazing. amberpfeifer 2010-02-23T21:52:46Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I used chicken broth instead of chicken stock. I didn't cook the vegetables as long as the recipe said to do because they were done after about 12 minutes. I did not need the milk because as I started pureeing the mixture in small batches, ithere was too much liquid and the soup was not very thick in consistency. So I started straining out the vegetables to thicken it up. I also put in extra butter by accident which made it really good. I thought it was delicious and ate it with a little crusty bread on the side. I still couldn't convince my cauliflower-hating husband to eat it though. He had a taste and didn't like it. He's crazy!!! melindawegener 2010-01-24T15:03:11Z item not reviewed by moderator and


What pulse is used in an Indian dish Dhansak?

Ian Anderson's Guide to Choosing Indian Food - Jethro Tull GUIDE TO INDIAN FOOD By Ian Anderson In this day and age, it’s hard to imagine that anyone could be completely unfamiliar with “curry”, if not with the subtle variety of Indian cuisine. Wherever we look, the supermarket shelves are filled with ever-more interesting and seductive homage to the world of spice and chile pepper madness. Thai, Indian and spicy Chinese ready meals and menu dishes are the norm where once reigned supreme the chicken-nugget, meat loaf and shepherd’s pie. If you live in the UK or in any major US or European city, you will find in your local yellow pages the address of at least one or, perhaps, many Indian restaurants — both eat-in and take-away. There are currently around 8000 Indian restaurants in the UK making one such eatery for every 6000, or so, of our total population. Given the demographic and geographic realities of this fact, there is almost sure to be an Indian Restaurant in every British small town or large village of 2000 or more inhabitants. Over two million people eat each week at Indian restaurants with another three million households cooking at home some form of Indian food, purchased at their local supermarket. No wonder, then, that the Indian meal has superceded the Sunday roast and the Fish ‘n Chip shop in representing the new (and some might suggest improved) national dish of our once great land. The Indians (and Bangladeshis, who are often actually the owners and operators of “Indian” restaurants) have always proved most industrious in bringing their culture and hard-working efforts to foreign shores — whether in the culinary trades or perhaps at the village shop (now, thankfully, probably open 24 hours a day). From New York to Brisbane, the robust delights of the Indian food revolution are now to be sampled and savoured. But if you are a novice in the ordering stakes and the roulette wheel of gastric disorder threatens, what to ask for? Where to pin-stick the carry-out menu? The Indians (and Bangladeshis, who are often actually the owners and operators of “Indian” restaurants) have always proved most industrious in bringing their culture and hard-working efforts to foreign shores — whether in the culinary trades or perhaps at the village shop (now, thankfully, probably open 24 hours a day). From New York to Brisbane, the robust delights of the Indian food revolution are now to be sampled and savoured. But if you are a novice in the ordering stakes and the roulette wheel of gastric disorder threatens, what to ask for? Where to pin-stick the carry-out menu? We may have experienced a King Prawn or two in our maritime excesses and might fancy we know of the health advantage to be gained from a windy pulse, fiber-endowed veggie or plain staple rice. Take your seat for dinner: napkin politely on knee and pretended perusal of the wine list. First, play for time. Sit back, look confident and ascertain from the waiter if there is an imported and suitably chilled Indian lager beer to be found in the house. This should be a Lal Toofal, Cobra, Taj Mahal, or, best of all (but not if brewed under license in the UK) the Kingfisher. Otherwise, it may be prudent to stall a little longer with the Bud, Harp, Millers Lite or whatever passes for a slurpy sip.  Or maybe just passes…… First of all: meat, fish or vegetable as a main course? Let’s get the big and scary bit out of the way. Dry or in a sauce? Spicy-hot or mild and creamy? The great thing about Indian cuisine is the availability of vegetarian options. Lentils, greens, roots and branches, are all conjured up to please, titillate and satisfy. Perhaps in the form of an integrated and complete Vegetarian Thali, attractively served in a “silver” dish of that name, the chance to sample several small vegetable portions will be found. No longer the poor cousin of the carnivorous night-out nibbler, you may indulge yourself with glee, ghee (purified butter) and total satisfaction in your descent to the ultimate in Vegan gluttony.  Whoops, forgot about the butter…… Let’s first


To which animal does the adjective lapine apply?

Animal adjectives Important Announcement about Online Courses and LEARN NC . Important Message about LEARN NC LEARN NC is evaluating its role in the current online education environment as it relates directly to the mission of UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education (UNC-CH SOE). We plan to look at our ability to facilitate the transmission of the best research coming out of UNC-CH SOE and other campus partners to support classroom teachers across North Carolina. We will begin by evaluating our existing faculty and student involvement with various NC public schools to determine what might be useful to share with you. Donât worry! The lesson plans, articles, and textbooks you use and love arenât going away. They are simply being moved into the new LEARN NC Digital Archive. While we are moving away from a focus on publishing, we know itâs important that educators have access to these kinds of resources. These resources will be preserved on our website for the foreseeable future. That said, weâre directing our resources into our newest efforts, so we wonât be adding to the archive or updating its contents. This means that as the North Carolina Standard Course of Study changes in the future, we wonât be re-aligning resources. Our full-text and tag searches should make it possible for you to find exactly what you need, regardless of standards alignment. Animal adjectives Students will describe animals as they review nouns and verbs associated with these animals. They will learn to use adjectives as they describe the animals. They will use this knowledge to write their stories about animals. A lesson plan for grades 1–2 English Language Arts and English Language Development Learn more Related pages Writing and English as a Second Language : Strategies for helping English Language Learners throughout the writing  process. Awesome action words : Good writers use precise verbs to make stories interesting and vivid. In this lesson, students will learn to replace boring, redundant, generic verbs with more precise “Awesome Action Words.” Narrative writing: Using exact words : The learner will recognize exact verbs in literature and then use more exact verbs when writing a narrative. Related topics Please read our disclaimer for lesson plans. Legal The text of this page is copyright ©2008. See terms of use . Images and other media may be licensed separately; see captions for more information and read the fine print . Print remember that naming words are called nouns and words that show action are called verbs. use a variety of nouns and verbs to write a story about their favorite animal. begin to use adjectives to describe the animal and add interest to their story. Teacher planning Worksheets with animals from the story (see Animals 1 and Animals 2 ) Pencils, Crayons or markers, scissors, glue or stapler Lined paper Computer (Lab, if available) and printer Smart TV Overhead projector could also be used Pre-activities The students will need basic knowledge of: nouns and verbs animals and how they look and move Activities This lesson begins with a short discussion of the weather in winter and the kind of clothing that is required for cold weather. The discussion should include the reasons for protection from cold weather. The lesson progresses with a reading of The Mitten by Jan Brett. Discuss the reason Nicki was going outside. How did he lose his mitten? The story continues with the mole going into the mitten, followed by the rabbit, hedgehog, owl, badger, fox, bear, and then finally the mouse’s attempt. Lead the discussion as the children imagine what it must have felt like in the mitten as each animal crowded into it. This leads into describing each animal’s characteristics. This should include adjectives such as soft, prickly, gentle, stiff, scratchy, fuzzy, rough, furry, stickery, feathery, sneaky, pretty, warm, lumpy, big, little, and any others you or your children find appropriate. The children are then given worksheets (provided in the “put the animals in the mitten” website) with the animal pictures to col


Egyptian, banded and King are all types of which snake?

The Snakes of Egypt Contact Us About us Tour Egypt aims to offer the ultimate Egyptian adventure and intimate knowledge about the country. We offer this unique experience in two ways, the first one is by organizing a tour and coming to Egypt for a visit, whether alone or in a group, and living it firsthand. The second way to experience Egypt is from the comfort of your own home: online. The Snakes of Egypt     Editor's Note: I have been to Egypt many more times than I can count, visiting just about every corner of the country. During that time, I have seen one snake, belonging to and under the control of a snake charmer. Certainly there are snakes in Egypt, but I have not seen them pose any problem to tourists. That is not to say that tourists, particularly those who visit some of the more exotic places such as the Western Desert and the Sinai mountains, should not keep a careful eye out. Egypt contains many snakes, but snakes are shy animals that attempt to avoid humans, and therefore are rarely found in populated areas that tourists visit.       Snakes were found throughout ancient Egypt, including the desert sands, in old walls, in fields, by the Nile and in its swamps, on threshing floors, in houses and in livestock enclosures and pastures. Poisonous snakes would have posed a threat to humans and domestic animals alike. Hence, the Egyptians had somewhat of a love/hate relationship with snakes. While they were dangerous, they were also viewed, for example, as a protector to the King, but also a demon of the underworld.   A papyrus in the Brooklyn Museum which served as a manual for a doctor treating snakebite reveals that the Egyptians had an intimate knowledge of snakes. Although the beginning of the papyrus is lost, it would have listed the names of some thirty-seven. At least thirty-six species (some sources say 34, 37, or 40, of which an estimated seven are poisonous) have been identified in modern Egypt, but the ancient typology most likely did not correspond exactly to the modern ones. The papyrus gives a physical description of each snake and its habitat, along with precise descriptions of the symptoms produced by each snake's venom, whether or not the bite is mortal, and the name of the god or goddess of which the snake is considered to be a manifestation. Following the list of snakes is a list of remedies to cure bite victims. Some of the remedies are specific for certain types of snakes, while other were for specific symptoms. These remedies included emetics, compresses, unctions, massages, incision of wounds and fumigations. There were also magical incantations that were spoken over the remedies. The ingredients in the remedies include liquids and substances of mineral, animal and vegetable origin. The most common ingredient is onion, still used frequently in Egyptian folk medicine today to treat snakebite.       One of the poisonous snakes the Egyptians feared most was the horned viper (Cerastes cornutus and Cerastes cerastes, also known as the sand viper). When the horned viper attacks, it rasps its coils together before springing forward. The rasping sounds like the letter f, and the horned viper was used as the hieroglyph to write the sound (fy is the Egyptian word for "viper" as well).   The Pyramid Texts allude repeatedly to the menace of serpents, and they recur in religious texts throughout ancient Egyptian history. First attested in the First Intermediate Period, the snake god Apophis (Apep) was considered the enemy of order, or Ma'at .       As early as the reign of Ramesses II , Apophis became the subject of a ritual recorded in several magic books. During religious processions and lunar feasts, images of Apophis were fashioned from papyrus and wax and then subjected to various tortures, representing the triumph of Re and Ma'at over the chaos symbolized by Apophis. However, while Apophis was the nemesis of the sun god, the powerful serpent deity, Mehen , protected the sun.   However, not all snakes were considered bad. Deities associated with poisonous snakes were sometimes even considered benefi


Which type of bats generally do not use echolocation to find food?

Echolocation | Bat Biosonar Humans generally can not hear the high pitched sounds that bats make. Some bats send echolocation sounds though their nose but most bats use their mouth. Most fruit bats use eyesight and smell for finding food not echolocation. (Of course fruit bat's food is generally not moving.) Amazingly even when thousands of bats are flying out of a cave they can still use their echolocation with all the noise around. Different species of bats use different patterns of echolocation frequencies to find food and navigate. This allows scientists to use a detector like the Anabat bat detector to record echolocation patterns for use in identifying different bat species at night and inside dark caves. At Carlsbad Caverns National Park an Anabat bat detector is used to identify which bat species live in an around the caves, and when specific species arrive at Carlsbad Caverns in the Spring and leave in the Fall. See the different echolocation patterns of bats shown to the right.


In 1941 Josef Jakobs was the last spy to be executed where?

ExecutedToday.com » 1941: Josef Jakobs, the last executed in the Tower of London 1941: Josef Jakobs, the last executed in the Tower of London August 15th, 2012 Headsman In its day, the Tower of London has seen off with many an illustrious head .* Its last use as an execution grounds occurred, all but invisibly, on this date in 1941, with the shooting of German spy Josef Jakobs . It’s safe to say that Jakobs won’t be competing with Anne Boleyn in the book sales department any time soon. He was, truth be told, barely a spy at all: parachuted into Huntingdonshire on January 31, 1941 with intent to reconnoiter, the guy was observed in his descent by (undoubtedly excited) local defense volunteers . They raced to the landing point but needn’t have: Jakobs was practically immobile, having broken his ankle upon landing. So that was the end of the espionage mission. After a secret trial under the Treachery Act of 1940 , Jakobs was shot at a small rifle range where a number of his countrymen and predecessors from the First World War had met their own ends. To: The Constable of H.M. Tower of London. 13th August 1941. Sir, I have the honour to acquaint you that JOSEF JAKOBS, an enemy alien, has been found guilty of an offence against the Treachery Act 1940 and has been sentenced to suffer death by being shot. The said enemy alien has been attached to the Holding Battalion, Scots Guards for the purpose of punishment and the execution has been fixed to take place at H.M. Tower of London on Friday the 15th August 1941 at 7.15am. Sgd. Sir Bertram N. Sergison-Brooke , Lieutenant-General Commanding London District. The Royal Armouries artefacts store still preserves the chair (pdf) Jakobs was strapped to for this historic execution. All subsequent executions of World War II spies took place by hanging at Pentonville Prison or Wandsworth Prison . * It should be added that the Tower’s bloody reputation correctly associates more with the doomed men and women it held than with actual executions: only a very few, mostly high-ranking, folk actually got the chop in the Tower prior to 20th century spies: people such as Thomas More , Thomas Cromwell , and Monmouth were more commonly put to death at the adjacent (and public) Tower Hill . On this day..


In 1830 William Watts and George Davis were the last pirates to be hanged where?

High Court of the Admiralty | Exploring London Lost London – Execution Dock… September 2, 2011 The favoured place to dispatch pirates, Execution Dock was located on the north bank of the River Thames just off Wapping High Street. Among the most famous to be executed here was Kidd himself who, having been found to have turned pirate while operating as a privateer under the authority of King William III, was hanged here on 23rd May, 1701. The site, near where a cannon foundry operated supplying the fleet of King Henry VIII, was in-use as an execution ground for more than 400 years, from the 15th century until the last hanging in 1830 (that of pirates George Davis and William Watts). Those convicted of piracy in the High Court of Admiralty were typically brought to Execution Dock from Marshalsea Prison (or in some cases from Newgate) in a procession across London Bridge and past the Tower of London which was led by the Admiralty Marshal or his deputy who carried a silver oar as a symbol of their authority. In a public spectacle, the pirates were then hanged on a wooden scaffold built at low tide but unlike at other sites of execution where they were cut down after death, the victims were left hanging to allow three tides to wash over them. The most notorious of the pirates would then be tarred and put in a gibbet to be exhibited on one of the banks of the Thames as a warning to others (Kidd’s remains were apparently left in such a state for more than 20 years at Tilbury). The exact location of Execution Dock remains a matter of dispute with favoured locations including a spot near the Town of Ramsgate pub (where a noose still hangs today), just along from The Captain Kidd  pub near what are now known as King Henry’s Stairs and, between the two locations, a warehouse which stands on the waterfront and is prominently marked with an E (for Execution Dock). Some even suggest the site was outside the Prospect of Whitby pub further east along Wapping High Street. There’s currently an exhibition on Captain Kidd at the Museum of London Docklands, Pirates: The Captain Kidd Story.  See here for more information. PICTURE: Wikipedia


In 1783 John Austin was the last highwayman to be hung where?

London's Last Public Hanging at the Tyburn Gallows - History and Headlines Dr. Zar graduated with a B.A. in French and history, a Master’s in History, and a Ph.D. in History. He currently teaches history at multiple universities. MO I would definitely have a hard time watching a public execution and it would definitely be worse if it was a hanging gone wrong. It appears that he knew he was wrong and excepted his fate, but he suffered more than people had intended him too. I think it makes sense that he was the last person to go through public hanging, at least in London. Mikayla Hutchings Even though it is a fortunate thing that this was the last public hanging in the Tyburn gallows, I was surprised that it happened so early in 1783. Michael Barrett was the last man to be publicly hanged in England, for his part in the Clerkenwell explosion in December 1867. Because public hangings occurred throughout the 1800s, I wonder why the Tyburn gallows shut down before then. Claire Fraser This sounds like a dramatic execution. I wonder if they always let the people being killed to say their last words before they died. Even though he did attack somebody, it does not seem like a just punishment. Maria Ndini It is crazy to think that execution and tortures in Tyburn lasted for at least 587 years! Austin’s last words were indeed inspirational! I wonder if that was the reason why the authorities considered disassembling hanging. I don’t think I agree with not feeling as sympathetic towards Austin. Yes, his did wound the person he robbed, but I still believe hanging someone was extreme and every one of these people deserved sympathy. Ellen Liebenguth I agree with Maria in that its shocking at how long such a place lasted in England. Despite its horrific context of executions, it is interesting how such a place saw so many different individuals throughout history and lived through several eras of England’s past. Mark Baniewicz I wonder what process led to stopping executions at this location. Did a group of leaders determine this was no longer going to happen? It would be interesting to see a figure of the total number of people that lost their lives at this location. Mike Andelbradt I wonder if people were aware that John Austin would be the last person executed at Tyburn. If people did know this I wonder if the crowd on hand was larger than normal. It is weird to think how common execution was in the history of the human race. Frank F. The execution process went on for 600 years at Tyburn. Thousands or maybe even millions were hung and it is interesting that they just stopped this process after so many years of this process of hanging. Everyone that has been executed on this spot probably committed terrible crimes and deserved the punishment. Morgan price Tyburn sounds like an awful place to be. I never understood why public executions used to be such a spectical. I understand there wasn’t much else to do during a time before technology but watching someone be killed sounds like a horrible way to pass your time. Nicholas Mog Public executions and tortures should never have taken place in a public square. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to go and watch an execution in person. Thank goodness public executions have been abolished. Dana Roman While I do believe that people should receive consequences for their actions, I don’t think public executions was the answer and am glad they no longer take place. I think it is very sick for societies to get so much enjoyment about gathering to watch someone get hung. I know personally I would never want to willingly witness something like that first hand. Lauren Synek On November 3, 1783 the last hanging at Tyburn Gallows occurred. Although this man prayed for forgiveness as his last statement before death, the article is right that it is hard to feel sympathy for him. However, I would not wish for anyone to go through more pain than necessary when being sentenced to die. It is unfortunate that many people back then who were hung probably met the same fate he did in chocking to death inste


Members of which family won five Nobel prizes?

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